J-13012/64/2009
- IA. II (T)
Government of India
Ministry of
Environment & Forests
Paryavaran Bhavan,
C.G.O. Complex,
Lodi Road, New Delhi
-110003.
Dated: 5th
Nov, 2009.
To
M/s Hassan Thermal Power (P) Ltd.
S-327, Greater Kailash Part II
New Delhi –
110 048
Sub:
2x500
MW Coal based Thermal Power Plant at Village Kenchana Halli, in Hassan
District, in Karnataka –
TOR regarding.
Sir,
The undersigned is directed to refer to your letter
dated 31.07.2009 on the above mentioned subject.
2. It is to inform that the proposal was
considered by the Expert Appraisal Committee during its 54th Meeting held
during September 10-12, 2009, for determination of the Terms of Reference (TOR)
for undertaking detailed EIA study in accordance with the provisions of the EIA
notification dated September 14, 2006.
3. Based on the information provided by
you with regard to the above mentioned project proposal the Committee has
prescribed the following Terms of Reference (TORs) for preparation of the
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report and Environment Management Plan (EMP), in respect of your above mentioned project.
- Conformity of
the site with the prescribed guidelines in terms of distance of 500 m from
HFL of the river, highways, railway line and with CRZ regulations shall be
shown.
- The revised
coordinates of the proposed site including location of ash pond shall be
submitted along with topo sheet.
- Primary survey of flora and fauna shall
be carried out (if the site is within 10 km of wildlife sanctuary/national
parks/biosphere reserves or any other eco-sensitive area) and report
submitted along with EIA/EMP
report.
- Detailed hydro-geological study shall be
conducted from an institute/ organisation of repute to assess impact of on
ground and surface water regime due to fly ash disposal. Specific
mitigation measures shall be spelt out and action plan for implementation
of the same shall be provided.
- Action plan for identification of local
employable youth for training in skills relevant to the project for eventual
employment in the project itself shall be formulated so that to the extent
possible outside people are not employed.
- Layout plan indicating break-up of
plant, green belt, infrastructure, roads etc. shall be provided.
- Satellite imagery or authenticated map
indicating drainage, cropping pattern, water bodies (rivers, nallhs, ponds
etc.), location of nearest villages, creeks, rivers, reservoirs,
national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, tiger reserves, biosphere
reserves, heritage sites etc in the study area shall be provided. Location of any National Park, Sanctuary,
Elephant/Tiger Reserve (existing as well as proposed), migratory routes,
if any, within 10 km of the project site shall be specified and marked on
the map duly authenticated by the Chief Wildlife Warden.
- Land-use pattern of the nearby villages
shall be studied, including identification of common property resources
available for conversion into productive land and action plan for
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abatement and
compensation for damage to agricultural land/ common property land (if any) in
the nearby villages, due to proposed project shall be prepared.
- Need based assessment for the near by
villages shall be conducted to study economic measures 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. This will
be in addition to vocational training for individuals imparted to take up
self employment and jobs. Separate budget for community development
activities and income generating programmes shall be specified.
- Detailed
study on the impact on marine ecology due to the proposed discharge of
treated wastewater into the creek shall be carried out and submitted along
with the EIA Report.
- Land
requirement for the project to be optimized. Item wise break up of land
requirement and its availability to be furnished. It should also include
land to be acquired, if any, for coal transportation system as well as for
lying of pipeline including ROW. It may clearly be confirmed that the
land including ROW is free of
all encumbrances. The issues relating to land acquisition and R&R
should be clearly discussed in the EIA report.
- Identification
of CRZ area. A CRZ map duly authenticated by one of the authorized
agencies demarcating LTL, HTL,
CRZ area, location of the project and associate facilities w.r.t. CRZ,
coastal features such as mangroves, if any. The route of the pipeline,
conveyor system etc. passing through CRZ, if any, should also be
demarcated. The recommendations of the State Coastal Management Authority
for the activities to be taken up in the CRZ should also be provided.
- Impact of the
activities to be taken up in the CRZ area including jetty etc., if any,
should be integrated into the EIA report, however, action should be taken
to obtain separate clearance from the competent authority as may be
applicable to such activities.
- Location of
intake and outfall points (with coordinates) should be given. These locations should be selected based
on modeling studies. Details of
modeling and the results obtained there from should be furnished. It may be kept in view that the intake
and outfall points are away from the mangroves. A marine ecology study
should also be done to assess impact on marine ecology. Marine
impact of such activities should be clearly brought out in the EIA report.
- Details of
desalination plant and disposal of sludge shall be provided.
- Topography of
the area should be given clearly indicating whether the site requires any
filling. If so, details of filling,
quantity of fill material required, its source, transportation etc. should
be given.
- One
season site-specific meteorological data shall be provided.
- One complete
season AAQ data (except monsoon) to be given along with the dates of
monitoring. The parameters to be covered shall include SPM, RSPM, SO2,
NOx, Hg and Ozone (ground level). The location of the monitoring stations
should be so decided so as to take into consideration the pre-dominant
downwind direction, population zone and sensitive receptors including
reserved forests. There should be at least one monitoring station in the
upwind direction. There should be at least one monitoring station in the
pre dominant downwind direction at a location where maximum ground level
concentration is likely to occur.
