An Overview On
Categories of industries, Siting Policy, Clustering
and common pollution control facilities
Presented by :
Debashis Sarkar, Sr. Env. Engineer
West Bengal Pollution Control Board
'Paribesh Bhaban', Bidhan Nagar,
Kolkata -700098
www.wbpcb.gov.in
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West Bengal Pollution Control Board
Present scenario in West Bengal
Depending upon the pollution potential,WBPCB classified the
industrial units into three different categories:
• “ RED ” category: i) Special Red &
ii) Ordinary Red
• “ ORANGE ” category
• “ GREEN ” category
• A Few activities with no pollution potential are classified as
“ Exempted “ Category.
http://emis.wbpcb.gov.in/emis/category.do
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Category
Special Red
Ordinary Red
Orange
Green
Exempted
Type of activities
62
66
79
120
52
WBPCB constituted a Committee consisting of officials from Directorate of
Micro & Small Scale Enterprise and WBPCB for the categorization of new
industries, other than those in the existing list.
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Present Status of Industries in West Bengal
Health Care Establishment 5594 Nos.
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17 Category Industry
MoEF notified 17 Categories of Grossly Polluting Industries
Types of activities like:
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Aluminium Smelter
Zinc Smelter
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Chlor Alkali
Copper Smelter
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Integrated Iron Industry
Dyes and Intermediates
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Distillaries
Fertilizers
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Cement Plant
Petrochemicals
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Pulp and Paper
Thermal Power Plant
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Oil Refineries
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Sugar
•
Basic Bulk Drugs
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Pesticides
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Tanneries
NRCD Industries
MoEF categorized major water polluting industries
under NRCP.
Criteria for selection of NRCD industries :
• Industries discharging effluents into rivers and lakes
directly or indirectly
And
• Having BOD load of 100 Kg / Day before treatment
And / Or
• Discharging toxicants with discharge of 2 KLD or
more
Category list of CPCB
• CPCB formed a Working Group for preparation of an uniform list
of categories of industries on the basis of the outcome of the 56th
Conference of Chairmen’s and Member Secretaries of SPCBs /
PCCs.
• Working Group submitted Final Report to CPCB recommending
list of Red, Orange and Green Category of Industries.
• No. of activities under the Red Category
: 85
• No. of activities under the Orange Category : 73
• No. of activities under the Green Category
: 86
Direction of CPCB
 The industries which do not fall in any of the above mentioned
three categories, decision with regard to their categorisation will be
taken by a committee constituted by respective SPCBs/ PCCs.
 In case of reduction of pollution load due to adoption of cleaner
technology or change in production process by any industry
decision on re-categorisation of such activity will be taken by a
committee constituted by respective SPCBs/ PCCs.
 Industrial siting policy for setting up of industrial may be decided by
the representative SPCBs in consultation with the concerned State
Governments.
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Categorization of Projects and Activities
under EIA Notification
• As per the EIA Notification 2006 few projects
and activities requires prior EC from the
competent authority for new, expansion or
modernization projects.
• Those activities are broadly categorised
under two categories – Cat. A and Cat. B,
based on their potential environmental
impacts.
Environmental Regulation for Industrial
Estates / Clusters
• Industrial Estates / Parks / Complexes / Areas, EPZs, SEZs,
Biotech Parks, Leather Complexes – Requires EC for area >
500ha, area < 500ha if the estate housing any A or B category unit
as per EIA notification.
• Common hazardous TSDF, CETPs, Common MSW management
facilities require prior EC from the competent authority.
• If any IE / Parks etc. with homogeneous type of industries or IE
with predefined set of activities obtained prior EC, individual
industries will not be required to take prior EC.
Industrial Siting policy in West Bengal:

Industrial development has become a major source of Environmental
Pollution.

Industrial
activities
without
proper
precautionary
measures
for
environmental protection are known to cause pollution and associated
problems.

The WBPCB ensures that compliance to environmental standards is
attained through negotiated agreements and technical guidance.

