Question:
What are the important Environmental Laws in the country?
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Answer
: The following are the important Environmental
Laws:-
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The Water (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
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The Air (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
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The Water
(prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977
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The Environment (Protection)
Act, 1986 and Rules there under
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The Public Liability Insurance
Act, 1981
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Question:
What are the activities of
the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board?
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Answer
: Main
activities of the Board are:-
Implementation
of Water, Air, Cess and Environment Protection Acts/Rules
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Prevention
and control of water pollution and maintaining or restoring the
wholesomeness of water by treating sewage, industrial effluents
etc., protecting / conserving natural waters to statutory norms
and reducing, recycling, reusing and safe-disposing solid wastes
conforming to statutory norms.
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Prevention,
control and abatement of air pollution.
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Protection
and improvement of environment and matters connected there with.
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Conservation
and enrichment of natural resources.
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Issuance
of NOC for 30 types of activities/projects requiring Environmental
Clearance and Consent for establishment.
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Conduction
of Public Hearing for 30 types of activities/projects requiring
Environmental Clearance.
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Issuance
of Consent to operate and periodic renewals.
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Assessment
of Water Cess and collection of Water Cess.
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Inventorization
and management of Hazardous Wastes and issuance of authorization.
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Inventorization
and management of Bio-Medical Wastes and issuance of
authorization.
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Inventorization
and management of Batteries.
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Inventorization
and management of Recycled Plastics.
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Management
of Municipal Solid Wastes and issuance of authorization.
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Environmental
Statement.
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Attending
Public complaints.
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Initiating
legal actions against defaulting industries.
Industrial/Institutional
Pollution Prevention Programme
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Inventorization
of industries and institutions including industrial estates having
pollution potential.
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Preparation
of Action Plan for prevention/control of pollution in streams due
to discharge of sewage and municipal solid wastes etc.
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Preparation
of Action Plan for prevention/control of air pollution from
industries.
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Identification
of critically polluted areas and preparation of Action Plan.
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Evolving
economically feasible and reliable methods of treatment of sewage,
trade effluent, and air pollutant etc.
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Evolving
methods of utilization of sewage and trade effluent and its
disposal.
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Interaction
with the Transport Authorities and Police Department for vehicular
pollution control and assessment of vehicular pollution.
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Interaction
with the local authorities for noise pollution control and
assessment of noise pollution from different sources.
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Preparation
of Environmental Status Report of State and preparation of Action
Plan.
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Promotion
of pollution prevention in small scale industries by promoting,
adoption of clean technology, better work practices and energy
conservation techniques.
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Preparation
of Zoning Atlas for sitting of industries based on environmental
consideration in various Districts of the State.
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Other
sector specific programme relating to prevention and control of
pollution.
Monitoring
of Environmental Parameters
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Collection
of samples and analysis of natural water bodies & lakes,
industrial effluent and sewage.
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Monitoring
of industrial emission, ambient air quality, monitoring of urban
and industrial premises.
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Analysis
of Soil Samples, Solid Wastes, Hazardous Wastes and Bio-Medical
Wastes.
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Monitoring
of noise level and vehicle emission.
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Monitoring
of under ground water quality.
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Monitoring
of chemical accidents.
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Bio-Monitoring
and Task specific monitoring.
Other
Activities
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Training
to NGOs and others.
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Mass
awareness programme.
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State
level co-ordination activities.
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Organizing
administrative and community support to achieve the goals.
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Computerizing
administrative works, improving decision making in the Board,
effectively and quickly addressing public grievances and making
the Board transparent and accessible by releasing environmental
quality information to the public.
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Question: What do you mean by Water and Air Consent?
Who are required to obtain consent from Board?
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Answer
: Consent
means the sanction of the authority of the Board for the discharge of
the effluent (sewage or trade effluent into a stream or well or sewer
or on land ) or emission of air pollutant into the atmosphere. The
consent issued by Board under section 25/26 of the Water (Prevention
and Control of Pollution) Act 1974 is known as water consent and under
section 21 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
is known as air consent
As
per section 25 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act
1974, no person shall without the previous consent of the State Board,
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Establish or take any steps to establish any industry,
operation or process, or any treatment and disposal system or any
extension or addition thereto, which is likely to discharge sewage
or trade effluent into a stream or well or sewer or on land; or
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Bring into use any new or altered outlets for the
discharge of sewage; or
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Being to make any new discharge of sewage.
