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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-22072025-264873
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 21, 2025/ASHADHA 30, 1947
4878 GI/2025
(1)
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 21st July, 2025
G.S.R. 482(E). - Whereas, certain draft rules, namely the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules,
2024 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, as required under sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the
Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change vide number G.S.R. 680(E), dated the 1st November, 2024, inviting
objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby within a period of sixty days from the
dated on which copies of the Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public;
And Whereas, copies of the Gazette containing the aforesaid notification were made available to the public
on the 1st November, 2024;
And Whereas, objections and suggestions received from all persons and stakeholders in response to the
aforesaid notification have been duly considered by the Central Government;
Now, therefore, 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 rules to further amend the
Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, namely: -
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) Fifth
Amendment Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on expiry of two years from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in Schedule-l, for serial number 36 and the entries relating thereto,
the following shall be substituted, namely: -
+-----+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
|S.No.| Industry | Parameter | Standards |
+=====+=============================================+==========================================+==============================+
|1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
+-----+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
|"36. | ALUMINIUM PLANTS | | EMISSIONS |
| | (a) Alumina Refinery | | |
| | (i) Raw Material Handling | Particulate Matter (mg/Nm³) | 150 |
| | (ii) Calcination Plant | Particulate Matter (mg/Nm³) | 100 |
| | | Carbon Monoxide | 1% Max. |
| | | Stack Height | (as in Note 1) |
| | | SO2 | (as in Note 2) |
| | (b) Aluminium Smelter | | |
| | (i) Green Anode Plant | Particulate Matter (mg/Nm³) | 100 |
| | | Particulate Matter (mg/Nm³) | 50 |
| | (ii) Anode Baking Plant | Total Fluoride (F) | 0.3 kg/MT of Al (Max.) |
| | | SO2 | (as in Note 2) |
| | (iii) Electrolytic Pot Room | Particulate Matter (mg/Nm³) | Old units - 50 |
| | | | (set up on or prior to |
| | | | 31.12.2010) |
| | | | New units - 30 |
| | | | (set up on and after |
| | | | 01.01.2011) |
| | | Total Fluoride (F) | 0.8 kg/ton of Al (Max.) |
| | (iv) Casting Furnace (oil | Particulate Matter (mg/Nm³) | 150 |
| | furnace) | SO2 | (as in Note 2) |
| | (c) Standards for Forage Fluoride (dry weight basis) | | |
| | | Twelve consecutive months average | 40 ppm |
| | | Two consecutive months average | 60 ppm |
| | | One month average (of two samples - 12 | 80 ppm |
| | | days apart) | |
+-----+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
Notes:
1. Height of the stack for above processes shall be as considered in Environmental Clearance based
on the Environmental Impact Assessment study or as prescribed in the consent issued by State
Pollution Control Board/Pollution Control Committee, whichever is more.
2. Fuels containing not more than 1% sulphur - such as Light Diesel Oil, Low Sulphur Heavy Stock
etc., shall be utilized in the Calcination Plant, Anode Baking Plant and oil fired Casting Furnace.
3. Continuous emission monitoring system shall be installed for monitoring of Particulate Matter
and Sulphur dioxide along with flue gas flow measurement in concerned process stack, as
applicable.
4. The consumption of Aluminium Fluoride (as AlF3) in the electrolysis process shall not exceed 20
kilograms per ton of aluminium produced with effect from the date of notification.
5. Forage fluoride monitoring as mentioned above shall be conducted at such locations where
maximum fluoride concentration is expected outside the industry and the unwashed sample shall
be dried at a temperature of 60 °C for 24 to 48 hr, depending on moisture content.
6. Process effluent norms shall be applicable as per consent issued by State Pollution Control
Board/Pollution Control Committee.
7. The standards for industrial boilers notified under the Environment Protection Rules, 1986 and
as amended from time to time shall be applicable for boilers of Aluminium Refinery and
Aluminium Smelter".
[F. No. Q-15017/6/2024-CPW]
NEELESH KUMAR SAH, Jt. Secy.
Note: The principle rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number S.O.844(E), dated
the 19th November, 1986 and lastly amended vide G.S.R. 465(E), dated 11th July, 2025.
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