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)	LNG Regasification Terminal on the bank of Hooghly River at Kukrahati, West Bengal
(b)Name of the Company / Organisation	BENGAL CONCESSIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
(c)Registered Address	514, Dalamal Towers, 211, FPJ Marg, Nariman point, Mumbai, India,,Mumbai City,Maharashtra-400021
(d)Legal Status of the Company	Private
(e)Joint Venture	No

Address for the correspondence:
(a)Name of the Applicant	Abhirup Bhattacharya
(b)Designation (Owner/ Partner/ CEO)	Director
(c)Address	12th floor, Hiranandani Knowledge Park, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, Mumbai,,Mumbai,Mumbai City,Maharashtra-400021
(d)Pin code	400021
(e)E-mail	abhattacharya@in.henergy.com
(f)STD Code.	22(f)Telephone No.	25715100
(g)Fax No.	25763777
(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	6(a) Oil & gas transportation pipe line (crude and refinery/ petrochemical
Minor Activity	8(a) Building and Construction projects
(b)Category	A
(c)Proposal Number	IA/WB/IND2/69588/2017
(d)Master Proposal Number(Single Window)	SW/98885/2019
(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.	Plot no. 7 to 108, 104/139,7/140,41/141,41/142,41/
(b)Pincode	721635
(c)Bounded Latitudes (North)
From
Degree	22.186839
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	22.191652
Minutes
Second
(d)Bounded Longitudes (East)
From
Degree	88.105115
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	88.112697
Minutes
Second
(e)Survey of India Topo Sheet No.	F45K4
(f)Uploaded Topo Sheet File	Copy of Topo Sheet File
(g)Maximum Elevation Above Means Sea Level(AMSL)	5
(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	3

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

Details of State(s) of the project
S. No.	State Name	District Name	Tehsil Name	Village Name
(1.)	West Bengal	East Medinipur	Sutahata - I
(2.)	Telangana	Adilabad	Tamsi	Korata
(3.)	Maharashtra	Yavatmal	Kelapur	Chanakha

Details of Terms of Reference (ToR):
(a)MoEF&CC / SEIAA File Number	IA-J-11011/472/2017-IA-II(I)
(b)Date of Apply of TOR	05 Oct 2017
(c)Date of Issue of TOR / Standard ToR	16 Nov 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 :	14 Jan 2019
Copy of advertisement :	Copy of Advertisement

Copy of Public Hearing :	Copy of Public Hearing
Date :	15 Feb 2019
Distance of Public Hearing Venue from the Proposed Project :	12.2

SDO Office Haldia

State :	West Bengal
District :	East Medinipur
Tehsil :	Sutahata - I
Village :	Durgachak

Development of site approach road, benefit to locals, impact to crematorium and nallah close to site, safety of school children

Others

Additional Deputy Commissioner

Details of Project Configuration/Product:

8.1. Project Configuration
S. No.	Plant/Equipment/Facility	Configuration	Remarks
(1.)	LNG Regasification terminal	5MMTPA	Initial 3 MMTPA. Maximum 5 MMTPA

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.)	LNG/RLNG	5000000	Tons per Annum		Road,Pipe Conveyor,Others	Ship

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	N/A
(iv)Valid Upto	N/A
(v)File No.	NA
(vi)Application No.	NA
(vii)Copy of Consent to operate valid as on date	NA

10.

Project Cost:
(a)Total Cost of the Project at current price level (in Crores)	1500
(b) Funds Allocated for Environment Management (Capital) (in Crores)	0
(c) Funds Allocated Towards CER (Corporate Environment Responsibility) (in Crores)	0
(d) Funds Allocated for Environment Management Plan (EMP) (Recurring per Annum) (in Crores)	0.2057

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	5000000
(b)Existing quantity of raw material/fuel	N/A
(c)Total quantity of raw material/fuel	5000000

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.)	Natural Gas	5000000	Tons per Annum		Local supplier	Others	Ship	1000	Others	Proposed	Copy of Linkage

14.

