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)	Expansion in existing plant facility for production of Ammonium Sulphate
(b)Name of the Company / Organisation	GUJARAT STATE FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS LTD VADODARA UNIT
(c)Registered Address	P.O. Fertilizernagar - 391 750,Vadodara, Gujarat,Vadodara,Gujarat-391750
(d)Legal Status of the Company	State Government
(e)Joint Venture	No

Address for the correspondence:
(a)Name of the Applicant	Himatlal D Dalsania
(b)Designation (Owner/ Partner/ CEO)	Vice President (U & EC, Instru
(c)Address	P.O. Fertilizernagar,Vadodara, Gujarat,Vadodara,Vadodara,Gujarat-391750
(d)Pin code	391750
(e)E-mail	hddalsania@gsfcltd.com
(f)STD Code.	265(f)Telephone No.	3092796
(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(a) Chemical fertilizers
Minor Activity
(b)Category	A
(c)Proposal Number	IA/GJ/IND2/80904/2007
(d)Master Proposal Number(Single Window)	SW/80900/2018
(e)EAC concerned (for category A Projects only)	Industrial Projects - 2
(f)Project Type	Expansion

Location of the Project:
(a)Plot/Survey/Khasra No.	PO Fertilizer Nagar
(b)Pincode	391750
(c)Bounded Latitudes (North)
From
Degree	22222409
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	222227.3
Minutes
Second
(d)Bounded Longitudes (East)
From
Degree	730902.9
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	730905.3
Minutes
Second
(e)Survey of India Topo Sheet No.	F43H3 & F43H7
(f)Uploaded Topo Sheet File	Copy of Topo Sheet File
(g)Maximum Elevation Above Means Sea Level(AMSL)	43
(h)Uploaded (kml) File	Copy of Kml File
(i)Distance of Nearest HFL from the project boundary within the study area	8.7
(j)Seismic Zone	3

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

Details of State of the project
S. No.	State Name	District Name	Tehsil Name	Village Name
NIL

Details of Terms of Reference (ToR)/EC:
(a)MoEF&CC / SEIAA File Number	J-11011/123/2018-IA II (I)
(c)Date of Issue of TOR	14 Jun 2007
(f)Previous TOR Letter	Copy of Previous TOR letter
(b)Date of Apply of EC	17 Oct 2018
(c)Date of Issue of EC	06 Mar 2019
(d)Previous EC Letter	Copy of Previous EC letter

Details of Public Consultation:
(a)Whether the Project Exempted from Public Hearing?	Yes
(b)Reason	this project is located in Notified Industrial Ar
(c)Supporting Document	Copy of Supporting Document

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	Bhopal
(iii)Letter No.	5/193/2008(ENV)/492
(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	Jul 17 2018 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.)	Ammonium Sulphate	0	146000	146000	Tons per Annum(TPA)		Road,Rail

(c)Details of Configuration

S. No.	Plant / Equipment / Facility	Existing Configuration	Proposed Configuration	Final configuration after expansion	Remarks
(1.)	GSFC fertilizer and Chemical Ltd	5698585 TPA	146000 TPA	5844585 TPA	Exclude CPP- 100MW, Steam Generation- 390 TPH

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	07 Jun 2016
(iv)Valid Upto	31 Dec 2021
(v)File No.	AWH-78404
(vi)Application No.	105414 dated 05/03/2016
(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)	8.75
(b) Funds Allocated for Environment Management (Capital) (in Crores)	0.50
(c) Funds Allocated Towards CER (Corporate Environment Responsibility) (in Crores)	0.0875
(d) Funds Allocated for Environment Management Plan (EMP) (Recurring per Annum) (in Crores)	0.015

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	144288
(b)Existing quantity of raw material/fuel	0
(c)Total quantity of raw material/fuel	144288

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.)	ammonia	37008	Tons per Annum		Captive	Pipe Conveyor		0.5	Captive	Captive	Copy of Linkage
(2.)	Sulfuric Acid (98%)	107280	Tons per Annum		Captive	Pipe Conveyor		0.5	Captive		Copy of Linkage

14.

