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The industry was granted consents to operate under the Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981 vide nos. R14BTICTOW1593585 dt. 05.08.2014 valid upto 30.06.2018 & R14BTICTOA1593558 dt. 05.08.2014 valid upto 30.06.2019, for operation of rice sheller unit of capacity 1 TPH of raw rice without dryer, subject to the conditions mentioned therein.
Now, the industry has applied for extension in the validity of consents to operate under the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 through OCMMS for operation of rice sheller unit of capacity 1 TPH of raw rice /sorted rice without dryer under the Orange category as per the prevailing policy.
The site of the industry was visited by undersigned on 25.09.2018 and was found as under :-
i. The industry was not in operation due to paddy off season.
ii. The industry has installed cyclones as APCD with shelling section to contain the process emissions and the same was in line with all dust emitting points connected to the APCD.
iii. The industry has provided stack of adequate height with the APCD of the shelling section alongwith provisions to facilitate emission sampling.
iv. The industry has made plantation along the boundary wall.
v. The industry has provided septic tanks for treatment of domestic effluent of the office block and labour quarters and the discharge of the same is onto land for plantation after treatment.
vi. The industry has provided brick wall of adequate length with 10' height around husk discharge / storage area, further wind screen of height 5 ft has been provided above the said wall.
vii. The industry has provided brick paved roads inside the premises in the vehicular movement area for the control of fugitive emissions.
The industry is complying with the provisions of the Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981 as well as code of practice prescribed by the Govt. vide order dt. 15.10.2013.
The industry has added sortex in its machinery and has deposited Rs. 900/- as NOC regularization fee vide R. No. 40/4802 dt. 28.08.2018.
Recommendations:
Therefore, it is recommended that consent to operate under the provisions of the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 may be extended for one year (since industry has not submitted sample analysis report) i.e. upto 30.09.2019 with same terms and conditions for the production of raw rice/sorted rice @ 1 TPH without dryer and following specific conditions: -
• The industry shall comply with the air emissions discharge standards prescribed by the MoEF vide notification no.G.S.R.152(E) dt. 16th March, 2012.
• The industry will get its air emission sample analyzed from the Board’s lab / Board’s approved lab in the coming paddy processing season i.e. 2018-19.
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