Amendment to Standards for Discharge norms of CETP.

5791 GI/202 4 (1) EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY “ (1) (2) (3) (4) No. 3532 ] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 /BHADRA 19 , 194 6 CG-DL-E-11092024-257084 पीएच 6-9 6-9 6-9 (BOD) 3, 27℃ 30 100 100 (TKN) 50 एन एस 50 (1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 9th September, 2024 S.O. 3864(E). —In exercise of the powers conferred under sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 19 86 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, namely: — 1. (1) These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) Second Amendment Rules, 2024. (2) They shall c ome into force on the 1st day of September, 2025. 2. In the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in Schedule -I, for serial number 55 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be substituted, namely: — “ Serial Number Industry Parameter Standards (1) (2) (3) (4) “55. Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP) A. Inlet Quality Standards For each Common Effluent Treatment Plant, the State Board or Pollution Control Committee (the Committee) will specify Inlet Qua lity Standards for general parameters, ammonical nitrogen and heavy metals as per design, local needs, and conditions of the Common Effluent Treatment Plant. B. Treated Effluent Quality Standards Maximum permissible values (in milligram/litre except fo r pH and Temperature) Into inland surface water On land for irrigation Into sea General Parameters (i) (ii) (iii) pH 6-9 6-9 6-9 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) 3, 27 ℃ 30 100 100 Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) 250 250 250* Total Suspend ed Solids (TSS) 100 100 100 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) 2100** 2100** NS Specific parameters (i) (ii) (iii) Temperature ℃ shall not exceed more than 5℃ above ambient temperature of the receiving water body shall not exceed more than 5℃ abo ve ambient temperature of the receiving water body shall not exceed more than 5℃ above ambient temperature of the receiving water body Oil and Grease 10 10 10 Ammonical Nitrogen 50 NS 50 Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) 50 NS 50 Nitrate Nitrogen 10 NS 50 Phosphates (P) 5 NS NS Chlorides 1000 1000 NS Sulphates (SO 4) 1000 1000 NS Flouride 2 2 15 Sulphides (S) 2 2 5 Phenolic compounds as C 6H5OH 1 1 5 Total Residual Chlorine 1 1 1 Zinc 5 15 15 Iron 3 3 3 Copper 3 3 3 Total Chromium 2 2 2 Manganese 2 NS 2 Nickel 3 NS 3 Arsenic 0.2 NS 0.2 Cyanide (CN) 0.2 NS 0.2 Vanedium 0.2 NS 0.2 Lead 0.1 NS 0.1 Hexavalent Chromium 0.1 NS 0.1 Selenium 0.05 NS 0.05 Cadmium 0.05 NS 0.05 Mercury 0.01 NS 0.01 Bio-assay test As per industry - specific standards As per industry - specific standards As per industry -specific standards Note 1. — NS-Not specified Note 2. —* Discharge of treated effluent into sea shall be through proper marine outfall. The existing sh ore discharges shall be converted to marine outfalls. In cases where the marine outfall provides a minimum initial dilution of 150 times at the point of discharge and a minimum dilution of 1500 times at a point 100 m away from discharge point, then, the St ate Board may relax th e Chemical Oxygen Demand limit: Provided that the maximum permissible value for Chemical Oxygen Demand in treated effluent shall be 500 milligram per liter. ** The maximum permissible Total Dissolved Solids limit with respect to treat ed effluent from a common effluent treatment plant shall be 2100 milligrams per liter. However, the limit may be relaxed by the concerned State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee, in case where total dissolved solids in intake water to the member industries is above 1100 milligrams per liter and a maximum contribution up to 1000 milligrams per liter is permitted, provided the maximum value of 3100 milligrams per liter is not exceeded in the treated effluent from common effluent treat ment plant, as under: — Serial number Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) in intake water milligrams per liter Maximum limit of Total Dissolved Solids TDS in treated effluent milligrams per liter (1) (2) (3) 1. TDS in intake water upto 1100 a. e. TDS ≤ 1100 2100 2. TDS in intake water more than 1100 to 2100 i.e. 1100 < TDS ≤ 2100 TDS in intake water plus 1000 3. TDS in intake water more than 2100 i.e. TDS > 2100 3100 Note 3. — 1. In case of discharge of treated effluent on land for irrigation, the impact on soi l and groundwater quality shall be monitored twice a year (pre -monsoon and post -monsoon) by common effluent treatment plants management. For combined discharge of treated effluent and sewage on land for irrigation, the mixing ratio with sewage shall be prescribed by the State Board. 2. Specific parameters for some important sectors, which are selected from the sector -specifi c standards are given as under: Serial number Sector Specific Parameters (1) (2) (3) 1. Textile Bio-assay test, Total chromium, Sul phide, Phenolic compounds 2. Electroplating Oil and grease, Ammonia Nitrogen, Nickel, Hexavalent chromium, Total chromium, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Iron, Cadmium, Cyanide, Fluorides, Sulphides, Phosphates, Sulphates 3. Tannery Sulphides, Total chromium, Oil a nd grease, Chlorides 4. Dye and dye intermediate Oil and grease, Phenolic compounds, Cadmium, Copper, Manganese, Lead, Mercury, Nickel, Zinc, Hexavalent Chromium, Total Chromium, Bio -assay test, Chlorides, Sulphates 5. Organic chemicals Oil and grease, Bio -assay test, Nitrates, Arsenic, Hexavalent chromium, Total chromium, Lead, Cyanide, Zinc, Mercury, manufacturing Copper, Nickel, Phenolic compounds, Sulphides 6. Pharmaceutical Oil and grease, Bio -assay test, Mercury, Arsenic, Hexavalent chromium, Lead, Cyanide, Phenolic compounds, Sulphides, Phosphates Note 4 .