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Sir, the industry was granted consent under the Water Act, 1974 and under the Air Act, 1981 both valid upto 31/03/2024 for manufacturing of Auto components & Non-Auto Components (Crank shaft, axle arm & beam, Differential Case etc.) @ 38000 MT/year with special conditions as under:
1. The industry will not generate any trade effluent from manufacturing process without obtaining permission of the Board and this consent is granted for only dry process.
2. The industry will not commission its phosphating and painting section without obtaining NOC of the board.
3. The industry will do its proposed expansion only after obtaining NOC from the Board.
Now, the industry has applied for obtaining renewal of consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981.
The consent applications under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 has been perused and it has been observed as under:
1. The industry has provided 2.2 Acres Land for disposal of effluent @ 230 KLD, which is not sufficient.
2. The industry has not submitted details of plantation area of 2.2 Acres provided for disposal of effluent @ 230 KLD.
3. The industry has not obtained permission from the PWRDA for ground water extraction.
4. The industry has also installed one automatic phosphating, painting section, 2 no. shot blast machines without prior permission of the Board in violation to conditions of earlier granted consent to operate.
5. The industry has significant increase of fixed assets around 100 crores. The industry has not submitted details of increase in fixed assets and details of additional machinery.
6. The industry is located in village Dugri and the industry has installed forging presses of capacities 14000 Ton and 8000 MT with billet heaters and failed to submit the noise monitoring analysis report.
7. The industry has not submitted point wise compliance of conditions of previous granted consent to operate under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
8. The industry is generating huge quantity of cutting oil from processes and has not submitted disposal mechanism of the same.
In view of the above, it is recommended that 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 may be issued to industry with hearing before CEE Ludhiana, please.
(Category - Orange, large) (Competency - CEE)
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