The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on June 2023, invites comments/suggestions from the public on Draft Guidelines for Promoting Community Boiler for Cluster of Small-Scale Industries.
The following has been stated:
• For new industrial clusters, the Town Planning Department/Industrial Estate Development Department of the State/UT should have Community boilers as part of the utility sector for an industrial area in their respective development plan. The concerned department should also allot the requisite land for such infrastructure during the initial development phase of the area.
• For existing industrial clusters, the concerned SPCB/PCC should carry out a feasibility study in terms of identification of cluster(s), availability of land for the establishment of “Community boiler” and capacity & no. of community boilers required to be installed in their State/UT.
• Community boilers shall comply with the emission norms for boilers notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India.
Kindly send the comments/suggestions to the following Email IDs: [email protected] & [email protected] and the last date to submit the comments/suggestions is June 30, 2023.
The Guidelines have been provided in the Link/Document.
