BY SPEED POST
F. No.
J-13011/34/2008-IA.II(T)
Government of India
Ministry of Environment
& Forests
Paryavaran
Bhawan
New Delhi-110 003
Dated : 27
Feb, 2009
To
M/s M.P. Power Generating Co. Ltd
Shed No. 1&2, Rampur
Jabalpur- 482 008
Subject: 2x250
MW Unit 10 & 11 Satpura Thermal Power Station at Sarni, District Betul,
Madhya Pradesh by M/s MPPGCL- Environmental
Clearance regarding.
Sir,
The undersigned is directed to refer to your communication no. 07/01/STPS/Extn.II/7106/841 dt. 11.4.2008
regarding the subject mentioned above. Subsequent information furnished vide
letters dt. 2.9.2008 17.12.200811.2.2009 have also been considered.
2. It is noted that the
proposal is for grant of environmental clearance for setting up of a 2x250 MW
extension units 10 & 11 at Satpura Thermal Power Station, Sarni, District
Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The land requirement
for the main plant and auxillary facilities is 57.86 ha, which is available
within the existing plant boundary, however, 136 ha of land is to be acquired
for the ash disposal area which
includes 19 ha for alternate road in lieu of the existing roads to be included
in the ash pond area. No forestland is involved in the land to be acquired for
the proposed unit. Coal requirement will be 2.576 million metric tones
per annum at 80% PLF. Water requirement is estimated as 1855 m3/hr, which will
be met from Satpura Reservoir. It was
also stated that about Rs 1.0 crore per year will be spent on CSR
activities. Public hearing was held on 27.2.2008 . There will be 69 land oustees
families due to this project extension. No National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary
is located within 10 Km from project area. Total cost of the project is
Rs. 2637.00 crores which includes Rs.
140.00 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) The existing unit no. 1 ? 5 shall be
de-commissioned within one year of the commissioning of the proposed
units. The ESPs relating to units no. 6
? 9 shall also be renovated, so as to ensure particulate
emission from these units within 150 mg/Nm3.
A time bound action plan in this
regard shall be prepared and submitted within 3 months from the issue of this
letter.
(ii) The total land requirement for all the
activities of the project shall not exceed 187.86 ha.
(iii) Sulphur
and ash contents in the coal to be used in the project shall not exceed 0.56%
and 44% respectively at any given time. In case of variation of coal quality at
the time of issue of LOA, 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,
NOx, Particulate matter and Hg. Exit velocity of flue gases shall not be less
than 22 m/sec.
(v) High
efficiency Electrostatic Precipitator (
(vi) Space provision shall be kept for retrofitting of FGD, if required at a
later date.
(vii) 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.
(viii) Fly ash shall be
collected in dry form and storage facility (silos) shall be provided. The
project authorities should adhere to the provision stipulated in the fly ash
notification of September, 1999 and as amended in August, 2003 in regard to fly
ash utilization. Unutilized fly
ash and bottom ash shall be disposed off in the ash pond.
(ix) Ash
pond shall be lined with impervious lining. Adequate safety measures shall also
be implemented to protect the ash dyke
from getting breached.
(x) The old ash pond shall be
rehabilitated.
(xi) Closed cycle cooling
system with Induced draft cooling towers shall be provided.
(xii) 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.
(xiii) A
sewage treatment plant shall be provided and the treated sewage shall be used
for raising greenbelt/plantation.
(xiv)
Rain water harvesting should be adopted. Central Groundwater Authority/ Board shall be
consulted for finalization of appropriate rain water harvesting technology within a period of three months
from the date of clearance and details shall be furnished.
(xv) 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.
(xvi) Storage
facilities for auxillary liquid fuel such as LDO and/ HFO/LSHS shall be made in
the plant area where risk is minimum to the storage facilities. Disaster Management Plan shall be prepared to
meet any eventuality in case of an accident taking place. Mock drills shall be
conducted regularly and based on the same, modifications required, if any shall
be incorporated in the DMP. Sulphur content in the liquid fuel will not exceed
0.5%.
(xvii) 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 structure to be removed after the completion of the project.
(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.
(xix)
A green belt of adequate width and density shall be developed around the
plant periphery covering 1/3 of total 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, Hg,SPM and RSPM 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 so
monitored shall also be put on the website of the company.
(xxiii) 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, / office of Municipal Corporation/Gram Panchayat concerned and on the company?s web site 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.
(xxiv) A separate environment management cell with qualified staff shall be set
up for implementation of the stipulated
environmental safeguards.
(xxv) Half yearly report on the status of
implementation of the stipulated conditions and environmental safeguards shall
be submitted to this Ministry/ Regional Office/CPCB/SPCB.
(xxvi) 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 basis. Criteria pollutants levels (Stack & ambient levels
of NOx) will be displayed at the main gate of the power plant.
(xxvii) 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.
(xxviii)
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.
(xxix)
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 of production operations by the power plant.
6. In case of any deviation or alteration in
the project proposed 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 (Environment), Government of
Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal-462 004.
3.
The Chairman, Central Electricity Authority,
Sewa Bhawan, R.K. Puram, New
Delhi-110 066.
4.
The Chairman, Madhya Pradesh Pradushan Niwaran
Mandal, Paryavaran Parisar, Sector E-5, Arera Colony, Bhopal-462 016 - 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,
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