DRAFT

Guidelines for Abatement of Pollution

In
Textile Industry

Published by
Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board
4, Institutional Area, Jhalana Dungri, Jaipur
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Table of Content
1. Introduction
2. Location
3. Guidelines for treatment and disposal of waste water in textile industry
4. Waste water treatment technologies in textile industry
5. Good Practices related to use of environmental friendly alternate chemicals and
Cleaner production technologies in textile industries.
6. Guidelines for Air Pollution Control
6.1 Control of air emission from Boilers & D.G. Sets
6.2 Control of noise pollution from D.G. Sets
6.3 Regulation on ambient air and noise quality
7. Guidelines for management of hazardous waste
8. Plantation for pollution abatement
9. General conditions
10. Statutory clearance Process
10.1 Environmental Clearance
10.2 Categorization, delegation of powers to Regional Officers
10.3 Fee structure for textile industries
11. Procedure for applying for consent to establish, first consent to operate and
renewal of consent to operate under the provisions of Water and Air Acts
11.1 Procedure for applying for consent to establish
11.2 Procedure for applying for first Consent to operate
11.3 Procedure for applying for renewal of Consent to operate
12. Procedure for applying for authorization under HW(MHTM) Rules, 2008
13. Compliance of Water Cess Act, 1977
14. Periodic reports to be submitted to the State Board
15. Consequence of default in compliance of guidelines
16. Conditions for revocation of consent/authorization
17. Annexure
17.1 Hydraulic loading applicable for different soils and wastes
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17.2 Discharge standards for effluent from textile industry

17.3 Guidelines for the CETP Trust and member units of the CETP Trust
17.4 List of harm full Dyes, Pigments and other Chemicals and their Alternatives
17.5 EPA Notification no. GSR176 (E) dated 2.04.1996
17.6 GSR 475 (E) dated 5.05.1992
17.7 Ambient air quality standards prescribed under Environmental Protection Act,
1986 vide notification dated 18.11.2009

17.8 Ambient noise standards laid down vide notification dated

17.9 Format for declaration on non-judicial stamp of Rs 10/-
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1. Introduction
Textile industry is one of the highly polluting industries in the state having potential for creating
pollution of water and air. The major operations performed in a typical textile processing
industry are desizing, scouring, mercerizing, bleaching, neutralizing, dyeing, printing and
finishing. The discharge of polluted effluents and use of various raw materials may cause
contamination of soil, ground water and surface water which may have adverse consequences on
environment in general and local population in particular. The effluents generated from the
textile industry are of utmost concern because of its high volume and pollution potential.
Quantity and nature of waste generated depends on the fabric being processed, chemicals being
used, technology being employed, operating practices etc. The important pollutants present in a
typical textile waste effluent are toxic heavy metals, bio-chemical oxygen demand (BOD),
chemical oxygen demand (COD), residual chlorine, dissolved solids, colour and non-
biodegradable organics termed as refractory materials.
The textile units may have utilities such as raw water treatment system, cooling towers,
laboratory, workshop(s), fuel storage facilities, residential colony, administrative block, canteen
etc. which generates utility waste water and domestic waste water. Main sources of air pollution
are boilers(s), thermo pack and diesel generator(s) which generate gaseous pollutants such as
suspended particulate matter (SPM), sulphur di oxide gas and oxide of nitrogen gas.
Textile industry is also a major source of hazardous waste generation. The sources of hazardous
waste generation are effluent treatment plant sludge, used oil, empty containers of dyes and other
chemicals etc.
It is therefore essential that textile industries are established with complete pollution control
abatement measures. Accordingly, State Board issues the following guidelines.

2. Location

The textile industries will only be established in a well defined industrial estate maintained
by RIICO..
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3. Guide lines for treatment of industrial waste water from the textile industry

Industries located in isolated areas are required to install their own effluent treatment plant for
the treatment of industrial waste water. Such industries will comply with the following
guidelines:
i. The highly polluting effluent stream should be segregated and treated separately. This
stream normally has low volume and as such, it can be disposed of through solar
evaporation pond where adequate land is available. In case of land constraints, this
waste stream can be concentrated to further reduce the volume by using suitable
evaporation system or it can be reused in process after tertiary treatment. The reject
stream of reverse osmosis process is to be treated along with high polluting effluent
stream. No discharge of highly polluting effluent stream or R.O rejects will be
allowed in any river body or on land.
ii. The other low polluting streams should be treated through primary/secondary/tertiary
treatment to meet the disposal standards or for reuse in industry for appropriate
operations. Disposal in a river or water body will not be allowed due to inadequate
surface water availability in the rivers or water bodies in the state. For industries
generating waste water more than 100 KLD, at least 80% of the treated effluent needs
to be reused in the process after appropriate tertiary treatment.
iii. For use of treated waste water for horticulture, adequate land area should be available
as per the guide lines enclosed (Annexure- 17.1 )
iv. It is desirable that spent dye bath effluent is segregated and treated for recovery of
salt. This effluent can be treated using a primary treatment followed by evaporation
and crystallization. Glauber salt (Sodium Sulphate decahydrate, Na2SO4.10H2O).
v. A good quality water meter should be installed at the out let of the ETP. Industries
having effluent generation less than 10 KLD may install a mechanical water meter,
however, the industries having effluent generation equal to or more than 10 KLD
needs to install electronic water meters.
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vi. Good housekeeping shall be maintained by keeping check on leaking valves, crack
and fissures in pipes, faulty equipment etc so as to avoid wastage of water and other
raw materials/resources.
vii. The outflow of the treated effluent should be discharged through closed conduits only
so that no effluent is discharged on land.
viii. Industry will strive for adopting process/plant modifications which result in to waste
minimization and conservation of chemicals, energy and water.
ix. That the sludge generated from the medium and large scale textile units will
preferably be utilized for co-incineration in cement kilns.
x. Treated effluent is required to comply with the prescribed discharge standards under
Environmental Protection Rules, 1986. Discharge standards for effluent from textile
industries as prescribed under EPA are at annexure-17.2
xi. The industries will strive for achieving lower carbon foot prints by increasing
efficiency in use of water, energy and other resources/raw materials. They will also
encourage use of alternate energy in their industries.

