J-13012/156/2010-IA.II
(T)
Government
of India
Ministry
of Environment & Forests
Paryavaran
Bhawan
New
Delhi-110 003
E-mail:
plahujarai@yahoo.com
Tele/fax:
011-2436 3973
Dated: 5th August, 2011
To
M/s Indiabulls
Realtech Ltd.
Indiabulls House, 448-451,
Udyog Vihar
Phase-V
Gurgaon
– 122 001.
Sub: Expansion by addition of 5x270 MW
(Stage-II) from 1350 MW to 2700 MW Coal Based Thermal Power Plant of M/s
Indiabulls Realtech Ltd. in
notified industrial area and SEZ at village Sinnar,
in Sinnar Taluk, in Nashik Distt., in Maharashtra -
reg. Environmental
Clearance.
Sir,
The
undersigned is directed to refer to your letter no. IRL/Thermal/Nashik/11-12/33, dated 18.04.2011 on the subject mentioned
above. The Ministry of Environment & Forests has examined the
application.
2. It has been noted that the proposal is for expansion by
addition of 5x270 MW (Stage-II) Coal
Based Thermal Power Plant in notified industrial area and SEZ at village Sinnar, in Sinnar Taluk, in Nashik Distt., in Maharashtra. Land requirement will be 1077.5
acres. The co-ordinates of the site are at Latitude 19050’23.9” N to
1905’27.03”N and Longitude 74003’03.4” E to 74004’4.41”
E. The total coal requirement would be 5.132 MTPA. Coal requirement 5.093 MTPA will
be from M/s SECL and WCL and remaining 0.13 MTPA would be met from the PABS
House. Coal linkage for 1350 MW are in place from SECL and WCL mines and M/s PABS House,
Raipur. About 2.45 MTPA fly ash and 0.61 MTPA of
bottom ash will be generated respectively. Stack height will be 275 m. Cement
grinding unit is proposed to be set up. Water requirement will be 30 MCM and
will be obtained from treated sewage water of Nasik Municipal Corporation.
There are no national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, heritage sites,
tiger/biosphere reserves etc. within 10 km of the site. Cost of the project will be Rs 6515.00
Crores.
3.
The
project has been considered in accordance with the provisions of the EIA
notification issued by the Ministry of Environment & Forests vide S.O. 1533
(E), dated September 14, 2006.
4.
Based
on the information submitted by you, as at Para 2 above and others and
presentation made before the Expert Appraisal Committee (Thermal Power) in its
24th Meeting held during May 2-3, 2011, by you and your consultant
M/s GIS Enabled Environment & Neo graphic Centre, Ghaziabad, the Ministry of Environment and
Forests hereby accords environmental clearance to the above project under the
provisions of EIA notification dated September 14, 2006, subject to the
compliance of the following Specific and General conditions:
A.
Specific Conditions:
(i)
Vision document
specifying prospective plan for the site shall be formulated and submitted to
the Ministry within six months.
(ii)
Possibility
for harnessing solar power within the premises of the plant (particularly at
available roof tops) shall be examined and status of implementation shall be
submitted.
(iii)
As
in Stage-I of the project, the project proponent shall facilitate the State
Government in creation of a Committee under the charge of the District
Collector and comprising a representative of the Maharashtra State Pollution
Control Board and local civil society (NGO). The Committee shall monitor the
performance of the power plant and submit its report to the Regional Office of
the Ministry of Environment & Forests from time to time. The Committee
shall meet atleast once a year and the meetings shall
be initiated by the project proponent.
(iv)
Transport of coal shall be by rail only. The project proponent
shall accordingly take up the matter with the Railways. Status of
implementation shall be submitted to the Regional Office of the Ministry from
time to time.
(v)
Existing
de-generated water bodies (if any) in the study area shall be regenerated at
the project proponent’s expenses in consultation with the state govt.
(vi)
Hydrogeology
of the area shall be reviewed annually from an institute/ organization of
repute to assess impact of surface water and ground regime (especially around
ash dyke). In case and deterioration is observed specific mitigation measures
shall be undertaken and reports/ data of water quality monitored regularly and
maintained shall be submitted to the Regional Office of the Ministry.
(vii)
The
water requirement for the project shall be met from the treated sewage
treatment facility.
(viii)
No
ground water shall be extracted for use at construction and in operation of the
power plant even in lean season.
(ix)
No
water bodies (including natural drainage system) in the area shall be disturbed
due to activities associated with the setting up / operation of the power plant.
(x)
(xi)
Regular
monitoring of ground water level shall be carried out by establishing a network
of existing wells and constructing new piezometers. Monitoring around the ash pond area shall be carried out particularly for heavy
metals (Hg,Cr,As,Pb) and records maintained and submitted to the Regional Office of this
Ministry. The data so obtained should be compared with the baseline data so as
to ensure that the ground water quality is not adversely affected due to the
project.
