Consent must to establish and operate fuel pumps, says NGT
The Hindu
‘Outlets that did not install vapour recovery system should be penalised’
The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the State Pollution Control Boards and the Central Pollution Control Board to make it mandatory for new petroleum outlets to obtain consent to establish and consent to operate.
The NGT also directed the retail petroleum outlets, irrespective of their turnover, to obtain consent to operate within six months. If they did not do so, the State Pollution Control Boards could take action.
The Bench said the State Pollution Control Boards could verify the siting criteria for the fuel stations and directed them to penalise the outlets that did not install the vapour recovery system. It said these measures were required for the protection of the environment. The Bench passed the order on an application on the non-installation of the vapour recovery system by petroleum outlets in violation of the order of the Principal Bench. The applicant submitted that though the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas decided to establish more fuel outlets, none of them was complying with the directions of the Principal Bench.
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