Pollution Clearances (Consent to Establish / Operates) — Uttarakhand
What is UEPPCB ?
The Uttarakhand Environment Protection & Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) is the statutory body responsible for controlling and regulating pollution in the State of Uttarakhand. (UEPPCB)
Issuing Authority
Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board (process handled through the national/state OCMMS portal and linked state systems).
Key Things to Watch Out / Advise Customers
When providing this service, you can highlight to customers:
- Even for residential or seemingly small projects, if built-up area is beyond thresholds, EC / UEPPCB NOC may be required.
- Projects in hills / slope / near river banks / forest / protected zones have additional constraints (geological stability, forests, wildlife, buffer zones).
- Delay often comes due to incomplete documentation, non-compliance in designs (e.g., no rainwater harvesting, poor waste plan, insufficient green cover).
- Local authorities closely enforce building bye-laws; integrating environmental norms into building permissions is mandatory under Uttarakhand’s bye-laws.
When UEPPCB / Environmental Clearances are Needed
Here are typical cases when UEPPCB / environmental clearances or NOCs are required for construction in Uttarakhand:
Manufacturing units, refineries, large service installations, waste-generating units, and any activity listed under the pollution control regulations for which a CTE/CTO is mandated.
Key Documents
• Application form on OCMMS with project details.
• Site map, plant layout, machinery list.
• EIA / environmental management plan (if applicable).
• Consent fees / bank guarantees (as required).
• Details of effluent treatment systems, emission control measures, and monitoring plan.
Why Alliance Business Consultant
We prepare the EHS inputs, arrange technical ETP/stack details, submit on OCMMS, coordinate inspections, and prepare compliance calendars for periodic returns. Thats make proceeding easy to go fir the further.
UEPPCB Clearance / NOC for Construction in Uttarakhand
The Uttarakhand Environment Protection & Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) is the statutory body responsible for controlling and regulating pollution in the State of Uttarakhand. (UEPPCB)
When undertaking construction work — especially large projects, mixed use / commercial / industrial / large residential buildings — several environmental clearances and consents may be required from UEPPCB, as well as compliance with Uttarakhand’s building bye-laws and town planning regulations. Below are the key legal provisions, when clearances are required, and what the process typically involves.
Legal Basis & Regulations
- The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 mandate obtaining consents / NOCs for projects that may discharge wastewater or emit air pollutants. UEPPCB issues these under those Acts.
- Environmental Clearance (EC) under EIA Notification, especially for large construction projects (depending on built-up area) is required under the central & state environment rules.
- Uttarakhand Building Construction & Development Bye-Laws (2011, amended 2015/2016) define built-up area thresholds, building plan approvals, map approvals, occupancy certificate etc., including integrating environmental conditions.
Town & Country Planning Department Uttarakhand and local urban local bodies are involved in building plan sanction, map approvals etc.