And,
as per section 21 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution)
Act, 1981, no person shall without previous consent of the State
Board, establish or operate any industrial plant in an air pollution
control area.
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Question: Is any fee required for obtaining consent? What do you mean by
Consent Fee?
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Answer :
Yes Sir.
The consent fee means the fees charged by the Board for the grant of
consent by the Board.
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Question:
What is the consent and consent renewal fee?
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Answer
:
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Revised Consent Fee
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S.No.
|
Industries
having an investment of
|
Rupees
|
01
|
More
than Rupees 5000
Crores
|
35,00,000 |
02
|
More
than Rupees 2500 Crores but Less than 5000 Crores |
30,00,000 |
03
|
More
than Rupees 1000 Crores but Less than 2500 Crores |
25,00,000 |
04
|
More
than Rupees 500 Crores but Less than 1000 Crores |
12,50,000 |
05
|
More
than Rupees 200 Crores but Less than 500 Crores |
6,25,000 |
06
|
More
than Rupees 100 Crores but Less than 200 Crores |
3,75,000 |
07
|
More
than Rupees 50 Crores but Less than 100 Crores |
2,50,000 |
08
|
More
than Rupees 25 Crores but Less than 50 Crores |
2,00,000 |
09
|
More
than Rupees 10 Crores but Less than 25 Crores |
1,75,000 |
10 |
More
than Rupees 5 Crores but Less than 10 Crores |
1,50,000 |
11 |
More
than Rupees 3 Crores but Less than 05 Crores |
75,000 |
12 |
More
than Rupees 2 Crores but Less than 03 Crores |
7,500 |
13 |
More
than Rupees 1 Crores but Less than 02 Crores |
5,000 |
14
|
Upto Rupees 1
Crore |
2,500 |
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|
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Annual
Consent Renewal Fee
|
|
S.No.
|
Industries
having an investment of
|
Rupees
|
01
|
More
than Rupees 5000
Crores
|
15,00,000 |
02
|
More
than Rupees 2500 Crores but Less than 5000 Crores |
10,00,000 |
03
|
More
than Rupees 1000 Crores but Less than 2500 Crores |
6,50,000 |
04
|
More
than Rupees 500 Crores but Less than 1000 Crores |
3,75,000 |
05
|
More
than Rupees 200 Crores but Less than 500 Crores |
2,50,000 |
06
|
More
than Rupees 100 Crores but Less than 200 Crores |
1,75,000 |
07
|
More
than Rupees 50 Crores but Less than 100 Crores |
1,25,000 |
08
|
More
than Rupees 25 Crores but Less than 50 Crores |
1,00,000 |
09
|
More
than Rupees 10 Crores but Less than 25 Crores |
75,000 |
10 |
More
than Rupees 5 Crores but Less than 10 Crores |
62,500 |
11 |
More
than Rupees 3 Crores but Less than 05 Crores |
50,000 |
12 |
More
than Rupees 2 Crores but Less than 03 Crores |
5,000 |
13 |
More
than Rupees 1 Crores but Less than 02 Crores |
2,500 |
14
|
Upto Rupees 1
Crore |
1,250 |
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Annual consent renewal fee and consent fee chargeable from Local bodies
extracting water from
natural resources and discharging effluent into streams shall be
as under :-
01 |
Municipal
Corporation |
Rupees
10,000 |
02 |
Municipal
council |
Rupees
4,000 |
03 |
Nagar
Panchayat |
Rupees
2,000 |
04 |
Other |
Rupees 1,000
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The above Consent fee and Consent Renewal fee is applicable from the
date of publication of this notification in the Chhattisgarh gazette
i.e. 7th October, 2016.
Note:
The above mentioned consent and consent
renewal fee should be deposited separately for water consent and air
consent.
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Question: What do you mean by Investment?