The textile industries located in clusters like Pali, Jodhpur, Balotra etc are required to treat their
waste water through Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) and for such industrial clusters,
separate guidelines have been provided for the member units and CETP Trusts for clear
demarcation of role and responsibilities and the same are available at annexure-17.3

4. Waste Water Treatment Technologies in the Textile Industry

The waste water generated from the textile industry is required to be treated by a suitable
mechanism before it can be disposed off in any receiving media such as river, pond, lake or
needs to be utilized for plantation. Typically the conventional wastewater treatment system in
textile processing industries includes screen chamber, oil & grease trap, equalization and
coagulation in primary treatment systems and activated sludge treatment or two-stage aeration
followed by clarifier in secondary treatment system. Although COD/BOD reductions are
achieved through this conventional treatment system, objectionable color, high TDS levels of
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effluents remain and effluents are not fit to be discharged to surface water or on land. Hence,
tertiary treatment systems are becoming necessary for achieving disposal standards.

Membrane based processes such as Reverse Osmosis (R.O), ultra filtration and nano filtration
are widely used as end of the treatment for removal of organics and dissolved salts. Ozoniztion
is also one of the tertiary treatment options which is mainly used for the oxidation of organic and
inorganic, deodorization, and decolonization in textile industries.

Advance waste water treatment technologies specially, membrane filtration has a problem of
disposal of highly concentrated high volume waste water generated as reject. Multiple Effect
Evaporators, Mechanical Vapor Compression, Direct Contact Evaporation etc are various
technologies used for evaporation of effluents or rejects generated from the membrane processes.
Also, various advance treatment like reverse osmosis, sand filter, activated carbon, adsorption,
iron and manganese filter etc have strict feed waste water quality requirements which requires
close quality monitoring at each stage of treatment Therefore trained manpower and good
laboratory facilities are required to operate such treatment systems.

5. Good Practices related to use of environmental friendly alternate chemicals

and Cleaner production technologies in textile industries.

Textile processing units, particularly wet processing units consume large quantities of water
and discharge large quantities of wastes. It also uses various chemicals and dyes, which can
harm the environment. There are huge opportunities in the textile sector of using alternative
chemicals and reducing generation of wastes from process by adopting cleaner production
techniques.
5.1 Use of alternate dyes, pigments, acids and other chemicals
A number of dyes, pigments, acids and other chemicals have been banned from use as they
have potentially toxic, mutagenic or carcinogenic properties. Some of the dyes are known to
release amines during processing. Due to carcinogenic potential of these amines, many dyes
and pigments are being banned or suggested to go for alternative dyes/pigments in many
countries. List of such potentially harmful dyes, pigments, acids and other chemicals and their
alternatives are given at annexure. 17.4
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5.2. Use of Cleaner Technologies & Resource Conservation

There are many alternative process technologies which can reduce overall load at source. Some
of them are solvent-aided scouring and bleaching processes, use of padding method in place of
exhaust methods for dyeing, wherever possible, electrolytic process for the dyeing of vat colors
and reduction-clearing of disperse-colour printed synthetic fabrics etc. For more details of
please consult www.unep.org/publications/search/pub_details_s.asp?ID=2257 and
http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/uk.html

The recovery and re-use of chemicals are to be explored in the following areas:
• The re-use of dye solutions from the dye bath;
• The recovery of caustic after the mercerizing process;
• The recovery of size in cotton processing (in practice this is limited to integrated
operations which apply and remove size)

In conventional dyeing, usually only the dye and a few specialty chemicals are totally
consumed during the process. Most of the chemicals remain in the dye bath and are discarded
with it. The feasibility of dye bath re-use depends on dye, colour, shade and whether dyeing is
carried out in a batch or a continuous process. In some cases, dye baths can be re-used at least 5
- 10 times (in other cases up to 25 times) until the build-up of impurities limits further re-use.

Water Conservation Measures

Following water conservation methods can be dopted in textile units depending on the
processes being used and size of the unit:
• Installing water meters to monitor water use,
• Using automatic shut-off nozzles and marking hand-operated valves in such a way that open,
close and directed-flow positions are easily identified
• Using high-pressure, low volume-cleaning systems, such as CIP (clean in place) for washing
equipment
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• Installing liquid level controls with automatic pump stops where overflow is not likely to
occur
• Recycling cooling water through cooling towers
• Minimizing spills on the floor minimizes floor washing in the dye house
• Repairing leaks in the water pipe network
• Handling solid waste dry
• Recycling steam condensate whenever possible
• Using technologies which do not require large quantities of water, such as low dye bath ratio, high
pressure steam washing and plasma cleaning of fabrics

Process Water Re-Use Options in Textile industry

Significant savings can be made in textile processing industries by recovering and re-using of water at
processes itself. Few areas where these options can be examined by the units are out lined hereunder:

• Recycling of final wash water after H2O2 bleaching as a wash water for second scouring step or for
earlier bleaching steps
• Reusing bleaching wash water to start another bleaching batch.
• Re-use of hot bleach water for starting optical brightening batch
• Re-use of optical brightening wash water to start another batch of optical brightening batch
• Final wash water of cone scouring and bleaching can be used as wash water for scouring and
bleaching
• Cold rinse water used after scouring step for sulphur black dying can be used for the reduction step
• Re-use of hydrosulphite wash water for another batch of hydrosulphite batch
• Re- use of clarified print wash water in washing and blankets and screens of the print machine

