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)	“M/s Indian Potash Limited (Distillery Unit) has proposed the establishment of new Molasses based Distillery of 45 KLD along with co-generation power: 1.4 MW at P.O. Rohana Mill, Block Charthawal, Teh
(b)Name of the Company / Organisation	INDIA POTASH LIMITED DISTILLERY UNIT
(c)Registered Address	Rohana, Block Charthawal, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh,,Muzaffarnagar,Uttar Pradesh-251202
(d)Legal Status of the Company	Private
(e)Joint Venture	No

Address for the correspondence:
(a)Name of the Applicant	Vishal Sonak
(b)Designation (Owner/ Partner/ CEO)	GM
(c)Address	Rohana, Block Charthawal, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh,,Muzaffarnagar,Muzaffarnagar,Uttar Pradesh-251001
(d)Pin code	251001
(e)E-mail	indianpotash123@gmail.com
(f)STD Code.	2459(f)Telephone No.	164852
(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/UP/IND2/82774/2017
(d)Master Proposal Number(Single Window)	SW/82767/2018
(e)EAC concerned (for category A Projects only)	Industrial Projects - 2
(f)Project Type	Fresh EC

Location of the Project:
(a)Plot/Survey/Khasra No.	634,635/1 TO 635/10,640/1,639,641,642
(b)Pincode	251202
(c)Bounded Latitudes (North)
From
Degree	29.34.03
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	29.34.08
Minutes
Second
(d)Bounded Longitudes (East)
From
Degree	77.41.14
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	77.41.22
Minutes
Second
(e)Survey of India Topo Sheet No.	53G10
(f)Uploaded Topo Sheet File	Copy of Topo Sheet File
(g)Maximum Elevation Above Means Sea Level(AMSL)	250
(h)Uploaded (kml) File	Copy of Kml File
(i)Distance of Nearest HFL from the project boundary within the study area	25
(j)Seismic Zone	4

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

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

Details of Terms of Reference (ToR):
(a)MoEF&CC / SEIAA File Number	J-11011/310/2016 IA II I
(b)Date of Apply of TOR	10 Apr 2017
(c)Date of Issue of TOR / Standard ToR	15 Jun 2017
(d)Previous TOR Letter	Copy of Previous TOR 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 :	15 Aug 2018
Copy of advertisement :	Copy of Advertisement

Copy of Public Hearing :	Copy of Public Hearing
Date :	25 Sep 2018
Distance of Public Hearing Venue from the Proposed Project :	0.1

Inside proposed project site

State :	Uttar Pradesh
District :	Muzaffarnagar
Tehsil :	Muzaffarnagar
Village :	Rohana

182

Concerns were raised with regards to: a. Employment opportunities for local population b. Odour problems c. Disposal of residual spent wash after use as fuel. d. How will water be abstracted from

Others

ADDITIONAL DISTRICT MAGISTRATE

Details of Project Configuration/Product:

8.1. Project Configuration
S. No.	Plant/Equipment/Facility	Configuration	Remarks
(1.)	New molasses based distillery (AA/ENA/RS)	45 kld
(2.)	Power	1.4 MW

8.2. Product
S. No.	Product/Activity (Capacity/Area)	Quantity	Unit	Other Unit	Mode of Transport / Transmission of Product	Other Mode of Transport / Transmission of Product
(1.)	ETHANOL	45	Kilo Litre per Day		Road
(2.)	POWER	1.4	Mega Watt(MW)		Others	VIA TRANSMISSION LINES

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):
Details Not Applicable

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	15 Oct 2018
(iv)Valid Upto	31 Dec 2020
(v)File No.	UNIT WILL TAKE NOC AFTER GRANT OF EC
(vi)Application No.	-
(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)	82
(b) Funds Allocated for Environment Management (Capital) (in Crores)	25
(c) Funds Allocated Towards CER (Corporate Environment Responsibility) (in Crores)	5
(d) Funds Allocated for Environment Management Plan (EMP) (Recurring per Annum) (in Crores)	0.8

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	202
(b)Existing quantity of raw material/fuel	N/A
(c)Total quantity of raw material/fuel	202

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.)	Bagasse as fuel for co generation power plant	30600	Tons per Annum		from own sugar unit	Road		0.3	Others	UNIT WILL SOURCE BAGASSE FROM OWN SUGAR MILL	Copy of Linkage

14.

