The Assam Pollution Control Board (APCB) on September 15, 2025, issued a circular regarding the Auto renewal of validity period of Consent to Establish (CTE) for Red, Orange and Green and in supersession of the Notification No. IT-26/8/2025-IT-PCBA issue No. I/3208/2025 dated June 27, 2025 regarding the validity of CTE.
The Board notified that the validity period of the CTE issued by the APCB shall be five (5) years in all cases and Project Proponent should complete the construction and commissioning of the industry within this period. If the project proponents are not able to complete the construction within this validity period of CTE, in order to reduce compliance burden and deregulation for Ease of Doing Business, the Board hereby introduces the auto renewal of validity period of CTE subject to the following:
• The Board shall extend the validity period of CTE to the industries on receipt of the following from the proponent:
o Requisition letter from the industry directly to the Authority who has issued the said CTE order.
o Copy of valid CTE order and EC order (in case of projects covered under EIA Notification).
o The progress of construction of the project including installation and construction of Air / Water Pollution Control Systems along with the photographs.
o Reasons for extension of validity of CTE order and time required to complete the project.
o Longitude and latitude of the site.
• The inspection of the site is not necessary for extension of CTE validity period.
• The CTE order shall not be auto extended for the projects which have not started construction of the project (compound wall / security room shall not be considered) during the validity period and applied for extension after expiry of the order.
• The CTE order shall be extended for a period as requested by the industry for not more than 5 years. In case of projects covered under EIA Notification, the auto extension shall be till the validity of EC Order.
The system of auto renewal of CTE shall be scrupulously implemented by all concerned authority. Any deviation from the above guidelines will be viewed seriously and action will be initiated against concerned Officer.
[Notification No: IT-26/8/2025-IT-PCBA/40]