6. Guidelines for Air Pollution Control

Main sources of air pollution in textile industry are boilers, furnaces and D.G. sets on which
adequate air pollution control measures, stack heights and infrastructure facilities for air
pollution monitoring are required to be provided. Apart from that, D.G sets also generate noise
pollution for which separate standards are laid down.
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6.1 Standards for control of air emission from Boilers and D. G. Sets

On coal fired boilers of steam capacity up to 15 tons per hour, industry is required to install
cyclone, multi cyclone, bag filter or electro static precipitator (ESP) depending on the steam
generating capacity. On all boilers using liquid fuel or coal, height of the stack will be governed
by flow rate of sulphur di oxide emissions. However, in no case the stack height will be less than
11 meters. The type of air pollution control equipment required to be installed, emission
standards to be complied and procedure for calculating the stack height is governed as per EPA
Notification no. GSR176 (E) dated 2.04.1996 copy of which is at annexure-17.5. For boilers
using bagasse as fuel, emission standards have been laid down vide GSR 475 (E) dated
5.05.1992 which are at annexure-17.6.
Air emissions from D.G sets are presently governed by adequate stack height to be provided on
the D.G. sets depending on its capacity. Emission Regulation part-IV published by CPCB has
given the formula for working out the stack height. For regulation of stack emissions of D.G sets
of capacity more than 0.80 MW, separate standards are laid down vide GSR 489 (E) dated
9.07.2002 which needs to be complied with.

6.2 Standards for control of noise pollution from D.G. Sets.

Noise standards for D.G sets have been laid down vide notification No. 371(E) dated 27.05.2002
under Environmental Protection Act, 1986. Separate noise standards for D.G sets up to 100
KVA and other are prescribed under these standards.

Noise limit for Diesel Generator Sets (up to 1000 KVA) manufactured on or after the 1st
July, 2003:
• The maximum permissible sound pressure level for new diesel generator (DG) sets with rated
capacity up to 1000 KVA, manufactured on or after the 1st July, 2003 shall be 75 dB (A) at 1
meter from the enclosure surface
• The diesel generator sets should be provided with integral acoustic enclosure at the
manufacturing stage itself
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Noise limit for DG sets not covered above:

• Noise from the DG set should be controlled by providing an acoustic enclosure or by treating
the room acoustically, at the users end
• The acoustic enclosure or acoustic treatment of the room shall be designed for minimum 25 dB
(A). Insertion Loss or for meeting the ambient noise standards, whichever is on the higher side
(if the actual ambient noise is on the higher side, it may not be possible to check the performance
of the acoustic enclosure/acoustic treatment. Under such circumstances the performance may be
checked for noise reduction up to actual ambient noise level, preferably, in the night time). The
measurement for Insertion Loss may be done at different points at 0.5m from the acoustic
enclosure/room, and then averaged
• The DG set shall be provided with proper exhaust muffler with Insertion Loss of minimum 25
dB (A).

6.3. Regulation on ambient air and noise quality

All the industries are required to comply with the prescribed ambient air and noise quality
standards. For ambient air, standards are prescribed under Environmental Protection Act, 1986
vide notification dated 18.11.2009 (Copy at annexure-17.7) while for ambient noise, standards
are laid down vide notification dated 14.02.200 (copy at annexure-17.8). The ambient air and
noise quality standards as notified under E (P) Act, 1986 shall be monitored at the boundary of
the industry for compliance.

7. Guidelines for Management of Hazardous Waste

Handling, storage, treatment and disposal of the hazardous waste is governed by Hazardous
Waste (Management, Handling and Trans boundary Movement) Rules, 2008. In the textile
industries, major probable sources of hazardous waste generation covered under various
categories of schedule IV are as follows:
Sr. Waste Generating Process Category Hazardous Waste
No
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1 Industrial operations using 5.1 Used /Spent oil

mineral/synthetic oil as lubricant in
hydraulic system or other applications
2 Production of canvas and textiles 24.1 Chemical residues
2 Production or industrial use of synthetic 26.1 Process waste sludge/residue
dyes, dye-intermediate and pigments. containing acid or other toxic
metals or organic complexes
3 Disposal of barrels/containers used for 33.1 Chemical-containing residue
handling of hazardous waste/chemicals. arising from decontamination
33.2 Sludge from treatment of waste
arising out of cleaning/disposal
of barrels/containers.
33.3 Discarded Containers/ barrels
/liners contaminated with
hazardous wastes/chemicals
5 Purification and treatment of exhaust air, 34.1 Flue gas cleaning residue
water & waste water from the processes in 34.2 Spent ion exchange resin
this schedule and common industrial containing toxic metals
effluent treatment plants (CETP’s)
34.3 Chemical sludge from waste
water treatment

34.4 Oil and grease skimming

residue
34.5 Chromium sludge from cooling
water

Following guidelines are prescribed for handing, storage, treatment and disposal of
the hazardous waste generated from the textile industries:

i. The hazardous waste needs to be stored under covered shed so that problems like odour,
surface water contamination, ground water contamination etc. do not occur
ii. No hazardous waste can be stored beyond a period of 90 days except with the prior
permission of the State Board as per rule 7 of the HWMR, 2008.
iii. Transfer of hazardous waste for sale, recycling, reprocessing or disposal shall be done
through the manifest system only as per rule 21 of HWMR, 2008.
iv. The spent/used oil is to be disposed off through sales to the registered recycler of the
spent/used oil after obtaining authorization from the State Board
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v. In case the industry wants to utilize the hazardous waste as a supplementary resource or for
energy recovery, or after processing then the industry needs to obtain approval under rule 11
of HWMR, 2008 from the competent authority.
vi. All the hazardous waste like oil soaked material, sludge containing oil etc which are having
calorific value more than 2500 Kcal are required to be disposed off through incineration.
vii. The unit has to display the data outside the factory main gate in Hindi & English both on a
6’X 4’ display board in the manner & format prescribed by the State Board.

