F. No. J-11011/235/2008- IA II (I)
Government of India
Ministry of Environment and Forests
(I.A. Division)
Paryavaran Bhawan
New Delhi ? 110 003
E-mail: ms.industry-mef@nic.in
Tele/fax: 011 ? 2436 3973
Dated: 7th March, 2011
To,
The General Manager ? Environment
M/s
Shree Cement Limited
122-123, Hans Bhawan,
1, Bhadurshah Zafar Marg,
New Delhi
E-mail: shreebwr@shreecementltd.com .
Sub:
Proposed Green Field Integrated Cement
Plant : Clinker- 2x1.5 MTPA, Cement -
5.2 MTPA, Captive Power Plant - 2x25 MW
and Limestone Mining - 4.8 MTPA,
(ML Area -531.126 ha) at Villages Semaradih, Bharuwadih & Chandi in Tehsil
Balodabazar & Simga in District Raipur, Chhattisgarh by M/s Shree Cement
Ltd. - Environmental Clearance reg.
Sir,
2. The Ministry
of Environment and Forests has examined the proposal. It is noted that M/s Shree Cement Ltd. have
proposed to set up of an green field Integrated Cement Plant (Clinker 2 x 1.5
MTPA, Cement 5.2 MTPA), Captive Power Plant (2 x 25 MW) and Limestone Mining
(4.8 MTPA, ML Area- 531.126 Ha.) at Villages Semaradih, Bharuwadih & Chandi in Tehsil Baloda bazar & Simga, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The land required for
proposed cement plant, captive power plant & township will be 150 ha. and 531.126 ha. for
captive limestone mines. Out of 150 ha. of area of the cement
plant, 17.39 ha is Government land and 132.6 ha is private land. No forest
land is involved. No national Park/wild life sanctuary is
located within 10 km radius of the project site. Dhabadih Reserved Forest having scrubs is located
at 1.0 km distance from the in North direction from the project boundary.
Tributary of Mahanadi River i.e. Khorsi Nala (at 3 km in East
direction) traverse the study area. Out of 531.126 ha of mine lease area, 78.72
ha is Government land and 452.406 ha is private land. There will be 45 land
oustees in the plant area and 80 oustees in the mine lease area. Total cost of the proposed project is Rs. 1100 Crores. Rs. 50 Crores and Rs. 1.6 Crores per annum will be earmarked towards the capital cost and
recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures.
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3. Method of mining will be open cast fully mechanized.
Production will be 4.8 MTPA. Mineral reserves are 134.89 MT. Life of
mine will be 28 years. The approval for mining plan has been obtained from the
IBM vide letter dated 26.03.2009. Ultimate working depth of mine will be 30 m
below ground level. The water depth in the mine lease area is 35 m below ground
level. Mining will not intersect the ground water table. Controlled blasting
will be adopted. Land area earmarked for top soil dump will be 1.0 ha. and for waste dump is 30.6 ha. Afforestation
will be done at the end of life of mining in 187.796 ha. area. About 50 ha of
cement plant area will be brought under green belt.
4. Dry cement manufacturing process will be adopted involving
calcination by state-of-the-art 5/6 stage pre-heater precalciner, rotary kiln
grate cooler and high efficiency bag house.
High efficiency ESP/Bag house will be provided to raw mill & Kiln. ESP for
Clinker cooler and CPP. Bag house for Cement mill, particulate matter emission
level will be <50 mg/Nm3 from all the stacks. Bag filters will be
provided to coal and pet coke crushing and coal and pet coke mill section,
cement grinding and storage section, material storages, packing and various
material transfer points etc. water spray system will be provided to limestone
crushing section, preblending, reclaiming, feeding section. Use of CFBC/AFBC
boilers and limestone in CPP will reduce NOx and SOx respectively.
5. Total water requirement will be
3000 m3/d and permission for drawl of ground water has been obtained from CGWA
vide letter no. 21.4 (36)/NCCR/CGWA/2008 - 1279 dated
24/10/2008. Air-cooled condensers will be provided to CFBC/AFBC
boiler to reduce water consumption. Waste water generated from the CPP will be
used for ash quenching and dust suppression. No industrial wastewater will
be generated from the cement plant. Domestic effluent will be treated in
Sewage Treatment Plant and the entire treated water will be used for green belt
development.
6. Material collected from air pollution
control equipments (ESPs / bag house / bag filters) will be recycled back in to the
process. Fly ash from CPP will be reused in cement plant process. Sewage sludge
will be used as manure for greenbelt development. Waste oil will partly be
reused for lubrication of machinery and the balance will be sold to authorized
recyclers. Green belt will be developed in 33% of total plant area.
