`MINUTES FOR 86^th MEETING OF THE RECONSTITUTED EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE (INDUSTRY) TO BE HELD DURING 20th to 22nd OCTOBER, 2008

VENUE : Scope Complex, Core 6, 5^th Floor, CHT Conference

Room, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Lodi

Road, New Delhi - 110 003

1.0 Opening Remarks of the Chairman

2.0 Confirmation of the Minutes of 85^thMeeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry) held during 23^rd -25^th September, 2008.

The Minutes of the 85^th minutes held during 23^rd -25^th September 2008 were confirmed

3.0 Consideration of the Projects

20^th October, 2008

4.0 New Proposals :

4.1 Integrated Steel Plant at Nimidha, Dhenkanal, Orissa by M/s MGM Steels Ltd. (EC)

PAs informed to the Committee that M/s MGM Steels Ltd. have proposed to set up an Integrated Steel Plant at Motanga, Dhenkanal, Orissa. Mahanadi Elephant reserve is at about 13 to 15 kms from the project area. Total project area is 74.39 ha. and is allotted by IDCO. No national park, wild life sanctuary and reserve forests are located within 10 km radius of the project. Total cost of the project is Rs. 424.135 Crores instead of Rs. 422.00 Crores earlier proposed. Rs 25.50 Crores and Rs. 17.50 Crores are earmarked towards capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environment pollution control measures respectively. Following are the details of products :

Production	Capacity
Sponge Iron	2,10,000 MTPA
Hot Metal	1,31,000 MTPA
Crude Steel	2,50,000 MTPA
Coal Washery	5,00,000 MTPA
Power WHRB AFBC	32 MW 16 MW 16 MW
Saleable
Billet	2,42,553 MTPA
Pig Iron	62,000 MTPA

Iron ore (DRI & BF grade), Lime stone, Coal, Dolomite, BF Coke, Manganese, Quartzite, Burnt Lime, Burnt Dolo and Ferro Alloy will be used as raw material. PAs informed to the Committee about the process details of the steel plant and pollution control methods adopted. PAs informed to the Committee that no coke oven plant will be installed. Imported coke will be used. Coal washery (5,00,000 TPA) will also be installed.

Air quality monitoring was carried out at 8 locations and the parameters are found to vary in the following range: SPM (90.1-170.2 mg/m³), RPM (18.3-39.8 mg/m³), SO₂ (6.8–19.8 mg/m³) & NO_x (6-17mg/m³).ESP, fan, stack etc. will be provided to DR kiln, Sinter plant and Blast furnace. Dust suppression system like dense fog system and water sprinkling system will be provided at raw material handling areas. Ash conditioners will be installed to control fugitive ash dust pollution at loading and transport points. Dust collectors at crushers, transfer points of conveyors, raw material and coal yard. Dust extraction system comprising of suction hood, duct, bag filters, fan, stack etc. will be provided to Induction Furnace, DRI screening section and coal crushing & screening section.

Total make up water requirement from Brahmani River will be 406 m³/h instead of 401 m³/h proposed earlier and permission is obtained vide letter dated 19^th June, 2009. The water consumption will be 25 m³/Ton of steel but committee emphasized to control water consumption within 16 m³/T of steel as per standard. Clarifier and sludge pond will be installed to remove suspended solids, which will be used for land filling. Acid water will be neutralized by lime. Treated effluent will be used for horticulture. No wastewater will be discharged and ‘Zero’ discharge will be adopted.

Slag, dust and char will be generated as solid waste. Dust collected from bag filters and ESP will be sent to nearby material handling area. Char from DR kiln was proposed to sold to outside customers but committee asked to use in AFBC boiler for generating power. BF slag will be used in slag cement production. SMS slag will be used in road making. BF dust, Sinter plant dust, Bag house dust of SMS will be recyled to Sinter plant. Fly ash and bottom ash generated will be used for brick and road making and cement production. Coal middling will be used in-house. Coal rejects, accretion & lumpy waste will be used for land filling. Other waste material which can not be used will be dumped in separate area.

Green belt is proposed in 25 ha of area but Committee asked to develop in 33 % area. Acoustic enclosures and silencers will be provided. 42 MW power will be required. 32 MW and 10 MW power will be sourced from CPP and grid respectively.

The Committee deliberated upon the issues raised during the Public Hearing / Public Consultation meeting conducted by the Orissa State Pollution Control Board on 29^th May, 2008. The issues raised included upgradation of hospital, provision of adequate air pollution control measures, local area development, employment, repair of village roads and canal bridge have satisfactorily been incorporated in the final EIA/EMP report.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee found the final EIA/EMP report adequate and suggested to stipulate following specific conditions alongwith other environmental conditions while considering for accord of environmental clearance after submission of feasibility report for railway siding at mine site to the steel plant alongwith consent from the Railway Department and rechecking of ground level concentration (GLC) data :

Efforts should be made to reduce RSPM levels in the ambient air and a time bound action plan should be submitted. On-line ambient air quality monitoring and continuous stack monitoring facilities for all the stacks and sufficient air pollution control devices should be provided to keep the emission levels below 100 mg/Nm³.
Hot gases from DRI kiln should be passed through Dust Settling Chamber (DSC) to remove coarse solids and After Burning Chamber (ABC) to burn CO completely and used in waste heat recovery boiler (WHRB). The gas then should be cleaned in ESP before leaving out into the atmosphere through ID fan and stack. Electrostatic precipitator (ESP) should be provided to DRI plant, WHRB and ABC boilers to control air emissions. Bag filter/scrubber should be provided induction furnace. Gas cleaning plant having dust catcher and bag filter should be provided to blast furnace (BF).
Gaseous emission levels including secondary fugitive emissions from all the sources including blast furnace should be controlled within the latest permissible limits issued by the Ministry and regularly monitored. Guidelines / Code of Practice issued by the CPCB should be followed. The emission standards issued by the Ministry in May, 2008 for the sponge plants should be followed.
Vehicular pollution due to transportation of raw material and finished product should be controlled. Proper arrangements should also be made to control dust emissions during loading and unloading of the raw material and finished product.
Prior permission for the drawl of 406 m³/day water from Brahmani River from the concerned department should be obtained. No wastewater should be discharged outside the premises and ‘Zero’ effluent discharge should be ensured.
The water consumption should not exceed 16 m³/Ton of Steel as per prescribed standard.
Ground water monitoring around the solid waste disposal site / secured landfill (SLF) should be carried out regularly and report submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Bhuvaneswar, CPCB and JSPCB.
AFBC Plant should be installed before installation of Sponge Iron Plant so that utilization of char in the AFBC boiler is ensured. All the char from DRI plant, coal washery rejects and middling should be utilized in AFBC boiler of power plant and no char should be disposed off anywhere else. All the blast furnace (BF) slag should be granulated and provided to cement manufacturers for further utilization. SMS slag should be properly utilized. Oily waste should be provided to authorized recyclers/ reprocessors.
A time bound action plan should be submitted to reduce solid waste, its proper utilization and disposal.
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 should be submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Bhuvaneswar, OPCB and CPCB.
Proper utilization of fly ash should be ensured as per Fly Ash Notification, 1999 as amendment in 2003.
As proposed, green belt should be developed in 33 % area.
All the recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for the Steel Sector should be implemented.

4.2 Foundry Unit (M.S. Casting, 2,800 MTPA) at Plot No. 185/A, Industrial Development Corporation, Kalunga, District Sundergarh, Orissa by M/s Agravanshi Minerals Pvt. Ltd. (EC)

Project authorities didn’t attend the meeting and it was decided that proposal should be considered afresh whenever requested by the PAs.

4.3 Expansion of Integrated Steel Plant at Siltara Growth Centre, Siltara, Raipur, Chhattisgarh by M/s Corporate Ispat Alloys Ltd. (EC)

PAs informed to the Committee that M/s Corporate Ispat Alloys Ltd. have proposed for the expansion of Integrated Steel Plant at Siltara Growth Centre, Siltara, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Total project area is 176 acres and expansion will be carried out on additional 150 acres land situated adjacent to the existing plant boundary. No National Park & wild life sanctuary is located within 10 km. radius of the project site. Total cost of the project is Rs. 2,060.00 Crores. Rs. 125 Crores and Rs. 25.00 Crores will be earmarked towards total capital cost and recurring cost/annum towards environmental pollution control measures respectively. Following will be the details of plant facilities to be installed :

Name of Unit	Existing Units	Proposed Capacity
Blast Furnace	--	0.8 MTPA with CPP of 24 MW (WHRB)
Sinter plant	--	1.20 MTPA
Coke Oven	--	0.3 MTPA with CPP of 24 MW (WHRB)
Oxygen plant	--	200 TPD
DRI Plant	0.15 MTPA (500 x 1 TPD) with 15 MW (WHRB + AFBC) Power Plant	0.8 MTPA with CPP of 60 MW (WHRB)
Steel Making Shop	0.40TPA	0.80 MTPA
Rolling Mill	0.30 MTPA	0.90 MTPA
Captive Power Plant	DRI 12 MW	105 MW
	Boiler 3 MW	24 MW (using blast furnace gas)
		18 MW (using coke oven waste gas)
		60 MW (using DRI plant waste gas)

During presentation, PAs informed that following will be the details of existing and proposed facilities:

Name of Unit	Existing Units	Expansion units	Total Capacity
Blast Furnace	--	0.8 MTPA	0.8 MTPA
Sinter plant	--	1.20 MTPA	1.20 MTPA
Coke Oven	--	0.3	0.3
Oxygen plant	100 TPD	200 TPD	300 TPD
DRI Plant	0.15 MTPA	0.8 MTPA	0.95 MTPA
Steel Melting Shop	0.40 TPA	0.80 MTPA	1.2 MTPA
Rolling Mill	0.30 MTPA	0.90 MTPA	0.90 MTPA
Captive Power Plant	15 MW DRI gas-12 MW AFBC- 3 MW	102 MW BF gas-24 MW CO gas-18 MW DRI gas+AFBC-60 MW	117 MW

The Committee also noted that coal based sponge iron plant and captive power plant (CPP) are not allowed in Siltara, Urla and Borjhara and, therefore, in the present proposal also no sponge iron plant (0.8 MTPA) and CPP (60 MW) will be allowed until and unless permission for the same is obtained from the State Govt. of Chhattisgarh and the proposed configuration will be as follows :

Name of Unit	Existing Units	Expansion units	Total Capacity
Blast Furnace	--	0.8 MTPA	0.8 MTPA
Sinter plant	--	1.20 MTPA	1.20 MTPA
Coke Oven (Non-recovery type)	--	0.3	0.3
Oxygen plant	100 TPD	200 TPD	300 TPD
DRI Plant	0.15 MTPA	-	0.15 MTPA
Steel Melting Shop	0.40 TPA	0.80 MTPA	1.2 MTPA
Rolling Mill	0.30 MTPA	0.90 MTPA	0.90 MTPA
Captive Power Plant	15 MW DRI gas-12 MW AFBC- 3 MW	42 MW BF gas-24 MW CO gas-18 MW	57 MW

Iron ore, coal, dolomite, quartzite, limestone will be used as raw material. BF to manufacture Pig Iron, Sinter Plant to manufacture sinter for the use in BF, Coke Oven (non-recovery type) to produce low ash metallurgical coke for use in BF, SMS and rolling mill to produce steel will be installed. WHRB of 24 MW (using BF waste gas), 21 MW (using coke waste gas oven and 60 MW (using DRI Plant waste gas) will be installed. Coke oven (non-recovery) gas will be used for heating.

