BY SPEED POST
F. No. J-13011/7/2009-IA.II(T)
Government of India
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Paryavaran Bhawan
CGO Complex, Lodi Road
New Delhi-110 003
Dated:
17th July, 2009
To
M/s
Athena Chhattisgarh Power Pvt. Ltd
7-1-23/2, B, Block, 5th Floor,
Roxana
Towers, Greenlands,
Begumpet,
Hyderabad - 500 016.
Subject: 2x600
MW Singhitarai TPP near village Singhitarai, District Janjgir-Champa,
Chhattisgarh by M/s Athena Chhattisgarh Power Pvt. Ltd-Environmental
Clearance regarding.
Sir,
The undersigned is
directed to refer to your communication no. ACPPL/002/MoEF/066 dt. 20.3.2009
regarding the subject mentioned above. Subsequent information furnished vide
letters dt. 27.5.2009 and 9.6.2009 have
also been considered.
2. It is
noted that the proposal is for grant of environmental clearance for setting up
of a 2x600 MW TPP near villages
Singhitarai, District Janjgir- Champa Chhattisgarh. Land requirement is 930 acre. Township for the project will be near to
Raigarh and will be separate. Coal
requirement 5.733 MTPA which will be sourced from SECL Mines.
Water requirement is 35 MCM and will be sourced from Mahanadi
River. No National Park/Wildlife
Sanctuary is reported within 10 km radius.
Schedule I animals like Peacock and Bear are reported in the study area
and a conservation plan for these scheduled animals is under preparation and after approval from
State Wildlife Department will be submitted to the MoEF. No legal homestead is reported. A total of 863 PAPs will be due to this
project. It was also stated that
an amount of Rs 5.00 crore will be spent as capital expenditure towards
CSR activities and Rs 1.50 crore per year will be spend
as recurring cost. Public hearing has
been held on 15.1.2009. Total cost of
the project is Rs. 5700.00 crores which includes Rs. 490.00 crores for
environmental protection measures.
3. The proposal has been considered by the
Expert Appraisal Committee for Thermal Power and Coal Mine projects and Ministry of Environment & Forests
hereby accords environmental clearance to
the said project under the provisions of Environment Impact Assessment
Notification, 2006 subject to implementation of the following terms and
conditions:-
(i)
No additional land in excess of 930 acres shall be acquired for any activity/ facility of this
project.
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(ii)Copy
of the conservation plan for schedule-I animals duly approved by State Wildlife
Department should be submitted to the Ministry.
(iii) Sulphur
and ash contents in the coal to be used in the project shall not exceed 0.5 %
and 34 % respectively at any given time. In case of
variation of coal quality at the time of mine allocation by the SECL, a fresh
reference shall be made to MOEF for suitable amendments to environmental
clearance conditions wherever necessary.
(iv)
A
bi-flue stack of 275 m height shall be
provided with continuous online monitoring equipments for SOx, Nod and Particulate
matter. Exit velocity of flue gases shall not be less than
25 m/sec. Mercury emissions from stack may also be monitored on periodic basis.
(vi) High efficiency Electrostatic Precipitators
(ESPs) shall be installed to
ensure that particulate emission does not exceed 50 mg/Nm3.
(vii) Space
provision shall be kept for retrofitting of FGD, if required at a later date.
(viii) Adequate dust extraction system such as
cyclones/ bag filters and water spray system in dusty areas such as in coal
handling and ash handling points, transfer areas and other vulnerable dusty
areas shall be provided.
(ix)
Fly ash shall be collected in dry form and storage facility (silos) shall
be provided. 100% fly ash utilization
shall be ensured from 4th
year onwards. Unutilized ash shall be disposed off in the ash pond in
the form of High Concentration Slurry ( 60% ash and 40% water). Mercury and other heavy metals
(As,Hg, Cr, Pb etc.) will be monitored in the bottom ash as also in the
effluents emanating from the existing ash pond.