Baseline Data :
(a)Period of Base Line Data Collection	FROM 01 Mar 2018 To 31 May 2018
(b)Season	Pre-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.)	PM2.5		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	46.2	32.1	46.2	60
(2.)	NOx		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	20.8	13.7	20.7	80
(3.)	SO2		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	16.8	8.5	16.8	80
(4.)	PM10		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	86.2	64.3	84.9	100

14.2. No. of Ground Water monitoring locations : 7
S. No.	Criteria Pollutants	Other Criteria Pollutants	Heavy Metal	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	Desirable Limit	Maximum Permissible Limit
(1.)	pH			NA		8.15	6.72	6.5	8.5
(2.)	Heavy Metals		Boron	mg/l		0.1	0.05	0.5	1.0
(3.)	TSS			mg/l		00	00	00	00
(4.)	Total Hardness			mg/l		732	258	200	600
(5.)	Others	Alkalinity		mg/l		440	252	200	600
(6.)	Fluoride			mg/l		0.7	0.4	1.0	1.5
(7.)	TDS			mg/l		1208	574	500	2000
(8.)	Chlorides			mg/l		274	155	250	1000

14.3. No. of Surface Water monitoring locations : 5
S. No.	Criteria Pollutants	Other Criteria Pollutants	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	Classification of inland water body
(1.)	pH		mg/l		8.08	6.81	B
(2.)	DO		mg/l		5.0	4.6	B
(3.)	BOD		mg/l		8	4	B
(4.)	COD		mg/l		22	12	B
(5.)	Others	TDS	mg/l		1112	358	B

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))	74.1	58.4	75
(2.)	Leq(Night)	A-weighted decibels(dB(A))	68.8	53.1	70

14.5. No. of Soil Sample Monitored locations : 4
S. No.	Parameter	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value
(1.)	pH	Others	NA	8.22	7.42
(2.)	K(Potassium)	Milliequivalents per 100 Gram		1.2	0.6
(3.)	Electric Conductivity	Millisiemens per Centimetre		1.4	0.6
(4.)	N(Nitrogen)	Percent		0.095	0.070
(5.)	P(Phosphorus)	Milligram per Kilogram		2.72	0.412

14.6.

Details of Ground Water Table:
(a)Range of Water Table Pre-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 40 To 50
(b)Range of Water Table Post-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 25 To 40
(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		439	9	Copy of Permission Letter	Pipeline		Others	French Well	VID/PB-2/IND/REQ.2018-19/GSFC/853	21 Mar 2018	31822

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.)	Industrial	73	2000	Reuse	Reuse within the Plant & Recycling		73
(2.)	Domestic	2	0	Septic Tank/Soak Pit	Others	Septic Tank/Soak pit	0	2

16.1.

(a)Total Waste Water Generation (Kilolitre per Day)	75
(b)Total Discharged Water (Kilolitre per Day)	2
(c)Total Reused Water (Kilolitre per Day)	73

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.)	Used Oil	Industrial Waste		0.64	Kilolitre	0.5	Road		Authorized Recyclers

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	20	6.0	0.01	20.01	80
(2.)	PM2.5		Microgram per Meter Cube	46.2	5.1	00	46.20	80
(3.)	PM10		Microgram per Meter Cube	80.60	5.1	0.14	80.74	100
(4.)	SO2		Microgram per Meter Cube	13.80	5.1	0.01	13.81	80

18.2. Stack Details
S. No.	Source	Fuel	Stack Height(m)	Stack Diameter(m)	Pollutants	Other Pollutants	Emission (GLS)
(1.)	Drier	NG	21	0.56	PM10		150

19.

