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THERMAL POWER PLANT : STANDARDS FOR LIQUID EFFLUENTS
Plastic Waste
Electronic Waste Source Parameter Concentration not to exceed, mg/l
Bio Medical Waste (except for pH & Temp.)
Noise Pollution Condenser Cooling Water (once pH 6.5 to 8.5
through higher cooling system) Temperature* Not more than 5oC than the higher intake
Zoning Atlas Boiler Blowdown Free available 0.5
Ecocity Program Chlorine
Suspended solids 100
RTI Compliance Oil & grease 20
Ecomark Scheme Copper (Total) 1.0
Iron (Total) 1.0
Projects & Action Plan Cooling Tower Blowdown Free available
Environmental Standards Chlorine
National Ambient Air Zinc 1.0
Chromium (Total) 0.2
Quality Standards
Phosphate 5.0
Water Quality Criteria Other corrosion inhibiting Limit to be established on case by case
materialon basis by Central Board in case of Union
Industry Specific
Territories and State Boards in case of
Standards States
Vehicular Exhaust As pond effluent pH 6.5 to 8.5
Auto Fuel Quality Suspended solids 100
Oil & grease 20
Bio-Medical Incinerators
Common HW * Limit has been revised, please see new limit at Sr. No. 66C of the document
incinerators
Autoclave Source : EPA Notification
[S.O. 844(E), dt 19th Nov; 1996]
Noise Standards
Proposed Thermal Power Plant : Emission Standards
Standards/Rules
Report/Documents Generation Capacity Pollutant Emission limit
Training Generation capacity 210 MW or more Particulate matter 150 mg/Nm3
Vacancies/Jobs Generation capacity less than 210 MW Particulate matter 300 mg/Nm3

NGOs
* Depending upon the requirement of local situation, such as protected area, the State Pollution Control Boards
Citizens Charter and other implementing agencies under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, may prescribe a limit of 150
Tenders mg/Nm3, irrespective of generation capacity of the plant.

Thermal Power Plants : Stack Height/Limits

Generation Capacity Stack Height (Metres)

500 MW and above 275
200 MW/210 MW and above to less than 500 MW 220

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Less than 200 MW/210 MW H= 14 Q 0.3 where Q is emission rate of SO2 in

kg/hr, and H is Stack height in metres.

Source : EPA Notification

[G.S.R. 742(E), dt. 30th Aug; 1990]

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