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It is submitted that the project proponent has proposed to establish a new Rice Sheller/Parboiled plant for manufacturing of Dry/steamed/parboiled rice by using Paddy as raw material. Accordingly, the industry has sought consent to establish (CTE) for establishment of a Rice Sheller/Parboiled plant to produce Dry/steamed rice @ 3.0 TPH and Parboiled rice @ 1.0 TPH by using Paddy @ 6.0 TPH under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 under orange category. The industry has also deposited revised NOC fee i.e. Rs. 10,800/- under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 as mentioned at serial no. VII against the total fixed assets of project of Rs. 498.9 lacs, which is adequate for one year. Along with the application, the industry has provided: - 1) Location plan. 2) Registries of land. 3) A copy of provisional CLU obtained from District Town Planner, Sangrur vide memo no. 119 DTP(S)/RS-1 dated 24.01.2024 for establishment of rice sheller unit in a land measuring 35 kanal 12 Marla for its proposed project. 4) Distance certificate obtained from Tehsildar, Dirba w.r.t. the land for various parameters. 5) Feasibility report mentioning the proposed mechanism to control & prevent the water and air pollution and its proper disposal, which will arise during its operation. And process flow diagram for wastewater treatment plant (ETP). 6) The project report mentioning the proposed project cost of various heads. 7) Affidavit regarding no construction will be done within 17.5 mtr zone of HT line. 8) Site plan showing land for plantation. The application submitted and the documents provided along with the fee deposited by the industry was found complete and adequate. To verify submissions made by the industry and to check the facts on the ground, the proposed site of the unit was visited by the undersigned on 20.03.2024 and during visit, it was observed as under: - 1. The site is located at Village Ladbanjara Kalan, Tehsil Dirba, District Sangrur. 2. The industry has started construction of boundary wall at the proposed site. 3. During visit, a HT line passing through the proposed site. The industry has submitted that a HT line of capacity 132 KVA is passing in the khewat no. 105/103 and the industry will maintain safety distance of 17.5 mter high tension zone and will not construct any type of building/shed within high tension zone area. 4. The industry has proposed to install separate cyclone separator as APCDs for shelling section, paddy cleaner of dryer section. 5. The industry has also proposed to install 3 nos. dryers and one no. boiler of capacity 6.0 TPH equipped with multi cyclone as APCD along with stack of adequate height. 6. The industry has proposed to install ETP (of capacity 60 KLD) consisting of Equalization cum anaerobic tank → Anaerobic Bio filter → Aeration tank → Secondary clarifier for treatment of wastewater to be generated from parboiled paddy section. 7. The industry has also proposed to provide septic tank for treatment of its domestic effluent and the treated domestic effluent will be discharged onto land for plantation. 8. The industry has proposed to develop plantation in an area measuring about more than 1.0 acres to dispose off treated trade effluent (60.0 KLD). 9. The industry has proposed to provide 1 no. DG set of capacity 250 KVA, which will be equipped with canopy and stack of adequate height. It is pertinent to mention here that specific sitting guidelines have been prescribed by the Board for the establishment of a Rice Sheller/Parboiled plant, as per Deptt of Science Technology & Environment Govt. of Punjab Order No.10/48/2004/STE(4)/932 dated 15.10.2013. The detailed status report w.r.t. sitting guidelines as per the report signed by the Tehsildar, Dirba is attached herewith. S. No Guidelines prescribed for new Rice sheller unit Relevant distances as per Tehsildar, Dirba report. Visiting officer report/ comments 1 500 m from Village Lal Dora/ Phirni The site is located more than the 1500 mtr from the Lal Lakir of nearby village. The proposed site falls at a distance of more than 500 mtr from lal lakir / phirni of any Village. 2 500 m from Wild Life Sanctuary/ Zoo There is no Wild Life Sanctuary/ Zoo situated within the radius of 1500 mtr from the proposed site There is no wild life sanctuary / Zoo within 500 mtr from the proposed site. 3 500 m from Residential Area No Residential colony or 15 pucca houses are situated within the radius of 1500 mtr from the proposed site There is no approved residential area/ colony within a radius of 500 meter from the proposed site. 4 500m from Educational Institute, Historical religious places & Protected Monuments There is no Educational Institute, Historical religious places & Protected monuments lies within a radius of 1500 meters from the proposed site. There is no Educational Institute, Historical religious places & Protected Monuments within a radius of 500 meters from the proposed site. The industry has also obtained provisional CLU from District Town Planner, Sangrur vide memo no. 119 DTP(S)/RS-1 dated 24.01.2024 for establishment of rice sheller unit in a land measuring 35 kanal 12 Marla, in which it is stated that site of industry falls in revenue estate of Village Shadihari, having Khasra no. 84//6 (3-17),15 (8-0), 16 (8-0), 25 (8-0), 95//5/2 (6-18), 6/1(0-17). The main contents of the report is attached in agenda note. From