8. Plantation for Pollution Abatement

For conserving environment from adverse effect of emissions, the industry must ensure that:-
i. Minimum 33% of the land on which industry is established or proposed to be
established is covered by plantation.
ii. At least two rows of tall trees of suitable species are planted along the boundary
on all the sides and such plantation should be carried out within a minimum width
of 10 meter. An additional row of shrubs shall also be preferable.
iii. If the soil is not fit for plantation, the project proponent will import soil and
ensure that saplings with minimum height of 5 feet are planted.
iv. The plantation is carried out as per guidelines issued by the State Board.

9. General conditions

i. A Sign Board showing the name, address and capacity of the industry as well as validity
of the consents should be displayed at the entrance of the site.
ii. In case the industry intends to use ground water more than 25 kilolitres/ day, the industry
must obtain prior permission from the competent authority (Central Ground Water
Authority) for withdrawal of ground water.
iii. The application for consent and reply to notices etc. must be furnished by owner
(including lawfully empowered attorney for such purpose) of the industry. Where the
owner of the industry is a Juristic person (Company, Firm, Association etc.), the
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applications must be filed/ information must be furnished under the seal and signature of
a person authorized for such purpose and the document confirming the authorization must
be attached.

10. Statutory Clearance Process

It is essential for entrepreneurs to know the statutory clearances which are required to be
obtained from the State Board and method and requirements for filling of applications
consents/authorizations to the RSPCB and submission of various returns. This chapter provides
details of various statutory clearances and guidelines for filing of applications as well as relevant
data and forms.
All the industries which are covered under the provisions of Water (Prevention & control of
Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & control of Pollution) Act, 1981 are required to obtain
‘consent to establish’ for establishment of any new unit or before carrying out
expansion/modernization of any existing unit.
These units after establishment are required to obtain ‘consent to operate’ before commencing
commercial production. Consent to operate is also required for all the existing units which are
covered under the provisions of Water (Prevention & control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air
(Prevention & control of Pollution) Act, 1981. Consent to establish is one time and required only
at the time of establishment of new unit or before carrying out expansion /modernization in the
existing unit whereas consent to operate is granted for a specific period and needs to be got
renewed every time after expiry.
Industries which are covered under the provisions of Hazardous Waste ((Management, Handing
and Trans boundary Movement) Rules, 2008 are also required to obtain authorization under the
provisions of the rules.
10.1 Environmental Clearance
Environmental Impact Assessment Notification S.O.1533 (E) of 14th September 2006 as
amended in 2009 has made it mandatory to obtain prior environmental clearance for Common
Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs). As per the provisions of the aforesaid notification, CETPs
are covered under category ‘B’ and competent authority for considering the environmental
clearance in such cases is State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA). The
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application in prescribed form along with necessary enclosures is required to be submitted to

State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC). For further information please contact SEAC on
State Board’s website.
10.2 Categorization of textile industries and delegation of powers to Regional Officers
State Board has categorized the industries under Red, Orange and Other categories depending on
their pollution potential. Accordingly, the textile industries have been categorized as under:
Category Type of textile industries included
1. Manmade fibers manufacturing (rayon and others)
2. Yarn and textile processing involving scouring, bleaching, dyeing,
printing or any effluent/ emission generating process
Red
3. Wool scouring unit

1. Yarn and textile manufacturing/ processing not involving scouring,

bleaching, dying, printing or any effluent/ emission generating process
including weaving and spinning unit.
2. Carpet processing units
Orange 3. Surgical cotton and gauges

All those industries/project processes/ activities/mines which are not

covered under Red or Orange category and are discharging waste water
Green
and/ or air emissions will be covered under Green category
As per delegation of powers to Regional Officers issued vide order dated 21.12.2010, all the
textile industries categorized under Orange and Green categories and small and tiny scale wool
scouring units covered under the Red category, respective Regional Officer of the State Board
will be the competent authority for grant or refuse of the Consent to Establish/ Operate under the
provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution)A ct, 1,974 and Air (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 located within their territorial Jurisdiction.
For all the Red category of textile industries except for small and tiny scale wool scouring units,
Head Office will be the competent authority for grant or refuse of the Consent to Establish/
Operate under the provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and for grant/refuse of authorizations under the
provisions of Hazardous Waste ((Management, Handing and Trans boundary Movement) Rules,
2008.
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However, the consent applications of the entire industry/project process/activity mine etc.
covered under EIA Notification, 2006 and Aravali Notification. 1992 shall be dealt at RSPCB
Head Office irrespective of the delegation of power noted above. Also, in case any application is
refused at the Regional Office level, the decision on the application submitted subsequently by
the unit shall be taken by at RSPCB, Head Office level.
10.3 Consent/Authorization Fee structure for textile industries
Fee structure for all the industries has been defined based on notification dated 10.12.2010 issued
by Department of Environment. In the notification, industries have been classified in Appendix
A and Appendix B. Amount of fee to be paid by a unit depends on appendix under which the unit
is covered, its capital investment and whether the unit is generating hazardous waste as per the
provisions of HWMR, 2008. Copy of notification dated 10.12.2010 issued by Department of
Environment is at available at the State Board’s website. In case of renewal of consent to
establish and consent to operate under Air and Water Acts, the fee will also depend on date of
expiry of the last consent and date of submission of renewal application to the State Board.
Please see notification dated 25.06.2010 issued by Department of Environment for further
details. The notification is also available on the State Board’s website.
As per the fee structure dated 10.12.2010, classification of textile industries under appendix A
and B is as under:

Appendix Type of textile industries included

1. Manmade fibers manufacturing (rayon and others)
2. Yarn and textile processing involving scouring, bleaching, dying, printing
or any effluent/ emission generating process other than small and tiny scale
A unit located at isolated places other than cluster areas.
3. Wool scouring unit other than small and tiny scale unit

