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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">It is submitted that </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">the industry is a Small Scale Orange Category unit and is engaged in the casting and machining process and was granted Consent to Operate under Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 vide dated 11.12.2007 which was valid upto 10.06.2008 subject to suitable conditions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';"> Thereafter the industry applied for Consent to Operate under Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 various times but returned being scrutiny in-complete.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';"> It is pertinent to mention here that the Consent to Operate under Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 was granted to the industry subject to suitable conditions of which one of the conditions was that the industry shall shift its Cupola furnace from premises in a non-designated area to the designated industrial area within a period of 6 months. The industry has failed to comply with the same.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';"> The industry neither has any proof regarding the classification of land use from the Competent Authority nor has any proof regarding ownership of land. The industry has submitted CA Certificate in which Land & Building is mentioned as on rent. But no documents regarding the same are submitted by the industry. The industry has submitted a Completion certificate of APCD from PSCST, which was issued on 05.11.2007.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';"> Accordingly, the show-cause notice was issued to the industry for violations of Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 along with the opportunity for a personal hearing wherein it was decided as under:-</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, '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:-</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">The industry shall not operate its copula furnace till the adequate air pollution control device (APCD) is not provided.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">The industry shall provide adequate APCD with a Copula furnace and environment data board at the main gate, within 10 days.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">The industry shall obtain an adequacy certificate of its APCD from PSCST, Chandigarh and submit same to the Board, within 15 days.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">The industry shall apply for consent to operate under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 & Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and authorization under Hazardous and other Waste (Management & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016, within 10 days.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">5.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">The Environmental Engineer, Regional office-1, Ludhiana shall visit the industry after 15 days and submit report/recommendations in the matter.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">Thereafter, the industry again applied for varied Consent to Operate under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 for manufacturing of Workshop Equipment Tool Room Machinery @ 60 Nos./year and for the operation of Cupola furnace along with requisite documents and fees.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';"> The industry submitted that they are not having any registered deed by their name and the case regarding land is under the consideration of Hon’ble Punjab and Haryana High Court. The industry has also submitted Small scale Industry proof, Completion certificate of APCD from PSCST, which was issued on 05.11.2007, a Compliance report of previous consent conditions, Site plan/Location plan, Manufacturing process flow chart and CA Certificate regarding fixed assets as on 31/08/2021.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';"> The industry failed to shifted its Cupola furnace from premises in a non-designated area to the designated industrial area as per the previous consent conditions. The industry failed to submitted a Land use classification and adequacy certificate of its APCD from PSCST, Chandigarh.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';"> Accordingly the consent to operate under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 were refused due to non-compliance vide no. CTOW/Fresh/LDH1/2023/20726442 dated 23.01.2023 and CTOA/Varied/LDH1/2023/20726394 dated 23.01.2023.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';"> Thereafter the industry was given personal hearing given before the Chief Environmental Engineer, Ludhiana on 06.03.2023 u/s 31-A of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, during the hearing it was decided as under:-</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">Directions u/s 31-A of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 be issued for sealing of cupola furnace and Environmental Engineer, Regional Office-2, Ludhiana be requested to seal cupola furnace of the industry and submit report, within 07 days.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">The industry shall obtain consent to operate under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, within 15 days and till then it will not operate its unit.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';"> In compliance to above, cupola furnaces installed by the industry was sealed in the presence of Mr. Jorawar Singh (representative of the industry) and report was sent to the competent authority vide this office letter no. 3042 dated 23.11.2023.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';"> Now the industry has again applied for consent to operate under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution)Act, 1981. The industry has already deposited consent fee, which is presently adequate upto 30.9.2027 after deducting the penalty fee for previous refusal. The industry has submitted requisite documents along-with request for de-sealing of furnace. The industry has also given a request mentioning that the land where cupola has been installed belongs to them and a case is pending in court of Haryana and Chandigarh. This case is between 3 societies V/s Punjab Govt. He further submitted that case under consideration of the Hon'ble court and further assured to submit all required documents on receipt of the same.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';"> The industry was visited by the undersigned on 19.1.2024 and it was observed as under: -</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">The industry was not in operation during visit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">The cupola furnace installed by the industry was not in operation during visit and the seals provided were found intact.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">The industry has installed Wet Scrubber with Cupola furnace as APCD.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">The industry has installed Environmental Data Board outside the industry.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">5.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">The only issue in deciding the application is regarding the suitability of site where only cupola is installed and the matter is subjudice in Hon'ble court.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: .3pt 5.05pt .0001pt .5in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'sans-serif';"> In view of the above it is recommended that show cause notice for refusal of consent may be issued with an opportunity of personal hearing before the Competent authority. </span></p> |
