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• The industry was granted consents to operate under the Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981 dated 12.04.2023 (valid upto 19.07.2023) for production of Cold Rolled (C.R.) /Tempered steel strips @ 30,000 TPA, subject to one of the special conditions that the industry will ensure to apply online for grant of Terms of Reference (ToRs) followed by Environmental Clearance in compliance to the notification issued by MoEF&CC dated 20.07.2022, within 03 months……………….
• Thereafter, the industry applied online for grant of Terms of Reference (ToR) followed by Environmental Clearance in compliance to the notification issued by MoEF & CC dated 20.07.2022 and same has been auto granted by GOI, SEIAA Punjab vide no. SIA/PB/IND1/427886/2023 dated 04.05.2023 and accordingly the industry was granted consents to operate under the Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981 dated 28.06.2023, valid up to 30.06.2024……………………..
• The industry proposed expansion and applied for obtaining 'consent to establish'(NOC) through invest Punjab for additional production of Hardened and Tempered Steel Strips @ 6000 MT/Annum & Steel Scrap @ 500 MT/Annum along-with addition in the land area of 35 Kanal 11 Marla, which was granted on 16.08.2023 (valid upto 05.07.2024) …………………..
• An air emission sampling was carried out from the stack attached with the annealing furnaces on 05.04.2024 and as per analysis report, the SPM was found as 39 mg/Nm3 which is within the permissible limits (150 mg/Nm3)………………………..
• MOEFCC vide notification dated 07.06.2024 has clarified that the Standalone rolling or re-rolling or extrusion or piercing or forging or drawing units not involving any type of melting or pickling are exempted from the purview of EIA notification dated 14.09.2006……………….
• Application applied for extension in the validity of CTOs under the Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981.
• The visiting officer has reported as under:
1. The industry was in operation for production of cold rolled/hardened tempered strips. 3 cold rolling mills installed. 5 annealing furnaces installed, out of which only three are used at one time and other two are kept on standby and all these are connected to a stack with a movable pipe when they are operated………………..
2. 07 electrical operated heating furnaces installed for hardening and tempering the coils. Quenching oil is used for rapid cooling of the coils. The emissions generated from the heated quenching oil are arrested through hoppers and dispersed into the atmosphere through stacks…………………
3. Machines provided where cutting oil is used for strip grinding of the coils. There is no source of emissions from the machinery and the cutting oil being used is re-circulated in the process………………
4. The industry is not using water in its process. Hence, no trade effluent is generated. Domestic effluent generated from the toilet section is being discharged into MC sewer………….
• In view of above, if approved, consents to operate under the Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981 may be granted to the industry with validity upto 31.03.2025.
Competency : CEE(B)
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