The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on July 11, 2024, invited comments/suggestions on Addendum and substitution thereto in Draft Report on Classification of Sectors in to Red, Orange, Green, White and Blue Categories.
The following has been stated:
• Substitution of ‘Section-6: Types of sectors based on their activities’ with following section as below:
o 6. Types of sectors considered for classification.
The revised methodology of classification will be applicable to all industries which may have potential for generation of environmental pollutants. As per the Section 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, “Industry” means any business, trade, undertaking, manufacture, or calling of employers and includes any calling, service, employment, handicraft or industrial occupation or avocation of workman”, however, based on type of operational activities, the industries are divided into following four sectors:
o Industrial Sectors
o Essential Environmental Services (EES)
o Service/Infrastructure Development Sectors
o Others/Special Category Sectors
• Insertion of new section after Section-8:
o Incentives to unit in a sector for adopting measures resulting to better environmental performance
A methodology has been strategized to provide incentives to the unit in a sector which are dedicated to reduce environmental impacts from their operations/process. The objective can be achieved by 100% treatment and reuse of wastewater generated, having complete dependency on cleaner fuel alternatives (such as PNG, LPG, compressed biogas, propane, butane, electricity etc. for meeting energy requirement), implementation & achievements of targets of sector-specific charters of CPCB/SPCB for environmental management, and use of cleaner process/cleaner technology to eliminate generation of toxic/hazardous pollutants.
The Comments/Suggestions limited to the aforesaid Section 6 and 9 as annexed are invited from Stakeholders/Associations/SPCBs/PCCs/academia/ etc. including general public preferably through email- [email protected], with the subject title: “Comments on draft report on classification”, and the same be reached to us not later than August 11, 2024.