Air quality monitoring was carried out at 8 locations and the maen values for SPM (162-478 mg/m³), RSPM (76-187 mg/m³), SO₂ (5.5 – 8.9 mg/m³) & NO_x (24.6 – 51.8mg/m³) are within the permissible limits.ESPs will be provided to FBC based power plant, DRI kiln, coke oven and sinter plant to control particulate matter to 100 mg/Nm³. ESP/Bag filters will be provided to DRI plant also. Fume extraction system with bagfilters will be provided to SMS. Dust extraction system to BF stock house; GCP and sludge disposal system will be provided to BF. Dust suppression system to raw material handling area will be provided. Adequate stack height will be provided to rolling mill and other plants. DE & DS system alongwith dust collectors will be provided to coke oven plant. Water quenching will also be done.

Total water requirement from Kharoon River is revised from 1,250 m³/h to 3,000 m³/day and further revised to 380.50 m³/h. Permission for the 2 MGD water is obtained from CSIDC / WRO and permission for additional water will be obtained. Cooling tower blowdowns from blast furnace, sinter plant, SMS, rolling mill, DRI and CPP will be resued for dust scrubbing, sinter nodulizing, slag quenching, ash handling respectively. Closed circuit cooling will be used to reduce water consumption. Rolling mill overflow will be taken to settling tank for removal of scales and then reused. Acidic water will be neutralized by lime. ETP will be installed for the treatment of process effluent and treated water will be reused for gardening purpose or for slag granulation. Maximum water will be recycled and reused in the process. ‘Zero’ discharge will be adopted.

Char will be used in AFBC boiler. BF slag and fly ash will be used for cement making. Iron ore fines, mill scales from rolling mill, scrap, BF dust/sludge, coke breeze from coke oven plant, flue dust from SMS, DRI and sinter plant will be used in sinter plant in making sinter, which will be used in BF. Bottom ash will be used for road making. SMS slag will be given for metal recovery and also used in road making. Raw water treatment, ETP sludge, muck etc will be disposed as land fill material and soil conditioner. Solid waste and ash will be dumped in dump yard and ash pond.

Green belt will be developed in 33% land area. Power will be sourced from WHRB and CPP.

The Committee noted that no public hearing/consultation is required due to project being located in notified Siltara Industrial Area as per Section (iii), Stage (3), Para (i)(b) of EIA Notification 2006. The Committee also clarified to PAs that no coal based sponge iron plant (0.8 MTPA) and CPP (60 MW) will be installed without prior permission for the same from State Govt. of Chhattisgarh and Ministry.

1. No coal based sponge iron plant and captive power plant should be installed without prior permission from the State Govt. of Chhattisgarh (banned as per the order of the Govt. of Chhattisgarh dated 16^th March, 2007) and Ministry.

2. Efforts should be made to reduce RSPM levels in the ambient air and a time bound action plan should be submitted. On-line ambient air quality monitoring and continuous stack monitoring facilities for all the stacks and sufficient air pollution control devices should be provided to keep the emission levels below 100 mg/Nm³.

3. Electrostatic precipitator (ESP) should be provided to AFBC boilers, coke oven and sinter plant to control air emissions below 100 mg/Nm³. Gas cleaning plant having dust catcher and pulse jet bag filters should be provided to blast furnace (BF).

4. Gaseous emission levels including 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 should be followed. The emission standards issued by the Ministry in May, 2008 for the sponge plants should be followed.

5. Vehicular pollution due to transportation of raw material and finished product should be controlled. Proper arrangements should also be made to control dust emissions during loading and unloading of the raw material and finished product.

6. All the standards prescribed for the coke oven plants should be followed as per the latest guidelines. Proper and full utilization of coke oven gases in power plant using waste heat recovery steam generators should be ensured and no flue gases shall be discharged into the air.

7. Closed circuit cooling should be adopted to reduce fresh water consumption. Acidic and alkaline effluent from DM water plant should be neutralized and reused for various activities in the plant. Phenolic effluent should be treated in BOD plant and used for quenching of hot coke. No wastewater should be discharged outside the premises and ‘Zero’ effluent discharge should be ensured.

8. Prior permission for the drawl of 380.50 m³/h water from Kharoon River should be obtained from the concerned department.

9. The water consumption should not exceed 16 m³/Ton of Steel as per prescribed standard.

10. Continuous monitoring of Total Organic Compounds (TOC) shall be done at the outlet of ETP (BOD plant).

11. Ground water monitoring around the solid waste disposal site / secured landfill (SLF) should be carried out regularly and report submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Bhopal, CPCB and CECB.

12. Char should be used in AFBC boiler. All the blast furnace (BF) slag should be granulated and provided to cement manufacturers for further utilization. Fly ash should be used for cement making. Iron ore fines, mill scales from rolling mill, scrap, BF dust/sludge, coke breeze from coke oven plant, flue dust from SMS, DRI and sinter plant should be used in sinter plant in making sinter. Bottom ash should be used for road making. SMS slag should be given for metal recovery and properly used. All the other solid wastes including broken refractory mass should be properly disposed off in environment-friendly manner. Oily waste should be provided to authorized recyclers/reprocessors.

13. A time bound action plan should be submitted to reduce solid waste, its proper utilization and disposal.

14. 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 should be submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Bhopal, CECB and CPCB.

15. Proper utilization of fly ash should be ensured as per Fly Ash Notification, 1999 as amendment in 2003.

16. As proposed, green belt should be developed in 33 % area.

17. All the recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for the Steel Sector should be implemented.

4.4 Expansion of Sponge Iron Plant (30,000 to 60,000 TPA) alongwith Captive Power Plant (WHRB, 2x10 MW; AFBC, 1x35 MW) at Sy. No. 138-A/1, Belagal, Bellary, Karnataka by M/s Benaka Sponge Iron Pvt. Ltd. (EC)

PAs informed to the Committee that M/s Benaka Sponge Iron Pvt. Ltd. have proposed for the expansion of Sponge Iron Plant (30,000 to 60,000 TPA) alongwith Captive Power Plant (WHRB, 2x10 MW; AFBC, 1x35 MW) at Sy. No. 138-A/1, Belagal, Bellary, Karnataka. Total project area is revised from 11 acres to 21.41 acres. Total cost of the project is revised from Rs. 9.36 Crores to Rs. 58.86 Crores. Rs. 5.00 Crores are earmarked for environment pollution control measures.

Iron ore (52,500 TPA), coal (27,000 TPA) and limestone (900 TPA) will be the basic raw materials required for the production of sponge iron. The iron ore will be crushed to the required size and fed to the kiln heated at predetermined temperature and then passed to the rotary cooler for cooling. After that magnetic sponge iron and non-magnetic char will be separated in the product separation system.

Air emissions will be treated in Gas Cleaning Plant (GCP) etc. Air-cooled condenser system will be adopted to reduce fresh water consumption. Total ground water requirement is revised to 425 m³/day against the earlier proposed 175.6 m³/day. Regarding ‘Permission’ for the drawl of 175.6 m³/day ground water, a letter from CGWA is submitted indicating location of the project in non-critical areas. Blow down water will be used for green belt development and dust suppression. Domestic effluent will be treated in STP and treated water will be used for green belt development. Solid waste will be generated in the form of sludge from wet scrubber, bag filter etc. Char will be used in AFBC boiler and dried sludge will be used in CPP as fuel. Dust from bag filter, ESP and fly ash will be provided to cement & brick manufacturing plants. Green belt will be developed in 33 % area. 500 KVA power will be required.

The Committee deliberated upon the issues raised during the Public Hearing / Public Consultation meeting conducted by the Karnataka Pollution Control Board on 19^th June, 2008. The issues like non-use of pollution control measures, water, electricity to villagers, diseases in the nearby villagers, decrease in yield in agriculture etc. were discussed and have satisfactorily been incorporated in the final EIA/EMP report.

Efforts should be made to reduce RSPM levels in the ambient air and a time bound action plan should be submitted. On-line ambient air quality monitoring and continuous stack monitoring facilities for all the stacks and sufficient air pollution control devices should be provided to keep the emission levels below 100 mg/Nm³.
Hot gases from DRI kiln should be passed through Dust Settling Chamber (DSC) to remove coarse solids and After Burning Chamber (ABC) to burn CO completely and used in waste heat recovery boiler (WHRB). The gas then should be cleaned in ESP before leaving out into the atmosphere through ID fan and stack.
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 should be followed. The emission standards issued by the Ministry in May, 2008 for the sponge iron plants should be followed.
Vehicular pollution due to transportation of raw material and finished product should be controlled. Proper arrangements should also be made to control dust emissions during loading and unloading of the raw material and finished product.
Prior permission for the drawl of from 425 m³/day from the State Ground Water Board /Central Ground Water Authority (SGWB/CGWA) should be obtained.
New DRI kiln should be provided with waste heat recovery boiler (WHRB) to make use of flue gases generated during the process. All the char from existing and proposed DRI plant should be utilized in AFBC boiler of power plant and no char should be disposed off anywhere else. AFBC boiler should be installed simultaneously alongwith the DRI plant to ensure full utilization of char from the begning. All the other solid / hazardous waste generated shall be properly utilized or disposed off in environment friendly manner.
Proper utilization of fly ash should be ensured as per Fly Ash Notification, 1999 and subsequent amendment in 2003. All the fly ash should be provided to cement and brick manufacturers for further utilization and bottom ash should be used for land filling.
Green belt should be developed in 33 % area.
All the recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for the Steel Sector should be implemented.

4.5 Expansion of Sponge Iron Unit (32,500 to 90,000 TPA) alongwith Captive Power Plant (5 MW; WHRB 2 MW and AFBC 3 MW) at Sy. No. 280, 281, Halakundi Village, Bellary Taluka and District Karnataka by M/s Sigma Solid Strips Pvt. Ltd. (EC)

PAs informed to the Committee that existing capacity of Sponge Iron plant is 125 TPD and additional 175 TPD sponge Iron alongwith Captive Power Plant (5 MW; WHRB 2 MW and AFBC 3 MW) will be installed. Bellary RF is located at 1.1 kms in West direction of the project site.

