F. No. J-11011/838/2007- 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 4th
November, 2008
To,
M/s Rungta Mines Ltd.
Chaliyama Sponge
Rungta House, Chailbasa ? 833201
Jharkhand.
E-mail : rungtas@satyam.net.in ; Fax No. : 06582-56442
Subject: Expansion of Sponge Iron Plant into Integrated Mini Steel Plant (0.21
MTPA) alongwith WHRB (14 MW) and Captive Power Plant (25 MW) at Village
Chaliyama, Tehsil Rajnagar, District Saraikela Kharsawan, West Singhbum,
Jharkhand by M/s Rungta Mines Ltd. ? Environment clearance reg.
Ref. : Your letter no. RML/MOEF/Chaliama/1
dated 7th June, 2007.
Sir,
This has reference to your letter no. RML/MOEF/Chaliama/1 dated 7th June,
2007 alongwith Form I,
Pre-feasibility Report, draft Terms of References and EIA/EMP and subsequent
clarifications furnished by you vide your letters dated 2nd
November, 2007, 8th July, 2008
and 1st October, 2008 for environmental clearance on the
above mentioned project.
2.0 The
Ministry of Environment and Forests has examined the application. It is noted
that proposal is for the expansion of Sponge Iron Plant (700 TPD) into
Integrated Mini Steel Plant (0.21 MTPA) alongwith WHRB (14 MW) and CPP (25 MW)
at Village Chaliyama, Tehsil Rajnagar, District Saraikela Kharsawan, West
Singhbum, Jharkhand by M/s Rungta Mines
Ltd. Total land acquired is
|
S.N |
Particulars |
Capacity |
Production (MTPA) |
|
1 |
Sponge Iron Unit |
7x100 TPD |
2,10,000 |
|
2 |
Mini Blast Furnace |
2x262 m3 |
3,82,520 |
|
2 |
Steel Melting Shop a) Induction Furnace b) Ladle Furnace c) Continuous Casting Machine |
4x15T 2x15T 1x2-Strand |
2,00,000 |
|
3 |
Rolling Mill |
-- |
2,00,000 |
|
4 |
Captive Power Plant a) WHR Boiler b) AFBC Boiler |
7x2 MW 1x25 MW |
14 MW 25 MW |
3.0 DRI
process will be used to manufacture sponge iron. Iron ore, lump, coke, fluxes and additives
will be used in blast furnace to reduce iron ore by coke to hot metal and
transferred to inductions furnace for primary refining or cast in pig casting
machine. Liquid slag will be granulated at cast house granulation unit. The steel melting shop (SMS) will consist of
induction furnace, ladle furnace and continuous casting machine. Metal scrap, chips and other metal rejections
will be used in manufacturing steel.
Slag will be skimmed off periodically and the metal will be tapped
either in ingot or billet casting. Blooms
from the SMS will be used in Rolling Mill.
4.0 Electrostatic
precipitators (ESPs), reverse air bag filters, fume and dust extraction system
will be provided to control particulate matter, dust and fumes. Total water requirement from
4.0 Public hearing meeting was held on 7th June, 2008.
5.0. 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)
Efforts shall be made to reduce RSPM levels in
the ambient air and a time bound action plan shall be submitted. Continuous
stack monitoring facilities for all the stacks shall be provided and sufficient
air pollution control devices viz. ESP and bag filters etc. should be provided
to keep the emission levels below 100 mg/Nm3 and reports submitted
to the Ministry?s Regional Office at Bhubaneshwar, CPCB and Jharkhand Pollution
Control Board (JSPCB).
ii)
Electrostatic precipitator (ESP) shall be
provided to DRI kilns, FBC boiler and Waste Heat Recovery Boiler (WHRB) to
control air emissions within 100 mg/Nm3. Hot gases from DRI kiln
shall be passed through Dust Settling Chamber (DSC) to remove coarse solids and
After Burning Chamber (ABC) to burn CO completely and used in WHRB. The gas then shall be cleaned in ESP before
leaving out into the atmosphere through ID fan and stack. Gas cleaning plant
having dust catcher and bag filter shall be provided to blast furnace (BF).
Fume extraction system with bag filters shall be provided to control fugitive emissions
from Steel Melting Shop (SMS).
i)
Gaseous emission
levels including secondary fugitive emissions from blast furnace 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. The emission standards issued by the Ministry in
May, 2008 for the sponge plants shall be followed.
ii)
In-plant control measures
for checking fugitive emissions from all the vulnerable sources shall be
provided. Reverse air bag filters shall
be installed at the conveyors, material and product handling area. Surplus gas from BF shall be cleaned in dust
catcher and gas cleaning system and will be used in AFBC boiler as fuel. Dust extraction system with bag filters shall
be provided to kiln inlet area, crushing unit and cooling let outlet area to
control particulate matter. Fume and dust extraction system with suction hood,
cyclone and wet scrubber shall be installed in the Induction Furnace (IF), MBF
& LRF to control dust and fumes. Further, specific measures like water
sprinkling shall be carried out and fugitive emissions shall be controlled,
regularly monitored and records maintained.
