Rule 121. Site appraisal committee prescribed under Section 83

(1) Constitution:-'The following provisions shall govern the functioning of the Site appraisal committee, here in after, be referred to as the 'Committee' in these rules:-

(a) The State Government may constitute a site Appraisal Committee and reconstitute the Committee as and when necessary ;

(b) The State Government may appoint a senior official of the factories Inspectorate, preferably with qualification in Chemical Engineering to be the Secretary of the Committee;

(c) The State Government may appoint the following as members of the Committee:

(i) A representative of the Fire Service Organisation of the State Government;

(ii) a representative of the State Department of Industries

(iii) a representative of the Director General, Occupational Safety and health (DGOSH), Bombay.

(2) No member, unless required to do so by a Court of Law, shall disclose otherwise than in connection with the purpose of the Act, at any time any information relating to manufacturing or commercial business or any working process which may come to his knowledge during the tenure as a Member on this Committee.

(3) Applications for appraisal of site

(a) Application for appraisal of sites in respect of the factories in which hazardous process specified in schedule-I of the code, shall be submitted to the Chairman of the Site Appraisal Committee.

(b) The application for site appraisal along with 15 copies there of shall be submitted in the Form annexed to this Rule. The Committee may dispense with furnishing information on any particular item in the application form if it considers the same may not be relevant to the application under consideration.

(4) Function of the Committee-

(a) The Secretary shall arrange to register the applications received for appraisal of site in a separate register and acknowledge the same within a period of 7 days.

(b) The Secretary shall fix up meeting in such a manner that all the applications received and registered and referred to the committee within a period of one month from that of their receipt.

(c) The committee may adopt a procedure for its working keeping inview of the need for expeditious disposal of application.

(d) The committee shall examine the application for appraisal of a site with reference to the prohibitions and restriction on the location of industry and the carrying on of process and operations in different areas as per the provisions of Rule 5 of the Environment (protection) Rules, 1986 framed under Environment Protection Act, 1986.

(e) The committee may call for documents, examine experts, inspect the site if necessary and take other steps for formulating its views in regard to the suitability of the site.

(f) Wherever the proposed site requires clearance by the Ministry of Industry or the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the application for site Appraisal will be considered by the Site appraisal committee only after such clearance has been received. FORMAT OF APPLICATION TO THE SITE APPRAISAL COMMITTEE 1. Name and address of the applicant: 2. Site Ownership Data:

(1) Revenue details of site such as Survey No. Plot No. etc.

(2) Whether the site is classified as forest and if so, whether approval of the Central Govt., under section 5 of the Indian Forests Act, 1927 has been taken.

(3) Whether the proposed site attracts the provisions of section 3(2)(v)of the E.P. Act, 1986, if so, the nature of the restrictions.

(4) Local authority under whose jurisdiction the site is located. 3. Site Plan -

(1) Site plan with clear identification of boundaries and total area proposed to be occupied and showing the following details nearby the proposed site.

(a) Historical monuments, If any, in the vicinity.

(b) Names of neighbouring manufacturing units and human habitats, educational and training institutions, petrol installations, storages of LPG and other hazardous substances in the vicinity and their distance from the proposed unit.

(c) Water sources (rivers, streams, canals, dams, water filtration plants, etc.) in the vicinity.

(d) Nearest hospitals, fire-stations, civil defence stations and police station and their distances.

(e) Hightension electrical transmission lines, pipelines for water, oil gas or sewerage, railway lines, roads, stations, jetties and other similar installations.

(2) Details of spill conditions and depth at which hard strata obtained.

(3) Contour map of the area showing nearby hillocks and difference in levels.

(4) Plot Plan of the factory showing the entry and exit points, reads within, water drains, etc. 4. Project Report:-

(1) A sum mary of the salient features of the Project

(2) Status of the organization (Govt.Semi-Govt.) Public or Private etc.

(3) Maximum number of persons likely to be working in the factory.

(4) Maximum amount of power and water requirements and source of their supply.

(5) Block diagram of the buildings and installations, in the proposed supply.

(6) Details of housing colony, hospital, school and other infrastructural facilities proposed. 5. Organisation structure of the proposed Manufacturing Unit/ Factory -

(1) Organisation diagrams of - Proposed enterprise in general - Health, Safety and Environment protection departments and their linkage to operation and technical departments

(2) Proposed health and Safety Policy

(3) Area allocated fort reatment of wastes and effluent.

(4) Percentage outlay on safety, health and environment protection measures. 6. Meteorological data relating to the site:-

(1) Average, minimum and maximum of - Temperature - Humidity - Wind velocities during the previous ten years.

(2) Season alvariations of wind direction

(3) Highest water level reached during the floods in the area recorded so far

(4) Lightening and seismic data of the area 7. Communication links -

(1) Availability of Telephone/ Telex/ Wireless and other communication facilities for outside communication

(2) Internal communication facilities proposed. 8. Manufacturing Process Information -

(1) Process flow diagram

(2) Brief write upon process and technology

(3) Critical process parameters such as pressure build-up temperature else and run-away reactions.

(4) Other external effects critical to the process having safety implications, such as ingress of moisture of water, contact with incompatible substances, sudden power failure.

(5) Highlights of the built in safety pollution control devicesor measures/ incorporated in the manufacturing technology. 9. Information of Hazardous Materials:-

(1) Raw materials, intermediates, products and by-products and their quantities (Enclose Material Safety Data Sheet in respect of each hazardous substance).

(2) Main and intermediate storage proposed for raw materials/ intermediates/products/by products (Maximum quantities to be stored at any time).

(3) Transportation methods to be used form aterials inflow and out flow, their quantities and likely routes to be followed.

(4) Safety measures proposed for: - Handling of materials - Internal and external transportation; and - Disposal (packing and forwarding of finished products) 10. Information on disposal/Disposal of wastes and Pollutants:-

(1) Major pollutants (gas, liquid, solid) their character is tics and quantities (average and at peak loads)

(2)Quality and quantity of solid wastes generated, method of their treatment and disposal.

(3)Air, Water and solid pollution problems anticipated and the proposed measures to control the same including treatment and disposal of effluents. 11. Process Hazards Information:-

(1) Enclose a copy of the report on environmental impact assessment.

(2) Enclosed a copy of the report on Risk Assessment Study.

(3) Published (open or classified) reports, if any, on accident situations/ occupational health hazards or similar plants elsewhere (within or outside the country). 12. Information of proposed safety and occupational Health Measures.-

(1) Details of fire-fighting facilities and minimum quantity of Water, CO2 and or other fire-fighting measures needed to meet the emergencies.

(2) Details of in-house medical facilities proposed. 13. Information on Emergency Preparedness.-

(1) On site emergency plan.

(2) Proposed arrangements, if any, for mutual aid scheme with the group of neighbouring factories. 14. Any other relevant information -I certify that the information furnished above is correct to best of my knowledge and nothing of importance has been concealed while furnishing it. Name and signature of the Applicant Rules prescribed under Section 84: