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Sub: Proceeding of the personal hearing given before the Chairman of the Board on 25.04.2024 w.r.t. show cause notice for refusal of consent to operate under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 to M/s Eveline International, Dhandari Kalan, Ludhiana.
The following were present:
On behalf of Punjab Pollution Control Board
Er. G. S. Majithia, Member Secretary, Punjab Pollution Control Board
Er. Pardeep Gupta, Chief Environmental Engineer, Ludhiana
Er. Pardeep Balu, Add. Senior Environmental Engineer, Zonal Office-1, Ludhiana
On behalf of the industry
Sh. Tushen Nayar, G.M. Admin.
Sh. Rohit Kapur, CEO
The Add. Senior Environmental Engineer, Zonal Office-1, Ludhiana brought out that the industry is a medium scale red category unit and was granted consent to operate under Air Act, 1981 vide no. CTOA/Renewal/LDH2/2021/14633757 dated 28.05.2021 valid upto 31.03.2024 and under the Water Act, 1974 vide no. CTOW/Varied/LDH2/2022/19498213 dated 17.10.2022 upto 31.03.2023.
A complaint was received conveying the CCTV footages regarding emitting of black smoke from the stack of the industry. Accordingly, the site of the industry was visited by officer of the Board on 14.11.2023 and it was observed as under :-
1. The industry was in operation during visit and is engaged in the process of dyeing, knitting and garment manufacturing.
2. The industry has installed 02 boilers of capacities one of 1.5 TPH (Standby) & one of 08 TPH (Operational) with common trima cyclone as APCD and common stack of adequate height.
3. The industry was using rice husk as fuel, the black smoke was found to be emitting from the chimney of the boiler due to high moisture content in the rice husk, which was being used as fuel in the boiler furnace.
4. The wet rice husk also impacts the working of the APCD as the trima cyclone can only entrap particulate matter, however cannot act on the smoke generated due to usage of wet fuel.
5. The industry has installed 07 of D.G. sets of capacities of 380 KVA each, which are equipped with canopy/acoustic enclosure and adequate stack height.
Show cause notice for revocation of consent to operate granted under the Air Act, 1981 has been issued to industry with hearing before the CEE, Ludhiana on 20.12.2023, wherein, it was decided as under:-
1. The industry shall ensure that black smoke is not emitted at any time in future.
2. The industry shall submit the Bank Guarantee of amount Rs. 5 lacs as an assurance to comply at all times the provisions of Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, in future.
3. Environmental Engineer, Regional Office shall visit the industry to verify the compliance decisions of hearing and submit the report for taking further action in the matter. 4. In case the industry fails to comply with the provisions of Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 in future the consent shall be revoked without giving any further opportunity of show cause/hearing.
The industry has now applied for renewal of consent to operate under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
The industry was visited by officers of the Board on 27.02.2024. During visit, it was observed as under:-
1. The industry was in operation during visit and is engaged in the process of dyeing, knitting and garment manufacturing.
2. The industry has installed fabric dyeing machine containing of 2 no. soft flow machines of capacity 600 kg, 1 machine @ 350 kg, 1 machine @ 250 kg, 2 machines @ 100 kg/each , 1 machine @ 50 kg , 1 machine @ 30 kg, 1 machine @ 15 kg, 1 machine @ 2 kg (sample)
3. The industry has installed yarn package machine containing of 1 no. machines of capacity 600 kg, 1 machine @ 400 kg, 1 machine @ 200 kg, 2 machines @ 100 kg/each , 3 machines @ 25 kg each , 1 machine @ 10 kg, 1 machine @ 5 kg, 1 machine @ 2 kg, 1 machine @ 1 kg. 3. The industry has provided PPPU pump for scientific condensate recovery with the all the dyeing machines.
4. The industry has installed 2 no. relax drier, 10 no. tumbler drier in the dyeing premises.
5. The industry has installed various knitting machine, cutting machine, stitching machine in the garment manufacturing unit.
6. The industry has installed ETP based on physico chemical followed by biological treatment of the trade effluent generated from dyeing process.
7. The representative of the industry informed that the ETP is adequately designed to handled discharge of 600 KLD which has also been mentioned in the GNE report. Further, he also informed that presently the discharge is less due to the off season.
8. The industry has installed 2 no. boilers, one rice husk fired of 8 TPH capacity with multi cyclone as APCD and 2nd briquette fired boiler of capacity 1.5 TPH with cyclone as APCD. During visit air emission samples of 8 TPH boiler were collected and as per analysis results, the conc. of SPM = 192 mg/NM3.
9. The industry has not deposited bank guarantee of Rs. 5.0 Lacs as per the decision of the personal hearing held before CEE on 20.12.2023.
A video has again been received on 11.03.2024 regarding the black smoke being continuously emitted by the stack of the industry. As per physical conditions the APCD provided by the industry is old and requires upgradation immediately as repeated black smoke emissions are being observed from the stack of the industry.
The industry is not complying with decisions of personal hearing held before Chief Environmental Engineer on 20.12.2023.
In view of above, the industry was issued show cause notice for refusal of consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981 with hearing before Chairman of the Board on 25.04.2024.
Sh. Tushen Nayar, G.M. Admin and Sh. Rohit Kapur, CEO of the industry attended the hearing and submitted a written reply which was taken on record. He submitted that the black smoke was emitted only for one (01) minute due to the boiler restarting. To overcome the raised issue, we have already ordered spare parts for up-gradation on 30t January 2024 from Cheema Boilers amounting to Rs. 25-30 lacs and should be receiving the same in the next few days (the purchase orders are attached) and boiler performance shall improve upon up-gradation. With regards to the bank guarantee of Rs. 5 lacs not being deposited, they did not receive any official letter in regards to this matter. Additionally, they already have a Bank Guarantee of Rs. 20 lacs deposited with PPCB since November 2022 against ZLD commitment. On self-request, air sample was tested by PBTI on 06/02/2024 for the renewal of consent. PPCB visited and conducted their own testing on 27/02/2024. The results are way below the required norms in both PBTI & PPCB test results.
After hearing the industry, officers of the Board and considering material facts on record, the Chairman of the Board decided as under:
1. The industry shall up-grade the APCD so as to ensure that it does not emit black smoke at any time in future.
2. The industry shall operate the APCD properly and efficiently as to achieve the prescribed standard of the Board.
3. The industry shall submit Bank Guarantee of Rs. 5.00 lac as already imposed during hearing held on 20.12.2023, as an assurance to comply with provisions of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, within 07 days.
4. The Environmental Engineer, Regional Office-2, Ludhiana shall verify submission made by the industry and submit further recommendations in the matter for decided consent to operate under Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
5. The case of industry for return of Bank Guarantee of Rs. 20 lacs for ZLD be processed immediately alongwith case of consent to operate under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.
Submitted for confirmation of decisions of the hearing and for conveying to the industry and Regional Office, please. |
