APART supports small to medium scale FPO FPC interventions. These interventions involves minor to moderate infrastructure development followed by installation of machineries. These activities would have potential for negative environmental impacts. We are committed to mitigate the negative environmental impacts of each sub-projects and have developed Sector specific Environmental Guideline to safeguard the environmental concerns through the preparation of various tools.
This FPO/FPC operational manual for safeguarding the Environment has been prepared to guide the respective Line Departments/stakeholders under the project, in
This manual outlines the policies, assessments and procedures that will enable the implementing agency to ensure that the project is developed in accordance with EMF and is adequately protected from associated risks.
Compliance of the project with the relevant legislations of GoI (MoEF&CC), State level and local level and policies of World Bank have been ascertained. Applicable legislations during implementation of the project and necessary provisions for compliance have been examined. Following table provides the list of applicable rules and regulations.
| SL.No | Type of Interventions | Types of Activities |
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| 1 | Agricultural Production |
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| 2 | Fishery |
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| 3 | Food Processing Plants |
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| 4 | Cattle Grazing |
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| 5 | Forest Protection |
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| 6 | Activities near to National parks, Wildlife sanctuaries, Biodiversity hotspots |
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Screening is the process by which the appropriate level and type of Environmental assessment is determined for a given sub-project on the basis of its likely environmental impacts. For identification of sensitive sub-projects with respect to the environmental issues a screening and review process has to be worked out. This exercise will be a useful tool to identify the environmental issues and integrate them into the project preparation, and not as an exclusion criterion for avoiding environmental impacts. The implementing agency with the help of project Environmental Safeguard team will carry out screening exercise for all proposed subproject interventions (sector wise) to be further identified in the subsequent stages of the project prior to initiation of the activities. The screening activity shall be conducted with the help of screening format given as Annex-1.
Following Scoping, assembled legislative requirements, project/ subproject interventions, environmental and socio-economic data will be assessed in greater detail to ensure that all of the proposed activities and their consequences / likely impacts are considered in full. Mitigation measures are an integral part of impact evaluation. It looks for better ways of doing things so that the negative impacts of the subprojects are eliminated or minimized and the benefits are enhanced. As soon as significant adverse impacts are identified, discussions should be held to see if they can be ‘designed out’ through changes in project interventions, location or operation. For measures that were unavoidable, the Environmental Management Plan should address the anticipated impacts. The Environmental management Plan should also have Environmental Monitoring Plan for the environmental attributes which shall be measured at site. The Environmental management Plan should be enclosed/ attached in the DPR Document following appropriate Environmental Protection clauses (refer Annex 2) in the Technical specification for effective implementation of the EMP during the project construction.
Regulatory requirements at the national and state level, applicable World Bank requirements are described under this section:
Procedure for Obtaining Consent to Establish And Operate Consent to Establish / Operate
Granting Consent under the provisions of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981and Authorization under Biomedical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998, the Hazardous Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1989 and the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000 are some of the important functions of the Board. A brief note / guidelines for obtaining the NOC / Consent / Authorization for the entrepreneurs are illustrated below:
Control of water pollution is achieved through administering conditions imposed in consent issued under provision of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. These conditions regulate the quality and quantity of effluent, the location of discharge and the frequency of monitoring of effluents. The surface and ground water monitoring conducted by the Board indicates that the water quality has improved over the years and that it is now, in general, reasonably good.
Under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981consent of the Board is mandatory for releasing emissions to the atmosphere. The Board issues consent to air polluting industries with conditions to regulate the quality and quantity of emission and stipulate the frequency for monitoring the emissions.
To establish an industry with potential for water pollution / air pollution; prior consent under the Water Act / Air Act is to be obtained respectively which needs to be obtained in two phases:
Consent to Establish [NOC] : This consent is to be obtained prior to establishing any industry or process or plant.
Consent to Operate [Initial & Renewal] : Once the industry or process plant is established along the required pollution control systems, the entrepreneur is required to obtain consent to operate the unit. The consent is given for a particular period, which is mandatory to be renewed regularly.
Before establishing/constructing a plant the proposed industry should obtain NOC under the Water Act and/or the Air Act. The application form for NOC (Consent to Establish) under the Water Act / Air Act is to be submitted in duplicate through the Regional offices of the Board.
The application form fees Rs. 100/- and is available at all the offices of the Board or can be downloaded from the Website. The amount is to be submitted as DD in favour of the Member Secretary, Pollution Control Board, Assam payable at Guwahati.
Those who have obtained NOC need not submit application again in the above forms.
NOC is to be obtained prior to carrying out any work at the site proposed for the project. However, NOC is issued even if construction work of the unit has been started provided:
The validity of NOC is one year. NOC should be renewed if the unit is not commissioned by then. If renewal is not sought within the validity period fresh application has to be made to the Board.
