F. No.
J-11011/1132/2007- IA II (I)
Government of
Ministry of Environment and Forests
(I.A. Division)
Paryavaran Bhawan
CGO Complex,
E-mail : pb.rastogi@nic.in
Telefax : 011:
2436 7668
Dated 12th February, 2009
To,
M/s K.R. Pulp
& Papers Ltd.
304,
Laxmi Nagar
District Centre
Delhi – 110 092
E-mail
: kr@krpapers.com / info@krpapers.com.
Fax
No. :
011-42448977 / 05842 -240136 - 37
Subject : Expansion of Writing and Printing Paper (200 TPD) and Captive Co-generation
Power Plant (12 MW) at Village Rampur, Tehsil Shahjahanpur, District
Shahjahanpur, U.P. by M/s K.R. Pulp & Paper Ltd. – Environment clearance
reg.
Ref. : Your letter no. nil dated 28th
June, 2007.
Sir,
This has
reference to your letter no. nil dated 28th June, 2007 alongwith
Application in Form I, Pre-feasibility report, EIA/EMP report and pubic hearing
report and subsequent communications dated 20th December, 2007, 11th
December, 2008 and 3rd January, 2009 on the above mentioned project.
2.0
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has examined your application.
It is noted that proposal is for the expansion of Writing and Printing Paper
(200 TPD) and Captive Co-generation Power Plant (12 MW) at Village Rampur,
Tehsil Shahjahanpur, District Shahjahanpur, U.P. by M/s K.R. Pulp & Paper
Ltd. Total project area is
3.0 Bleached
varieties of paper using agricultural residues mainly wheat straw / bagasse
will be manufactured. Small quantity of ready-made pulp will be purchased from
outside. Paper making process will
involve raw material preparation; chemical recovery, bleaching; stock
preparation, paper making, finishing and packaging. Elemental chlorine free method for bleaching
will be used. No Cl2 will be used in the process. Only ClO2
will be used for bleaching.
4.0 Electrostatic
precipitator (ESP) and bag filters will be provided to control gaseous
emissions from the rice husk fired boiler of Captive Co-generation Power Plant
and Chemical Recovery Boiler within 100 mg/Nm3. Total ground water
requirement will be 16,560 m3/day. Treated wastewater will be
recycled and reused and excess discharged into the Bhakshi drain after
conforming to the prescribed standards.
Black liquor will be processed in the chemical recovery plant and burnt. ETP sludge will be
sold to paperboard manufacturers. Lime
kiln will be installed to recovered from lime mud. Fly ash will be used in brick manufacturing
plants.
5.0
Public hearing meeting was held on 5th December, 2008.
6.0 The Ministry
of Environment and Forests hereby accords environmental clearance to the
proposed of the above project under the provisions of EIA Notification dated
27th January, 1994 as amended subsequently subject to strict compliance of the
following specific and general conditions.
A. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS :
i.
As proposed,
Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) bleaching technology shall be adopted in manufacturing of Writing
& Printing Paper. No Cl2 shall be used in the process. As proposed, no surplus ClO2 shall be
released in atmosphere.
ii.
Continuous
stack monitoring facilities for all the stacks and sufficient air pollution
control devices viz. Electrostatic precipitator (ESP) and bag filters etc. shall be provided to control gaseous
emissions from the boiler and incinerator below 100 mg/Nm3. Monitoring of H2S and Mercaptan
alongwith other parameters shall be ensured and report submitted
to Ministry’s Regional Office at Lucknow, UPPCB and CPCB.
iii.
The gaseous emissions (SPM, SO2, NOX, H2S)
from various process units shall conform to the standards prescribed from time
to time. The UPPCB may specify more stringent standards for the relevant
parameters keeping in view the nature of the industry, its size and location.
At no time, the emission level shall go beyond the prescribed standards. In the
event of failure of any pollution control system(s) adopted by the unit, the
respective unit shall not be restarted until the control measures are rectified
to achieve the desired efficiency. Monitoring data shall be submitted to the
Ministry’s Regional Office at Lucknow, CPCB and UPPCB regularly.
iv.
Secondary
fugitive emissions from all the sources shall be controlled within the latest permissible limits issued by the
Ministry and regularly monitored. Guidelines / Code of Practice issued by the
CPCB shall be followed. Fugitive emissions from Chipper house and raw material
handling yard shall be controlled by providing suction hood and bag filters at Chipper house. Proper ventilation shall be provided to
control fugitive emissions. Dust suppression system and sprinklers
shall be provided to raw material handling yards to control air emissions
within permissible limits.
v.
