Under the Provisions of Section 25 & 26 of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Section 21 of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, previous consent of the State Pollution Control Board is mandatory to establish or operate any industry, operation or process, or any treatment and disposal system or an extension or addition thereto by any person.

1. Consent to Establish (CTE) – granted for the purpose of establishment of the industry, etc.
2. Consent to Operate (CTO) – granted for the purpose of operation of the industry, etc.

Every person intending to establish any industry, operation or process, etc. shall make an application for obtaining the prior Consent to Establish from the Board consisting of the following Forms & documents:-

• FORM ‘A’ – prescribed under Meghalaya Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Rules, 1996.
• FORM-I – prescribed under Meghalaya Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Rules, 1988.
• Details of Land (Revenue Survey number, Area, Location, etc.) including land documents, topographical map and site plan.
• Detailed Project Reports.
• Layout Plan of factory /premises showing water supply lines, storm drains, sewers for domestic and trade effluent, treatment plant and disposal facilities, etc.
• Detailed Layout Plan of different processes and point sources of the emission and position of the chimneys.
• Details of effluent treatment plant and disposal facilities, etc. including specifications and drawings along with flowsheet.
• Details of proposed Air Pollution Control devices with specifications and drawings.
• Details of outlets and receiving course/land/well.
• Ambient Air Quality Report of the proposed site.
• Description of the manufacturing process with process flowsheet.
• Licenses and Certificates (SWA approval, Trading License, Mining License, NOC from Forest, NOC from Local Headman, etc.)
• Consent Fee.
• Other relevant documents.

• The period of processing and disposal of the application for CTE is 120 days from the date of receipt of application complete in all respect.

• Upon receipt of complete application, inspection of the site is made to assess its feasibility/suitability for establishment of the industry in terms of abatement and prevention of pollution of the surrounding environment.

• The application is processed taking into consideration the pollution potential of the proposal, nature of pollutants and pollution load to be discharged, nature of receiving environment, adequacy of proposed pollution control systems.

• Processed applications are further scrutinized by the Consent Committee for grant or otherwise of the Consent to Establish.

• The Consent to Establish is granted with conditions to be fulfilled before commencement of operation of the industry, etc.

• The Consent to Establish is valid for a period of 1(one) year and is to be renewed annually till such time the establishment work is completed.

The occupier of the industry shall apply for the Consent to Operate at least 3(three) months before commissioning of the industrial plant, operation or process, etc. The application for Consent to Operate shall be made in plain paper to be accompanied by the following documents:-

• Detailed report of compliance to the terms and conditions of the Consent to Establish.

• Performance test Certificate from the concerned Consultant to ensure that the pollution control devices/systems installed meet the prescribed emission/effluent standards.

• Consent Fee.

• Upon receipt of the complete application for Consent to Operate, physical verification of compliance to the terms & conditions of Consent to Establish is made.

• Monitoring of emission and effluent is carried out to ensure compliance to the standards.

• Consent to Operate is granted or otherwise depending on merit of compliance.

• The Consent to Operate is conditional and valid for a period of 1(one) year and is renewable annually.

In respect of industries falling under the category of non-polluting industries in the small/cottage scale, the procedure of making an application for Consent is Simplified as under:-

• Application is to be submitted in a Simplified prescribed Format, to be accompanied by an application fee of Rs. 300/- (Rupees Three hundred) only, Project Report/Profile, Site Plan and NOC from Local Headman.
• The Consent is granted for both establishment and operation and subject to random verification to be made from time to time to ensure that the industry does not generate any pollutants.

• List of Industries under Red Category
• List of Industries under Orange Category
• List of Industries under Green Category
• List of Industries under Non-Polluting Category

Heavily or highly polluting industries /activities requiring CONSENT/AUTHORISATION from the State Pollution Control Board.

