Lok Sabha Question No. 1354 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-22
Subject: Use of Pet Coke and Furnace Oil in Industries
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, KAMAL NATH, GEETHA KOTHAPALLI, J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION N0. 1354

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.12.2017

## Use of Pet Coke and Furnace Oil in Industries

## 1354.   SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

SHRI KAMAL NATH:

SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

SHRI J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the use of pet coke and furnace oil by many of the industries  in  the  adjoining  States  of  the  NCT  Delhi  is  one  of  the  main  factor  causing pollution;
- (b)   if so, whether the ban imposed by the Supreme Court on the use of pet coke and furnace oil by industries in several States has any affect on air pollution;
- (c)   if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  details  of  industries  in  States  adjoining  NCT Delhi which were using pet coke and furnace oil and the manner in which his Ministry or the Central Pollution Control Board monitors that the orders of prohibition on the use of pet coke and furnace oil are being effectively implemented;
- (d)   whether his Ministry has fixed any emission standards for industries using pet coke and furnace oil in the National Capital Region, if so, the details thereof and if not, the time by which such standards are likely to be fixed; and
- (e)   whether the Government proposes nation-wide ban on use of pet coke and furnace oil to power up industries and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) As per the IIT Kanpur report,sources of pollution during winter in Delhi include secondary particles (25 - 30%), vehicles (20 - 25%), biomass burning (17 - 26%), municipal  solid  waste  burning  (9  -  8%)  and  soil  and  road  dust.  Sources  of pollution during summer include, coal and fly ash (37 - 26%), soil and road dust (26 - 27%), secondary particles (10 - 15%), biomass burning (7 - 12%), vehicles (6 - 9%) and municipal solid waste burning (8 - 7%). The emission from use of pet coke and furnace oil is expected to contribute in respect of Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)  and  secondary  sulphate  component  of  particulate  matter  (PM).  The  total secondary  sulphate  particulates  contribution  in  ambient  PM10  concentration  in Delhi  is  in  the  range  of  4.5-15.3%  during  winter  and  4.7-7  %  during  summer, while in case of PM2.5it is 8-21% and 7.6-12.5% in winter and summer seasons, respectively.  SO2 has been observed to be well within the prescribed standards in

Delhi. Particulate matter is observed to be beyond the specified norms, especially during winter, in Delhi.

- (b) The Supreme Court imposed ban on use of pet coke and furnace oil on 24.10.2017 in Delhi NCR states. Since the ban has been imposed recently, its impact is yet to be assessed.
- (c) Various categories of industries such as cement, thermal power plant, fertilizers, nitric acid, lime kiln, ceramic, glass, foundry, reheating furnaces, calcium carbide, aluminium, boiler based industries etc., use pet coke and furnace oil for various purposes including as fuel. Under Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981  and  Environment  (Protection)  Act,  1986;  monitoring  and  compliance  is being ensured through concerned State Pollution Control Board.
- (d) The  Government  has  notified  environmental  standards  for  various  categories  of industries  including  those using  fuel  such  as  petroleum/petcoke  and  furnace  oil, under  Air  (Prevention  and  Control  of  Pollution)  Act,  1981  and  Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for large categories of industries. Notifying environmental standards for different categories of industries is an ongoing process. Petroleum coke or petcoke and furnace oil which are by-product of crude refining process are also  used  as  fuel  by  several  industries/boilers.  The  Ministry  has  issued  a  draft notification inviting public suggestions and objection vide S.O.No.1343 (E) dated 25/10/2017  laying  down  emission  standards  for  SO2  and  NOX  for  industrial boilers using petcoke and petcoke blend.
- (e) There is no proposal to completely ban use of pet-coke and furnace oil throughout the country for all industrial sectors.

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