.BY SPEED POST
F. No.
J-13011/80/2007-IA.II (T)
Government of
Ministry of
Environment & Forests
Paryavaran Bhawan
New Delhi-110 003
Dated :
To
The Chief Engineer
(PPC&F)
M/s Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd
Vidyut Bhawan, Janpath, Jyoti Nagar
Jaipur- 302 005, Rajasthan
Sub: 2x600 MW Coal based Thermal Power Plant at
Kalisindh, Jhalawar District, Rajasthan by M/s RRVUNL- Environmental clearance
regarding.
Sir,
The
undersigned is directed to refer to your communication no. RVUN/
CE(PPC&F)/KSTPP/MOEF/F./D/815 dated
2.
It is noted that the proposal is for grant of environmental clearance under the
provisions of EIA Notification, 2006 to set up a 2x600 MW coal based thermal power plant at
Kalisindh, District Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The land requirement for the project
is estimated as 350 ha. The coal
requirement is estimated as 5.8 million TPA.
The water requirement is 81954 m3/day, which will be obtained
from a dam of 16 m height to be constructed
for this power project. It was noted that no village comes under
submergence of the dam reservoir but the land of 26 villages comes partly or
fully under submergence. 1834 ha area comes under submergence. The Maximum
Water Level (
4.12.2007. Total cost of the project is Rs. 5416.00
Crores which includes Rs. 255.00 Crores for environmental protection measures.
3. The
proposal has been considered 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 land requirement for power plant shall be
kept to the bare minimum in accordance with the
(ii)
To the extent possible acquisition of grazing
land shall be avoided. In case of
acquisition of an alternate grazing land, an alternate arrangement for grazing
shall be made.
(iii) A composite R&R plan for power and dam project with necessary
detail shall be finalized within 3
months or before award of the project which ever is earlier and a copy of the
detailed composite R&R plan shall be submitted to MoEF.
(v)
(vi) A twin flue stack of 275 m height shall be provided with continuous online
monitoring equipments for Sox, NOx and Particulate matter. Exit velocity and
temperature of flue gases shall not be less than 23 m/sec and 150 o C
respectively.
(vii) High efficiency Electrostatic Precipitator (
(viii)
Space
provision shall be kept for retrofitting of FGD, if required at a later
date.
(ix) Adequate dust extraction system such as cyclones/ bag filters and
water spray system in dusty areas such as in coal handling plant (
(x) Fly ash shall be collected in dry form and storage facility
(silos) shall be provided. 100% Fly ash
utilization shall be ensured from day one. In emergency the unutilized fly ash shall be disposed off in
the ash pond in the form of High Concentration Slurry and the bottom ash in
conventional slurry mode.
(xi) Ash
pond shall be lined with
(xii)
Closed cycle cooling system with cooling towers
shall be provided.
(xiii)
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 for storm
water. Arrangements shall be made such that the effluents and storm water do
not get mixed.
(xiv) A
sewage treatment plant shall be provided and the treated sewage shall be used
for raising greenbelt/plantation and for making fly ash slurry to be sent to
the ash pond.
(xv)
Rain water
harvesting should be adopted. Central Groundwater Authority/ Board shall
be consulted for finalization of appropriate rain water harvesting technology within a period of three months
from the date of clearance and details shall be furnished by taking into
consideration the average annual precipitation data of the area/site.
(xvi)
Fish
migration channel/ fish ladder shall be provided in the dam.
(xvii) Flora
and fauna data in respect of dam area shall be collected and submitted to the
Ministry within three months from the date of issue of this letter.
(xviii) Temperature
and water quality data of the Kalisindh river path shall be collected in the
U/s and D/s and shall be furnished to the Ministry within one month from the
date of issue of this letter.
(xix) Air quality data for dam site shall be
collected and submitted to the Ministry.
(xx) 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.
(xxi) 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.
(xxii) First aid and sanitation arrangements shall
be made for the drivers and other contract workers during construction phase.
(xxiii) Appropriate safeguard measures shall be taken
to guard against spontaneous fire in coal stack yards. On-site Disaster
Management Plan shall be prepared in this regard including for any oil storage
facilities provided for flame stabilization in the boilers as and when needed.
(xxiv) Leq of Noise levels emanating from gas and steam
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 steam & gas turbines, air compressors etc
shall be periodically examined to maintain audiometric record for treatment for any hearing loss including
shifting to non noisy/less noisy areas.
(xxv) Regular
monitoring of ground level concentration of SO2, NOx, SPM and RSPM
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. Six monthly reports shall be
submitted to the Regional Office of this Ministry.
(xxvi) The project proponent shall advertise in at least
two local newspapers widely circulated
in the region around the project, one of which shall be in the vernacular
language of the locality concerned 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.
(xxvii)
A separate
environment management cell with qualified staff shall be set up for
implementation of the stipulated environmental safeguards.
(xxviii) Half yearly report on the status of
implementation of the stipulated conditions and venvironmental safeguards shall
be submitted to this Ministry/ Regional Office/CPCB/SPCB.
(xxix) Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment
& Forests located at
(xxx) 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.
(xxxi) 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.
(xxxii)
Full
cooperation shall be extended to the Scientists/Officers from the Ministry /
Regional Office of the Ministry at
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.
Yours faithfully,
(Lalit Kapur)
DIRECTOR
Copy to:-
1. The Secretary, Ministry
of Power, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New
Delhi-110001.
2. The Secretary, Deptt. of
Forests & Environment, Government of
Rajasthan, Secretariat,
Jaipur.
3. The Chairman, Central
Electricity Authority, Sewa Bhawan, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066.
4. The Chairman, Rajasthan
Pollution Control Board, 4, Institutional Area, Jhalana Doongri, Jaipur -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,
6. The Chief Conservator of Forests, Regional
Office(CZ), Kendriya Bhandar , 5th Floor ,Sector-H, Aliganj,
Lucknow-226 020, Uttar Pradesh.
7. Director (EI), MOEF.
8. Guard file.
9. Monitoring file.
(Lalit
Kapur)
DIRECTOR