M/s Sigma Solid Strips Pvt. Ltd. have proposed for the expansion of Sponge Iron Plant Sponge Iron Unit (32,500 to 90,000 TPA) alongwith Captive Power Plant (8 MW) at Sy. No. 280, 281, Halakundi Village, Bellary Taluka and District, Karnataka. Total area acquired is 20 acre. Total cost of the project is revised from Rs. 16.57 Crores to Rs. 37.57 Crores. Rs. 1.82 Crores and Rs. 10.00 Lakhs are earmarked towards capital cost and recurring expenditure / annum for environment pollution control measures respectively.

Iron ore (89,400 TPA), Coal (47,400TPA) and limestone (1,312 TPA) will be used as raw materials. Direct Reduction of Iron ore or pellets will be carried out to manufacture sponge iron which contains 90% metallic iron and balance unreduced iron oxide and gangue in the ore. The process of sponge iron making will aim to remove oxygen from the iron ore to make the ore porous/ spongy.

Ambient air quality is monitored at 10 locations and all the values are within the permissible limits. Flue gases from ESP will be treated in Gas cleaning plant and ventury scrubber and passed through stack. Total ground water requirement will be 280 m³/day and permission from Central Ground Water Board is obtained. All the water will be used for cooling purpose and no wastewater will be generated. Domestic wastewater will be treated in Sewerage Treatment Plant and used for green belt development. Solid waste (10 TPD) in the form of sludge from wet scrubber and bag filter will be generated. Char/dolochar generated in the kiln will be used in FBC boilers to generate power.

Out of 20 acre, 6.60 acre is earmarked for green belt development. 1500 KVA power will be required. LDO/HSD oil will be used as fuel for initial start-up and process stabilization.

The Committee deliberated upon the issues raised during the Public Hearing / Public Consultation meeting conducted by the Karnataka Pollution Control Board on 11^th July, 2008. The issues included dust and smoke control, installtion of air pollution control measures, basic facilities and construction of Kalyan matap to Halkundi village and employment were discussed and have satisfactorily been incorporated in the final EIA/EMP report.

Efforts should be made to reduce RSPM levels in the ambient air and a time bound action plan should be submitted. On-line ambient air quality monitoring and continuous stack monitoring facilities for all the stacks and sufficient air pollution control devices should be provided to keep the emission levels below 100 mg/Nm³.
Hot gases from DRI kiln should be passed through Dust Settling Chamber (DSC) to remove coarse solids and After Burning Chamber (ABC) to burn CO completely and used in waste heat recovery boiler (WHRB). The gas then should be cleaned in ESP before leaving out into the atmosphere through ID fan and stack.
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 should be followed. The emission standards issued by the Ministry in May, 2008 for the sponge plants should be followed.
Vehicular pollution due to transportation of raw material and finished product should be controlled. Proper arrangements should also be made to control dust emissions during loading and unloading of the raw material and finished product.
Prior permission for the drawl of from 280 m³/day from the State Ground Water Board /Central Ground Water Authority (SGWB/CGWA) should be obtained.
New DRI kiln should be provided with waste heat recovery boiler (WHRB) to make use of flue gases generated during the process. All the char from existing and proposed DRI plant should be utilized in AFBC boiler of power plant and no char should be disposed off anywhere else. AFBC boiler should be installed simultaneously alongwith the DRI plant to ensure full utilization of char from the begning. All the other solid / hazardous waste generated shall be properly utilized or disposed off in environment friendly manner.
Proper utilization of fly ash should be ensured as per Fly Ash Notification, 1999 and subsequent amendment in 2003. All the fly ash should be provided to cement and brick manufacturers for further utilization and bottom ash should be used for land filling.
As proposed, green belt should be developed in 6.60 acre (33 %) out of total 20 acres.
Permission and recommendations of the State Forest Department regarding impact of the proposed plant on the surrounding Bellary reserve forest (1.1 km, West) should be obtained and implemented.
All the recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for the Steel Sector should be implemented.

4.6 Pig Iron Plant (42,000 TPA) at Village Nathiya-Nawagaon, Kanker, Chhattisgarh by M/s Jiwan Lal Jain (EC)

PAs informed to the Committee that M/s Jiwan Lal Jain have proposed for the Pig Iron Plant (42,000 TPA) at Village Nathiya-Nawagaon, Kanker, Chhattisgarh. Total project area is revised from 5.00 ha. to 3.04 ha. Total cost of the project is Rs. 20.00 Crores. Proposed site is close to iron ore mine at village Barbaspur, Kankar, C.G.

Quartzite (1,470 TPA), Iron ore (67,200 TPA), Coke (29,400 TPA), dolomite (63,000 TPA), Manganese (19,800 TPA), Limestone (6,300 TPA) will be used as raw materials. Pig Iron will be manufactured using conventional blast furnace. Lump iron ore, coke limestone, dolomite, Manganese ore and quartzite will be charged from the top and hot air at 1000^oC will be blown for the bottom into the furnace. The hot coke reaching from the top will react with O₂ of hot air and generate heat and Co and will react with iron oxide of iron ore and will form iron which will melt in the lower zone called hearth. SiO₂ and Al₂O₃ of iron ore and coke ash will combine with Cao & MgO of limestone and dolomite to form slag floating on the top of the molten metal. Mg ore will be added to control ‘S’ in the metal. Molten metal will be cast in a pig casting machine to form solid pig iron. Slag is granulated by spraying water with high presence.

Dust catcher will be provided to the blast furnace to collect the dust, which will be used in sinter plant. Ventury scrubber and cyclone will be provided. Covered conveyor will be provided to the stock house, screen, feeder and discharging points. BF gas will be used for reheating the stoves. Total water requirement will be 10,000 m³/day. Sludge water mixture from gas cleaning plant will be sent to clarifier, treated chemically and decanted. All the treated wastewater will be recycled and reused in the process for dust suppression and green belt development. No wastewater will be discharged. Slag generated will be granulated and sold to cement manufacturers.

Green belt will be developed in 1.04 ha (35 %) area out of total 3.04 ha. 1,250 KW electricity will be sourced from CSEB.

The Committee deliberated upon the issues raised during the Public Hearing / Public Consultation meeting conducted by the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board on 26^th May, 2008 have satisfactorily been incorporated in the final EIA/EMP report.

1. On-line stack monitoring facilities for all the stacks and sufficient air pollution control devices should be provided to keep the emission levels below 100 mg/Nm³. All the gases from blast furnace after cleaning in gas cleaning plant (GCP) should be used as fuel for reheating the stoves.

2. Secondary fugitive emissions from blast furnace should be controlled within the latest permissible limits issued by the Ministry and regularly monitored. Guidelines/Code of Practice issued in this regard by the CPCB should also be followed.

3. Prior permission for the drawl of 10,000 m³/day water should be obtained from the concerned department.

4. All the blast furnace slag should be granulated and provided to cement manufacturers for further utilization. All the dust from the air pollution control equipments should be recycled and reused in the Sinter plant.

5. All the recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for the Steel Plants should be strictly implemented.

4.7 Expansion of Pelletization Plant into Integrated Steel Plant (1.1 MTPA) alongwith WHRB Power Plant (2x30 MW) at Siltara Industrial Growth Centre, Phase-I, Mandhar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh by M/s Sarda Energy & Minerals Ltd. (EC)

PAs informed to the Committee that M/s Sarda Energy & Minerals Ltd. have proposed for the expansion of Pelletization Plant into Integrated Steel Plant (1.1 MTPA) and Captive Power Plant (250 MW) at Siltara Industrial Growth Centre, Phase-I, Mandhar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Pelletization Plant is existing and Integrated Steel Plant (0.11 MTPA) is proposed as per details given below :

S.N.	Project Details	Under installation (TPA)	Proposed Capacity (TPA)
S.N.	Project Details		Phase-I	Phase-II	Total
1	Palletization Plant	6,00,000	--	--	6,00,000
2	Coke Oven	--	--	5,20,000	5,20,000
3	Sinter Plant	--	--	13,00,000 (2x60 m²)	13,00,000
4	Blast Furnace	--	--	7,90,000 (2x450 m³)	7,90,000
5	Electric Arc Furnace	--	5,00,000 (2x40T)	6,00,000 (1x90T)	11,00,000
6	CCM (2x3 Strand & 1x4 Strand)	--	4,70,000 (2x3 Strand)	6,00,000 (1x4 Strand)	10,70,000 (3x7 Strand)
7	Rolling Mill	--	3,50,000	6,00,000	9,50,000
8	Power plant (WHRB based on coke oven & BF gases)	--	--	2x30 MW	60 MW
9	Oxygen Plant	--	--	2x150 TPD	300 TPD

During presentation, PAs informed that power plant (60 MW, 2x30 MW) exists. Power plant and sponge iron plant proposed earlier are withdrawn since no coal based power plant and sponge iron plant is allowed in the Urla, Borjhara and Siltara Industrial Growth Centre in Chhattisgarh as per the order of the Govt. of Chhattisgarh dated 16^th March, 2007. Therefore, proposal is considered without coal based sponge iron plant and power plant.

Total land acquired is revised from 142.45 ha. to 204.45 ha. Total cost of the project earlier proposed as Rs. 3,255.00 Crores is revised to Rs. 2,393.00 Crores due to no installation of coal based sponge iron plant and CPP. Rs. 7.25 Crores and Rs. 0.75 Crores earmarked towards capital cost and recurring cost/annum earmarked for environment pollution control measures are revised to Rs. 190.00 Crores and Rs. 26.35 Crores. Besides Rs. 1.00 Crs. is earmarked for green belt development.

Imported Coke (51,10,000 TPA), DRI (15,70,000 TPA), Iron Ore fines for Sinter (12,35,000 TPA), Limestone (1,95,000 TPA) Dolomite (1,17,700 TPA), SMS Limestone (2,90,000 TPA), Scrap (1,20,000 TPA) and non-coking coal (16,63,200 TPA) will be used as used as raw material.

Coke oven (5,10,000 TPA, non-recovery type), Sinter Plant (7,88,000 TPA), Blast Furnace (7,88,000 TPA), Billet caster Rolling Mill, Power Plant (2x30 MW) FBC, 2x75, CFBC boiler and WHRB (1x40 MW) will be manufactured as per conventional procedures.

Air quality monitoring was carried out at 12 locations and the parameters are found to vary in the following range: SPM (169-350 mg/m³), RSPM (57-106 mg/m³), SO₂ (6–13 mg/m³) & NO_x (7-18mg/m³).ESP will be provided to control flue gas from sinter plant to 100 Mg/Nm³. Flue gas will also be generated from BF plant, pellet plant, EAF, sinter plant and rolling mill and cleaned in ESP to control emissions below 50 Mg/Nm³. Dust and fume extraction system will be provided to raw material handling area and SMS. Bagfilter/deduster will be provided to coke oven plant. ESP will be provided to Sinter plant. Gas cleaning plant comprising of dust catcher and wet cleaning system will be provided to Blast furnace. Fume extraction system with cyclone and bag filter will be installed for Electric Arc Furnace. Heat recuperator will be provided to rollling mill. ESP/bag filter will be provided to power plant. Adequate stack height will be provided to all the plants. Water sprinkling system will be installed to control fugitive emissions. Bag filters and cyclones will be provided for de-dusting in material handling areas. All internal roads will be black topped/concrete. ESP, multi-cycone, bag filter, deduster will be provided to pellet plant.