Power Requirement:
(a)Quantity (Kilo Volt Amps (kVA))	500
(b)Source	GIPCL
(c)Uploaded Copy of Agreement	Not Applicable
(d)Standby Arrangement (Details of DG Sets)	0
(e)Stack Height (in m)	0

20.

Land Ownership Pattern:
(a)Forest Land (ha.)	0.0
(b)Private Land (ha.)	0.0
(c)Government Land (ha.)	0.224
(d)Revenue Land (ha.)	0.0
(e)Other Land (ha.)	0.0
Total Land (ha.)	0.224

21.

Present Land Use Breakup of the Study Area in Ha:
(a)Agriculture Area (ha.)	13577
(b)Waste/Barren Land (ha.)	3683
(c)Grazing/ Community Land (ha.)	3290
(d)Surface Water Bodies (ha.)	331
(e)Settlements (ha.)	5587
(f)Industrial (ha.)	328
(g)Forest (ha.)	0
(h)Mangroves (ha.)	5157
(i)Marine Area (ha.)	0
(j)Others (ha.) : Grassland	0
Total (ha.)	31953

22. Land requirement for various activities
S. No.	Description of Activity / Facility / Plant / Others	Others	Land Requirement (ha.)	Remarks
(1.)	Township		34.6	GSFC
(2.)	Main Plant		174.7	Processing Area
(3.)	Green belt		118.7	Plant + Township

Total (ha.)

328

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.)	Wildlife Corridors	None	0	None in 10 km radius
(2.)	Corridors	None	0	None in 10 km radius
(3.)	ESAs	None	0	None in 10 km radius
(4.)	NPA	None	0	N
(5.)	WLS	None	0	None in 10 km radius
(6.)	ESZs	None	0	None in 10 km radius
(7.)	Critically Polluted Area	None	0	None in 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.)	Defence Installations		None	0	None in 10 km radius
(2.)	Others	None	None	0	None in 10 km radius
(3.)	Forest		None	0	None in 10 km radius
(4.)	Archaeological Sites		None	0	None in 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)	Not Applicable
(b)Details of Tree Cutting and Planting of Trees	Not Applicable

26.

Land Acquisition Status:
(a)Acquired Land(Ha)	328
(b)Land yet to be acquired(Ha)	0
(c)Status of Land acquisition if not acquired	0

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	Mahi River
(ii)Direction of Water Bodies in Buffer Area	North West
(iii)Distance of Water Bodies in Buffer Area	8.6

31.

Manpower Requirement:
(a)Permanent Employment-During Construction	0
(b)Permanent Employment-During Operation	45
(c)Temporary Employment- During Construction	5
(d)Temporary Employment- During Operation	0
(e)No. of working days	365
(f)Total Manpower	50

32.

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

S. No.	Description	Existing	Total
(1.)	Total Area of Green Belt	119	119
(2.)	Percentage of Total Project Area	36	36
(3.)	No. of Plants	179001	179001
(4.)	Funds Allocated	1.50	1

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

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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/1720/ RA 051)
(ii)Name of the EIA Consultant	ECO CHEM SALES & SERVICES
(iii)Address	Office Floor, Ashoka Pavilion, New Civil Road Surat
(iv)Mobile No.	9909968953
(v)Landline No.	0261223163
(vi)Email Id	eco@ecoshripad.com
(vii)Category of Accreditation	A
(viii)Sector of Accreditation	Industrial Projects - 2
(ix)Validity of Accreditation	20 Feb 2020
(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 the status of ECs obtained/required for all the products/items listed in the CTO dated 7/6/2016, and the compliance status thereof. - Present status of compliance and the action taken on observations of the Regional Office in their monitoring report dated 17/9/2018.	09 Oct 2018
2.	NA	The correction have been made as per the instruction received	17 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	Himatlal D Dalsania
Designation	Vice President (U & EC, Instru
Name of Company (Applicant Name should not be given here)	GUJARAT STATE FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS LTD VADODARA UNIT
Address	P.O. Fertilizernagar - 391 750