7. All the cement plants (> 1.0 MTPA) have been listed at
S.No. 3(b) under category ?A? of the Schedule of the
EIA notification 2006 and appraised at the Central level. Public hearing/Public consultation was held on 7th April, 2010.
9. The proposal was considered by the Expert Appraisal
Committee-1 (industry) in its meeting held during 26th -28th
August, 2010. The Committee recommended the proposal for environmental
clearance subject to stipulation of specific conditions along with other
environmental conditions.
10. Based on the information submitted by you
and presentation made by the Consultant J M Environet Pvt Limited, Gurgaon , the Ministry of Environment and Forests
hereby accords environmental clearance to the above project under the
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provisions
of EIA Notification dated 14th September 2006 subject to strict
compliance of the following Specific and General conditions:
A.
SPECIFIC
CONDITIONS :
I.
No construction work at the proposed project site
shall be started without obtaining prior clearances / approvals for the linked
mining component from the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) and State Govt. of
Chhattisgarh. A copy of mine lease approval from the Indian
Bureau of Mines (IBM) and State Govt. of Chhattisgarh shall be submitted to the
Ministry and its Regional Office at Bhopal before initiating any construction
work at site related to mining.
II.
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Plan for the project
affected population, shall be implemented as per the policy of the State Govt.
in consultation with the State Govt. of Chhattisgarh. Compensation paid in any
case shall not be less than the norms prescribed under the National
Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy, 2007.
III.
Continuous monitoring system to monitor gaseous emissions shall be
provided and limit of SPM should be controlled within 50 mg/Nm3 by
installing adequate air pollution control system and energy efficient
technology.
IV.
Possibilities shall be explored for the proper and full
utilization of gases generated from the kiln in waste heat recovery boiler
(WHRB) and a feasibility report should be prepared and submitted to the
Ministry and its Regional Office at
Bhopal within 3 months from the date of issue of the letter.
V.
Data
on ambient air quality (PM10, S02, NOx) shall be regularly submitted to the
Ministry including its Regional office located at Bangalore and the State
Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six
months. The critical parameters such as
PM10, NOx in the ambient air within the impact zone, peak particle velocity at
300m distance or within the nearest habitation, whichever is closer shall be
monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be
monitored [(TDS, DO, pH) and total Suspended solids (TSS)]. The monitored data
shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a
display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of
the company in public domain.
VI.
The
Company shall install low NOx burner with Kiln/calciner for control of NOx
emissions below 400 mg/Nm3.
VII.
Secondary
fugitive emissions shall be controlled within the prescribed limits and
regularly monitored. Guidelines / Code of Practice issued by the CPCB in this
regard shall be followed.
VIII.
The National Ambient Air Quality Emission Standards issued by the
Ministry vide G.S.R. No. 826(E) dated 16th November, 2009 should be
followed.
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IX.
Asphalting/concreting of roads and water
spray all around the critical areas prone to air pollution and having high
levels of SPM and RPM should be ensured.
X.
Efforts should be made to reduce impact
of the transport of the raw materials and end products on the surrounding
environment including agricultural land. All the raw materials including fly
ash should be transported in the closed containers only and should not be
overloaded. Vehicular emissions shall be regularly monitored.
XI.
Rainwater harvesting measures should be adopted for the
augmentation of ground water at cement plant, colony and mine site. The company must also collect rain water in
the mined out pits of captive lime stone mine and use the same water for the
various activities of the project to conserve fresh water.
XII.
The project proponent shall ensure that no natural water course shall be obstructed due to any mining operations.
XIII.
Catch drains and siltation ponds of appropriate size
shall be constructed for the working pit, inter burden and mineral dumps to
arrest flow of silt and sediment. The water so collected should be utilized for
watering the mine area, roads, green belt development etc. The drains should be
regularly desilted, particularly after monsoon, and maintained properly.
XIV.
Garland drain of appropriate size,
gradient and length shall be constructed for both mine pit and inter burden
dumps and sump capacity should be designed keeping 50% safety margin over and
above peak sudden rainfall (based on 50 years data) and maximum discharge in
the area adjoining the mine site. Sump capacity should also provide adequate
retention period to allow proper settling of silt material. Sedimentation pits
should be constructed at the corners of the garland drains and desilted at
regular intervals.
XV.
Regular monitoring of ground water level and quality should
be carried out by establishing a network of existing wells and constructing new
piezometers at suitable locations by the project proponent in and around
project area in consultation with Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board.
