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Environment ministry panel gives nod for CPCL's Rs 33k cr refinery in TN

was conducted by the District Collector of Nagapattinam
on September 20, 2019 at a CPCL township near the
existing MMTPA refinery in Panangudi village, minutes of
the meeting of Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) held
on August 20, said. The proposed refinery will provide
direct employment to 600 people and indirect
employment to 1000 during the operation phase of the
refinery, it said. "The EAC, after detailed deliberations,
recommended the project for grant of Environmental
and CRZ (coastal regulatory zone) clearance, subject to
compliance of terms and conditions as under, and
general terms of conditions," the minutes said. The new
refinery will have the capacity to produce nearly four
MMTPA and 1.8 MMPTPA of gasoline of BS-VI grade besides
0.6 MMTPA of LPG and 0.3 MMPTPA of Aviation Turbine
Fuel. Power requirement for the refinery will be 205 MW
committee under the Ministry of Environment has and will be met from internal Captive Power Plant (170
Aaccorded 'green signal' for Chennai Petroleum MW) and Tamil Nadu State electricity grid (35 MW). "The
Corporation Ltd to set up a nine million metric tonnes estimated project cost is Rs 32,908 crores. Total capital
per annum (MMTPA) Cauvery Basin Refinery in cost earmarked towards environmental pollution control
Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu at an outlay of measures is Rs 199.40 crores and the recurring cost
nearly Rs 33,000 crore. The CPCL is in the process of (operation and maintenance) will be about Rs 3 crores
setting up a refinery and a public hearing on the project per annum," the EAC said.

PIL seeking a ban on Non-woven bags
N on-woven bags are used widely by retailers and the
public as an alternative to single-use plastic The
Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution
Control Board (UEPPCB) informed the Uttarakhand high
court (HC) that it has sent a proposal to the state
government for implementing a ban on non-woven
polypropylene bags, which is pending approval. Non-
woven bags are used widely by retailers and the public as
an alternative to single-use plastic. However, the Plastic
Waste Management Rules, 2016, have classified
storage of single-use plastic and non-woven
polypropylene under plastic. The submission was made
polypropylene bags, adding that it is still pending
before a bench of acting Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and
approval. “It is hereby submitted that various state
Justice NS Dhanik while it was hearing a public interest
governments have clearly issued directions prohibiting
litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on the use of non-woven
the use of non-woven bags, especially those made of
bags as well as action against the industries producing
polypropylene. However, Uttarakhand has not yet issued
them. The UEPPCB affidavit in stated that The
any such government order in this regard,” the affidavit
Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution
said. The court has now given all the 13 district
Control Board had forwarded a proposal to the state
magistrates three weeks' time to file their counter-
government in November last year for the
affidavits detailing the status of compliance to the HC
implementation of a ban on sale, manufacturing and
and NGT orders banning plastic use.

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