iii)
Vehicular
pollution due to transportation of raw material and finished product shall be controlled. Proper arrangements shall also be made to control dust emissions during loading and unloading of
the raw material and finished product.
iv)
Total water requirement
from River Kharkai shall not exceed 10,080 m3/day. No ground water shall be used. Acidic and alkaline
regeneration wastewater from the demineralization unit shall be neutralized in
neutralization tank. Blow down water of the GCP crust shall be recycled and
reused as make up water for Slag Granulation Plant (SGP) to reduce fresh water
consumption. The treated wastewater shall be recycled and reused for dust
suppression, ash disposal and green belt development and
?Zero? effluent discharge shall be ensured. The decanted water from ash dyke shall be
used for ash quenching and coal dust suppression in coal yard. No wastewater shall be discharged outside the
premises. Domestic
wastewater shall be treated in septic tanks followed by soak pit.
v)
Prior ?Permission? for the drawl of
10,080 m3/day water from the Kharkai river from concerned department
shall be obtained.
vi)
All the char from DRI plant shall be utilized in AFBC boiler of power plant and no char shall be disposed off anywhere else. All the blast furnace (BF) slag shall be granulated and provided to cement manufacturers for
further utilization. Fly ash shall be provided to cement and brick
manufacturers. ESP and bag filters dust,
kiln accretion, MBF flue dust, GCP sludge,
vii)
IF and LRF slag shall be used for road
construction only after passing through Toxic
Chemical Leachability Potential (TCLP) test. Toxic slag shall be disposed in
secured landfill as per CPCB guidelines.
viii)
A time bound action plan should
be submitted to reduce solid waste, its proper utilization and disposal.
ix)
Proper handling, storage,
utilization and disposal of all the solid waste shall be ensured and regular
report regarding toxic metal content in the waste material and its composition,
end use of solid/hazardous waste shall be submitted. A time bound action plan
shall be submitted to reduce solid waste, its proper utilization and disposal
to the Ministry?s Regional Office at
x)
Proper utilization of fly ash shall be
ensured as per Fly Ash Notification, 1999 and subsequent amendment in 2003.
xi)
As proposed, green belt shall be developed in 33 % area
within and around the plant premises as per the CPCB guidelines in consultation
with DFO.
xii)
All the recommendations
made in the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection
(CREP) for the Steel Plants shall be implemented.
xiii)
The company shall provide
housing for 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.
B. GENERAL CONDITIONS:
i.
The project authorities
must strictly adhere to the stipulations made by the Jharkhand Pollution
Control Board (JSPCB) 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. Interlocking facilities shall be provided so that process can be
automatically stopped in case emission level exceeds the limit.
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 Jharkhand SPCB. Data on ambient air
quality and stack emission should be regularly submitted to this Ministry
including its Regional Office at
v.
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.
vi.
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).
vii.
Occupational Health
Surveillance of the workers shall be done on a regular basis and records
maintained as per the Factories Act.
viii.
The company shall develop
surface as well as ground water harvesting structures to harvest the rainwater
for utilization in the lean season besides recharging the ground water table.
ix.
The project proponent
shall also comply with all the environmental protection measures and safeguards
recommended in the EIA / EMP report. Further, the company must undertake
socio-economic development activities in the surrounding villages like
community development programmes, educational programmes, drinking water supply
and health care etc.
x.
Adequate funds shall be earmarked
towards the environmental pollution control measures shall be judiciously utilized to implement the conditions stipulated by
the Ministry of Environment and Forests as well as the State Government. The funds so provided shall not be diverted
for any other purpose.
xi.
The Regional Office of
this Ministry at
xii.
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 JSPCB 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.
xiii.
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 shall implement these conditions.
7.0. Any appeal against this environmental
clearance shall lie with the National Environment Appellate Authority, if
preferred within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 11 of the
National Environment Appellate Act, 1997.
8.0. 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)
Director
1. The Secretary, Department of Environment, Govt. of Jharkhand, Jharkhand.
2. Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board, Parivesh Bhavan, CBD-cum-Office Complex, East Arjun Nagar, New Delhi ? 110 032.
3. Chairman, Jharkhand Pollution Control Board, Jharkhand, Town Administrative Building, H.E.C., Dhruwa, Raanchi - 824004, Jharkhand.
4. The Chief Conservator of Forests (Eastern), Regional Office (EZ), A/3, Chandrasekharpur, Bhuvaneswar - 751 023, Orissa.
5. Adviser
(IA-II), Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex,
6. Monitoring
Cell, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex,
7. Monitoring Cell
8. Guard File.
9. Record File.
(Dr. P. B. Rastogi)