J-13012/14/2008 -IA.II (T)
Government of India
Ministry of Environment & Forests
E-mail: plahujarai@yahoo.com
Tele fax: 24363973
Paryavaran Bhawan,
Lodi Road, New Delhi-110 003
Dated:
July 12, 2010
To
M/s Ind-Barath Power
(Madras) Ltd
GF1A, Prince Villa
No.15, Rajamannar Salai, T. Nagar
Chennai 600017, Tamilnadu
Sub: 1X660
MW Super Critical Coal Thermal Power Plant (TPP) of M/s Ind - Barath Power
(Madras) Ltd. at Villages Sasthavinallur, Pallakkurichi and Adiyakurichi in
Sattankulam Taluka in Tuticorin District in Tamil Nadu-Reg. Environmental
Clearance
Sir,
The undersigned is directed to refer to your
letter no. IBPML/MOEF/EIA/15 dated 10.03.2010 along with copies of EIA/EMP and
public hearing reports on the above subject mentioned and subsequent
communications dated 04.06.2010 and 15.06.2010 seeking environmental clearance
under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006.
2. The Ministry of Environment &
Forests has examined the application. It
has been noted that the proposal is for setting up of 2x660 MW Coal Based
3.
The project has been considered in accordance
with the provisions of the EIA notification issued by the Ministry of
Environment & Forests vide S.O. 1533 (E), dated September 14, 2006.
4.
Based on the information submitted by you, as
at Para 2 above and others, the Ministry of Environment and Forests hereby
accords environmental clearance to the above project under the provisions of
ElA Notification dated September 14, 2006, subject to the compliance of the
following Specific and General conditions:
A.
Specific
Conditions:
(i)
High
Efficiency Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs) shall be installed to ensure that
particulate emission does not exceed 50 mg/Nm3. Two stack of
(ii)
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.
(iii)
The proponent shall
upload the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions, including
results of monitored data on their website and shall update the same periodically. It shall
simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of MOEF, the respective Zonal
Office of CPCB and the SPCB. The criteria pollutant levels namely; RSPM (PM2.5
& PM10), SO2, NOx (ambient levels as well as stack
emissions) shall be displayed at a convenient location near the main gate of
the company in the public domain.
(iv)
Well designed acoustic enclosures for the DG
sets and noise emitting equipments to achieve the desirable insertion loss viz.
25 dB(A) should be provided.
(v)
No ground water shall be extracted for use in
operation of the power plant even in lean season.
(vi)
No water bodies including natural drainage
system in the area shall be disturbed due to activities associated with the
setting up / operation of the power plant.
(vii)
Utilization of
100% Fly Ash generated shall be made from 4th year of operation of
the plant. Status of implementation shall be reported to the Regional Office of
the Ministry from time to time.
(viii) Fly ash shall be collected in dry form and storage facility (silos)
shall be provided. Unutilized fly ash
shall be disposed off in the ash pond in the form of slurry form. Mercury
and other heavy metals (As,Hg, Cr, Pb etc.) shall be monitored in the bottom
ash as also in the effluents emanating from the existing ash pond. No ash shall be disposed off in low lying area.
(ix)
Ash pond shall be lined with HDP/LDP lining or any
other suitable impermeable media such that no leachate takes place at any point
of time. Adequate safety measures shall also be implemented to protect the ash
dyke from getting breached.
(x)
Additional soil for leveling of the proposed
site shall be generated within the sites (to the extent possible) so that
natural drainage system of the area is protected and improved.
(xi)
A
well designed rain water harvesting system shall be put in place within six
months, which shall comprises of rain water collection from the built up and
open area in the plant premises. Status of implementation shall be submitted to
the Ministry within six months.
(xii)
Monitoring
of surface water quantity and quality shall also be regularly conducted and
records maintained. The monitored data shall be submitted to the Ministry
regularly. Further, monitoring points shall be located between the plant and
drainage in the direction of flow of ground water and records maintained.
Monitoring for heavy metals in ground water shall be undertaken.
