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FR. 424(e7) arfre 1 WA, 2011 ; avar.fA. 446(@) arfre 13 ga, 2011 ; ar.ar.fA. 152(a7) arte 16 arf, 2012 ; ‘aa A, 266(a) aréha 30 ATF, 2012 ; AAT AA. 277(a) arte 31 AT, 2012; aTAT.AT. 820(=t) arfta 9 waear, 2012 ; arar fa. 176(a) arte 18 ATF, 2013 ; ar... 535(a) arte 7 are, 2013 ; ararfA, 774(a) arte 11 ferraz, 2013 ; arava. 2(@) afr 2 ara, 2014 ; rar ft. 229(a) afta 28 ars, 2014 ; arr. fF. 232(a) afte 31 wt, 2014 ; ar anT.FR. 325(a7) avéta 7 98, 2014, ata. 612(a) arta 25 arret, 2014 afte afer aisitera ata FR, 789(24) arf 11 waeay, 2014 fier wat aT ISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 7th December, 2015 In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment 186 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further 10 amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, namely:— 1. (1) These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2015. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette 2. In the Environment (Protection) Rulles, 1986, in Schedule ~ I, - (a) after serial number 5 and entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:— Sr.No. Industry Parameter Standards 1 2 3 4 “SA. | Thermal Power Water All plants with Once Through Cooling (OTC) Plant (Water ‘consumption shall install Cooling Tower (CT) and | consumption limit) achieve specific water consumption upto maximum of 3.5m'/MWh within a period |‘THE_GAZETTE_OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY. (Par Ie. 364) ‘of two years from the date of publication Of this. notification. IL. All existing CT-based plants reduce specific water consumption upto maximum of 3.5m'/MWh within a period of two years from the date of publication of this notification, I. New plants to be installed after 1" January, 2017 shall have to meet specific water consumption upto maximum of 2.5 m'MWh and achieve zero waste water discharged”: (b) for serial number 25, and the entries related thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be substituted, namely: Se.No. | Industry Parameter Standards i 2 3 a Thermal ‘TPPs (units) installed before 31% December, 2003" Power Plant Particulate Matter TOO mg/ Nm ‘Sulphur Dioxide (S03) “GOO mg] Nims (Units Smaller than SOOMW ‘capacity units) 200 mg/Nm (for units having capacity of 500MW and above) ‘Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) ‘600 mg/ Nim Mercury (Fig) ‘0103 mg/ Nav for units having capacity of ‘500MW and above) ‘TPPs (units) installed after 1 January,2003, upto 31% December, 2016" Particulate Matter BOmg/ Naw Sulphur Dioxide (503) 600 mg/ Naw (Units Smaller than S00MW capacity units) 200 mg/Nm* (for units having capacity of ‘5Q0MW and above) Oxides of Nivogen (NOW 30 mg/NaP Mercury (He) TO mg/m TPPs anita) o be installed from 1 January, 2077 articulate Matter Wang Nat Sulphur Diowide 69 D0 mg/ Now Oxides af Nivogen (NOD 700 mg/ Nn Mercury (Hg) 008 mg/Nav *TPPs (units) shall meet the limits within two years from date of publication of this notification. ** Includes all the TPPs (units) which have been accorded environmental clearance and are under construction” IF. No, Q-15017/40/2007-CPW) Dr. RASHID HASAN, Advisor(am ue! avs 3 (i) 5 = STATE 5 Note: - The incipal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part Il, Section 3, ‘Sub-section (i) vide number 8.0. 844(E), dated the 19" November, 1986 and subsequently amended Vide the following. notifications: — 5.0, 433(E), dated 18° April 1987; G.S.R. 176(E) dated 2" April, 1996; G.S.R. 97(B), dated the 18° February, 2009; G.S.R. 149(E), dated the 4" March , 2009; G.S.R. 543(E), dated 22" July, 2009; G.S.R. 739(E), dated the 9° September, 2010; G.S.R. $09(E), dated, the 4° October, 2010, GSR. 215(E), dated the 15" March, 2011; GS.R. 221(E), dated the 18" March, 2011; GSR. 354(E), dated the 2 May, 2011; G.S.R. 424(E), dated the I June, 2011; GS.R. 46(E), dated the 13 June, 2011; G.S.R. 152(E), dated the 16" March, 2012; G.S.R. 266(E), dated the 30" March, 2012; and G.S.R. 277(E), dated the 31% March, 2012; and G.S.R. 820(E), dated the 9 November, 2012; G.S.R. 176(E), dated the 18" March, 2013; G.S.R. 535(E), dated the 7" August, 2013; G.S.R. 771(E), dated the 11" December, 2013; G.S.R. 2(E), dated the 2™ January, 2014; G.S.R. 229(E), dated the 28° March, 2014; G.S.R. 232(E), dated the 31" March, 2014; GSR. 325(E), dated the 07" May, 2014, G.S.R. 612,(E), dated the 25" August, 2014 and lastly amended vide notification G.S.R. 789(E), dated 11 November, 2014, ‘Printed by the Manager. 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