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It is submitted that the rice sheller was granted fresh consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 vide no. CTOW/Varied/SGR/2019/11330582 dated 15/10/2019 valid upto 30/09/2028 and under the Air Act, 1981 vide no. CTOA/Renewal/SGR/2021/17101760 dated 09/10/2021 valid upto 30/09/2028, for manufacturing of Sorted raw rice (with dryer) @ 5.0 TPH by using Paddy @ 7.5 TPH as raw material, under the name of Sh. Manish Singla, (Partner).
Earlier, there were two partners running the firm namely, Sh. Manish Singla and Smt. Neena Jindal. Thereafter, as per deed executed on 17.07.2023, third partner namely Smt. Neeru Singla w/o Sh. Deepak Singla has joined the firm.
Now, the industry has submitted new partnership deed executed on 28.06.2024, as per which Sh. Manish Singla and Smt. Neena Jindal has got retired from the firm and one new partner joins the firm namely Sh. Deepak Singla s/o Sh. Bhagwant Rai Singla. Hence, there are now total 2 partners running the firm namely Smt. Neeru Singla and Sh. Deepak Singla.
Now, the rice sheller has applied for varied consent to operate under Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981 due to change in partnership deed for same production i.e. Sorted raw rice (with dryer) @ 5.0 TPH by using Paddy @ 7.5 TPH as raw material under the name of Sh. Deepak Singla, Partner.
The rice sheller has submitted compliance report of the consent earlier granted to it under the Water Act, 1974 and conditions of the the Air Act, 1981.
The industry has submitted CA certificate without depreciation dated 16.09.2024 regarding the value of fixed assets i.e. Rs. 73.63 lacs. Hence, there is no increase in value of fixed assets as per CA certificate as compare to last CA certificate submitted by the industry in previous consent application. The industry had already deposited consent fee in previous granted application which were adequate upto 30.09.2028 under the both acts.
To verify the facts, the site was visited by AEE of this office on 18/09/2024 and it was observed as under:-
1) The industry was not in operation.
2) The industry has covered all the processing sheds.
3) The industry had provided separate cyclone separator as APCD with shelling section as well as dryer section with adequate stack height to control the process emissions. All the dust emitting points are hooded and connected to the cyclone separator.
4) The industry has provided sampling arrangements with the stack of the APCD.
5) The industry had provided brick road from main gate of the industry to the rice husk area for the movements of vehicles.
6) The industry had made plantation along the boundary wall of the rice sheller.
7) The industry had provided brick wall of 10 feet height and wind screen of 5 feet height over the said wall, in front of the discharge point of rice husk area and the length of aforesaid brick wall is 35' on each side of the rice husk discharge point.
8) The industry had no source of trade effluent generation and only domestic effluent is being discharged onto land for plantation after septic tank.
9) The industry has stabilized the movement area of vehicles from gate to husk area and rice room to prevent the generation of dust emissions
No complaint is pending against the industry. The industry was found complying with consent conditions during last visit and consents were granted thereafter.
Keeping in view of above, it is recommended that varied consent to operate (CTO) under the Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981 may both be granted up to 30/09/2028 (upto adequacy of fee), for the production of Sorted raw rice (with dryer) @ 5.0 TPH by using Paddy @ 7.5 TPH as raw material under the name of Sh. Deepak Singla, Partner, subject to the suitable conditions and a special condition that the industry will got analyzed its stack emission sample from Board’s lab or Board’s approved lab in coming season.
Competency Environmental Engineer
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