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)	Augmentation of Acid slurry (LABSA) from 10 TPD to 160 TPD and Spent Sulphuric Acid (Weak Sulphuric Acid) Production capacity from 10 TPD to 110 TPD
(b)Name of the Company / Organisation	NEW INDIA ASSOCIATES
(c)Registered Address	R.S. No. 63/3, Mangalam Village, Villianur Commune, Pondicherry,,Pondicherry,Puducherry-605110
(d)Legal Status of the Company	Private
(e)Joint Venture	No

Address for the correspondence:
(a)Name of the Applicant	Nimesh Patel
(b)Designation (Owner/ Partner/ CEO)	DGM
(c)Address	R.S.No. 63/3, Mangalam Village, Villianur Commune, Pondicherry,605110,Villianur Commune Panchayat,Pondicherry,Puducherry-605110
(d)Pin code	605110
(e)E-mail	info@newindiapondy.com
(f)STD Code.	413(f)Telephone No.	2667701
(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(f) Synthetic organic chemicals industry (dyes & dye intermediates; bulk
Minor Activity
(b)Category	B2
Reason for Applying at Ministry	SEIAA
(c)Proposal Number	IA/PY/IND2/95298/2019
(d)Master Proposal Number(Single Window)	SW/95297/2019
(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.	R.S. No. 63/3
(b)Pincode	605110
(c)Bounded Latitudes (North)
From
Degree	11.895965
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	11.896681
Minutes
Second
(d)Bounded Longitudes (East)
From
Degree	79.739591
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	79.740780
Minutes
Second
(e)Survey of India Topo Sheet No.	59 M/9, M/13
(f)Uploaded Topo Sheet File	Copy of Topo Sheet File
(g)Maximum Elevation Above Means Sea Level(AMSL)	10
(h)Uploaded (kml) File	Copy of Kml File
(i)Distance of Nearest HFL from the project boundary within the study area	0
(j)Seismic Zone	2

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

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	Nil
(b)Date of Apply of TOR	11 Feb 2019
(c)Date of Issue of TOR / Standard ToR	11 Feb 2019
(d)Previous TOR Letter	Copy of Previous TOR letter

Details of Public Consultation:
(a)Whether the Project Exempted from Public Hearing?	Yes
(b)Reason	Since it is a B2 category, Public hearing is not a
(c)Supporting Document	Copy of Supporting Document

Details of Project Configuration/Product:

8.1. Project Configuration
S. No.	Plant/Equipment/Facility	Configuration	Remarks
(1.)	Storage Tank	Existing-6 and Proposed -2
(2.)	separator	Existing-1 and Proposed -1
(3.)	Acid dossers	Existing-4 and Proposed -0
(4.)	LAB dossers	Existing-4 and Proposed -0
(5.)	Dilutors	Existing-0 and Proposed -4
(6.)	Reactors	Existing-4 and Proposed -0

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.)	Acid Slurry	160	Others	Tones/Day	Road
(2.)	Spent Sulphuric Acid	110	Others	Tones/Day	Road

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	23 Nov 2018
(iv)Valid Upto	31 Mar 2021
(v)File No.	4225/PPCC/CON/AIR/VCP/JE-I/2018/1063
(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)	1
(b) Funds Allocated for Environment Management (Capital) (in Crores)	0.05
(c) Funds Allocated Towards CER (Corporate Environment Responsibility) (in Crores)	0.01
(d) Funds Allocated for Environment Management Plan (EMP) (Recurring per Annum) (in Crores)	0.05

11.

Whether project attracts the General Condition specified in the Schedule of EIA Notification ?	Yes
a)Protected areas notified under the wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972	Yes
d)Inter-State boundaries and international boundaries	Yes

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	2
(b)Existing quantity of raw material/fuel	N/A
(c)Total quantity of raw material/fuel	2

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.)	Fuel oil Diesel Generator (GHSD)	200	Others	litres/month	Local	Road		5	Open Market		Copy of Linkage
(2.)	linear alkyl benzene (LAB)	110	Others	Tons/Day	TPL Chennai	Road		165	Open Market		Copy of Linkage

14.

