(1) Within 90 days from the date of commencement of this Regulation for the currently operating industries mentioned in Schedule-7 and within sixty days from the date of commencement of production for the industries registered and not started production before the commencement of this Regulation or the industries to be registered after the commencement of this Regulation. An application should be submitted to the relevant agency to obtain a temporary pollution control certificate mentioning the detailed details of the industry. If an application is received in this way, the relevant body shall examine the application and take the opinion of the village development committee or municipality where the industry will be operated as necessary, and if it is not seen that the operation of such industry will have a significant adverse effect on the environment or if such effect is reduced or controllable, ninety days from the date of receipt of such application. Within days, the applicant will be given a temporary pollution control certificate for one year.
(2) Notwithstanding anything written in sub-rule (1), if the industry to be registered after the commencement of this regulation, in the course of determining the area in accordance with rule 4 or in the course of preparing a report in accordance with rule 7, if the relevant body has received the opinion and suggestion of the relevant village development committee or municipality, the relevant body shall According to 1), there is no need to seek the opinion of the village development committee or the municipality regarding the impact on the environment during the operation of the industry.
(3) In accordance with rule 15, if standards related to sound, heat, radioactive radiation and waste have been specified for any industry by publishing a notice in the Nepal Gazette, within 6 months from the date such standards are set, the relevant agency shall conduct a test by the laboratory established or specified in accordance with Section 11 of the Act for a period of three years. A permanent pollution control certificate will have to be given.
(4) If the temporary or permanent pollution control certificate cannot be distributed within the period specified in accordance with sub-rules (1) and (3), the relevant body may issue such certificate within an additional three months from the date of expiry of the said period.
(5) According to sub-rules (1) and (3), while issuing temporary or permanent pollution control certificates, the concerned body may prescribe all or any of the following conditions as required to be followed by such industries:-
(a) Installation of equipment necessary to reduce or control pollution at scheduled times,
(b) Proper use of pollution control equipment installed,
(c) Conducting industry only during scheduled hours,
(d) to adopt special measures to prevent pollution from any work carried on within an industry,
(e) To adopt special measures to control the pollution caused by the operation of an industry outside the industry,
(f) To provide equipment required for monitoring at certain times,
(G) To perform work in accordance with other conditions determined by the concerned body as necessary according to the nature of the industry.
(6) The temporary pollution control certificate as per sub-rule (1) shall be renewed every one year and the permanent pollution control certificate as per sub-rule (3) shall be renewed every three years.
(7) The conditions mentioned in the temporary or permanent pollution control certificate obtained in accordance with this rule shall be kept in the place where the industry is operating so that everyone can see it.
(8) The relevant body shall keep the list of industries which have received certificates in accordance with this rule in an up-to-date form and provide the list to the Ministry.