No.
J-13011/44/2008-IA.II(T)
Government of India
Ministry of Environment
& Forests
Paryavaran Bhavan,
C.G.O. Complex, Lodi Road,
New Delhi-110003.
Telefax.: 2436 2434
Dated the 3rd
October, 2008
To
M/s Nabha Power Limited
PSEB Building, The Mall,
Patiala – 147 001.
Sub:
1320 MW Rajpura Thermal Power Project at
village Nalash, District Patiala, Punjab by M/s Nabha Power Ltd - Environmental
Clearance regarding.
The
undersigned is directed to refer to your communication no. 169/NPL/MOEF dated 8th
August, 2008 regarding the subject mentioned above. Subsequent information
furnished vide letter dated 10.09.2008 has also been considered.
2. It is noted that the proposal is for grant of environmental
clearance for setting up of a 1320 MW Rajpura thermal power project at village
Nalash, District Patiala, Punjab. Land requirement for the project is estimated
as 1278 acres, which includes 200 acres for rail, approach road and water
pipeline corridor. Coordinates of the
site are 300 32’ 36” to 300 ’ 33’ 51” N and 760
33’ 42” to 760 35’ 05” E.
The proposal is based on super critical technology. The coal requirement is estimated as 5.8
million TPA, which will be obtained from SECL mines. Water requirement is estimated as 4500 m3/hr, which will be
obtained from Rajpura Distributary of Bhakra main line. A defence installation is reported at a
distance of about 3 km. No displacement of population is involved in the
project; however, there will be land oustees due to the project. The public hearing
for the project has been held on 4.7.2008.
No ecologically sensitive area is located within a radius of 10 km from
plant boundary. Total cost of project is Rs 5500.00 crores, which includes Rs
410.10 crores for environmental protection measures.
3. The proposal has been considered by the Expert Appraisal
Committee for Thermal Power and Coal Mine projects and Ministry of Environment
& Forests hereby accords environmental clearance to the said project under
the provisions of Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 subject to
implementation of the following terms and conditions:-
(i) The
total land requirement for the project shall be restricted to 1278 acres.
(ii) Prior clearance from the competent
authority shall be obtained for locating the proposed power plant in proximity
(about 3 km) of the defence installation.
A copy of the same shall be furnished to the Ministry and the Regional
Office of this Ministry within one month from the date of issue of this
clearance letter.
(iii) Sulphur and ash contents in the coal to be
used in the project shall not exceed 0.5% and 34% respectively.
(iv) A bi-flue stack of 275 m
height shall be provided with continuous online monitoring equipments for Sox,
NOx and Particulate. Exit velocity of flue gases shall not be less than 25
m/sec.
(v) High efficiency
Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs) shall be installed to ensure that particulate
emission does not exceed 50 mg/Nm3.
(vi) Space
provision shall be kept for retrofitting of FGD, if required at a later date.
(vii) Adequate dust extraction
system such as cyclones/ bag filters and water spray system in dusty areas such
as in coal handling and ash handling points, transfer areas and other
vulnerable dusty areas shall be provided.
(viii) Fly ash shall be collected in dry form and
storage facility (silos) shall be provided. 100% utilization of fly ash shall
be achieved from day one. Unutilized fly ash in emergency and bottom ash shall
be disposed off in the ash pond and bottom ash in conventional slurry
mode. Mercury and other heavy metals
(Hg, Cr, Pb etc.) will be monitored in bottom and fly ash as also in the
effluent emanating from the ash pond.
(ix)
Ash pond shall be lined with HDPE lining. Adequate safety measures shall
also be implemented to protect the ash dyke from getting breached.
(x)
Closed cycle cooling system with cooling towers shall be provided. The effluents shall be treated as per the
prescribed norms.
(xi)
The treated effluents conforming to the prescribed standards shall be
re-circulated and reused within the plant.
There shall be no discharge outside the plant boundary except during
monsoon. Arrangements shall be made that effluents and storm water do not get
mixed.
(xii)
A sewage treatment plant shall be provided and the treated sewage shall
be used for raising greenbelt/plantation.
(xiii)
Rainwater harvesting should be adopted. Central Groundwater
Authority/ Board shall be consulted for finalization of appropriate rainwater
harvesting technology within a period of three months from the date of
clearance and details shall be furnished.
(xiv)
Adequate safety measures shall be provided in the plant area to
check/minimize spontaneous fires in coal yard, especially during summer season.
Copy of the these measures with full
details along with location plant layout shall be submitted to the Ministry as
well as to the Regional Office of the Ministry at Chandigarh.
(xv)
Provision
shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all
necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile
toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary
structures to be removed after the completion of the project.
(xvi)
Storage facilities for liquid fuel such as LDO and/ HFO/LSHS shall be
made in the plant area where risk is minimum to the storage facilities. On site and off site Disaster Management
Plans shall be prepared to meet any
eventuality in case of an accident taking place. Mock drills shall be conducted regularly and based on the same,
modifications required, if any shall be incorporated in the DMP.
