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The report/ recommendations of RO w.r.t. the application of the industry has been examined and it was noted as under:
# The industry was granted consent to operate under the provisions of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 dated 01.02.2022, valid till 31.12.2025 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 dated 01.02.2022, valid till 31.12.2025 for the manufacturing of Auto Parts @ 1667 Numbers/Day by using CR Sheet 0.36 MT/Day, Flat\Bar 4.88 MT/Day, MS Pipe 1.53 MT/Day, Angle\Channel 1.51 MT/Day, HR Sheet\Plate 0.89 MT/Day and Round 0.34 MT/Day as a raw material subject to certain terms and conditions mentioned therein.
# The site was visited by the officer of the Board on 03.08.2023 and the industry was violating the provision of the Water (Prevention & control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. Accordingly, the industry was issued show cause notice alongwith an opportunity of personal hearing before the Chief Environmental Engineer on 06.12.2023, wherein, it was decided as under: 1) The industry shall submit bank guarantee amounting to Rs. 2 Lakhs within 7-days in the O/o Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Regional Office, SAS Nagar as an assurance to comply with pollution control laws at all the times. 2) Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Regional Office, SAS Nagar shall visit the industry to verify the compliances made by the industry, monitor the STP and thereafter send the report alongwith clear cut recommendations.
# In compliance of hearing decision, the project proponent has submitted bank guarantee amounting to Rs. 2 lakh vide bearing no. 015BG01260010001 dated 01.01.2026, valid till 31.12.2027.
# In order to check the compliance, the site of the industry was visited by the officer of the Board on 24.01.2024, during visit, the effluent samples were collected from the STP and analysis results as obtained from Head office Lab, Patiala and the results are as under: pH @ 7.6 , TDS @ 1910 mg/l, TSS 82 mg/l COD 280 mg/l and 115 @ BOD mg/l and Oil & Grease @ 7.4 mg/l Thus, it was clear that the project proponent is conforming to the prescribed general parameters, except BOD, which iwas slightly on a higher side. However, the RO observed that the industry has made significant improvement and compliance to the observations made during the previous visit. However, as per the analysis results, the value of BOD parameter is 115 against the prescribed limit of 100 mg/ltr., which is slightly on a higher side.
# Thereafter, the industry was earlier issued advisory notice vide ZO letter no. 24 dated 01.04.2024 and the site of the industry was visited by officer of the Board on 09.05.2024, during visit, the effluent samples were again collected and the analysis results as obtained from Head office Lab, Patiala and the results are as under: pH @ 7.8 mg/l, TSS @ 42 mg/l, COD @ 65 mg/l, BOD @ 21 mg/l and Oil & Grease @ BDL. The results are within the prescribed limit of the Board.
# Now, the industry has applied for obtaining renewal of consent to operate under the provisions of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 for the manufacturing of Auto Parts @ 1667 Numbers/Day by using CR Sheet 0.36 MT/Day, Flat\Bar 4.88 MT/Day, MS Pipe 1.53 MT/Day, Angle\Channel 1.51 MT/Day, HR Sheet\Plate 0.89 MT/Day and Round 0.34 MT/Day as a raw material alongwith requisite documents. \
# The site of the industry was visited by officer of the Board on 08.01.2026. During the visit, it was observed as under: 1. The site of the industry is located at Village Rampur Sainia, Tehsil Derabassi, Distt. SAS Nagar. 2. The industry has installed the machinery of the manufacturing of auto parts. The addition made in the machinery by installing new machinery are of non-polluting nature. 3. The industry has installed 3 shot blasting machine equipped with cyclone followed by filter house. 4. No trade effluent generated from the process. The domestic effluent generated from the industry is being disposed of onto green area after treated through STP. During visit, sample was collected and sent HO lab for analysis. 5. The industry has installed DG sets of capacity 50 KVA, 180 KVA and 450 KVA with canopy and stack of adequate height. 6. The project proponent has submitted bank guarantee amounting to Rs. 2 lakh and the same was valid till 31.12.2027.
# The RO has concluded in its report that the industry is complying with the various terms and conditions of the Consent to operate and recommended that the consent to operate under the provisions of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 may be granted upto 30.09.2029 subject to suitable conditions and additional conditions as proposed in its note.
In consideration of the report/ recommendations of RO; if approved, the reneal of Consents to Operate under the Water Act, 1974 & the Air Act, 1981 be granted to the industry upto 30.09.2029, subject to suitable general & additional conditions and additional conditions as proposed by RO.
Competency : CEE(P); being Green Category Large Scale unit. |