(xii)
Monitoring
surface water quality in the area shall also be regularly conducted and records
maintained. The monitored data shall be submitted to the Ministry regularly.
Further, monitoring points shall be located between the plant and drainage in
the direction of flow of ground water and records maintained. Monitoring for
heavy metals in ground water shall be undertaken.
(xiii)
A well designed rainwater
harvesting shall be put in place before commissioning of the plant. Central
Groundwater Authority/ Board shall be consulted for finalization of appropriate
rainwater harvesting technology/design within a period of three months
from the date of this clearance and details shall be furnished. The design of rain water harvesting
shall comprise of rain water collection from the built up and open area in the
plant premises. Action plan and road map for implementation shall be submitted
to the Ministry within six months.
(xiv)
Additional
soil for leveling of the proposed site shall be generated within the sites (to
the extent possible) so that natural drainage system of the area is protected
and improved. The levelling in plant area should be
minimum with no or minimal disturbance to the natural drainage of the area.
(xv)
Provision
for installation of FGD shall be provided for future use.
(xvi) The project proponent shall undertake measures and ensure that no
fugitive fly ash emissions take place at any point of time.
(xvii) Stacks of 275 m
height shall be installed and provided with continuous online monitoring
equipments for SOx, NOx
and PM2.5 & PM10.
Exit velocity of flue gases shall not be less than 22 m/sec. Mercury
emissions from stack may also monitored on periodic basis.
(xviii) High Efficiency Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs) shall be installed to ensure that particulate emission does not exceed
50 mg/Nm3.
(xix) 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.
(xx)
Utilisation of 100% Fly Ash generated shall be made from 4th year
of operation. Status of implementation shall be reported to the Regional Office
of the Ministry from time to time.
(xxi) Fly ash shall be collected in dry form and storage facility (silos)
shall be provided. Unutilized fly ash shall
be disposed off in the ash pond in the form of slurry form. 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. No ash
shall be disposed off in low lying area.
(xxii) Ash pond shall be lined with HDP/LDPE lining or any other suitable
impermeable media such that no leachate takes place
at any point of time. Adequate safety measures shall also be implemented to
protect the ash dyke from getting breached.
(xxiii) For disposal of Bottom Ash in abandoned mines (if proposed to be
undertaken) shall be done after obtaining due permission from DGMS and after
ensuring that the bottom and sides of the mined out areas are adequately
lined with clay before Bottom Ash is filled up. The project proponent shall
inform the State Pollution Control Board well in advance before undertaking the
activity.
(xxiv) Sulphur and ash contents in
the blended 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 any point of time fresh reference shall be made
to Ministry for suitable amendments to environmental clearance condition
wherever necessary.
(xxv) Green Belt consisting
of 3 tiers of plantations of native species around plant and at least 50 m
width shall be raised. The density of tree shall not less than 2500 per ha and survival rate not less than 80 %.
(xxvi)
Over and above the green belt, as carbon sink, social
forestry shall be carried out in close consultation with the Forests
Department. The project proponent shall accordingly identify blocks of land /
degraded forests and shall undertake regeneration of degraded forests at a
large scale. In pursuance to this the project proponent shall formulate time
bound action plan along with financial allocation and shall submit status of
implementation to the Ministry within six months.
(xxvii) Atleast three nearest
village shall be adopted and basic amenities like development of roads,
drinking water supply, primary health centre, primary school etc shall be
developed in co-ordination with the district administration.
(xxviii)
The project proponent shall also adequately
contribute in the development of the neighbouring
villages. Special package with implementation schedule for providing potable
drinking water supply in the nearby villages and schools shall be undertaken in
a time bound manner.
(xxix)
A time bound implementation of the CSR shall be
formulated within six months and submitted to the Ministry. CSR schemes shall be undertaken based on need assessment in and around
the villages within 5 km of the site and in constant consultation with the
village Panchayat and the District Administration. As part of CSR, prior
identification of local employable youth and eventual employment in the project
after imparting relevant training shall be also undertaken.
(xxx)
The project proponent shall submit details of local
people identified for eventual employment in the company to the Regional Office
of the Ministry and the District administration within six months.
(xxxi)
For
the tribal families (if any) living in the area within 5.0 Km of site, affected
directly or indirectly by the proposed project, specific schemes for upliftment of their sustainable livelihood shall be
prepared with time bound implementation and in-built monitoring programme. The
status of implementation shall be submitted to the Regional Office of the
Ministry from time to time.