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Answer
:
The
investment means the amount of capital invested by the industry on
capital works including land; machinery; and equipment. This is the
gross block (without depreciation) of all fixed assets.
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Question: Is there any prescribed form for consent application? |
Answer
:
Yes
Sir, There are separate prescribed
forms of application for obtaining water
consent and air consent. yes Sir, There are separate prescribed
forms of application for obtaining WATER
consent and AIR consent.
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Question:
Where the consent application forms are available?
What is the price of application form?
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Answer
: The
Water consent and Air consent application forms are available at
Regional Offices of the Board. The
application form may be obtained from the Regional Offices of the
Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board on payment of Rs. 15/- for
Water consent and Rs. 15/- for Air consent.
The application forms may also be obtain through post by
submitting a demand draft in favour of 'Regional
Officer, Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board', payable
at either Bilsapur, Durg-Bhilai, Korba, Jagdalpur, Raigarh, Raipur.
The addresses of the Regional Offices of the Board are as
follows:-
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S.No.
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Name
of Regional Office
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Address
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01.
|
AMBIKAPUR |
Bajrang Bhawan Namankala,
Ambikapur, District Sarguja (C.G.)
ph: 07774-236438(O) Fax: 07774-236438 |
02.
|
BILASPUR
|
Vyapar
Vihar, Near Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Park, Bilaspur (C.G.)
ph:
07752-261172 (O),
270160 (O) )
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03.
|
DURG-BHILAI
|
Bunglow
No. 5/32 Bunglow, Bhilai (C.G.)
ph:
0788-2242964 (O), 2211898 (O)
fax:
0788-2242964
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04.
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KORBA
|
Near Tehsil Office, Rampur,Korba(C.G.)
ph:
07759- 222370 (O),
fax:
07759-227426 |
05.
|
JAGDALPUR
|
HIG-5,
Aghanpur Colony, Dharampura, Jagdalpur (C.G.)
ph:
07782-229367 (O), fax: 07782-229046 |
06.
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RAIGARH
|
T.V. Tower Road, Raigarh (C.G.)
ph:
07762-226569 (O), 226839 (O)
fax
07762-224943
|
07. |
RAIPUR
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New
HIG-9, 10, 11, Housing Board Colony, Tatibandh, Raipur (C.G.)
ph:
0771-2573897 (O), fax: 0771-4045402
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Question: Whether consent renewal fee has to be paid annually?
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Answer
: Yes
Sir, consent renewal fee has to be paid annually. The application for
renewal of the consent should be submitted at least 120 days prior to
the expiry of the consent already issued. However, consent renewal may
be obtained for more than one year by submitting the application along
with consent renewal fee in advance as follows:-
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S. No.
|
Category
|
Large |
Medium |
Small |
01
|
Red
|
One
Year
|
One
Year
|
One
Year
|
02
|
Orange
|
One
Year
|
Two
Years
|
Three
Years
|
03
|
Green
|
One
Year
|
Three
Years
|
five
Years
|
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If there is increase in
investment, the industry has to pay balance fee as per investment
slab prescribed.
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During
consent renewal period, there shall not be any change/ increase in
product, production capacity, process, effluent quantity, effluent
quality, emission, fuel used etc.;
else fresh consent shall be obtained.
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Question:
What do you mean by Red, Orange and Green category of
industries?
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Answer
: Following
category of industries are notified as Red,
Orange
and Green category.
