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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS NOTIFICATION New Delhi the 20th December. 1999

S.O. 1253 (E).- Whereas in pursuance of the decision of the Forty Sixth Conference of the Chairmen and Member Secretaries of State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) held at New Delhi on July 14, 1998, the Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) set up a Committee to formulate proposals regarding uniform consent procedure to be followed by SPCBs and the PCCs; Whereas the Central Government and the CPCB considered the report submitted by the said Committee and is of the view that a uniform consent procedure to be followed by all SPCBs and PCCs is required to be formulated, as recommended by the said Committee regarding rationalisation of consent procedure; Now, the following draft rules to provide for uniform consent procedure to be followed by the SPCBs and the PCCs, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8, 6, 8 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (2.9 of 1986) are hereby published, for information of an persons likely to be affected thereby, and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of sixty days from the date on which, copies of the Gazette of India containing this notification are made available to the public; Any person desirous of making any suggestion or objection in respect of the said draft rules may forward the same for the consideration of the Central Government within the periods so specified to the Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Control of Pollution Division, Room No. 601, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110 003.

DRAFT RULES 1. (1) These rules maybe called the Prevention and Control of Pollution (Uniform Consent Procedure) Rules, 1999. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "Central Board" means the Central Pollution Control Board constituted under section 3 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974): (b) "Schedule" means a schedule appended to these rules; (c) "State Board" and "Committee" means State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee in case of Union Territories constituted under Section 4 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974). 3. (1) The State Board or the Committee, as the case may be, shall grant consent to industries in accordance
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with the provisions of these rules. (2) This uniform consent procedure shall apply to industries specified in Schedule VIII. 4. Application for consent. Every application for consent shall be made in the format given in Schedule - I and shall be accompanied by fees specified 'in Schedule - II. (2) The application for consent and authorisation shall be made at a tine. (3) No authorisation shall be required in respect of industries which are not generating hazardous waste in the specified category and a statement to the effect that they are not generating hazardous waste in such category shall be sufficient for consideration of application for authorisation. (4) On receipt of application, the State Board or the Committee, as the case may be, may grant consent(s) or authorisation on co-terminus basis and depending upon the workload and convenience, different terminal dates may be granted. 5. Consent Processing. - (1) The application for consent shall be processed by an officer below the rank of the officer empowered to grant consent or authorisation., (2) The application for consent shall be processed within thirty days of submission of application to the officer empowered to grant consent or authorisation. (3) The period in respect of disposal of application for consent to establish' shall be sixty days. (4) The officer processing the application for consent shall make report on such processing to the officer empowered to grant consent or authorisation in the format given in Schedule - III. 6. Frequency of inspection, sampling and schedule of monitoring. - (1) The officers of the State Board or the Committee may chalk out the programme of inspection or sampling by their staff in such a manner that all the units are covered for vigilance and monitoring purposes. (2) The charges for collection of sample and its analysis shall be recovered from the concerned units as may be approved by the Board or Committee. (3) The State Board or the Committee, as the case may be, shall follow the minimal frequency of visit for the purpose of inspection and sampling as given in Schedule - IV. (4) The consent order shall specify the schedule of monitoring the effluent and/or emission, as the case may be. (5) The industries shall build up their own capabilities to carryout monitoring of effluent and/or emission, as the case may be. (6) In case of small units, services of laboratories recognised by (a) Central Government in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, or (b) the Central Pollution Control Board, or (c) State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee shall be utilised for submission of monitoring reports to the Board or the Committee.
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(7) The State Board or the Cominittee, as the case may be, shall assess the capabilities of laboratories regularly through a programme of Analytical Quality Control (AQC) exercise in collaboration with the Central Pollution Control Board. (8) The State Board or the Committee, as the case may be, shall decide stipulation of conditions regarding installation of continuous monitoring system for point source emission and ambient, air, water, noise etc., for large units in accordance with the local conditions and requirements. (9) The State Industrial Development Corporations shall provide facilities for collection and disposal of treated effluent and for regular monitoring of ambient air, noise and water (including ground water) in their industrial estates as part of infrastructure. (10) The State Board or the Committee, as the case may be, may suggest suitable location(s), parameters and frequency of monitoring. 7. Issue of consent order. (1) The State Board or the Committee, as the case may be, may issue the consent order for the period specified against each of the following category of industries. I. Red Category of industries : two years II. Orange Category of industries : three years III. Green Category of industries : five years (2) The consent or authorisation order shall be issued or renewed in the format given in Schedule - V. (3) The State Board or the Committee, as the case may be, may stipulate additional conditions, if any, in the appendix to the consent or authorisation order, 8. Authorisation. - The State Board or the Committee, as the case may be, shall with an objective of bringingin more transparency as well as expeditious clearing of the authorisation and consents, authorise officers specified in Schedule VI to exercise the powers to grant consent or authorisation in respect of industries stated therein. 9. Restrictions to form part of consent application. The Central Government, State Government, State Board or the Committee shall provide information regarding restrictions notified for certain areas and the river basins for regulation of siting of industries and undertaking developmental projects alongwith the consent application for the information of the prospective entrepreneur. 10. Simplified consent for non-polluting industries. - (1) The State Board or the Committee shall in consultation with the State Government or the Union Territory Administration, prepare a list of non-polluting industries in the category of small cottage or tiny industries for grant of simplified consent. (2) The industries falling under sub-rule (1) of non-polluting type units, may be issued consent order for a period of ten years. 11. Industry data sheet. - (1) The State Board or the Committee and their field offices shall use industry's data sheet for consent management in the format given in Schedule VII.
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(2) The Central Board may revise or review the format to sort out the difficulties, if any, during the process of computerisation. 12. Categorisation of industries. The categorisation of industries shall be made into Red, Orange and Green categories as given in Schedule -VIII for the purposes of consent management. [F. No. Q-15015/129/90-CPW] K. ROY PAUL. Addl. Secy.

SCHEDULE - I : Common Application for Consent under Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981) and Authorisation under Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989 SCHEDULE - II : Annual Consent Fees to be charged by State Pollution Control Boards/Pollution Control Committees for Grant of Consent under Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 SCHEDULE - III : Format for report,on processing of application for grant of consent renewal SCHEDULE - IV : Frequency of inspection of sampling SCHEDULE - V : Format for common consent order/authorisation SCHEDULE - VI : Scheme of authorisation SCHEDULE - VII : Industry's data sheet for consent management SCHEDULE - VIII : Classification of industries for consent management [Red, Orange & Green Categories]

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