Government Of Assam Environment & Forest Pollution Control Board

Granting Consent under the provisions of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981and Authorization under Biomedical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998, the Hazardous Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1989 and the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000 are some of the important functions of the Board. A brief note / guidelines for obtaining the NOC / Consent / Authorization for the entrepreneurs are illustrated below:

Water Act :

Control of water pollution is achieved through administering conditions imposed in consent issued under provision of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. These conditions regulate the quality and quantity of effluent, the location of discharge and the frequency of monitoring of effluents. The surface and ground water monitoring conducted by the Board indicates that the water quality has improved over the years and that it is now, in general, reasonably good.

Air Act:

Under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981consent of the Board is mandatory for releasing emissions to the atmosphere. The Board issues consent to air polluting industries with conditions to regulate the quality and quantity of emission and stipulate the frequency for monitoring the emissions.

Consent to Establish / Operate

To establish an industry with potential for water pollution / air pollution; prior consent under the Water Act / Air Act is to be obtained respectively which needs to be obtained in two phases:

Consent to Establish [NOC]

Before establishing/constructing a plant the proposed industry should obtain NOC under the Water Act and/or the Air Act. The application form for NOC (Consent to Establish) under the Water Act / Air Act is to be submitted in duplicate through the Regional offices of the Board.

The application form fees Rs. 100/- and is available at all the offices of the Board or can be downloaded from the Website. The amount is to be submitted as DD in favour of the Member Secretary, Pollution Control Board, Assam payable at Guwahati.

Those who have obtained NOC need not submit application again in the above forms.

NOC is to be obtained prior to carrying out any work at the site proposed for the project. However, NOC is issued even if construction work of the unit has been started provided:

The validity of NOC is one year. NOC should be renewed if the unit is not commissioned by then. If renewal is not sought within the validity period fresh application has to be made to the Board.

Documents to be Submitted with NOC form

The documents to be submitted along with the consent application form for processing of the application are :

Consent to Establish [NOC] fees :

Consent to Operate (Initial) under Water and Air Act :

The validity of Consent to Establish is one year. Consent to Establish should be renewed if the unit is not commissioned by then. If renewal is not sought within the validity period fresh application has to be made to the Board.

The application form for Consent to Operate under the Water Act and Air Act is Schedule-Ishould be submitted in triplicate. The application form fees Rs. 100/- and is available at all the offices of the Board or can be downloaded from the Website. The amount is to be submitted as DD in favour of the Member Secretary, Pollution Control Board, Assam payable at Guwahati.

Documents to be submitted

The documents to be submitted along with the Renewal of consent application form for processing of the application are :

In case of any changes to previous submissions (NOC) the entrepreneur has to be submit the following documents (for the Renewal of consent to operate):

Consent Fee under Water Act / Air Act

Application shall be accompanied by prescribed fee for each term (not exceeding one years).

Renewal of Consent to Operate

Application for Consent to Operate (Renewal) is to be submitted in the 4th month before the expiry of the Consent order. If application is made after expiry of the validity period an action is to be taken as per Section 25/26 of Water Act & Section 21 of Air Act.

The application form for Consent to Operate (Renewal) under the Water Act and Air Act is Schedule-I should be submitted in triplicate. The application form fees Rs. 100/- and is available at all the offices of the Board or can be downloaded from the Website. The amount is to be submitted as DD in favour of the Member Secretary, Pollution Control Board, Assam payable at Guwahati.

Documents to be submitted

The documents to be submitted along with the Renewal of consent application form for processing of the application are :

In case of any changes to previous submissions (NOC) the entrepreneur has to be submit the following documents (for the Renewal of consent to operate):

While scrutinising the application the Board may call for clarification/information and all such applications will be deemed to have been made only from the date on which such clarification/information is received by the Board.

Consent Fee [Renewal] under Water Act / Air Act

Application shall be accompanied by prescribed fee for each term (not exceeding one years).

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