F. No.
J-11011/594/2007- 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 11th October, 2007
To,
M/s SBQ Steels Ltd.
6/13,
K.P. Pura,
Chennai ? 600 028
Tamil Nadu.
E-mail : rajiv@rkkrgroup.com / pkp@rkkrgroup.com ; Fax No. : 044-42100177
Subject : Mini Integrated Steel Plant
(Alloy Steel Bars & Rods 2,50,000 MTPA) and Captive Power Plant (5 MW)
at Kolanukuduru
Village, Manubolu Mandal, Nellore District, A. P. by M/s SBQ Steel Ltd. ?
Environmental clearance reg.
Sir,
This
has reference to your letter no. EIA-1020-2007 dated 6th
May, 2007 alongwith Application in Schedule II, Questionnaire and
EIA/EMP for environmental clearance on the above
mentioned project.
2.0 The Ministry of Environment and Forests
has examined your application. It is noted that M/s SBQ Steel Ltd. have proposed to set up a Mini Integrated Steel Plant (Alloy Steel Bars & Rods, 2,50,000 MTPA)
and Captive Power Plant (5 MW) at Kolanukuduru Village, Manubolu Mandal, Nellore District, A. P. as per details given below :
|
S.N. |
Units |
Capacity |
1
|
Sinter Plant |
1x25 m2 |
|
2 |
Mini Blast Furnace |
1x250 m3 |
3
|
Electric Arc Furnace |
1x40 MT |
|
4 |
Laddle
Refining Furnace |
1x40 MT |
|
5 |
Vaccum
Degassing Unit |
1x40 MT |
|
6 |
Continuous Casting Machine |
Twin
strand |
|
7 |
Rolling Mill |
2,50,000
TPA |
|
8 |
Captive Power Plant based on
gases from Mini Blast Furnace |
5 MW |
Proposed Mini Steel Plant will
be located in APIIC Industrial Area. No
national park / Wild life sanctuary /
3.0 Public hearing meeting was held on 3rd
August, 2007.
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)
Electrostatic precipitator (ESP) to sinter plant, ventury scrubber to blast furnace, bag house (jet type) to
electric arc furnace (EAF) and fume extraction system with bag filters to ladle
furnace (LF) shall be provided to control air emissions within 100 mg/Nm3. Dust catcher, primary and secondary ventury scrubber followed by cyclone separator shall also
be provided to clean the gas. On-line stack monitoring
facilities for all the stacks shall be provided and sufficient air pollution
control methods shall be adopted to keep the emission levels below 100 mg/Nm3
and reports submitted to the APPCB & CPCB.
ii)
In-plant control measures
for checking fugitive emissions from all the vulnerable sources shall be
provided. Dust extraction system with bag filters shall be provided at material
handling areas, crushers, hoppers, transfer points etc. All the conveyors shall
be covered with GI sheets to prevent fugitive emissions. Further, specific measures like water sprinkling around the coal
stockpiles and asphalting or concreting of the roads shall be done to control
fugitive emissions.
iii)
Secondary fugitive emissions from blast furnace and
sinter plant should be controlled within the latest permissible limits issued
by the Ministry and regularly monitored.
Guidelines / Code of Practice issued by the CPCB shall be implemented.
iv)
Total ground water
requirement from APPIIC shall not exceed 2,546 m3/day as per the
permission accorded. Acidic and alkaline
effluent from DM plant shall be treated in neutralization tank. All the 368 m3/day treated
wastewater shall be recycled & reused in the process, ash conditioning,
dust suppression and green belt development.
No wastewater shall be discharged outside the factory premises and
?Zero? discharge shall be adopted.
Domestic wastewater will be treated in septic tank followed by soak pit.
v)
All the char from DRI
plant shall be utilized in AFBC boiler of power plant and no char shall be
disposed off anywhere else. Blast furnace slag shall be provided to cement
manufacturers for further utilization. SMS slag shall also be properly
utilized. Mill scales from rolling mill shall be used in blast furnace and
sinter plant. Bag filter dust shall be
used in blast furnace. Used oil shall be sold to recyclers and reprocessors.
vi)
As proposed, green belt
shall be developed in
B. GENERAL CONDITIONS:
i.
The project authorities
shall strictly adhere to the stipulations made by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution
Control Board.
ii.
No further expansion or
modifications in the plant shall be carried out without prior approval of the
Ministry of Environment and Forests. In case of deviations or alterations in
the project proposal from those submitted to this Ministry for clearance, a
fresh reference shall be made to the Ministry to assess the adequacy of
conditions imposed and to add additional environmental protection measures
required, if any.
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 OPCB. Data on ambient air quality and
stack emission shall be regularly submitted to this Ministry including its
Regional Office at
v.
The project authorities
shall strictly comply with the rules and regulations under Manufacture, Storage
and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989 as amended in October, 1994 and
January, 2000. Authorization from the APPCB shall be obtained for collection,
treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes.
vi.
The project authorities
must strictly comply with the rules and regulations with regard to handling and
disposal of hazardous wastes in accordance with the Hazardous Wastes
(Management and Handling) Rules, 2003.
Authorization from the A. P. Pollution Control Board must be obtained
for collection / treatment / storage / disposal of hazardous wastes.
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
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 Rules, 1989 viz. 75 dBA
(day time) and 70 dBA (night time).
viii.
The company shall develop
rain 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.
xii.
A separate Environmental
Management Cell equipped with full fledged laboratory facilities shall be set
up to carry out the environmental management and monitoring functions.
xiii.
As proposed, Rs. 9.50 Crores and Rs. 0.50 Crores earmarked
towards capital cost and recurring cost/annum shall be judiciously used to
implement the conditions stipulated by the Ministry of Environment and Forests
as well as the State Government. A time
bound implementation schedule shall be submitted to the Ministry and its
Regional Office AT Bangalore to implement all the conditions stipulated herein.
The funds so provided shall not be diverted for any other purpose.
xiv.
The implementation of the
project vis-à-vis environmental action plans shall be monitored by Ministry?s
Regional Office at
xv.
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 APPCB / Committee and may also be seen at Website of the Ministry 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 Ministry`s Regional
Office at
xvi.
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 start of the project.
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 will be enforced,
inter-alia under the provisions of the Water
(Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the Environment (Protection)
Act, 1986 Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2003 and the Public
Liability Insurance Act, 1991 along with their amendments and rules.
(Dr. P.B. RASTOGI)
Additional Director
1. The Secretary, Department of Environment and Forests, Govt. of Andhra
Pradesh, Mantralaya,
2. The Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board, Parivesh
Bhavan, CBD-cum-Office Complex, East Arjun Nagar, New Delhi ? 110032.
3. The Chairman,
4. The
Chief Conservator of Forests (Central), Ministry of Environment & Forest,
Regional Office (SZ), Kendriya Sadan,
IVth Floor, E & F Wing, 17th
Main Road, Koramangla, Bangalore - 560
034, Karnataka.
5. Monitoring Cell, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex,
New Delhi-110003.
6. Guard file.
7. Record file
8. Monitoring file.
(Dr. P.B. RASTOGI)
Additional Director