MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT& FORESTS
(Department of Environment,
Forests & Wildlife)
New Delhi, the
1st February 1989
NOTIFICATION
Notification under 3(2)(v) of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, and
Rule 5(3)(d) of Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, restricting location of
industries, mining operations and other development activities in the Doon
Valley in Uttar Pradesh.
S.O.
102(E)--Whereas notification under sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment
(protection) Rules, 1986, inviting objections against the imposition of
restriction on location of industries, mining operations and other developmental
activities in the Doon Valley, in Uttar Pradesh was published vide No. S.O.
923(E), dated the 6th October, 1988;
And whereas all objections received
have been duly considered by the Central Government:
Now, therefore, in exercise of the
Powers conferred by Clause (d) of sub-rule (3) of Rule (5) of the said rules,
the Central Government hereby imposes restrictions on the following activities
in the Doon Valley, bounded on the North by Mussoorie ridge, in the North-East
by Lesser Himalayan ranges, on the South-West by Shivalik ranges, river Ganga in
the South-East and river Yamuna in the North-West, except those activities which
are permitted by the Central Government after examining the environmental
impacts:
(i)
Location/siting of
industrial units--It has to be as per guidelines given in the annexure or
guidelines as may be issued from time to time by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India.
(ii)
Mining--Approval of the
Union Ministry of Environment & Forests must be obtained before starting any
mining activity.
(iii)
Tourism--It should be as per
Tourism Development Plan (TDP), to be prepared by the State Department of
Tourism and duly approved by the Union Ministry of Environment & Forest
(iv)
Grazing--As per the plan to
be prepared by the State Government and duly approved by the Union Ministry of
Environment & Forests.
(v)
Land Use--As per Master Plan
of development and Land Use Plan of the entire area, to be prepared by the State
Government and approved by the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests.
(No.
J-20012/38/86-IA)
K. P.
GEETHAKRISHNAN
Secretary.
ANNEXURE
Guidelines for
permitting/restricting industrial units in the Doon Valley
area
Industries will be classified under Green, Orange and Red Categories, as
shown below for purposes of permitting/restricting such industrial units in the
Doon Valley from the environmental and ecological
considerations:
CATEGORY
GREEN
A.
LIST OF INDUSTRIES IN
APPROVED INDUSTRIAL AREAS, WHICH MAY BE DIRECTLY CONSIDERED FOR ISSUE OF NO
OBJECTION CERTIFICATE WITHOUT REFERRING TO (MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT &
FORESTS) (IN CASE OF DOUBTS REFERENCE WILL BE MADE TO MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
& FORESTS).
1.
All such non-obnoxious and
non-hazardous industries employing upto 100 persons.The obnoxious and hazardous industries
are those using inflammable, explosive, corrosive or toxic
substances.
2.
All such industries which do
not discharge industrial effluents of a polluting nature and which do not
undertake any of the following processes:
Electroplating
Galvanising
Bleaching
Degreasing
Phosphating
Dyeing
Pickling,
tanning
Polishing
Cooking of fibres
and Digesting
Desizing of
Fabric
Unhairing,
Soaking, deliming and bating of hides
Washing of
fabric
Trimming, Pulling, juicing and
blanching of fruits and vegetables
Washing of equipment and regular
floor washing, using of considerable cooling water
Seperated milk, buttermilk and whey
Stopping and processing of grain
Distillation of
alcohol, stillage and evaporation
Slaughtering of
animals, rendering of bones, washing of meat
Juicing of sugar cane, extraction
of sugar Filtration, centrifugation, distillation
Pulping and
fermenting of coffee beans
Processing of
fish
Filter back wash in D.M. Plants
exceeding 20 K.l. per day capacity
Pulp making, pulp
processing and papermaking
Coking of coal
washing of blast furnace flue gases,
Stripping of
oxides;
Washing of used
sand by hydraulic discharge;
Washing of latex
etc.
Solvent
extraction.
3.
All such industries which do
not use fuel in their manufacturing process or in any subsidiary process and
which do not emit fugitive emissions of a diffused nature.