Total water requirement from River Kharun earlier proposed as 50,160 m³/day is revised to 9,092 m³/day (2 MGD) and is again revised to 8,780 m³/day. Permission for the drawl of water is obtained from Water Resources Department, Govt. of Chhattisgarh vide letter dated 27^th October, 2008. All the treated wastewater will be recycled / reused for dust suppression and green belt development and no effluent will be discharged. ‘Zero’ discharge will be adopted.

ESP dust (10,000 TPA), GCP dust (788 TPA), dust from deducting units (5,610 TPA), BF slag (1,97,500 TPA), SMS slag (76,800), scrap (14,583 TPA) will be generated as solid / hazardous waste. SMS slag will be reused as road ballast or road fill material. Fly ash will be sold to brick plants to cement plants. Scrap will be used in SMS. GCP dust will be used in sinter plant. BF slag will be granulated and sold to cement plants.

Green belt will be developed in 67.47 ha out of total 204.45 ha. Acoustic enclosures will be provided. Power (250 MW) will be required for the proposed Integrated Steel Plant. Coal (16,63,200 TPA) and LDO (50 m³/day) will be used as fuel.

‘Consent to Establish’ for the existing Pelletization Plant (6,00,000 TPA) has been accorded by the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board vide letter no. 5613/TS/CECB/ 2006 dated 10.11.2006. Construction work related to pelletisation plant is in full swing.

The Committee noted that no public hearing is required as per Section (iii), Stage (3), Para (i)(b) of EIA Notification, 2006 since the unit is located in the notified Siltara Industrial Growth Centre, Phase-I, Mandhar, Raipur, Chatisgarh area.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee desired submission of action plan for the generation and utilization of blast furnace slag alongwith the copies of MOU signed with the cement manufacturers, which will be examined internally in the Ministry itself without calling PAs. The Committee found the final EIA/EMP report adequate and suggested to stipulate following specific conditions alongwith other environmental conditions after submission of above mentioned information:

No coal based sponge iron plant and captive power plant shall be installed without prior permission from the State Govt. of Chhattisgarh (banned as per the order of the Govt. of Chhattisgarh dated 16^th March, 2007) and Ministry.
Efforts should be made to reduce RSPM levels in the ambient air and a time bound action plan should be submitted. On-line ambient air quality monitoring and continuous stack monitoring facilities for all the stacks and sufficient air pollution control devices should be provided to keep the emission levels below 100 mg/Nm³.
Electrostatic precipitator (ESP) to sinter plant and ESP/bag filter should be provided to WHRB to control gaseous emissions. Bag house should be provided to BF–Dry gas cleaning system. Gas cleaning plant having dust catcher and bag filter should be provided to blast furnace (BF). Bagfilter / deduster should be provided to coke oven plant. Gas cleaning plant comprising of dust catcher and wet cleaning system should be provided to blast furnace. ESP, multi-cycone, bag filter, deduster should be provided to pellet plant. Fume extraction system with cyclone and bag filter should be provided to electric arc furnace. Heat recuperator should be provided to rollling mill. ESP/bag filter should be provided to power plant.
Gaseous emission levels including 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 should be followed. The emission standards issued by the Ministry in May, 2008 to control fugitive emissions should be followed.
Vehicular pollution due to transportation of raw material and finished product should be controlled. Proper arrangements should also be made to control dust emissions during loading and unloading of the raw material and finished product.
All the standards prescribed for the coke oven plants should be followed as per the latest guidelines. Proper and full utilization of coke oven gases in power plant using waste heat recovery steam generators should be ensured and no flue gases shall be discharged into the air.
Total water requirement from Kharun River should not exceed 8,780 m³/day m³/day. No ground water should be used. Acidic and Alkaline effluent from DM water plant should be neutralized and reused in the plant. No phenolic effluent should be generated. All the wastewater from process and domestic sources should be treated and recycled and reused. No wastewater should be discharged outside the premises and ‘Zero’ effluent discharge should be ensured.
The water consumption should not exceed 16 m³/Ton of Steel as per prescribed standard.
Ground water monitoring around the solid waste disposal site / secured landfill (SLF) should be carried out regularly and report submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Bhopal, CPCB and CECB.
All the blast furnace (BF) slag should be granulated and provided to cement manufacturers for further utilization. SMS slag should be properly utilized. Fly ash should be sold to brick plants to cement plants. Scrap should be used in SMS. Sinter dust, GCP dust, SMS dust, Scale, Iron ore fines should be used in sinter plant. All the other solid wastes including broken refractory mass should be properly disposed off in environment-friendly manner. Oily waste should be provided to authorized recyclers/reprocessors.
A time bound action plan should be submitted to reduce solid waste, its proper utilization and disposal.
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 should be submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Bhopal, CECB and CPCB.
Proper utilization of fly ash should be ensured as per Fly Ash Notification, 1999 as amendment in 2003.
As proposed, green belt should be developed in 33 % area.
All the recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for the Steel Sector should be implemented.

4.8 Expansion of Pulp and Paper Mill (2,45,000 to 4,00,000 TPA) by installation of Hard Wood Pulp Mill (300 BD TPD) and bagasse based Pulp Mill (500 BD TPD) at Kagithapuram, District Karur, Tamil Nadu by M/s Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd. (EC)

PAs informed to the Committee M/s Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd. have proposed for the expansion of Pulp and Paper Mill (2,45,000 to 4,00,000 TPA) by installation of Hard Wood Pulp Mill (2,45,000 to 4,00,000 TPA) by installation of Hard Wood Pulp Mill (300 BD TPD) and bagasse based Pulp Mill (500 BD TPD) at Kagithapuram, District Karur, Tamil Nadu. Environmental clearance for the existing pulp and paper mill (2,45,000 TPA) has already been accorded vide Ministry’s letter dated 10^th April, 2006. Now, it is proposed to enhance capacity of newsprint and printing and writing paper 2,45,000 TPA to 400,000 TPA by installing a new paper machine (1,55,000 TPA) including Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) hardwood pulp mill (300 TPD) and a bagasse pulp mill (500 TPD) based on ECF bleaching. Out of total 375 acres, 4 acre will be used for expansion. Total cost of the project is revised from Rs. 725.00 Crores to Rs. 1,000.00 Crores including Rs. 128.00 Crores towards the pollution control measures.

Bagasse pulp mill is based on the elementary Chlorine-free (ECF) method and generated surplus 45,000 TPA pulp. It is proposed to convert this 45,000 TPA pulp into value added paper by addition of new paper machine of 1,55,000 TPA capacity. One new paper machine (1,55,000 TPA) and one coal fired boiler (125 TPH) will be installed. Thus, pulp and paper production will enhanced as per details given below:

Item (s)	Units	Pre MEP	Post MEP
Chemical hardwood pulp	TPD	300	330
Chemical bagasse pulp	TPD	500	550
Paper (as per Consent)	TPA	2,45,000	4,00,000

PAs informed to the Committee about the raw material requirement after Mill Development Plan (MDP). During expansion, it is proposed to augment the following :

- One new continuous digester (200 BD TPD) unbleached pulp production (for baggase pulping line).

- Replacement of existing drum washers for brown stock washing with 3 twin roll for achieving 600 TPD unbleached pulp production (for bagasse pulping line).

- Replacing of existing screening plant with pressure knitters alongwith 4 stage screening and cleaning system to achieve pulp production (600 BD TPD) unbleached pulp production (for bagasse pulping line)

- Augmentation of hard wood pulping lime to achieve bleached pulp production (330 BD TPD).

- Installation of new power boiler (24 MW).

- Augmentation of existing wastewater treatment facilities.

Ambient air quality was monitored during September, 2004–September, 2005. The power boiler will be installed and particulate matter will be < 150 mg/Nm³. Fugitive emissions will be controlled by sprinkling water on unpaved roads. High efficiency ESPs have been installed to recovery boiler and new lime kiln in September, 2007 to control particulate emissions and will also be provided to control particulate emissions from the new paper machine and coal fired boiler alongwith the stacks of adequate height to disperse emissions. Odour is controlled by collecting gas and burning. Direct contact evaporating is eliminated in the new recovery boiler. H₂S and Mercaptan is monitored and report submitted to the concerned agency. On-line stack monitoring of SPM, SO₂, NOx and H₂S is carried out. Dust extraction system at lime godown and water sprinklers in coal yard and baggase yard have been provided to control fugitive emissions. The plant generates about 15,000 m³/day methane gas and a biomethanation plant is installed in 2003.

Total water requirement for the existing MEP project is 66,380 m³/day, which will enhance to 75,750 m³/day although initially, it was informed that no additional water will be required. PWD’s consent for the drawl of 72,000 m³/day for the drawl of water from River Cauvery is obtained. No new water treatment plant or equipment is proposed during expansion but ETP will be augmented due to ageing of existing secondary clarifiers. Total wastewater discharge after MDP #2 will be 38,340 m³/day, further revised to 31,700 m³/day by March, 2009. Existing wastewater treatment is having adequate capacity to treat the wastewater generated during expansion. Primary and Secondary treatment facilities have been provided. Spill liquor from paper mill and chemical recovery areas will be collected and properly treated. Chlorine di-oxide plant is recently installed in May, 2008 and Elemental Chlorine-free (ECF) bleaching method is used to bring down the pollution load. The water consumption in the existing plant is 81 m³/T of paper against the imit of 100m³/T. and AOx level is 0.51 Kg/T of paper against the limit of 1 Kg/T. The new paper machine will be designed for a specific consumption of 12 m³/T of paper with a wastewater generation of 10 m³/T of paper (Limit is 80 m³/T). PAs also informed that Effluent Water Lift Irrigation Scheme (TWELTIS) is continuing since 1993 and 1700 acres barren land is irrigated converting into lush green fields where sugarcane, groundnut, coconut etc. are grown. The cultivated area is further extended by 500 acres. Besides other parameters, AOx and TOC levels are monitored.

PAs also informed that colour in the effluent is reduced from 250 to 190 Pt-Co due to installation of oxygen delignification and closing down of brown loop in the hardwood line as a part of Mill Development Plan (MDP). Ferrous oxide is used to optimize the colour. Falling film black liquor eveporation plant is installed in September, 2007 to handle black liquor. Biomethanation plant is installed and is in operation since September, 2007. However, additional reactor is installed and additional gas will be generated wef November, 2008. The water reservoirs are used to store the treated wastewater during monsoon season to avoid discharge of treated effluent ionto canal.

Two lime kilns with ESP have been installed as per CREP requirement. Additional fly ash (96 TPD) will be generated and supplied to cement manufacturers. Additional ETP sludge (5 TPD) will be generated from the new paper machine which will be re-burnt in the boilers and will also provided to the cement manufacturers. The chip dust and pith will be used as fuel in the boilers. Waste pulp from WWTP will be provided to card board and egg tray manufacturers. .

