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)	Proposed expansion of existing Molasses Based Distillery (45 to 75 KLPD) & Co-generation Power Plant (1.0 to 5.0 MW) along with the installation of 125 KLPD Grain Based Distillery in Existing Distille
(b)Name of the Company / Organisation	SONA SATI ORGANICS PRIVATE LIMITED
(c)Registered Address	Village Rajapatti Kothi, P.O. Rajapatti, Tehsil Baikanthpur, District Gopalganj, Bihar,,Gopalganj,Bihar-841420
(d)Legal Status of the Company	Private
(e)Joint Venture	No

Address for the correspondence:
(a)Name of the Applicant	Ramashankar Prasad
(b)Designation (Owner/ Partner/ CEO)	Director
(c)Address	Sona Sati Organics Pvt. Limited, 503A, N.P. Center, New Dak Bunglow Road, Patna (Bihar),,Patna Rural (a) Patna Rural (b),Patna,Bihar-800001
(d)Pin code	800001
(e)E-mail	jaiswalp5@gmail.com
(f)STD Code.	612(f)Telephone No.	2216098
(g)Fax No.	06122214420
(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/BR/IND2/42658/2004
(d)Master Proposal Number(Single Window)	SW/80472/2018
(e)EAC concerned (for category A Projects only)	Industrial Projects - 2
(f)Project Type	Expansion

Location of the Project:
(a)Plot/Survey/Khasra No.	151 152
(b)Pincode	841420
(c)Bounded Latitudes (North)
From
Degree	26.21000000
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	26.21333333
Minutes
Second
(d)Bounded Longitudes (East)
From
Degree	84.79472222
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	84.79916667
Minutes
Second
(e)Survey of India Topo Sheet No.	G45G11 G45G12 G45G15 G45G16
(f)Uploaded Topo Sheet File	Copy of Topo Sheet File
(g)Maximum Elevation Above Means Sea Level(AMSL)	63
(h)Uploaded (kml) File	Copy of Kml File
(i)Distance of Nearest HFL from the project boundary within the study area	5
(j)Seismic Zone	4

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

Details of State(s) of the project
S. No.	State Name	District Name	Tehsil Name	Village Name
(1.)	Bihar	Gopalganj	Baikunthpur	Rajapatti Kothi

Details of Terms of Reference (ToR)/EC:
(a)MoEF&CC / SEIAA File Number	J-11011/60/2016-IA-11(I)
(c)Date of Issue of TOR	20 Oct 2004
(f)Previous TOR Letter	Copy of Previous TOR letter
(b)Date of Apply of EC	08 Oct 2018
(c)Date of Issue of EC	18 Jan 2019
(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 :	05 Jul 2018
Copy of advertisement :	Copy of Advertisement

Copy of Public Hearing :	Copy of Public Hearing
Date :	06 Aug 2018
Distance of Public Hearing Venue from the Proposed Project :	0

Plant Site

State :	Bihar
District :	Gopalganj
Tehsil :	Baikunthpur
Village :	Rajapatti Kothi

119

CSR Odour Noise

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	Ranchi
(iii)Letter No.	105-27/07/EPE/1095
(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	Nov 25 2016 12:00AM
(b)Details of Capacity Expansion

S. No.	Product/Activity (Capacity/Area)	Quantity From	Quantity To	Total	Unit	Other Unit	Mode of Transport / Transmission of Product	Other Mode of Transport / Transmission of Product
(1.)	Ethanol	45	155	200	Kilo Litre per Day(KLD)		Road
(2.)	Power	1	4	5	Mega Watt(MW)		Others	Transmission lines

(c)Details of Configuration

S. No.	Plant / Equipment / Facility	Existing Configuration	Proposed Configuration	Final configuration after expansion	Remarks
(1.)	Co-generation Power Plant	1	4	5	MW
(2.)	Molasses based Distillery Plant	45	30	75	KLPD
(3.)	Grain Based Distillery Plant	0	125	125	KLPD

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	16 Oct 2015
(iv)Valid Upto	30 Sep 2018
(v)File No.	PT-461/12/T10636 PT2-71/12/T10637
(vi)Application No.	PT-461/12/T10636 PT2-71/12/T10637
(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)	125
(b) Funds Allocated for Environment Management (Capital) (in Crores)	25
(c) Funds Allocated Towards CER (Corporate Environment Responsibility) (in Crores)	0.94
(d) Funds Allocated for Environment Management Plan (EMP) (Recurring per Annum) (in Crores)	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	155050
(b)Existing quantity of raw material/fuel	70000
(c)Total quantity of raw material/fuel	225050

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	116550	Tons per Annum		Nearby Sugar Mills	Road		100	Others	Excise and Prohibition Department	Copy of Linkage
(2.)	Grains – Maize, jowar, broken rice	108500	Tons per Annum		Nearby Area & States	Road		500	MoU		Copy of Linkage

14.