AOx levels shall be controlled less than 1 kg/ton of
paper manufactured as per E(P) Act. The
wastewater quality shall be regularly monitored at the discharge point and in
the river. The company also shall have
their own instrument for the measurement of AOx. TOC levels in the treated effluent shall also
be measured once in a month.
vi.
The odours
and gases from cooking / stripping column, evaporator hot well and hot
condensate tank shall be controlled by installing odour collection system and
subsequently burnt in the incinerator. Monitoring of H2S and Mercaptans shall be carried out
once in a month in the work environment.
vii.
Total water
consumption shall not exceed as mentioned in the
Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) guidelines. Efforts shall be made to reduce the quantity of water intake and maximize use of
recycled water by adopting advanced wastewater treatment technologies.
viii.
Permission
for the drawl of 16,560 m3/day ground water from bore wells shall be obtained from the Central Ground
Water Authority / State Ground Water Board (CGWA/SGWB). All the recommendations
made by the Central Ground Water Authority / State Ground Water Board
(CGWA/SGWB) regarding use of water shall be implemented.
ix.
All the
process effluent shall be treated in Effluent Treatment
Plant (ETP) through primary, secondary and tertiary treatment methods. Efforts shall be made to reduce colour content in the effluent discharged to Bhakshi
drain. Activated Carbon filtration shall be provided before discharge treated
wastewater. Treated effluent (filtrate) shall be used for the green belt development and discharged to the nearby
Bhakshi drain only after conforming to the standards prescribed by the UPPCB
and under E(P) Act, whichever are more stringent. Domestic effluent shall be
treated in Septic tank followed by soak pits.
x.
Efforts shall be made to reduce total dissolved
solids (TDS) in the effluent and effluent discharged shall not
exceed 80 m3/T of paper produced as per the norms prescribed in the
E(P) Act.
xi.
Chemical recovery plant shall be
installed for the treatment of black liquor. In order to achieve colour
reduction, tertiary treatment system like activated filter, multi-media filter
etc. shall be
explored. Action plan shall be prepared for further colour removal from the
effluent and submitted to the Ministry and its Regional Office at Lucknow,
UPPCB and CPCB and implemented.
xii.
Adequate
number of influent and effluent quality monitoring stations shall be installed in consultation with the
UPPCB and controlled within the permissible limits for all the parameters. One of the water quality monitoring stations shall be at
xiii.
Regular
ground water monitoring shall be carried out for all the
relevant parameters where effluent is discharged.
xiv.
Lime kiln shall be installed to recover lime
from lime mud and properly disposed off in environment-friendly manner. Efforts
shall be
made for the utilization of lime sludge and mud in the cement plants. Sludge
dewatering system shall be
installed. ETP sludge shall be dried in sludge drying beds and provided to
paperboard manufacturers for further utilization. Waste oil shall be given to
authorized recyclers/reprocessors.
xv.
Proper utilization of fly ash shall be
ensured as per Fly Ash Notification, 1999 and subsequent amendment in 2003. Fly
ash and bed ash shall be provided to brick manufacturers.
xvi.
Green belt shall be
developed in
xvii.
All the recommendations made in the
Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for Pulp
and Paper Sector shall be
strictly implemented.
xviii.
All the commitments made to the public
during public hearing shall be satisfactorily implemented.
xix.
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.
The project
authorities must strictly adhere to the stipulations made by the U.P. Pollution
Control Board (UPPCB) and the State Government.
ii.
No further
expansion or modernization in the plant shall be carried out without prior
approval of the Ministry of Environment and Forests. In case of deviations or
alterations in the project proposal from those submitted to this Ministry for
clearance, a fresh reference shall be made to the Ministry to assess the
adequacy of conditions imposed and to add additional environmental protection
measures required, if any.
iii.
One ambient air quality monitoring
station shall be installed in downwind direction. Ambient air quality including
ambient noise levels shall not exceed the standards stipulated under EPA or by
the State authorities. Monitoring of ambient air quality and stack emissions
shall be carried out regularly in consultation with UPPCB and report submitted
to the UPPCB quarterly and to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Lucknow
half-yearly.
iv.
In-plant
control measures for checking fugitive emissions from all the vulnerable
sources like spillage/raw materials/coal handlings etc. shall be provided. Bag filters shall be provided at transfer points and dedusting stacks to control fugitive
emissions. Water
sprinkling, black topping of internal roads and green belt development shall be
carried out to control the fugitive dust emissions due to vehicular movement.
Dust suppression and extraction system shall be provided to control secondary
fugitive emission during raw material handling and processing.
v.
Proper house
keeping and cleanliness must be maintained within and outside the plant.
vi.