The documents to be submitted along with the consent application form for processing of the application are:
| Slab | Total capital investment (in Rupees) | Consent to Establish (NOC) (in Rupees) |
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| 1 | Industries having total investment upto Rs. 5.00 lakhs | 2,000/- |
| 2 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 5.00 lakhs but not exceeding Rs. 10.00 lakhs. | 5,000/- |
| 3 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 10.00 lakhs but not exceeding Rs. 20.00 lakhs. | 8,000/- |
| 4 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 20.00 lakhs but not exceeding Rs. 50.00 lakhs. | 12,000/- |
| 5 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 50.00 lakhs but not exceeding Rs. 1.00 crores. | 50,000/- |
| 6 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 1.00 crore but not exceeding Rs. 5.00 crores. | 75,000/- |
| 7 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 5.00 crore but not exceeding Rs. 10.00 crores. | 1,00,000/- |
| 8 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 10.00 crores but not exceeding Rs. 50.00 crores. | 2,00,000/- |
| 9 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs 50.00 crore but not exceeding Rs. 100.00 crores. | 3,00,000/- |
| 10 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 100.00 crore but not exceeding Rs. 200.00 crores. | 5,00,000/- |
| 11 | 200.00 crores above | 7,00,000/- |
The validity of Consent to Establish is one year. Consent to Establish should be renewed if the nit is not commissioned by then. If renewal is not sought within the validity period fresh application has to be made to the Board.
The application form for Consent to Operate under the Water Act and Air Act is Schedule- should be submitted in triplicate. The application form fees Rs. 100/- and is available at all the offices of the Board or can be downloadedfrom the Website. The amount is to be submitted as DD in favour of the Member Secretary, Pollution Control Board, Assam payable at Guwahati.
The documents to be submitted along with the Renewal of consent application form for processing of the application are :
*The validity of Consent is one year.
Application shall be accompanied by prescribed fee for each term (not exceeding one years).
| Slab | Total capital investment (in Rupees) | Consent under Air Act (in rupees) Initial | Consent under Water Act (in rupees) Initial |
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| 1 | Industries having total investment upto Rs. 5.00 lakhs | 1,000/- | 1,000/- |
| 2 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 5.00 lakhs but not exceeding Rs. 10.00 lakhs. | 2,500/- | 2,500/- |
| 3 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 10.00 lakhs but not exceeding Rs. 20.00 lakhs. | 5,000/- | 5,000/- |
| 4 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 20.00 lakhs but not exceeding Rs. 50.00 lakhs. | 7,500/- | 7,500/- |
| 5 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 50.00 lakhs but not exceeding Rs. 1.00 crores. | 10,000/- | 10,000/- |
| 6 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 1.00 crore but not exceeding Rs. 5.00 crores. | 25,000/- | 25,000/- |
| 7 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 5.00 crore but not exceeding Rs. 10.00 crores. | 50,000/- | 50,000/- |
| 8 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 10.00 crores but not exceeding Rs. 50.00 crores. | 1,00,000/- | 1,00,000/- |
| 9 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs 50.00 crore but not exceeding Rs. 100.00 crores. | 2,00,000/- | 2,00,000/- |
| 10 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 100.00 crore but not exceeding Rs. 200.00 crores. | 3,00,000/- | 3,00,000/- |
| 11 | 200.00 crores above | 5,00,000/- | 5,00,000/- |
Application for Consent to Operate (Renewal) is to be submitted in the 4th month before the expiry of the Consent order. If application is made after expiry of the validity period an action is to be taken as per Section 25/26 of Water Act & Section 21 of Air Act.
The application form for Consent to Operate (Renewal) under the Water Act and Air Act is Schedule-I should be submitted in triplicate. The application form fees Rs. 100/- and is available at all the offices of the Board or can be downloaded from the Website. The amount is to be submitted as DD in favour of the Member Secretary, Pollution Control Board, Assam payable at Guwahati.
The documents to be submitted along with the Renewal of consent application form for processing of the application are :
| Slab | Total capital investment (in Rupees) | Consent under Air Act(in rupees) Renewal | Consent under Water Act(in rupees) Renewal |
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| 1 | Industries having total investment upto Rs. 5.00 lakhs | 1,000/- | 1,000/- |
| 2 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 5.00 lakhs but not exceeding Rs. 10.00 lakhs. | 2,500/- | 2,500/- |
| 3 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 10.00 lakhs but not exceeding Rs. 20.00 lakhs. | 5,000/- | 5,000/- |
| 4 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 20.00 lakhs but not exceeding Rs. 50.00 lakhs. | 7,500/- | 7,500/- |
| 5 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 50.00 lakhs but not exceeding Rs. 1.00 crores. | 10,000/- | 10,000/- |
| 6 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 1.00 crore but not exceeding Rs. 5.00 crores. | 25,000/- | 25,000/- |
| 7 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 5.00 crore but not exceeding Rs. 10.00 crores. | 50,000/- | 50,000/- |
| 8 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 10.00 crores but not exceeding Rs. 50.00 crores. | 1,00,000/- | 1,00,000/- |
| 9 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs 50.00 crore but not exceeding Rs. 100.00 crores. | 2,00,000/- | 2,00,000/- |
| 10 | Industries having total investment exceeding Rs. 100.00 crore but not exceeding Rs. 200.00 crores. | 3,00,000/- | 3,00,000/- |
| 11 | 200.00 crores above | 5,00,000/- | 5,00,000/- |
Supervision and Monitoring of mitigation/ management measures as per the safeguard requirements will be done at two level i.e. Regular monitoring by implementing agency and monthly monitoring by DEC.
Regular monitoring shall be carried out by the project implementing agency and District Environment Coordinator with the help of monitoring format Annex-3. The regular monitoring will be based on the good environmental practices, which have been identified and it is necessary to figure out from possible environmental concern, mitigation plan and with the help of initial consultations following project EMP.
Capacity Building on Environmental Safeguard requirements for the project functionaries and beneficiaries shall be worked out as a part FPC training schedule. During their orientation program concerned DEC/ representatives should be involved for better planning and implementation. The orientation program may also include the industry associations who are likely to be engaged during the implementation phase.
