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Consent to Establish of Green Category industries (with capital investment greater than Rs. 5 crore upto Rs. 10 crore and industries located within Calcutta Leather Complex with capital investment upto Rs. 10 crore) & Orange and Red industries (with capital investment upto Rs. 10 crore)
Update: Services by Environment Department under Right to Public Service Act
Government of West Bengal
Environment Department
Pranisampad Bhavan, Block LB-2, 5th Floor
Sector-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700106
No.: 1122-EN/A-02/2013(Pt.-1) Date: 05.07.2021
NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the West Bengal Right to Public Service Act, 2013, the Governor is hereby pleased to notify the services along with the stipulated time limit for rendering the services, the Designated officers responsible for providing the services, the Appellate Officer and the Reviewing Officer in respect of West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) as follows:-
| Sl No. | Service to be rendered | Designated Officer | Stipulated time limit | Appellate Officer/ stipulated time limit | Reviewing Officer/ stipulated time limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Consent to Establish & Consent to Operate (both fresh & renewal) for Green Category industries with capital investment upto Rs. 5 crore except industries located within Calcutta Leather Complex. | General Managers of District Industries Centres & Officer incharge of the Sub District Industries Centres of Department of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises & Textiles, Govt. of WB. | 15 days
| Joint Director, MSME
One Month | Member Secretary, WBPCB
Fifteen days |
| 2 | Consent to Establish of Green Category industries (with capital investment greater than Rs. 5 crore upto Rs. 10 crore and industries located within Calcutta Leather Complex with capital investment upto Rs. 10 crore) & Orange and Red industries (with capital investment upto Rs. 10 crore) [other than Environmental Clearance (EC) attracting industries], Health care units (upto 50 beds)
Both fresh & renewal of Consent to Operate for Green (with capital investment greater than Rs.5 crore upto Rs. 10 crore and industries located within Calcutta Leather Complex with capital investment upto Rs. 10 crore), Orange & Red (with capital investment upto Rs. 10 crore other than EC attracting industries), Health care units (upto 50 beds) Renewal of Consent to Operate of all industries with capital investment greater than Rs. 10 crore including EC attracting industries. | In charge Regional Office, WBPCB.
| Red- 60 days
Orange- 30 days Green- 15 days
| Chief Engineer, WBPCB
One Month | Member Secretary, WBPCB
Fifteen days |
| 3 | Consent to Establish for all (Red / Orange / Green) industries with capital investment greater than Rs. 10 crore [other than Environmental Clearance (EC) attracting industries], Health care units (above 50 beds & upto 200 beds)
Fresh Consent to Operate of all EC attracting industries and all industries with capital investment more than Rs. 10 crore, Fresh & renewal of Consent to Operate for Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) and Health care units (above 50 beds & upto 200 beds) | Senior Environmental Engineer/ Environmental Engineer, O&E Cell, WBPCB | Red- 60 days
Orange- 30 days Green- 15 days
| Concerned Chief Engineer, WBPCB
One Month | Member Secretary, WBPCB
Fifteen days |
| 4 | Consent to Establish & Consent to Operate (fresh & renewal) for Health care units (more than 200 beds) | Senior Environmental Engineer, Bio-medical Waste Management Cell, WBPCB | Red- 60 days
Orange- 30 days | Chief Engineer, WBPCB
One Month | Member Secretary, WBPCB
Fifteen days |
| 5 | Consent to Establish for industries/ Activities/ Buildings/ Projects attracting Environment Impact Assessment (ELA) Notification and its amendments | In-charge, Environment Impact Management Cell, WBPCB | Red- 60 days
Orange- 30 days | Chief Engineer, WBPCB
One Month | Member Secretary, WBPCB
Fifteen days |
| 6 | Consent to Establish & Consent to Operate (fresh & renewal) for Brick Fields | District Land & Land Reform Officer of respective districts | Orange- 30 days | District Magistrate of respective district
One Month | Member Secretary, WBPCB
Fifteen days |
| 7 | Consent to Establish & Consent to Operate (fresh & renewal) for stone quarries and stone crushing industries | Block Development Officer (BDO) & Sub divisional Officer (SDO) of the Districts | Red- 60 days
Orange- 30 days | District Land & Land Reform Officer of respective districts One Month | Member Secretary, WBPCB
Fifteen days |
| 8 | Biomedical Waste Authorization both fresh & renewal (more than 200 beds) | Senior Environmental Engineer, Bio-medical Waste Management Cell, WBPCB | 60 days | Chief Engineer, WBPCB
One Month | Member Secretary, WBPCB
Fifteen days |
| 9 | Biomedical Waste Authorization both fresh & renewal (above 50 beds & not more than 200 beds) | Senior Environmental Engineer/ Environmental Engineer, O&E Cell, WBPCB | 60 days | Chief Engineer, WBPCB
One Month | Member Secretary, WBPCB
Fifteen days |
| 10 | Biomedical Waste Authorization both fresh & renewal (upto 50 beds) | In charge Regional Office, WBPCB | 60 days | Chief Engineer, WBPCB
One Month | Member Secretary, WBPCB
Fifteen days |
| 11 | Hazardous Waste Authorization (fresh & renewal) | Chief Engineer, WBPCB | Red- 60 days
Orange- 30 days Green- 15 days | Member Secretary, WBPCB
One Month | Chairman, WBPCB
Fifteen days |
| 12 | Registration of dealers of Lead Acid Battery (fresh & renewal) | Chief Engineer, WBPCB | 30 days | Member Secretary, WBPCB
One Month | Chairman, WBPCB
Fifteen days |
| 13 | Municipal Solid Waste Authorization (fresh & renewal) | Environmental Engineer/ Assistant Environmental Engineer, Cell dealing with Municipal Solid Waste Authorization | 60 days | Chief Engineer, WBPCB
One Month | Member Secretary, WBPCB
Fifteen days |
| 14 | Registration of plastic units as per Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 (fresh & renewal) | In charge Regional Office, WBPCB | 30 days | Chief Engineer, WBPCB
One Month | Member Secretary, WBPCB
Fifteen days |
| 15 | Authorization under E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 (fresh & renewal) | Environmental Engineer / Assistant Environmental Engineer, Cell dealing with E- Waste Authorization | 120 days | Member Secretary, WBPCB | Chairman, WBPCB |
Definition of relevant item
EC: Environmental Clearance: The industries which attract Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Notification, 2006 and require to obtain EC.
This Notification issued in cancellation of this Department’s previous No. 107-EN/A-02/2013(Pt.-I) dated 15/01/2016 and 1380-EN/A-02/2013(Pt.-I) dated 14/10/2020 related to this proposals and shall come into effect on the date of publication in The Official Gazette.
By order of the Governor,
Sd/- Deputy Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal
No. 1122-EN dated 05.07.2021, Source