CEPI area Compliance of Hon’ble NGT order for grant Environment clearance for NEW & EXPANSION in RED&ORANGE categories in CPA and SPA.
Consideration of proposals for grant of Environmental clearance for new and expansion activities listed in ‘Red’ and ‘Orange’ Categories located in Critically Polluted Areas and Severely Polluted areas:
- Any project or activity specified in Category B1 will be appraised at the Central Level, if located in whole or in part within 5 km from the boundary of Critically Polluted Areas or Severely Polluted Areas. However, Category B2 projects shall be considered at state level stipulating Environmental Clearance conditions as applicable for the Category ‘B1’ project/activities.
- Proposals located in CPAs and SPAS may be examined by the sectoral Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) during scoping/ appraisal based on the CEP’ scores of Air/Water/ Land Environment as published by CPCB from time to time. In such proposals, appropriate mitigation measures for the environment possessing higher CEPI score may be made by EAC in the form of recommendations/ decision. These recommendations may be explicitly mentioned in the Terms of Reference/Environmental
- SPCBs/PCCs may prescribe following additional conditions, deemed fit for grant Consent to establish (CTE)/ Consent to Operate (CTO) to those projects/activities of Red/ Orange Categories located in CPAs/SPAs which are not covered under the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006
CEPI Compliance as follows:
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Environment |
Mitigation Measures |
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Air |
Stipulation of Conditions such as: |
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Stack emission level should be stringent than the existing standards in terms of the identified critical pollutants. |
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CEMS may be installed in all large/medium red category industries (Air polluting) and connected to SPCB and CPCB server. |
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Effective figure emission control measure should be imposed in the process, transportation, packing etc. |
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Transportation of materials by rail/conveyor belt, wherever feasible. |
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Encourage use of cleaner fuels (pet coke/furnace oil/LSHS may be avoided) |
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Best available technology may be used. For example, usage of supercritical technology in place of sub-critical technology. |
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Increase of green belt cover by 40% of the total land area beyond the permissible requirement of 33% wherever feasible. |
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Stipulation of greenbelt outside the project premise, such as avenue plantation, plantation in vacant areas, social forestry, etc. |
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Assessment of carrying capacity of transportation load on roads inside the industrial premises. If the roads required to be widened shall be prescribed as a condition. |
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Water |
Stipulation of Conditions such as: |
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Reuse/recycle of treated wastewater, wherever feasible. |
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Continuous monitoring of effluent quality/quantity in large and medium red category industries (Water polluting) |
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A detailed water harvesting plan may be submitted by the project proponent. |
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Zero liquid discharge wherever techno economically feasible. |
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In case, domestic waste water generation is more than 10 KLD, the industry may install STP. |
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Land |
Stipulation of Conditions such as: |
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Increase of green belt cover by 40% of the total land area beyond the permissible requirement of 33% wherever, feasible for new projects. |
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Stipulation of greenbelt outside the project premises such as avenue plantation, plantation in vacant areas, social forestry, etc. |
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Dumping of waste (fly ash slag, red mud, etc.) may be permitted only at designated location approved by SPCBs/PCCs. |
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More stringent norms for management of hazardous waste. The waste generated should be preferably utilized in co processing. |
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Other
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Monitoring of compliance of EC conditions may be submitted with third party audit every year. |
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The % of CER may be at least 1.5 times the slabs given in the OM dated 01.05.2018 for SPA and 2 times for CPA in case of Environmental Clearance. |