Industries not satisfying any one
of the three criteria are recommended to be referredto Ministry of Environment & Forests.
The following industries appear to
fall in non-hazardous, non-obnoxious and non-polluting category, subject to
fulfilment of above three conditions :
1.
Atta-chakkies
2.
Rice
Mullors
3.
Iceboxes
4.
Dal
mills
5.
Groundnut decortinating
(dry)
6.
Chilling
7.
Tailoring and garment
making
8.
Apparel
making
9.
Cotton and woollen
Hosiery
10.
Hand loom
weaving
11.
Shoe lace
manufacturing
12.
Gold and silver thread and
sari work
13.
Gold and silver
smithy
14.
Leather foot wear and
leather products excluding tanning & hide processing
15.
Manufacture of mirror from
sheet glass and photo-frame
16.
Musical instruments,
manufacturing
17.
Sports
goods
18.
Bamboo and cane products
(only dry operations)
19.
Card Board and paper
products (Paper & pulp manufacture excluding)
20.
Insulation and other coated
papers (Paper & pulp manufacture excluded)
21.
Scientific and Mathematical
instruments
22.
Furniture (Wooden and
Steel)
23.
Assembly of Domestic
electrical appliances
24.
Radio
assembling
25.
Fountain
pens
26.
Polythene, plastic and
P.V.C. goods through extrusion/moulding
27.
Surgical gauges and
bandages
28.
Railway sleepers (only
concrete)
29.
Cotton spinning and
weaving
30.
Rope (cotton and
plastic)
31.
Carpet
weaving
32.
Assembly of Air
coolers
33.
Wires, pipes-extruded shapes
from metals
34.
Automobile servicing & repair stations
35.
Assembly of Bicycles, baby
carriages and other small non-motorized vehicles.
36.
Electronics equipment
(assembly)
37.
Toys
38.
Candles
39.
Carpentary-excluding saw
mill
40.
Cold storages (small
scale)
41.
Restaurants
42.
Oil-ginning/expelling
(non-hydrogenation andno
refining)
43.
Ice
cream
44.
Mineralized
water
45.
Jobbing & Machining
46.
Manufacture of Steel trunks & suit cases
47.
Paper pins & U-clips
48.
Block making for
printing
49.
Optical
frames
CATEGORY
ORANGE
B.LIST OF
INDUSTRIES THAT CAN BE PERMITTED IN THE DOON VALLEY WITH PROPER ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTROL ARRANGEMENT.
1.
All such industries which
discharge some liquid effluents (below 500 kl/day) that can be controlled with
suitable proven technology.
2.
All such industries in which
the daily consumption of coal/fuel is less than 24mt/day and the particulars
emissions from which can be controlled with suitable proven
technology.
3.
All such industries
employing not more than 500 persons.
The following industries with
adoption of proven pollution control technology subject to fulfilling the above
three condition fall under this category :
1.
Lime manufacture-pending
decision on proven pollution control device and Supreme Court's decision on
quarrying.
2.
Ceramics
3.
Sanitaryware;
4.
Tyres and
tubes.
5.
Refuse incineration
(controlled)
6.
Flour
mills;
7.
Vegetable oils including
solvent extracted oils;
8.
Soap without steam boiling
process and synthetic detergents formulation.
9.
Steam generating
plants.
10.
Manufacture of office and
house-hold equipment and appliances involving use of fossil fuel
combustion
11.
Manufacture of machineries
and machine tools and equipment
12.
Industrial gases (only
Nitrogen, Oxygen and Co2)
13.
Miscellaneous glassware
without involving use of fossil-fuel combustion.
14.
Optical
glass
15.
Laboratory
ware
16.
Petroleum storage & transfer facilities.
17.
Surgical and medical
products including & prophylactics and latex products
18.
Foot-wear
(Rubber)
19.
Bakery products, Biscuits & Confectioners
20.
Instant tea/coffee; coffee
processing
21.
Malted
food
22.
Manufacture of power driven
pumps, compressors refrigeration units, fire fighting equipment
etc.
23.