(x)
Ash pond shall be lined
with impervious lining. Adequate safety
measures shall also be implemented to protect the ash dyke from getting
breached.
(xi)
Closed cycle cooling
system with natural
draft cooling towers shall be
provided. COC of at least 5 shall be
adopted and the effluents shall be treated as per the prescribed norms.
(xii)
No ground water should be extracted for project work
at any stage.
(xiii) The treated effluents conforming to the prescribed
standards shall be re-circulated and reused within the plant. There shall be no discharge outside the plant
boundary except during monsoon. Arrangements shall be made that effluents and
storm water do not get mixed.
(xiv) A sewage treatment plant shall be provided and the
treated sewage shall be used for raising greenbelt/plantation.
(xv) Rainwater harvesting should be
adopted. Central Groundwater
Authority/ Board shall be consulted for finalization of appropriate rainwater
harvesting technology within a period of three months from the date of
clearance and details shall be furnished.
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(xvi) Adequate safety measures shall be provided in the
plant area to check/minimize spontaneous fires in coal yard, especially during
summer season. Copy of the these measures with full details along with location
plant layout shall be submitted to the Ministry as well as to the Regional
Office of the Ministry at Bhopal.
(xvii) Storage
facilities for auxillary liquid fuel such as LDO and/ HFO/LSHS shall be made in
the plant area in consultation with Deptt. of Explosives, Nagpur. Sulphur content in the liquid fuel will not
exceed 0.5%. Disaster Management Plan
shall be prepared to meet any eventuality in case of an accident taking place
due to storage of Oil.
(xviii) Regular
monitoring of ground water in and around the ash pond area including heavy metals
(Hg,Cr,As,Pb) shall be carried out, records maintained and
six monthly reports shall be furnished to the Regional Office of this Ministry.
The data so
obtained should be compared with the baseline data so as to ensure that the
groundwater quality is not adversely affected due to the project.
(xix) A green belt of adequate width and density shall
be developed around the plant periphery covering 200 ares area preferably with local species.
(xx) First aid and sanitation arrangements shall be made
for the drivers and other contract workers during construction phase.
(xxi)
Noise
levels emanating from turbines shall be so controlled such that the noise in
the work zone shall be limited to 75 dBA. For people working in the high noise
area, requisite personal protective equipment like earplugs/ear muffs etc.
shall be provided. Workers engaged in noisy areas such as turbine area, air
compressors etc shall be periodically examined to maintain audiometric record
and for treatment for any hearing loss including shifting to non noisy/less noisy
areas.
(xxii)
Regular monitoring of
ground level concentration of SO2, NOx, RSPM and Hg shall be carried out in the
impact zone and records maintained. If
at any stage these levels are found to exceed the prescribed limits, necessary
control measures shall be provided immediately.
The location of the monitoring stations and frequency of monitoring
shall be decided in consultation with SPCB. Periodic reports shall be submitted
to the
Regional Office of this Ministry.
The data shall also be put on the website of the company.
(xxiii) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction
labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as
fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical
health care, crèche etc. The housing may
be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of
the project.
(xxiv)
Bore well should be dig up in
villages Singitarai, Odekara, Nimohi and Benipali as part of its CSR
initiative to augment water availability.
(xxv) The project proponent shall
advertise in at least two local newspapers widely circulated in the region
around the project, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the
locality concerned within seven days from the date of this clearance letter,
informing that the project has
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been accorded environmental
clearance and copies of clearance letter are available with the State Pollution
Control Board/Committee and may also be seen at Website of the Ministry of
Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in.
(xxvi)
A copy of the clearance letter
shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad /Municipal
Corporation, urban local Body and the Local NGO, is any, from whom suggestions/
representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The
clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the
proponent.
(xxvii) A separate environment management cell with
qualified staff shall be set up for implementation of the stipulated environmental
safeguards.
