BY SPEED POST
No. J-13011/40/2008-IA.II(T)
Government of India
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Paryavaran Bhawan
CGO Complex, Lodi Road
New Delhi-110 003.
Dated: 29th
September, 2008
To
M/s Jindal India Thermal Power Limited
Plot No. 12, Local Shopping Complex
Sector B-I, Vasant Kunj,
New Delhi -110070
Sub: 1200 MW
(2x600 MW) Thermal Power Project at village Derang, District Angul, Orissa by
M/s Jindal India Thermal Power Ltd- Environmental Clearance Regarding.
The undersigned is directed to refer
to your communication no. JITPL/Orissa/08 dated 13.06.2008 regarding the
subject mentioned above. Subsequent information furnished vide letter dated
18.8.2008 has also been considered.
2. It is noted that the proposal is for grant of environmental
clearance for setting up of a 2x600 MW coal based thermal power project at
Derang Village, Angul District, Orissa.
The project will be based on pulverized coal fired sub-critical
boilers. The land requirement is 950
acres. Water requirement is estimated
as 36 cusecs and will be met from upstream of Samal Barrage on Brahmani river. The coal requirement is estimated as 5.64
million TPA at 80% PLF. Letter of
assurance from MCL mines has been obtained for 1.204 million TPA. The balance quantity will be met from
Mandakini Coal Block in Talcher Coalfields, which has been allocated along with
two other user companies. There will be no homestead oustees due to the project,
however, there will be 434 land oustees. No National Park / Wildlife
Sanctuaries is reported within 10 km of the project site, however, there are 15
forest blocks in the study area. The
public consultation was held on 14.5.2008.
Total cost of the project is Rs 5400.00 crores, which includes Rs 257.00
crores for environmental protection measures.
3. The proposal has been considered 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 land requirement
for the ash pond, township and water reservoir shall be reduced so as to ensure
that the total land requirement for the project does not exceed 950 acres. Distance from HFL of Tikra River shall be
maintained at least 500m as per siting guidelines.
(ii) Sulphur and ash contents
in the coal to be used in the project shall not exceed 0.5% and 40% respectively at any given time.
(iii) A bi-flue stack of 275 m height shall be
provided with continuous online monitoring equipments for Sox, NOx and
Particulate. Exit velocity of flue gases shall not be less than 22 m/sec.
(iv) High efficiency Electrostatic Precipitators
(ESPs) shall be installed to ensure
that particulate emission does not exceed 50 mg/Nm3.
(v) Space
provision shall be kept for retrofitting of FGD, if required at a later date.
(vi) 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.
(vii) Fly
ash shall be collected in dry form and storage facility (silos) shall be
provided. 100% fly ash utilization
shall be ensured from 3rd year onwards. Unutilized fly ash and bottom ash shall be disposed off in the
ash pond in conventional slurry mode.
Mercury levels along with other heavy metals (Pb, Cr, As etc.) should be
monitored in the fly ash / bottom ash, leachates and effluents emanating from
the ash pond.
(viii) The
ash pond shall be lined with impervious lining and ash pond embankment towards river should be stone
pitched.
(ix)
Closed cycle cooling
system with cooling towers shall be provided.
COC of at least 6 shall be adopted and the effluents shall be treated as
per the prescribed norms.
(x)
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.
(xi)
A sewage treatment
plant shall be provided and the treated sewage shall be used for raising
greenbelt/plantation.
(xii)
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.
(xiii)
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 Bhubaneswar.
(xiv)
Storage facilities for
auxiliary liquid fuel such as LDO and/ HFO/LSHS shall be made in the plant area
where risk is minimum to the storage facilities. On site and off site Disaster Management Plans 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%.
(xv)
Regular monitoring of
ground water in and around the ash pond area shall be carried out, records
maintained and six monthly reports shall be furnished to the Regional Office of
this Ministry.
(xvi)
A
green belt of adequate width and density shall be developed around the plant
periphery covering an area of at least 310 acres preferably with local species.
(xvii)
Adequate funds shall
be allocated for undertaking CSR activities.
Details of activities shall also be submitted to the Regional Office of
the Ministry, SPCB and the Ministry.
(xviii)
First aid and
sanitation arrangements shall be made for the drivers and other contract
workers during construction phase.
(xix)
Leq
of Noise levels emanating from turbines 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.
(xx)
Regular monitoring of
ground level concentration of SO2, NOx, SPM, RSPM and mercury 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.
(xxi)
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.
(xxii)
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.
(xxiii) A separate
environment management cell with qualified staff shall be set up for implementation of the stipulated environmental safeguards.
(xxiv) 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.
(xxv) Regional Office of the Ministry of
Environment & Forests located at
Bhubaneswar 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.
(xxvi) 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.
(xxvii) 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.
(xxviii)Full
cooperation shall be extended to the Scientists/Officers from the Ministry /
Regional Office of the Ministry at Bhubaneswar /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.
(Dr. S.K. AGGARWAL)
DIRECTOR
Copy to:-
1. The
Secretary, Ministry of Power, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001.
2. The Secretary, Environment
and Forests Department, Govt. of Orissa, Bhubaneswar- 751 001.
3. The Chairman, Central
Electricity Authority, Sewa Bhawan, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066.
4. The Chairman, Orissa State
Pollution Control Board, A/118, Nilkantha Nagar, Unit-8, Bhubaneswar- 751012 -
with 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-110032.
6. The Chief Conservator of Forests, Eastern Regional Office, Ministry of Environment & Forests, 194, Kharvela Nagar, Bhubaneswar-751001.
7. Director (EI), MOEF.
8. Guard file.
9. Monitoring file.
(Dr. S.K.
AGGARWAL)
DIRECTOR