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Earlier the industry was granted consent to operate under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 vide no. CTOW/Varied/LDH1/2022/19534288 dated 28.09.2022 valid upto 30.06.2027 and CTOA/Varied/LDH1/2022/19534315 dated 18.10.2022 valid upto 30.06.2027 for manufacturing of RECLAIM RUBBER/BUTYL RECLAIM RUBBER @ 160T/day By using OLD TYRES & TUBES @ 160 T/day, RUBBER PROCESSING OIL @ 3000 Liter/day.
Now the industry has applied for varied consent to operate under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 for manufacturing of RECLAIM RUBBER, BUTYL RECLAIM RUBBER,CRUMB RUBBER/G RANULE RUBBER OF ANY MESH SIZE/SHRE DDED RUBBER @ 160 TPD by using OLD TYRES & TUBES @ 180 T/day, RUBBER PROCESSING OIL @ 3000 Liter/day.
It is pertinent to mention here that no change in manufacturing process has been done by the project proponent, nor any major polluting machinery has been installed, as only 35 lakh increase in cost of machinery is there and the major increase in CA certificate is due to increase in other fixed assets. i.e. 244.19 lakh. Further while filling previous application the industry only filled product as RECLAIM RUBBER/BUTYL RECLAIM RUBBER @ 160T/day. Now the industry has mentioned products as RECLAIM RUBBER, BUTYL RECLAIM RUBBER, CRUMB RUBBER/GRANULE RUBBER OF ANY MESH SIZE/SHREDDED RUBBER @ 160 TPD. It is pertinent to mention here that CRUMB RUBBER/GRANULE RUBBER OF ANY MESH SIZE/SHREDDED RUBBER are intermediate products which were also being manufactured and now the industry has proposed to sell these intermediate products due to which the no. of products have been changed and there is no increase in polluting machinery/manufacturing process, only quantity of raw material has been increased.
The industry has filled online application, uploaded Latest CA certificate, CLU vide bearing no. 537 dated 31.08.2012, MOA certificate, compliance report, manufacturing process, site plan location plan. In addition to already deposited fee which is valid upto 30.06.2027, no deposit Rs. 48600/- vide no. 129258279 dated 09.05.2024 under Air Act, 1981, Rs. 48600/- vide no. 645876444 dated 09.05.2024 under Water Act, 1974 and Rs. 14400/- vide no. 645876444 dated 09.05.2024 as NOC regularization fee. The adequacy of fee deposited by the industry is upto 30.06.2029
The industry was visited by undersigned on 13.05.2022 and it was observed as under: -
1. The industry was in operation during visit.
2. The industry has installed boiler of 1.5 TPH capacity which is wood fired. Bag Filter has been provided as APCD.
3. The industry has installed thermopack of 10 Kcal/hr. capacity which is wood fired. Water scrubber has been provided as APCD along-with stack of adequate height and proper sampling arrangements.
4. The industry has also installed 02 No. Rubber Cracking and 01 No. Rubber Chopping machine.
5. The industry is washing the rubber before using the same into chopping/cracking machine.
6. The washing effluent is re-used after settling tanks. No dust emissions are generating from cracking/chopping as the washing is done prior to the process. No dust emissions were observed during visit.
7. The industry is treating the domestic effluent through Septic tank for further disposal onto land for plantation.
In view of the above it is recommended that the varied Consent to Operate under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air Act 1981 may be granted to the industry upto 30.06.2029 (upto adequacy of fee deposited) for manufacturing of RECLAIM RUBBER, BUTYL RECLAIM RUBBER,CRUMB RUBBER/G RANULE RUBBER OF ANY MESH SIZE/SHRE DDED RUBBER @ 160 TPD as per the policy of the Board with suitable terms and conditions, please.
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