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It is intimated that SEIAA vide letter no. 4733 dated 02.09.2021 had earlier informed the Board that in the NGT matter (O.A no. 298/2020), it has been requested to the Regional Office, MOEFCC Chandigarh to clarify whether units like plywood/mica/veneer which manufacture formaldehyde or its resins for their in-house use as adhesive/ glue are covered under the aforesaid orders of the Hon’ble NGT dated 03.06.2021 in OA No. 298 dated 2020 or not. However, there is no intimation, thereafter to this Office about the reply if any given by the MOEFCC to the SEIAA or the Board.
Now, the industry in question is a plywood unit which is also manufacturing glue for in house use by using urea and formaldehyde as raw material.
In view of the position explained above,
1. This application may be forwarded to CEE(HQ)/SEE(HQ 2) for his comments/recommendations
OR
2. A short-term consent for one year may be given to the industry with special conditions that
A). in case MOEFCC/SEIAAq/NGT shall direct such units to obtain Environment clearance(EC), than the industry is bound to obtain EC as required under notification 2006
B). The industry shall not operate the glue cattle and shall not manfacture formaldehyde based glue without the permission of the Board.
C). The industry shall provide/upgrade its pollution control arrangements as per the design being provided by PSCST.
D). The industry will ensure that that there shall be no Black smoke from its boiler stack due to use of in-house plywood wastage or any other reason.
E). The industry shall provide CCTV Cameras facing stack and fuel being used so as to ensure that there will be no Black smoke.
F). The industry shall submit sample testing fee for stack sampling within 15 days and Regional Office to collect samples immediately.
G). The industry shall operate only those machinery for which it has obtained forest licence from Department of Forest.
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