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The establishment is a small scale orange category rice shelling unit and was obtained consent to establish for establish vides no. CTE/Exp/SGR/2023/20951574 dated 06.02.2023 under the Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981 for one year by proposing to install rice shelling machinery, mechanical dryers and boiler plant .
After installation of the proposed plant and machinery, the industry has applied for obtaining fresh consents to operate under the Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981 to produce Sorted Raw Rice (with dryer) @ 7.0 TPH & Parboiled Rice @ 1.0 TPH/Steamed Rice @ 3.0 TPH, under orange category.
Along with the application, the industry has provided: -
1) the completion certificate w.r.t. the installation of ETP, which is installed for the treatment of effluent generated from its parboiled plant.
2) The approved building plan obtained from the Competent Person of the Director of Factories.
3) The CA certificate mentioning the value of gross fixed assets of the industry.
4) Compliance report of NOC conditions.
5) Power bill as a proof for date of commissioning.
The industry has deposited water and air consent fee as mentioned at sr. no. (vii) in agenda table against the gross fixed assets of Rs. 496.89 Lacs as on 12.03.2024, as per CA certificate dated 31.03.2024.
The fee deposited by the industry under both Acts, is adequate upto 30.09.2029.
During scrutiny, the application submitted and the documents provided along with the fee deposited by the industry is found complete and adequate.
To verify facts on the ground, the industry was visited by the AEE of this office on 09.05.2024 and it was observed as under:-
1) The industry was not in operation . However, it has installed the various plant & machinery alongwith APCDs & wastewater treatment plant (ETP).
2) The industry has covered all the processing sheds.
3) The industry has provided separate cyclone separator as APCD with shelling section as well as dryer sections with adequate stack height to control the process emissions. Separate cyclone separators as APCDs have also provided with boiler section. All the dust emitting points are hooded and connected to the cyclone separators.
4) The industry has provided sampling arrangements with the stacks of the APCDs.
5) The industry has provided brick road from main gate of the industry to the rice husk area for the movements of vehicles.
6) The industry has made plantation along the boundary wall of the rice sheller.
7) The industry has provided brick wall of 10 feet height and wind screen of 5 feet height over the said wall, in front of the discharge point of rice husk area and the length of aforesaid brick wall is 35' on each side of the rice husk discharge point.
8) The industry is found disposing off its boiler ash for land filling purposes in low lying areas.
9) The trade effluent generated from the parboiled manufacturing process is found treating with ETP Plant installed by the industry and the treated wastewater is being discharged onto land for plantation.
10) The industry has developed sufficient plants under 0.5 plantation area for disposal of treated trade effluent as well as domestic wastewater.
11) The industry has provided septic tank for treatment of domestic effluent generated from toilets / washrooms. It has also made plantation along boundary wall to utilize treated domestic effluent after septic tank.
12) The generation of small quantity waste water in the form of boiler blow down, is being utilized for ash quenching as well as sprinkling purposes for dust separation.
13) The industry has submitted completion certificate w.r.t. the feasibility report submitted during the grant of NOC expansion and the industry was found installed APCDs as well as ETP as per the feasibility report submitted by the industry.
From the above, it is clear that the industry is found complying with the conditions during grant of NOC expansion.
No complaint is pending against the industry.
Keeping in view of above, it is recommended that the fresh consents to operate under the Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981 for manufacturing of Sorted Raw Rice (with dryer) @ 7.0 TPH & Parboiled Rice @ 1.0 TPH/Steamed Rice @ 3.0 TPH may be granted upto 30.09.2029, with suitable conditions as per policy of the Board.
The competency for grant of consents/NOC to the rice shellers with or without dryer lies with the Environmental Engineer of the Regional Office.
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