We have information on procedures in some states as follows :
Andhra Pradesh
Chandigarh
Gujrat
Meghalaya
Union Territory of Pondicherry
Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Maharashtra
Haryana
Punjab
Rajasthan
The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. 1981, the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act 1977 and the Environmental Protection Act 1986 are Central Acts of Parliament which prescribe uniform functions to all State Pollution Control Boards. Except for minor procedural differences, the basic resposibilities on polluters are identical for all states.
The Specific Standards provided as part of schedule 2 to this document and the General Standards prescribed under the Environment Protection Act are applicable all over the country. The State Boards can only make them more stringent.
The rates of Water Cess are identical through out the country and so are the provisions for consent under Airand Water Acts., NOC, Environmental audit, Hazardous wastes management, Hazardous Chemicals Handling, Environmental Clearance and the punitive provisions.
ANDHRA PRADESH :
HUDA Complex
Amerpet, Opp Sarathi Studio
Hyderabad
India
The Government of Andhra Pradesh has exempted 75 categories of
industries from obtaining site clearance and consent under Airand Water Acts from the State
Pollution Control Board before going into production. The State Board has
also identified a list of 116 categories of polluting industries in the Small
Scale sector. (Probes/62/1994-95, CPCB) Unless specifically made more
stringent,the specific and the general standards prescribed under the
EPAct are applicable.
CHANDIGARH:
Additional Town Hall Building
2nd Floor
Sector 17 -C
Chandigarh 110 017
India
The Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee has decided that all the
industries within the Union Territory are to be covered by Airand Water Acts.
on the basis of not only waste water and primary effluents
discharged but also on the basis of solid waste, noise generation. Unless
made more stringent, the specificand the general standards prescribed
under the E.P.Act are applicable
GUJARAT:
Sector 10 - A
Gandhi Nagar 382 043
India
The Gujarat State Pollution Control Board has identified 64 small and
cottage industries as exempted from obtaining No Objection Certificates.
There is no exemption for obtaining consent under Airand Water Acts. Unless specifically made more stringent, the specific and general
standards prescribed under the E.P.Act are applicable.
MEGHALAYA:
Arden
Lumbyngngad
Shillong 793 014
India
The Pollution Control Board has identified 30 categories of industries,
irrespective of size as not relevant to the Airand Water Acts. For other
industries, Consent is granted for one year and the implementation period is one year. Unless specifically made more
stringent, the specific and general standards prescribed under the E.P. Act
are applicable.
UNION TERRITORY OF PONDICHERRY:
Pondicherry Administration
Pondicherry 605 001
India
The Pondicherry Pollution Control Committee has prescribed that those
industries which give off emissions from process or from combustion of
fuel as relevant to the Air Act and those industries which generate
effluents from process or working as relevant from the view of the Water
Act. Validity period of consents are generally one year for large scale and
the 17 categories of industries, two to three years for all others. Unless
specifically provided the specific and general standards prescribed under
the E.P.Act shall apply for quality of effluents and emissions.
UTTAR PRADESH:
The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board has prescribed that all
categories of small scale industries, other than those falling in the 17
categories of highly polluting industries and an additional 10 categories
included as highly polluting (Total 27) shall only have to apply for
consent and the acknowledgement shall be deemed to be a consent under
provisions of the Water and Air Acts. The Board has however retained
the right of surprise checks.
All large medium and small scale industries falling in the 27
categories shall be considered for consent on an annual basis. The
Board has also prescribed a list of 48 categories of large and medium
industries, to which consent is qranted once in three years. Medium
scale industries in this category are considered at the level of the
regional offices.All large scale industries are considered for consent
at the level of the Head Office. Unless otherwise provided , the
specific and general standards as prescribed under the E.P. Act shall
apply.
KARNATAKA:
No. 25, 7th and 8th Floors
Public Utility Building
Mahatma Gandhi Marg
Bangalore 560 001
India
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has excluded 115
categories of small scale and cottage industries from the purview of the
Water and Air Acts subject to certain conditions.
No. 100, Anna Salai
Guindy
Chennai 600 032
India
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has kept 135 categories of
industries outside the purview of section 25/26 of the Water Act and
Section 21 of the Air Act under certain conditions which prescribe that:
The Board has also classified industries in the Red, Orange and Green
Categories. All consents are granted till March 31 of the year. Red
Category industries are granted consent for one year, orange category (If
pollution control measures are provided )for 2 years and green for two
years.
MAHARASHTRA:
Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Municipal Market Building
4th Floor
M.R. Ambedkar Road
Mumbai 400 001
India
Simplified procedures for NOC and consents under the Airand Water have been prescribed by the
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board with respect to 11 categories of
industries considered non polluting. There is no consent fees and the
consent is perpetual. Sub regional officer of the Board is empowered to
issue consent.
All other small scale industries have to make an application for consent in the full form with the prescribed consent fees. If the applicant industry is considered non polluting or if it has provided necessary pollution control systems then consent is issued with a validity of 15 years.
For industries having a trade effleunt discharge of upto 10 KLD and in respect of small scale units in categories other than the 17 categories the regional officer is empowered to grant consent.
Consent to industries falling in the 17 categories or discharging more than 500 cubic meters of effluents per day is dealt by a committee called the consent verification committee of the Board.
Other units are dealt by the Member Secretary of the Board. Consents under the Air Act for high air pollution potential industries or to the 17 categories of industries are dealt with by the consent verification committee and the others by the Member Secretary.