— 1. Roles and responsibilities of State Governments or the State Board or the Committee. — 2. The State Government or its agencies shall ensure that adequate upstream and downstream conveyanc e linkages or channels are in place for proper carriage of effluent. 3. The State Board and the Committee shall ensure that a member industry has single discharge outlet point to conveyance system leading to the CETP inlet. 4. The State Board or the Committee sh all lay down the standards for specific quality parameters, in consultation with the CETP operating agency, for discharge of effluent from each member industry to CETP, based on design features or capacity of CETP and ensure compliance of the same. 5. The Sta te Board or the Committee may ensure that the CETP operating personnel and staff are not associated with member units, and having technical knowledge of CETP operations, so as to avoid the conflict of interest. 6. The State Board or the Committee shall carry out real -time online monitoring with random physical inspection of all CETPs and the associated industrial areas with the following objectives, namely: — (a) to check compliance of inlet quality parameters of the CETP; (b) to check compliance of the notified discha rge standards for CETPs, or if any more stringent standards or Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) condition laid down by the Board or Committee; (c) to check maintenance and calibration status of the online continuous effluent quality monitoring system in the CETP; (d) to check occurrence of any bypass of untreated industrial effluents from member industries or CETP or industrial area. 6. The State Board or the Committee shall upload the performance status of all CETPs on their respective websites, at least quarterly. The pe rformance status may include, design and operational capacity, treatment scheme, validity period of consents and authorisation, monitored values and compliance status of inlet and outlet quality parameters and action taken thereof. 7. The State Board or the C ommittee shall not permit establishment of new industrial units that propose to join a CETP or expansion of existing member industries, if they are not complying with the specified standards or where such CETP does not have adequate hydraulic capacity, exc ept for the cases which do not impact performance of the CETP, such as, — (a) not resulting in increase in pollution load such as industries generating no effluent, 100% effluent recycling units, industries generating only concentrated streams disposed through appropriate systems at any common facility authorised by the State Board or the Committee, as per consent to establish, consent to operate and authorisation, to the extant following Central Pollution Control Board (Central Board) guidelines, in this regard . (b) CETP has unutilised hydraulic capacity, and the effluent of new industry or expansion of existing member industries will help in effective utilization of the CETP. (c) in case, a member industrial unit does not discharge its effluent to a CETP, the environme ntal standards of the standalone industry shall be applicable to the said unit. 8. (a) In case of violations or non -compliances, the Board or Committee shall take suitable actions such as, issuing show cause notices/closure directions, etc., against defaultin g units or CETPs. (b) In case of the State Board or the Committee issuing any notice to defaulting member unit, the same shall also be communicated to the CETP operating agency. 9. The State Government and its agencies shall ensure availability of Common Haza rdous Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities for disposal of hazardous wastes generated from CETPs and Primary Effluent Treatment Plants (PETPs). 10. The State Board or the Committee shall ensure association of CETPs and member industries with Common Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities for disposal of generated hazardous wastes, as per the conditions mentioned in the Authorization, issued by the State Board or the Committee, under Hazardous and other Waste Management (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016, as amended from time to time. 11. Mixing of appropriate quantity of sewage with effluent at an appropriate stage of treatment in CETP, may be permitted by the Board or Committee, in case it improves treatability in bio logical treatment process, provided that design of the CETP has taken into account hydraulic as well as organic load of sewage proposed to be treated in CETP. 2. Roles and responsibilities of CETP operating agencies. — 1. In order to manage the CETP pr ofessionally, there shall be a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) or Society (registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860) or Trust (registered under an appropriate statute), which would be responsible for the entire operation and maintenance of CETP. 2. (a) The CETP operating agencies shall distribute the total available treatment capacity among the member units in a rational and transparent manner. (b) A legal agreement between the CETP and its member units clearly delineating their mutual obligations, terms and conditions of membership, membership fee, cost recovery formula developed for the installation and treatment charges, operation and maintenance of CETP, shall be executed. 