- Impact of the
project on the AAQ of the area. Details of the model used and the input
data used for modelling should also be provided. The air quality contours
may be plotted on a location map showing the location of project site,
habitation nearby, sensitive receptors, if any. The wind roses should also
be shown on this map.
- Fuel analysis
to be provided (sulphur, ash content and heavy metals including Pb, Cr, As and Hg). Details of auxillary fuel, if any including
its quantity, quality, storage etc should also be
given.
- Quantity of
fuel required, its source and transportation. A
confirmed fuel linkage should be provided.
- Source of
water and its availability. Commitment regarding availability of requisite
quantity of water from the competent authority shall be provided.
- Details of
rainwater harvesting and proposed utilisation in the plant shall be
provided.
- Feasibility
of zero discharge shall be examined and detailed justification shall be
submitted if in case the same is nt possible.
Proposed discharge (if any), its quantity, quality and point of discharge,
users downstream etc. shall be provided.
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- Optimization
of COC for water conservation.
Other water conservation measures proposed in the project should also be
given. Quantity of water requirement for the project should be
optimized.
- Details of
water balance taking into account reuse and re-circulation of effluents.
- Details of
greenbelt i.e. land with not less than 2500 trees per ha giving details of
species, width of plantation, planning schedule etc.
- Detailed plan
of ash utilization / management shall be provided.
- Details of
evacuation of ash shall be provided.
- Details
action plan for arresting leachate in ash pond and details of lining
proposed for making impermeable the bottom and sides of ash pond including
soil analysis report and shall be submitted.
- Detailed
R&R plan (if any) and compensation package in consonance with the
National / State R&R Policy for the project affected people including
that due to fuel transportation system/pipeline and their ROW, if any, shall be prepared taking into
account the socio economic status of the area, homestead oustees, land
oustees, landless labourers.
- Details of
flora and fauna duly authenticated by the Competent Authority shall be
provided. In case of any scheduled fauna is present in the area
conservation plan shall be prepared in consultation with the Office of the
Chief Wildlife Warden and submitted.
- Details
regarding infrastructure facilities such as sanitation, fuel, restroom,
medical facilities, safety during construction phase etc. to be provided
to the labour force during construction as well as to the casual workers
including truck drivers during operation phase.
- Details of
activities with financial allocation to be taken up under CSR should be
provided.
- Impact of the
project on local infrastructure of the area such as road network and
whether any additional infrastructure would need to be constructed and the
agency responsible for the same with time frame.
- EMP to
mitigate the adverse impacts due to the project along with item wise cost
of its implementation.
- Risk
assessment including fire and explosion issues due to storage and use of fuel
should be carried out. It should
take into account the maximum inventory of storage at site at any point in
time. The risk contours should be plotted on the plant layout map clearly
showing which of the proposed activities would be affected in case of an
accident taking place. Based on the same, proposed safeguard measures
should be provided. Measures to
guard against fire hazards should also be provided.
- Details of litigation pending or
otherwise with respect to project in any courts, tribunal etc. shall be
provided.
4. Besides
the above, the following general points will be followed:
a)
All documents to be properly referenced with
index, page numbers and continuous page numbering.
b)
Where data is presented in the report
especially in table, the period in which the data was collected and the source
should invariably be indicated.
c)
Where the documents provided are in a
language other than English, an English translation should be provided.
d)
The Questionnaire for environmental appraisal
of thermal power projects as devised earlier by the Ministry shall also be
filled and submitted.
In addition to the
above, information on the following may also be incorporated in the EIA report.
1. Is the
project intended to have CDM-intent?
(i) If
not, then why?
(ii) If
yes, then
(a)
Has PIN
(Project Idea Note) {or PCN
(Project Concept Note)} submitted to the ?NCA?
(National CDM Authority) in the MoEF?
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(b)
If not, then by when is that expected?
(c)
Has PDD (Project Design Document) been
prepared?
(d)
What is the Carbon intensity? from
your electricity generation projected (i.e. CO2 Tons/MWH or Kg/KWH)
(e)
Amount of CO2 in Tons/year
expected to be reduced from the baseline data available on the CEA?s web-site (www.cea.nic.in)
2. Notwithstanding 1(i) above, data on (d)
& (e) above shall be worked out and reported.
5. After preparing the Draft EIA (as per
the generic structure prescribed in Appendix-III
of the EIA Notification, 2006) covering the above mentioned issues, the same
shall be submitted to the SPCB for conducting the public hearing as per
procedure of EIA notification 2006. The issues emerged during public hearing
shall be further incorporated in the Draft EIA/EMP
report. The final EIA/EMP report
along with public hearing report and the requisite documents (including written objections, if any)
shall be submitted to the Ministry for appraisal by the Expert Appraisal
Committee for consideration of awarding environmental clearance under the
provisions of Environmental Impact Assessment notification dated September 14,
2006.
Yours faithfully,
(Lalit Kapur)
Director
Copy to:
1.
The Secretary, Department of Environment,
Govt. of Karnataka, Bangalore.
2.
The Chairman, Karnataka State Pollution
Control Board, Parisara Bhawan, 4th & 5th Floor, 49,
Church Street, Bangalore – 560 001.
3.
The Chief Conservator of Forests, Regional
Office (SZ), Kendriya Sadan, 4th Floor E&F Wings 17th
Main Road, 1 Block , Koranmangala, Bangalore-560 034.
4.
Guard File.
(Lalit Kapur)
Director