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It is submitted that the industry was earlier granted consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981 vide nos. CTOW/Renewal/LDH4/2025/29058411 and CTOA/Renewal/LDH4/2025/29058014 dated 20.08.2025, valid upto 19.11.2025, for production of Yarn & Cloth (polyester cotton/ polyester/ cotton/ bleach white) @ 10.8 TPD and for discharge of trade effluent @ 799 KLD and domestic effluent @ 01 KLD into the dedicated conveyance system leading to CETP of capacity 40 MLD Focal Point Module, Ludhiana and for using rice husk as fuel in its one boiler of capacity 08 TPH with multi cyclone as APCD with certain conditions, subject to the suitable conditions and specific as under:……………
1. The grant of consent shall be subject to the decision of the Hon'ble National Green Tribunal in the appeal cases filed by the CETPs of 50 MLD, 40MLD, and 15 MLD or in the Original Applications filed against the said CETPs. It is further added here that the Chairman of the Board in its hearing dated 06.05.2025 afforded to the SPV operating the CETP of capacity 40 MLD namely M/s Punjab Dyer Association(Focal Point Module) has decided that the operational capacity of the CETP is curtailed by 20 percent of the total installed capacity in view of non-compliance of the environmental standards. The SPV shall make inhouse mechanism to ensure that the CETP shall not be operated beyond 80% of its installed capacity and issue requisite instructions to its member units in this regard and submit Action Taken Report immediately. Failure of compliance of above directive issued by the Board to the SPV, may result in issuance of such directive to the unit for ensuring curtailment of production capacity by 20% to ensure full adherence to the directive issued by the Board to the SPV namely M/s Punjab Dyer Association(Focal Point Module), Ludhiana. ……………..
2. The industry shall upgrade the Air Pollution Control Device for achieving the revised emission standards as well as the SOPs as prescribed by the MoEF & CC, Govt. of India, vide notification dated 16.05.2023, within this consent period…………………..
Now, the industry has applied for renewal of CTO under the Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981. …………..
The industry was visited by officer of the Board on 23.12.2025 and it was observed as under: - 1. The industry was in operation during the visit. 2. The industry is engaged in dyeing of all type of yarn & fabric. 3. The industry has obtained shares of 800 KLD for CETP 40 MLD. 4. The industry has installed 08 HTHP vertical yarn dyeing machines of capacities (1x1000 Kg, 1x500 Kg, 2x300 Kg, 1x100 Kg, 1x50 Kg, 1x25 Kg and 1x5 Kg) and 09 soft flow machines (3x600 Kg, 6x300 Kg & 1x50 Kg). 5. The industry has installed a digital flow meter at the source of water supply and final outlet leading to CETP. The industry has installed SCADA system for connectivity with CETP server. 6. The industry has obtained shares of 800 KLD for CETP 40 MLD. In this regard the industry has submitted a DEMAT certificate of allotment of shares. 7. The SCADA data could not be confirmed from the online module as the website has shifted to a new domain and the modulator ID and Password for PPCB officials has not yet been generated. 8. The industry has intimated the reason for less effluent generation due to restriction imposed by CETP w.r.t. discharge which is valid. 9.. The maximum expected effluent discharge in case if only polyester dyeing is carried out is 777.75 KLD, in case industry only does cotton dyeing then maximum expected discharge 467.05 KLD and if it only does PC dyeing then maximum expected discharge is 525.31 KLD. 11. The discharge calculation is enclosed. 12. The industry has made arrangement for recovery & reuse of cooling water and steam condensate. The cooling water is reused in the process and steam condensate is being reused as boiler feed water. 13. The industry has installed one boiler of capacity 08 TPH with multi-cyclone separator as APCD and adequate stack height. 14. It has installed one boiler of 08 TPH capacity with multi-cyclone separator and is using rice husk as fuel with adequate stack height and the air emission analysis results (SPM: 238 mg/Nm³) was found confirming to new emissions standards for boilers notified by the Government of India through MoEF&CC. 16……………………
It is pertinent to mention here a litigation is pending in Hon’ble NGT regarding the dyeing CETPs and SLO head Office has given legal opinion in this regard. Keeping in view of the legal opinion , it is recommended that renewal of consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 may be granted to the industry for a period of 03 months i.e. upto 31.03.2026 with suitable conditions as per Board’s policy and subject to the special conditions as under: - a. This Consent to Operate under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 is hereby granted for a maximum effluent discharge capacity of 800 KLD (Kilo Litres per Day) only. b. In the event that the industry discharges effluent in excess of the permitted 800 KLD capacity, this Consent shall be deemed automatically revoked without further notice, and the Board shall initiate appropriate legal proceedings against the industry under the relevant provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. c. This consent to operate is subjected to the decisions of Hon'ble National Green Tribunal in the appeal case no. 41 of 2024 filed by the CETP of 40 MLD. d. The industry shall only discharge the consented effluent into dedicate sewer line leading to CETP for final treatment in accordance to the shares allotted to the unit. e. The industry will also dismantle any other connection available for discharge of effluent either into public sewer or PDA conveyer system. f. The industry should either take measures to control its inlet parameters by good practices and selection of good chemicals for processing or shall operate and maintain its existing effluent treatment plant (ETP), regularly and efficiently, so as to achieve the inlet effluent standards of CETP as per DPR. g. The industry shall make the necessary arrangements to achieve the effluent standards as per the inlet-designed parameters of the CETP. h. There shall be no physical expansion of the unit either with the installation of new machinery or with the permission for enhanced electricity load, after the varied consents are granted for increased discharge of effluent. i. The industry shall stop discharging its effluent in case due to any reason the CETP is not operational or the dedicated conveyance system is overflowing. j. The industry shall maintain the record of flow meter installed at the source and at the outlet leading to CETP. k. Third-party audit of the dyeing units may be done in order to access the actual discharge capacity of the industries in compliance with the proceedings issued by the Board vide letter no. 4387 dated 09.08.2023………………..
The competency to decide the application lies with Chief Environmental Engineer, Ludhiana.
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