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RO has submitted that earlier, the consent was up to 30.06.2019. The samples were collected by this office on 04.11.2016, as per the report received from Zonal Office lab. Jalandhar, the parameters were beyond the limits prescribed by the Board for such type of industries. The consent was revoked on 19.12.2016. The action had been already recommended by this office. The industry has got analyzed its trade effluent samples on 26.12.2016 and analyzed parameters are within limits as prescribed by the Board. The industry also got monitored its Air/Process emission on 26.12.2016 by M/s Chandigrah Pollution Testing Laboratory, Chandigarh which is an approved lab of the Board and as per analysis report the concentration of SPM were within limits as prescribed by the board. The industry was visited by AEE on 21.04.2017 and observed that the industry was not in operation due to off season. The compliance of amended code of practice made on 19.12.2011 in order No. 10/48/2004 –STE-4/4061-77 dated 13.09.2006 along with operational status has been noted as below:- Code of Practice Compliance made by the industry (i) The management & handling of rice husk in the rice shelling units/ saila plant should be done as under. a) All the rice shelling units/saila plants shall provide paved/brick roads inside their premises for movement of vehicles so as to prevent the dust generation of dust. Provided b) The industry shall provide a closed room type enclosure of minimum height 10 feet or more for storage of rice husk. This room type enclosure shall be closed room from all sides & have an access door for loading/handling of rice. A vent above the roof level shall be provided in this enclosure, which will be connected to the air pollution control device. No activity regarding loading/handling of rice husk shall be carried out outside the said enclosure. The industry has provided closed rice husk storage area 02 nos. and has attached cyclone as an APCD to one of them close to the boiler area. c) During transportation of rice husk through vehicles, it shall be covered from all sides with tarpaulin to prevent bowing of rice husk by winds. No vehicle seen carrying rice husk out side the premises. d) The feeding of rice husk in the boiler furnace is required to be regulated with automatic regulating system & no manual feeding of rice husk, in the boiler furnace, shall be done. Automatic Regulating System Provided e) In case, the rice shelling units have provided belts/chain conveyors for conveying rice husk from de-husking section to storage and from storage to boiler section, then, it should be covered from all sides to prevent wind blowing of rice husk by winds. In case, any other mode for conveyance of rice husk from de-husking section to storage & from storage to boiler section has been adopted, then it should be environmentally friendly. Industry has provided enclosed M.S.pipe for carrying rice husk from two nos. shelling sections and one no.shelling section through manually to the rice husk storage area. (ii) Guidelines for Handling, Transportation, Storage & Disposal of Ash from Husk Fired Boiler: The management and handling of rice husk ash in the rice shelling units/saila plants should be done as under:- a) The ash collected from APCD from husk fired boiler shall be temporarily stored in a shed/chamber closed from at least three sides and a roof, with access only from the front side for purpose of removal of ash. The boiler ash is carried away by the farmers as told by the representative of the industry. b) During loading / unloading of ash, water shall be sprinkled periodically to keep the ash heap in wet condition so that the top layer remains wet it all times further so that ash particles are not blown by winds. The industry has provided flexible pipe for sprinkling. c) All the conveyers /vehicles conveying ash within or outside the plant premises shall be covered from all sides to prevent blowing of ash particles by winds. No conveyors provided d) The boiler ash shall be disposed in such a way that secondary emissions of the ash do not occur due to wind blowing effect. The following disposal practices shall be followed: Only water sprinkling For units disposing ash outside their own premises: The rice mills disposing their boiler ash outside their premises through contractor shall ensure that the ash has been disposed at a designated landfill site facility as approved by Punjab Pollution Control Board. N.A For units disposing ash within their own premises: a) The units disposing ash at the ground level should cover the ash with soil and periodically sprinkle water on the disposed ash so as to keep it in wet condition at all times. Piling up of another batch of ash over the earlier disposed ash may be done, but the ash heap should be covered each time by soil & kept wet by sprinkling of water. A wind braking wall of a height equal to the height of the ash heap shall be erected around the ash disposal site, leaving an opening for access road. The boiler ash is carried away by the farmers as told by the representative of the industry. No batching in the form of layers of ash and soil seen in the premises of the industry. b) The industry may develop underground ditch for disposal of boiler ash within plant premises in an environmentally sound manner. NO such arrangement has been provided Whether industry is in operation or not No Whether electric connection has been surrendered or not
The industry was given a personal hearing before the Chief Environmental Engineer at Jalandhar on 10.05.2017 wherein it was decided as under:- 1. The direction be issued to the industry not to commission in the next season without putting effluent treatment plant and air pollution control device in order to ensure the achievement of prescribed standards, proper and adequate arrangements for disposal of treated effluent as well as compliance of prescribed code of practice. 2. The industry shall inform the Regional Office Batala 01- month before the likely date of start of next season and Regional Office shall visit the industry and make report and recommendations accordingly. Keeping in view of the above facts, and recommendations already given by this office, the application be send to Zonal Office, Amritsar with recommendations as under:- The consent to operate under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 may be extended as per policy of the Board with special conditions as under:- 1. The direction be issued to the industry not to commission in the next season without putting effluent treatment plant and air pollution control device in order to ensure the achievement of prescribed standards, proper and adequate arrangements for disposal of treated effluent as well as compliance of prescribed code of practice. 2. The industry shall inform the Regional Office Batala 01- month before the likely date of start of next season and Regional Office shall visit the industry and make report and recommendations accordingly.
The industry was again visited by the AEE on 07.06.2017 and observed that the industry has repaired the APCD's installed and the same looks in operational condition, but the same could not be verified as the industry was not in operation due to off season. The industry is complying with the prescribed code of practice and the same is attached alongwith. In the proceedings of the personal hearing before the Worthy Chief Environmental Engineer of the Board, wherein it was decided to issue directions to the industry not to commission in the next season without putting effluent treatment plant and air pollution control device in order to ensure the achievement of prescribed standards, proper and adequate arrangements for disposal of treated effluent as well as compliance of prescribed code of practice. No work has started on cleaning and repairing of the ETP yet. RO has recommended that the consent to operate under Air Act, 1981 & Water Act, 1974 be granted for short period so as to ensure the compliance of the directions issued by the worthy Chief Environmental Engineer of the Board in the proceedings of the personal hearing given to the industry on 10.05.2017.
It is in small scale as per agenda note so case is required to be decided by EE RO please.
However being directions u/s 33- A and 31-A it is to be seen whether consent can be granted in operation of the said directions when pollution control arrangements are not yet in orders please.
In my view consent can not be granted even for short period till all pollution control as well as disposal arrangements are put in order please.
Submitted for orders please.
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