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No. 61 Poudouchéry
Jeudi
31
Juillet
2025
No.
Puducherry
Thursday
31st
July
2025
(9 Sravana 1947)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
CHIEF SECRETARIAT (ENVIRONMENT)
(G.O. Ms. No. 14 /ENVT - 2025, Puducherry, dated 30th July 2025)
NOTIFICATION
In order to simplify the framework for granting Consent to Establish
(CTE) and Consent to Operate (CTO) under the Water (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act, 1981 and with the view to improve the ease of doing
business, the Department of Science, Technology and Environment,
Government of Puducherry, hereby notifies the enclosed Guidelines and
procedures for the following regulatory activities and / or compliances:
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(i) Self-Certification / Third Party Certification for Consent to
Establish (CTE) and Consent to Operate (CTO) under Water (Prevention
and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control
of Pollution) Act, 1981.
(ii) Allowing renewal of Consent to Operate (CTO) under the
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 based on Self-Certification /
Third party Certification.
(iii) Extending the following special provision to MSMEs
(a) Self-declaration based online certificate for Green and
White MSMEs.
(b) Increasing the validity of Consent to Establish (CTE) and
Consent to Operate (CTO) with necessary safeguards.
(c) Consent to Operate (CTO) to be issued for period
coterminus with the life of enterprise.
(d) Checklist with complete information for inspection for
Red and Orange Category MSMEs.
(e) Fees for Consent to Establish (CTE) / Consent to Operate
(CTO) based on capital investment (land, building, machinery
without depreciation) in graded fee structure.
(iv) Auto renewal for Consent to Establish (CTE) / Consent to
Operate (CTO) for Small Red, all Orange and Green Category units.
2. In alignment with the extant Act and Rules, these notified
guidelines and procedures will henceforth govern the regulation and
activities related, among other things, to Empanelment of Third Party
Certifying Agencies, Renewal of Consent to Operate (CTOR) on
Self-Certification and / or Third Party Certification, Auto renewal based
on Self-Certification, Special Provisions to MSMEs, Streamlining
Systems, Processes and Information, Digitising Systems, Processes and
Information, Enhancing validity of Consent to operate for large scale
Industries as outlined in the Annexure to this Notification.
3. The Notification shall come into force with immediate effect.
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
N. UDAYAKUMAR,
Under Secretary to Government (Environment).
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ANNEXURE
GUIDELINES
I. Empanelment of Third Party Certifying Agencies
1. Any Institute / Agency having expertise in the field of
Environment Monitoring and having Personnel with relevant
qualification in the field of Environment and / or having
laboratory facilities to carry out sampling and analysis of
effluent, air emission and Solid waste any Academic Institutions
having Department related Environment Studies with adequate
Infrastructure, any State / Central Government agency,
laboratory, autonomous / subordinate body working in the field
of Environment, any expert agency in the field of Environment
can apply for empanelment as Third Party Certifying Agency.
2. The Puducherry Pollution Control Committee (PPCC) shall
scrutinize such applications and shall empanel only such
applicants having requisite technical competency for a specified
period.
3. The PPCC shall maintain and update the list of Third Party
Certifying Agencies regularly and publish the same in the official
website.
II. Renewal of Consent to Operate (CTOR) on Self-Certification
and / or Third Party Certification
1. The Third Party Certification / Inspection Reports / Monitoring
Reports are valid for issue of Renewal of Consent to Operate
(CTOR) under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution)
Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,
1981 for Large Red, Orange and Green Category Industries.
2. The Third Party Certification / Inspection Reports / Monitoring
Reports are valid for continuance of Consent to Operate (CTO)
under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 for
Red and Orange category MSMEs.
3. The Self-Certification is valid for continuance of Consent to
Operate (CTO) under the Water (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act, 1981 for Green category MSMEs.
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III. Auto Renewal of Consent Based on Self-Certification
1. The consent for Red-small, all orange and green category
industries shall be renewed without prior inspection based on
self-certification.
IV. Special Provisions to MSMEs
1. The Consent to Operate shall be issued for period coterminus
with the life of enterprise for all MSMEs subject to submission
of an Undertaking from the enterprise that it will intimate PPCC /
Concerned authorities about the significant change in technology,
building plan, Manpower etc., within 60 days. The fees for
Consent to Operate for period coterminus with the life of
enterprise shall be determined by PPCC.
2. The PPCC shall adopt graded fee structure aligned to the
definition of MSME for CTE / CTO fees.
3. There shall be no requirement of Renewal of Consent to Operate
(CTOR) for all MSMEs.
4. The Red and Orange category MSMEs shall ensure submission
of Third Party Inspection Reports / Inspection reports by PPCC
periodically as prescribed by PPCC in the Consent to Operate
(CTO). The PPCC shall prescribe a checklist with complete
information for Inspection Report.
5. The Green category MSMEs shall submit Self-Certification
periodically as prescribed by PPCC in the Consent to Operate
(CTO). The PPCC shall prescribe a checklist with complete
information for Self-Certification.
V. Enhancing Validity of Consent to Operate for Large Scale
Industries
1. The validity of Consent to Operate (CTO) shall be 10 years,
15 years and coterminus with the life time of enterprise for all
large scale Red, Orange and Green category industries
respectively.
VI. Streamlining systems, Processes and Information
1. All White Category Industries are exempted from Consent to
Establish (CTE) and Consent to Operate (CTO) under the Water
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
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2. The PPCC shall issue online Consent to Establish (CTE) and
Consent to Operate to all Green Category MSMEs based on
Self-Declaration / Self-Certification and the details furnished in
the online application without any field Inspection within 3
working days.
3. In all other cases, the PPCC shall issue Consent to Establish
(CTE), Consent to Operate (CTO) and Renewal of Consent to
Operate (CTOR) within 21 days.
4. The Third Party Certificates, Inspection Reports, Monitoring
Reports are valid for issue of Consent to Establish (CTE),
Consent to Operate (CTO) and Renewal of Consent to Operate
(CTOR) under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution)
Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution)
Act, 1981.
5. The PPCC shall endeavour to encourage Third Party Agencies
for inspections, monitoring, submission of reports and
compliance to Environmental Laws.
VII. Digitising Systems, Processes and Information
1. The PPCC shall provide online portal / website with provisions
for submission of applications and issue of CTE, CTO, CTOR,
authorization and for periodical submission of various reports /
returns.
2. The PPCC shall ensure that the applications for CTE, CTO,
CTOR and authorization are allocated to its staff on rotation
basis through computerized allocation system without manual
intervention for unbiased processing.
3. The PPCC shall put in computerised random inspection system
for Highly Polluting and Red Category industries with provision
to upload inspection reports within 48 hours.
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