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It is submitted that the rice sheller was granted consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 vide no. LDH/RO-II/WPC/2002/F-6 dated 16/9/2002, valid upto 30/6/2018 and the Air Act, 1981 vide no. LDH-II/APC/ECD/2002/R-13 dated 16/9/2002, valid upto 30/6/2018 for manufacturing of Rice @ 24 TPD and Rice Bran @ 2 TPD (without drier).
Now, the industry has applied for renewal of consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981 alongwith requisite documents through OCMMS. The rice sheller has deposited Rs. 12750/- each vide NEFT no. SAA56880742 and no. SAA56880522 dated 1/6/2018 as
Water and Air consent fee against the fixed assets of Rs. 61.88 Lacs as on 30/4/2018 as per CA Certificate dated 30/4/2018. The consent fee is adequate upto 30/9/2022 as per Board's Office Order dated 18/7/2013. As per record file of this office, the fixed assets of industry were Rs. 36.66 Las as on 7/9/2013, which has now been increased to Rs. 61.88 Lacs due to installation of sortex machine. The industry has deposited Rs. 2400/- vide R. no. SAA56880742 dated 1/6/2018 towards the NOC regularization fee against the increased value of fixed assets, which is adequate.
Accordingly, the industry was visited by the undersigned on 2/7/2018 and it was observed that:
1) The industry was not in operation due to off.
2) The rice sheller has installed cyclone separator as APCD with adequate stack height.
3) The industry has submitted the analysis report of the stack emission sampling carried out by M/s Sophisticated Indusial Materials Analytic Labs Pvt. Ltd., (Approved Lab) on 5/5/2018. As per the analysis results, the concentration of SPM was found to be 435 mg/Nm3, which is within the permissible limits as laid down by the Board.
4) The industry has provided pucca vehicle movement area from the main gate to rice storage room.
5) The industry provided proper rice husk storage facilities inside the factory premises and the height of brick wall inclusive of wind screen in front of the discharge point of rice husk is 15'
6) The minimum diameter at the outlet of discharge pipe of rice husk is 15'' and length of pipe is 3'.
7) The industry has given assurance that it has got adequate HDPE fabric to cover rice husk.
8) The domestic effluent is being discharged onto land for plantation after passing through septic tank.
Further, as per the guidelines issued by Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA), Khanna of Ludhiana District falls in the list of notified area. As this industry does not fall in the list of water intensive industries and only require water for drinking and cooling purposes. Furthermore, the Board has also clarified vide SEE (HQ-1) Head Office letter no. 7956-97 dated 9/3/2018, the operative part of this letter is as under:
It has been decided that the Board shall continue to grant consent to establish/consent to operate to the industries with the advisory to obtain necessary clearance for abstraction of ground water from the authorities concerned as notified by the Central Ground Water Authority. However, aforesaid clearance shall not be insisted upon by the Board at the time of grant of CTE/CTO to the industries.
The industry is complying with the conditions new code of practice notified by Govt. Notification no. 10/48/2004-STE (4) /932 dated. 15/10/2013.
Keeping above in view, if approved, the consent to operate applied under the Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1984 may be renewed upto 30/9/2022 with usual conditions alongwith the following special conditions as under:
1. The industry will comply with CGWA Guidelines.
2. The industry shall discharge its domestic effluent onto land for plantation after treatment in septic tank.
3. The industry shall not install drier without prior written permission of the Board and it shall do only sun drying of paddy.
4. The industry shall ensure that at any time the emissions do not exceed the emission standards laid down by the Board from time to time.
5. The adequacy and efficiency of the air pollution control device will be the entire responsibility of the industry.
6. The authorized outlet and the authorized fuel being used shall not be changed without the prior written permission of the Board.
7. The industry shall not discharge any fugitive emissions. All gases shall be emitted through a stack of suitable height, as per the norms fixed by the Board from time to time.
8. The industry will comply with the following code of practice notified by the Govt.
i) All the processing sheds be covered and have minimum ventilation as per the recommendations of Director of Factories.
ii) The industry should plant thick plantation of spreading crown varieties of evergreen trees all along the boundary wall of the rice sheller.
iii) All dust emitting points should be properly hooded and dust extracted to a common point. At this exhaust point, dust coming here will be passed through a dust control system and air will be emitted through a stack of height 3 metres above the roof of the building.
iv) The management and handling of rice husk in the rice shelling units should be done as under:-
a) All the rice shelling units shall provide paved / brick roads / cement concrete roads/ metalled roads inside their premises for movement of vehicles, so as to prevent the generation of dust.
b) The industry shall provide proper rice husk storage facilities inside the factory premises and the height of brick wall in front of the discharge point of rice husk area should be at least 10' high or 3.5' higher than the discharge point of the rice husk pipe (whichever is more) and the length of aforesaid brick wall should be at least 35' on each side of the rice husk discharge pipe.
c) The industry shall provide a layer of wind screen of mild steel or some other similar material of at least 5' height above the brick wall. The wind screen system should have a porosity of ~30% to lower the wind velocities, thus reducing the amount of airborne particulate from storage, handling and loading / unloading areas of rice husk.
d) The minimum diameter at the outlet of discharge pipe of rice husk be kept as 15'' which can be maintained by extending the existing discharge pipe with the help of a conical shaped pipe of at least 3' length.
e) Wherever the height of rice husk is 3' or more, the industry shall cover the heap of husk with HDPE warp knitted fabric completely, except the area near the discharge pipe. The HDPE warp knitted fabric be made of 100% virgin high density polymer of at least 70 gm/m2 weight having 40-45 hole/inch2 to prevent wind blowing of stored husk.
f) During transportation of rice husk through vehicles, it shall be covered from all sides with tarpaulin to prevent blowing of husk by winds.
9. The emission standards given in the order dated 13/9/2006 will remain operative for Rice Shellers and Saila Plants. These emission standards are reproduced as under:-
Emission Standards for Rice Shellers & Saila Plants in the State of Punjab will be applicable as under:-
a) Emission standards 750* SPM (mg/Nm3)
b) Inside the building TLV of air** SPM (mg/Nm3)
NOTE: * The existing units not meeting with the prescribed siting guidelines will meet with stack emission standards of SPM 500 mg/Nm3.
** To be controlled by the Director of Factories.
10. The industry shall continue to comply with the new code of practice notified by Govt. Notification no.10/48/2004-STE(4)/932 dated. 15/10/2013 at all the times.
11. The industry shall abide by the fresh directions (if any) issued by the Hon'ble Punjab & Haryana High Court/ Govt./ Board for compliance of code of practice of rice sheller.
12. The industry shall not cause any nuisance/traffic hazard in vicinity of the area.
13. The industry will submit stack emissions analysis report from Board's approved lab/Board's lab within one month of its operation during current season.
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