Out of total 741.2 acres, 196.3 acres (26.5 acres) is covered by green belt. Green belt is developed in 176 ha (433.50 acres). 24 MW power will be generated.

The Committee deliberated upon the issues raised during the Public Hearing / Public Consultation meeting conducted by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on 10^th July, 2008. The issues raised included air borne emissions, climate change, community welfare, drinking water supply, ground water and effluent quality, sewage discharge into Pugalur canal, effluent sludge incineration, soil quality, dust emissions, emplyment in TNPL, road construction etc. and have satisfactorily been incorporated in the final EIA/EMP report.

It was brought to the notice of the Committee that Ministry has received telegraphic representations and a Court case viz. T.N. Subramanian vs. TNPCB and others filed in the Madurai High Court against the M/s TNPL and were placed before the Committee. PAs clarified that the said court case is still not admitted in the Court and will be suitably replied whenever admitted. At the same time, PAs claimed that they have already implemented all the recommendations of the Justice Swamy Committee by installing ECF technology, stopping discharge to Pulgal canal, enhancing land irrigation area etc. besudes many more modifications to control pollution.

1. As proposed, Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) bleaching technology should be adopted in hardwood pulp mill, bagasse pulp mill and paper machine.

2. Continuous stack monitoring facilities for all the stacks and sufficient air pollution control devices viz. Electrostatic precipitator (ESP) and bag filters etc. should be provided to control gaseous emissions below 100 mg/Nm³. Monitoring of H₂S and Mercaptan alongwith other parameters should be ensured and report submitted to Ministry’s Regional Office at Bangalore, TNPCB and CPCB regularly.

3. Secondary fugitive emissions from all the sources should be controlled within the latest permissible limits issued by the Ministry and regularly monitored. Guidelines / Code of Practice issued by the CPCB should be followed.

4. AOx levels should be controlled less than 1 kg/ton of paper manufactured as per E(P) Act.

5. The odours and gases from cooking / stripping column, evaporator hot well and hot condensate tank should be burnt in the incinerator.

6. Permission for the drawl of 75,750 m³/day from River Cauvery water should be obtained from the concerned department.

7. Total water consumption should not exceed as mentioned in the Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) guidelines. Efforts should be made to reduce the quantity of water intake and maximize use of recycled water.

8. The process effluent should be treated in Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) through primary, secondary and tertiary treatment methods. Effluent discharged should be colour free. Treated effluent (filtrate) should be used for the green belt development and discharge to the nearby drain only after conforming to the standards prescribed by the TNPCB and under E(P) Act, whichever are more stringent.

9. Chemical recovery plant should be installed for the treatment of black liquor. In order to achieve colour reduction, tertiary treatment system like activated filter, multi-media filter etc. should be explored.

10. Adequate number of influent and effluent quality monitoring stations should be installed in consultation with the TNPCB and controlled within the permissible limits for all the parameters. One of the water quality monitoring station should be at 100 m downstream of confluence of the treated effluent discharge point in the nearest water body.

11. Efforts should be made to reduce total dissolved solids (TDS) in the effluent and effluent discharged should not exceed 80 m³/T of paper produced as per the norms prescribed in the E(P) Act.

12. Action plan should be prepared for further colour removal from the effluent and submitted to the Ministry, its Regional Office at Bangalore, TNPCB and CPCB and implemented.

13. Regular ground water monitoring should be carried out for all the relevant parameters where effluent is discharged.

14. Efforts should be made for the utilization of lime sludge and mud in the cement plants. Sludge dewatering system should be installed. ETP sludge should be used as manure.

15. Action plan for the disposal of Reverse Osmosis (RO) rejects shoild be prepared and submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Bangalore, TNPCB and CPCB within three months of issue of this letter.

16. Proper utilization of fly ash should be ensured as per Fly ash Notification, 1999 and subsequent amendment in 2003.

17. Green belt should be developed in 33 % area.

18. All the commitments made to the public during public hearing should be satisfactorily implemented.

19. All the recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for Pulp and Paper Sector should be strictly implemented.

4.9 Integrated Steel plant (3.0 MTPA) at Nagarnar Village, Jagdalpur Tehsil, Bastar District, Chhattisgarh by M/s National Mineral Development Corporation Limited. (TOR)

The project authorities and their consultant gave a detailed presentation on the salient features of the project and proposed environmental protection measures to be undertaken alongwith the draft Term of References for the preparation of EIA/EMP. All the Integrated steel plants are listed at S.N. 3(a) under Primary Metallurgical Industry under Category ‘A’ are appraised at the Central level.

M/s National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. have proposed for the Integrated Steel Plant (3.0 MTPA) at Village Nagar nagar, Tehsil Jagdalpur, District Bastar, Chhattisgarh. Total project area is 402.8 ha. (288.79 ha. private land and 114.01 ha. Govt. land already allocated by the Govt. of Chhattisgarh vide Gazate Notification No. 33 dated 17.08.2001. Environment clearance for steel plant (0.1 MTPA) was accorded vide MOEF letter no J-11011/455/2006-IA-II (I) dated 5^th October, 2007. Kanger RF (5 km, SE), Ultnar RF (7.9 km, NW), Kakadpasar RF (5.3, NW), Chalanguda RF (8.5 km., NW) and Metawada RF (13.6 km. NW) are located within 10 km radius of the project site. Total cost of the project is Rs. 16,353.00 Crores. Rs. 1,300.00 Crores are allocated towards total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures.

During presentation, PAs informed that a Power Blowing Station (3x30 MW) will be installed for power generation from BF gas in addition to the facilities earlier proposed. No sponge iron plant will be installed. Following will be the facilities after revision :

S.N.	Facilities	Configuration
1.	Coke oven plant with CDCP	2x67 ovens, 7.0 m tall
2.	Sinter Plant	1x460 m²
3.	Blast furnace	1x 4500 m³
4.	De-sulphurisation units	2x175 m³
5.	Pig casting machine	3x1700 TPD
6.	Slag granulation plant	Catering capacity for production of 848,700 granulated slag
7.	Basic oxygen furnace	2x175 T
8.	Ladle furnace	2x175 T
9.	RH-OB	1x175 T
10.	Thin slab caster coupled with hot strip mill	2x1 strand
11.	Hot strip mill with finishing train	6 strands
12.	Oxygen Plant	1x1900 TPD
13.	Calcination plants - Lime Plant - Dolo Plant	2x500 TPD 1x300 TPD
14.	Power Blowing Station (BF gas based)	3x30 MW

Following will be the size of the project :

- Gross hot metal from 3.32 MTPA

- Liquid steel from 3.00 MTPA

- Production of finished long product will be 2.896 MTPA HR Coils

Final saleable product mix will be :

S.N.	Items	Annual production (Tones)
A	Pig Iron	272,800
B	Hot strip mill
C	HR coils / sheets / plates
1	HR Plates - (IS 2062, IS 5986, IS 8500, IS 3039)	400,000
2	HR Plates - (IS 2002 & IS 2041)	400,000
3	API-5L quality plates – upto x80	500,000
4	HR Sheets (IS 3196)	200,000
5	LPG cylinders (IS 6240)	200,000
6	HR coils (IS 10748, IS 1079)	946,000
7	High Carbon Steel (1100-1650) and other alloy steel	50,000
8	Silicon Steel (DIN 46400-3)	100,000
9	Automotive Steel
	- 1250-1524	50,000
	- 1525-1650	50,000
	Total	2,896,000

Iron ore lump (BF grade, 1,237.000 MTPA), Iron ore fines (4,200,500 MTPA), Iron ore lumps (SMS grade, 38100 MTPA), Lime stone fines (292,600 MTPA), lime stone (SMS grade 584,700 MTPA), Dolomite fines for SP (388,600 MTPA), Dolomite fines (SMS grade 172,700 MTPA) Quartzite (51,300 MTPA), Coking coal (2,591,200 MTPA) Non-coking coal (564,000 MTPA), Purchased DRI (208,100 MTPA), Scrap (33,400 MTPA), Fe-Mn (1,500 MTPA), Fe-si (7,400 MTPA), Si-Mn (30,000 MTPA), Aluminium (6,000 MTPA) and Fluorospar (2,250 MTPA will be used as raw materials.

Steel will be produced through BF-BOF degasser route alongwith coke oven, sinter plant and Rolling / Finishing. Cast house and stock house dust emission control system will be provided to Blast furnace. Coke Oven (recovery type) will be installed and essential by-products like ammonia, crude tar and elemental Sulphur will be recovered. Land based coke side dust extraction system will be provided to Coke oven. In addition, Naphthalene scrubbing and solar oil regeneration unit will be installed to remove and recover naphthalene from coke oven gas. Sinter plant, Blast furnace, Steel making (SMS) and continuous casting shop will be installed.

BF gas Coke oven gas, mixed gas (BF & CO gas), BOF will be used to generate power. Part of the BF gas will be supplied to CDP Plant, Cast house; Co to BOF shop & CCM shop and coke oven and BF gas to coke oven battery, hot strip mill, sinter plant hot strip mill, lime and dolomite plant. Work zone emission will be kept below 10 mg/m³.

Total water requirement from Sabri River will be 3747 m³/hr. Individual shop-wise wastewater treatment facilities will be provided. All the effluent will be treated and used for ash handling, dust suppression and green belt development. No effluent will be discharged and ‘zero’ discharge will be adopted. Sewage sludge will be used as manure for green belt development.

Blast furnace (BF) slag (848,700 TPA) will be granulated and sold to cement plants. BF sludge (23,000 TPA) will be partly used in Sinter Plant and partly dumped in dump area. BF flue dust (53,140 TPA) will be 100% reused in Sinter Plant. BOF slag (3,15,000 TPA) will be 100% reused in construction and as rail ballast. BOF sludge will be reused in BOF after briquetting. Waste refractories (45,000 TPA) Dolo fines, Mill scales, lime fines and cinder will be recycled / reused.

Green belt will be developed in 33 %. Total power requirement will be 251 MVA instead of 251 MW proposed earlier. The power required will be sourced from Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (CSEB).

After deliberating on the facts presented the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry) recommended the proposal for the preparation of EIA/EMP as per the following TORs :

1. Present land use should be prepared based on satellite imagery.

2. Location of national parks/wildlife sanctuary within 10 km. radius should specifically be mentioned.

3. Permission and recommendations of the State Forest Department regarding impact of proposed plant on the surrounding reserve forests viz. Kanger RF (5 km, SE), Ultnar RF (7.9 km, NW), Kakadpasar RF (5.3, NW), Chalanguda RF (8.5 km., NW) and Metawada RF (13.6 km. NW) should be included.

4. Actual land requirement, classification of land, acquisition status, rehabilitation and resettlement as per the policy of the Govt. of Chhattisgarh should be incorporated.