Baseline Data :
(a)Period of Base Line Data Collection	FROM 25 Oct 2017 To 15 Jan 2018
(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.)	SO2		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	11.8	4.2	9.5	80
(2.)	PM2.5		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	73	13	59	60
(3.)	PM10		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	134	23	102.86	100
(4.)	NOx		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	36.5	13.3	34.3	80
(5.)	Others	CO	Mili Gram per Meter Cube	0.95	0.12	0.87	2

14.2. No. of Ground Water monitoring locations : 6
S. No.	Criteria Pollutants	Other Criteria Pollutants	Heavy Metal	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	Desirable Limit	Maximum Permissible Limit
(1.)	pH			Others	no unit	7.68	7.2	6.5	8.5
(2.)	TDS			mg/l		984	640	500	2000
(3.)	Heavy Metals		Cadmium	mg/l		0.001	0.001	0.003	0.003
(4.)	Fluoride			mg/l		0.42	0.29	1	1.5
(5.)	Total Hardness			mg/l		256	200	300	600
(6.)	TSS			Others	not analyzed	0	0	0	0
(7.)	Chlorides			mg/l		328	105	250	1000

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.)	DO		mg/l		7.2	5.9	B
(2.)	COD		mg/l		12	4	B
(3.)	pH		Others	No unit	7.28	7.18	A
(4.)	Others	Total Coliform	Others	MPN/100ml	4900	350	C
(5.)	BOD		mg/l		2.2	2.0	B

14.4. No. of Ambient Noise monitoring locations : 8
S. No.	Parameter	Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	Prescribed Standard
(1.)	Leq(Night)	A-weighted decibels(dB(A))	48.5	38.5	45
(2.)	Leq(Day)	A-weighted decibels(dB(A))	61.9	51.5	55

14.5. No. of Soil Sample Monitored locations : 5
S. No.	Parameter	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value
(1.)	pH	Others	no unit	7.82	6.66
(2.)	Electric Conductivity	Millisiemens per Centimetre		1420	551
(3.)	N(Nitrogen)	Milligram per Kilogram		189	70
(4.)	K(Potassium)	Milligram per Kilogram		278	82
(5.)	P(Phosphorus)	Milligram per Kilogram		8.0	3.0

14.6.

Details of Ground Water Table:
(a)Range of Water Table Pre-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 16.34 To 3.05
(b)Range of Water Table Post-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 11.63 To 2.71
(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.)	Others	Supply water	3	20	Copy of Permission Letter	modeOthers	Water tankers	Others	Supply water	Application to be filed	11 Mar 2019	0

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 wastewater	2.4	5	Sewage Treatment Plant	Reuse within the Plant & Recycling		2.4

16.1.

(a)Total Waste Water Generation (Kilolitre per Day)	2.4
(b)Total Discharged Water (Kilolitre per Day)	0
(c)Total Reused Water (Kilolitre per Day)	2.4

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.)	Oily waste	Hazardous Waste (as per Hazardous and Other Waste Management rules 2016)		0.5	Kilolitre	20	Road		Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility(TSDF)
(2.)	Municipal solid waste	Municipal Solid Waste		109.5	Tons	20	Road		Others	To be handed over to municipal authorities

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	66	0.3	1.86	67.8601	100
(2.)	SO2		Microgram per Meter Cube	6.0	0.3	0.90	6.900001	80
(3.)	PM2.5		NA	0	0	0	0.00001	60
(4.)	NOx		Microgram per Meter Cube	25.0	0.3	3.40	28.400001	80
(5.)	Others(Specify)	CO	Microgram per Meter Cube	1000	0.3	21.68	1021.6800001	2000

18.2. Stack Details
S. No.	Source	Fuel	Stack Height(m)	Stack Diameter(m)	Pollutants	Other Pollutants	Emission (GLS)
(1.)	Gas generator	Natural Gas	30	1.66	PM10		0.23
(2.)	Gas generator	Natural Gas	30	1.66	NOx		1.59
(3.)	Gas generator	Natural Gas	30	1.66	Others	CO	0.682

19.

Power Requirement:
(a)Quantity (Kilo Volt Amps (kVA))	23000
(b)Source	Power will be sourced from WBSEDCL
(c)Uploaded Copy of Agreement	Copy of Agreement
(d)Standby Arrangement (Details of DG Sets)	2x11.5 MW Gas turbines, 2X 500 KW DG sets
(e)Stack Height (in m)	30

20.

Land Ownership Pattern:
(a)Forest Land (ha.)	0
(b)Private Land (ha.)	4.6
(c)Government Land (ha.)	15
(d)Revenue Land (ha.)	0
(e)Other Land (ha.)	0
Total Land (ha.)	19.6

21.

