JHARKHAND STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, HEC COMPLEX, DHURWA, RANCHI 834004
Telephone: 0651-2400850 (Fax)/ 2400851/2400852/2401847/2400979/2400139
Ref No. JSPCB/HO/RNC/CTO-3029975/2019/282 Dated : 2019-02-05
Consent to operate (CTO) under section 25 /26 of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and
under section 21 of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
1. Application (s) dated 2018-07-24 of SALUJA STEEL & POWER PVT.LTD., Occupier Name
:AMARJEET SINGH SALUJA for consent under section 25 (1)(b)/25 (1) (c)/26 of the Water (Prevention
& Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and under section 21(1) of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution)
Act,1981.
2. Documents Relied Upon:
a) The content of Consent to Establish (CTE), vid Ref. No. N-, dated
he consent to operate (CTO) issued vide Ref. NO. JSPCB/HO/RNC/CTO-1620977/2018/309 Dated
13.02.2018, JSPCB, Ranchi.
(b) The content of Inspection Report (I/R) vide Ref No. 1014 dated 25.08.2018 and vide Memo No. 1588,
dated 26.11.2018 of Regional Office-Cum-Laboratory, JSPC Board, Hazaribagh.
(c) The contents of Bank Guarantees valid for the period up to 31.12.2019:
(i) vide Ref. No. 0644918BG0000013 dated 05.12.2018, amounting Rs. 10.00 Lacs;
(ii) vide Ref. No. 0644918BG0000001 amounting Rs.10.00 Lacs and
(iii) vide BG No. 0644918BG0000002 amounting Rs. 05.00 Lacs
(d) The content of adequacy evaluation of pollution control devices.
(e) The content of affidavit submitted against the Bank Guarantee.
3. The consent is granted under section 25 / 26 of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
and under section 21 of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 to operate the project in
Mauza -MOHANPUR , P S -MAHTODIH , District -GIRIDIH , as follows:
Project Site-Area Investment Product & Capacity Period of CTO
(Rs)
Plot Nos. Area
Before 04, Khata 9.06 3224 Lacs Sponge Iron- 2x 100 Date of issue to
Expansion No.:04 (As per Acres (As per TPD 30.09.2020
previous CTO) previous
CTO)
(A) Specific Conditions:
1. That, the occupier shall maintain the height of all stacks attached with air pollution control devices
(APCD).
2. That, the occupier shall comply fugitive emission standards of 2000 micro gram/m3 at a distance of 10
metre from raw material crusher and product handling areas etc.
3. That, the occupier shall provide separate electricity meter and totaliser for continuous recording of power
consumption with all APCD. A logbook shall be maintained for recording of daily meterage of electricity
meter connected to all APCDs. The amperage of the ID fan shall also be recorded continuously. Non
functioning of APCD shall be recorded in the same logbook along with reasons for non-operation of the
Pollution Control Equipment.
4. That, the safety cap/emergency stack of rotary kiln type plant, which is generally installed above the after
burner chamber (ABC) of feed end column should not be used for discharging untreated emission,
bypassing the air pollution control device.
5. That, the occupier shall provide software controlled interlocking facility keeping in view of on-linen
emission and effluent monitoring system to ensure stoppage of feed conveyor, so that the feed to the kiln
would stop automatically, if emergency/safety cap of the rotary kiln is opened or ESP is non - operational.
6. That, the occupier shall install mechanically operated fitted with water mixing (spiral pug mill) system for
timely collection and removal of the flue dust generated in ESP or at any other pollution control devices for
control of fugitive emission at the dust collection system.
7. That, the occupier shall maintain logbook for daily record of Char production and its usage. The record
shall be made available to officials of JSPCB during inspection of the plant.
8. That, the occupier shall make the approach road and roads within premises of the plant and work areas
asphalted or concreted.
9. That, the occupier shall maintain proper housekeeping within the premises.
10. That, the occupier shall provide the shed for keeping Iron Ore properly and ensure Crushing and
screening operation in shaded enclosed area.
11. That, the occupier shall make water sprinkling arrangement in areas around crushing and screening
units, raw material heaps at unloading points, heavy vehicle movement areas, roads and waste dump sites
etc.
12. That, the occupier shall have its conveyor belt for transporting the materials fully covered all along its
way and transfer points of conveyor belt should also be covered and suction system should be connected to
de-dusting equipment.
