Tripura State Pollution Control Board NOC

In accordance with the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1981, the Tripura State Pollution Control Board was established by the Tripura government in 1988. As a result, under both Acts, Rules, namely the Tripura State Pollution Control Board (Water Pollution Control) Rules, 1989, and the Tripura State Pollution Control Board (Air Pollution Control) Rules, 1989, have been drafted.

The Board's goal is to establish the conditions necessary for people to stop polluting the state's natural resources, preserve its biological diversity, and make sustainable use of its natural resources. The Board's other goal is to increase public awareness of the value and necessity of a clean environment and to encourage community involvement, ownership, and support in the effort to rid the State of all types of pollution.

The Tripura State Pollution Control Board's vision is to instil in the people of the state a sense of responsiveness that allows them to recognize the true value of a clean, pollution-free environment, use the state's natural resources sustainably for national development, protect the biological diversity for equitable sharing, and distribute benefits to the community in order to preserve a healthy environment for future generations.

The Tripura State Pollution Control Board works to implement the State's environmental laws and regulations, including:

• The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act,1974
• The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
• The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
• The Solid Waste Management Rules 2016
• The Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules 2016
• The Hazardous Waste Management Rules 2016
• The Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016

• To develop and ensure the implementation of a comprehensive plan for the prevention, control, or reduction of stream and well pollution throughout the State;
• To provide the State Government with recommendations on any issue pertaining to the prevention, control, or reduction of water pollution;
• To gather and share knowledge about water pollution, its prevention, control, and mitigation;
• To promote, carry out, and take part in studies and research on issues related to water pollution prevention, control, or abatement;
• To work with the Central Board to organize mass education programs related to water pollution as well as the training of people involved or planning to be involved in initiatives connected to prevention, control, or abatement of water pollution;
• To review plans, specifications, or other data pertaining to plants set up for the treatment of water, works for its purification, and the system for the disposal of sewage or trade effluents, as well as to inspect sewage or trade effluents, works, and plants for the treatment of sewage and trade effluents;
• Establish, amend, or repeal effluent standards for the quality of receiving waters (not including water in an interstate stream) as a result of the discharge of effluents and to categorize waterways of the State;
• To develop cost-effective and dependable methods of treating sewage and trade effluents, taking into account the unique soil, climate, and water resource conditions of various regions, particularly the prevalent stream and well flow characteristics that make it impossible to achieve even the smallest degree of dilution;
• To develop strategies for using appropriate trade effluents and sewage in agriculture;
• To develop effective ways of sewage and trade effluent disposal on land, as essential due to the prevalent conditions of sparse stream flows that do not provide for the minimum degree of dilution for the majority of the year;
• To develop effective ways of sewage and trade effluent disposal on land, as essential due to the prevalent conditions of sparse stream flows that do not provide for the minimum degree of dilution for the majority of the year;
• To establish effluent standards for people to follow when discharging sewage, sludge, or both, as well as to establish, modify, or repeal effluent standards for sewage and trade effluents;
• Must notify the State Government of the site of any industry whose operation could potentially pollute a stream or well.
• To carry out any additional duties that may be required or that may occasionally be delegated to it by the Central Board or the State Government.

In exercise of power conferred under Section 17 (1) (a) of the Water Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Section 17(1)(a) of The Air Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 198 and pursuant to the decision of General Body of the Tripura State Pollution Control Board taken in its 42nd  Board, Meeting held on 11th September 2020, the Tripura State Pollution Control Board is pleased to notify the Revised List of Industries/ processes/ Operation/ Activities under the Red, Orange, Green and White Categories including the exempted category of Industries/units as a comprehensive programme for the prevention, control or abatement of water pollution and air pollution in the Tripura State and to secure execution thereof.

In accordance with government regulations and the goal of promoting "Ease of Doing Responsible Business," the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change has reclassified industries into "Red," "Orange," "Green," and "White" categories after consulting with the Central Pollution Control Board.

Any industrial sector's Pollution Index, or PI, is a number between 0 and 100, and an increasing PI value indicates a greater pollution load coming from that sector. The following criterion on "Range of Pollution Index" for classifying industrial sectors is finalized based on a series of brainstorming meetings between CPCB, SPCBs, and MoEFCC.

• Red category: Industries with a Pollution Index score of 60 or higher 
• Orange category: Industrial Sectors with Pollution Index scores of 41 to 59.
• Green category: Pollution Index score of 21 to 40
• White category: Industrial Sectors with a Pollution Index score of 20 or lower.

The Environment (Protection) Act of 1986's environmental clearance requirement, as well as the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1981 and the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1974's consent requirement, do not apply to projects that fall under the new category of "white," as they are essentially non-polluting.

