F. No.
J-11011/449/2009-IA-II (I)
Government of India
Ministry of Environment and Forests
(I.A. Division)
Paryavaran Bhawan
CGO Complex, Lodhi Road
New Delhi ? 110 003
E-mail: ms.industry-mef@nic.in
Tele/fax: 011 ? 2436 3973
Dated:
September 30th, 2010
To,
The Managing Director
M/s Jaypee Super Cement Plant
(A Unit of Jaiprakash Associates
Limited)
JA House, 63 Basant lok,
Vasant Vihar
New Delhi ? 110 057
Fax no.
011-26145389
Email: sunny.gaur@jalindia.co.in
Sub: Cement Plant (Clinker 2.01
MTPA; Cement 2.50 MTPA) located at Village Kota, District Sonebhadra, Uttar
Pradesh by
M/s Jaypee Super Cement Plant (A Unit of Jaiprakash Associates
Limited)-regarding environmental clearance
Sir,
2. The Ministry of
Environment and Forests has examined the proposal. It is noted M/s M/s
Jaypee Super Cement Plant (A Unit of M/s Jai Prakash Associates Limited) have proposed for the Cement Plant (Clinker,
2.01 MTPA; Cement, 2.50 MTPA) in Village Kota, District Sonebhadra in Uttar
Pradesh. The company acquired the assets
of Uttar Pradesh State Cement Corporation Ltd. (UPSCCL) (under liquidation) in
competitive bidding through Hon?ble High Court of Judicature, Allahabad. Total
land requirement is 40 ha which is already acquired and there is no forest land
involved. No R & R is involved. Dudhi RF and Singrauli RF are located at a
distance of 13.6 km and 13 km respectively from the proposed project site. It
is noted that Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary is located at a distance of about 2.1
km in northern direction from the plant site, separated by a natural barrier
i.e. Sone River. The limestone ridge running from East to West acts as a
natural barrier between the wildlife sanctuary and the cement plant. Out of 40 ha of plant area, green belt will be
developed in 14 ha of plant area. Total cost of the project is Rs. 1,000
Crores. Rs. 49.18 Crores and Rs. 4.90 Crores will be earmarked towards total
capital cost and recurring cost / annum for environmental pollution control
measures.
3. To control the particulate emissions, ESP to clinker cooler and bag house to raw mill /
kiln, coal mill and cement mill will be provided. Bag filters will be provided
to control fugitive emissions from raw material handling. NOx emissions will be
controlled by implementation of low NOx burner for the kiln and by maintaining
optimum kiln operating conditions. A close clinker storage system with bag
filters will be provided to control the dust emission.
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4.
Total water requirement will be
2,500 m3/day. Permission
from the CGWA vide letter No. 21-4(246)/NR/CGWA/2010 dated 13th
April, 2010 has been obtained for drawl of
2,023 m3/day of ground water and the remaining 477 m3/day
will be met from rain water accumulated in mined out pit and rain water
harvesting. A check dam of 1,77,970 m3 capacity is proposed within
1.5 km radius of the plant. Sewage
treatment plant (STP) will be installed to treat the domestic effluent from the
plant and colony. Treated water from STP will be used for dust suppression and
for greenbelt development. No solid waste will be generated from the cement
plant. However, solid waste from STP
will be used as manure for green belt development. Chrome grinding media which
is used for grinding clinker in ball mill will be recycled and sold back to its
manufacturer. Spent oil and grease will be disposed to licensed vendors. Power (35 MW) will be sourced
from grid/Captive Power Plant of M/s Jai Prakash Associates Limited. DG sets
(2x1250 KVA) will be installed for emergency purpose.
5. All the cement plants (> 1.0 MTPA)
have been kept at S.No. 3(b) under category ?A? of the Schedule of the EIA notification 2006 and
appraised at the Central level.
6. The proposal was
considered by the Expert Appraisal Committee-1 (industry) in its 13th
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. Public hearing of the
project was held on 2nd June, 2010.
7. Based
on the information submitted by you and presentation made by you and the
Consultant M/s B.S.Envi-Tech (P) Ltd., Hyderabad, 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.
Environmental
clearance is subject to obtaining clearance under the wildlife (Protection)
Act, 1972 from the National Board for Wildlife. Further, grant of environmental
clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted
to the project and the proposal shall be considered by the National Board for
Wildlife on merits. The investment made
in the project, if any, based on environmental clearance so granted, in
anticipation of clearance from the wildlife angle shall be entirely at the cost
and the risk of the company and MoEF in this regard shall not be responsible in
any matter.
ii.
Environmental
clearance is subject to final order of the Hon?ble Supreme Court of India in
the matter of Goa Foundation Vs. Union of India in Writ petition (Civil) no.460
of 2004, as may be applicable to this project.
iii.
