The Inspector shall verify the copy of licence, registration certificate and other statutory documents, records/registers of the industry/establishment maintainable under all labour Acts applicable and examine the employer, employees/workers and if necessary record their statements including such other persons as independent witnesses.

In case of inspections pertaining to MSMEs, all the inspections being carried out in single day may cause inconvenience to the industry representative, if all the inspectors turn up at the same time. To avoid such a situation, the inspection schedule will be staggered in such a manner that no inconvenience is caused to the industry representative. The following time slots are to be followed by all the departmental inspectors.

• Labour Directorate & Directorate of Factories & Boilers – 10.00 am to 2.00 pm
• Odisha State Pollution Control Board – 3.00 pm to 5.30 pm

The departmental inspectors from Labour Directorate and Directorate of Factories & Boilers will coordinate with each other so that they do not turn up simultaneously at the industry facility.

The Inspector shall prepare the Inspection report by filling up the prescribed Inspection Format and issue the same to the employer under intimation to his higher authority within 48 hours.

• The Inspector shall verify the copy of licence, registration certificate and other statutory documents, records/registers of the industry/establishment maintainable under all labour Acts applicable and examine the employer, employees/workers and if necessary record their statements including such other persons as independent witnesses.
  • Labour Directorate & Directorate of Factories & Boilers – 10.00 am to 2.00 pm
  • Odisha State Pollution Control Board – 3.00 pm to 5.30 pm
• Before entering in to the plant, have a visual look around the plant periphery from outside and assess emission status from the stacks as well as on fugitive emission. Have a look on effluent discharge channel to ascertain any abnormality in the flow and discharge.
• Serve the notices of inspection to the person in-charge of the Plant/in the helm of the affairs of pollution control matters immediately after entering into the plant. Get acknowledgement of receipt of notices from the concerned person of the industry on the body of office copy (of notices).
• Take stock of operational status of various process units which are potentially polluting and have relevance to pollution.
• Based on operational status, decide and plan the details of stack & AAQ Monitoring activities to be conducted. Mobilize the logistics by taking assistance of manpower of the plant and their monitoring equipment, if required. Form teams and assign specific jobs of monitoring to each team with proper instruction
• Proceed to the effluent treatment plant (ETP) or any such treatment facilities and verify the operational status. Verify the log book on discharge quantity and inspect the flow measuring device, if any available to confirm it.
• Verify the log book on ETP operation to ascertain it’s operational status on the preceding days/weeks and also ask for any other document, as felt necessary to ascertain it’s functioning in the preceding period. Collect grab samples from the inlet, outlet and any other intermediate point(s) of ETP to ascertain the efficacy of ETP and compliance to discharge norms stipulated in the consent order. Procedure circulated by the Central Lab. needs to be followed scrupulously while collecting and preserving the samples.
• Inspect the key process areas which have the potential of air emission, fugitive emission or effluent generation or solid waste generation.
• Verify the status of process/operations from the control room to ascertain the rate of production and collect information relevant for the purpose of monitoring/ sampling.
• Visit the vital process areas to verify if there is any fugitive emission or leakage/discharge of any effluent taking place bypassing the ETP.
• Evidence of discharge of process effluent, if any, found to be taking place, then the point of final discharge needs to be verified and sample of such discharge needs to be collected as per the procedure prescribed by Central Lab.
• Inspect storm water drainage network and collect samples, if discharge of effluent to outside is taking place.
• Verify the water management aspects to verify the water consumption figures. Water drawal aspects like water meter readings are to be checked for its correctness in connection with water cess as well as CTO.
• Move around the solid waste disposal site(s) and verify the compliance status of consent conditions. Verify the log book if dispatch or utilization of waste is taking place.
• Inspect the areas where the hazardous waste are stored / disposed and verify the compliance status of the conditions stipulated in the authorization.
• Ask for the documents in support of hazardous waste generation, storage, processing and disposal. Obtain copies of relevant documents as felt necessary for record in this regard.
• Collect the operational condition with emission and effluent discharge.
• Verify the conditions stipulated in the consent order and make specific observations.
• Verify the status of plantation programme.
• All the air and water samples so collected during the inspection are to be properly secured and sealed in a manner as prescribed by the Central Laboratory and submitted to the Regional Office Lab/Head Office Lab at the shortest possible time.
• Get the acknowledgement of the industry’s representative on the body of notices intended for sample collection in respect of air / effluent samples so collected.
• Take photographs for better comprehension and corroboration.