Baseline Data :
(a)Period of Base Line Data Collection	FROM 01 Mar 2016 To 31 May 2016
(b)Season	Summer

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	86.7	58.1	85.89	100
(2.)	PM2.5		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	41.2	24.5	40.9	60
(3.)	SO2		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	12.5	5.1	12.23	80
(4.)	NOx		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	22.5	13.7	22.29	80

14.2. No. of Ground Water monitoring locations : 8
S. No.	Criteria Pollutants	Other Criteria Pollutants	Heavy Metal	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	Desirable Limit	Maximum Permissible Limit
(1.)	pH			NA		8.02	7.26	6.5	8.5
(2.)	Total Hardness			mg/l		473.28	210.08	200	600
(3.)	Chlorides			mg/l		101.76	13.70	250	1000
(4.)	TSS			mg/l		0	0	0	0
(5.)	Fluoride			mg/l		0.72	0.37	1.0	1.5
(6.)	TDS			mg/l		580	290	500	2000

14.3. No. of Surface Water monitoring locations : 1
S. No.	Criteria Pollutants	Other Criteria Pollutants	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	Classification of inland water body
(1.)	pH		NA		7.04	7.04	A
(2.)	BOD		mg/l		9.10	9.10	E
(3.)	DO		mg/l		5.6	5.6	A
(4.)	COD		mg/l		36	36	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))	60.1	52.4	75
(2.)	Leq(Night)	A-weighted decibels(dB(A))	54.6	41.8	70

14.5. No. of Soil Sample Monitored locations : 8
S. No.	Parameter	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value
(1.)	pH	Others	NA	7.73	7.36
(2.)	N(Nitrogen)	Kilogram per hectare		320.10	280.10
(3.)	P(Phosphorus)	Kilogram per hectare		18.40	12.42
(4.)	K(Potassium)	Kilogram per hectare		505.74	238.74
(5.)	Electric Conductivity	Millisiemens per Centimetre		0.32	0.19

14.6.

Details of Ground Water Table:
(a)Range of Water Table Pre-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 3.10 To 7.15
(b)Range of Water Table Post-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 1.85 To 4.20
(c)Whether Ground Water Intersection will be there ?	NA

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.)	GroundWater		1700	0	Copy of Permission Letter	Pipeline		Tube Well		21-4(89)/MER/CGWA/2011-1102	31 May 2018	1800

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.)	Grain based operation	646	800	CPU with 2 stage RO System and MEE Plant	Reuse within the Plant & Recycling		646
(2.)	Molasses based operation	688	950	CPU with two stage RO System and MEE Plant	Reuse within the Plant & Recycling		688

16.1.

(a)Total Waste Water Generation (Kilolitre per Day)	1334
(b)Total Discharged Water (Kilolitre per Day)	0
(c)Total Reused Water (Kilolitre per Day)	1334

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.)	ETP Sludge	Industrial Waste		100	Tons	100	Road		Others	Drying and given to farmers
(2.)	DDGS	Others	DDGS	22050	Tons	600	Road		Others	Sold to Vendors
(3.)	Ash	Fly Ash		19250	Tons	100	Road		Others	Given to brick manufacturers

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.)	PM10		Microgram per Meter Cube	86.7	0.7	0.11	86.81	100
(2.)	SO2		Microgram per Meter Cube	12.5	0.7	4.05	16.55	80
(3.)	NOx		Microgram per Meter Cube	22.5	0.7	1.61	24.11	80
(4.)	PM2.5		Microgram per Meter Cube	41.2	0	0	41.2	60

18.2. Stack Details
S. No.	Source	Fuel	Stack Height(m)	Stack Diameter(m)	Pollutants	Other Pollutants	Emission (GLS)
(1.)	Existing Boiler	Con. Spent wash with Biomass/Coal	45	2.0	PM10		50
(2.)	Proposed Boiler	Biomass/ Coal	51	1.6	PM10		50

19.