The Tripura State Pollution Control Board instituted periodicity of Consent to Establish Certificate & Consent to Operate Certificate of different category of Industries/ Processes/ Operations/ activities in accordance with the provisions of Section 25 (4)(a)(iii) of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1974 &. Section 21 (4) of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1981. The capital investment of the projects is the basis for the periodicity of the consent to establish certificate. Although the relative "pollution index," which is a function of emission, effluent, hazardous waste created, and resource consumption, has been used to frame the periodicity of the consent to operate certificate. These are the various categories of industries' defined validity periods for their consents to establish and operate:

Consent to Establish

For Red, Orange and Green Category of industries and on the basis of Capital Investment on Land, Building, Plants & Machineries-

• Up to 1 Crore: 1 Year
• Above 1 Crore and up to 10 Crore: 2 Years
• Above 10 Crore: 3 Years

Consent to Operate

• Red Category: Once in 5 years
• Orange Category: Once in 10 years
• Green category: Once in 15 years
• White category: Not essential

The Prevention of Water Pollution Act of 1969 governed the process for obtaining Consent to Establish (CTE) and Consent to Operate (CTO) in the State of Tripura. The Board's rules were also created in compliance with Section 5 of the Air (P &CP) Act of 1981, the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1981, and the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1974. Before establishing the Project anyplace in the State of Tripura, the Project Proponent and Start-ups who wish to run their business project must first acquire permission. According to the pollution range it falls under, all projects, industries, and non-industries have been divided into four categories: red, orange, green, and white.

The Online Consent Management & Monitoring System, created by NIC, New Delhi, has been adopted by TSPCB. Each applicant must sign up for an account with the Online Consent Management System (OCMMS). The applicants must complete the information on the online application form connected to the consent for operation application. The system is set up such that it will automatically determine the necessary fees and industry categorization (Red/Orange/Green) based on the data entered. The system generates a submission form, and once that form has been processed in the TSPCB office, an online certificate will be given, which the applicant may download for their future use.

Let’s understand the procedure:

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• Provide necessary documents for the Tripura Pollution Control Board (TPCB) Consent/CTE/CTO
• We will assign a dedicated Consultant, an expert in managing the whole process of getting Consent/CTE/CTO from TPCB
• Our Pollution Control expert will reach out to you and complete the procedure to obtain a Pollution License for your Business
• Our Expert Consultant will draft & apply with Tripura State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB)
• We will deliver the CTE/CTO to you via email and courier

What are the Documents required for obtaining Consent?

• Detailed Project Report with information on the consumption of raw materials and fuel, the description and specifications of the process, the specifications of the plants and machinery, and cost analysis data.
• Chartered Accountant's Certificate, Annual Report, or Statement.
• Site Plan. 
• Documents/Certificate of Valuation for Land and Buildings
• If the land or building is rented, a copy of the rental agreement between the unit and the landowner.
• NO-objection certificates from the unit's immediate neighbours.
• Certificate for Land Diversion from a Concerned Authority (if required).
• Additional sheet describing the unit's Gross Capital Investment, excluding Capital Investment in Pollution Control System (project report to be submitted), in Land, Building, Plant, and Machinery.
• A separate page that lists the raw materials (including fuel) and their monthly use.
• Additional document pertaining to the list of manufactured goods and their by-products. 
• Additional sheet containing a flowchart for the process specifics.
• Additional document including details on liquid waste.
• Additional sheet regarding Environmental Management Plan including Monitoring, brief organizational set up as per declaration given above & Expenditure to be incurred for implementation of Environmental Management Plan (Capital Investment). 
• Additional sheet regarding layout plan clearly showing the different outlets for liquid waste discharge. 
• Additional information sheet addressing the characteristics of process waste water (before treatment).
• Banker’s Cheque/Demand Draft should be made from any Nationalised Bank.
• Additional sheet pertaining to Domestic & Industrial (attach comprehensive proposal with diagram) (attach detailed proposal with diagram).
• Additional sheet regarding Emission sources. 
• Additional sheet regarding Hazardous Chemicals to be handled [Refer-Manufacture, Storage and import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989 (MSIHC)] & (b) Maximum quantity of Hazardous Chemicals to be stored at a time [Refer-Manufacture, Storage and import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989 (MSIHC)]. 
• Additional sheet regarding brief write-up and schematic flowsheet of the manufacturing process clearly showing sources of generation of solid (hazardous and, non-hazardous) liquid and gaseous wastes. 
• Additional sheet regarding Emission details. 
• Additional sheet regarding Other relevant information, if any. 

Documents required for Renewal of Consent

• Undertaking/Affidavit/Annual Report/Certificate from a Chartered Accountant.
• Banker’s Cheque/Demand Draft that is made from a Nationalised Bank.
• Photocopy of Previous Consent Certificates

During the inspection the concerned officer/authority checks the type of Pollution Control Measures taken by the industry/unit. 

• This officer has the authority to inspect any location where the applicant's treatment facilities, purification processes, or disposal systems discharge water, sewage, or trade effluent for that purpose. He or she may also demand that the applicant provide any plans, specifications, or other information about the applicant's treatment facilities, purification processes, disposal systems, or any component thereof that he deems necessary.
• The officer may inspect any location or premises, their emission from the chimney or fugitive emission from any point within the industry's premises, as well as any control devices installed in the said premises. Such an officer may, for that purpose, inspect any location or premises under the control of the applicant or occupier and may require the applicant to provide him with any plant specifications or other data relating to control equipment or systems or any part thereof.
• All information and resources necessary for the inspector to carry out the inspection must be provided by the applicant. Before or after conducting the aforementioned inspection, an officer of the State Board may require the applicant to provide him with any additional information or clarification, or to present him with any documents, that he may deem necessary for the purpose of conducting an investigation of the application. He may also summon the applicant or his authorized representative to the office of the State Board for this purpose.