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Under the provisions of these Acts, an entrepreneur
running or establishing any industry or process, and discharging
effluent/emitting pollutants into any water resources or on
land/air and polluting thereby the environmental water/air
is required to obtain consent, which needs to obtained in
two phases;
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Consent
to Establish:This consent is to be obtained prior
to establishing any industry or process. |
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Consent
to Operate: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. This consent is given for a particular
period, which needs to be renewed regularly. |
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Delegations
of Powers to Grant Consent:
In order to bring simplification and speedy disposal
of consent applications, Board has delegated powers to Board
Offices, Member Secretary and Consent Appraisal Committee.(Office Order dated 01/03/2013)
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Sr.No. |
Authority |
Red Category |
Orange Category |
Green Category |
Consent
and authorization to Urban Local Bodies including cantonment
Boards and other planning authorities |
Infrasture
Projects such as townships, IT Parks, SEZ, Highways irrigation
Projects, Building and construction projects |
1 |
Sub Regional Officer |
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Up to 50 cr |
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2 |
Regional Officer |
Up to Rs. 10 Crores Excluding industries
listed in annexure A |
Upto Rs.150 Crores |
Above Rs.50 Crores upto Rs.500 Crores |
B & C - Class Municipal Councils and cantonment
Boards |
Up to Rs.25 Crores |
3 |
Head Of Departments |
Above Rs.10 Crores upto
Rs.25 Crores |
Above Rs. 150 Crores upto
Rs.250 Crores |
Above Rs. 500 Crs upto
Rs.1000 Crores |
A- Class Municipal Councils and Cantonment Boards |
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4 |
Consent Committee |
Above Rs.25 Crores upto
Rs.75 Crores |
Above Rs.250 Crores upto
Rs.750 Crores |
Above Rs.1000 Crores upto
Rs.2000 Crores |
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Above Rs.25 Crores upto
Rs.350 Crores |
5 |
Consent Appraisal Committee |
More than Rs 75 Crores |
More than Rs. 750 Crores |
More than Rs. 2000 Crores |
All Municipal Corporations |
More than Rs.350 Crores |
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All figures mentioned above are pertaining
to Capital investment. The capital investment including
land, building, plant and machinery, without depreciation
shall be considered as per C.A. Certificate/Annual report.
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The cases involved in any court case,
in ecological fragile areas like Dahanu, Matheran, Mahabaleshwar,
Panchgani, Murud Jangira etc; RRZ; Bhatsa area; cases
of Registration of recyclers & reprocessors be dealth
with approval of Member Secretary.
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LIST
INDUSTRIES EXCLUDED FROM DELEGATION OF CONSENT AND AUTHORIZATION
MANAGEMENT TO REGIONAL OFFICERS
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- Consent to establish and consent to first operate for
all projects requiring Environmental Clearances from GOI
or GoM.
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- All applications in RRZ, CRZ or other restricted areas
or EC category where expansion, change in product, process
etc is sought on the grounds that the overall pollution
load is reduced or not changed.
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- Fertilizer excluding organic bio fertilizer and formulations.
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- Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) / Common Hazardous
Waste Treatment Storage Disposal Facility (CHWTSDF)/Common
Bio Medical Waste Treatment Storage Disposal Facility
(CBMWTSDF)/ Common MSW TSD Facility
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- Industries having Electroplating, Electrical arc, induction,
cupola and blast furnances
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- Distillery (molasses based)
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- Pigment and paint manufacturing
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- Petrochemical Refinery and petrochemicals
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Revision of Consent Fee w.e.f. 25/08/2011 Govt.of Mah. G.R. dated 25/08/2011 |
Fees
for combined consent for one term under Water and Air Acts
The entrepreneurs need to pay the consent fees
to the Board as per the statement given below. These fees
are payable in form of Demand Draft at any Nationalised bank
at respective Sub-Regional office or Regional office or at
head quarter along with the completed prescribed form. The
term of consent for Red, Orange and Green category of Industry
is one, two and three years respectively. The industries can
also obtain the consent for extended period up to 5 terms
by paying proportionate fees.
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Sr.
No. |
Capital
Investment of industry (including land, building, machinery
without depreciation)r |
Consent
to Establish |
Consent
to Operate |
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More than Rs. 100 Crores |
0.02% of Capital Investment |
0.02% of Capital Investment |
2. |
More than 75Crs to 100Crs. |
Rs.1,25,000/- |
Rs.1,25,000/- |
3. |
More than 50 Crs to 75 Crs |
Rs.1,00,000/- |
Rs.1,00,000/- |
4. |
More than 25 Crs to 50 Crs |
Rs.75,000/- |
Rs.75,000/- |
5. |
More than 10 Crs to 25 Crs |
Rs.50,000/- |
Rs.50,000/- |
6. |
More than 5 Crs to 10 Crs |
Rs.25,000/- |
Rs.25,000/- |
7. |
More than 1 Crs to 5 Crs |
Rs.15,000/- |
Rs.15,000/- |
8. |
More than 60 Lakhs to 1Cr |
Rs.5,000/- |
Rs.5,000/- |
8. |
More than 10 Lakhs to 60 Lakhs |
Rs.1,500/- |
Rs.1,500/- |
8. |
Below Rs.10Lakhs |
Rs.500/- |
Rs.500/- |
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B) Urban Local Bodies (Under water Act) |
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Municipal Corporation |
Rs.1,00,000/- |
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Municipal Council Class-A |
Rs.50,000/- |
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Municipal Council Class-B |
Rs.5,000/- |
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Municipal Council Class-c |
Rs.2,000/- |
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The mining projects will pay Rs.0.40 per tone of Mineral per annum in addition to the payment as per capital cost of the mining project as Consent fee" . |
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