Power Requirement:
(a)Quantity (Kilo Volt Amps (kVA))	4000
(b)Source	5 MW Co-generation Power Plant
(c)Uploaded Copy of Agreement	Copy of Agreement
(d)Standby Arrangement (Details of DG Sets)	750 KVA 62 KVA 380 KVA 1000 KVA
(e)Stack Height (in m)	15

20.

Land Ownership Pattern:
(a)Forest Land (ha.)	0
(b)Private Land (ha.)	0
(c)Government Land (ha.)	0
(d)Revenue Land (ha.)	0
(e)Other Land (ha.)	12.27
Total Land (ha.)	12.27

21.

Present Land Use Breakup of the Study Area in Ha:
(a)Agriculture Area (ha.)	0
(b)Waste/Barren Land (ha.)	0
(c)Grazing/ Community Land (ha.)	0
(d)Surface Water Bodies (ha.)	0
(e)Settlements (ha.)	0
(f)Industrial (ha.)	12.27
(g)Forest (ha.)	0
(h)Mangroves (ha.)	0
(i)Marine Area (ha.)	0
(j)Others (ha.) : NA	0
Total (ha.)	12.27

22. Land requirement for various activities
S. No.	Description of Activity / Facility / Plant / Others	Others	Land Requirement (ha.)	Remarks
(1.)	Main Plant		12.27	Existing distillery is constructed in only 8.1 ha

Total (ha.)

12.27

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.)	Critically Polluted Area	Not Applicable	0	No CPA within 10 km radius
(2.)	NPA	Not Applicable	0	No NPA within 10 km radius
(3.)	Wildlife Corridors	Not Applicable	0	No Wildlife Corridors within 10 km radius
(4.)	ESAs	Not Applicable	0	No ESAs within 10 km radius
(5.)	WLS	Not Applicable	0	No WLS within 10 km radius
(6.)	ESZs	Not Applicable	0	No ESZs within 10 km radius
(7.)	Corridors	Not Applicable	0	No Corridors within 10 km radius

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.)	Forest		Not Applicable	0	No Forest within 10 km radius
(2.)	Archaeological Sites		Not Applicable	0	No Archaeological sites within 10 km radius
(3.)	Defence Installations		Not Applicable	0	No Defence installation within 10 km radius

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)	12.27
(b)Land yet to be acquired(Ha)	12.27
(c)Status of Land acquisition if not acquired	Already Acquired

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 ?	Yes
(i)Details of Water Bodies in Buffer Area	Gandak River
(ii)Direction of Water Bodies in Buffer Area	North East
(iii)Distance of Water Bodies in Buffer Area	5

31.

Manpower Requirement:
(a)Permanent Employment-During Construction	0
(b)Permanent Employment-During Operation	60
(c)Temporary Employment- During Construction	0
(d)Temporary Employment- During Operation	40
(e)No. of working days	350
(f)Total Manpower	100

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	2.0	0.7	2
(2.)	Percentage of Total Project Area	33	0	33
(3.)	No. of Plants	4050	3000	7050
(4.)	Funds Allocated	405000	300000	705000

33. Project Benefits
S. No.	Type of Project Benefits	Details of Project Benefits
NIL

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/1619/RA0069
(ii)Name of the EIA Consultant	JM EnviroNet Pvt. Ltd.
(iii)Address	202 A, ABW Tower, MG Road, Gurgaon Haryana
(iv)Mobile No.	9910494521
(v)Landline No.	9015209362
(vi)Email Id	jmenviron@hotmail.com
(vii)Category of Accreditation	A
(viii)Sector of Accreditation	Industrial Projects - 2
(ix)Validity of Accreditation	18 May 2019
(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 inform about total fresh water requirement after the proposed expansion (75 KLD molasses based & 125 KLD grain based), and the status of clearances required/obtained for the same. - Please clarify whether the production never exceeded the approved capacity of 45 KLD at any point of time, along with supporting documents. - Inspection done by CPCB, if any, to monitor compliance of their directions issued from time to time including that for installation of continuous online monitoring systems (for air pollutants and the effluent).	02 Oct 2018
2.	NA	The correction have been made as per the instruction received	08 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	Ramashankar Prasad
Designation	Director
Name of Company (Applicant Name should not be given here)	SONA SATI ORGANICS PRIVATE LIMITED
Address	Village Rajapatti Kothi, P.O. Rajapatti, Tehsil Baikanthpur, District Gopalganj, Bihar