Task Force Committee Meeting to be held on 14.06.2019 Agenda No.16:
Name and Address of the industry : M/s. Ongole Medical Waste Treatment Facility, Sy.No.316/1, Kanduluru (V), Tangutur (M), Prakasham District.
Current Status : The industry is in operation.
Nature of industry : Common Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility.
Consent for Operation & Present status
: The Board has issued Consent for Operation and Hazardous Waste Authorization to the industry on 01.06.2017 which is valid upto 31.03.2022.
Whether the industry is closed earlier : Stop production order issued on 22.10.2018.
Details of revocation of closure/stop production orders, if issued.
: Revocation of stop production order issued on 05.11.2018.
Any unconsented products produced : -- Whether it is Fresh case / Old case
and its Status
Old case. Revocation of stop production order issued on 05.11.2018.
Reasons for current review : The facility has requested for exemption of Bank Guarantee of 2.0 Lakhs vide letter dt. 18.03.2019
& 13.04.2019.
Recent inspection Conducted by : The EE, RO, Nellore has furnished report on 02.04.2019 to Board Office, Vijayawada.
Bank Guarantee status : The facility has not submitted the Bank Guarantee of Rs. 2.0 Lakhs.
FACTS OF CASE:
1. M/s. Ongole Medical Waste Treatment Facility, Sy.No.316/1, Kanduluru (V), Tangutur (M), Prakasham District is operating Common Bio Medical Waste Treatment Facility.
2. The Board has issued Consent for Operation and Hazardous Waste Authorization to the industry on 01.06.2017 which is valid upto 31.03.2022.
3. The Board has reviewed the status of pollution control measures taken by the industry before External Advisory Committee (Task Force) Meeting held on 18.05.2017 and issued certain directions to the industry on 08.06.2017 for non-compliance of consent conditions and BMW Rules, 2016.
4. The facility has not submitted compliance on the directions issued by the Board and continuing to operate the facility.
5. The RO, Nellore issued notice to the Facility on 21.07.2018 for non-compliance of consent conditions and Board directions.
6. The Board has reviewed the status of pollution control measures taken by the industry before External Advisory Committee (Task Force) Meeting held on 09.10.2018 and issued stop production order to M/s. Ongole Medical Waste Treatment Facility, Sy.No.316/1, Kandulur(V), Tangutur (M), Prakasam District on 22.10.2018 for non-compliance of the Board directions and BMW Rules 2016.
7. The industry vide letter dated 29.10.2018 informed that they had taken measures to comply with the Board directions and requested to issue revocation of Stop Production order
8. The officials of RO, Nellore inspected the industry on 04.10.2018 and observed that the facility has stopped the operation of the facility as per the directions of the Board. The EE, RO, Nellore has furnished inspection report to Board Office.
9. The Board has issued Revocation of Stop Production Order to the industry on 05.11.2018 with a direction to submit Bank guarantee of Rs 2.0 Lakhs within 15 days.
10. The facility has submitted the compliance report and requested for exemption of Bank Guarantee of 2.0 Lakhs vide letter dt.18.03.2019 & 13.04.2019.
11. The EE, RO, Nellore has furnished report to Board Office on 02.04.2019 along with the following compliance status:
Sl.No Directions dt. 05.11.2018 Compliance
1 The facility shall collect only The management of CBMWTF is
segregated BMW from HCEs. The facility shall furnish list of HCEs which are not segregate to ZO, Vijayawada to initiate further action.
carrying out awareness among the HCEs for segregation of BMW by conducting programmes.
2 Personnel protection equipments like Nose Masks, safety shoes, approns, goggles etc shall be provided to the workers
Complied
3 The facility shall employ skilled persons as incinerator operator to operate efficiently
Complied
4 The Facility shall upgrade the existing ETP with aeration system to meet the Board's standards within 3 months.
Not complied
They have informed that they proposed to add Aeration system to improve the performance within a month.
5 T h e F a c i l it y s h a l l p r o v i d e G P S s y s t e m / B a r c o d in g s y s t e m f o r transportation vehicles used for collection of BMW from the HCEs within one month
Not Complied.
The representative of the facility has informed that they already provided GPS to the vehicles and Bar coding system will be completed within One month time.
6 The facility shall properly dispose the incinerator ash to TSDF regularly and maintain records
The facility is yet to dispose off incinerator ash to TSDF .
7 The facility shall maintain records with regard to incineration of the Bio Medical Wastes, ash generation &
disposal, fuel consumption, inlet &
outlet meter readings of ETP
Complying
8 The Facility shall ensure up-gradation of incinerator so as to comply with the new emission norms stipulated under Sec. ll of BMW Rules, 2016 within 3 months
Not upgraded.
9 The facility shall maintain minimum temperature of 800° C in primary chamber and minimum temperature of 1050° C + (or) -50° C in secondary chamber. The secondary chamber gas residence time shall be at least 2 seconds
Complying
10 The Facility shall conduct regular training programmes for the staff of HCEs on awareness of segregation of BMW.
The management of CBMWTF is carrying out awareness among the HCEs for segregation of BMW by conducting programmes.
11 The facility shall submit the Bank Guarantee for Rs.2.0 Lakhs within one week in favour of EE, RO, Nellore in prescribed format valid for period of one year as per the Board's directions dated 22.10.2018
Not complied
Conclusion:
In view of the above, the External Advisory Committee is requested to discuss the issue of exemption of BG in view of non-compliance of directions and recommend further course of action.
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