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It is submitted that the industry is a small scale red category unit, engaged in manufacturing of raw rice @ 1.0 TPH (Without dryer) by processing paddy as raw material. The industry was earlier granted Consent to Operate under Water Act, 1974 vide no. SGR/WPC/F-245 dated 17/01/2002 & Air Act, 1981 vide no. SGR/APC/F-447 dated 17/01/2002, both valid upto 31/12/2016 for manufacturing of raw rice @ 1.0 TPH (Without dryer) subject to the certain conditions mentioned therein under the name and style of M/s Revti Rice Mills, Tajoke road, Tapa, District Barnala.
Sh. Munir Mittal s/o of Sh. Naresh Kumar, Smt. Sunita Rani w/o Sh. Naresh Kumar, Sh. Sumir Mittal s/o of Sh. Naresh Kumar, Sh. Vinod Jindal s/o Sh. Ram Dass & Manish Kumar s/o Sh. Jagjiwan Ram, partners of Revti Rice Mills have given undertaking that they have sold the rice mill to M/s Aashirvaad Rice Mills, Tajoke Road, Tapa, Distt. Barnala.
Sh. Ashwani Kumar Garg s/o Sh. Prem Kumar Garg, Ajay Kumar Garg s/o Sh. Prem Kumar Garg & Sh. Deepak Kumar Garg s/o Sh. Surinder Kumar Garg are now partners of new firm i.e. M/s Aashirvaad Rice Mills, Tajoke Road, Tapa, Distt. Barnala. The copy of sale deed and partnership deed is attached.
Sh. Ajay Kumar, partner of the industry has applied for consent to operate under Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981. To verify the facts, the industry was visited by undersigned on 09/08/2016 and it was observed as under:
1. The industry was not in operation, due to off season.
2. The industry has covered all the processing sheds.
3. The industry has provided brick road from main gate of the industry to the rice room for the movements of vehicles.
4. The industry has provided cyclone as APCD with adequate stack height to control the process emissions. All the dust emitting points are hooded and connected to the cyclone. The industry has not submitted that the analysis report and has submitted that they will get the performance of APCD monitored from Board's lab, in the coming season.
5. The industry has provided brick wall of 10 feet height 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.
6. The industry has not provided jalli of 5 feet height above the brick wall in front of the discharge point of rice husk area. However, it was lying in the storage room and representative of the industry told that they will provide on the brick wall before commissioning of the unit in the coming season.
7. The industry has no source of trade effluent generation and only domestic effluent was being discharged on to land for plantation after septic tank.
8. The industry has deposited Rs. 15,000/- each vide R.No. 28/4527 & R.No. 27/4527 dated 10/08/2016 against the fixed assets of Rs. 43.15 lacs, as Water & Air consent fee, which is adequate upto 30/06/2021.
The industry is complying with the code of practice notified by the Govt. of Punjab, Deptt. of Science, Technology & Environment vide notification no 10/48/2004-STE-(4) / 932 dated. 15/10/2013 and complying with the provisions of Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981. As per office order No. 461 dated 31/12/2013, the competency for grant of consents to the rice shellers with dryer and saila plants lies with the Environmental Engineer of the Regional Office.
If approved, the consents under the Water Act, 1974 & the Air Act, 1981 may be granted to the industry upto 30/06/2017 with suitable conditions as per policy of the Board and special condition that the industry shall get the performance of APCD monitored from Board's lab within one month from its commissioning in the coming season and shall submit the analysis report to the Board for further extension of consents.
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