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Sir, the industry is a Medium Scale/ Orange Category unit engaged in the process of manufacturing of M.S. Round, Bars, Angles using M.S. Ingots, Billets, Blooms as Raw Material.
Earlier, the industry was issued notice u/s 33-A of the Water Act, 1974 and u/s 31-A of the Air Act, 1981 alongwith show cause notice for violation of provisions of the Hazardous and other Waste Rules, 2016 with an opportunity of personal hearing before Worthy Chief Environmental Engineer, Ludhiana on 09.05.2024, wherein it was decided as under:- 1. The industry shall operate the APCD properly and efficiently as to achieve the prescribed standard of the Board. 2. The industry shall maintain the record regarding regular operation of APCD. 3. The industry shall maintain the record regarding the generation and disposal of Hazardous waste of all categories. 4. The Environmental Engineer, Regional Office shall verify the submissions of the industry and send further recommendations in the matter.
To verify the facts at site to process the consent/ authorization applications applied by the industry on 23.05.2024, the industry was visited by RO on 28.05.2024 and reported as under :-
1. The industry is operating it APCD properly and efficiently and is achieving the prescribed standard of the Board. Earlier, the stack emission sample of the industry was collected on 23.10.2023 and as per analysis report the concentration of PM found @ 51 mg/Nm3, which was within the prescribed limits fixed by the Board.
2. The industry is maintaining the record regarding regular operation of APCD.
3. The industry is maintaining the record regarding generation and disposal of Hazardous waste.
4. During visit industry as well as APCD installed by the industry was in operation.
5. The industry was using pulverized coal as fuel in its re-heating furnace.
6. The industry has applied for ToR and has submitted the copy of computerized receipt (Proposal No. SIA/PB/IND1/469515/2024 dated 18.04.2024) in support of applied of ToR –to Govt. of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (issued by the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), Punjab.
7. The consent to operate under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 have been dealt separately and recommended for Grant of consents.
8. The industry has provided Hazardous Waste Storage Room of size 8'-6" X 9'- 6 " X 10'- 6" to store the hazardous waste.
9. The industry has made the agreement with M/s CTSDF Nimbua for lifting of Hazardous Waste of Category No. 35.1 and with M/S Satkar Oil Co., D-177, Focal Point Phase-V, Ludhiana for Hazardous Waste of Category No.5.1.
10. Out of previously generated Hazardous waste @ 13.175 Ton of Cat.NO. 35.1, 10.940 of has been lifted by M/S Re Sustainability Ltd., Village Nimbua vide Manifest No. 47422 dated 04.02.2024. Hence, 2.235 Ton hazardous was has been left to be lifted by CTSDF, NImbua from the previous generated Hazardous waste upto 04.02.2024. Now, total 7.1 Ton of Hazardous Was is lying stored in 355 Bags.
11. The spent oil of Category No. 5.1 @ 25 Lts was lying stored inside the Hazardous Waste Storage room.
12. It has provided danger sign outside the Hazardous waste storage room.
13. It has provided environmental data board of size 6’ X 4’ at the main gate of the industry.
14. Now, the industry is complying with the provisions of the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.
In view of the above, it is recommended that the authorization under the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 may be granted to the industry for 5 years with usual conditions, please.
(Category -Orange, medium) (Competency -CEE)
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