Report Part 1

Form-2

APPLICATION FOR PRIOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE

S. No.

Item

Details

Whether it is a violation case and application is being submitted under Notification No. S.O.804(E) dated 14.03.2017 ?	No
Details of Project:
(a)Name of the project(s)	Hermes Distillery Pvt. Ltd.
(b)Name of the Company / Organisation	HERMES DISTILLERY PRIVATE LIMITED
(c)Registered Address	Village - Yadrav, Taluka - Raibag, Dist.-Belgaum,,Belgaum,Karnataka-591317
(d)Legal Status of the Company	Private
(e)Joint Venture	No

Address for the correspondence:
(a)Name of the Applicant	Amit Prabhakar Kore
(b)Designation (Owner/ Partner/ CEO)	Chairman
(c)Address	Village - Yadrav, Taluka - Raibag, Dist. - Belgaum,,Raybag,Belgaum,Karnataka-591317
(d)Pin code	591317
(e)E-mail	gm@hermesdistil.com
(f)STD Code.	831(f)Telephone No.	2465577
(g)Fax No.
(h)Copy of documents in support of the competence/authority of the person making this application to make application on behalf of the User Agency .	Annexure-Uploaded Copy of documents in support of the competence/authority

Category of the Project/Activity as per Schedule of EIA Notification,2006:
(a.I)Project/Activity	5(g) Distilleries
Minor Activity
(b)Category	A
(c)Proposal Number	IA/KA/IND2/57292/2014
(d)Master Proposal Number(Single Window)	SW/80098/2018
(e)EAC concerned (for category A Projects only)	Industrial Projects - 2
(f)Project Type	Expansion

Location of the Project:
(a)Plot/Survey/Khasra No.	Gat No.: 96/5A, 96/5B, 96/5C, 96/3A/2, 98/1B/3, 98
(b)Pincode	591317
(c)Bounded Latitudes (North)
From
Degree	16.522963
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	16.526198
Minutes
Second
(d)Bounded Longitudes (East)
From
Degree	74.719918
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	74.722720
Minutes
Second
(e)Survey of India Topo Sheet No.	47L10, 47L11, 47L14, 47L15
(f)Uploaded Topo Sheet File	Copy of Topo Sheet File
(g)Maximum Elevation Above Means Sea Level(AMSL)	560
(h)Uploaded (kml) File	Copy of Kml File
(i)Distance of Nearest HFL from the project boundary within the study area	4
(j)Seismic Zone	3

(a)Number of States in which Project will be Executed	1
(b)Main State of the project	Karnataka

Details of State(s) of the project
S. No.	State Name	District Name	Tehsil Name	Village Name
(1.)	Karnataka	Belgaum	Raybag

Details of Terms of Reference (ToR)/EC:
(a)MoEF&CC / SEIAA File Number	J-11011/143/2014-1A II (I)
(c)Date of Issue of TOR	22 Sep 2014
(f)Previous TOR Letter	Copy of Previous TOR letter
(b)Date of Apply of EC	09 Jul 2016
(c)Date of Issue of EC	31 Jan 2017
(d)Previous EC Letter	Copy of Previous EC letter

Details of Public Consultation:
(a)Whether the Project Exempted from Public Hearing?	No
(b)Whether details of Public Hearing available?	Yes
(c)Whether Public hearing was presided over by an officer of the rank of Additional District Magistrate or above	Yes

7.1. Details of Public Hearing

S. No.

Details of Advertisement

Details of Public Hearing

Venue

Location Details

No. of People Attended

Issues Raised

Designation of Presiding Officer

Other Designation of Presiding Officer

(1.)