Present Land Use Breakup of the Study Area in Ha:
(a)Agriculture Area (ha.)	4.6
(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.)	15
(g)Forest (ha.)	0
(h)Mangroves (ha.)	0
(i)Marine Area (ha.)	0
(j)Others (ha.) : none	0
Total (ha.)	19.6

22. Land requirement for various activities
S. No.	Description of Activity / Facility / Plant / Others	Others	Land Requirement (ha.)	Remarks
(1.)	Main Plant		1.76
(2.)	Built Up Area		1.62
(3.)	Green belt		6.50
(4.)	Others	Area for future expansion, parking	9.72

Total (ha.)

19.6

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.)	NPA	None	10	No National Parks within 10 km
(2.)	WLS	None	10	No WLS within 10 km
(3.)	ESZs	None	10	No ESZs within 10 km
(4.)	Critically Polluted Area	Haldia	14	No critically polluted area within 10 km
(5.)	ESAs	None	10	No ESA within 10 km
(6.)	Wildlife Corridors	None	10	No wildlife corridors within 10 km
(7.)	Corridors	None	10	No corridors within 10 km

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		None	10	No archaeological sites within 10 km
(2.)	Defence Installations		None	10	No major defense installations within 10 km
(3.)	Forest		None	10	No forest areas within 10 km

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)	15
(b)Land yet to be acquired(Ha)	4.6
(c)Status of Land acquisition if not acquired	Negotiations underway

27.

Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R):
(a)No. of Villages	1
(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 ?	Yes
(i)Details of Schedule-I Species	3 schedule I species
(b)Whether conservation plan for Schedule-I Species has been prepared ?	Yes
(i)Uploaded copy of conservation plan	Copy of conservation plan
(ii)Fund Provision made	7.25 lakhs
(iii)Period of Implementation	5 years during operation phase
(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	Hooghly River
(ii)Direction of Water Bodies in Buffer Area	North
(iii)Distance of Water Bodies in Buffer Area	0

31.

Manpower Requirement:
(a)Permanent Employment-During Construction	30
(b)Permanent Employment-During Operation	20
(c)Temporary Employment- During Construction	170
(d)Temporary Employment- During Operation	40
(e)No. of working days	365
(f)Total Manpower	260

32.

Green Belt in Ha:
(a)Total Area of Green Belt	6.50
(b)Percentage of Total Project Area	33.16
(c)No. of Plants to be Planted	10400
(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	LNG being a cleaner fuel, lower carbon footprint on substitution of liquid fuels Natural gas, being a cleaner fuel, will replace HFO, DO, Naphtha and Diesel requirements as a fuel source in the future
(2.)	Financial	Cheaper and cleaner source of energy will lead growth and revival of gas based industries There is a possibility that the gas would be exported to Bangladesh thereby, increasing bilateral trade
(3.)	Social	The Proposed LNG storage and regasification terminal development will generate employment for roughly 50 – 200 people directly and 300-400 people indirectly Helps in CGD networks in major towns and cities, mainly benefitting vehicular transport & households Industries dependent on Natural Gas will be developed significantly in the eastern India generating additional employment in the future

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/1618/RA 0055
(ii)Name of the EIA Consultant	ERM India Private Limited
(iii)Address	Building 10, Tower A, 4th Floor, DLF Cyber City Gurgaon 122002
(iv)Mobile No.	981006161
(v)Landline No.	0124417030
(vi)Email Id	subir.gupta@erm.com
(vii)Category of Accreditation	A
(viii)Sector of Accreditation	Industrial Projects - 2
(ix)Validity of Accreditation	31 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	NA
(h)Uploaded Proposal Presentation (To be given in EAC meeting)	NA

Essential Detail Sought : NIL

Additional Detail Sought:
Sno.	ADS Letter	Remarks	Date of ADS
1.	ADS Reply Letter	Dear Sir, Pls find attached the reponse to queries raised in EAC meeting on 8th May 2019. Regards	10 Jun 2019
2.	NA	Deferred	17 May 2019

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	Abhirup Bhattacharya
Designation	Director
Name of Company (Applicant Name should not be given here)	BENGAL CONCESSIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
Address	514, Dalamal Towers, 211, FPJ Marg, Nariman point, Mumbai, India