Industries have been divided into the Red, Orange and Green categories and validity of consents inrespect of units which have provided all necessary pollution control devices and are meeting the standards are as follows :
| Red Category | 2 years |
| Orange Category | 4 years |
| Green Category | 6 years |
The Ministry of Environment and Forests, through its notification no. S.O.136(E) has imposed a prohibition and restriction that no hazardous chemical as defined in clause (C) or rule 2 of the manufacture, storage and Import Of Hazardous Chemical Rules 1989, not being a chemical in the quantity mentioned in Annexure to this notification shall be stored in Antop Hill Warehousing Comples and also that the storage of approved chemicals shall be regulated.
The Central Government through its notification No. S.O.416(E) issued by the ministry of Environment and Forests has after considering the need for protecting the ecologically sensitive Dahanu Taluka, and to ensure that the development activities are consistent with principles of environmental protection and conservation has declared Dahanu Taluka, district Thane (Maharashtra) as and ecologically fragile area and has imposed restrictions on the setting up of the industries which have detrimental effect on the environment. Guidelines have been issued in this regards. Industrial projects already approved or in existence in the said Taluka before the date of issue of this notification will not be affected by this notification. The existing industries shall have to comply with statutory provisions.
Unless specially provided , the specific and general standards as
prescribed for effluent and emission in the E.P.Act shall apply.
HARYANA:
PB No. 712
Sector 19
Chandigarh 160 011
India
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board Candigarh, has prescribed that all industrial units falling under the 17 categories of highly polluting, 19 categories of polluting, another 6 categories of industries regarded as additionally polluting and other large and medium units shall apply for N.O.C.
to the Head office of the Board directly. The N.O.C. application form
amongst other things, has to be accompanied by a permission from the
irrigation department for discharge of effluent into water bodies such
as River/Canals/Drains in those cases which can adversely effect the
quality of such waters. No N.O.C. will be granted for residental areas.
All other units having a capital investment of less than Rs. 1.00 crore shall apply for an exemption letter to the Regional Officer who shall issue the same at his own level. Consent to operate under provisions of sections 25/26 of the Water(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. 1974 and section 21 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. 1981 is generally granted for periods as follows :
| Stone Crushers and Hot Mix Plants | 1 Year |
| 17 Categories of large and medium and S.S.I. units | 2 Year |
| 19 categories of large and medium, SSI units and other Large and Medium industries and the additional polluting industries except stone Crushers and Hot Mix Plants. | 5 Years |
| Industries having no trade efflents or units having no air emissions or units where Effluent Treatment Plant or Air Pollution control System is not required. | 10 years |
Consent fees is changed for the length of period considered. Clearance under the Environment Impact Assessment Notification of 1994 has to be obtained as stipulated from the Govt. of India. Standards as prescribed under the E.P. Act. unles made more stringent are generally applicable.
PUNJAB:
Nabha Road
Patiala 147 001
India
Industries covered in a list of 20 categories
highly polluting industries and in the large and medium sector have to
obtain a clearance of site from the Environmental angle from the State
Government. An industry covered under this category is required to
submit an application to the Member Secretary, competent state
authority c/o Punjab Pollution Control Board.
Although no inudstry appears to have been exempted from provisions of consent under the Water Act. 1974 and the Air Act.
1981, the procedures are simplified. Industries have been decided into
Red and Green categories. The consent to establish operate to small
scale inddustries is given for a period of 15 years.
RAJASTHAN:
A-4, Jalane Dungri Institutional Area
Jaipur 302 004
India
For the purpose of granting consent under the air and water
acts to existing and new industries, industrial units have been
classified into a highly polluting and/or hazardous red category, a
comparatively less polluting orange category and a category of
industries consisting of units which are least polluting, designated as
'others'.
The power to issue consent to establish and operate red category industries has been vested with the head office of the Board, while the orange and 'others' categories are granted through the regional offices. The power to refuse consents lies with the head office of the Board.
Consent to operate is normally granted for the following durations.
| Red category | upto a period of 3 years |
| Orange Category | 5 years |
| 'Others' category | 15 years |
In the case of small scale industries, the board has prescribed that the applications for consent to establish (NOC) and the consent to operate shall have to be submitted to the regional officer, who after scrutinizing the form will issue an acknowledgement which shall be considered as a consent. The right of review and revocation lies with the state Board.
The Rajasthan State Board has also specified 150 tiny and small scale industries which are exempted from seeking consent subject to the conditions specified in the Government of Rajasthan Notification No. PA6(1)ENV./77 dated 27.3.98. The conditions generally being:
A site clearance certificate will have to be obtained from the state department of environment in respect of 20 highly polluting industries and some power plants. This is in addition to the environmental clearance to be taken from the central government under the environmental impact assesment notification of 1994. In case of the above clearances, a procedure of public hearing is also followed.
The ministry of environment and forests has issued notifications imposing a ban on the use or handling of benzedine and azodyes.
Location of industries in the specified areas of the Aravalli Range including expansion/ modernization, mining, cutting of trees, construction of dwelling units and other related development is regulated vide notification No. S.O.319(E) date 7.5.1992 issued by the ministry of environment and forests.
With relation to the Water Cess Act 1971, a procedure relating to self assessment has bee introduced. Minor assessees paying less than Rs. 6000.00 per year will have to file a self assessment statement for longer periods and deposit the assessed amount. The verification is done by the regional offices.