1. Yarn and textile manufacturing/ processing not involving scouring,

bleaching, dying, printing or any effluent/ emission generating process
including weaving and spinning unit.
2. Yam and textile processing involving scouring bleaching, dyeing-
printings or any effluent/emission generating and located at isolated
B
places other than cluster areas ( small and tiny scale units).
3. Carpet processing units
4. Surgical and medical products not involving prophylactics and latex
5. Wool scouring unit ( small and tiny scale unit)
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11. Procedure for applying for consent to establish, first consent to operate and
renewal of consent to operate under the provisions of Water Act, 1974 and Air Act,
1981

11.1 Procedure for applying for consent to establish

The application in the prescribed form must be filed and submitted online at the State Board
website with the following documents for consent to establish:-

i. Requisite consent fee

ii. Requisite Declaration on Rs. 10/- non judicial stamp paper duly attested by notary
public (As per annexure 17.9).
iii. Land allotment/land conversion letter from the competent authority.
iv. Details of various sources of air pollution, water pollution, hazardous waste etc and
proposal for pollution control measures (enclose feasibility report).
v. In case of small scale textile units proposed to be connected to CETP, please also
submit copy of NOC issued by the Trust and details of plant and machinery proposed
to be installed.
vi. Copy of Partnership deed/ MoU & Article of Association or authority letter in favour
of applicant as the case may be.
vii. Financial Project report duly attested by Chartered Accountant.
viii. NOC from Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) in case :
a) The abstraction of ground water is ≥ 25 m3/day, in case of over exploited areas
b) The abstraction of ground water is ≥ 50 m3/day, in case of critical areas
c) The abstraction of ground water is ≥ 100 m3/day, in case of semi critical areas
d) Industry/infrastructure project/mine (proposed/existing) located in safe category
areas, are also required to obtain NOC from CGWA if ground water
abstractions exceeds 1000m3/day for hard rock areas and 2000m3/day for
alluvial areas.
ix. Registration from Industry Department.
x. Compliance of earlier consent conditions, if applied for expansion in
capacity/machinery or additional products.
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xi. Point wise commitment for compliance of EC conditions in case EC is applicable.

xii. Check list
Please note that consent to establish application in above cases will be considered only after
submission of NOC from CGWA where ever applicable. For further details please see detailed
notification issued by the State Board vide letter dated 8.01.2010 at State Board website.
After filing the application online please take print out of the filled in application and ensure to
submit one hard copy with requisite consent fee and other documents to the head office in case
head office is empowered to deal with the application or to the concerning Regional Officer in
case power to dispose the application has been delegated to the Regional Officers.
11.2 Procedure for applying first consent to operate
The application in the prescribed form must be filed and submitted online at the State Board
website with the following documents for consent to operate:-

i. Requisite consent fee.

ii. Requisite Declaration on Rs. 10/- non judicial stamp paper (as per annexure-17.9).
iii. Report of compliance of conditions of consent to establish.
iv. Copy of requisite documents required with consent to establish as per Para 10.1, if not
submitted earlier.
v. Certified capital investment (land, building, plant and machinery) for assessing
adequacy of deposited fee.
vi. Tentative/ proposed date of commissioning
vii. Check list
After filing the application online please take print out of the filled in application and ensure to
submit one hard copy with requisite consent fee and other documents to the head office in case
head office is empowered to deal with the application or to the concerning Regional Officer in
case power to dispose the application has been delegated to the Regional Officers.
The consent application will be examined by the competent authority and field
inspection/sampling/monitoring will be undertaken wherever required. In case of any
deficiencies, the same will be communicated by email and in writing. The application will be
decided within a period of 4 months.
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In case, the applicant has paid fee for more than one year, the fee in excess of one year shall be
returned to the applicant on refusal of application. The fresh application shall be considered with
fees as per the notification number G.S.R. 73 dated 10.12.2010

11.3. Procedure for applying for renewal of consent to operate

The application in the prescribed form must be filed online at the State Board website and
submitted to the State Board with the following documents for renewal of consent to operate:-

i. Requisite consent fee.

ii. Requisite Declaration on Rs. 10/- non judicial stamp paper (as per annexure-17.9)
iii. Report of Compliance of conditions of earlier consent to operate.
iv. Certified capital investment (land, building, plant and machinery) without depreciation.
v. Copy of periodical reports submitted.
vi. Check list
After filing the application online please take print out of the filled in application and ensure to
submit one hard copy with requisite consent fee and other documents to the head office in case
head office is empowered to deal with the application or to the concerning Regional Officer in
case power to dispose the application has been delegated to the Regional Officers.
The consent application will be examined by the competent authority and field
inspection/sampling/monitoring will be undertaken wherever required. In case of any
deficiencies, the same will be communicated by email and in writing.
In case, the applicant has paid fee for more than one year, the fee in excess of one year shall be
returned to the applicant on refusal of application. The fresh application shall be considered with
fees as per the notification number G.S.R. 73 dated 10.12.2010.
12. Procedure for applying for authorization under HWMR, 2008

The application in the prescribed form must be filed online at the State Board website and
submitted to the State Board with the following documents:

i. Requisite declaration on Rs. 10/- non-judicial stamp paper

ii. Report of compliance of conditions of previous authorization, if issued
iii. Detail method of pre-treatment (if any) and disposal of wastes
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iv. Details of storage facilities provided to store the hazardous waste

v. Copy of membership of the Common Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility
(CTSDF) for hazardous waste in case the hazardous waste needs to be disposed at the
CTSDF.
vi. In case the hazardous waste is being co processed in a cement unit then copy of
agreement with the cement unit for co processing of the hazardous waste.
vii. Details of the arrangements made for display of the requisite information at the factory
main gate
viii. Record of the hazardous waste, generated, disposed, co incinerated, sold to recycler
with copies of manifests.
ix. Monitoring/analysis reports of soils, ground water and ambient air around the
hazardous wastes storage area.
x. Check list.

