F. No.
J-11011/606/2007- IA II (I)
Government of
Ministry of Environment and Forests
(I.A. Division)
Paryavaran Bhawan
CGO Complex,
E-mail :
pb.rastogi@nic.in
Telefax : 011: 2436 7668
Dated 29th
January, 2008
To,
M/s Shri Mahavir
Ferro Alloys Pvt. Ltd.
Plot no. 283, Village Jiabahal
Kalunga Industrial Estate
Kalunga ? 770031, District Sundergarh
Orissa.
E-mail : jainsuresh.c@gmail.com / smfapl@gmail.com /admin@smfl.
Fax
No. : 0661-2661199/2400290
Subject : Expansion of Integrated Steel Plant (0.1 MTPA
to 0.35 MTPA) at 283, Jiabahal, Kalunga
Industrial Estate, Kalunga, District Sundergarh, Orissa by M/s Shri Mahavir Ferro Alloys Pvt. Ltd. - Environment clearance reg.
This has reference to your letter no. MF/MDO/2007-08 dated 15th
June, 2007 alongwith project documents including
Application in Form-I, Pre-Feasibility report and subsequent clarifications furnished by you vide your letters dated
16th October, 2007 and 21st November, 2007 for
environmental clearance on the above mentioned project.
2.0 The
Ministry of Environment and Forests has examined your application. It is noted
that proposal is for the expansion of Integrated Steel Plant (0.1 MTPA to 0.35 MTPA) at 283,
Jiabahal, Kalunga
Industrial Estate, District Sundergarh, Orissa. Total land required for the projects is
2.0 Sponge Iron will be manufactured using DRI
process. Steel will be manufactured
using DRI-LRF (Ladle Refining Furnace) ? CCR (
|
S.N. |
Units |
Existing
(Phase-I) (0.1
MTPA) |
Proposed
Expansion (Phase-II) (0.25
MTPA) |
|
1 |
DRI
Units |
2x100
TPA |
1x100
& 1x350 TPD |
|
2 |
SMS
Unit |
0.25
MTPA |
0.25
MTPA |
|
3 |
CPP |
1x12 MW |
72 MW (AFBC
54 MW; WHRB 10 MW; BFG 8 MW) |
|
4 |
MBF
Unit |
-- |
1.0
MTPA |
|
5 |
Coal Washery |
-- |
1.0
MTPA |
|
6 |
Sinter
& Pelletization Unit |
-- |
1x1000
TPD |
|
7 |
Rolling
Mill |
-- |
0.35
MTPA (Wire
Rod 0.10 MTPA; Structural Steel 0.15 MTPA; TOR Steel 0.10 MTPA) |
|
8 |
Ferro
Alloy Plant |
-- |
2x18
KVA |
3.0 No public hearing is required as per the Section (iii), Stage (3), Para (i)
(b)) of the EIA Notification, 2006 due to
location of the project in notified Kalunga
industrial area notified by the Govt. of Orissa vide
Notification No. 27912/I dated 14th October, 1980.
4.0. The
Ministry of Environment and Forests hereby accords environmental clearance to
the above project under the provisions of EIA Notification dated 14th
September, 2006 subject to strict compliance of the following specific and
general conditions:
A. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS :
i)
On-line stack monitoring facilities for all the
stacks and sufficient air pollution control methods to control emissions from
the kiln and WHRB shall be provided viz. ESP and bag filters etc. to keep
emissions levels below 100 mg/Nm3 and data submitted to the
Ministry?s Regional Office at
ii) Electrostatic precipitator (ESP) shall be provided to DRI kiln, Sinter
plant, Pellet plant, AFBC boiler and WHRB to control gaseous emissions from all
the vents/stacks within 100 mg/Nm3.
Pulse jet bag filters shall be provided to coal crusher, product house,
coal injection point of DRI plant, raw material handling areas, transfer point
etc. Bag filters shall be provided at the crusher, screening and transfer
points. Ventury scrubber shall be provided to blast
furnace. Bag filters and hoods for fume
extraction shall be provided to the induction and ladle-refining furnace. Dust
collection system shall be provided to DSC, ABC, Boiler
etc. Water sprinkling system and dry fog
system shall be provided to control fugitive emissions at the feeding point of
coal washery, coal handling area and work zone.
iii) Secondary
fugitive emissions from all the sources including Blast Furnace and Sinter
Plant shall be controlled within the latest permissible limits issued by the
Ministry and regularly monitored. Guidelines/Code of Practice issued by the
CPCB shall be followed.
iv) Total water requirement from
v) All the
char from DRI plant, coal washery rejects and middlings shall be utilized in FBC boiler of power plant
and no char shall be disposed off anywhere else. All the BF slag shall be
granulated and used in cement manufacturing.
SMS slag shall also be properly utilized. All the waste oil shall be
sold to recyclers/reprocessors.
vi) An action
plan for the disposal of fly ash, granulated BF and SMS slag shall be submitted
to the Ministry within 3 months.
vii) Ground water monitoring around the solid waste disposal site / secured
landfill (SLF) shall be carried out regularly and report submitted to the
Ministry?s Regional Office at
viii) All the
fly ash shall be utilized as per Fly Ash Notification, 1999 and amended in
2003.
ix) Green belt shall be developed in 33 % area within and around the plant
premises as per the CPCB guidelines in consultation with DFO.
x) Observations of the State Forest Department regarding
likely impact due to expansion of the proposed plant on the surrounding Reserve
and Protected forests shall be
obtained and implementation of
recommendations, if any shall be ensured.
xi) All the
recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment
Protection (CREP) for the Steel Sector shall be strictly implemented.
