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Ans: Any Individual/Industry under Orange or Green Category running in the above mentioned Industrial Areas shall apply for the Consent to Establish/Consent to Operate from Delhi Pollution Control Committee web portal . Classification of industries in Red, Orange, Green, White is available at url: https://dpccocmms.nic.in/standardMaster/consentActivityList.gsp

White categories of units do not require consent. However such white category units are required to submit undertaking online on DPCC portal.

Ans: Please refer office order dated 14/12/2016 in this regard Click here

Ans: No need to visit office of DPCC for filling Consent application. Consent application can only be submitted online 24*7 on user friendly software on DPCC website.

Ans: Application for consent is to be submitted online only. DPCC does not accept consent applications offline. Consent fee also to be submitted in digital mode. Provision of fee calculation is inbuilt in web based software while submitting the application online. Therefore issue of price of application form does not arise.

Ans: Application for consent to be submitted online only. However, sample downloadable forms are available on website of DPCC.

Ans: All required document are to be scanned and uploaded while filling the online consent application. The consent fee is required to be submitted through digital mode only as per provisioning of software.

Ans: The General criteria used are:

(a).Location of the unit.
(b).Permissibility of the activity as per MPD-2021.
(c).Completeness of information given in the form.
(d).Installation of Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs)/Emission Control System (ECS), if required.
(e).Status of D.G. Sets and enclosures required.
(f).Findings during inspections conducted (in case of orange category).

Ans: Consent application under II(a) are decided by the Committee headed by Chairman, DPCC. Consent applications under II(b) category are decided by the Committee headed by Member Secretary, DPCC and consent applications under category I are decided by Sr. Env. Engineer of concerned cell of CMC. White category units are exempted from obtaining consent. Decision against the consent applications are taken by concerned Committee/Cell In charge and decision are filled online during the committee meetings on real time basis.

Ans: Consent is not granted in non-conforming areas in violation of MPD 2021. Hon'ble Supreme Court has passed an order on 07.05.2004 in I.A. No. 22 in WP(c) No. 4677 of 1985 titled as M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India & Others for closure of the filling units from the residential/non-confirming areas in NCT of Delhi. As per the said order, all industrial units that have come up in residential/non-confirming areas in Delhi on or after 1st August, 1990 shall close down. As per the meeting held before the Chief Secretary, Govt. of NCT of Delhi on 05.06.2015, it has been decided that action on industries operating in non-confirming areas and violating the Master Plan of Delhi will be taken under the Delhi Development Act by the Delhi Development Authority in development areas and Municipal Corporation of Delhi in all other areas

Ans: All units are required to obtain CTE and CTO, except white category of the units. As per CPCB guidelines the units have been categorized under Red, orange, Green and White category by DPCC. The same is available on DPCC portal.

Ans: As per Water/Air act, all trading activity emitting any type of air pollutant or discharging any effluents in the drain through waste water need to apply for Consent.

Ans: Please Click Here for the approved labs of DPCC for various purposes.

Ans: The consent is not to be obtained in the case of standalone DG set(s) or the DG set(s) installed within the residential buildings, shops, offices, warehouses etc. However, these DG set(s) are required to comply with the standards/ norms prescribed under Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986.

Ans: Warehouses are not required to obtain consent under Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 as no processing/manufacturing/hazardous operations are involved and the DG sets compliances for the establishments covered in consent mechanism are integrated with the consent processing and no separate consent is issued for the DG Sets(s).