After filing the application online please take print out of the filled in application and ensure to
submit one hard copy with requisite documents to the respective Regional Office and to head
office. The application will be examined and field inspection/sampling/monitoring will be
undertaken wherever required. In case of any deficiencies, the same will be communicated by
email and in writing.

13. Compliance of Water (Prevention and Control Of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977

If the industry consumes water for different applications including domestic more than 10 KLD
shall file the Water Cess returns in the prescribed format along with analysis report of treated
effluent.
The Central Government exempted industries consuming water less than 10 KLD per day from
the levy of cess, provided that no such exemption shall be applicable in case of industries
generating ‘hazardous wastes’ as identified in clause (i) of Rule 3 of the HW (MH &TM) Rules,
2008.
Rates applicable are as under:
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S.No Purpose for which water consumed Rate ( paise per kl)
Sub.Sec2 Sub.Sec2(A)
1 Industrial cooling spraying in mine pits or 5 10
boiler feed
2 Domestic purpose 2 3
3 Processing where by water gets polluted & 10 20
pollutants are easily biodegradable
4 Processing where by water gets pollution the 15 30
pollutants are not easily biodegradable and
are toxic

Industries which have installed ETP, are complying with all the provisions of section 25(5) of the
Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 as well as standards framed under the
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 are eligible to avail incentive by way of lower rates as per
provision of section 3(2) of Water (Cess) Act and 25% rebate under Water (Cess) Act, 1977.
Cess assessment order will be passed by Member secretary and communicated to industry. Mode
of payment shall be through cash or Demand Draft to be paid in the account of Member
Secretary, RPCB in Uco Bank, Banipark Branch, Jaipur or any of its local branches through
Challan. Demand draft can also be submitted to concerning R.O.
RSPCB had simplified the Cess assessment procedure for certain category units. The scheme
shall be applicable to small assess whose Cess liability under the existing rates does not exceed
Es. 6,000/- PA. Under this scheme the eligible assesses shall submit a self-assessment before 31st
May of every year, for the ensuing year as a whole, based on earlier year’s data and as per the
latest rates. The amount payable shall be submitted in the form of Demand Draft taken in favor
of Member Secretary, Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board and the same shall be submitted
to the Member Secretary, Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board, Jaipur with a copy to the
concerned Regional Officer of the Board.
14. Periodical Reports required to be submitted to the State Board
Following periodical reports must be submitted to the State Board
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i. Quarterly compliance report of consent conditions to Regional Office & Head Office in
case of Red category of industries and six monthly compliance report in case of
‘Orange and Other’ category.
ii. Monthly treated effluent quality Monitoring Report along with quantity of effluent
received, treated and recycled to Regional Office & Head Office both.
iii. Quarterly Stack/ambient air quality monitoring reports.
iv. Annual Environment Statement to Regional Office & Head Office both.
v. Environment Audit Report from the certified Environmental Auditor once in every
three years.

15. Consequence of default in Compliance of the Guidelines

If any non-compliance is observed during the operations, notice U/s 31(A) of the Air Act, 1981
and U/s 33 (A) of the Water Act, 1974 will be issued and proponent will be directed to rectify the
non-compliance within specified period. If non compliances are found to be continuing even
after show cause notice, the consent will be revoked/ refused and closure directions will be
issued forthwith. The owner will also be liable for criminal prosecution.

16. Conditions for Revocation of Consent

The consent granted will be revoked if it is found that:-

• It has been obtained by misrepresentation of facts.
• The industry defaults in Pollution Control Measures and other conditions of consent to
establish or consent to operate.
• The industry defaults in furnishing of annual information even after expiry of 30 days
from the prescribed period.
• The industry violates provisions of Water Act, 1974 and /or Air Act, 1981.

These guidelines will be applicable while deciding cases of textile industry for consent to
establish or consent to operate under Water Act, 1974 or Air Act, 1981 and authorization under
HWMR, 2008. All concerned are directed to ensure strict compliance.
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Annexure 17.1
Hydraulic Loading Applicable For Different Soils and Wastes

S.No Soil Texture Class Dosage of setteled sewage applied

m3/hectare/day
1 Sandy 225 to 282
2 Sandy Loam 168 to 225
3. Loam 112 to 168
4 Clay loam 56 to 112
5 Clayey 35 to 57

Dosage of Settled Industrial Waste applied

(m3/hectare/day)
S.No Soil Texture Class BOD upto 300mg/l BOD more than 300mg/l
but less than 500 mg/l
1 Sandy 180 to 226 90 to 113
2 Sandy Loam 134 to 180 67 to 90
3. Loam 90 to 134 45 to 67
4 Clay loam 45 to 90 22 to 45
5 Clayey 28 to 44 14 to 22
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Annexure 17.2

DISCHARGE STANDARDS FOR EFFLUENT FROM TEXTILE INDUSTRY

Parameter Concentration not to exceed, milligram

per litre(mg/l), except pH
pH 5.5-9.0
Total suspended solids 100
Bio-chemical oxygen demand (BOD) 30
Chemical oxygen demand(COD) 250
Total residual chlorine 1
Oil and grease 10
Total chromium as Cr 2
Sulphide as S 2
Phenolic compounds as C6H5OH 1

Note:
1. Where the treated effluent is discharged into municipal sewer leading to terminal
treatment plant, the BOD may be relaxed to 100 mg/l and COD to 400 mg/l.
2. The quantity of effluent (litre per kilogram of product) shall not exceed 100, 250 and 80
in composite cotton textile industry, composite woolen textile industry and textile
processing industry, respectively.
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Annexure-17.3

Guidelines for the CETP Trust and member units of the CETP Trust

(a) Member units of the CETP Trust

i. The industry should be established only after following due procedure of law
regarding registration, allotment of land and other permission/consent from
competent authority
ii. Industry should obtain membership of local CETP Trust with allowed quantity of
effluent discharge.
iii. Adequately designed primary treatment facility so as to achieve standards prescribed
for inlet of CETP should be installed.
iv. A good quality water meter should be installed at the out let of the ETP. Industries
having effluent generation less than 10 KLD may install a mechanical water meter,
however, the industries having effluent generation equal to or more than 10 KLD
needs to install electronic water meters.
v. Industry should have only one single outlet for discharge of effluent to drain leading
to CETP.
vi. Industry needs to carry out plantation in 33% of the factory area.
vii. Good housekeeping shall be maintained by keeping check on leaking valves, crack
and fissures in pipes, faulty equipment etc so as to avoid wastage of water and other
raw materials/resources.
viii. Industry will strive for adopting process/plant modifications which result in to waste
minimization and conservation of chemicals, energy and water.