Wildlife
Conservation Plan shall be prepared in consultation with the office of the
Chief Wildlife warden and implemented within
six months. The plan shall comprise in-built monitoring mechanism with special
emphasis to protection of Schedule- I species. The status of implementation
shall be submitted to the Ministry.
iv.
Continuous stack monitoring facilities to monitor gaseous
emissions from all the stacks shall be provided. After expansion, limit of SPM shall be
controlled within 50 mg/Nm3 by
installing adequate air pollution control system. Electrostatic precipitators
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to clinker cooler, bag house to raw mill/kiln and bag filters to coal mill and cement
mill. Low NOX burners
should be provided to control NOX emissions.
v.
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 shall be prepared and submitted to the Ministry
and its Regional Office at Lucknow within 3 months from the date of issue of
the letter.
vi.
The National Ambient Air Quality Standards issued by the Ministry
vide G.S.R. No. 826(E) dated 16th November, 2009 shall be followed.
vii.
Secondary fugitive emissions shall be controlled and shall be
within the prescribed limits and regularly monitored. Guidelines / Code of
Practice issued by the CPCB in this regard should be followed.
viii.
Efforts shall 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 shall not be overloaded.
Vehicular emissions should be regularly monitored.
ix.
Total ground water requirement shall not exceed 2,023 m3/day. The Company shall comply all the conditions
stipulated by the CGWA while granting permission for drawl of water vide letter
no. 21-4(246)/NR/CGWA/2010 dated
13th April, 2010. All
the treated wastewater shall be recycled and reused in the process and/or for
dust suppression and green belt development and other plant related activities
etc. No process wastewater shall be discharged outside the factory premises and
?zero? discharge should be adopted.
x.
Efforts shall be made to make use of rain water harvested.
If needed, capacity of the reservoir shall be enhanced to meet the maximum
water requirement. Only balance water requirement shall be met from other
sources.
xi.
Regular
monitoring of influent and effluent surface, sub-surface and ground water shall
be ensured and treated wastewater should meet the norms prescribed by the State
Pollution Control Board or described under the Environment (Protection) Act,
1986 whichever are more stringent. Leachate study for the effluent generated
and analysis should also be regularly carried out and report submitted to the
Ministry?s Regional Office at Lucknow, UPPCB and CPCB.
xii.
All the bag filter dust, raw mill 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. Spent oil and batteries shall be
sold to authorized recyclers / reprocessors only.
xiii.
All the fly ash shall be utilized as per Fly ash Notification,
1999 subsequently amended in 2003. Efforts shall be made to use fly ash maximum
in making Pozollona Portland Cement (PPC).
xiv.
Efforts shall be made to use low-grade lime, more fly ash and
solid waste in the cement manufacturing.
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xv.
An effort shall be made to use of high calorific hazardous waste
in the cement kiln and necessary provision should be made accordingly.
xvi.
As proposed, green belt shall be developed in at least 33 % area in and around the cement plant as
per the CPCB guidelines to mitigate the effects of air emissions in
consultation with local DFO.
xvii.
All the recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate
Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for the Cement plants should
be implemented.
xviii.
All the commitments made to the public during the Public Hearing /
Public Consultation meeting held on 2nd June, 2010 shall be satisfactorily implemented and a separate
budget for implementing the same shall be allocated and information submitted
to the Ministry?s Regional Office at Lucknow.
xix.
At least 5 % of the total cost of the project shall be earmarked
towards the corporate social responsibility and item-wise details along with
time bound action plan shall be prepared and submitted to the Ministry?s
Regional Office at Lucknow. Implementation of such program shall be ensured
accordingly in a time bound manner.
xx.
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 authority shall adhere to the stipulations made by Uttar Pradesh State
Pollution Control Board (UPSPCB) 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 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).
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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.
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.
ix.
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.
x.
The
Regional Office of this Ministry / CPCB / UPSPCB 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.
xi.
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 UPSPCB.
xii.
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.
xiii.
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.
xiv.
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.
xv.
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.
xvi.
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.
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xvii.
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.
xviii.
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.
xix.
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.
xx.
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
informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy
of the clearance letter is available with the Uttar Pradesh State Pollution
Control 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.
xxi.
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.
8. 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.
9. The
Ministry may revoke or suspend the clearance if implementation of any of the
above conditions is not satisfactory.
10. Any
other conditions or alteration in the above conditions shall have to be
implemented by the project authorities in a time bound manner.
11. 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.
12. 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, the Hazardous Waste
(Management, Handling & Trans boundary Movement) Rules, 2008 and the Public
Liability Insurance Act, 1991 along with their amendments and rules.
(Dr. P.L. Ahujarai)
Scientist-F
(Dr. P.L. Ahujarai)
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