(xxviii)
The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the
stipulated EC conditions, including results of monitored data on their website
and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the
Regional Office of MOEF, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the
SPCB. The criteria pollutant
levels namely; SPM, RSPM, SO2 and NOx
(ambient levels as well as stack emissions)
shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location near the main
gate of the company in the public domain.
(xxix)
The project proponent shall also submit six monthly reports
on the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions including results
of monitored data ( both in hard copies as well by e- mail) to the respective
Regional Office of MOEF, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB.
(xxx) The environmental statement for each financial year
ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the
project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed
under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 , as amended subsequently, shall
also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance
of EC conditions and shall also be sent to the respective Regional Offices of
MOEF by e- mail.
(xxxi)
Regional
Office of the Ministry of Environment & Forests located at Bhopal will monitor the implementation of the
stipulated conditions. A complete set of documents including Environmental
Impact Assessment Report and Environment Management Plan along with the
additional information submitted from time to time shall be forwarded to the
Regional Office for their use during monitoring. Project proponent will up-load
the compliance status in their website and up-date the same from time to time
at least six monthly bases. Criteria pollutants levels (Stack & ambient levels of NOx) will
be displayed at the main gate of the
power plant.
(xxxii) Separate funds shall be
allocated for implementation of environmental protection measures along with
item-wise break-up. These cost shall be included as part of the project cost.
The funds earmarked for the environment protection measures shall not be
diverted for other
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purposes and year-wise
expenditure should be reported to the Ministry.
(xxxiii)
The
project authorities shall inform the Regional Office as well as the Ministry
regarding the date of financial closure and final approval of the project by
the concerned authorities and the dates of start of land development work and
commissioning of plant.
(xxxiv)
Full
cooperation shall be extended to the Scientists/Officers from the Ministry /
Regional Office of the Ministry at Bhopal/the CPCB/the SPCB who would be
monitoring the compliance of environmental status.
4. The Ministry of Environment
and Forests reserves the right to revoke the clearance if conditions stipulated
are not implemented to the satisfaction of the Ministry. MOEF may impose
additional environmental conditions or modify the existing ones, if necessary.
5. The environmental clearance
accorded shall be valid for a period of 5 years to start operations by the
power plant.
6. In case of any deviation or
alteration in the project proposed including coal transportation system from
those submitted to this Ministry for clearance, a fresh reference should be
made to the Ministry to assess the adequacy of the condition(s) imposed and to
add additional environmental protection measures required, if any.
7. The above stipulations
would be enforced among others under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution)
Act, 1974, the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and rules there under, Hazardous Wastes
(Management and Handling) Rules, 1989 and its amendments, the Public Liability
Insurance Act, 1991 and its amendments.
8. Any
appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National
Environment Appellate Authority, if preferred, within 30 days as prescribed
under Section 11 of the National Environment Appellate Act, 1997.
(LALIT KAPUR)
DIRECTOR
Copy
to:-
1. The Secretary, Ministry of
Power, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi -110
001.
2. The
Secretary, Department of Environment, Dau
Kalyan Singh Bhawan, Raipur- 492001.
3. The
Chairman, Central Electricity Authority, Sewa Bhawan, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110
066.
4. The
Chairman, Chhattisgarh Environment
Conservation Board, Nanak Niwas, Civil Lines, Raipur - 492001 - with a request to display a copy of the
clearance letter at the Regional Office, District Industries Centre and
Collector’s office for 30 days.
5. The
Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board, Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-cum-Office
Complex, East Arjun Nagar, Delhi-110 032.
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6. The
Chief Conservator of Forests (C), Regional Office (WZ), Ministry of Environment
& Forests, Kendriya Paryavaran Bhawan, Link Road No.-3, E-5, Arera Colony,
Bhopal - 462 016.
7. Director
(EI), MOEF.
8. Guard
file.
9. Monitoring
file.
(LALIT KAPUR)
DIRECTOR