Date of Advertisement :	10 Jun 2018
Copy of advertisement :	Copy of Advertisement

Copy of Public Hearing :	Copy of Public Hearing
Date :	11 Jul 2018
Distance of Public Hearing Venue from the Proposed Project :	0

At the Factory site - Hermes Distillery Pvt. Ltd (HDPL) S. No. 96/5A, 96/5B, 96/5C, 96/3A/2, 98/1B/4 and 98/1A/5, Village Yadrav, Tal.: Raibag, Dist.: Belgavi, State: Karnataka

State :	Karnataka
District :	Belgaum
Tehsil :	Raybag
Village :	Yadrav

185

There was no any major issues raised during Public hearing. Few issues raised they are as – provision of health care facilities, employment to local people, supply of boiler ash in subsidiary rate, tr

Others

Additional District Magistrate

Details of Project Configuration/Product:
Details Not Applicable

In case of Expansion / Modernisation / One Time Capacity Expansion (only for Coal Mining) / Expansion under Clause 7(ii) / Modernisation under Clause 7(ii) / Change of Product Mix under Clause 7(ii):
(a)Details of certified report on compliance of earlier environmental clearance condition
(i)Certified Compliance By	Regional
(ii)Details of Regional Office of MoEFCC / Zonal Office of CPCB / SPCB / UTPCC from which certified report on	Bangalore
(iii)Letter No.	EP/12.1/2016-2017/10/KAR 436
(iv)Status of Compliance	Compiled
(v)Certified report on compliance of earlier environmental clearance conditions (Including Monitoring Report)	Copy of Certified Compliance Report
(vi)Date of site visit	May 29 2018 12:00AM
(b)Details of Capacity Expansion

S. No.	Product/Activity (Capacity/Area)	Quantity From	Quantity To	Total	Unit	Mode of Transport / Transmission of Product
(1.)	Ethanol	100	200	300	Kilo Litre per Day(KLD)	Road
(2.)	Extra Neutral Alcohol	100	200	300	Kilo Litre per Day(KLD)	Road
(3.)	IMFL Bottling Plant	86.4	130	216	Kilo Litre per Day(KLD)	Road
(4.)	Rectified Spirit (RS)	100	200	300	Kilo Litre per Day(KLD)	Road

(c)Details of Configuration

S. No.	Plant / Equipment / Facility	Existing Configuration	Proposed Configuration	Final configuration after expansion	Remarks
(1.)	IMFL Bottling Plant	86.4 KLPD	130 KLPD	216 KLPD
(2.)	Distillery	100 KLPD	200 KLPD	300 KLPD	After expansion-200 KLPD molasses based & 100 KLPD grain based distillery

9.1.

Details of Consent to Operate
(i)Whether Consent to operate obtained ?	NA
(ii)Copies of all Consent to operate obtained since inception	NA
(iii)Date of Issue	01 Dec 2016
(iv)Valid Upto	30 Jun 2021
(v)File No.	AW-302203
(vi)Application No.	31631
(vii)Copy of Consent to operate valid as on date	Copy of Consent to Operate

10.

Project Cost:
(a)Total Cost of the Project at current price level (in Crores)	153
(b) Funds Allocated for Environment Management (Capital) (in Crores)	82.05
(c) Funds Allocated Towards CER (Corporate Environment Responsibility) (in Crores)	4.4
(d) Funds Allocated for Environment Management Plan (EMP) (Recurring per Annum) (in Crores)	7.2

11.

Whether project attracts the General Condition specified in the Schedule of EIA Notification ?

12.

Whether project attract the Specific Condition specified in the Schedule of EIA Notification ?

13.

Raw Material / Fuel Requirement:
(a)Proposed quantity of raw material/fuel	10800
(b)Existing quantity of raw material/fuel	10800
(c)Total quantity of raw material/fuel	21600

13.1. Raw Material / Fuel Profile
S. No.	Raw Material / Fuel	Quantity	Unit	Other Unit	Source (incase of Import. please specify country and Name of the port from which Raw Material / Fuel is received )	Mode of Transport	Other Mode of Transport	Distance of Source from Project Site (in Kilometres) (In case of import, distance from the port from which the raw material / fuel is received)	Type of Linkage	Other Type of Linkage	Uploaded Copy of Linkage
(1.)	Molasses	118800	Tons per Annum		Nearby sugar Factories	Road		50	Others	Tender	Copy of Linkage
(2.)	Coal	95040	Tons per Annum		Vendors	Road		780	Open Market		Copy of Linkage
(3.)	Grains – Maize, jowar, broken rice	891000	Tons per Annum		nearby farm lands	Road		30	Open Market		Copy of Linkage

14.

