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It is intimated that the industry is a small scale and red category unit and was granted consent to operate under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 vide no. CTOW/Varied/LDH2/2019/9901129 dated 01.07.2019 valid upto 30.06.2024 and under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 vide no. CTOA/Varied/LDH2/2019/9901114 dated 01.072019 valid upto 30.06.2024 for production of hydraulic fittings @ 40000 Numbers/Day.
The industry was visited by the officer of the Board on 23.11.2022 and various discrepancies were observed during visit. Hence, the industry was issued show cause notice with an opportunity of personal hearing before the Senior Environmental Engineer, Zonal office-1, Ludhiana on 24.02.2023, in which the following decisions were taken:-
1. The industry shall maintain record regarding fresh water consumption, effluent lifted to CETP operator and effluent treated through STP on daily basis.
2. The industry shall provide APCD alongwith stack of adequate height with phosphating section and stacks of adequate of height with D.G sets and hot water generator, within 15 days.
3. The industry shall dispose hazardous waste of all categories to authorized agencies and shall also obtain authorization under Hazardous and other Waste (Management & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 for all categories, within 15 days.
4. The Environmental Engineer, Regional office-2, Ludhiana shall verify submission of industry / compliance of hearing decisions and submit report alongwith recommendations, after 15 days.
To verify the compliance of the decisions of personal hearing, the industry was visited by officer of the Board on 23.01.2024 and it was observed that the industry has not provided the APCD with its phosphating section. Further, the industry has installed D.G. Set of 500 KVA with Inadequate stack height. Hence consent granted to the industry under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 was revoked vide Zonal office-1, Ludhiana letter no. 2285-86 dated 18.04.2024.
Now, the industry has applied for consent to operate under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 on 09.07.2024 for manufacturing of hydraulic pipe fittings @ 40000 nos./day using M.S. Round @ 2400 MT/Year, Powder @ 5 Kgs/day, Caustic @ 6 Kgs/day, Acid @ 30 Kgs/day, Phosphate @ 18 Liter/day and Zinc @ 2 Liter/day as raw material.
While scrutinised the case it has been observed that:-
1. The industry has not submitted the dimensional drawing of APCD.
2. The fixed assets of the industry have been increased from 619. Lac as on 31.01.20219 to Rs. 654.67 lacs i.e. Rs. 35.63 Lacs increased. Hence, the industry is required to deposit Rs. 3,600/- as NOC Regularisation fee.
3. The industry is required to deposit Rs. 2160/- as Late fee + Rs. 500/- as consent form fee.
4. The industry has not submitted the list of increased machinery.
5. The industry has not submitted the compliance report of previous Consent conditions.
The industry was requested to attend the above said observations and submit your reply within 2 days through clarification dated 05.07.2024. But the industry has not submitted the reply of clarification till date.
In the meantime to verify the fact at site, the industry was visited by the undersigned on 09.07.2024 and observed as under:-
1. The industry is engaged in manufacturing of hydraulic pipe fittings.
2. The manufacturing process involves: MS Round - Cutting - Phosphating - Annealing - Caustic Cleaning - Phosphating - Cold Forging - Machining - Caustic Clean - Zinc Plating - Packaging.
3. The industry has not provided the APCD with its phosphating section so far. APCD was being fabricalted at site as observed during visit.
4. Now, the industry has provided the adequate stack heights to its D.G.Sets of capacity 500 KVA & 250 KVA equipped with canopies.
5. One hot water generator is installed which uses diesel as fuel.
6. As per CA certificate submitted by the industry the value of total fixed assets is Rs. 654.67 Lacs as on 31.03.2024.
7. The industry has deposited Rs. 108000/- Vide R.No N170243100468572 Dt 18.06.2024 as consent fee Air, which is adequate upto 31.12.2028 after detecting the late fee of Rs. 5400/-.
8. The industry has submitted approved building plan from authorized competent person authorized by Director of Factories, Punjab.
9. The industry has submitted the letter issued by DTP, Ludhiana vide no 2026 dated 30.6.2014 which the site of the industry falls in industrial zone as per Master Plan, Ludhiana (2007-31).
Keeping in view of above, industry has failed to submit the reply of clarification dated 05.07.2024 and also to provide the APCD with its phosphating section. Hence, it is recommended that show cause notice for refusal of consent to operate under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 may be issued to the industry.
Red Cat/Small Scale
Competency: SEE (ZO)
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