Chattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) - Overview

Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) came into existence on 25th July 2001. The government of Chhattisgarh formed the Board and entrusted it to grant CECB consent certificates in the state. Consent means the sanction of the authority of the Board for the effluent discharge (trade effluent or sewage into a well/stream/land/sewer) or emission of air pollutants into the atmosphere. The CECB consent certificates issued by Board u/s 25/26 of the Water (P&CP) Act 1974 are known as water consent, and u/s 21 of the Air (P&CP) Act 1981 is known as air consent.

As per section 25 of the Water (P&CP) Act 1974, no person must, without the previous consent of the CECB, establish or take any measures to set up any industry, process or operation, or any treatment and disposal facility (TSDF) or any extension or addition to it, which is expected to discharge trade effluent or sewage into a well/stream/sewer/on land; or bring into use any altered or new outlets for the sewage discharge; or being to make any new sewage discharge.

Also, according to section 21 of the Air (P&CP) Act, 1981, every person must, with previous SPCB NOC, operate or establish any industrial plant in an air pollution control region.

Who needs to apply for CECB consent to establish?

Red, Orange and Green category industries must apply for CECB consent certificates.

Documents required for CECB CTE

1. Toposheet
2. Site plan
3. Land Ownership Documents (Registration)
4. Copy of Environmental Clearance (E.C.) (if any)
5. Water Balance Chart
6. Energy and Material Balance Chart
7. Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) scheme along with flow chart
8. Plantation plan
9. Copy of Memorandum & Articles of Association (MoA & AoA)
10. Copy of Partnership Deed
11. Copy of Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum (IEM) or Registration in Trade and Industries Department
12. Project Report
13. Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Report (if any)
14. Name, address, period of tenure in the Respective Office and Telephone Number of Partners, owner, persons, chairman (Full/Part-time), Managing Directors (MDs), Managing Directors/Partners (Full/Part-time), etc.
15. Copy the No Objection Certificate (NOC) of local bodies (L.B.s).
16. List of villages, industries, rivers, lakes and other salient features and distances from the site within a radius of 5/10 km.
17. The original Authorisation letter except in case of proprietary/individual concern in favour of persons authorised to sign this form.
18. Layout plan along with land area statement.
19. Brief description of process flow chart and manufacturing process.
20. Any other relevant document.

Note:- These files can be uploaded on the application when you apply for the CECB consent. Each file must be less than 5 M.B.

Stepwise process and timeline for online registration of users

Timeline

Application status	Timeline
Issue of the final certificate	Within 60 days of application submission
View and download the inspection report	After 48 hours of inspection by an officer

Stepwise process

• Create an online user id and password. Login and change the password.
• Login to http://cgocmms.nic.in/ with the user id and new password.
• Fill out the online combined Water/Air CECB consent certificate application form.
• Asses the CECB consent fee via an online fee calculator.
• Apply online, along with all technical documents and details.
• The online application reaches to concerned Regional Office (R.O.).
• R.O. staff scrutinises the file and accepts it if found complete.
• Requests are sent via XGN for information submission if needed.
• The applicant also gets an SMS alert for a query reply.
• After application acceptance, CECB requests through XGN to submit fees online.
• Project Proponent (PP) submits the query reply online.
• P.P. then submits the CECB consent fee online via e-pay.
• For e-pay payment, applicants can use various modes such as Debit/Credit card or ATM cum Debit Card and Internet Banking.
• After online fee submission, the file again reaches R.O., who conducts the site inspection. The inspection procedure is defined on the website.
• For Small Scale Industries, Regional Officer (RO) is authorised to decide the application for the grant of CECB consent certificates.
• The application and inspection report is forwarded to Head Office (H.O.), CECB Raipur, for Medium and Large Scale Industries.
• The file reaches Head Office (H.O.), and industry informs online for the technical presentation of the application.
• Depending on the technical evaluation of the application, the file is processed online for the decision on the grant of CECB consent certificates.
• The information on the decision of CECB related to the grant of consent is communicated via SMS alert and through XGN.
• A copy of the digitally signed CECB consent certificate is available on the website.

How to register?