(xiii)
The
project proponent shall in collaboration with other thermal power plants in the
area develop a monitoring mechanism for marine/coastal water at its own
expenses a govt. institute / university in the region. The monitoring result
shall be submitted to the Ministry half yearly after the plant becomes
operational.
(xiv) Detailed hydro-geological
study (including sustainability of water source study) shall be conducted from
an institute/ organization of repute and submitted within six months.
Specific mitigation measures (as required) shall be spelt out and action plan
for implementation of the same shall be provided.
(xv)
Source
of water for meeting the requirement during lean season shall be specified and
submitted to the Regional Office of the Ministry within three months.
(xvi) Green Belt consisting of 3
tiers of plantations of native species around plant and at least 100 m width
shall be raised. Wherever 100 m width is not feasible a 50 m width shall be
raised and adequate justification shall be submitted to the Ministry.
(xvii) To meet the expenditure on
plantations and their management, a common Green Endowment fund should be
created by the project proponents out of EMP budgets the interest earned out of
it should be used for the development and management of green cover of the
area.
(xviii)
Two
nearest villages shall be adopted and basic amenities like development of
roads, drinking water supply, primary health centre, primary school etc shall
be developed by the project proponent at its own cost in co-ordination with the
district administration.
(xix) The
project proponent shall adequately contribute in the development of other
neighbouring villages. Special package with implementation schedule for
providing potable drinking water supply in the near by villages and schools
shall be undertaken in a time bound manner.
(xx)
The
project proponent shall adopt the fishing communities displaced / affected by
the power plant (if any) and in particular those residing in and around within
3.0 km of the project site.
(xxi) The project proponent shall
prepare an action plan to be submitted within three months to the Ministry for
regeneration of mangroves in the area and shall specify the financial
commitments for the same.
(xxii) An endowment of Fishermen
Welfare Fund shall be created not only of enhance their quality of life through
creation of facilities for fish landing platforms/ fishing harbour/ cold
storage, but also to provide relief in case of emergency situations such as
missing of fishermen on duty due to rough seas, tropical cyclones and storms
etc.
(xxiii)
Local employable youth shall be identified
and trained in skills relevant to the project for eventual employment in the
project itself. The action taken report and details thereof to this effect
shall be submitted to the Regional Office of the Ministry and the State Govt.
Department concerned from time to time.
(xxiv)
An amount of Rs. 21.0 crores as one time
investment should be earmarked for activities to be taken up under CSR by the
above proponent. Recurring expenditure for CSR shall not be less than Rs. 4.20
crores per annum. Detailed action plan with break of activities shall be
submitted within six months to the
Ministry.
(xxv)
While identifying CSR programme the company
shall conduct need based assessment for the nearby villages to study economic
measures with action plan which can help in upliftment of poor section of
society. Income generating projects consistent with the traditional skills of
the people besides development of fodder farm, fruit bearing orchards,
vocational training etc. can form a part of such programme. Company shall
provide separate budget for community development activities and income
generating programmes. This will be in
addition to vocational training for individuals imparted to take up self
employment and jobs. In addition a special scheme for upliftment of SC/ST’s and
marginalized population in the study area out of CSR programme shall be
formulated and submitted to the Ministry within six months along with
firm commitment of implementation. The scheme shall have an in-built monitoring
mechanism.
(xxvi)
It shall be ensured that in-built monitoring
mechanism for the schemes identified is in place and annual social audit shall
be got done from the nearest government institute of repute in the region. The
project proponent shall also submit the status of implementation of the scheme
from time to time
(xxvii)
A dedicated Environment management Cell with
suitable qualified personnel constituting of Marine Biologist and an ecologist
shall be set-up under the control of a Senior Executive, who will report
directly to the Head of the Organization.
(xxviii)
The company shall provide housing for
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.
B.
General Conditions:
(i)
A sewage treatment
plant shall be provided (as applicable) and the treated sewage shall be used
for raising greenbelt/plantation.
(ii)
Adequate safety measures shall be provided in the
plant area to check/minimize spontaneous fires in coal yard, especially during
summer season. Copy of 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.