1. Aluminium smelter
2. Cement
3. Chlor alkali
4. Copper Smelter
5. Distillery including Fermentation industry
6. Dyes and Dye-intermediates
7. Fertilizer
8. Iron and Steel (Involving processing from ore/crap/Integrated steel plants)
9. Oil refinery (Mineral oil or Petro Refineries)
10. Pesticides (Technical) (excluding formulation)
11. Petrochemicals (Manufacture of and not merely use of as raw material)
12. Pharmaceuticals (Basic) Excluding formulation)
13. Pulp & Paper (Paper manufacturing with or without pulping)
14. Sugar (excluding Khandsari)
15. Tanneries
16. Thermal power plants
17. Zinc smelter

B.   Industries manufacturing following products or carrying out following activities:

18. Anodizing
19. Asbestos and asbestos-based industries
20. Automobiles manufacturing /assembling
21. Ceramic/refractories
22. Chemical, petrochemical and electrochemical including manufacture of acids such as sulphuric Acid, Nitric Acid, Phosphoric Acid etc.
23. Chlorates, perchlorates and peroxides
24. Chlorine, Flurorine, bromine, iodine and their compounds
25. Coke making, coal liquefaction, coal tar distillation or fuel gas making
26. Common Effluent Treatment Plant
27. Dry coal processing/Mineral processing industries like ore sintering, palletization, etc.
28. Explosives including detonators fuses etc.
29. Fermentation industry including manufacture of yeast, beer etc.
30. Fire crackers
31. Foundries
32. Glass and Fibre glass production and processing (excluding moulding)
33. Glue and gelatine
34. Heavy Engineering
35. Hospitals including Nursing Homes
36. Hot Mix plants
37. Hydrocyanic acid and its derivatives
38. Incineration plants
39. Industrial carbon including electrodes and graphite blocks, activated carbon, carbon black etc.
40. Industrial or inorganic gases namely (a) Chemical gases: Acetylene, Hydrogen, Chlorine, fluorine, ammonia, sulphur Dioxide, Ethylene, Hydrogen sulphide, Phosphine, (b) Hydrocarbon Gases: Methane, Butane, ethane, Propane
41. Industry or process involving electroplating operations
42. Industry or process involving foundry operations
43. Industry or process involving metal treatment or process such as picking, paint stripping, heat treatment, phosphating or finishing etc.
44. Lead re-processing & manufacturing including lead smelting
45. Lime manufacturing
46. Lubricating oils, greases or petroleum – based products
47. Milk processing and diary products (Integrated Project)
48. Mining and ore-beneficial.
49. Organic Chemical manufacturing
50. Parboiled rice mills
51. Paints and varnishes (excluding blending/mixing)
52. Petroleum products manufacturing & oil/crude oil/resides reprocessing
53. phosphate rock processing plants
54. Phosphorous and its compounds
55. Photographic films and chemicals
56. Pigments and intermediates
57. Potable alcohol (IMFL) by blending or distillation of alcohol
58. Power generating plants (excluding D. G. Sets)
59. Processes involving chlorinated hydrocarbon
60. Ship-breaking
61. Slaughter houses and meat processing units.
62. Steel and steel products including coke plants involving use of any of the equipment such as blast furnaces, open hearth furnace, induction furnace or arc furnace, etc. or any of the operation or processes such as heat treatment, acid pickling rolling or galvanizing etc.
63. Stone Crushers
64. Surgicals and medical products involving prophalacties and latex
65. Synthetic detergent and soap
66. Synthetic fiber including rayon, tyre cord, polyester filament yarn
67. Synthetic rubber excluding moulding
68. Tobacco products including cigarettes and tobacco processing
69. Vegetable oils including solvent extracted oils, hydro-generated oils
70. Yarn textile processing involving scouring, bleaching, dyeing, printing or any effluent/emission generating process.

1. The list of industries under the above mentioned category is subject to alteration or revision as deemed necessary by the Board from time to time.
2. For industries/industrial activities which do not appear in any of the above categories, decision with regard to the categorization will be taken by the office of the Board.

INDUSTRIES UNDER “ORANGE’ CATEGORY:

Moderately polluting industries/activities requiring CONSENT/AUTHORISATION from the State Pollution Control Board.