Red
Category |
1 |
Aluminium
Smelter |
2 |
Caustic
Soda |
3 |
Cement |
4 |
Copper
Smelter |
5 |
Distillery |
6 |
Dye
and Dye Intermediates |
7 |
Fertilizer |
8 |
Integrated
Ion and Steel |
9 |
Tanneries |
10 |
Pesticide |
11 |
Petrochemicals |
12 |
Basic
drugs & Pharmaceuticals |
13 |
Pulp
and Paper |
14 |
Oil
refinery |
15 |
Sugar |
16 |
Thermal
Power Plant |
17 |
Zinc
Smelter |
18 |
Textile
Units:
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Man
made Fiber
-
Textile
industries excluding spinning and weaving and felt
calendaring, curing and pad finishing
|
19 |
Hotels
having more than 100 bed capacity and all Hotels located
adjoining water bodies |
20 |
Vegetable
Products Industries:
-
Fermentation
including Breweries
-
Vegetable
refined oil, Vanaspati ghee
-
Malt
manufacturing Units
|
21 |
Engineering
and Metallurgical Industries:
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Other
Ferrous/Non-ferrous Metallurgical
-
Industries
having electroplating, pickling, anodizing,
phosphatising, galvanizing operations
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Induction,
cupola furnace, arc furnace
|
22 |
Mining
of Major Minerals and Ore processing industries |
23 |
Coking
and Carbonization of coal |
24 |
Following
category of chemical and hazardous industries:
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Acid
Alkalies
-
Chemical
Industries discharging waste water and air pollutants
-
Soap
Detergent Lubricating oil and grease manufacturing
units
-
CPW
Units
-
Industrial
and Refrigerant Gases Manufacturing Units
-
Resin
and Plastics
-
Pigment,
its dyes and intermediates except dry mixing
-
Asbestos
manufacturing and processing units
-
Insecticides,
Herbicides, Fungicides (Basic manufacturing unit)
-
Vinyl
Sulphone Easter and all derivatives of 'H', 'K','G'
acids etc.
|
25 |
Clinker
grinding units |
26 |
Lime
kilns |
Orange
Category |
1 |
Glue
and Gelatins |
2 |
Pesticides,
drugs and pharmaceutical formulations units |
3 |
Mineral
grinding units |
4 |
Paints,
enamels and varnishes |
5 |
Bone
crushing units |
6 |
Stone
crusher, brick kilns, lime kilns and hydrated lime
manufacturing units |
7 |
Marble
and Granite cutting units including stone polishing |
8 |
Refractory,
insulation and ceramic units |
9 |
Soft
drinks manufacturing units |
10 |
Battery
processing units |
11 |
Paper
Board and units producing paper from waste paper using
Hydropulper |
12 |
Wool
scouring units |
13 |
Acetylene
(Synthetic) |
14 |
Carpet
processing units |
15 |
Fiber
glass production and processing |
16 |
Rolling
mills and metal ingots processing units |
17 |
Tyre
and Tube manufacturing units |
18 |
Solvent
extraction plant, Milk processing |
19 |
Metal
finishing, painting and annealing units excluding metal
and machine fabrication |
20 |
Shoe
making with mechanized process |
21 |
Food
processing units including confectionery |
22 |
All
hazardous chemical industries except the one's which are
mentioned in Red Category |
23 |
Processing
of Paddy, Rice, Maize and Barley etc. |
Green
Category |
All
other industries which are not covered under the Red or
Orange Categories shall fall under Green Category. |
Note:
In specific cases depending on the Environmental status of
particular industry/type of industry Chairman shall have power
to take decision regarding categorization and also to take
decision regarding amending the consent renewal period.
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Question: Is there any simplified procedure for obtaining consent
to establish for a small scale industrial unit having no pollution
potential?
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Answer
: Yes
Sir. To promote the small scale/cottage/village sector units consent
procedure has been simplified. The acknowledgement of the consent
application should be treated as water and air consent of the Board.
The application should be submitted to District Industries And Trade
Centre. The acknowledgement of the application shall be issued by
General Manager of District Industries And Trade Centre. No consent
and consent renewal fee is required for obtaining consent for such
industries. The following small scale industries are covered under
this consent procedure:
Categories of Industries in Small Scale
Cottage/Village
·
Textile
Products & Hosiery (without Dyeing & Printing)
·
Silk
Manmade Fiber Hosiery (Without Dyeing & Printing)
·
Wood
and Wood Products
·
Paper
Product
·
Leather
& Leather Products including Footwear (Excluding Tanning,
Processing)
·
Mechanical
Engineering Excluding Transport Equipments (Fabrication &
Assembly only) Excluding Foundry & Casting.
