Lok Sabha Question No. 3085 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-16
Subject: Emission Norms for Incineration Plants
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY

No. 3085

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3085

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 16, 2016

## EMISSION NORMS FOR INCINERATION PLANTS

SHRI KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  prescribed/finalized  any  emission norms for the incineration plants;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether all the plants including Okhla Timarpur Plant are following the prescribed norms; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor along with the action taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) & (b): The Government of India has prescribed emission norms for the following incineration plants;
- (i) Hazardous waste incineration
- (ii) Bio-medical waste incineration
- (iii) Municipal Solid Waste based Waste to Energy Plant

For  disposal  of  Municipal  Solid  Waste  (MSW),  the  Government  has notified the incineration norms at schedule IV under the Municipal Solid Waste (Management  and Handling) Rules, 2000 (Annexure-I). The notifications are as under;

- (i) G.S.R.  481(E),  the  'Emission  Standards  for  Common  Hazardous
- Waste  Incinerator' has been  notified under the  Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 are at Annexure-I.
- (ii) S.O.630(E), the emission standards for Bio-medical waste
- incinerator under 'The Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling)  Rules,  1998'  amendment  thereof,  notified  under  the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 are at Annexure-II.
- (iii) S.O.908(E), the emission standards for Municipal Solid Waste based Waste  to  Energy  Plant  incinerator  under  'The  Municipal  Solid Wastes  (Management  and  Handling)  Rules,  2000',  notified  under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 are at Annexure-III.
- (c) & (d): At present, only one Waste to Energy Plant at Okhla, located at Old  NDMC  Compost  Plant,  Behind  CRRI,  Okhla,  New  Delhi,  is  being operated by M/s Timarpur Okhla Waste Management Company since the year 2012. Another waste to energy plant of similar kind by M/s ILFS has been installed recently at Gazipur, Delhi, which is under trial operation.

Since the standards notified does not cover specific air pollutants such as  Dioxins  and  Furans  and  also  the  international  standards  are  much stringent compared to notified standards under MSW Rules, 2000, Delhi Pollution  Control  Committee  (DPCC)  has  included  Dioxin  &  Furans  as additional emission parameter with a limit of 0.1 ngTEQ/Nm3, DPCC has also prescribed stringent standard for Particulate Matter at 75 mg/Nm3 against the notified standard of 150 mg/Nm3. The Waste-to-Energy plant operator has to submit a Time Bound Action Plan so as to comply with the revised stringent limits within a period of 1 year.

The matter relating to compliance of emission standards by Okhla plant is  being  heard  by  Principal  Bench  of  Hon'ble  National  Green  Tribunal, New Delhi  the matter of application no 22 of 2013.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3085  FOR  16.03.2016  REGARDING  EMISSION  NORMS FOR INCINERATION PLANTS

ANNEXURE-I

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3085  FOR  16.03.2016  REGARDING  EMISSION  NORMS FOR INCINERATION PLANTS

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3085  FOR  16.03.2016  REGARDING  EMISSION  NORMS FOR INCINERATION PLANTS

## ANNEXURE-III