F. No.
J-11011/227/2007- 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 12th June, 2008
To,
The Chief Executive Officer
M/s Rashmi Metaliks Ltd.
39, Shakaspeare Sarani
6th Floor, Kolkatta 700
017
E-mail : sksaraf@rashmicement.com ; Fax
No. :
033-22894254/03222-234533
Subject : Steel plant (5,00,000 TPA, MBF & SMS) at Shyamraipur, Gokulpur, Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal by M/s Rashmi Metaliks Ltd. ? Environmental clearance reg.
Kindly
refer your letter no. RML/PCB/NOC/06-07
dated 5th March, 2007 alongwith project documents including Form I,
Feasibility Report and EIA/EMP and subsequent clarifications furnished vide
communications dated 16th April, 2007, 29th November,
2007 and 15th April, 2008
regarding above mentioned project.
2.0 The Ministry of Environment and Forests
has examined the application. It is noted that proposal is for setting up Steel
plant (5,00,000 TPA) at Shyamraipur, Gokulpur, Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur,
|
Unit |
Capacity |
Product |
Production (TPA) |
|
Existing Units : |
|||
|
MBF |
1 x |
Hot metal |
1,80,000 |
|
Sinter Plant |
2 x |
Sinter |
2,50,000 |
|
Pig Casting Machine |
600 TPD |
Pig Iron |
6,00,000 |
|
Proposed Units : |
|
|
|
|
MBF |
1 x |
Hot metal |
3,00,000 |
|
Sinter Plant |
|
Sinter |
8,40,000 |
|
DRI Kilns |
10 x 100 TPD, 3x350 TPD |
Sponge Iron |
6,00,000 |
|
SMS |
4x40T EAF & LF |
Steel Billet |
5,00,000 |
|
Oxygen Plant |
60 TPD |
Oxygen |
- |
|
Lime Calcination Plant |
1200 TPD |
Calcined lime |
- |
2.0 Sponge
iron will be produced by the reduction of iron ore with solid carbonaceous
material such as coal, coke or lignite in a rotary kiln at high temperature and
then cooled to zero temperature in the rotary cooler with indirect water
Cooling System. The products will then screened and magnetically
separated. Pig iron and sponge iron manufactured will be
partially used in the SMS as well as sold to outside parties.
3.0 Electrostatic precipitator (ESP), dust
settling chambers (DSC) and after burning chamber (ABC) to DRI kiln, ventury
scrubbers and cyclones to blast furnace, gas cleaning system and fume
extraction system to the electric arc furnace (EAF), dust extraction system to
the blast furnace stock house and ladle furnace (LF) and bag filters will be
provided at the transfer points to control emissions below 100 mg/Nm3.
Total water requirement from Public Health Engineering Department will be 8,160
m3/day. Blow down water from
BF, Sinter plant, Oxygen plant, SMS, Caster etc. will be recycled and reused in
the process, dust suppression and green belt development. Char and coal fines
will be used in FBC boiler. BF slag will
be granulated and used in cement plant / sinter plant. Iron ore fines and coke
fines will be used in sinter plant.
4.0. Public
Hearing / Public Consultation meeting was held on 20th November, 2007.
5.0. The
Ministry of Environment and Forests hereby accords environmental clearance to
the above project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006 as amended
subsequently 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. On-line stack monitoring facilities for all the stacks should be
provided and sufficient air pollution control devices shall be provided to keep
the emission levels below 100 mg/Nm3. Data on ambient air
quality and stack emissions should be regularly submitted to this Ministry
including its Regional Office at Bhubaneswar, CPCB and W. B.
Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) once in six months.
ii)
As proposed, electrostatic
precipitator (ESP) shall be provided to DRI kilns to control emissions within
100 mg/Nm3. The waste gases
from the DRI kiln shall be passed through the dust settling chamber (DSC) to
settle the dust particles and After Burning Chamber (ABC). The hot gases from
ABC shall be taken to gas cleaning plant to burn the combustibles and cleaned
in ESP.
iii)
Dust extraction system
comprising of dry fog system including pulse jet bag filters shall be provided
to the blast furnace stock house. Dust extraction system shall also be provided
to the ladle furnace (LF). Ventury scrubbers and cyclones shall be provided to
blast furnace. Gas cleaning system and
fume extraction system shall be provided to the electric arc furnace (EAF). Bag
filters shall be provided at the transfer points to control fugitive emissions.