The frequency of monitoring should be four times a year- pre-monsoon (April /
May), monsoon (August), post-monsoon (November), and winter (January). Data
thus collected shall be sent at regular intervals to Ministry of Environment
and Forests and its Regional Office at
Bhopal, Central Ground Water
Authority and State Ground Water Board.
XVI.
Dimension of the retaining
wall at the toe of inter burden dumps and inter burden benches within
the mine to check run-off and siltation should be based on the rain fall data.
XVII.
Suitable conservation measures to
augment ground water resources in the area shall be planned and implemented in
consultation with Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board.
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XVIII.
All the bag filter dust, raw meal dust,
coal dust, clinker dust and cement dust from pollution control devices shall be recycled and reused in the process and
used for cement manufacturing.
XIX.
An effort shall be made to use of high calorific hazardous waste in the cement kiln and necessary
provision shall be made accordingly.
XX.
Efforts shall be made to use low grade lime, more fly ash and solid waste in the cement
manufacturing.
XXI.
All the fly ash shall be utilized as per Fly Ash Notification,
1999 subsequently amended in 2003 and 2010.
Efforts should be made to use fly ash maximum in making Pozollona
Portland Cement (PPC).
XXII.
Risk and Disaster Management Plan along with the mitigation
measures should be prepared and a copy submitted to the Ministry?s Regional Office
at Bhopal, CSPCB and CPCB within
3 months of issue of environment clearance letter.
XXIII.
Blasting operation shall be carried out only
during the daytime. Controlled blasting should be practiced. The mitigative
measures for control of ground vibrations and to arrest fly rocks and boulders
should be implemented.
XXIV.
Wet drilling blasting method and provision for the
control air emissions during blasting using dust collectors etc. shall be used.
XXV.
Bench height, width and slope for individual bench should be properly
assessed and implemented. Adequate measures should be adopted to stabilize the
slope before abandonment. The fencing around the reservoir shall be provided to
prevent accidents.
XXVI.
Action plan for the mining, management
of over burden (removal, storage, disposal etc.), reclamation of the mined out
area and mine closure shall be submitted to the Ministry and its Regional Office at Bhopal.
XXVII.
The inter burden and other waste generated should be
stacked at earmarked dump site(s) only and should not be kept active for long
period. The total height of the dumps should not exceed
XXVIII.
The project proponent shall modify the mine plan of the project at
the time of seeking approval for the
next mining scheme from the Indian Bureau of Mines so as to reduce the
area for external over burden dump by suitably increasing the
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height of the dumps with
proper terracing. It should be ensured that the overall slope of the dump does
not exceed 280.
XXIX.
The void left unfilled in the mining area shall be
converted into water body. The higher benches of excavated void/mining pit
should be terraced and plantation done to stabilize the slopes. The slope of
higher benches should be made gentler for easy accessibility by local people to
use the water body. Peripheral fencing shall be carried out along the excavated
area.
XXX.
Top soil, if any, shall be stacked with proper slope
at earmarked site(s) only with adequate measures and should be used for
reclamation and rehabilitation of mined out areas.
XXXI.
As proposed, green belt shall be
developed in at least 33 % in cement plant and all the mined out area except used for reservoir.
XXXII.
All the safety norms stipulated by the
Director General, Mine & Safety (DGMS) should be implemented.
XXXIII.
All the recommendations made in the
Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for the
Cement plants should be implemented.
XXXIV.The company shall comply
with the commitments made during public
hearing held on 7th
April, 2010 and a separate budget for implementing the same should be allocated
and information submitted to the Ministry?s Regional Office at Bhopal.
XXXV.At
least 5 % of the total cost of the project should be earmarked towards the
corporate social responsibility and item-wise details along with time bound
action plan should be prepared and submitted to the Ministry?s Regional Office
at Bhopal. Implementation of such program should be ensured accordingly in a
time bound manner.
XXXVI.
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
B. GENERAL CONDITIONS:
i.
The
project authority shall adhere to the stipulations made by Chhattisgarh
Environment Conservation Board (CECB) and State Government.
ii.
No
further expansion or modification of the plant shall be carried out without
prior approval of this Ministry.
iii.
At
least four ambient air quality monitoring stations shall be established in the down wind direction as well as where maximum ground
level
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concentration of PM10, SO2
and NOX are anticipated in consultation with the SPCB. Data on
ambient air quality and stack emissions shall be regularly submitted to this
Ministry including its Regional Office and SPCB / CPCB once in six months.
iv.
Industrial
wastewater shall be properly collected and treated so as to conform to the
standards prescribed under GSR 422 (E) dated 19th May, 1993 and 31st
December, 1993 or as amended from time to time. The treated wastewater shall be
utilized for plantation purpose.
v.