5. Site-specific micro-meteorological data using temperature, relative humidity, hourly wind speed and direction and rainfall should be collected.

6. A list of industries containing name and type in 25 km radius should be incorporated.

7. Residential colony should be located in upwind direction.

8. List of raw material required and source should be included.

9. Manufacturing process details for all the plants viz. Blast Furnace, Sinter Plant, Pellet Plant, Coke Oven Plant, Oxygen Plant, Steel Melting Shop, Continuous Casting Machine, Rolling Mill etc. should be included.

10. A chapter on type and full details of coke oven plant including pollution control methods and justification for installing recovery type of coke oven should be included.

11. Ambient air quality at 8 locations within the study area of 10 km., aerial coverage from project site with one AAQMS in downwind direction should be carried out.

12. The suspended particulate matter present in the ambient air must be analyzed for the presence of poly-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), i.e. Benzene soluble fraction. Chemical characterization of RSPM and for incorporating of RSPM data.

13. Impact of the transport of raw material and finished product on the surrounding environment should be assessed and provided

14. Determination of atmospheric inversion level at the project site and assessment of ground level concentration of pollutants from the stack emission based on site-specific meteorological features. Air quality modeling for steel plant for specific pollutants needs to be done.

15. Plant-wise air pollution control measures proposed for the control of gaseous emissions from all the sources should be incorporated.

16. A note on control of fugitive and secondary emissions from as per CPCB guidelines from all the sources should be incorporated.

17. One season data for gaseous emissions during winter season is necessary.

18. Permission for the drawl of 3,747 m3/hr make up water from Sabri River from the concerned department and water balance data including quantity of effluent generated, recycled and reused and discharged should be provided. Methods adopted/to be adopted for the water conservation.

19. Surface water quality of nearby rivers (60 m upstream and downstream) and other surface drains at eight locations must be ascertained.

20. Ground water monitoring minimum at 8 locations and near solid waste dump zone, Geological features and Geo-hydrological status of the study area are essential as also. Ecological status (Terrestrial and Aquatic) is vital.

21. A note on treatment of wastewater from different plants including coke oven plant, recycle and reuse for different purposes should be included.

22. Action plan for solid/hazardous waste generation, storage, utilization and disposal particularly BF slag and fly ash and copies of MOU signed with the Cement manufacturers regarding utilization of BF slag and flyash should be included.

23. Generation and utilization of waste/fuel gases from BF plant and their utilization in the CPP have to be set out.

24. Risk assessment and damage control needs to be addressed.

25. Occupational health of the workers needs elaboration.

26. Green belt development plan in 33 % area and a scheme for rainwater harvesting have to be put in place.

27. Socio-economic development activities need to be elaborated upon.

28. A note on identification and implementation of Carbon Credit project should be included.

29. An Action Plan for the implementation of the recommendations made for the Steel Plants in the CREP guidelines must be prepared.

30. Total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures should also be included.

31. A tabular chart for the issues raised and addressed during public hearing/public consultation should be provided.

32. Any litigation / court case pending against the proposal should also be included.

The Expert Committee (Industry) decided that PAs may be communicated the above ‘TORs’ for the preparation of EIA/EMP. As soon as the draft EIA/EMP report is prepared as per the ‘General Structure of EIA’ given in Appendix III and IIIA in the EIA Notification, 2006, the same may be submitted by the PAs to the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) for conducting public hearing as per EIA Notification, 2006. On finalization of EIA/EMP prepared as per TORs addressing all concerns set out EIA/EMP should be submitted to the MOEF for prior environmental clearance.

4.10 Integrated Steel Plant (1.0 MTPA) at Village Gidan / Sagoni, Tehsil Batiagarh, District Damoh, Madhya Pradesh by M/s SPJ Steel & Minerals Pvt. Ltd. (TOR)

The project authorities and their consultant gave a detailed presentation on the salient features of the project and proposed environmental protection measures to be undertaken alongwith the draft Term of References for the preparation of EIA/EMP. All the Integrated steel plants are listed at S.N. 3(a) under Primary Metallurgy Industries under Category ‘A’ are appraised at the Central level.

M/s SPJ Steel & Minerals Pvt. Ltd. have proposed for Integrated Steel Plant at Village Gidan / Sagoni, Tehsil Batiagarh, District Damoh, Madhya Pradesh. Total project area is 600 ha. including 500 ha Govt. and 100 ha. private land. However, during discussion, PAs informed that the project area is revised to 300 ha. instead of 600 ha. proposed earlier. Earlier, it was informed that Sakari and Ghorakhuri reserve forests are located within 10 km. radius of the project but now 10 reserve forests have been identified. Total project cost is Rs. 3,117.00 Crores. Rs. 273.00 Crores and Rs. 25.7 Crores are earmarked towards capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environment pollution control measures. Earlier, PAs proposed to install following facilities:

S. N.	Facility	Product	Units	Production Quantity
S. N.	Facility	Product	Units	1^st Yr.	2^nd Yr.	3^rd Yr.	4^th Yr.	Total production
1	Coal Washery (2 x 0.75 Mn TPA)	Clean Non-Coking Coal	TPA	7,50,000	-	7,50,000	-	15,00,000
2	DRI plant (4x350 TPD, 6x500 TPD)	DRI	TPA	1,68,000	1,68,000	3,37,948	3,37,948	10,11,895
3	Ferro-Alloy Plant (2 x 15 MVA)	SiMn	TPA	22,869	22,869	-	-	45,738
4	Iron Ore Beneficiation Plant (1x 0.5 Mn TPA)	Iron Ore Concentrate	TPA	-	-	4,71,274	-	4,71,274
5	Iron Ore Pellet Plant (1x0.5 Mn TPA)	Iron Ore Pellet	TPA	-	-	4,96,027	-	4,96,027
6	Sintering Plant (1x 0.2 Mn TPA)		TPA	-	-	-	1,80,246	1,80,246
7	SMS-1 (8x20t IF)	Molten Metal (Crude Steel)	TPA	-	-	2,36,286	2,36,286	4,72,572
8	SMS-2 (2 x 90t EAF, 2 x 90t LF, 2 x 90t VD)	Steel Billets	TPA	-	-	5,10,163	5,10,163	10,20,326
9	Rolling mill (1x0.6 Mn TPA Bar Mill, 1x0.6 Mn TPA Section Mill)	Bar, Light & Medium Sections	TPA	-	-	4,80,000	4,80,000	9,60,000
10	Lime & Dolo calcination plant (2 x 300 TPD)	Calcined Lime	TPA	-	-	1,53,300	-	1,53,300
10	Lime & Dolo calcination plant (2 x 300 TPD)	Calcined Dolomite	TPA	-	-	-	38,700	38,700
11	CPP (2x20MW, 2x60MW)	Captive Power	MW	20	20	60	60	160
12	Blast Furnace (1x 300 Cum)	Pig Iron	TPA	-	-	-	1,40,831	1,40,831
13	Oxygen plant (1x 300 TPD)	Oxygen	Nm³/yr	-	-	-	90	90

During the presentation, PAs informed to the Committee that capacity of the Coal washery capacity is revised from 2x7,50,000 TPA to 1x7,50,000 TPA. The annual production from the Oxygen plant has been revised to 57,000 TPA. After the proposed revision, the facilities to be installed will be as under:

S. N.	Facility	Product	Units	Production Quantity
S. N.	Facility	Product	Units	1^st Yr.	2^nd Yr.	3^rd Yr.	4^th Yr.	Total production
1	Coal Washery	Clean Non-Coking Coal	TPA	-	-	7,50,000	-	7,50,000
2	DRI plant	DRI	TPA	1,68,000	1,68,000	3,37,948	3,37,948	10,11,895
3	Ferro-Alloy Plant	SiMn	TPA	22,869	22,869	-	-	45,738
4	Iron Ore Beneficiation Plant	Iron Ore Concentrate	TPA	-	-	4,71,274	-	4,71,274
5	Iron Ore Pellet Plant	Iron Ore Pellet	TPA	-	-	4,96,027	-	4,96,027
6	Sintering Plant		TPA	-	-	-	1,80,246	1,80,246
7	SMS-1	Molten Metal (Crude Steel)	TPA	-	-	2,36,286	2,36,286	4,72,572
8	SMS-2	Steel Billets	TPA	-	-	5,10,163	5,10,163	10,20,326
9	Rolling mill	Bar, Light & Medium Sections	TPA	-	-	4,80,000	4,80,000	9,60,000
10	Lime & Dolo calcination plant	Calcined Lime	TPA	-	-	1,53,300	-	1,53,300
10	Lime & Dolo calcination plant	Calcined Dolomite	TPA	-	-	-	38,700	38,700
11	CPP	Captive Power	MW	20	20	60	60	160
12	Blast Furnace	Pig Iron	TPA	-	-	-	1,40,831	1,40,831
13	Oxygen plant	Oxygen	TPA	-	-	-	57,000	57,000

Iron ore (16,71,835 TPA), non-coking coal (31,20,000 TPA), Dolomite (72.830 TPA), Limestone (3,03.294 TPA), Quartzite (29,222 TPA), Cokes (1,20,640 TPA), Manganese ore (1,13,966 TPA) will be used as raw materials.

The proposed plant will produce DRI, billets, pig iron, long steel bars / sections and ferro alloy products and will install coal washery, DRI Plant, ferro-alloy plant, iron ore beneficiation plant, sinter plant, steel melting shop, rolling mill, lime and dolo calcinations plant, BF with pig caster and slag granulation pit, oxygen plant and CPP (160 MW).

Integrated Steel Plant will be based on DRI-IF/BF-EAF-LF-VD route to minimize dependence on coke. Lumps and fines generated from DRI plant will be fed to EAF and IF respectively. Cold pig required for IF will be produced in MBF. Coal washery, beneficiation plant and pellet plant will be provided to use low-grade material. Finally, material will pass through CCM and subsequently to rolling mill for producing finished products like long bars and steel sections etc. Coal washery will be provided to separate clean coal as overflow and middling as underflow.

PAs informed to the Committee that data for March-May, 2008 is collected but Committee emphasized to collect the same for the winter season i.e. December, 2008-February, 2009. ESP will be provided to DRI kilns, sinter plant, pellet plant and CPP to control emission within 100 mg/Nm³. Hot waste gases from rotary kiln after passing through Dust settling chamber (DSC) will be burnt in ABC and fed to WHRB for generating power. The gas will be cleaned in ESP before being released through ID fan and stack. Swiveling hood for fume extraction, speark arrester and dust extraction system with bag filters will be provided to induction furnace. Cyclones will be provided to coal washery. However, during presentation, PAs informed that dust emissions from coal washery and Iron ore beneficiation plant will be controlled by water sprinkling/dry fog system/bag filters. Cyclone separator followed by two-stage venturi scrubber will be provided to blast furnace. Adequatre stack height will be provided to Reheating furnace of rolling mill. Dust extraction system with pulse jet bag filter will be provided to SMS, ferro alloy plant, pelletization plant, lime and dolo plant. Dust from raw material handling area, stock piling and material transfer points will be controlled by dust suppression with plain water and Dry fog dust suppression system. Dust extraction system will be provided at screening and material transfer points.