Baseline Data :
(a)Period of Base Line Data Collection	FROM 02 Oct 2017 To 31 Dec 2017
(b)Season	Post-Monsoon

14.1. No. of ambient Air Quality (AAQ) monitoring locations : 8
S. No.	Criteria Pollutants	Other Criteria Pollutants	Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	98 Percentile Value	Prescribed Standard
(1.)	PM10		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	70.45	41.68	58.76	100
(2.)	PM2.5		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	25.98	14.85	22.30	60
(3.)	NOx		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	56.97	35.50	50.10	80
(4.)	SO2		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	39.68	25.20	35.47	80

14.2. No. of Ground Water monitoring locations : 5
S. No.	Criteria Pollutants	Other Criteria Pollutants	Heavy Metal	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	Desirable Limit	Maximum Permissible Limit
(1.)	Total Hardness			mg/l		393.83	186.53	200	200
(2.)	Chlorides			mg/l		255.74	181.20	250	250
(3.)	pH			NA		7.36	7.07	6.5	8.5
(4.)	Fluoride			mg/l		0.35	0.17	1	1
(5.)	TSS			mg/l		50	42	100	100
(6.)	TDS			mg/l		1044.22	680.80	500	500

14.3. No. of Surface Water monitoring locations : 8
S. No.	Criteria Pollutants	Other Criteria Pollutants	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	Classification of inland water body
(1.)	pH		NA		7.86	7.07	E
(2.)	COD		mg/l		264.21	22.6	E
(3.)	BOD		mg/l		95.51	8.7	E
(4.)	DO		mg/l		4.7	1.2	E

14.4. No. of Ambient Noise monitoring locations : 8
S. No.	Parameter	Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	Prescribed Standard
(1.)	Leq(Day)	A-weighted decibels(dB(A))	73.2	43.2	75
(2.)	Leq(Night)	A-weighted decibels(dB(A))	64.3	34.4	70

14.5. No. of Soil Sample Monitored locations : 8
S. No.	Parameter	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value
(1.)	pH	Others	NA	8.34	7.41
(2.)	P(Phosphorus)	Milligram per Kilogram		4.17	2.14
(3.)	K(Potassium)	Milligram per Kilogram		91.64	51.80
(4.)	Electric Conductivity	Millisiemens per Centimetre		0.27	0.13
(5.)	N(Nitrogen)	Kilogram per hectare		62.59	25.16

14.6.

Details of Ground Water Table:
(a)Range of Water Table Pre-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 16.75 To 4.9
(b)Range of Water Table Post-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 12.42 To 2.08
(c)Whether Ground Water Intersection will be there ?	No

15. Details of Water Requirement (During Operation)
S. No.	Source	Source Other	Required Quantity (Kilolitre per Day (Kld))	Distance from Source	Copy of Permission from Competent Authority	Mode of Transport	Other Mode of Transport	Method of Water Withdrawal	Other Method of Water Withdrawal	Letter No.	Date of Issue	Permitted Quantity
(1.)	Surface		1181	5	Copy of Permission Letter	Pipeline		Jack Well		J.S.E.IIH.A.Y. 2016	27 Dec 2016	575757

15.1.