For combating industrial pollution in West Bengal, Board has formulated
Industrial Siting Policy in Dec,1997 which has been amended time to time
looking at the trend of environment scenario in the State.
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Salient Feature of Industrial Siting policy
• Industries under “RED” category can not be permitted in Municipal
Areas falling under KMA.
• Also those Industries are not permitted to set up within municipal areas
of Burdwan district except Jamuria Industrial Area.
• Industries under “ORANGE” category can be permitted in Municipal
area except KMC & HMC areas or within industrial estates in case of
KMC and HMC area with adequate pollution control measures subject
to the condition that the site clearance should be obtained from
municipal authorities.
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Salient Feature of Industrial Siting policy
• However, for few Red Category Industries, such as Incineration
Plants, Hazardous Waste / Bio Medical Waste Disposal Facilities,
Power Plants, Ship Breaking activity, Health Care Establishments,
Isolated storage of Hazardous Chemicals, consideration for siting in
KMA will be location specific and will be decided by the Board.
• For diversification / modernization / modification / expansion of the
existing Red and Orange Category Units within KMA will be
considered on a case to case basis. This will be done considering the
location of the industries, type of activity and its Environmental
Impact as also Environmental Pollution Management Proposal for
such modified activity.
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Contd…
• For few Orange Category Industries, such as Automobile
servicing, repairing, Engineering and Fabrication units, Hotels
and Restaurants, Housing Complexes with total built up area
more than 20,000sq.mt. etc. consideration for siting in KMC and
HMC area will be location specific and will be decided by the
Board.
• Industries mentioned in the list of Green Category can be
permitted in any area in the state with adequate pollution control
measures subject to site clearance by the local body.
• Exempted category – need not apply for CFE and CFO
Salient Feature of Industrial Siting policy
•
60 categories of water intensive industries (such as Distillery, Thermal
Power Plants, Chemical and Petrochemical, dyeing of fabrics, yarns etc.)
are not permitted within 10 KM radius of Calcutta Leather Complex at
Bantala.
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List of Police stations and JL Nos. within 10Km radius of Kolkata Leather
Complex :
Police Station
JL No.
Bhangore
2-10, 12-18, 22-52, 56, 61-92, 99110, 114-123, 141
Rajarhat
18-20, 23-25, 32-42, 49-55
Sonarpur
01, 6-21, 23, 25-29, 41, 91-97, 105109
Kasba
02
Salt Lake
01
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Contd…
• Only integrated sponge iron units with downward integration for
ingot manufacturing, and/or concast, rolling mill with appropriate
pollution control technology has been considered for issuance of
Consent to Establish. Such project should adopt AFBC technology
for utilization of coal char.
• Restriction on establishment of Hotels, resorts within a radius of 1
KM of Reserve Forest and Wild Life Sanctuaries.
• Hotel and Restaurants within a radius of 3 KM of Victoria Memorial
hall should use LPG for their cooking purpose.
• Use of cleaner fuel was made mandatory for small boilers in KMC
and Ceramics kilns in KMA.
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Consent Administration
• As per the provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act any
industry which is likely to discharge sewage or trade effluent,
emission into the environment / atmosphere will have to obtain
consent from the State Board.
• WBPCB issues two types of consents:
– CONSENT TO ESTABLISH- All the industries and activities
requiring consent must obtain consent to establish before actual
commencement of work for establishing the industry / activity.
– CONSENT TO OPERATE- This consent, which is valid for a
certain duration of time needs to be taken before actual
commencement of production. The consent to operate is
renewed after certain period.
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Contd…
WBPCB rationalized its procedure for consent administration.
The Salient features of present Consent administration mechanism are:
• Decision making process made more decentralized whereby quick decision can be taken
at Regional & Circle Office level including DICs.
• Enabling the industries to file application for ' Consent to Establish' & 'Consent to
Operate' through web-based EMIS.
• Government of West Bengal has launched ‘Shilpa Sathi’, SWC to assist investors for
obtaining licenses and registration
from relevant important State
Government
departments from a single place. WBPCB also participates in Shilpa Sathi for grant of
‘Consent to Establish’.
• Initially, in Phase-I, the facility of Shilpa Sathi will be available to investors, who want to
set up medium and large industries in Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly,South24-Parganas and
North 24-Parganas districts
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Consent Administration
Office
District Industries Centre
WBPCB
Consent to Establish
Green (small)
Consent to Operate
Green (small)
Orange (small)
Green
Green
Orange
Orange
Ordinary Red
Ordinary Red
Special Red
Special Red
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Validity Periods of Consent to Establish & Consent to Operate
Ite m
Ma x imu m Va lid ity P e rio d
Co n s e n t to E s ta blis h
N e w P ro je c t
E x pa n s io n
Co n s e n t to Ope ra te
5
5
Id en t ified GP Is
a ) Fre s h
b) Re n e w a l
1
2
S p ecia l R ed Ca t eg o ry U n it s
a ) Fre s h
b) Re n e w a l
2
3
Ord in a ry R ed Ca t eg o ry U n it s
Ora n g e Ca t eg o ry U n it s
Green Ca t eg o ry U n it s
3
4
5
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Common Pollution Control Facilities
• SSIs, due to their limited size and scale of operations do not find it
economically viable to install dedicated pollution control equipment and
therefore the concept of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) is
suitable for them.
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CETP at Kolkata Leather Complex, Bantala
 A common facility for treatment of Waste Water Generated from
Tannery Units located at Kolkata Leather Complex, Bantala has
been set up.
 Total 308 nos. of units (relocating and new) are in operation with
waste water discharging quantity 19.641MLD.
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MoEF Sponsored Scheme for CETP
• MoEF has been implementing a centrally sponsored
scheme for CETPs.
• The Central assistance will be available for Establishment
of new CETPs in an IE or a clusters of SSIs.
• The project cost may include
– 1.
Plant and machinery for primary, secondary and tertiary
treatment
– 2.
Onsite laboratory with standard set of instruments
– 3.
Zero liquid discharge and related technologies
• Large and Medium Scale Industries other than GPIs may join the CETP
after primary treatment.
Contd…
• Financial Assistance –
1. Central subsidy restricted to 50% of the Project
Cost, State’s share 25% and PP’s share 25%
2. Central Assistance will be provided only to meet
capital costs.
3. No provision for retrospective funding and for
operation and maintenance cost.
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