·
Electrical
Machines , Appliances & Apparatus Including Electronics
·
Electronic
Equipments & Components
·
Auto
Parts, Components & Ancillaries & Garage equipment
·
Bicycle
Parts, Tricycle + Perambulators (Excluding any Casting & Foundry
Operation)
·
Miscellaneous
Transport Equipments
·
Sports
Goods
·
Stationary
Items
·
Clocks
and Watches
·
Others
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Question:
What do you mean by Environmental Clearance?
Which type of activities/projects required Environmental
Clearance?
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Answer
:
The clearance accorded by Ministry of Environment
and Forests, Government of India for expansion or modernization of any
activity (if pollution load is to exceed the existing one) or a new
project listed in schedule I of the Environment Impact Assessment
Notification, 1994 is known as Environmental Clearance.
Following
thirty types of activities/projects are required Environmental
Clearance:-
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Nuclear
power and related project such as Heavy Water Plants, nuclear fuel
complex, rare earths.
-
River
Valley projects including hydel power, major irrigation and their
combination including flood control.
-
Ports,
harbours, Airports (except minor ports and harbours).
-
Petroleum
Refineries including crude and product pipelines.
-
Chemical
Fertilizers (Nitrogenous and phosphatic other than single super
phosphate).
-
Pesticides
(Technical)
-
Petrochemical
complexes (Both Olefinic and Aromatic) and Petro-Chemical
intermediates such as DMT, Caprolactam, LAB etc. and production of
basic plastics such as LDPE, HDPE, PP, PVC.
-
Bulk
drugs and pharmaceuticals.
-
Exploration
for oil and gas and their production, transportation and storage.
-
Synthetic
Rubber.
-
Asbestos
and Asbestos products
-
Hydro
cyanic acid and its derivatives.
-
(a)
Primary metallurgical
industries (such as production of Iron and Steel, Aluminium,
Copper, Zinc, Lead and Ferro Alloys).
(b) Electric arc
furnaces (Mini Steel plants).
-
Chlor-alkali
industry.
-
Integrated
plant complex including manufacture of resins and basic raw
material required in the manufacture of paints.
-
Viscose
Staple fibre and filament yarn.
-
Storage
batteries integrated with manufacture of oxides of lead and lead
antimony alloy.
-
All
tourism projects between 200m-500 meters of High Tide Line or at
locations with an elevation of more than 1000 meters with
investment of more than Rs. 5 Crores.
-
Thermal
Power Plants
-
Mining
Project (major minerals) with leases more than 5 hectares.
-
Highway
Projects except projects relating to improvement work including
widening and strengthening of roads with marginal land acquisition
along the existing alignments provided it does not pass through
ecologically sensitive areas such as National Parks, Sanctuaries,
Tiger reserves, Reserve forests.
-
Tarred
Roads in Himalayas and/or Forest areas.
-
Distilleries
-
Raw
Skins and Hides
-
Pulp,
paper and newsprint
-
Dyes
-
Cement
-
Foundries
(individual)
-
Electroplating
-
Meta
amino phenol
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Question: How can I protect/conserve Environment?
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Answer
: You
can protect/conserve environment by following the tips:-
-
Provide rain harvesting system in your house
and relative house
-
Conserve water by Judicious use in various
activities
-
Use only Jute Bags/Paper Bags while shopping
and not Plastic Bags
-
Compost/Vermi-compost the bio-degradable wastes such
as paper, kitchen wastes, garden garbage etc.
-
Never
sell or buy endangered species of plants and animals, products
made of animal parts
-
Re-use
as far as practicable items of daily needs such as shopping bags,
waste water etc.
-
Periodically
check and tune the engines of your two wheeler/four wheeler
-
Never litter in public places
-
Plant as many trees as possible
-
Use low noise producing
instrument/equipment/horn etc.
-
Avoid
washing cloths and vehicles in rivers/natural streams/ponds etc.
-
Use
LPG/Natural Gas for your daily cooking and avoid using
Coal/Oil/Wood
-
Return the used batteries back to the
authorized dealers
-
Buy products using ozone friendly chemicals
-
Switch-off power supply as and when not in use
-
Pool
with collogues for travel to office and use public transport
system as far as possible
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Question:
What is vehicular pollution and how can I prevent Vehicular
Pollution?
|
Answer
:
Vehicular
Pollution due to excessive and uncontrolled exhaust emissions from
automobiles has reached alarming rate in many cities and towns. The
vehicles are exhibiting upward trends with ever increasing urban
population and industrialization. "AS A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN
OF INDIA, AWAKE, KNOW ABOUT THIS MONSTER AND DO YOUR BEST TO SAFEGUARD
YOUR HEALTH".