(a)Whether Desalination is proposed

16. Waste Water Management(During Operation)
S. No.	Type/Source	Quantity of Waste Water Generated (Kilolitre per Day)	Treatment Capacity (Kilolitre per Day)	Treatment Method	Mode of Disposal	Other Mode of Disposal	Quantity of Treated Water Used in Recycling/Reuse (Kilolitre per Day)	Quantity of Discharged Water (Kilolitre per Day)
(1.)	Domestic Effluent	2	20	Proposed STP	Green Belt Renewal Plant		2
(2.)	Industrial effluent	790	880	CPU comprises of Primary-secondary and tertiary treatment	Reuse within the Plant & Recycling		790

16.1.

(a)Total Waste Water Generation (Kilolitre per Day)	792
(b)Total Discharged Water (Kilolitre per Day)	0
(c)Total Reused Water (Kilolitre per Day)	792

17. Solid Waste Generation/Management
S. No.	Name of Waste	Item	Other Item	Quantity per Annum	Unit	Distance from Site(KM)	Mode of Transport	Other Mode of Transport	Mode of Disposal	Other Mode of Disposal
(1.)	Yeast Sludge	Industrial Waste		6600	Tons	0	Conveyor Belt		Co-Processing
(2.)	Boiler Ash	Bottom Ash		34089	Tons	30	Road		Authorized Recyclers
(3.)	CPU sludge	Industrial Waste		330	Tons	30	Road		Others	used as mannure

18.

18.1. Air Quality Impact Prediction
S. No.	Criteria Pollutants	Other Criteria Pollutants	Unit	Baseline Concentration	Distance GLC	Incremental Concentration	Total GLC	Prescribed Standard
(1.)	NOx		Microgram per Meter Cube	56.97	14.5	0.004	56.974	80
(2.)	PM10		Microgram per Meter Cube	58.76	14.5	0.006	58.766	100
(3.)	PM2.5		Microgram per Meter Cube	22.30	14.5	0.0014	22.3014	60
(4.)	SO2		Microgram per Meter Cube	35.47	14.5	0.07	35.54	80

18.2. Stack Details
S. No.	Source	Fuel	Stack Height(m)	Stack Diameter(m)	Pollutants	Other Pollutants	Emission (GLS)
(1.)	35 TPH Boiler	Coal+Spentwash	90	1.5	SO2		60.87

19.

Power Requirement:
(a)Quantity (Kilo Volt Amps (kVA))	7000
(b)Source	own Co-gen plant
(c)Uploaded Copy of Agreement	Copy of Agreement
(d)Standby Arrangement (Details of DG Sets)	625 KVA
(e)Stack Height (in m)	7

20.

Land Ownership Pattern:
(a)Forest Land (ha.)	0
(b)Private Land (ha.)	7.22
(c)Government Land (ha.)	0
(d)Revenue Land (ha.)	0
(e)Other Land (ha.)	0
Total Land (ha.)	7.22

21.

Present Land Use Breakup of the Study Area in Ha:
(a)Agriculture Area (ha.)	12672
(b)Waste/Barren Land (ha.)	4103
(c)Grazing/ Community Land (ha.)	0
(d)Surface Water Bodies (ha.)	448
(e)Settlements (ha.)	1828
(f)Industrial (ha.)	0
(g)Forest (ha.)	2998
(h)Mangroves (ha.)	0
(i)Marine Area (ha.)	0
(j)Others (ha.) : Fallow land	9367
Total (ha.)	31416

22. Land requirement for various activities
S. No.	Description of Activity / Facility / Plant / Others	Others	Land Requirement (ha.)	Remarks
(1.)	Built Up Area		4.86
(2.)	Green belt		2.57

Total (ha.)

7.43

23.