• Open Online Consent Management & Monitoring System (OCMMS) website at - http://cgocmms.nic.in/.
• a. For New Industry: Click "New Industry Registration". Fill out the "Registration Form" to get your id and password.
• b. For Existing Industry: Please go to the next step. Log in with your id and password.
• c. For logging in, select the Industrial Login radio button. Then provide your id and password and click the "Login Button".
• d. If you log in for the first time, a window pops up to change the password. Change the password and proceed further.
• e. After login, the following page appears:
• To Apply for CECB CTE: Click on the "Apply for Consent" menu.
• f. If you want to apply "CTE" for New consent, then
• Select CTE > Air > New option.
• g. If you want to apply "CTE" for Expansion of capacity, then
• Select CTE > Air > Expansion option.
• h. If you want to apply "CTE" for Modernisation, then
• Select CTE > Air > Modernisation option.
• After selecting next, a screen appears:
• a. Fill in all the details as needed in all tabs.
• b. After filling in all the info, please select the "Completed radio button" and "Save".
• Online payment of an applicable fee
• Click on the "make payment" tab to pay applicable fees online. There are multiple options for payment like NEFT/Debit/Credit Card/Net Banking/Cash on Bank Challan.:
• After successful payment of fees, apply.
• 1.1.5 Download of the certificates
• On submission of a complete application, an applicant can download the provisional certificate after logging in at http://cgocmms.nic.in/. The final certificate must be downloaded from the same link.

CECB Consent to Operate (CTO)

Who needs to apply for CECB CTO?

Red, Orange, and Green category industries must apply for CECB CTO.

When to apply for CECB CTO?

One must apply for CECB CTO before the unit's operations start.

Validity of the CECB CTO certificate issued

5 Years

Documents required for CECB CTO

1. Information on compliance with conditions mentioned in CTE.

2. Total gross capital investment duly certified by C.A. as of the date/last financial year.

Stepwise process and timeline for online registration of users

Timeline

Application status	Timeline
Issue of the final certificate	Within 60 days of application submission
View and download the inspection report	After 48 hours of inspection by an officer

Stepwise Process

• Create an online user id and password. Login and change the password.
• Login to http://cgocmms.nic.in/ with the user id and new password.
• Fill out the online combined Water/Air CECB consent certificate application form.
• Asses the CECB consent fee via an online fee calculator.
• Apply online, along with all technical documents and details.
• The online application reaches to concerned Regional Office (R.O.).
• R.O. staff scrutinises the file and accepts it if found complete.
• Requests are sent via XGN for information submission if needed.
• The applicant also gets an SMS alert for a query reply.
• After application acceptance, CECB requests through XGN to submit fees online.
• Project Proponent (PP) submits the query reply online.
• P.P. then submits the CECB consent fee online via e-pay.
• For e-pay payment, applicants can use various modes such as Debit/Credit card or ATM cum Debit Card and Internet Banking.
• After online fee submission, the file again reaches R.O., who conducts the site inspection. The inspection procedure is defined on the website.
• For Small Scale Industries, Regional Officer (RO) is authorised to decide the application for the grant of CECB consent certificates.
• The application and inspection report is forwarded to Head Office (H.O.), CECB Raipur, for Medium and Large Scale Industries.
• The file reaches Head Office (H.O.), and industry informs online for the technical presentation of the application.
• Depending on the technical evaluation of the application, the file is processed online for the decision on the grant of CECB consent certificates.
• The information on the decision of CECB related to the grant of consent is communicated via SMS alert and through XGN.
• A copy of the digitally signed CECB consent certificate is available on the website.

Power to suspend or cancel an authorisation

If, in the opinion of PCC or SPCB, the authorisation holder has failed to comply with any of the norms or any provisions of the Act or these rules, may cancel or suspend the authorisation after giving a reasonable opportunity of being heard and recording reasons thereof. Upon cancellation or suspension of the authorisation, the PCC or SPCB may allow the persons whose authorisation has been cancelled or suspended for safe e-waste storage and such person must comply with such norms.

How to register?

Open Online Consent Management & Monitoring System (OCMMS) website at - http://cgocmms.nic.in/.

• a. For New Industry: Click "New Industry Registration". Fill out the "Registration Form" to get your id and password.
• b. For Existing Industry: Please go to the next step. Log in with your id and password.
• c. For logging in, select the Industrial Login radio button. Then provide your id and password and click the "Login Button".
• d. If you log in for the first time, a window pops up to change the password. Change the password and proceed further.
• e. After login, the following page appears:
• To Apply for CECB CTO: Click on the "Apply for Operate" menu
• a. If you want to apply "Consent to Operate" for new consent, then
• Select CTO > Air > New option.
• b. If you want to apply CECB "Consent to Operate" for Expansion of capacity, then
• Select CTO > Air > Expansion option.
• c. If you want to apply "Consent to Operate" for Modernization, then
• Select CTO > Air > Modernisation option.
• After selecting next, the following screen will appear:
• a. Fill all the info as needed in all tabs
• b. After filling in all the details, select the "Completed radio button" and "Save".
• Online payment of an applicable fee
• Click on the "make payment" tab to pay applicable fees online. There are multiple options for payment like NEFT/Debit/Credit Card/Net Banking/Cash on Bank Challan.:
• After successful payment of fees, apply.
• Download the certificates
• On submission of a complete application, an applicant can download the provisional certificate after logging in at http://cgocmms.nic.in/. The final certificate must be downloaded from the same link.