Baseline Data :
(a)Period of Base Line Data Collection	FROM 01 Jan 2019 To 31 Jan 2019
(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	74.97	35.90	74.5	100
(2.)	SO2		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	14.39	5.34	14.3	80
(3.)	NOx		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	35.81	15.36	35.6	80
(4.)	PM2.5		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	36.89	17.03	36.7	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.)	Chlorides			mg/l		138	105	250	1000
(2.)	Heavy Metals		Zinc	mg/l		0.033	0.012	5	12
(3.)	Fluoride			mg/l		0.65	0.44	1	1.5
(4.)	pH			NA		8.22	6.98	6.5	8.5
(5.)	TDS			mg/l		231	156	500	2000
(6.)	TSS			mg/l		1	1	100	100
(7.)	Total Hardness			mg/l		307	185	200	600

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		8.08	7.54	A
(2.)	COD		mg/l		4.5	4	A
(3.)	BOD		mg/l		2.1	1.4	B
(4.)	DO		mg/l		6.5	5.9	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))	64	49	75
(2.)	Leq(Night)	A-weighted decibels(dB(A))	60	40	70

14.5. No. of Soil Sample Monitored locations : 8
S. No.	Parameter	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value
(1.)	pH			8.2	7.2
(2.)	Electric Conductivity	Others	umhos/cm	533	250
(3.)	P(Phosphorus)	Kilogram per hectare		47	29
(4.)	K(Potassium)	Kilogram per hectare		183	128
(5.)	N(Nitrogen)	Kilogram per hectare		82	39

14.6.

Details of Ground Water Table:
(a)Range of Water Table Pre-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 10 To 20
(b)Range of Water Table Post-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 10 To 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		20	0.15	Copy of Permission Letter	Pipeline		Others	Bore well	nil	08 Mar 2019	5

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.)	Sewage	0.3	0.3	Septic tank	Others	Septic Tnak	0	0.3
(2.)	Wash water	0.2	1	ETP	Others	ETP Plant	0.2	0

16.1.

(a)Total Waste Water Generation (Kilolitre per Day)	0.5
(b)Total Discharged Water (Kilolitre per Day)	0.3
(c)Total Reused Water (Kilolitre per Day)	0.2

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 or Spent Oil	Hazardous Waste (as per Hazardous and Other Waste Management rules 2016)		0.1	Tons	0.15	Road		Others	Used as lubricant in plant machineries
(2.)	Organic Waste	Municipal Solid Waste		1.522	Tons	1.5	Road		Others	Disposed to municipal bins
(3.)	Inorganic waste	Municipal Solid Waste		2.29	Tons	3	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.)	PM2.5		Microgram per Meter Cube	36.89	0	0	36.90	60
(2.)	SO2		Microgram per Meter Cube	14.39	0	0	14.40	80
(3.)	PM10		Microgram per Meter Cube	74.97	0	0	74.98	100
(4.)	NOx		Microgram per Meter Cube	35.81	0	0	35.82	80

18.2. Stack Details
S. No.	Source	Fuel	Stack Height(m)	Stack Diameter(m)	Pollutants	Other Pollutants	Emission (GLS)
(1.)	82.5 kVA	HSD	5	0.1	NOx		2.27 E-02
(2.)	8.25 kVA	HSD	5	0.1	SO2		2.44 E-02

19.

Power Requirement:
(a)Quantity (Kilo Volt Amps (kVA))	12053
(b)Source	Electricity department of Pondicherry
(c)Uploaded Copy of Agreement	Copy of Agreement
(d)Standby Arrangement (Details of DG Sets)	82.5 kVA (1 No)
(e)Stack Height (in m)	5

20.

Land Ownership Pattern:
(a)Forest Land (ha.)	0
(b)Private Land (ha.)	0.4573
(c)Government Land (ha.)	0
(d)Revenue Land (ha.)	0
(e)Other Land (ha.)	0
Total Land (ha.)	0.4573

21.