Dust suppression system shall be provided to control dust from raw material
handling and storage area. The water shall be sprayed in the After Burning
Chamber (ABC).
iv)
Gaseous emission levels
including secondary fugitive emissions from all the sources 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.
v)
Total water requirement
from Public Health Engineering Department shall not exceed 8,160 m3/day.
Effluent treatment plant (ETP) shall be installed and all the treated
wastewater including blow down water from Blast furnace, Sinter plant, Oxygen
plant, SMS, Caster etc. shall be recycled and reused in the process, dust
suppression and green belt development. ?Zero? effluent discharge should
be strictly followed and no wastewater should be discharged outside the
premises.
vi)
Prior ?Permission?
for the drawl of 8,160 m3/day water from the concerned department
shall be obtained.
vii)
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. SMS slag shall also be properly
utilized. All the other solid waste including broken refractory mass shall be
properly disposed off in environment-friendly manner.
viii)
Coal and coke fines shall be recycled and reused in
the process. Iron ore, fluxes, Mill
scale etc. shall be recycled to sinter plant to produce sinter. Waste oil shall be sold
to authorized recyclers/reprocessors.
ix)
A time bound action plan
shall be submitted to reduce solid waste, its proper utilization and disposal.
x)
All the fly ash shall be utilized as per Fly Ash
Notification, 1999 as amended 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)
DRI kiln should be
provided with waste heat recovery boiler (WHRB) to make use of flue gases
generated during the process.
xiv)
All the char from DRI
plant should be utilized in AFBC boiler of power plant and no char should be
disposed off anywhere else.
xv)
All the slag generated from the blast furnace
should be granulated and used in cement plants.
B. GENERAL CONDITIONS :
i.
The project authorities
must strictly adhere to the stipulations made by the West
Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) 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 WBPCB 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. The interlocking facilities
shall be provided so that process can be automatically stopped in case emission
level exceeds the limit.
iv.
In-plant control measures
for checking fugitive emissions from all the vulnerable sources like
spillage/raw materials/coal handlings etc. shall be provided. Further, specific
measures like provision of dust suppression system consisting of water
sprinkling, suction hoods, fans and bag filters etc. shall be installed at
material transfer points and other raw material handling areas. 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 height conforming to the
standards. Fugitive emissions shall be regularly monitored and records
maintained.
v.
At least, four ambient air
quality-monitoring stations should 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 WBPCB. Data on ambient air quality and stack emission should be regularly
submitted to this Ministry including its Regional Office at
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
shall conform to the standards prescribed under EPA Rules, 1989 viz. 75 dBA
(daytime) and 70 dBA (nighttime).
viii.
Occupational health
surveillance of the workers shall be done on a regular basis and records
maintained as per the Factories Act.
ix.
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.
x.
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.
xi.
The project authorities
shall earmark Rs. 25.00 Crores and Rs. 1.55
Crores towards capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental
pollution control measures 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
xii.
The Regional Office of
this Ministry at
xiii.
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 WBPCB 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 should be forwarded to the Regional office.
xiv.
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.
6.0. The Ministry may revoke or suspend the clearance, if
implementation of any of the above conditions is not satisfactory.
7.0. The Ministry reserves the right to stipulate additional
conditions if found necessary. The Company in a time bound manner shall
implement these conditions.
8.0. 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.
9.0. 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
Copy to :-
1. The Secretary, Department of Environment, Govt. of West Bengal, Kolkata,
2. The Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board, Parivesh Bhavan,
CBD-cum-Office Complex,
3. The Chairman, West Bengal Pollution Control Board, Parivesh Bhawan, 10A
Block-LA, Sector-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata - 700091, West Bengal.
4. The Chief Conservator of Forests, Regional Office (EZ),Ministry of Environment and Forests A-3, Chandrashekharpur, Bhubaneswar ? 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. Guard File.
8. Monitoring File.
9. Record File.
(Dr. P. B. Rastogi)
Director