the above reports of DTP & Tehsildar and the findings during site visit, it is clear that the industry is meeting with the specific sitting guidelines prescribed by the Board for the establishment of a Rice Shellers/Par-boiling plants, as per Deptt. of Science Technology & Environment Govt. of Punjab Order No.10/48/2004/STE(4)/932 dated 15.10.2013. The industry has mentioning the type of pollution to be involved in the proposed project and its measurements in feasibility report. The relevant part of the feasibility report is as under: Air pollution and its measurements: a) The industry has also proposed to provide multi-cyclone as APCD with proposed boiler of capacity 6.0 TPH along with stack of adequate height. b) The industry has proposed to provide separate cyclone as APCD with proposed additional 3 no's dryers of capacity 24.0 TPH, each. c) The industry has proposed to install separate cyclone separator as APCDs for shelling section, paddy cleaner of dryer section. Water pollution and its measurements: a) The industry has proposed to use 75.0 KLD of raw water in its paddy parboiling activity and 58.0 KLD of water will be used in boiler feed. In the parboiled section, 15.0 KLD of water will be soaked by paddy. Thus, wastewater to the tune of 60.0 KLD will be generated in its process. The treated effluent will be discharged onto land for plantation in an area of about 1.0 acres and plantation as per karnal technology will be provided. b) The industry has proposed to install ETP Plant of capacity 60.0 KLD for treatment of wastewater. c) The industry will provided septic tank for treatment of domestic effluent to be generated from toilets / washrooms. The same will be utilized onto land for plantation after treatment along boundary wall to utilize treated domestic effluent after septic tank. d) There will be generation of small quantity waste water in the form of boiler blow down, which will be utilized for onto land for plantation after treatment in ETP. e) The industry has more than 1.0 acre of land in its premises which is proposed to develop as plantation area, which will be adequate to take the hydraulic load @ 60 KLD to utilize the treated trade effluent and domestic effluent after treatment. Hazardous Waste and its measurements: The industry will enter into an agreement with authorized re-cycler for disposal of waste oil to be generated from the DG set of capacity 250 KVA. Boiler Ash: The industry will dispose off its boiler ash for land filling purposes in low lying areas. In view above, it is recommended that the consent to establish (CTE) a new Saila plant for manufacturing of Dry/steamed @ 3.0 TPH and /parboiled rice @ 1.0 TPH by using Paddy @ 6.0 TPH under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 may be granted to the industry under orange category, subject to the suitable conditions as per the policy of the Board and following additional conditions: - 1. This NOC is valid for establishment of a new unit for the production of Dry/steamed @ 3.0 TPH and /parboiled rice @ 1.0 TPH by using Paddy @ 6.0 TPH as raw material, located at Village Ladbanjara Kalan, Tehsil Dirba, District Sangrur. 2. The industry shall not construct any building/shed within the HT tension zone area as per assurance submitted by it through affidavit. 3. The industry shall install its plant machinery in revenue estate of Village Ladbanjara Kalan, having Khasra no. 84//6 (3-17),15 (8-0), 16 (8-0), 25 (8-0), 95//5/2 (6-18), 6/1(0-17) land measuring 35 kanal 12 Marla, mentioned in the DTP letter vide no. 119 DTP(S)/RS-1 dated 24.01.2024. 4. The industry shall comply with all the conditions imposed in the NOC granted vide District Town Planner, Sangrur letter no. 119 DTP(S)/RS-1 dated 24.01.2024. 5. The rice sheller shall ensure the compliance of following code of practice laid down by Govt. vide order no. 10/48/2004-STE (4) /932 dated 15/10/2013 at all the times in true letter & spirit:- A) Code of Practices i. All the processing sheds be covered and have minimum ventilation as per the recommendations of Director of Factories. ii. The industry should plant thick plantation of spreading crown varieties of evergreen trees all along the boundary wall of the rice sheller / saila plant. iii. All dust emitting points should be properly hooded and dust extracted to a common point. At this exhaust point, dust coming here will be passed through a dust control system and air will be emitted through a stack of height 3 meters above the roof of the building. iv. The management and handling of rice husk in the rice shelling units / saila plants should be done as under: a) All the rice shelling units / saila plants shall provide paved / brick roads / cement concrete roads/ metalled roads inside their premises for movement of vehicles, so as to prevent the generation of dust. b) The industry shall provide proper rice husk storage facilities inside the factory premises and the height of brick wall in front of the discharge point of rice husk area should be at least 10' high or 3.5' higher than the discharge point of the rice husk pipe (whichever is more) and the length of aforesaid brick wall should be at least 35' on each side of the rice husk discharge pipe. c) The industry shall provide a layer of wind screen of mild steel or some other similar material of at least 5' height above the brick wall. The wind screen system should have a porosity of ~30% to lower the wind velocities, thus reducing