(xxxii)
An
amount of Rs 26.06 Crores shall be earmarked as one time capital cost for CSR
programme as committed by the project proponent. Subsequently a recurring
expenditure of Rs 5.21 Crores per annum shall be earmarked as recurring
expenditure for CSR activities. Details of the activities to be undertaken
shall be submitted within six month along with road map for
implementation.
(xxxiii)
It
shall be ensured that in-built monitoring mechanism for the schemes identified
is in place and annual social audit shall be got done from the nearest
government institute of repute in the region. The project proponent shall also
submit the status of implementation of the scheme from time to time
B.
General Conditions:
(i)
The
treated effluents conforming to the prescribed standards only shall be
re-circulated and reused within the plant.
Arrangements shall be made that effluents and storm
water do not do not get mixed.
(ii)
A sewage treatment plant shall be provided (as
applicable) and the treated sewage shall be used for raising
greenbelt/plantation.
(iii)
Adequate safety measures shall be provided in the
plant area to check/minimize spontaneous fires in coal yard, especially during
summer season. Copy of 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.
(iv)
Storage facilities for auxiliary liquid fuel such
as LDO and/ HFO/LSHS shall be made in the plant area in consultation with Department
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.
(v)
First Aid and sanitation
arrangements shall be made for the drivers and other contract workers during
construction phase.
(vi)
Noise levels emanating from
turbines shall be so controlled such that the noise in the work zone shall be
limited to 85 dBA from source. 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.
(vii)
Regular monitoring of ambient air ground level
concentration of SO2, NOx, PM2.5
& PM10 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.
(viii) Provision shall be made for the housing of
construction labour (as applicable) 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.
(ix)
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 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.
(x)
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, if any, from whom suggestions/representations, if any, received
while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the
website of the Company by the proponent.
(xi)
An
Environmental Cell comprising of atleast one expert
in environmental science / engineering, occupational health and social
scientist, shall be created at the project site itself and shall be headed by
an officer of appropriate superiority and qualification. It shall be ensured
that the Head of the Cell shall directly report to the head of the organization
and he shall be held responsible for implementation of environmental
regulations and social impact improvement/mitigation measures.
(xii)
The proponent shall
upload the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance
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 (PM2.5
& PM10), SO2, NOx
(ambient levels as well as stack emissions) shall be displayed at a convenient
location near the main gate of the company in the public domain.
(xiii) The environment 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 environmental
clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the respective Regional Offices
of the Ministry by e-mail.
(xiv)
The project proponent shall submit six monthly
reports on the status of the implementation of the stipulated environmental
safeguards to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office,
Central Pollution Control Board and State Pollution Control Board. The project
proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environment of the
environmental clearance conditions on their website and update the same
periodically and simultaneously send the same by e-mail to the Regional Office,
Ministry of Environment and Forests.
(xv)
Regional Office of the
Ministry of Environment & Forests 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 basis. Criteria pollutants levels including NOx
(from stack & ambient air) shall be displayed at the main gate of the
power plant.
(xvi)
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 purposes and year-wise expenditure should be reported to the
Ministry.
(xvii)
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.
(xviii)
Full cooperation shall be
extended to the Scientists/Officers from the Ministry / Regional Office of the
Ministry at Bangalore /
CPCB/ SPCB who would be monitoring the compliance of environmental status.
5. 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. The Ministry may also impose
additional environmental conditions or modify the existing ones, if necessary.
6. The environmental clearance accorded shall
be valid for a period of 5 years to start operations by the power plant.
7. Concealing factual data or submission
of false/fabricated data and failure to comply with any of the conditions
mentioned above may result in withdrawal of this clearance and attract action
under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
8. 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.
9. 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, 2008 and its amendments, the Public Liability
Insurance Act, 1991 and its amendments.
Yours faithfully,
(Dr.
P.L. Ahujarai)
Scientist
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Copy to:
1.
The
Secretary, Ministry of Power, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi 110001.
2.
The
Secretary (Environment), Forests and Environment Department Government of
Maharashtra.
3.
The
Chairman, Central Electricity Authority, Sewa Bhawan, R.K. Puram, New
Delhi-110066.
4.
The
Chairman, Maharashtra Pradesh State Pollution Control Board, Kalpataru Point, 3rd & 4th
Floors, Sion Matunga Scheme
Road No. 6, Opp. cine Planet, Sion Circle, Sion (E), Mumbai – 400 022
5.
The
Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board, Parivesh Bhawan,
CBD-cum-Office Complex, East Arjun Nagar, Delhi- 110032.
6.
The
Chief Conservator of Forests, Regional
Office (WZ), E-5, Kendriya Paryavaran
Bhawan, Arera Colony, Ravishankar Nagar, Bhopal - 462016.
7.
The
District Collector, Amravati District, Govt. of Maharashtra.
8.
Guard file / Monitoring file.
(Dr.
P.L. Ahujarai)
Scientist
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