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It is submitted that Show cause notice before refusal of 'consent to operate' under the provisions of the Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981 has been issued to the hospital alongwith an opportunity of personal hearing before the Senior Environmental Engineer (B) of the Board on 15.01.2026.
Sh. Gurdeep Singh attended the hearing on behalf of the industry and submitted written reply of show cause notice, which has been taken on record. He submitted that:-
1. They have applied for the EPR registration on PPCB portal on 22 May 2025, currently the portal shows that the application has been approved, pending certification.
2. Since their work is seasonal, the plant has been non-operational from last 4 months, thus they are unable to provide this at present. The unit will be in operation at the end of Jan. 2026.
3. Similarly owing to Seasonal Industry, when officer visited the plant, they couldn't take the readings as the plant was shut months before his visit.
After hearing the representative of the industry and officer of the Board and the materials facts on record, the Senior Environmental Engineer (B) decided as under: -
1. Consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981 be granted to the industry for short period i.e. upto 30.06.2026 with conditions that:-
I. The industry shall operate the pollution control devices regularly & efficiently so as to achieve the prescribed effluent / emission standards.
II. The industry shall provide water meter & energy meter with ETP/APCD, within 07 days and shall maintain its record on daily basis.
III. The industry shall submit operational schedule 07 days prior to re-commissioning of the unit and shall get its effluent & emission samples analyzed from the Board, within one month.
2. The industry shall co-ordinate with Regional Office as well as Head Office, Patiala to expedite the decision on application submitted under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 on EPR portal.
3. The Environmental Engineer, Regional Office, Bathinda shall visit the industry as per operational schedule to verify the compliance at site including collection of emission / effluent samples and shall submit report with conclusive recommendations immediate after stipulated time period.
Submitted for confirmation of the decisions of the proceedings of hearing dated 15.01.2026, please. |
