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Scope of usage/implementation of "Zoning Atlas" results
- Zoning Atlas for Siting of Industries - District-wise - The main
users of the District Atlases include the government, the industrialists, the
(environmental) regulatory agencies and the public. Details are given
below.
State Pollution Control Board:
- The Atlas is useful in granting NOC or consent to establish industries as it
provides thematic information on the characteristics of the Districts, on the
environmental sensitivity and site suitability. Such information can be used for
taking right decisions on issuing NOC or consent to establish an industry or
development project.
- It helps in taking right decisions on industrial siting in shorter time and
makes the process faster and transparent.
- The Atlas can be used for restricting certain types of industries or
processes in certain areas within the District, if the situation so warrants.
- With the help of the Atlas, the industries falling within sensitive areas
can be identified and pollution control programmes can be planned accordingly.
- It helps in notifying site-specific environmental standards so that the
entrepreneurs are aware well in advance of the regulatory requirements, costs
involved and the risks associated.
- SPCB can plan in advance pollution monitoring programs using the thematic
information such as drainage, land use, etc. The sites for air & water
quality monitoring stations can be established more judiciously. Also, the
density of stations and the parameters to be monitored can be determined.
- The Atlas can be used for selection of candidate sites for hazardous waste
disposal. The Atlas has thematic information for making a rapid assessment for
identifying sites available for hazardous waste disposal. Further investigations
carried out for the candidate sites at the micro-level to arrive at final
suitable sites.
- It is useful in preparing guidelines for siting of industries and other
development projects. The experiences from Zoning Atlas studies should be used
for formulating siting guidelines applicable to different parts of the State.
- It can be used for effective implementation of environmental regulations.
(Requirements of manpower, monitoring equipment and laboratory facilities,
budget, etc. in the Regional/Zonal offices can be planned depending on the
environmental sensitivity of the District and the current risk
levels)
Industries Department:
- With the help of Zoning Atlas, the Industries Department can identify
environmentally sound sites for setting up of industrial estates, growth centres
etc. as the Atlas provides information on alternate zones available. By
incorporating the economic considerations such as the availability of raw
material, transportation network, water supply, electricity, waste disposal
facilities, government owned land etc., the candidate sites can be identified
for which detailed micro-level investigations can be carried out to identify
final sites.
- It helps in deciding the type and extent of industrial development at a
given site/zone, well in advance, and to make the entrepreneur aware of such
sites.
- Industrial policy can be formulated based on the characteristics of the
District and its environmental sensitivity. The industrialisation potential can
be assessed and accordingly a policy on the type of industrial development can
be formulated and announced.
Planning Department:
- The Zoning Atlas provides input for regional plans, as it contains the
thematic maps and the final map forms which are very useful inputs for
preparation of regional plans.
- It can help in effective land use planning around the industrial zones based
on the risks associated with these zones.
Industrialists,
Industry Associations, Entrepreneurs:
- It will help in identifying the most suitable industrial site, as the Atlas
provides guidelines for selecting a site based on environmental considerations.
The entrepreneurs can identify the most suitable site considering both
environmental as well as economic considerations.
- The entrepreneur can decide on the extent of industrial activity in advance
as the Atlas gives the entrepreneur a clue on the pollution load coming up in
the area and the litigation risks he might be put to.
- It will be helpful to decide upon the pollution control equipment, as the
sensitive areas need state-of-the-art process technologies and elaborate and
costlier pollution control systems.
Public:
- It will help the public to participate in the decision making process, as
the information provided in the Atlas makes them understand the environmental
situation. They can accordingly participate in decision making process.
- It helps in knowing about the type of industrial development and potential
risks coming up in their neighbourhood in advance and help them to express their
concerns in formulating an industrial development policy for the area.
- Industrial Estate Planning
The industrial estate planning studies
help in identifying a site for setting up of the industrial estate and provide
inputs for deciding on the type of industries permissible in the estate, the
type of pollution abatement infrastructure required and the land use controls
required around the estate.
The studies will be directly useful to the
agencies entrusted with the task of development of industrial estates. The
studies will save considerable costs for conducting project-specific EIA studies
by the individual industries coming up in the estate. The studies will make it
easy for the regulatory agencies in clearing the sites for the setting up of
estates. These studies will ensure that the environmental risks are minimised
from the activities in the estate. The land use controls needed will provide
inputs to the planning agencies for providing supporting facilities such as
residential areas for housing.
- Environmental Management Plan for Urban Areas
The studies will
form an input for the Master Plans of the cities. The studies will be highly
useful for the planning agencies, the local body, the industries department and
the regulatory agencies. The studies will help improving living conditions in
the urban areas addressing to the following :
- the city structure (planning);
- air quality management;
- water quality management; and
- solid waste management.
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