Ecological and Environmental Sensitivity (Within 10 Km):- WLS-Wild Life Sanctuaries; NPA-Notified Protected Area; ESAs-Eco Sensitive Areas; ESZs-Eco Sensitive Zones :

23.1. Details of Ecological Sensitivity :
S. No.	Details of Ecological Sensitivity	Name	Distance from the Project (Km)	Remarks
(1.)	ESAs	Nil	0	There is no presence of any CPA, WLS, NPA, ESAs, ESZs, Corridors & wildlife corridors in 10 Km radius of project.
(2.)	Critically Polluted Area	Nil	0	There is no presence of any CPA, WLS, NPA, ESAs, ESZs, Corridors & wildlife corridors in 10 Km radius of project.
(3.)	WLS	Nil	0	There is no presence of any CPA, WLS, NPA, ESAs, ESZs, Corridors & wildlife corridors in 10 Km radius of project.
(4.)	ESZs	Nil	0	There is no presence of any CPA, WLS, NPA, ESAs, ESZs, Corridors & wildlife corridors in 10 Km radius of project.
(5.)	NPA	Nil	0	There is no presence of any CPA, WLS, NPA, ESAs, ESZs, Corridors & wildlife corridors in 10 Km radius of project.
(6.)	Corridors	Nil	0	There is no presence of any CPA, WLS, NPA, ESAs, ESZs, Corridors & wildlife corridors in 10 Km radius of project.
(7.)	Wildlife Corridors	Nil	0	There is no presence of any CPA, WLS, NPA, ESAs, ESZs, Corridors & wildlife corridors in 10 Km radius of project.

23.2. Details of Environmental Sensitivity :
S. No.	Details of Environmental Sensitivity	Other Details of Environmental Sensitivity	Name	Distance from the Project (Km)	Remarks
(1.)	Archaeological Sites		Raibag Palace	8	Not notified by Archaeological department
(2.)	Defence Installations		Nil	0	There is no presence of defence installation in 10 Km radius of project.
(3.)	Forest		Shivaji Park reserve forest	2.2	Its an scrub land

23.3.

(a)Whether Noc / Permission from the competent authority is required?	No
(b)Whether NBWL recommendation is required?	No

24.

Forest Land:
Whether any Forest Land involved?	No

25.

Tree Cutting:
(a)No. of Trees Cut for the Project (if Forest Land not Involved)	0
(b)Details of Tree Cutting and Planting of Trees	Not Applicable

26.

Land Acquisition Status:
(a)Acquired Land(Ha)	0
(b)Land yet to be acquired(Ha)	0
(c)Status of Land acquisition if not acquired	Nil

27.

Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R):
(a)No. of Villages	0
(b)No. of Households	0
(c)No. of PDFs (Project Displaced Families)	0
(d)No. of PAFs (Project Affected Families)	0
(e)Funds Allocated for R&R(in INR) (in Lacs)	0
(f)Status of R&R	Completed

28.

Details of Presence of Schedule-I Species:
(a)Whether there is Presence of Schedule-I Species ?	No
(b)Whether conservation plan for Schedule-I Species has been prepared ?	No
(c)Whether conservation plan for Schedule-I Species has been approved by competent authority ?	No

29.

Details of Presence of Water Bodies in Core Area:
(a)Whether there is Presence of Water Bodies in Core Area ?	No
(b)Whether there is Diversion Required ?	No
(c)Whether permission has been obtained from competent authority ?	No

30.

Details of Presence of Water Bodies in Buffer Area:
(a)Whether there is Presence of Water Bodies in Buffer Area ?	No

31.

Manpower Requirement:
(a)Permanent Employment-During Construction	0
(b)Permanent Employment-During Operation	123
(c)Temporary Employment- During Construction	30
(d)Temporary Employment- During Operation	0
(e)No. of working days	330
(f)Total Manpower	153

32.

Green Belt in Ha:
(a)Uploaded Green Belt plan	Copy of Green Belt Plan

S. No.	Description	Existing	Proposed	Total
(1.)	Total Area of Green Belt	9550	16187	25737
(2.)	Percentage of Total Project Area	13	23.4	36
(3.)	No. of Plants	6000	10300	16300
(4.)	Funds Allocated	1500000	1000000	2500000

33. Project Benefits
S. No.	Type of Project Benefits	Details of Project Benefits
(1.)	Social	Activities under proposed expansion project of HDPL would improve socio-economic status of people in the study area in terms of local employment and contract basis jobs by providing employment opportunities to the skilled and semi-skilled local populace, especially in small-scale business and other related services.