B. GENERAL CONDITIONS:
i.
The project authorities
must strictly adhere to the stipulations made by the Orissa
Pollution Control Board (OPCB) and the State Government.
ii. No further expansion or modifications in the plant should be carried out
without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
iii. The gaseous emissions from various process units shall conform to the
load/mass based standards notified by this Ministry on 19th May,
1993 and standards prescribed from time to time. The state Board may specify
more stringent standards for the relevant parameters keeping in view the nature
of the industry and its size and location. At no time, the emission level shall
go beyond the prescribed standards. On-line continuous monitoring system shall
be installed in stacks to monitor SPM and interlocking facilities shall be
provided so that process can be automatically stopped in case emission level
exceeds the limit. NOX burners shall be installed to control NOX
levels.
iv. At least four ambient air quality-monitoring stations shall be
established in the downward direction as well as where maximum ground level
concentration of SPM, SO2 and NOX are anticipated in
consultation with the OPCB. Data on ambient air quality and stack emission
shall be regularly submitted to this Ministry including its Regional Office at
v. In-plant control measures for checking fugitive emissions from all the
vulnerable sources like Sinter plant, Blast Furnace area etc. shall be adopted.
Further, specific measures like water sprinkling shall be carried out at the
stock piles of raw material, stacker, reclaimer,
transfer points etc. Dust extraction
system and bag filters shall be provided to the sinter plant, stock house,
blast furnace and steel melting shop etc.
Fume extraction system in steel refining units shall also be
provided. Centralized de-dusting system
i.e. collection of fugitive emissions through suction hood and subsequent
treatment through bag filter or any other device and finally emitted through a
stack of appropriately designed and height conforming to the standards for
induction furnaces in the industry shall be provided. Fugitive emissions shall
be controlled, regularly monitored and records maintained.
vi. Industrial wastewater shall be properly collected, treated so as to
conform to the standards prescribed under GSR 422 (E) dated 19th
May, 1993 and 31st December, 1993 or as amended form time to time.
The treated wastewater shall be utilized for plantation purpose.
vii. The overall noise levels in and around the plant area shall be kept well
within the standards (85 dBA) by providing noise
control measures including acoustic hoods, silencers, enclosures etc. on all
sources of noise generation. The ambient
noise levels should conform to the standards prescribed under EPA Rules, 1989
viz. 75 dBA (daytime) and 70 dBA
(nighttime).
viii. The company shall develop surface water harvesting structures to harvest
the rain water for utilization in the lean season besides recharging the ground
water table.
ix. Occupational Health Surveillance of the workers shall be done on a
regular basis and records maintained as per the Factories Act.
x. Recommendations made in the CREP guidelines issued for the steel plants
shall be implemented.
xi. The project proponent shall also comply with all the environmental
protection measures and safeguards recommended in the EIA / EMP report.
Further, the company shallundertake socio-economic
development activities in the surrounding villages like community development programmes, educational programmes,
drinking water supply and health care etc.
xii. The project authorities shall earmark adequate capital cost
and recurring cost/annum for environment pollution control measures and utilize judiciously to implement the conditions stipulated by the Ministry of
Environment and Forests as well as the State Government. An implementation schedule for implementing
all the conditions stipulated herein shall be submitted to the Ministry?s
Regional Office at
xiii. The Regional Office of this Ministry at Bhubaneswar/CPCB/OPCB
will monitor the stipulated conditions.
A six monthly compliance report and the monitored data along with
statistical interpretation shall be submitted to them regularly.
xiv. The Project Proponent shall inform the public that the project has been
accorded environmental clearance by the Ministry and copies of the clearance
letter are available with the OPCB and may also be seen at Website of the
Ministry of Environment and Forests at http:/envfor.nic.in. This shall be advertised within seven
days from the date of issue of the clearance letter, at least in two local
newspapers that are widely circulated in the region of which one shall be in
the vernacular language of the locality concerned and a copy of the same shall
be forwarded to the Regional office.
xv. Project authorities shall inform the Regional Office as well as the
Ministry, the date of financial closure and final approval of the project by
the concerned authorities and the date of commencing the land development work.
5.0. The Ministry may revoke
or suspend the clearance, if implementation of any of the above conditions is
not satisfactory.
6.0. The Ministry reserves the right to
stipulate additional conditions if found necessary. The Company in a time bound
manner will implement these conditions.
7.0. The above conditions
shall be enforced, inter-alia under the provisions of
the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, the Air
(Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the Environment (Protection)
Act, 1986, Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2003 and the
Public (Insurance) Liability Act, 1991 along with their amendments and rules
(Dr. P. B. Rastogi)
Additional Director
1. The Secretary, State
Department of Environment, Govt. of Orissa,
2. Chairman, Central Pollution
Control Board, Parivesh Bhavan,
CBD-cum-Office Complex, East Arjun Nagar, New Delhi ? 110 032.
3. Chairman, Orissa Pollution Control Board, Parivesh
Bhavan, A/118, Neelkanthhanagar,
Unit-8,
4. The Chief Conservator of
Forests (Eastern), Regional Office (EZ), A/3, Chandrasekharpur,
5. Monitoring Cell, Ministry
of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex,
6. Monitoring Cell
7. Guard File.
8. Record File.
(Dr. P. B. Rastogi)
Additional Director