FACTS
-
The
major pollutants from automobiles are Carbon Monoxide, un-burnt
Hydro carbons, Oxides of Nitrogen, Lead and Particulate Matter.
-
Petrol
driven vehicles emit mainly Carbon Monoxide, Un-burnt Hydro
carbons and Lead.
-
Diesel
driven vehicles emit mainly Oxides of Nitrogen, Particulate Matter
and Un-burnt Hydrocarbons.
-
Our
body requires about 23 Kg of air a day to sustain its requirement
for Oxygen. Imagine if this 23 Kg of air is much polluted,
how you are going to suffer.
-
Drivers,
Traffic Police, Pedestrians and the people residing by roadsides
are most affected by vehicular pollution.
-
From
the exhaust pipe of the vehicle (i) Black smoke indicates more
Carbon Monoxide (ii) White smoke indicates more un-burnt Hydrocarbons
(iii) Blue smoke indicates proper tuning
-
Controlling
pollution within limits also saves your fuel bill.
ADVERSE
EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS
-
Reduction
in Oxygen carrying capacity of the blood, thus badly affecting
body resistance towards infections and diseases.
-
Breathing
problems, Impairments of vision, Dizziness, Headache, Dry-cough,
Sore-throat and Chest pain etc.
-
Irritation
of eyes, nose and lungs.
-
Lung
cancer in long term exposures.
-
Liver
and Kidney disorders.
-
Abnormalities
in fertility and pregnancy.
-
Gastrointestinal
damage and damages to vegetation, animals, monuments and buildings
etc.
STATUTORY
VEHICULAR EMISSION STANDARDS
Section
115(2) of The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 specifies the
following standards.
PETROL
VEHICLES
-
Idling
Carbon-monoxide for all 2 & 3 wheeled vehicles shall not
exceed 4.5% by volume.
-
Idling
Carbon-monoxide for all 4 wheeled vehicles shall not exceed 3% by
volume.
DIESEL
VEHICLES
The
maximum smoke density should not exceed 65 Hartridge Smoke Units (HSU)
on free acceleration.
PENALTY
Under
the above Act, using vehicles in unsafe conditions is punishable under
section 190(2). Failure to comply with these standards shall be
punishable for the first offence with a fine of Rs.1000/- and any
subsequent offences with a fine of Rs.2000/-
YOUR
EFFORTS
You
can help to control pollution. As a citizen or a vehicle owner,
it is your responsibility to control pollution by observing the
following TIPS:-
-
Service
your vehicle regularly.
-
Pay
regular attention to engine tuning, cleaning of spark plugs and
fuel injection systems.
-
Adjust
carburetor to deliver the correct Air-fuel mixture.
-
Drive
the vehicle as smoothly as possible at constant speed. Avoid
frequent and needless application of clutch and brakes.
-
Periodically
change the engine oil as recommended.
-
Keep
the tyre pressure up to the standard as prescribed.
-
Switch
off the engine on the red light and intersections if the waiting
time is more than two minutes. Minimize unnecessary idling
of engine.
-
Use
the unleaded (green) petrol in the vehicles designed for it or
fitted with catalytic converters.
-
Do
not overload the vehicle.
-
Do
not loosely cap your fuel tank.
-
Get
the vehicle checked for emission at regular intervals.
-
Use
unadulterated fuel (Please note that in all the petrol bunks
filter paper is made available free of cost to customers on
demand, if they wish to satisfy them selves of the quality of fuel
- A drop of unadulterated petrol does not leave any stain on
filter paper).
-
Follow
manufacturers instructions for vehicle maintenance.
-
Unless
necessary do not take out vehicle.
-
If
possible, share transport.
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Plant
as many trees as you can.
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Educate
others about vehicular pollution.
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