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
Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986 Rules, 1989 viz. 75 dBA (day time) and 70
dBA (night time).
vi.
Proper
housekeeping and adequate occupational health programmes shall be taken up.
Occupational Health Surveillance programme shall be done on a regular basis and
records maintained properly for at least 30-40 years. The programme shall
include lung function and sputum analysis tests once in six months. Sufficient
preventive measures shall be adopted to avoid direct exposure to dust etc.
vii.
The
company shall undertake eco-development measures including community welfare
measures in the project area.
viii.
The
project proponent shall also comply with all the environmental protection
measures and safeguards recommended in the EIA/ EMP.
ix.
A
separate environmental management cell with full fledged laboratory facilities
to carry out various management and monitoring functions shall be set up under
the control of Senior Executive.
x.
Adequate
fund shall be allocated to implement the conditions stipulated by the Ministry
of Environment and Forests as well as the State Government. Time bound
implementation schedule for implementing all the conditions stipulated herein
shall be submitted. The funds so provided shall not be diverted for any other
purpose.
xi.
The
Regional Office of this Ministry / CPCB / KSPCB shall monitor the stipulated
conditions. The project authorities shall extend full cooperation to the
officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data /
information / monitoring reports. A six monthly compliance report and the
monitored data alongwith statistical interpretation shall be submitted to them
regularly.
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xii.
The
project proponent shall also submit six monthly reports on the status of
compliance of the stipulated EC conditions including results of monitored data
(both on hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the respective Regional Office of
MoEF, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the CECB.
xiii.
The
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.
xiv.
No
change in mining technology and scope of working shall be made without prior
approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests. No change in the
calendar plan including excavation, quantum of limestone and waste shall be
made.
xv.
Measures
shall be taken for control of noise levels below 85 dBA in the work
environment. Workers engaged in operations of HEMM etc. shall be provided with
ear pluggs/ muffs.
xvi.
Industrial
waste water (workshop and waste water from the mine) 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 from time to
time. Oil and grease trap shall be installed before discharge of workshop
effluents.
xvii.
Personnel
working in dusty areas shall wear protective respiratory devices and they shall
also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health
aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers shall be
undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and
take corrective measures, if needed.
xviii.
The
project authorities shall inform to the Regional Office located regarding date
of financial closures and final approval of the project by the concerned
authorities and the date of start of land development work.
xix.
A copy of clearance letter shall be marked to concerned Panchayat
/ local NGO, if any, from whom suggestion/representation, if any, was received
while processing the proposal.
xx.
A copy of clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to
concerned Panchayat, Zila Parishad/Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and
the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/representations if any, were
received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also put up
on the website of the Company by the proponent.
xxi.
The project authorities shall advertise at least in two local
newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language
of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter
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informing that the project
has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is
available with the Chhattisgarh Envirnment Conservation Board and also at web
site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at "http://envfor.nic.in
and a copy of the same shall be forwarded to the Regional Office of this
Ministry.
xxii.
The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st
March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the
concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment
(Protection) Rules, 1986 as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the
website of the Company alongwith the status of compliance of EC conditions and
shall also be sent to the respective regional Office of the MoEF by e-mail.
11. The Ministry or any other competent
authority may stipulate any further condition(s) on receiving reports from the
project authorities. The above
conditions shall be monitored by the Regional Office of this Ministry.
12. The Ministry may revoke or suspend the
clearance if implementation of any of the above conditions is not satisfactory.
13. Any other conditions or alteration in the
above conditions shall have to be implemented by the project authorities in a
time bound manner.
14. Any appeal against this environmental
clearance shall lie with the National Environment Appellate Authority, Second
Floor, Trikoot-I, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066, if preferred within a
period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 11 of the National Environment
Appellate Authority Act, 1997.
15. The above conditions shall be enforced,
inter-alia under the provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act, 1974 the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the Public Liability Insurance Act,
1991 along with their amendments and rules.
Yours
faithfully,
(Dr. P.L. Ahujarai)
Scientist-F
1.
The
Secretary, Department of Environment, Govt. of Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh.
2.
The
Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board, Parivesh Bhavan, CBD-cum-Office
Complex, East Arjun Nagar, Delhi-110032.
3.
The
Chairman, Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board, Nanak Niwas, Civil
Lines, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
4.
The
Chief Conservator of Forests (Eastern), Regional Office (Western Zone), E-3/240,
Arera Colony, Bhopal -
5.
Adviser
(IA-II), Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex,
New Delhi.
6.
Monitoring
Cell, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex,
New Delhi.
7.
Guard
file.
8.
Record
file.
(Dr. P.L. Ahujarai) Scientist-F