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It is submitted that the report of the committee constituted by the Board has been received vide letter no. 1303 dated 29.02.2024 and 1327 dated 01.03.2024. Copies of both the letters are attached herewith as Annexure-A. As per letter no. 1303 dated 29.02.2024 the committee has opined as under:
As such, the point clarifies that the capacity of ETP would not be able to treat its effluent, as & when the plant is operated at more than 66% of its production capacity.
Therefore, it is evident that the capacity of the MEE would be in sufficient when the plant operates at full production capacity.
In light of these observations, this committee is of the opinion that the production capacity of the industry may be restrained, accordingly, so as to match the capacity of its treatment facility with its wastewater generation.
Further, vide letter no. 1327 dated 01.03.2024, the committee has mentioned as under:
1. As mentioned in Chapter- 6 of the report at Sr. no. 02, the industry has operated at 29.54% to 47.64% of its installed capacity in the last six months.
2. In the recommendations, it is reported that presently the industry operates in a zero liquid discharge manner at these capacities.
3. The institute has mentioned that ground water quality of the vicinity and has discussed its status in Capter-6 of the report at Sr. no. 04. No. adverse impact on the quality of the ground water is not found/reported.
4. The industry has obtained authorized under the HWM Rules, 2016, which is valid upto 31.03.2024 and is getting the hazardous waste disposed off, accordingly. Further, it has been noted that process flow diagram of each product w.r.t RM Consumption, Chemical usage, intermediate formations and final product formation have been given in the Chapter 2 by the institute, but material balance submitted in the study report don’t quantity the sludge generation from each product. Accordingly, Thaper Institute (IoR) may be requested to detail out generation of sludge from synthesis process of each product.
It is also worth to mention here that the matter Shallabjit Singh v/s State of Punjab was listed in the Hon’ble National Green Tribunal on 05.03.2024. The Hon’ble National Green Tribunal while hearing the matter pointed out that the consent to operate granted to the industry has expired on 31.01.2024 and the industry is operating without having valid CTO of the Board. Further, the detailed orders are awaited.
In view of above and previous note dated 28.02.2024, it is once again recommended that the industry may be issued 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, along with an opportunity of personal hearing before the Competent Authority. Competency- Hon’ble Chairman (Large, Red)
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