13. That, the occupier shall make extensive plantation of three tier all along the roads and boundary wall of
the industry.
14. That, the occupier shall, use the fly ash generated from AFBC boiler as per notification released by
MoEF & CC, New Delhi “Fly Ash Notification” dated 14th September, 1999 and as amended on 25th,
January, 2016.
15. That, the occupier shall in no case dispose of the solid waste including fly ash and bottom ash on any
agricultural land and keep it within the plant premises. The occupier having plant capacity less than 200
TPD shall look for disposal of char in AFBC boiler of other plant. All the solid wastes shall be kept fully
covered with wire mesh or soil coating. Different types of solid wastes generated shall be stored separately
as per the guidelines of CPCB to avoid adverse effect on air quality and water region.
16. That, the occupier shall make arrangement for operation of the plant in such a way that all pollution
control devices shall start before start of conveyor belt/plant operation and similarly all pollution control
devices shall be put off only after stopping the operation of the plant.
17. That, the occupier shall install and operate the on-line emission monitoring system uninterruptedly.
18. That, the occupier shall operate and maintain Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) camera for monitoring
of operational status of APCDs for observations of the same as and when required.
19. That, the occupier shall submit compliance of conditions of CTO half yearly to the Board.
20. That, the occupier shall maintain zero trade effluent discharge and install a web cam at each outlets of
the drain.
21. That, the occupier shall construct garland drain, toe wall and settling tanks for storage of solid wastes
and raw materials separately and de-siltation of settling tanks shall be done regularly.
22. That, the occupier shall comply all of the following conditions as mentioned below:-
(i) That, the installation and operationalization of AFBC boiler shall be completed by 30.09.2019 and
evidence of the same shall be submitted to the Board within 1st week of October' 2019.
(ii) That, if the above conditions will not be complied within the stipulated timeline, then
(a) vide Ref. No. 0644918BG0000013 dated 05.12.2018, amounting Rs. 10.00 Lacs;
(b) vide Ref. No. 0644918BG0000001 amounting Rs.10.00 Lacs and
(c) vide BG No. 0644918BG0000002 amounting Rs. 05.00 Lacs ,
shall be forfeited and CTO will stands revoked.
23. That, the occupier shall operate the dust extraction system of such potential sources, routed through Air
Pollution Control Device (APCD) and operate and maintain the monitoring facilities at stacks attached to
APCDs as per CPCB Emission Regulation, Part-III.
24. That, the occupier shall submit the Performance Assessment of the APCD ECS from the same Govt.
Institute which has prepared the adequacy report including analysis report of emission within 60 days of
grant of CTO.
25. That, the occupier shall operate the plant with valid CTO and Authorization under H&OW (M&TSM)
Rules, 2016 and submit the same to CPCB within 60 days.
26. That, the occupier shall ensure continuous data transmission from all the analysers and camera through
Online Continuous (24x7) Emission and Effluent Monitoring System (OCEMS) to CPCB server and will
inform CPCB, JT Div, about any change in service provider for data transmission.
27.That, the occupier shall submit applications for renewal of consent under section 25 of the Water
(Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and under section 21 of the Air (Prevention & Control of
Pollution) Act, 1981 again 120 days prior to the date of expiry of this consent i.e. 30.09.2020 with
documents showing compliance of all of the above conditions.
(B) General Conditions :
(1) That, the occupier shall maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standard given below:
Concentration in Ambient Air
Time Weighted Industrial, Ecologically
SN Pollutant Average Residential, Rural Sensitive Area
and Other Area (notified by
Central Govt.)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1. Sulphur Dioxide Annual 50 20
(SO2), µg/m3 24 hours 80 80
2. Nitrogen Dioxide Annual 40 30
(NO2), µg/m3 24 hours 80 80
3. Particulate Matter Annual 60 60
(size less than 10 24 hours 100 100
µm) or PM10,
µg/m3
4. Particulate Matter Annual 40 40
(size less than 2.5 24 hours 60 60
µm) or PM2.5,
µg/m3
5. Ozone(O3), 8 hours 100 100
µg/m3 1 hour 180 180
6. Lead (Pb) µg/m3 Annual 0.50 0.50
24 hours 1.0 1.0
7. Carbon Monoxide 8 hours 02 02
(CO) mg/m3 1 hour 04 04
8. Ammonia (NH3) Annual 100 100
µg/m3 24 hours 400 400
9. Benzene (C6H6) Annual 05 05
µg/m3
10. Benzo(a) Annual 01 01
Pyrene(BaP)
Particulate Phase
only ng/m3
11. Arsenic (As) Annual 06 06
ng/m3
12. Nickel (Ni) Annual 20 20
ng/m3
Note : Serial no. 1 to 4 – Mandatory
Serial no. 5 to 12 As applicable for specific type of industry.