In case of inspection of mines the following specific activities should also be verified in detail;

• Whether wet drilling/drilling with dust extractor system in place
• Controlled blasting practice followed or not
• Dust suppression facilities available for haulage roads, mineral handling plants, mineral stack yard, railway siding and internal mineral transportation roads etc.
• Verify whether the haulage road/ internal transportation roads are devoid of ruts and potholes and properly graded for prevention of dust emission.\
• Verify whether the haulage road/ internal transportation roads are devoid of ruts and potholes and properly graded for prevention of dust emission.
  • Fugitive emission (SPM) monitoring need to be conducted at a distance of 25+ 2m from the sources of pollution in case of iron mines and 500m from the sources of pollution in case of coal mines for SPM,RSPM,SO2, NOx (as per the stipulated conditions of consent order).
  • Ambient air quality monitoring for the parameters such as PM10 and PM2.5 shall also be conducted at suitable locations (locations decided on the basis of condition stipulated in CTO order) for other categories of mine as well as Iron and Coal mines.
• Verify the top soil and OB management facility
• Nos. of active and in-active top soil and OB dumps.
• Stabilization practices.
  • Coir mats with plantation
  • Only with plantation
• Retention wall to prevent the washout during monsoon around top soil and OB dumps.
• Garland drain terminating with settling pond around the top soil/OB dumps for surface runoff management.
• Verify whether check dams and catch drains are constructed at the appropriate places of the mine (Preferably natural drainage channels of the mine) for surface runoff management during monsoon.
• Verify the adequacy of surface runoff management system of entire mining area.
• Collect the surface runoff water of the mine discharged through the various facilities available to assess the compliance of standards stipulated in consent order.
• Verify the treatment facilities/management facilities available for mine drainage water/domestic effluent/ workshop effluent/ effluent generated from beneficiation plants etc. and collect the treated wastewater discharge if any for verification of compliance to the stipulated standards.
• Verify the impact of surface runoff, mining activities on the water bodies, streams, rivers etc. situated in & around the mining area.

• After completion of the inspection, conduct a brief meeting with the senior level officials and management representative and apprise them of all major deficiencies/ lapses/ non-compliances observed during inspection and suggest remedial measures.
• Instruct them to take immediate corrective actions without waiting for communication/ direction from the Board and report compliance.

Report Preparation

• An inspection report needs to be prepared containing the following:
  • Date and time of inspection
  • Constitution of team
  • Representatives of the industry accompanied/ discussed.
  • Background of inspection in brief containing status of CTO, show cause notices/directions/restriction, if, any in force, Bank Guarantee conditions pending if any etc.
  • Production process/facilities granted under CTO, visa-a-vis operational status during inspection.
  • Name and designation of inspecting officer.
• Process area wise observations made in respect of air pollution, water pollution, solid waste generation etc. are to be mentioned. Deficiencies/ lapses/non-compliances in respect of pollution control measures leading to issues of pollution, if any, are to be reflected under the respective process area.
• Description of water/waste water samples, stack emission and AAQ Monitoring etc. collected during inspection are to be made in detail. Attach copies of analysis reports of all the samples collected during inspection.
• Make a clear cut observation if there was production in excess of consented quantity, emission/ effluent discharge made through any unauthorized outlet (i.e. not granted under CTO) or discharge/emission made in excess of permitted quantity. This is to be reflected in the report as “non-compliance”.
• Analyze and discuss the monitoring results on the context of production load, ETP operational status etc. and draw a conclusion.
• Detail compliance status on hazardous waste management and specific comments on non-compliance, if any.
• Target and achievement made on plantation.
• Selected photographs, which are felt necessary to support the observations.
• A separate paragraph containing summary of salient observations highlighting the non-compliances and issues leading to problems of environmental pollution needs to be prepared. Specific achievements in respect of environmental management and pollution control are to be highlighted.
• Report on any other activities to be taken up for further improvement of environment.
• Point wise compliance status to the direction if issued by the Board.
• Point wise compliance status on Bank guarantee conditions if imposed by the Board.
• A paragraph on recommendations containing specific actions required to be taken by the industry to remove the non-compliances / lapses (if any). Actions required to be taken by the Board on the above context as well as on disposal of CTO needs to be made clearly.
• The inspection report is to be submitted on-line within 48 hrs after completion of the inspection if there is no Lab. analysis work is involved. In case Lab. analysis work is involved, then the complete report is to be submitted within 48 hrs from the time of receipt of analysis report from the Lab.
• The inspection report is to be signed by the all the inspecting officers clearly mentioning their name, designation and the date.

a. Necessary arrangement for the verification and testing of Weight or Measure shall be provided by the owner/user.

b.On testing if the Weight or Measure confirms to the standards, Verification Certificate will be generated. If any Weight or Measure which does not conform to the standards, the owner/user shall remove the defect/error found in the Weight or Measure within 8 days and again produce for verification and stamping.

a. The Inspector shall prepare the Verification certificate by filling up the prescribed Inspection Format and issue the same to the industry under intimation to his higher authority within 48 hours.