Draft notification on Environmental Standards for Caustic Soda manufacturing industries.

6631 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 600] NEW DEL HI, WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 1 8, 2023/ ASVINA 26, 1945 CG-DL-E-18102023-249543 पीएच (ph) 6.5-8.5 - MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE DRAFT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 17th October , 2023 G.S.R. 754(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) the Central Government hereby makes the following draft rules, as required under sub -rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1 986, for the information of the public likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft notification shall be taken into consideration on or after the expiry of a period of sixty days from the date on which copies of the Gazett e containing this notification are made available to the public. Any person interested in making any objections or suggestions on the proposals contained in the draft notification may forward the same in writing, for consideration of the Central Government within the period specified above to the Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh Road, New Delhi -110003, or send it to the e -mail address: [email protected] and [email protected]. 1. Short title and commencement . (1) These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2023. (2) They shall come into force on the expiry of a period of one year from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in Schedule -l, (i) At serial number 1 entries relating to ‘Caustic Soda shall be substituted, namely: - Caustic Soda Industry Sl. No. Industry Parameters Standard Caustic Soda Limiting value for concentration (in mg/l except for pH and Bio assay) Load Based (Kg per ton) 01 A: Effluent Standards* Bioassay Test** 90% Survival of Fish after first 96 hours in 100% effluent - pH 6.5-8.5 - Chloride 250 0.25 TSS 100 0.1 TDS 2100 2.1 Oil & Grease 5 0.005 Residual Free Chlorine 0.5 0.0005 Sulphate 200 0.2 * Not applicable to industry discharging to Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), and shall be applicable to all discharge to land and surface water bodies including use of treated wastewater for horticulture or irrigation purpose. ** The Bio assay test shall be conducted as per IS: 6582 -1971 B: Standard for water consumption & wastewater generation Maximum Quantity of water consumption 5 m3 per ton of caustic soda production Maximum Quantity of wastewater generation 1 m3 per ton of caustic soda production C: Standards for fugitive emission Location Parameter (µg/m3) Cell house Chlorine 7 HCl 10 Near HCl tower Chlorine 7 HCl 10 D: Standards for process emission Location Parameter (mg/Nm3) Hypo stack Chlorine 5 HCl stack Chlorine 5 HCl 5 (ii) Serial number 28 relating to ‘chloralkali (caustic soda) entries relating thereto shall be omitted . [F. No. Q-15017/3/2023 -CPW ] NARESH PAL GANGWAR , Addl. Sec y. 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 notification number G.S.R. 436(E) dated the 14th June, 2023. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.