Lok Sabha Question No. 1870 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: Parity in Emission Standards
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Pritam Gopinath Munde, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1870 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2022

## Parity in Emission Standards

## 1870.   SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE: DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT:

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

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  standards  set  for  the  emissions  from  the  giant  Calcinated Petroleum  Coke  (CPC)  Industries  and  the  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises (MSMEs) Sector Units are uniform despite the differences in the size of the Units and the volumes of emission and if so, the details and the facts thereof;
- (b) whether  the  giant  Industry  Sectors  like  Aluminium,  Integrated  Iron  &  Steel,  Cement, Thermal Power Plant etc. have been given significant relaxation in respect of PM and SO2  emission  standards  despite  their  high  polluting  potential  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to review the same and bring about a parity in this regard and if so, the details of the corrective steps taken in this regard; and
- (d) whether the Union Government proposes to relax the PM and SO2 emission standards for MSME and CPC Units in order to sustain them under Atmanirbhar Bharat and as a prime sector in the field of employment and if so, the details in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)  and  (b)  Based  on  recommendations  of  Peer  and  Core  Committee  of  Central  Pollution Control  Board  (CPCB)  the  draft  emission  standards  for  Calcined  Petroleum  Coke  (CPC) Industries was notified by Ministry on 31.05.2022 vide G.S.R. 405(E) in Gazette of India for seeking  comments/suggestions  from  the  stakeholders.  The  draft  notification  for  Calcined Petroleum Coke (CPC) Industries prescribes uniform emission norms for Particulate Matter (PM) and Sulphur-di-oxide (SO2) irrespective of the size of the industrial unit.

The emission standards for different industrial sectors are developed based on unit process /unit  operation,  the  best  available  /  practicable  techniques  and  also  considering  technoeconomic feasibility. There is no relaxation in respect of PM and SO2 emission standards to the  Aluminium,  Integrated  Iron  &  Steel,  Cement,  Thermal  Power  Plant  etc.  The  emission standards notified for aforementioned sectors are at Annexure-I.

(c) and (d) No such proposal is under consideration by the Ministry.

Notified source emission Standards of PM and SO2

|   S. No. | Sector                          | PM (mg /Nm 3 )                                  | PM (mg /Nm 3 )                                  | PM (mg /Nm 3 )                                  | SO 2 (mg /Nm 3 )                                 | SO 2 (mg /Nm 3 )                                 | SO 2 (mg /Nm 3 )                                 |
|----------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Aluminum                        | i. Calcination - 250 ii. Green Anode Shop - 150 | i. Calcination - 250 ii. Green Anode Shop - 150 | i. Calcination - 250 ii. Green Anode Shop - 150 | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
|        2 | Iron & Steel (Blast Furnace)    | 1. Existing Unit - 50 2. New Unit - 30          | 1. Existing Unit - 50 2. New Unit - 30          | 1. Existing Unit - 50 2. New Unit - 30          | 1. Existing Unit - 250 2. New Unit- 200          | 1. Existing Unit - 250 2. New Unit- 200          | 1. Existing Unit - 250 2. New Unit- 200          |
|        3 | Cement (Without co- processing) | 1. Rotary kiln - 30 2. Vertical Shaft Kiln - 50 | 1. Rotary kiln - 30 2. Vertical Shaft Kiln - 50 | 1. Rotary kiln - 30 2. Vertical Shaft Kiln - 50 | 1. Rotary kiln - 100 2. Vertical Shaft Kiln - 50 | 1. Rotary kiln - 100 2. Vertical Shaft Kiln - 50 | 1. Rotary kiln - 100 2. Vertical Shaft Kiln - 50 |
|        4 | Thermal Power                   | Unit Installed                                  | Unit Installed                                  | Unit Installed                                  | Unit Installed                                   | Unit Installed                                   | Unit Installed                                   |
|        4 | Plant                           | Before 31.12.2003                               | 01.01.2003 to 31.12.2016                        | From 01.01.2017                                 | Before 31.12.2003                                | 01.01.2003 to 31.12.2016                         | From 01.01.2017                                  |
|        4 | Thermal Power                   | 100                                             | 50                                              | 30                                              | 600 for capacity 200 for > capacity              | < 500 MW 500 MW                                  | 100                                              |

Annexure-I