| File Note: |
The industry was granted consents to operate under the Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981 vide no. CTOW/Renewal/MNS/2020/12383247 & CTOA/Renewal/MNS/2020/12383249 dated 21.03.2020, valid upto 30.09.2024 for operation of rice sheller unit of capacity Raw rice / sorted rice @ 1 TPH without dryer, subject to the conditions mentioned therein.
Now, the industry has applied for varied consents to operate under the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 through OCMMS for operation of rice sheller unit after increasing the production capacity to produce Raw rice / sorted rice @ 2 TPH with dryer without increase in land area. The details of the case is as under: -
The industry has deposited Rs. 9000/- vide R. No.
404591145 dt. 11.08.2023 under Water Act, 1974 and Rs. 10100/- vide online R.No. 222421025 dated 11.08.2023 under the Air Act, 1981 to make it adequate upto 30.09.2028 after deducting NOC regularization fee as per the Board's office order dated 29.10.2018 against fixed assets of Rs. 24.67 lacs as per the CA certificate dated 01.12.2023.
The industry has attached the CA certificate, bills of machinery, compliance report of consent conditions, certificate from EO,NP, Mansa and undertaking regarding completion certificate.
The industry has submitted the certificate from EO, NP, Bareta vide letter no. 1002 dated 03.07.2023 which is reproduced as under : -
The rice sheller unit was visited by undersigned on 09.05.2024 and it was observed that –
1) The industry was not in operation due to completion of milling process.
2) The industry is an existing rice mill and has installed cyclone separator as APCD with shelling section and paddy cleaning section of the drier. Further the sampling arrangements have also been provided with the APCDs.
3) The industry has provided brick wall of 15' height with adequate length on the front side and further wind screen of 5' height has provided on the sides of said wall.
4) The industry has provided plantation along its boundary wall and was advised to increase the plantation in the upcoming monsoon season.
5) The industry has provided septic tank for treatment of domestic effluent.
6) The industry has provided brick paved movement area for the of the vehicles.
The industry is complying with the provisions of the Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981 as well as code of practice prescribed by the Govt. vide order dt. 15.10.2013.
Recommendations:
In view of above, the industry has removed the previous observations and as such the SCN issued to the industry may be dropped and consent to operate may be granted to the rice mill under the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 for operation of rice sheller unit of capacity 3 TPH of Raw rice/Sorted Rice with Dryer may be granted to the unit upto 30.09.2029 with suitable conditions along with special conditions that:-
1. The industry will get its stack emissions samples analyzed from Board's lab within 2 months, positively.
2. The industry will discharge only treated domestic effluent onto land for plantation / green belt.
3. The industry shall not increase its existing land area without prior permission of the Board.
4. The industry shall not increase its production capacity without the prior written permission/NOC of the Board.
5. The industry shall comply with the code of practice notified by the Govt. of Punjab, Department of Science, Technology & Environment vide order dated 15.10.2013 as follows:
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 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) (i) 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.
(ii) 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.
(iii) 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.
(iv) Wherever, 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.
(c) During transportation of rice husk through vehicles, it shall be covered from all sides with tarpaulin to prevent blowing of husk by winds. |