Total water requirement will be 3,000 m³/hr and met from nearest water source viz. Gidannala, Jam river, Sonar River or ground water. The effluent will be treated in Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP). Water from coal washery and BF gas cleaning plant will be treated in thickener and the overflow will be reused in the plant. Underflow from the thickener will be sent to press filter and recovered cake will be recylcled in sinter plant. Wastewater from slag granulation will be taken to settling pond and resued with make-up water in Slag granulation. Cooling tower blowdown will be reused in greenbelt development and water sprinkling system. Acidic and alkaline effluent from DM water plant will be neutralized in neutralization pit and used for ash transfer. All the treated wastewater will be used for dust suppression and green belt development. Tailings from Beneficiation Plant will be discharged to tailing pond and over flow water will be re-circulated. Effluents containing Oil and grease after passing through oil and grease traps will be resued in the plant. Domestic effluent will be treated in septic tank followed by soakpit.

Char and middlings/rejects from coal washery will be used CFBC boiler to generate power. ESP dust will be utilized in Sinter making. Kiln accretions and miscellaneous waste will be used for filling low-lying areas and clay making for various purposes in steel plant. Pellet dust from Iron ore pelletization plant will be utilized in pellet plant and sinter plant. Sinter dust will be recycled in sinter plant. Slag from SMS and ferro alloy plant will be used for road, building construction and filling low-lying areas. However, during presentation PAs informed that Slag from SMS will be used in the land fill, boulder soling of plant roads and partly in sinter making. Spent refractory will beused for construction and filling of low-lying areas. Granulated BF slag will be sent to nearby cement plants. Fly ash and bottom ash will be used in brick making, cement manufacturing, road construction and land fill. Unutilized fly ash will be disposed off in ash pond. ETP sludge will be disposed off in low-lying areas. Flue dust from DRI, BF, SMS, Iron ore fines, limestone, dolomite fines and rejects generated from different shops will be recycled and reused in sinter plant. Scrap will be used for steel making in SMS. Sewage sludge from the septic tank will be used as manure. Used oil and batteries will be sold to authorized recyclers / re-processors.

Green belt will be developed in 33% area. Total power requirement will be 130 MW and met from CPP (160 MW).

After deliberating on the facts presented the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry) recommended the proposal for the preparation of EIA/EMP as per the following TORs :

1. Present land use should be prepared based on satellite imagery.

2. Location of national parks / wildlife sanctuary within 10 km. radius should specifically be mentioned.

3. Permission and recommendations of the State Forest Department regarding impact of proposed expansion on all the surrounding reserve forests, if any should be included.

4. Actual land requirement, classification of land, acquisition status, rehabilitation and resettlement as per the policy of the Govt. of M.P. should be incorporated.

5. Site-specific micro-meteorological data using temperature, relative humidity, hourly wind speed and direction and rainfall should be collected.

6. A list of industries containing name and type in 25 km radius should be incorporated.

7. Residential colony should be located in upwind direction.

8. List of raw material required and source should be included.

9. Manufacturing process details for all the plants viz. coal washery, DRI Plant, ferro-alloy plant, iron ore beneficiation plant, sinter plant, steel melting shop, rolling mill, lime and dolo calcinations plant, BF with pig caster, slag granulation pit, oxygen plant and CPP etc. should be included.

10. A note on coal dust injection system in TRT (Top Recovery) should be incorporated.

11. Ambient air quality at 8 locations within the study area of 10 km., aerial coverage from project site with one AAQMS in downwind direction should be carried out during Dec., 2008-February, 2009.

13. Impact of the transport of raw material and finished product on the surrounding environment should be assessed and provided.

15. Plant-wise air pollution control measures proposed for the control of gaseous emissions from all the sources should be incorporated.

16. A note on control of fugitive and secondary emissions from as per CPCB guidelines from all the sources should be incorporated.

17. One season data for gaseous emissions during winter season is necessary.

18. Permission for the drawl of 3,000 m³/hr water from nearest water source viz. Gidannala, Jam river, Sonar River or ground water from the concerned department and water balance data including quantity of effluent generated, recycled and reused and discharged should be provided. Methods adopted/to be adopted for the water conservation.

19. Surface water quality of nearby rivers (60 m upstream and downstream) and other surface drains at eight locations must be ascertained.

21. A note on treatment of wastewater from different plants, recycle and reuse for different purposes should be included.

22. Action plan for solid/hazardous waste generation, storage, utilization and disposal particularly char, BF slag, SMS slag, middlings and fly ash. Assurance that 100 % char will be used in the FBC boiler and copies of MOU regarding utilization fly ash should be included.

23. MOU signed with the Cement manufacturers for utilizing granulated BF slag should be included.

24. Generation and utilization of waste/fuel gases from BF plant and their utilization in the CPP have to be set out.

25. Risk assessment and damage control needs to be addressed.

26. Occupational health of the workers needs elaboration.

27. Green belt development plan in 33 % area and a scheme for rainwater harvesting have to be put in place.

28. Socio-economic development activities need to be elaborated upon.

29. A note on identification and implementation of Carbon Credit project should be included.

30. An Action Plan for the implementation of the recommendations made for the Steel Plants in the CREP guidelines must be prepared.

31. Total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures should also be included.

32. A tabular chart for the issues raised and addressed during public hearing/public consultation should be provided.

33. Any litigation / court case pending against the proposal should also be included.

The Expert Committee (Industry) decided that PAs may be communicated the above ‘TORs’ for the preparation of EIA/EMP. As soon as the draft EIA/EMP report is prepared as per the ‘General Structure of EIA’ given in Appendix III and IIIA in the EIA Notification, 2006, the same may be submitted by the PAs to the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (SPCB) for conducting public hearing as per EIA Notification, 2006. On finalization of EIA/EMP prepared as per TORs addressing all concerns set out EIA/EMP should be submitted to the MOEF for prior environmental clearance.

4.11 Integrated Steel Plant (2.0 MTPA) at Sy. No. 15, 16, 17 and 29, Village Kunikere, Taluka and District Koppal, Karnataka by M/s ILC Industries Ltd. (TOR)

The project authorities and their consultant gave a detailed presentation on the salient features of the project and proposed environmental protection measures to be undertaken alongwith the draft Term of References for the preparation of EIA/EMP. All the integrated steel plants are listed at S.N. 3(a) under Primary Metallurgy Industries under Category ‘A’ and are appraised at the Central level.

M/s ILC Industries Ltd. have proposed for the Integrated Steel Plant (2.0 MTPA) at Sy. No. 15,16,17 and 29, Village Kunikere, Taluka and District Koppal, Karnataka. No National Park/Wild life sanctuary/Reserve Forest is located within 10 km radius of the project. Total project area is 46.37 acres. Total cost of the project is Rs. 717.40 Crores. Initially PAs informed that following will be installed:

S.N.	Plants	Capacity
1	Blast furnace for pig iron making	1 x 262 m³
2	EOF furnace for steel making	1 x 25 t
3	Ladle refining furnace for secondary refining	1 x 25t
4	Billet caster for casting liquid steel into billets	1 x 2 strand
5	Bar and rod mill for producing TMT bars	One
6	Captive power plant	6 MW

During presentation, PAs have revised the configuration and informed that following will be installed:

S.N.	Plants	Capacity
1	Sponge Iron unit	4 x 150 TPD
2	EOF furnace for steel making	25 T
3	Ladle refining furnace for secondary refining	25 T
4	Billet caster for casting liquid steel into billets (1 x 2 strand)	25 T
5	Bar and rod mill for producing TMT bars	2,06,000 TPA
6	Captive power plant	12 MW

Coke (390 TPD), Iron ore (979 TPD), Dolomite (74 TPD), Limestone (114 TPD), Manganese ore (12 TPD), Quartzite (24 TPD) and DRI (77 TPD) will be used as raw material. However, during presentation PAs informed that Iron ore, coal and Dolomite will be used as raw materials and have their own iron ore mine facility.

Sponge iron plant, Energy optimization furnace (EOF) followed by continuous casting through billet caster and rolling of the cast billets in rolling into the TMT bars will be installed.

BF gas will be used to generate power in the CPP (6 MW). Bag filters, gas cooler, cyclones and chimney will be provided to steel melt shop (SMS). Bag filters and stacks will be provided to BF. Tall chimney will be provided to CPP. Bag filters/ESPs will be provided to DRI kilns. Bag filters will be provided to product separation/storage house, stock house, cooler discharge building, intermediate bins, coal injection building, coal and iron ore crusher/screen house, etc. of sponge iron plant. Waste gases from DRI kilns will successively passed through Dust settling chambers, After combustion chambers, WHRB and finally ESP before venting to atmosphere through a stack of adequate height. Fugitive emissions will be controlled by material transfer points, product handling will be controlled by bag filters/dust suppression systems. Water sprinkling will be carried out in loading, unloading and storage areas.

Total water required from borewells/Tungbhadra dam backwater will be 22.33 LPD instead of 2 MGD (68.50 LPD) proposed earlier. Cooling water re-circulation system will be provided to minimize fresh water requirement. Domestic effluent will be treated in sewage treatment plant and used for the green belt development. Oil and grease will be removed from contaminated water by oil traps and skimming devices.

Char will be used as fuel in FBC boilers or sold to brick manufacturing units. Flue dust will be used for manufacturing Fly ash bricks. Fly ahs will be utilized in cement making. Kiln accretions will be used as sub-base material for road construction or landfill.

Green belt will be developed in 33 % area. Power (21,000 KVA) will be sourced from Grid substation of KPTCL instead of GESCOM as proposed earlier. CPP (6 MW) is proposed. Fuel oil will be used in reheating furnace of rolling mill, SMS and power plant.

After deliberating on the facts presented the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry) recommended the proposal for the preparation of EIA/EMP as per the following TORs :

1. Present land use should be prepared based on satellite imagery.

2. Location of national parks / wildlife sanctuary within 10 km. radius should specifically be mentioned.

3. Permission and recommendations of the State Forest Department regarding impact of proposed expansion on the surrounding reserve forests, if any should be included.

4. Actual land requirement, classification of land, acquisition status, rehabilitation and resettlement as per the policy of the Govt. of Karnataka should be incorporated.

5. Site-specific micro-meteorological data using temperature, relative humidity, hourly wind speed and direction and rainfall should be collected.

6. A list of industries containing name and type in 25 km radius should be incorporated.

7. Residential colony should be located in upwind direction.

8. List of raw material required and source should be included.

9. Manufacturing process details for all the plants viz. Sponge iron plant, EOF, LRF, billet caster, bar and rod mill, CPP etc. should be included. Details of facilities with their capacities proposed alongwith quantity of products to be produced should also be included.

10. Ambient air quality at 8 locations within the study area of 10 km., aerial coverage from project site with one AAQMS in downwind direction should be carried out.