(b) For the CETP Trusts

i. The Trust will ensure that the quantity of waste water received at the CETP never
exceeds the designed capacity of the CETP so that at no point of time untreated waste
water is discharged by passing the CETP.
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ii. The Trust shall develop a mechanism to monitor quantity of effluent being discharged
by the member units.
iii. Power back up arrangement in the form of D.G. sets should be installed for
continuous operation of CETPs even during power failure.
iv. Good quality electronic flow meter should be installed to measure inlet/outlet
quantity of waste water at CETP.
v. The raw effluent from all the member units should be conveyed to the CETP through
closed pipelines only. No raw effluent should be transported through open drains.
vi. The discharge allowed by the Trust to each member unit should be based on scientific
rational preferably based on likely effluent quantity generated from the member units
depending on their manufacturing processes/machinery installed.
vii. CETP Trusts will be responsible to operate and maintain the CETPs as per the
prescribed standards. It will ensure that the CETPs are operated and maintained by
expert agencies only which have adequate experience and expertise in the field.
Guidelines issued by the State Board/CPCB from time to time for operation and
maintenance of CETPs will be complied with.
viii. That the sludge generated at the CETP will need to be stored in covered sheds as per
the prescribed guidelines and should be preferably co-incinerated in cement kilns.
ix. Treated effluent quality of the CETP has to comply with the discharge standards
prescribed under EPA, 1986.
x. The Trust will strive for making arrangements for recycling of the treated effluent by
installing tertiary treatment in the form of R.O plants etc.
xi. That the Trusts will be responsible for carrying regular ground water and surface
water quality monitoring of the receiving water and ground water along its reaches.
xii. The Trust should develop their own mechanism to monitor the compliance of the
conditions of the NOC issued by them.
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Annexure-17.4

List of harm full Dyes, Pigments and other Chemicals and their Alternatives

(1) Usage of Alternative Dyes

Safer Alternatives for Banned Disperse Dyes

Banned Disperse Dye CI Number Alternative CI Number

Disperse Yellow 7 23660 Disperse Yellow 15
Disperse Yellow 23 22130 Disperse Orange 102 29156
Disperse Blue 12 3900 Disperse Red 81 28160
Disperse Orange 50 22145 Disperse Red 120 25275
Disperse Yellow 24 29185 Disperse Yellow 23 29160
Disperse Yellow 46 23050 Disperse Yellow 31 29100
Disperse Yellow 62 29175 Disperse Yellow 4 29165
Disperse Yellow 1 22570 Disperse Violet 66 29120
Disperse Yellow 2 22311 Disperse Yellow 112 29166
Disperse Yellow 29 22580 Disperse Yellow 51 27720

Safer Alternatives for Banned Acid Dyes

Banned Acid Dye CI Number Alternative CI Number

Acid Orange 45 22195 Acid Orange 1914690
Acid Red 4 14710 Acid Red 157 17990
Acid Red 5 14905 Acid Red 191 14730
Acid Red 24 16140 17900
Acid Red 26 16150 Acid Red 24785
Acid Red 115 27200 Acid Red 37 17045
Acid Red 49 42640 Acid Violet 72 42665
Acid Red 12 18075 Acid Violet 13 16640
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Acid Black 94 30336 Acid Black 24 26370

Safer Alternatives for Banned Direct Dyes

Banned Direct Dye CI Number Alternative CI Number

Direct Yellow 48 23660 Direct Yellow 15
Direct Orange 8 22130 Direct Orange 102 29156
Direct Red 2 23900 Direct Red 81 28160
Direct Red 10 22145 Direct Red 120 25275
Direct Red 24 29185 Direct Red 23 9160
Direct Red 46 23050 Direct Red 31 29100
Direct Red 62 29175 Direct Red 4 29165
Direct Violet 1 22570 Direct Violet 66 29120
Direct Brown 2 22311 Direct Brown 112 29166
Direct Black 29 22580 Direct Black 51 22720
Source: Environmental Quick Scan Textiles, complied for CBI and SIDA by Consultancy and
Research for Environmental Management, Published by CBI, SIDA, VIVO, 1996

(2) Use of Alternative Pigments used in Printing

Suspected Pigment CI Number Alternative CI Number

Pigment Orange 50 20170 Pigment Orange 38
Pigment Yellow 12 21090 Pigment Yellow 147 12367
Pigment Yellow 63 21091 Pigment Yellow 148 50600
Pigment Yellow 126 21101 Pigment Yellow 5 11660
Pigment Red 39 21080 Pigment Red 87 73310
Pigment Yellow 176 21103 Pigment Yellow 101 48052
Pigment Yellow 114 21092 Pigment Yellow 10 12710
Source: Environmental Quick Scan Textiles, complied for CBI and SIDA by Consultancy
and Research for Environmental Management, Published by CBI, SIDA, VIVO, 1996
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(3) Chemical Substitution