Baseline Data :
(a)Period of Base Line Data Collection	FROM 01 Dec 2016 To 28 Feb 2017
(b)Season	Winter

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	82.8	45.2	82	100
(2.)	SO2		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	12.8	6.8	12.4	80
(3.)	NOx		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	20.6	9.2	20.2	80
(4.)	PM2.5		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	46.8	26	46.1	60

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			Others	ph	7.6	7.1	8.5	8.5
(2.)	Total Hardness			mg/l		316	248	200	600
(3.)	Chlorides			mg/l		64.03	38.02	250	1000
(4.)	Fluoride			mg/l		0.52	0.28	1	1.5
(5.)	TSS			mg/l		.	.	.	.
(6.)	TDS			mg/l		537.8	434.7	500	2000
(7.)	Heavy Metals		iron	mg/l		0.19	0.13	0.3	.

14.3. No. of Surface Water monitoring locations : 4
S. No.	Criteria Pollutants	Other Criteria Pollutants	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	Classification of inland water body
(1.)	BOD		mg/l		22.4	12.8	C
(2.)	DO		mg/l		5.1	4.8	C
(3.)	pH		Others	PH	7.8	7.3	C
(4.)	COD		mg/l		88	62.4	C

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))	60.5	51.2	65
(2.)	Leq(Night)	A-weighted decibels(dB(A))	50	45.9	55

14.5. No. of Soil Sample Monitored locations : 8
S. No.	Parameter	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value
(1.)	pH	Others	PH	7.46	7.16
(2.)	P(Phosphorus)	Kilogram per hectare		67	39
(3.)	K(Potassium)	Kilogram per hectare		282	94
(4.)	Electric Conductivity	Millisiemens per Centimetre		.	.
(5.)	N(Nitrogen)	Kilogram per hectare		289	156

14.6.

Details of Ground Water Table:
(a)Range of Water Table Pre-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 9.1 To 9.33
(b)Range of Water Table Post-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 8.5 To 8.7
(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		450	1.8	Not Appliacble	Pipeline		Others	PIPELINE	1	26 Jun 2018	450

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.)	CONDENSATES	532	800	CPU	Others	WITHIN PROCESS	532	0

16.1.

(a)Total Waste Water Generation (Kilolitre per Day)	532
(b)Total Discharged Water (Kilolitre per Day)	0
(c)Total Reused Water (Kilolitre per Day)	532

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.)	FERMENTOR SLUDGE	Others	FROM PROCESS	600	Tons	0.2	Road		Others	USED AS MANURE
(2.)	ASH	Others	ASH FROM BOILER	4500	Tons	0.2	Road		Others	USED AS MANURE

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.)	SO2		Microgram per Meter Cube	15.6	0.540	3.14	18.74	80
(2.)	PM10		Microgram per Meter Cube	82.8	0.678	0.19	83.71	100
(3.)	PM2.5		Microgram per Meter Cube	.	.	.	.	.
(4.)	NOx		Microgram per Meter Cube	20.6	.510	0.75	21.25	80

18.2. Stack Details
S. No.	Source	Fuel	Stack Height(m)	Stack Diameter(m)	Pollutants	Other Pollutants	Emission (GLS)
(1.)	18 TPH SLOP FIRED BOILER	BAGASSE AND SLOP	55	2.5	PM10		150

19.

Power Requirement:
(a)Quantity (Kilo Volt Amps (kVA))	1000
(b)Source	UNIT WILL PRODUCE POWER
(c)Uploaded Copy of Agreement	Not Applicable
(d)Standby Arrangement (Details of DG Sets)	.
(e)Stack Height (in m)	.

20.

Land Ownership Pattern:
(a)Forest Land (ha.)	0
(b)Private Land (ha.)	3.28
(c)Government Land (ha.)	0
(d)Revenue Land (ha.)	0
(e)Other Land (ha.)	0
Total Land (ha.)	3.28

21.

