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Sir, the industry was granted consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 and under Air Act, 1981 both valid upto 30/09/2027 for the manufacturing of Tractor parts & Accessories @ 20 MTD.
Earlier, show cause notice for revocation / cancellation of consent to operate granted under the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 was issued to industry with hearing before the CEE, Ludhiana on 06.06.2024, wherein it was decided as under:-
1. The consent to operate already granted under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 revoked.
2. The industry shall apply revised consent to operate under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 as per latest setup of machinery.
3. The Environmental Engineer, Regional Office shall verify submissions made by the industry and process consent applications on merits.
Now, the industry has applied for obtaining varied 'Consent to Operate' under the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 with requisite documents.
To verify the compliance, RO has visited the industry on 23.04.2024 and it was reported that: 1. The industry was in operation during the visit & engaged in the manufacturing of tractor parts & accessories. 2. The industry has valid 'Consent to Operate' for 4 no. shot blasting machines, 6 no. oil fired furnaces and 2 no. normalizing furnaces but during visit, it was observed that the industry has installed 5 no. billet heaters, 2 no. oil fired furnaces (1 no. standby), 1 no. shot blasting machines without obtaining NOC modernization/expansion/varied 'Consent to Operate' of the Board. 3. Now, it has applied for obtaining varied 'Consent to Operate' under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 for 2 oil fired normalizing furnaces, 1 no. Shot blast machine, 1 no. oil fired forging furnace, 1 no. oil fired clevis furnace and 5 no. billet heaters. 4. The industry has installed 6 D.G. sets of capacity 125 KVA each are in acoustic room. The industry has 1 D.G. set of capacity 350 KVA with canopy & adequate stack height. 5. The industry has no source of trade effluent generation & only domestic effluent is being discharged into sewer.
It has already obtained permission for ground water extraction @ 1410 KL/month from PWRDA vide no. GW/PWRDA/02/2024/L1/33 dated 07.02.2024 valid upto 06.02.2027.
In view of the above, it is recommended that varied 'Consent to Operate' under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 may be granted to industry upto 30/09/2029 with suitable conditions as per policy of the Board, please. (Category- Orange, Medium) Competency- CEE
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