Wire drawing (cold process) & bailing straps.
24.
Steel furniture, fasteners
etc.
25.
Plastic processed
goods
26.
Medical &Surgical
instruments
27.
Acetylene
(synthetic)
28.
Glue & gelatine
29.
Potassium
permanganate
30.
Metallic
sodium
31.
Photographic films, papers & photographic chemicals
32.
Surface coating
industries
33.
Fragrances, flavours & food additives
34.
Plant nutrients (only
manure)
35.
Aerated water/soft
drink.
NOTE
:- (a)
Industries falling within
the above identified list shall be assessed by the state pollution control Board
and referred to the Union Department of Environment for consideration, before
according No Objection Certificate.
(b)
The total number of fuel
burning industries that shall be permitted in the Valley will be limited by 8
tonnes per day of Sulphur Dioxide from all sources.(This corresponds to 400 tonnes per day
Coal with 1% sulphur).
(c)
Siting of Industrial areas
should be based on sound criteria.
CATEGORY
RED
C.
LIST OF INDUSTRIES THAT
CANNOT BE PERMITTED IN THE DOON VALLEY
1.
All those industries which
discharge effluents of a polluting nature at the rate of more than 500 kl/day
and for which the natural course for sufficient dilution is not available, and
effluents from which cannot be
controlled with suitable technology.
2.
All such industries
employing more than 500 perons/day.
3.
All such industriesin which the daily consumption of
coal/fuel is more than 24 mt/day.
The following industries appear to
fall under this category covered by all the points as above:
1.
Ferrous and non-ferrous
metal extraction, refining, casting, forging, alloy making processing
etc.
2.
Dry Coal Processing/Mineral
processing industries like Ore sintering beneficiation, pelletization
etc.
3.
Phosphate rock processing
plants.
4.
Cement plants with
horizontal rotary kilns.
5.
Glass and glass products
involving use of coal.
6.
Petroleum
refinery
7.
Petro-chemical
Industries
8.
Manufacture of lubricating
oils and greases
9.
Synthetic rubber
manufacture;
10.
Coal, oil, wood or nuclear
based thermal power plants
11.
Vanaspati, hydrogenated
vegetable oils for industrial purposes
12.
Sugar mills (White and
Khandasari)
13.
Craft paper
mills
14.
Coke oven by products and
coal tardistillation
products
15.
Alkalies
16.
Caustic
soda
17.
Potash
18.
Electro-thermal products
(artificial abrasives, Calcium carbide etc.)
19.
Phosphorous and its
compounds
20.
Acids and their salts
(organic & inorganic)
21.
Nitrogen compounds
(Cyanides, cyanamides and other nitrogen compounds)
22.
Explosive (including
industrial explosives, detonators & fuses)
23.
Phthalic
anhydride
24.
Processes involving
chlorinated hydrocarbon
25.
Chlorine, flourine, bromine,
iodine & their compunds
26.
Fertilizer
industry
27.
Paper board and straw
boards
28.
Synthetics
fibres
29.
Insecticides, fungicides,
herbicides & pesticides (basic manufacture & formulation).
30.
Basic
drugs
31.
Alcohol (Industrial or
potable)
32.
Leather industry including
tanning and processing
33.
Coke making, coal
liquification and fuel gas making industries
34.
Fibre glass production and
processing
35.
Manufacture of pulp-wood,
pulp, mechanical or chemical (including dissolving pulp)
36.
Pigment dyes and their
intermediates
37.
Industrial carbons
(including graphite electrodes, anodes,
midget electrodes, graphite blocks, graphite crucibles, gas carbons
activated carbon, synthetic diamonds, carbon black, channel black, lamp black
etc.)
38.
Electro-chemicals (other
than those covered under Alkali group)
39.
Paints, enamels & varnishes
40.
Polypropylene
41.
Poly Vinyl
chloride
42.
Cement with vertical shaft
kiln technology pending certification
of proven technology on pollution control
43.
Chlorates, perchlorates & peroxides
44.
Polishes
45.
Synthetic resin & plastic products.