Present Land Use Breakup of the Study Area in Ha:
(a)Agriculture Area (ha.)	289.12
(b)Waste/Barren Land (ha.)	1.80
(c)Grazing/ Community Land (ha.)	.
(d)Surface Water Bodies (ha.)	2.554
(e)Settlements (ha.)	4.73
(f)Industrial (ha.)	.
(g)Forest (ha.)	.
(h)Mangroves (ha.)	0
(i)Marine Area (ha.)	.
(j)Others (ha.) : URBAN	4.73
Total (ha.)	NaN

22. Land requirement for various activities
S. No.	Description of Activity / Facility / Plant / Others	Others	Land Requirement (ha.)	Remarks
(1.)	Green belt		1.1845

Total (ha.)

1.1845

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	NO ANY CPA WITHIN 15 KMS RADIUS OF PROPOSED SITE	0	NO CPA OBSERVED IN STUDY AREA
(2.)	NPA	NO ANY	0	NO NPA OBSERVED IN STUDY AREA
(3.)	ESZs	NO ANY	0	NO ESZ OBSERVED IN STUDY AREA
(4.)	Wildlife Corridors	NO ANY	0	NO Corridor OBSERVED IN STUDY AREA
(5.)	Corridors	NO ANY	0	NO Corridor OBSERVED IN STUDY AREA
(6.)	WLS	NO ANY	0	NO WLS OBSERVED IN STUDY AREA
(7.)	ESAs	NO ANY	0	NO ESA OBSERVED IN STUDY AREA

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		NO ANY	0	NIL
(2.)	Forest		NO ANY FOREST OBSERVED IN STUDY AREA	0	NO FOREST FOUND
(3.)	Archaeological Sites		NO ANY	0	NO ANY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AREA FOUND IN STUDY AREA

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)	3.28
(b)Land yet to be acquired(Ha)	0
(c)Status of Land acquisition if not acquired	UNIT HAS ALREADY ACQUIRED LAND

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 ?	Yes
(i)Details of Water Bodies in Core Area	RIVER KALI 2.5 KMS, ROHANA MINOR CANAL 2.0 KMS
(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	20
(b)Permanent Employment-During Operation	30
(c)Temporary Employment- During Construction	20
(d)Temporary Employment- During Operation	10
(e)No. of working days	300
(f)Total Manpower	80

32.

Green Belt in Ha:
(a)Total Area of Green Belt	1.1845
(b)Percentage of Total Project Area	36.11
(c)No. of Plants to be Planted	2000
(d)Funds Allocated for Plantation	15
(e)Uploaded Green Belt plan	Copy of Green Belt Plan

33. Project Benefits
S. No.	Type of Project Benefits	Details of Project Benefits
(1.)	Environmental	unit will work on 4 R Principle:reduction, reuse, recycling and recovery.
(2.)	Social	The proposed project will create opportunities for employment which will help in improving the socio economic status of the region. Social welfare activities will be taken up on large scale.
(3.)	Financial	project will • reduce dependence on Imports of foreign oil • improve market opportunity for agriculture crops • contribute to rural economic development

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/SA056
(ii)Name of the EIA Consultant	Ascenso Enviro Private Limited
(iii)Address	Ascenso Enviro Private Limited D-79, Second Floor Sector-6, Noida Uttar Pradesh-201301 (India)
(iv)Mobile No.	9454721732
(v)Landline No.	0112043332
(vi)Email Id	anshumaan110@gmail.com
(vii)Category of Accreditation	A
(viii)Sector of Accreditation	Industrial Projects - 2
(ix)Validity of Accreditation	03 Oct 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/provide/clarify the following:- - Whether the proposed industrial operations are permitted at the project site and/or in conformity with land use of the area. That needs to be confirmed along with supporting documents. - Status of approval/clearance required to meet the fresh water requirement of 450 cum/day from the identified surface water source. - Approval from PESO for project site and the layout plan from safety considerations.	06 Nov 2018
2.	NA	The correction have been made as per the instruction received	14 Nov 2018
3.	NA	Please inform about the EC details for the attached sugar plant, and the compliance status thereof.	23 Nov 2018
4.	NA	The correction have been made as per the instruction received	24 Nov 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	Vishal Sonak
Designation	GM
Name of Company (Applicant Name should not be given here)	INDIA POTASH LIMITED DISTILLERY UNIT
Address	Rohana, Block Charthawal, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh