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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Sub: Proceeding of the personal hearing given before the Senior Environmental Engineer, Zonal Office-I, Ludhiana on 16.01.2024 w.r.t. show cause notice for refusal of consent to operate under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 to M/s Gupta Cast & Forge, D-100, Phase-5, Focal Point, Ludhiana. </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Following were present: </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">On behalf of Punjab Pollution Control Board</span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-indent: -27.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Er. Pardeep Balu, Add. Senior Environmental Engineer, Zonal Office-1, Ludhiana</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">On behalf of the industry </span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-indent: -27.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Sh. Vikas Gupta, Representative</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> The Add. Senior Environmental Engineer, Zonal Office-1, Ludhiana brought out that </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">the industry was granted consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 valid upto 16/11/2023 and under the Air valid upto 09/04/2023 for manufacturing of Thread Rod @ 2000 Kgs/day, Bolts @ 1000 Kgs/day, Coupler @ 3000 Kgs/day.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">During visit on 07.06.2022, the industry had provided pipeline from the process area of Zinc plating which was ultimately leading to sewer. The industry has failed to submit any proof regarding the disposal of spent effluent to CETP or by any other method during visit. The industry had provided 02 Hot dip galvanizing furnaces of which one was in operation during visit. The black smoke was observed from outside the industry. The industry had not provided any APCD with both the furnaces.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.45pt; line-height: 115%; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">T</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">he industry was issued directions u/s 33-A of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and 31-A of Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 for closure of the unit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.45pt; line-height: 115%; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">T</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">he industry had applied for obtaining consents alongwith restoration of electric supply and same were granted and electric connection of industry was restored by Competent Authority of the Board temporarily upto 09.04.2023, which was further restored temporarily upto 16.11.2023.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.45pt; line-height: 115%; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">T</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">he industry has applied for obtaining renewal of consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 alongwith restoration of electric supply.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; line-height: 115%; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The application of the industry was considered <span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">by Competent Authority</span> and <span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Environmental Compensation of Rs 2.0 lacs has been imposed on industry.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; line-height: 115%; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The industry has not deposited <span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Environmental Compensation </span>despite several telephonic requests by Regional office.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-cluster; text-indent: 35.45pt; line-height: 115%; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">In view of above, the industry was issued show cause notice for refusal of consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 with hearing before the Senior Environmental Engineer of the Board on 16.01.2024.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-cluster; text-indent: 35.45pt; line-height: 115%; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Sh. Vikas Gupta, Representative of the industry attended the hearing and submitted written reply which has been taken on record. He submitted that the</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> industry is engaged in manufacturing of Thread Rod, Bolts and Coupler. He requested that the industry is not in position to pay EC and they can deposit Bank Guarantee of Rs. 2.0 lac instead of EC as an assurance to comply with provisions of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. He further requested for issuance of letter from PPCB to deposit Bank Guarantee of Rs. 2.0 lac.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; tab-stops: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> After hearing the industry, officer of the Board and considering material facts on record, the Senior Environmental Engineer of the Board decided that the request of the industry be forwarded to Competent Authority for consideration.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.45pt; line-height: 115%; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> Submitted for confirmation of decisions of the hearing and for conveying to the industry and Regional Office for compliance of above decisions, please.</span></p> |