Renewal of Consent

Who needs to apply for Renewal of CECB Consent?

Red, Orange, and Green category industries need to apply for renewal of CECB consent.

When to apply for renewal of CECB CTO?

One must apply for renewal of CECB consent before the CTO expires.

Validity of the renewal of CECB consent

Industry category	Validity
Red	Five years
Orange	Ten years
Green	15 years

Documents required to complete the application

1. Information on compliance with conditions mentioned in CTE.

2. Details on compliance of emission of air pollutants w.r.t the set standards.

3. Information on compliance of conditions of Water Consent and Water Consent Renewal Granted.

4. Details on compliance of conditions of Air Consent and Air Consent Renewal Granted.

5. Month-wise production details.

6. Total gross capital investment duly certified by C.A. as of the date/last financial year.

Stepwise process and timeline for online registration of users

Timeline

Application status	Timeline
Issue of the final certificate	Within 60 days of application submission
Generation of the Inspection report	After 48 hours of inspection by an officer from the website

Stepwise Process

1. Open Online Consent Management & Monitoring System Website http://cgocmms.nic.in/.

• For New Industry: Click “New Industry Registration”.
  • Create an online user id and password and change the password.
  • Login to http://cgocmms.nic.in/ with the user id and password.
  • Fill out the online combined application form for Water/Air consent.
• For Existing Industry: Please go to the next step. Log in with your id and password.
• Asses the CECB consent fee via an online fee calculator.
• Apply online, along with all technical documents and details.
• The online application reaches to concerned Regional Office (R.O.).
• R.O. staff scrutinises the file and accepts it if found complete.
• Requests are sent via XGN for information submission if needed.
• The applicant also gets an SMS alert for a query reply.
• After application acceptance, CECB requests through XGN to submit fees online.
• Project Proponent (PP) submits the query reply online.
• P.P. then submits the CECB consent fee online via e-pay.
• For e-pay payment, applicants can use various modes such as Debit/Credit card or ATM cum Debit Card and Internet Banking.
• After online fee submission, the file again reaches R.O., who conducts the site inspection. The inspection procedure is defined on the website.
• For Small Scale Industries, Regional Officer (RO) is authorised to decide the application for the grant of renewal of CECB consent certificates.
• The application and inspection report is forwarded to Head Office (H.O.), CECB Raipur, for Medium and Large Scale Industries.
• The file reaches Head Office (H.O.), and industry informs online for the technical presentation of the application.
• Depending on the technical evaluation of the application, the file is processed online for a decision on the grant of renewal of CECB consent certificates.
• The information on the decision of CECB related to the grant of renewal of consent is communicated via SMS alert and through XGN.
• A copy of the digitally signed renewal CECB consent certificate is available on the website.

How to register?

Open Online Consent Management & Monitoring System (OCMMS) website at - http://cgocmms.nic.in/.

• For New Industry: Click “New Industry Registration”.
• Create an online user id and password and change the password.
• Login to http://cgocmms.nic.in/ with the user id and password.
• Fill out the online combined application form for Water/Air consent.
• For Existing Industry: Please go to the next step. Log in with your id and password.
• 3. To Apply for “Renewal of Consent”
• Select CTO > Air > Renew option.
• 4. After selecting next, the following screen appears:
• a. Fill all the info as needed in all tabs.
• b. After filling in all the details, please select the "Completed radio button" and then select
• “Save”.

Online payment of an applicable fee

• Click on the "make payment" tab to pay applicable fees online.
• There are two modes of online payment available:
• i. e-wallet (NEFT/RTGS)
• ii. Net Banking/Credit/Debit Cards
• 3. After successful payment, the Air and Water form will be submitted.
• 4. To calculate the fee, use the online fee calculator on the homepage of http://cgocmms.nic.in/.
• 5. To check the status of the application Select completed application.

Download the certificates

On submission of a complete application, the provisional certificate must be downloaded by logging in to http://cgocmms.nic.in/. The final certificate must be downloaded from the same link.

Frequently Asked Questions

• 1. What are the strategies of CECB?

  The state has prepared its Environmental Policy within the basic social and economic priorities framework to guarantee environmental conservation without impeding any development imperatives. It is aimed at:

  • Improving environmental performance as a means of competitive advantage for the state.
  • Guaranteeing sustainable development with an emphasis on social and intergenerational equity.
  • Enhancing the quality of life of citizens.