Process Chemical Substitute

Sizing Starch based wrap sizes by PVA Acrylates or partial
substitution
Desizing Scouring Acid Hydrogen Peroxide and
enzymes
Aqueous Scouring Alkylphenol Ethoxylates TSP, NaOH Fatty alcohol ethoxylates
Sodium Carbonate
Detergent Souring Alkyl benzene sulphonates Fatty alkyl sulphates
Polyglycolether
Light Scouring NTA, EDTA Zeolites (sodium aluminium
Silicate)
Bleaching Reductive sulphur bleaches Peroxide bleaches
Chlorine compounds Peroxide Bleaches
Dyeing Benzidine based dyestuffs and other Mineral/pigment dyes single
amine releasing dyes class dyes like indigsol,
pigments, reactives
Dichromate used for oxidation in vat Peroxide, air oxygen, metal
and sulphur dyes free agents
Acetic acid in the dyeing bath Formic acid
Dispersants for dyes and chemicals Water based system
Copper sulphate used to treat direct Polymeric compounds
dyes
Dye powder in automatic injection Liquid dyes
Sodium hydrosulphite Stabilized sodium
hydrosulphite
Aldehyde and toxic metallic salts High molecular weight
used as auxiliaries polymeric auxiliaries
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Sodium sulphide Glucose based reducing

agents
Printing Kerosene or white spirit Water based systems
Finishing Formaldehyde Poly carboxylic acid
Alkyl phenol Fatty alcoholethyoxylates
Anti-wrinkle Dimethylol dihydroxyethylene urea (Poly carboxylic acids mainly
finishing 1,2,3,4 butane tetra carboxylic
acid) Glyoxales
Flame retardant Asbestos, Halogenated compounds Inorganic salts and
finishing like, bromated diphenylethers phosphonates
(PBDEs) and heavy metal containing
compounds
Preservation Biocides such as chlorinated phenols UV Treatment, mechanical or
finishing (PCP), metallic salts (As, Zn, Cu or enzymatic finishing
Hg), DDE, DDT, Benzothiazole
Source: Textile Sector Part A
(http://www.eeaa.gov.eg.seam/Manuals/TextilesectorReport/content.htm)
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Annexure 17.5

BOILERS (SMALL)

Steam generation capacity Particulate matters emission

(ton/hour) (mg/Nm³)
less than 2 1200*
2 to less than 10 800*
10 to less than 15 600*
15 and above 150*

• to meet the respective standards, cyclone/multicyclone is recommended as control equipment

with the boiler.
• To meet the standard, bag filter/ESP is recommended as control equipment with the boiler.

Note:
(i) 12% of CO2 correction shall be the reference value for particulate matter emission
standards for all categories of boilers.
(ii) These limits shall supersede the earlier limits notified under Schedule I at serial
number 34 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 vide notification GSR 74(E), dated
30th August, 1990.
(iii) Stack Height for small Boilers.

For the small boilers using coal or liquid fuels, the required stack height with the boiler shall be
calculated by using the formula.
H=14Q0.3
Where H is total stack height in meters from the ground level.
Q=SO2 emission rate in kg/hr.
In no case the stack height shall be less than 11 meters.
Where providing tall stacks are not feasible using above formula the limit of 400 mg/Nm³ for SO2
emission shall be met by providing necessary control equipment with a minimum stack height of
11 meters.
Source: EPA Notification
(GSR 176 (E), April 2, 1996)
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Annexure 17.6

Emission Standards for bagasse fired boilers

BAGASSE-FIRED BOILERS EMISSIONS (Concentration in mg/l)

(a) Step Grate Particulate Matter 250
(b) Horse shoe/pulsating grate Particulate Matter 500 (12% CO2)
(c) Spreader Stroker Particulate Matter 800 (12% CO2)

Note: In the case of horse shoe and spreader stroker boilers, if more than one boiler is attached to
a single stack, the Standard shall be fixed based on added capacity of all the boilers
connected with the stack.

GSR 475 (E) dated 5.05.1992

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Annexure 17.7
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Annexure 17.8
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Annexure 17.9
PERFORMA AFFIDAVIT FOR CTE/CTO AFFIDAVIT
(To be submitted on stamp paper of rupees ten and duly attested by notary)
I, _____________ (with name and designation) S/o Shri ____________________
Resident of _______________ do solemnly affirm and declare as under:-
1. That I am responsible for establishing/operating the unit named M/s.
___________________ (Name & address of the unit).
2. That I, __________________ (with name and designation) am authorised to sign the consent
application form and other enclosures with the application.
3. That the plot area of the unit is __________________ Sq. Meters.
4. That the number of workers to carry out various activities in the unit is
_________________.
5. That the total number of employees proposed in the unit is ____________.
6. That the total capital investment on the project is Rs. ____________.
7. That this Consent to Establish/Operate is being obtained for manufacturing of/providing
service for ______________ up to ______________ per year. In case of any increase/change in
capacity or addition/modification/alteration or change in process or raw material or project or
discharge points, we will obtain fresh Consent to Establish.
8. That the quantity of trade/domestic effluent shall not exceed ________ KLD. The mode of
disposal shall be ______________. In case of any increase in quantity of effluent or alteration in
outlet or mode of disposal, we shall obtain prior consent from the Board.
OR
That there will no effluent discharge from the premises (applicable only in the case of dry units).
9. That the industry is a small/medium/large scale unit with SSI Registration No. /DGTD
Registration No. /Letter of Intent No. ____________.
10. That all adequate measures for control and treatment of water/air pollution from the various
processes/activities shall be taken to meet the prescribed standards as per the Environment
(Protection) Rules, 1986 as amended to date.
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DEPONENT

VERIFICATION
Verified at ________ on this __________(day, month and year) that the above contents of this
affidavit are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing has been
concealed there from.
DEPONENT
Note: The aforementioned Affidavit must be duly signed by the Deponent and duly attested by
the Notary Public thereof.

Note: Please omit whatever is not applicable.