(iii)
Storage facilities for auxiliary liquid fuel such
as LDO and/ HFO/LSHS shall be made in the plant area in consultation with
Department of Explosives, Nagpur. Sulphur content in the liquid fuel will not
exceed 0.5%. Disaster Management Plan
shall be prepared to meet any eventuality in case of an accident taking place
due to storage of oil.
(iv)
Regular
monitoring of ground water level shall be carried out by establishing a network
of existing wells and constructing new piezometers. Monitoring
around the ash pond area
shall be carried out particularly for heavy metals (Hg,Cr,As,Pb) and
records maintained and submitted to the Regional Office of this Ministry. The
data so obtained should be compared with the baseline data so as to ensure that
the ground water quality is not adversely affected due to the project.
(v)
First Aid and sanitation
arrangements shall be made for the drivers and other contract workers during
construction phase.
(vi)
Noise levels emanating from
turbines shall be so controlled such that the noise in the work zone 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.
(vii)
Regular monitoring of ground level concentration of
SO2, NOx, PM2.5 & PM10 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. The data shall also be put on the
website of the company.
(viii) 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.
(ix)
A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the
proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad / Municipal Corporation, urban
local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/representations, if
any, received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be
put on the website of the Company by the proponent.
(x)
A separate Environment
Management Cell with qualified staff shall be set up for implementation of the
stipulated environmental safeguards.
(xi)
The project proponent shall also submit six monthly
reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance
conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well by
e-mail) to the respective Regional Office of MOEF, the respective Zonal Office
of CPCB and the SPCB.
(xii)
The environment statement for each financial year ending
31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project
proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under
the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also
be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of EC
conditions and shall also be sent to the respective Regional Offices of the
Ministry by e-mail.
(xiii)
The project proponent shall submit six
monthly reports on the status of the implementation of the stipulated
environmental safeguards to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its
Regional Office, Central Pollution Control Board and State Pollution Control
Board. The project proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the
environment of the environmental clearance conditions on their website and
update the same periodically and simultaneously send the same by e-mail to the
Regional Office, Ministry of Environment and Forests.
(xiv) Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment &
Forests 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. Project proponent will up-load the compliance status in
their website and up-date the same from time to time at least six monthly
basis. Criteria pollutants levels including NOx (from stack & ambient air)
shall be displayed at the main gate of the power plant.
(xv) 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.
(xvi) 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.
(xvii) Full cooperation shall be extended to the
Scientists/Officers from the Ministry / Regional Office of the Ministry at Bangalore / CPCB/ 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.
The Ministry may also 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 operations by the power plant.
6. Concealing factual data or submission
of false/fabricated data and failure to comply with any of the conditions
mentioned above may result in withdrawal of this clearance and attract action
under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
7. In
case of any deviation or alteration in the project proposed including coal
transportation system 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.
8. 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, Handling and Transboundary ) Rules, 1989
and its amendments, the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 and its amendments.
9. 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,
(Dr. P.L. Ahujarai)
Scientist ‘F’
Copy
to:
1.
The Secretary, Ministry of Power, Shram
Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi 110001.
2.
The Secretary (Environment), Environment
Department, Government of Tamil Nadu.
3.
The Chairman, Central Electricity Authority,
Sewa Bhawan, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066.
4.
The Chairman, Tamil Nadu State Pollution
Control Board, No. 76, Mount Road, Mount Salai, Guindy, Chennai - 600 032
5.
The Chairman, Central Pollution Control
Board, Parivesh Bhawan,
CBD-cum-Office Complex, East Arjun Nagar, Delhi- 110032.
6.
The Chief Conservator of Forests, Regional
Office (SZ), Kendriya Sadan, 4th Floor E&F Wings 17th
Main Road, 1 Block , Koranmangala, Bangalore
-560 034.
7.
The District Collector, Tuticorin District,
Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
8.
Guard
file.
9.
Monitoring file.
(Dr. P.L. Ahujarai)
Scientist ‘F’