CHAPTER
IV
COMMITTEES CONSTITUTED BY THE BOARD AND THEIR ACTIVITIES
4.0
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL
7th Meeting of the
National Committee on noise Pollution Control was held on 13th September, 2000.
Major decisions arrived at or issues discussed were:
- finalisation
of noise limits for generator sets run on petrol/kerosene
- finalisation
of noise limits for motor vehicles
- proposal
for revision of noise limits for new diesel gensets upto 1000 KVA.
- Noise
labeling of some domestic/office appliances.
- Necessity
of a comprehensive Noise Rules/Act in the country.
4.1 EXPERT/STANDING COMMITTEE ON GENSET EMISSION
1st Meeting
of the Standing Committee on Genset Emission was held on November 21, 2000, followed
by the 2nd meeting held on 17th March, 2001.
The representatives of Indian
Diesel Engine Manufacturers Association (IDEMA), made a presentation on the emission
test results for various diesel engines upto 260 KW. The test results as submitted
by the manufacturers are as follows:
| NOx | : | 9.50
- 19.40 g/kw-hr |
| HC | : | 0.41
- 3.50 g/kw-hr |
| CO | : | 1.00
- 5.30 g/kw-hr |
| PM | : | 0.35
- 0.68 g/kw-hr |
The emission limits proposed by the manufacturers are as follows:
|
Range |
Emission
limit (g/kw-hr) for | Exhaust
Smoke | Effective
Date |
| NOx | HC | CO | PM |
| 5-15
KW | 9.2 | 1.1 | 6.5 | 0.85 |
------ |
April,
2005 |
| >
15-260 KW | 14.4 | 2.4 | 11.2 | ------- |
R24 |
April,
2002 |
| 9.2 | 1.1 | 6.5 | 0.85 |
----- |
April,
2005 |
The
test data submitted by IDEMA, was based on measurements done by ARAI and other
test agencies. It was found that most of the results for exhaust CO and PM are
lower than the emission limits proposed in the previous meeting.
During discussions it was felt that
for small size engines considerable R&D effort will be needed to reach a particulate
matter value of 0.3 g/kw-hr, hence more time may be given to achieve that. The
Committee recommended PM limits of 0.5 g/kw-hr and 0.4 g/kw-hr for engines upto
10 KW and for engines more than 10 KW upto 50 KW, respectively.
The Committee, after thorough discussions
and considering the time required by notification, development of compliance procedure
etc., finalised following emissions limits and effective date of implemntation.
|
Range |
Emission
Limit (g/kw-hr) for | Date
of Implementation | Test
Cycle |
| NOx | HC | CO | PM |
| Upto
260 KW | 9.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3* |
January
1, 2002 | D2,
ISO 8178 |
*
The PM limits for engines upto 10 KW and from 10 KW upto 50 KW shall be 0.5 g/kw-hr
and 0.4 g/kw-hr respectively, till May 31, 2003. After that, PM limit for all
engines upto 260 KW shall be 0.3 g/kw-hr.
4.2
NATIONAL TASK FORCE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS IN INTEGRATED
IRON & STEEL INDUSTRY
CPCB
constituted the National Task Force (NTF) for the implementation of Environmental
Standards in Integrated Iron & Steel Industry under the Chairmanship of Prof.
J. M. Dave. Other Members are from CPCB, MoEF, Ministry of Steel and representative
of Steel Industries.
NTF
held meetings and visited Tata Steel Plant, Rourkela Steel Plant and M/s Jindal
Vijayanagar Steel Ltd. NTF submitted its report to the concerned industry and
State Pollution Control Board for compliance.