the amount of airborne particulate from storage, handling and loading / unloading areas of rice husk. d) The minimum diameter at the outlet of discharge pipe of rice husk be kept as 15'', which can be maintained by extending the existing discharge pipe with the help of a conical shaped pipe of at least 3' length. e) Wherever the height of rice husk is 3' or more, the industry shall cover the heap of husk with HDPE warp knitted fabric completely, except the area near the discharge pipe. The HDPE warp knitted fabric be made of 100% virgin high density polymer of at least 70 gm/m2 weight having 40-45 hole/inch2 to prevent wind blowing of stored husk. f) During transportation of rice husk through vehicles, it shall be covered from all sides with tarpaulin to prevent blowing of husk by winds. v. "Guidelines for Handling, Transportation, Storage and Disposal of Ash from Husk Fired Boiler:- The management and handling of rice husk ash in the rice shelling units/saila plants should be done as under:- a) The ash collected from APCD from husk fired boiler shall be temporarily stored in a shed/chamber closed from at least three sides and a roof, with access only from the from the front side for purpose of removal of ash. b) During loading/ unloading of ash, water shall be sprinkled periodically to keep the ash heap in wet condition so that the top layer remains wet at all times so that ash particles are not blown by winds. c) All the conveyors/ vehicles conveying ash within or outside the plant premises shall be covered from all sides to prevent blowing of ash particles by winds. d) The boiler ash shall be disposal in such a way that secondary emissions of the ash do not occur due to wind blowing effect. The following disposal practices shall be followed. For units disposing ash outside their own premises: The rice mills disposing their boiler ash outside their premises through contractors shall ensure that the ash has been disposed at a designated landfill site facility as approved by Punjab Pollution Control Board. For units disposing ash within their own premises: a) The units disposing ash at the ground level should cover the ash wit soil and periodically sprinkle water on the disposed ash so as to keep it in wet condition at all times. Pilling up of another batch of ash over the earlier disposed ash may be done, but the ash heap should be covered each time by soil and kept wet by sprinkling of water. A wind breaking wall of a height equal to the height of the ash heap shall be erected around the ash disposal site, leaving an opening for access road. b) The industry may develop underground ditch for disposal of boiler ash within plant premises in an environmentally sound manner." 6. The NOC is valid for one year. 7. The industry shall obtain permission for abstraction of ground water as per guidelines issued by the Punjab Water Regulatory and Development Authoritry (PWRDA)/Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA). 8. The industry shall discharge its Trade effluent onto land for plantation purposes & same shall not be allowed to stagnate anywhere inside or outside its premises. 9. The industry shall discharge domestic effluent onto land for plantation after its treatment in septic tank. 10. The industry shall not consume any fuel except rice husk in boiler furnace & HSD for D.G. sets for burning purposes without the prior written permission of the Board. 11. The industry shall be bound to achieve stack emission standards laid down by the CPCB /PPCB from time to time and shall upgrade its APCD to ensure that emissions discharged conform to emission standards prescribed/amended by the Board from time to time. 12. The industry shall ensure to maintain the distance of sitting parameters as mentioned in the notification no. 10/48/2004-STE(4)/932 dated 15/10/2013, from the proposed site of the rice shelling unit. 13. The industry shall earmark the area for disposal of fly ash and also make agreement with the brick kilns for use of ash for the production of bricks. 14. The industry should confirm to the following ambient noise levels prescribed under Rule 13 (1) of Noise Pollution (Regulation & Control) Rules, 2000 at their boundary limits: Sr. No. Parameters Day Time Night Time 1. Industrial Area 75 70 2. Commercial Area 65 55 3. Residential Area 55 45 4. Silence Zone 50 40 (limits in dB(A)) Note: i) Day time shall mean from 6.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. ii) Night time shall mean from 10.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m. 15. The industry shall install noise limiter on potential polluting devices including retrofitting the existing devices. 16. Adequate measures shall be taken by the project proponent during construction phase to reduce ambient air and noise level, so as to confirm to the stipulated standard by CPCB/SPCB. 17. The maximum noise levels near the construction site should be limited to 75 dB(A) Leq (5 min) in industrial areas and to 65 dB(A) Leq (5 min) in other areas. 18. Material need to be stockpiled and unused equipment to be placed between noisy operating equipment and other areas. 19. The industry shall maintain the record w.r.t. operation of its ETP i.e. Chemical used in the ETP, quantity of trade effluent, treated in the ETP, power consumption etc. and shall submit the same to the Board on regular basis. The competency to decide the case lies with Environmental Engineer of Regional office, Sangrur. |