34. CRZ Specific Details : Not Applicable

35. Sector Specific Details : NOT APPLICABLE

35. Sector Specific Details For Industrial Projects - 2

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Item

Details

S. No.

Item

Details

36.

Details of Court Cases:
(a)Whether there is any Court Cases pending against the project and/or land in which the project is proposed to be set up ?	No

37.

Details of Direction Issued under Environment (Protection) Act / Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution)) Act / Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act:
(a)Whether any Direction issued under EPA Act/Air Act/Water Act ?	No

38.

Details of EIA Consultant:
(a)Have you hired Consultant for preparing document?	Yes
(i)Accreditation No.	NABET/EIA/1518/SA 063 dated 01.06.2018
(ii)Name of the EIA Consultant	Equinox Environmets (I) Pvt. Ltd.
(iii)Address	F-11, Namdev Nest, 1160 ‘E’ ward, Opp. Kamala College, Sykes Extension, Kolhapur
(iv)Mobile No.	9657865122
(v)Landline No.	0231253123
(vi)Email Id	projects@equinoxenvi.com
(vii)Category of Accreditation	A
(viii)Sector of Accreditation	Industrial Projects - 2
(ix)Validity of Accreditation	21 Oct 2018
(x)Uploaded Certificate of Accreditation certified by QCI/NABET	Copy of Certificate of Accreditation

39.

Documents to be Attached:
(a)Uploaded Copy of EIA/EMP Report	Copy of EIA/EMP Copy of EIA/EMP(Annexures) Copy of EIA/EMP(Plans/Figures)
(b)Uploaded Copy of Risk Assessment Report	Copy of Risk Assessment
(c)Uploaded Copy of Feasibility Report/ Detailed Project Report(DPR) /Detailed Engineering Report /Detailed Conceptual Plan /Approved Mining Plan	Copy of Feasibility Report/ Detailed Project Report(DPR) /Detailed Engineering Report /Detailed Conceptual Plan /Approved Mining Plan
(d)Uploaded Copy of Final Layout Plan	Copy of Final Layout Plan
(e)Uploaded Cover Letter	Copy of Cover Letter
(f)Uploaded Copy of documents in support of the competence/authority of the person making this application to make application on behalf of the User Agency	Copy of documents in support of the competence/authority of the person making this application to make application on behalf of the User Agency
(g)Uploaded Additional File	Copy of Additional File
(h)Uploaded Proposal Presentation (To be given in EAC meeting)	NA

Essential Detail Sought:
Sno.	EDS Letter	Remarks	Date of EDS
1.	NA	Please clarify the following:- - Production of RS/ENA/AA and IMFL Bottling Plant never exceeded the approved capacity of 100 KLPD & 86.4 KLPD respectively along with the supporting documents, - Additional water requirement for the proposed expansion and the firm commitment of the concerned regulatory authority to supply the same, - Neither the ToR details are given against item No.6, nor copy of the EC is submitted.	01 Oct 2018
2.	NA	The correction have been made as per the instruction received	11 Oct 2018

Additional Detail Sought : NIL

Undertaking

I hereby give undertaking that the data and information given in the application and enclosures are true to be best of my knowledge and belief. And I am aware that if any part of the data and information found to be false or misleading at any stage, the project will be rejected and clearance given, if any to the project will be revoked at our risk and cost. In addition to above, I hereby give undertaking that no activity/ construction/ expansion has since been taken up.

Name of Applicant	Amit Prabhakar Kore
Designation	Chairman
Name of Company (Applicant Name should not be given here)	HERMES DISTILLERY PRIVATE LIMITED
Address	Village - Yadrav, Taluka - Raibag, Dist.-Belgaum