Present Land Use Breakup of the Study Area in Ha:
(a)Agriculture Area (ha.)	21745
(b)Waste/Barren Land (ha.)	918
(c)Grazing/ Community Land (ha.)	0
(d)Surface Water Bodies (ha.)	2370
(e)Settlements (ha.)	5922
(f)Industrial (ha.)	0
(g)Forest (ha.)	0
(h)Mangroves (ha.)	0
(i)Marine Area (ha.)	277
(j)Others (ha.) : Coastal wetland	247
Total (ha.)	31479

22. Land requirement for various activities
S. No.	Description of Activity / Facility / Plant / Others	Others	Land Requirement (ha.)	Remarks
(1.)	Main Plant		0.4573	Total Plant area

Total (ha.)

0.4573

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.)	WLS	Oussudu lake wildlife sanctuary	4.86	N
(2.)	Critically Polluted Area	Nil	0	Nil
(3.)	Corridors	Nil	0	Nil
(4.)	Wildlife Corridors	Nil	0	Nil
(5.)	NPA	Nil	0	Nil
(6.)	ESAs	Nil	0	Nil
(7.)	ESZs	Nil	0	Nil

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		Nil	0	Nil
(2.)	Archaeological Sites		Nil	0	Nil
(3.)	Defence Installations		Nil	0	Nil

23.3.

(a)Whether Noc / Permission from the competent authority is required?	Yes
(i)Uploaded Noc / Permission from the competent authority	Copy of Noc / Permission from the competent authority
(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	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	Yet To Start

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	Oussudu Lake
(ii)Direction of Water Bodies in Buffer Area	North
(iii)Distance of Water Bodies in Buffer Area	4.86

31.

Manpower Requirement:
(a)Permanent Employment-During Construction	0
(b)Permanent Employment-During Operation	0
(c)Temporary Employment- During Construction	0
(d)Temporary Employment- During Operation	28
(e)No. of working days	302
(f)Total Manpower	28

32.

Green Belt in Ha:
(a)Total Area of Green Belt	0.151
(b)Percentage of Total Project Area	33.02
(c)No. of Plants to be Planted	235
(d)Funds Allocated for Plantation	7
(e)Uploaded Green Belt plan	Copy of Green Belt Plan

33. Project Benefits
S. No.	Type of Project Benefits	Details of Project Benefits
(1.)	Social	Jobs to local peoples

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/RA0083
(ii)Name of the EIA Consultant	Hubert Enviro Care system Pvt Ltd
(iii)Address	Hubert Enviro Care Systems (P) Ltd. A-21, (Behind Lions Club School) III Phase, Thiru Vi Ka Industrial Estate. Guindy, Chennai - 600 032. Ph: 044-43635555
(iv)Mobile No.	9884390811
(v)Landline No.	0444363555
(vi)Email Id	moses@hecs.in
(vii)Category of Accreditation	A
(viii)Sector of Accreditation	Industrial Projects - 2
(ix)Validity of Accreditation	13 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	- Whether the proposed industrial operations would be in conformity with permitted land use of the area. This needs to be clarified along with supporting documents. - EC status for the present LABSA production of 10 TPD, and the compliance status thereof. - Applicability of the EIA Notification, 2006 for manufacturing Spent Suphuric Acid. - Status of Wildlife Clearance in view of Ossudu Lake WLS at 4.86 km from the project site. - Permission from the concerned regulatory authority for ground water withdrawal of 20 cum/day.	17 Feb 2019
2.	NA	The correction have been made as per the instruction received	19 Feb 2019
3.	NA	Please see our earlier observations dated 17/2/2019. To take the proposal forward, inputs/clarification are required in r/o the following:- - Supporting documents showing commencement of LABSA production prior to September, 2006. - Applicability of EIA Notification, 2006 for spent Sulphuric Acid. - Proposal to be submitted for Wildlife clearance from the Standing Committee of NBWL. - Proposal to be submitted to seek permission for ground water withdrawal of 20 cum/day.	02 Mar 2019
4.	NA	The correction have been made as per the instruction received	26 Mar 2019
5.	NA	Applicability of the EIA Notification, 2006 for manufacturing spent Sulphuric Acid @110 TPD needs to be examined again and confirmed along with supporting documents.	31 Mar 2019
6.	NA	The correction have been made as per the instruction received	24 Jun 2019

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	Nimesh Patel
Designation	DGM
Name of Company (Applicant Name should not be given here)	NEW INDIA ASSOCIATES
Address	R.S. No. 63/3, Mangalam Village, Villianur Commune, Pondicherry