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Subject: Application for obtaining fresh consent to operate under the provision of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 - M/s Satnam Rice Mills, Village Bharpurgarh, Tehsil Amloh, Distt Fatehgarh Sahib.
Reference: Rice Sheller's online application ID 25662988 and 25662993 dated 18/05/2024.
It is submitted that the rice sheller was granted consent to establish under the provision of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, vide no. CTE/Fresh/FGS/2023/22810455 dated 04/08/2023 valid up to 03/08/2024 for Processing of Paddy (with drier) @ 03 T/Hour to produce Rice @ 02 T/Hour and Rice Bran @ 0.105 T/Hour.
Now, the rice sheller has applied for fresh consent to operate under the provision of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 for Processing of Paddy (with drier) @ 03 T/Hour to produce Rice @ 02 T/Hour along-with requisite documents.
The rice sheller has deposited Rs. 28000/- vide no. SBIN324136269157 dated 15/05/2024 as water consent fee and Rs. 28000/- vide no. SBIN324136272320 dated 15/05/2024 as air consent fee against the fixed assets of Rs. 98.49 Lakh as on 31/03/2024 as per CA Certificate dated 06/05/2024. The consent fee is adequate up to 31/03/2029 as per Board's Office Order dated 29/10/2018.
The rice sheller has not submitted building plan under the provisions of 3-A of Punjab Factory Rules, 1952 from the Competent Authority. However, the industry has submitted the Certificate of In Principal Approval issued by DC Fatehgarh Sahib vide no. SPL-01 dated 28/06/2023 under Punjab Right to Business Act, 2020 and sanction building plan and as per condition no (vi) of certificate, it has been stated that during the course of validity of certificate of in principle approval, the enterprise shall at any time but no later than three years and six months from the date of issue of the certificate, apply and obtain all application regular approval from the concerned department through the single window system of Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotions (PBIP).
The industry has submitted the completion certificate regarding installation of the cyclone separator as APCD with paddy cleaner of dryer section, separately along with adequate stack height and sample collection facilities.
To verify the contents of the application, the rice sheller was visited by undersigned on 27/05/2024 and observed as under: -
1. The rice sheller was not in operation.
2. The rice sheller has installed cyclone separator as APCD with shelling section and paddy cleaning section of the drier, separately. The rice sheller has submitted the latest analysis report for the stack emission from M/s Evapo Tech Technical Service and Consultants dated 04/04/2024 and as per the analysis report, the concentration of particulate matter is 308 mg/Nm3, which is within the permissible limits as prescribed by the Board.
3. The rice sheller has provided brick wall of 10' height with adequate length and further wind screen of 5' height has provided on the said wall.
4. No water used in the process therefore no trade effluent is generated. Domestic effluent generated was being discharged onto land for plantation after passing through septic tank.
5. The industry has provided plantation along the boundary wall.
6. The rice sheller has provided brick paved on movement area of the vehicles.
From above, it is clear that the rice sheller is complying with the code of practice stipulated for such units and provisions of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 & the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
It is further submitted that the Govt. of India, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Deptt. of Water Resources RD&GR Central Ground Water Authority, New Delhi has issued directions u/s 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 vide letter no. CGWA-21/6/2020-CGWA-101 dated 06/04/2022 “that it shall be mandatory for the Project Proponent abstracting ground water to obtain NOC from CGWA or the concerned State/ UT Ground Water Authority as the case made be in the compliance condition in consent to operate and consent to establish issued by the State Pollution Control Board.” Accordingly, the Board vide letter no. 1955-57 dated 18/01/2023 has informed all the officers of the Board in continuation to earlier circular no. CEE(HQ)/2018/7956-84 dated 03/03/2018 and 768-97 dated 13/01/2021 to ensure the compliance of the said directions.
PWRDA vide notification dated 27.01.2023 has exempted units from obtaining any permission of the authority, which are extracting not more than 300 cubic meters of ground water per month.
In the subject cited case, the industry has mentioned ground water extraction @ 0.5 KLD. Considering 150 working days per year, ground water extraction will be 6.25 KL/month, which is less than 300 KL/month. Therefore, the unit does not require to obtain permission from the PWRDA.
Keeping above in view, if approved, that the fresh consent to operate under the provision of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 may be granted up to 30/09/2028 for Processing of Paddy (with drier) @ 03 T/Hour to produce Rice @ 02 T/Hour with usual conditions along-with the following special conditions as under:
1. The industry shall submit the building plan approved under the provisions of 3-A of Punjab Factory Rules, 1952 from the Competent Authority.
2. The industry shall submit the stack emission analysis report from Board's lab in the next upcoming season.
3. The industry shall be bound to comply with the provisions of Master Plan of Fatehgarh Sahib, prepared by the Department of Town and Country Planning, Punjab.
4. The industry shall comply with the guidelines for Abstraction of Ground Water from the Punjab Water Regulation and Development Authority (PWRDA).
5. The industry will discharge only treated domestic effluent onto land for plantation / green belt.
6. The industry shall not increase its existing land area without prior permission of the Board.
7. The industry shall not increase its production capacity without the prior written permission/NOC of the Board.
8. 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.
(v) During transportation of rice husk through vehicles, it shall be covered from all sides with tarpaulin to prevent blowing of husk by winds.
Competency: Environmental Engineer
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