(xvii) Regular monitoring of
ground water in and around the ash pond area shall be carried out, records
maintained and six monthly reports shall be furnished to the Regional Office of
this Ministry.
(xviii) A
green belt of adequate width and density shall be developed around the plant
periphery covering about 1/3 of the project area preferably with local species.
(xix)
Activities under CSR shall be enhanced with proper financial allocation.
Details of these activities shall also be submitted to the Regional Office of
the Ministry, SPCB and the Ministry.
(xx)
First aid and sanitation arrangements shall be made for the drivers and
other contract workers during construction phase.
(xxi)
Noise levels emanating from turbines shall be
limited to 75 dBA. For people working in the high noise area, requisite
personal protective equipment like earplugs/ear muffs etc. shall be provided.
Workers engaged in noisy areas such as turbine area, air compressors etc shall
be periodically examined to maintain audiometric record and for treatment for
any hearing loss including shifting to non noisy/less noisy areas.
(xxii) Regular monitoring of
ground level concentration of SO2, NOx, SPM, RSPM and Hg shall be
carried out in the impact zone and records maintained. If at any stage these levels are found to
exceed the prescribed limits, necessary control measures shall be provided
immediately. The location of the
monitoring stations and frequency of monitoring shall be decided in
consultation with SPCB. Periodic reports shall be submitted to the Regional
Office of this Ministry.
(xxiii) The
project proponent shall advertise in at least two local news papers widely
circulated in the region around the project, one of which shall be in the vernacular
language of the locality/ Municipal area/Gram Panchayat concerned and on the
company’s web site within seven days from the date of this clearance letter,
informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and copies
of clearance letter are available with the State Pollution Control Board/
Committee and may also be seen at Website of the Ministry of Environment and
Forests at http://envfor.nic.in.
(xxii) A separate environment management cell with qualified staff shall be set
up for implementation of the stipulated environmental safeguards.
(xxiii) Half
yearly report on the status of implementation of the stipulated conditions and environmental safeguards shall
be submitted to this Ministry/ Regional Office/CPCB/SPCB.
(xxiv) Regional
Office of the Ministry of Environment & Forests located at Chandigarh will
monitor the implementation of the stipulated conditions. A complete set of
documents including Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Environment
Management Plan along with the additional information submitted from time to
time shall be forwarded to the Regional Office for their use during monitoring.
(xxv) Separate
funds shall be allocated for implementation of environmental protection
measures along with item-wise break-up. These cost shall be included as part of
the project cost. The funds earmarked for the environment protection measures
shall not be diverted for other purposes and year-wise expenditure should be
reported to the Ministry.
(xxvi) The
project authorities shall inform the Regional Office as well as the Ministry
regarding the date of financial closure and final approval of the project by
the concerned authorities and the dates of start of land development work and
commissioning of plant.
(xxvii) Full
cooperation shall be extended to the Scientists/Officers from the Ministry /
Regional Office of the Ministry at Chandigarh /the CPCB/the SPCB who would be
monitoring the compliance of environmental status.
4. The
Ministry of Environment and Forests reserves the right to revoke the clearance
if conditions stipulated are not implemented to the satisfaction of the
Ministry. MOEF may impose additional environmental conditions or modify the
existing ones, if necessary.
5. The
environmental clearance accorded shall be valid for a period of 5 years to start of production operations by the power
plant.
6. In
case of any deviation or alteration in the project proposed from those
submitted to this Ministry for clearance, a fresh reference should be made to
the Ministry to assess the adequacy of the condition(s) imposed and to add
additional environmental protection measures required, if any.
7. The
above stipulations would be enforced among others under the Water (Prevention
and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, the Air (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act, 1981, the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and rules there
under, Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989 and its
amendments, the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 and its amendments.
8. Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with
the National Environment Appellate Authority, if preferred, within 30 days as
prescribed under Section 11 of the National Environment Appellate Act, 1997.
(Dr.
S.K.AGGARWAL)
DIRECTOR
Copy to:-
1. The Secretary, Ministry of Power, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi
Marg, New Delhi - 110001.
2. The Secretary, Science, Technolgy &
Environment Deptt., Government of
Punjab, Punjab Civil
Secretariat, Chandigarh.
3. The Chairman, Central Electricity Authority, Sewa Bhawan, R.K.
Puram, New Delhi-110066.
4. The Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control
Board, Vatavaran Bhawan,Nabha Road, Patiala, Punjab-147 001 - with a request to display a copy of the
clearance letter at the Regional Office, District Industries Centre and
Collector’s office for 30 days.
5. The
Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board, Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-cum-Office
Complex, East Arjun Nagar, Delhi-110032.
6. The Chief Conservator of Forests,
Northern Regional Office, Ministry of Environment & Forests, SCO 132-133,
Sector 34-A, Chandigarh-160022.
7. The Director (EI), MOEF.
8. Guard file.
9. Monitoring file.
(Dr.
S.K.AGGARWAL)
DIRECTOR