The overall
noise levels in and around the plant area shall be kept well within the
standards (85 dBA) by providing noise control measures including acoustic
hoods, silencers, enclosures etc. on all sources of noise generation. The
ambient noise levels should conform to the standards prescribed under EPA
Rules, 1989 viz. 75 dBA (day time) and 70 dBA (night time).
vii.
The company shall undertake rainwater harvesting measures to recharge the
ground water.
viii.
Occupational
health surveillance programme shall be undertaken as regular exercise for all
the employees, specially for those engaged in handling hazardous substances.
The first aid facilities in the occupational health center shall be
strengthened and the medical records of each employee should be maintained
separately.
ix.
The project
proponent shall also comply with all the environmental protection measures and
safeguards recommended in the EIA/EMP report.
x.
The
implementation of the project vis-à-vis environmental action plans shall be
monitored by Ministry’s Regional Office at Lucknow / UPPCB /CPCB. A six monthly
compliance status report shall be submitted to monitoring agencies.
xi.
Adequate
provisions for infrastructure facilities such as water supply, fuel, sanitation
etc. shall be ensured for construction workers during the construction phase so
as to avoid felling of trees and pollution of water and the surroundings.
xii.
The project
proponent shall have a scheme for social upliftment in the surrounding villages
with reference to contribution in road construction, education, establishment
of health centers, sanitation facilities, drinking water supply, community
awareness and employment to local people whenever and wherever possible both
for technical and non-technical jobs.
xiii.
A separate
Environmental Management Cell equipped with full fledged laboratory facilities
to carry out the various Environmental Management and Monitoring functions
shall be set up under the control of Senior Executive.
xiv.
As proposed, Rs. 26.70 Crores and Rs. 5.60 Crores shall be earmarked towards capital cost and recurring
cost/annum for implementing environment pollution control measures respectively
and used judiciously to implement the conditions stipulated by the Ministry of
Environment and Forests as well as the State Government and an implementation
schedule for implementing all the conditions stipulated herein. The funds so
provided shall not be diverted for any other purposes.
xv.
Six monthly
status report on the project vis-à-vis implementation of environmental measures
shall be submitted to this Ministry’s Regional Office at Lucknow / CPCB / UPPCB.
xvi.
The Project
Proponent shall inform the public that the project has been accorded
environmental clearance by the Ministry and copies of the clearance letter are
available with the U.P. Pollution Control Board and may also be seen at Website
of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://www.envfor.nic.in. This
shall be advertised within seven days from the date of issue of the clearance
letter at least in two local newspapers that are widely circulated in the
region of which one shall be in the vernacular language of the locality
concerned and a copy of the same shall be forwarded to the Regional office.
xvii.
The Project
Authorities shall inform the Regional Office as well as the Ministry, the date
of financial closure and final approval of the project by the concerned
authorities and the date of commencing the land development work.
7.0 The Ministry or any
competent authority may suitable any further condition(s) on receiving reports
from the project authorities. The above condition shall be monitored by the
Regional Office located at Lucknow.
8.0 The Ministry may
revoke or suspend the clearance, if implementation of any of the above
conditions is not satisfactory.
9.0 The Ministry
reserves the right to stipulate additional conditions if found necessary. The
Company in a time bound manner shall implement these conditions.
10.0. Any appeal against
this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Environment Appellate
Authority, if preferred within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section
11 of the National Environment Appellate Act, 1997.
11.0 The above conditions
will be enforced, inter-alia under the provisions of the Water (Prevention
& Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, the Air (Prevention & Control of
Pollution) Act, 1981, the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, Hazardous Wastes
(Management and Handling) Rules, 2003 and the Public Liability Insurance Act,
1991 along with their amendments and rules.
(Dr. P.
B. Rastogi)
Director
Copy to:
1. Secretary, State Department of Environment, Government of
Uttar Pradesh, Room No. 3, New Buildings, Vidhan Bhavan, Lucknow – 226 001,
U.P.
2. The Chairman, Central Pollution Control
Board, Parivesh Bhavan, CBD-cum-Office
Complex, East Arjun Nagar, Delhi - 110032.
3. The Chairman,
Uttar Pradesh State Pollution Control Board, 111 Floor, PICUP Bhavan, Vibhuti
Khand, Lucknow – 226 020, U.P.
4. The Chief
Conservator of Forests, Regional Office (Central Region), Kendriya Sadan,
Sector H, 5th Floor, Aliganj, Lucknow – 226 024, U.P.
5. Adviser (IA),
Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, New Delhi
- 110003.
6. Monitoring Cell,
Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, New Delhi-
110003.
7. Guard File.
8. Monitoring File.
9. Record File.
(Dr. P. B. Rastogi)
Director