TNPCB clearance

[Balasubrmaniyan]

Can anyone let me know whether TNPCB clearance is required for IT industry in Tamilnadu?

[Reshma Thakur]

is this a construction project for IT industry if it is a construction project for IT industry it requires TNPCB clearance

[ARVIND RAJAN]

yes TNPCB CLEARENCE IS REQUIRED SINCE YOU WILL HAVE DG SETS AND WASTE WATER GENERATED YOU HAVE APPLY AND GET CLEARENCE

[Balasubrmaniyan]

Can anyone share me latesh IT policy. In 2008 policy it says there no clearance from TNPCB is required for software industry in tamilnadu

[Rajesh K Desai]

Project or Activity Category with threshold Limit Condition, If any
A B
1 2 3 4 5
Building/Construction Projects/Area Development Projects &
Townships

8a Building/Construction Projects ≥20000 Sq.Mtrs.& <150000
Sq.Mts of built up area *
(*built - up area for covered
construction; in the case of
facilities open to sky,it will be the
activity area).

8b Area Development Projects & Townships Covering an area ≥50 ha
and or built up area
≥150000 Sq.Mts +.

(+ All projects under item 8b
shall be appraised as Category B1).

General Condition (GC):
Any project or activity specified in Category ‘B’ will be treated as Category A, if located in whole or in part within 10 km from the boundary of: (i) Protected Areas notified under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, (ii) Critically Polluted areas as notified by the Central Pollution Control Board from time to time, (iii) Notified Eco-sensitive areas, (iv) inter-State boundaries and international boundaries.

Specific Condition (SC):
If any Industrial Estate/Complex / Export processing Zones /Special Economic Zones/Biotech Parks / Leather Complex with homogeneous type of industries such as Items 4(d), 4(f), 5(e), 5(f), or those Industrial estates with pre –defined set of activities (not necessarily homogeneous, obtains prior environmental clearance, individual industries including proposed industrial housing within such estates /complexes will not be required to take prior environmental clearance, so long as the Terms and Conditions for the industrial estate/complex are complied with (Such estates/complexes must have a clearly identified management with the legal responsibility of ensuring adherence to the Terms and Conditions of prior nvironmental clearance, who may be held responsible for violation of the same throughout the life of the complex/estate).

[Ravi Ananth]

We take the projects on Environmental Clearance & TNPCB Consent Support Service. The Chief Executive of our company Mr.A.Ravi, M.Tech from IIT New Delhi has served as Environmental engineer in TNPCB. You can visit www.envirocentre.in for contact details.