Neogen Chemicals secures Dahej amended consent through 2030

Neogen Chemicals Limited received on November 7, 2026 a conditional three-month revocation of Gujarat Pollution Control Board’s post-fire direction and a provisional Dahej amended consent valid to March 19, 2030, after the board cited inspection, Department of Industrial Safety and Health clearance and other observed compliances.

What did Neogen Chemicals receive from GPCB?

Neogen Chemicals received a Revocation of Direction order from the Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Bharuch, Gujarat (GPCB), dated and received on November 7, 2026. The order revoked GPCB’s April 22, 2025 direction concerning the Multi-Purpose Plant 3 (MPP3), warehouse and tank farms at Dahej Special Economic Zone (Dahej SEZ).

The revocation order is issued for three months and requires Neogen Chemicals to comply with its undertaking dated September 1, 2026 and with the conditions of the CC&A amendment. The filing separates this three-month revocation from the amended consent’s validity through March 19, 2030.

GPCB also granted a provisional CC&A amendment on November 7, 2026 for setting up industrial plant and activities for manufacturing at Dahej SEZ. The amendment, issued under detailed order AWH-163560, took effect on November 7, 2026 and remains valid until March 19, 2030; the filing does not list the covered products.

Why did GPCB issue the original Dahej direction?

GPCB’s original direction followed a fire at the MPP3 facility, warehouse and tank farms at Dahej SEZ at about 12.30 a.m. Indian Standard Time on March 5, 2025. Neogen Chemicals said the incident affected environmental quality in the surrounding area, while GPCB’s direction did not identify any violation or contravention by the company.

The April 22, 2025 direction was issued under Section 31A of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. It required Neogen Chemicals not to use the affected plant until it obtained revocation or written approval from the Department of Industrial Safety and Health (DISH), and production at the affected plant was temporarily suspended.

The earlier direction also imposed environmental damage compensation of Rs 34.60 lakh and required a bank guarantee of Rs 7.5 lakh as compliance assurance at the time of revocation. The November 2026 filing reports those amounts as part of the original direction and does not disclose any revision to either amount.

What led to the three-month revocation?

GPCB said it revoked the April 2025 direction after inspecting the affected plant and considering Neogen Chemicals’ compliance with DISH instructions and other compliances observed by the board. DISH had issued its own revocation order in a letter dated July 6, 2026, before GPCB’s November 7, 2026 action.

Neogen Chemicals must now follow the undertaking it submitted on September 1, 2026 during the three-month revocation period. It must also comply with conditions under the CC&A amendment, making the revocation conditional rather than an unrestricted clearance for the fire-hit location.

The filing records a sequence from the March 5, 2025 fire to GPCB’s April 22, 2025 direction, the July 6, 2026 DISH revocation and GPCB’s November 7, 2026 order. It does not quantify inspection findings, remediation spending, asset damage, insurance recoveries or the financial impact of the latest regulatory actions.

What conditions apply to Neogen Chemicals’ amended consent?

Neogen Chemicals’ provisional CC&A amendment is subject to the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. GPCB also made the amendment subject to rules under those laws, including the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016, as amended.

The November 7, 2026 amendment carries other conditions that GPCB set out in the detailed order, although Neogen Chemicals’ announcement does not reproduce them. The same CC&A conditions are expressly attached to the three-month revocation, linking the near-term order to the longer-dated provisional amendment through March 19, 2030.

The source does not state that GPCB found a specified statutory breach in connection with the March 2025 fire. Instead, it says the earlier direction was issued because the incident affected the surrounding environment and that the later revocation followed inspection and compliance steps.

What is the operating status of the Dahej site?

Neogen Chemicals said there is currently open land at the location of the affected MPP3 plant, warehouse and tank farms. The filing does not say that MPP3 or the associated facilities resumed production after GPCB’s November 7, 2026 revocation order.

Neogen Chemicals has installed a replacement MPP5 plant adjacent to the affected location, and MPP5 is operating on a trial-production basis. The company said it had applied for the CC&A amendment for MPP5, while GPCB granted the provisional amendment on November 7, 2026.

The disclosed operating comparison is therefore between the affected location, where production was temporarily suspended and open land now remains, and adjacent MPP5, which is in trial production. Neogen Chemicals did not provide capacity, output, utilisation, revenue contribution or a timetable for scaling MPP5 beyond trial production.

Conclusion

Neogen Chemicals has obtained two linked regulatory actions after the March 2025 Dahej fire: a conditional three-month revocation of GPCB’s earlier direction and a provisional CC&A amendment lasting until March 19, 2030. The announcement indicates that GPCB considered its inspection, the July 6, 2026 DISH revocation and the company’s observed compliance steps, while preserving conditions under environmental laws.

The next disclosed item to watch is compliance during the three-month revocation period, including the September 1, 2026 undertaking and CC&A conditions. Neogen Chemicals has identified MPP5 as operating on trial production, but the filing leaves unresolved whether the affected MPP3 location will be used again and gives no production scale-up schedule or quantified financial effect.