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It is intimated that the unit is a medium scale orange category industry.
Earlier, the industry was granted consent to operate under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1981 vide no. Vide no. CTOA/Renewal/KPR/2025/29574046 dated 27.10.2025 which is valid upto 31.03.2026 with suitable conditions and special condition that the industry shall get its air emission samples carried out within one month.
In compliance of special condition imposed by the Competent Authority, the stack emission monitoring sample were collected from porthole on stack of boiler after APCD on 02.12.2025 and sent to Board’s lab for analysis. As per the analysis results the SPM is found is 190 mg/Nm3 which is well within the prescribed limit of the Board. As per the new revised standards for boilers using wood as fuel, concentration of SPM should be less than equal to 500 mg/Nm3.
Now, the industry has applied for renewal of consent to operate under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1981 with requisite documents.
The industry has already deposited Rs. 54000/- vide UTR No. IDIBN52025052162600083 dated 21.05.2025 & Rs. 36000/- vide UTR No. IDIBN52025071469967612 dated 14.07.2025 under Air Act, 1981, adequate upto 30.09.2029
The industry was visited by Er. Jaspreet Singh, AEE of this office on 02.03.2026 and observed as under: -
1. The industry was in operation during the visit.
2. The industry has installed two boilers of capacity 03 TPH & 01 TPH. The boiler of capacity 01 TPH using wood as fuel is only operational and has installed multi cyclone as APCD. Further, the boiler of capacity 03 TPH is not operational and the same is on sale as informed by the representative of the industry.
3. The 03 TPH boiler installed by the unit is in defunct state. The steam pipe from the boiler to the processing plant was found disconnected during the visit.
4. The industry has installed 05 dust collectors at intake, 03 dust collectors at elevator intake to collect dust emissions produced in the production of feed which is again reused as raw material. Further, the industry is a completely computerized unit and all the processes takes place under closed environment. Only air emissions from boiler of capacity 01 TPH takes place which is controlled by cyclone as APCD.
5. The industry has installed two D.G. sets of capacity 625 KVA & 250 KVA with canopies and adequate stack height.
6. The industry is complying with the provisions of Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1981.
In view of above, it is recommended that the renewal of consent to operate under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1981 may be granted to the industry upto 30.09.2029 with usual conditions as per policy of the Board.
(Competency – Chief Environmental Engineer, Jalandhar)
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