1. Automobile servicing and repair station
2. Brick manufacturing
3. Cashewnut processing Plants (dry process)
4. Cement Clinker grinding units
5. Cotton ginning, spinning and weaving
6. Fish processing
7. Flour mills (excluding domestic Ata Chakki)
8. Food Additives, nutrients and flavours
9. Food including fruits and vegetable processing
10. Fragrances and industrial perfumes
11. Hotels and restaurants
12. Instant tea/coffee, coffee processing
13. Khandsari sugar
14. Laboratory chemicals involving distillation, purification process
15. Laboratory-wares
16. Lead-acid battery reconditioning/assembling
17. Malted food
18. Manufacture of mirror from sheet glass and photo framing
19. Manufacturing or synthetic detergent intermediates (other than formulated synthetic detergent products).
20. Manufacture of soaps (process generating trade effluent)
21. Metal treatment or process involving surface coating and paint baking
22. Non-alcoholic beverages (soft drinks)
23. NPK Fertilisers/Granulation
24. Organic nutrients
25. Pesticides/Insecticides/Fungicides/Herbicides/Agrochemical formulation
26. Petroleum product crude oil storage and transfer excluding cross-country pipeline
27. Pharmaceuticals formulation
28. Plywood and Board manufacturing
29. Pre-boiled rice mills
30. Pulping and fermenting of coffee beans
31. Pulverizing units
32. Surgical and medicals products involving effluent/emission generating processes
33. Tyres and tubes vulcanization, vulcanization, rethreading moulding
34. Wire drawing (cold process)and bailing straps.

1. The list of industries under the above mentioned category is subject to alteration or revision as deemed necessary by the Board from time to time.
2. For industries/industrial activities which do not appear in any of the above categories, decision with regard to the categorization will be taken by the office of the Board.

Less polluting industries in Small-Scale Cottage/Village category requiring Consent/ Authorisation from the State Pollution Control Board.

1. Atta-Chakki Mills
2. Bakery products, biscuits, confectionery
3. Chilling plants & Cold storage
4. Dal Mills
5. Industrial gases viz. air Oxygen, Nitrogen, Argon, Helium, Carbon dioxide, Nityrous oxide.
6. Manufacture of soaps involving process without generation of trade effluent (saponifaction of fats and fatty acids only)
7. Medical and Surgical Instruments.
8. Mineral Water
9. Polythene, Plastic and P.V.C. goods through injection/extrusion moulding
10. Water softening and demineralised plants
11. Manufacture of formulated synthetic detergent products.

Less polluting Industries in Small-Scale, Cottage/Village category requiring only one time NOC from the State Pollution Control Board.

1. Apparel making
2. Assembly of air cooler conditioners
3. Assembly of bicycles, baby carriage and other small non-motorised vehicles
4. Bamboo and cane products (only dry operations)
5. Block making for printing
6. Bulk Cement terminal
7. Cardboard or corrugated box and paper products (Paper or pulp manufacturing excluded).
8. Carpet weaving
9. Cotton and woolen hosiery
10. Electronics and Electrical goods
11. Electronics equipments (assembly)
12. Footwear (rubber and PVC)
13. Fountains pens.
14. Garments stitching, tailoring.
15. Gold and silver smithy.
16. Gold and silver thread zari works.
17. Groundnut decorticating (dry)
18. Ice cream or Ice making.
19. Insulation and other coated papers (Paper or pulp manufacturing excluded).
20. Jobbing and machining.
21. Leather footwear and leather products excluding tanning and hide processing.
22. Light engineering.
23. Musical instruments manufacturing.
24. Oil ginning/ expelling (no hydrogenation/ zari refining).
25. Optical frames.
26. Paint (by mixing process only).
27. Paper pins and U-clips.
28. Plastic & PVC processed goods.
29. Power looms/ handlooms (without dyeing & bleaching).
30. Printing press- offset printing.
31. Radio assembling.
32. Rice Mullors.
33. Rope (cottons and plastics).
34. Scientific and mathematical instruments.
35. Shoelace manufacturing.
36. Sports goods.
37. Steeping and processing of grains.
38. Supari (Betelnut) and masala grinding.
39. Thermometer making.
40. Wasting of used sand by hydraulic discharge.
41. Toys making.
42. Rubber goods industry.
43. Spice grinding.

1. The list of industries under the above mentioned category is subject to alteration or revision as deemed necessary by the Board from time to time.
2. For industries/industrial activities which do not appear in any of the above categories, decision with regard to the categorization will be taken by the office of the Board.

Non-polluting Industrial activities in Small-Scale, Cottage/Village category not requiring NOC or Consent from the State Pollution Control Board.

1. Tailoring/garment making.
2. Handloom weaving.
3. Furniture (wooden & steel).
4. Assembly of domestic electrical and electronic appliances/equipment.
5. Candles.
6. Carpentry (excluding saw mill).
7. Manufacturing of steel trunks and suitcases.

1. The list of industries under the above mentioned category is subject to alteration or revision as deemed necessary by the Board from time to time.
2. For industries/industrial activities which do not appear in any of the above categories, decision with regard to the categorization will be taken by the office of the Board.