3. The CETP operating agencies shall comply with the prescribed inlet and o utlet effluent standards. In order to strengthen the monitoring and compliance through self -regulatory mechanism, Online Continuous Effluent Monitoring System (OCEMS) shall be installed at the CETP and data connectivity be provided to the Central Board and concerned Board or Committee. 4. (a) The CETP operating agencies shall develop an automated online mechanism to monitor quantity and quality of effluent (by way of installing SCADA –PLC and auto samplers or sensors,) being discharged by the member units thro ugh pipelines or sewers, at individually or in cluster, to ensure compliance. (b) The connectivity of the monitored data shall be provided to the State Board or the Committee. (c) CCTV cameras at appropriate locations shall also be installed to check byp ass or unauthorised discharges. 5. In case of transportation of effluent through tankers, CETP operating agencies shall, — (a) ensure a tri -partite interface among the CETP, member industries and tankers, through an integrated communication technology (ICT), combi ned with logistic system with tankers for collection and transportation of effluent to CETPs; (b) ensure that tankers are fitted with GPS system and carry out real -time monitoring of the tankers; and (c) ensure the sampling and quality check of the effluent upon r eceipt of tanker at CETP. 6. (a) The CETP operating agencies shall have authority to access the member industry premises, without prior notice, to collect wastewater samples. (b) The OCEMS system, if installed, shall also be accessible to the CETP operating agencies for cross - verification of the monitored values with the online data. 7. (a) The CETP operating agencies shall ensure that the member industries discharge their trade effluent meeting the outlet norms of their individual PETPs. In case of non -complian ce of the norms and/or non - payment of their share, within specific or agreed time limits, towards meeting operation and maintenance costs, the CETP operating agencies shall take appropriate action, such as, refusal to take effluent of defaulting member, ca ncellation of membership of the individual unit with CETP. (b) The CETP operating agency shall develop the control mechanism to regulate the flow from a member industry. (c) The list of such non -complying member industrial units and action taken against them shall be provided to the Board or Committee, through online mode, for further necessary action. 8. (a) The CETP operating agencies shall ensure sludge management based on the sludge characteristics (i.e. hazardous or non -hazardous) as per the conditions mentioned in the authorisation. (b) Adequate linkage with Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF) for disposal of hazardous waste, generated from the facility, shall be ensured. 9. (a) The CETP operating agencies, shall also monitor the upstream and downstream conveyance linkages for the physical and hydraulic status. (b) In case of any inadequacy, the same shall be addressed and reported to the State agencies. 10. The CETP operating agencies shall establish the laboratory facilities on site, at least, f or the core parameters, namely, pH, BOD, COD, TSS and any other parameter required by the State Board or the Committee. 11. Alternate power backup arrangement of adequate capacity shall be installed at CETP to ensure continuous operation of CETP even during po wer failure. 12. The CETP operating agencies shall be responsible for carrying regular surface and ground water quality monitoring of the receiving water and ground water along its reaches, covering all the parameters prescribed in the stream standards at leas t once a year. Such analysis report shall form part of environmental audit being conducted annually. 3. Roles and responsibilities of Member Industries of a CETP. — 1. Member industries shall discharge the trade effluent meeting the outlet norms of their individual PETPs, as mentioned in the consents issued by the State Board or the Committee. 2. (a) Member industries shall monitor specified quality parameters and flow rate of the effluent and submit the monitoring data to the CETP operator through real -time online basis. (b) The quality and quantity of the pre -treated effluent discharged to CETP shall not exceed the limits as mentioned by the State Board or the Committee. 3. Member industry shall have a single discharge point to the conveyance system lead ing to CETP. 4. Member industries shall pay their share, timely through online mode, to CETP operating agency towards meeting operation and maintenance costs. 5. The member industries shall ensure proper maintenance by keeping check on leaking valves, cracks and fissures in pipes, faulty equipment, so as to avoid wastage of raw materials or resources and pollution. 6. Member industries shall make adequate arrangement for segregation, storage and disposal of the hazardous waste being generated from different unit ope rations and the primary treatment, as per the conditions mentioned in the authorisation”. [F. No. Q-15017/18/2014 -CPW ] NARESH PAL GANGWAR , Addl . Secy . Note .—The principle rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub -section (i), vide number S.O. 844(E), dated the 19th November, 1986 and last amended, vide G.S.R. 75(E), dated the 30th January, 2024. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Del hi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.