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The Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board enforces the Water [P&CP] Act, 1974 as amended, Air [P&CP] Act, 1981 as amended and the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
Under the Water [P&CP] Act, 1974 as amended and the Air [P&CP] Act, 1981 as amended, the industries have to apply for the consent of the Board for the establishment and operation of the industry.
As per section 25 of the Water [P&CP] Act, 1974 as amended, no person shall without the previous consent of the State Board, 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 any stream or well or sewer or on land. As per Sub Section 2 of Section 25 of the said Act, an application for consent of the State Board under Sub Section [1] shall be made in such form and contain such particulars and shall be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed.
Also as per Section 21 of the Air [P&CP] Act, 1981 as amended, no person shall without the previous consent of the State Board, establish or operate any industrial plant for the purpose of any industry specified in an Air Pollution Control area. As per Sub section [2] of section 21 of the said Act, an application for consent of the State Board under Sub section [1] shall be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed and shall be made in the prescribed form and shall contain the particulars of the industrial plant and such other particulars as may be prescribed. |
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The application forms can be had from the Office of the District Environmental Engineer on payment of Rs.200/- per set of four forms, under Water/Air Acts through a Demand Draft drawn in favour of the District Environmental Engineer. |
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The application forms are to be completely filled in and the first 3 copies are to be submitted in the District office concerned with all the required enclosures and with demand draft for appropriate consent fee under Water/Air Act [vide page 11 and 12]. The fourth copy of the applications under Water/Air Act is to be retained by the industry for their office purpose. |
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Applications from Red Category industries are sent to Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board Head Office along with Inspection Report fyDEE with his specific recommendations on issue of consent for the projects. In case of Orange Category and Green Category industries the concerned Joint Chief Environmental Engineer/District Environmental Engineer/ Assistant Environmental Engineer will issue consent to industries. |
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The application forms along with Inspection report will be again scrutinised in the head office and the application, which satisfies all the requirements, will be cleared for the issue of consent for establishment as follows. |
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G.O. Ms. No:101, E&F (EC-3) Dept., dt:20.4.99 empowers TNPCB to issue environmental clearance for projects which are not covered under schedule I of the EIA Notification 1994 as amended on 10.4.97 and coastal Regulation Zone Notification 19.2.91. |
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As per EIA Notification 2006, 39 fy/22 of project/Activities have to obtain environmental clearance from Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. All the projects and activities are broad by categorized into two categories – category A and category B, based on the spatial extent of potential impacts and potential impacts on human health and natural and man made resources.
a) All projects or activities included as category ‘A’ in the schedule, including expansion and modernization of existing projects or activities and change in projects wise, shall require prior environmental clearance from the central government in the Ministry of Environment and forests (MOEF) on the recommendations of an expert appraisal committee (EAC) to the constitution by the central government for the purpose of this notification
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All the projects (or) activities as category ‘B’ in the schedule, including expansion and modularization of existing projects and activities as specified in sub paragraph (ii) of paragraph 2 change in product wise as specified in sub paragraph in (iii) of paragraph 2, but excluding those which full fill the general condition (GC) stipulated in the schedule, recourse prior environmental clearance from the state / Union Territory Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA). The SEIAA shall base its decision on the recommendations of a state or Union Territory level expert appraisal committee (SEAC) as to the constituter for in this notification. In the absence of a duly constituted SEIAA or SEAC, a category ‘B’ project shall be treaded as a category ‘A’ project.
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As per EIA Notification, 2000, public hearing has been made mandatory as per the list of projects mentioned in this notification, TNPC Board shall cause notice for conduct of environmental public hearing mentioning the date, time and place of public hearing which shall be published in atleast two News Papers widely circulated in the region around the project, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned. After conducting Public hearing,
the TNPCB shall address the minutes of public hearing meeting to the concerned regulation authority for appraisal. The project proponent has to obtain the environmental clearance from Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. Only on receipt of Environmental clearance from Government of India, the TNPC Board can issue consent to establish under Water and Air Acts to the Industry.
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In case of Projects, which are covered under Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, dt.19.2.91, Clearance shall be obtained from coastal Zone Management Authority at District level/State level/National level. |
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