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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST & CLIMATE CHANGE GOVT. OF INDIA

No. B- 29012/ESS/CPN2016-17/ ( S bJCf r November 21, 2016

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To
The Member Secretaries
of All State Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees
(list attached)

Sub: Clarification in the matter of Revised Categorization of the industrial Sector

namely "Steel and Steel Products using various Furnaces".
Sir,
Modified Directions are issued by CPCB on 07.03.2016 under Section 18 (1) (b)
of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention &
Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 on "Revised Classification of Industrial Sectors Under
Red, Orange , Green and White Categories". In this context, references are received
by Central Pollution Control Board for elaboration of the activities covered under the
industrial sector namely ""Steel and steel products using various furnaces like
blast furnace I open hearth furnace I induction furnace I arc furnace I submerged
arc furnace I basic oxygen furnace I hot rolling using reheating furnace " which
is placed at SI. No 63 in Orange category of industrial sectors. The matter has been
examined and following clarification is hereby issued :
1. This industrial sector includes the products made from iron also in addition to
steel using various furnaces as referred above.

2. Foundries based on induction furnace shall also be covered under this

category of the industrial sector.

3. In case, SPCBs / PCCs received any references from any category of

industries, it can be decided at the level of concerned SPCB/PCC as per index
I rating given for assessing the scores.
Yours faithfully

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Member Secretary
Copy to:
1. The Joint Secretary (CP Division), MoEF & CC
Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh Lane, New Delhi - 110003

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