(2) That, the occupier shall maintain the emission quality within the standard and the quantity, as follows:
SN Parameter Standard
1 Particulate Matter 150 mg/Nm3
(3) That, the occupier shall keep process effluent in close-circuit and the quality of effluent from other
sources in conformity with the standard (s) and the discharge quantity as below:
SN Parameter Standard
1 Total Suspended Solids 100 mg/L
2 BOD 30 mg/L
3 COD 250 mg/L
4 Oil & Grease 10 mg/L
(4) That, the occupier shall dispose of solid wastes as follows:
SN Waste Type Mode of Disposal
1 Hazardous Carbonaceous Wastes In co-processing in high
temperature furnaces or kilns
2 Hazardous Non-Carbonaceous In TSDF
Wastes
3 Non-Carbonaceous Non- As a substitute of Soil or Mineral
Hazardous solid wastes/ Mine
Over Burden
(5) That, the occupier shall keep D G Set(s) within acoustic enclosure and shall keep the height(s) of
exhaust pipe(s) as per Central Pollution Control Board norm.
(6) That, the occupier shall install and maintain Central Ground Water Board/ State Ground Water
Directorate approved system of rain water harvesting-cum-ground water recharge and submit the
photographic view of the structures within a month.
(7) That, the occupier shall grow and maintain greenery of the project in the periphery and other available
spaces and shall continue enhancing its plant density and biodiversity.
(8) That, the occupier shall submit environmental statement with supporting stoichiometric calculations
analyses reports, every year latest by 30th September of the next financial year.
(9) That, the occupier shall submit report(s) duly monitored and issued by an NABL accredited / ISO
9001:2008 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certified laboratory in compliance sub-para (2), (3), (4) and (5) of
paragraph 3 of this CTO yearly at required periodicity.
(10) That, this CTO is valid subjected to the validity of mining Lease/Mining
Plan/Ecofriendly/Environmental Clearance, if applicable. In case of no renewal of Mining
Lease/Mining Plan, this consent shall be treated as revoked automatically.
(11) That, this CTO is issued from the environmental angle only and does not absolve the occupier from
other statutory obligations prescribed under any other law or any other instrument in force. The sole
and complete responsibility to comply with these conditions laid down in all other laws for the time-
being in force, rests with the industry/ unit/ occupier.
(12) That, this CTO shall not in any way, adversely affect or jeopardize the legal proceeding , if any,
instituted in the past or that could be , instituted against you by the State Board for violation of the
provisions of the Act or the Rules made there under.
(13) That, the occupier shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Water (Prevention & Control of
Pollution) Act, 1974; the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977; the Air
(Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981; and the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and Rules
made there under.
4. That, this CTO shall not absolve the occupier from making compliance of other statutory prescribed
under any law or direction of courts or any other instrument for the time being in force.
5. That, this CTO is being issued on the basis of information/ documents/ certificate submitted by the
unit. This CTO will be revoked if any of the information/documents/certificates/undertaking given
by the occupier is found false/fictitious/forged in future.
6. The Order shall be valid subject to compliance of all other legal requirements applicable to the unit.
7. The State Board reserve the right to revoke, withdraw or make any reasonable variation / change /
alteration in conditions of this consent.
This is issued with the approval of the Competent authority
[Rajeev Lochan Bakshi]
Member Secretary
Memo No. : JSPCB/HO/RNC/CTO- Dated : 2019-02-05
3029975/2019/282
Copy to: M/s Saluja Steel & Power Pvt.Ltd., At-Mahtodih, Tundi Road,Dist- Giridih/Chief Inspector of
Factories, Ranchi/ Director of Industry, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi/ Director of Mines, Government
of Jharkhand, Ranchi/ Deputy Commissioner, Giridih/ DFO, Giridih/ DMO, Giridih/ R O, JSPCB,
Hazaribagh for information & ensuring compliance of the above.
[Rajeev Lochan Bakshi]
Member Secretary