11. The suspended particulate matter present in the ambient air must be analyzed for the presence of poly-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), i.e. Benzene soluble fraction. Chemical characterization of RSPM and for incorporating of RSPM data.

12. Impact of the transport of raw material and finished product on the surrounding environment should be assessed and provided

13. Determination of atmospheric inversion level at the project site and assessment of ground level concentration of pollutants from the stack emission based on site-specific meteorological features. Air quality modeling for steel plant for specific pollutants needs to be done.

14. Plant-wise air pollution control measures proposed for the control of gaseous emissions from all the sources should be incorporated.

15. A note on control of fugitive and secondary emissions from as per CPCB guidelines from all the sources should be incorporated.

16. One season data for gaseous emissions during winter season is necessary.

17. Permission for the drawl of 22.33 LPD water from borewells/Tungbhadra dam backwater from the concerned department and water balance data including quantity of effluent generated, recycled and reused and discharged should be provided. Methods adopted/to be adopted for the water conservation.

18. Surface water quality of nearby rivers (60 m upstream and downstream) and other surface drains at eight locations must be ascertained.

19. Ground water monitoring minimum at 8 locations and near solid waste dump zone, Geological features and Geo-hydrological status of the study area are essential as also. Ecological status (Terrestrial and Aquatic) is vital.

20. A note on treatment of wastewater from different plants including coke oven plant, recycle and reuse for different purposes should be included.

21. Action plan for solid/hazardous waste generation, storage, utilization and disposal particularly char and fly ash. Assurance that 100 % char will be used in the FBC boiler and copies of MOU regarding utilization of ash should be included.

22. Generation and utilization of waste/fuel gases from DRI plant and their utilization in the CPP have to be set out.

23. Risk assessment and damage control needs to be addressed.

24. Occupational health of the workers needs elaboration.

25. Green belt development plan in 33 % area and a scheme for rainwater harvesting have to be put in place.

26. Socio-economic development activities need to be elaborated upon.

27. A note on identification and implementation of Carbon Credit project should be included.

28. An Action Plan for the implementation of the recommendations made for the Steel Plants in the CREP guidelines must be prepared.

29. Total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures should also be included.

30. A tabular chart for the issues raised and addressed during public hearing/public consultation should be provided.

31. Any litigation / court case pending against the proposal should also be included.

The Expert Committee (Industry) decided that PAs may be communicated the above ‘TORs’ for the preparation of EIA/EMP. As soon as the draft EIA/EMP report is prepared as per the ‘General Structure of EIA’ given in Appendix III and IIIA in the EIA Notification, 2006, the same may be submitted by the PAs to the Karnataka Pollution Control Board (KPCB) for conducting public hearing as per EIA Notification, 2006. On finalization of EIA/EMP prepared as per TORs addressing all concerns set out EIA/EMP should be submitted to the MOEF for prior environmental clearance.

4.12 Integrated Steel Plant (2.0 MTPA) at Sy. No. 156-196 & 316-38, Village Vanganuru and Sy. No. 178 A to 338 at Village Bandaladinne, Mandal Tadipatri, District Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh by M/s Vasitva Ispat Ltd. (TOR)

The project authorities and their consultant gave a detailed presentation on the salient features of the project and proposed environmental protection measures to be undertaken alongwith the draft Term of References for the preparation of EIA/EMP. All the integrated steel plants are listed at S.N. 3(a) under Category ‘A’ and appraised at the Central level.

M/s Vasitva Ispat Ltd. have proposed for the Integrated Steel Plant (2.0 MTPA) at Sy. No. 156-196 & 316-38, Village Vanganuru and Sy. No. 178 A to 338 at Village Bandaladinne, Mandal Tadipatri, District Ananthapur, A. P. During presentation, PAs informed that they have acquired land for 2.0 MTPA but planning to install 0.45 MTPA in Phase-I. Total land recquired is 1,440 acres instead of 1437.93 acres proposed earlier. 1,000 acres out of 1,440 acres is already acquired. There will be 280 oustees due to acquisition of land. Vanganuru and Bandaladinne villages are located at 2 km. Total cost of the project is Rs. 800.00 Crores. Following facilities will be provided:

S.N.	Facilities	Production capacity (MTPA)
1	Coke-oven batteries	0.20
2	Sinter Plant	0.45
3	Blast furnace	0.38
Pig casting machine (EOF)
4	EOF	0.41 (Liquid steel)
Ladle refining furnace
5	Billet caster	0.4 MTPA
Rolling mill for TMT
6	One rolling mill for structural steel	0.28

During presentation, PAs informed that following facilities will be installed:

S.N.	Facilities	Production capacity (MTPA)
1	Coke-oven batteries	0.275
2	Sinter Plant	0.64
3	Blast furnace	0.472
Pig casting machine (EOF)
4	Energy Optimising Furnace (EOF)	0.45 Liquid steel
Ladle refining furnace
5	Continuous Casting Machine	0.441
Rolling mill for TMT
6	Rolling mill	0.305
Captive Power Plant
7	Coke oven gas based	12 MW
8	BF gas based	8 MW

Iron ore lumps (2,50,000 TPA), Iron ore fines (4,65,140 TPA), coking coal (3,67,481 TPA) Limestone (1,00,000 TPA), Dolomite (80,000 TPA), Scrap (19,000 TPA), Ferro Alloys (8,600 TPA), Burnt lime (36,000 TPA), Manganese ore (10,000 TPA) and quartzite (8,000 TPA) will be the raw materials required.

Sinter (0.41 MTPA), lump iron ore (0.26 MTPA) will be used as raw material to produce hot metal (0.38 MTPA). 95 % Hot metal (0.36 MTPA) will be routed to EOF to produce liquid steel (0.41 MTPA) which will be sent to LRF & CCF to produce billets (0.40 MTPA). Billets (0.12 MTPA) will be routed to rolling mill at Hyderabad and 0.28 MTPA at Tadipatri. Hot metal will be used for pig casting.

Non-recovery type of coke oven batteries, sinter plant, blast furnace, pig-casting machine, EOF, ladle refining furnace, continuous casting machine, rolling mills will be installed. TMT bars, angles, channels, beams, flats (0.45 MTPA) in phase-I will be manufactured. In Phase-I, technological process route viz. (O-SP-BF-EOF-LRF-CCM-RM will be adopted. The main products will be rolled products viz. TMT bars, Angles, Channels, Beams, flats etc.

ESP will be provided to control dust and air pollution within 150 mg/Nm³. The furnace stack emissions will be maintained within CPCB standards. Dust suppression system will be provided at raw material handling plant, conveyors; fugitive emissions control at BF-SMS etc., gas cleaning plant at sinter plant, BF, SMS etc, Coke oven gas will be burnt at the oven itself and waste heat will be used in generation of power. Fume extraction system consisting of hood, ducting, fan and stack will be provided to SMS. GCP will be provided to BF and EOF.

Total ground water requirement is revised from 2.2 MGD to 2.4 MGD from Penna River during presentation. The wastewater generated will be treated in suitable treatment facilities and recycled back to the process and reused in green belt development and dust suppression at raw material handling system. Sewage will be treated in sewage treatment plant (STP). The wastewater from GCP will be sent to thickners for separation of slurry and clean water. The slurry after drying will be sent to sinter plant. Clean water will be recycled. Scales and oil will be separated from water coming from CCM and rolling mill and recycled.

Raw material handling fines, product fines, ESP flue dust, sludge and slag will be generated as solid waste. Iron ore fine, coke fines, limestone fines and burnt lime fine, mill scale, steel making slag, gas cleaning plant dust, ETP sludge etc. will be used in sinter plant. EOF slag will be utilized to the maximum extent possible. Granulated BF slag (0.16 MTPA) will be used in Cement manufacture.

Greenbelt will be developed in 260 acres (23%) out of a total area of 1,440 acres but committee asked to do plantation in 33 % area.

Out of total power (19 MW) requirement, 1 MW will be sourced from state grid. However during presentation, PAs informed that power requirement will be 30 MW and will be met from auxiliary generation (20 MW) and Grid (8.0 MW). Power (20 MW) will be sourced from CPP utilizing coke oven (12 MW) and BF gases (8 MW).

After deliberating on the facts presented the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry) recommended the proposal for the preparation of EIA/EMP as per the following TORs :

1. Present land use should be prepared based on satellite imagery.

2. Location of national parks/wildlife sanctuary within 10 km. radius should specifically be mentioned.

3. Permission and recommendations of the State Forest Department regarding impact of proposed expansion on the surrounding reserve forests, if any, should be included.

4. Actual land requirement, classification of land, type of the land acquired/to be acquired, acquisition status etc. should be incorporated.

5. An action plan for rehabilitation and resettlement as per the policy of the Govt. of A.P. covering all relevant aspects should be incorporated.

6. Site-specific micro-meteorological data using temperature, relative humidity, hourly wind speed and direction and rainfall should be collected.

7. A list of industries containing name and type in 25 km radius should be incorporated.

8. Residential colony should be located in upwind direction.

9. List of raw material required and source should be included.

10. Manufacturing process details for all the plants viz. coke oven, sinter plant, blast furnace, pig-casting machine, EOF, ladle refining furnace, continuous casting machine, rolling mills etc. should be included.

11. A chapter on type and full details of coke oven plant including pollution control methods and justification for installing non-recovery type of coke oven should be included.

12. Ambient air quality at 8 locations within the study area of 10 km., aerial coverage from project site with one AAQMS in downwind direction should be carried out.

13. The suspended particulate matter present in the ambient air must be analyzed for the presence of poly-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), i.e. Benzene soluble fraction. Chemical characterization of RSPM and for incorporating of RSPM data.

14. Impact of the transport of raw material and finished product on the surrounding environment should be assessed and provided

15. Determination of atmospheric inversion level at the project site and assessment of ground level concentration of pollutants from the stack emission based on site-specific meteorological features. Air quality modeling for steel plant for specific pollutants needs to be done.

16. Plant-wise air pollution control measures proposed for the control of gaseous emissions from all the sources should be incorporated.

17. A note on control of fugitive and secondary emissions from as per CPCB guidelines from all the sources should be incorporated.

18. One season data for gaseous emissions during winter season is necessary.

19. Permission for the drawl of 2.4 MGD water from Penna River / bore wells from the concerned department and water balance data including quantity of effluent generated, recycled and reused and discharged should be provided. Methods adopted/to be adopted for the water conservation.

20. Surface water quality of nearby rivers (60 m upstream and downstream) and other surface drains at eight locations must be ascertained.

21. Ground water monitoring minimum at 8 locations and near solid waste dump zone, Geological features and Geo-hydrological status of the study area are essential as also. Ecological status (Terrestrial and Aquatic) is vital.

22. A note on treatment of wastewater from different plants including coke oven plant, recycle and reuse for different purposes should be included.

23. Action plan for solid/hazardous waste generation, storage, utilization and disposal particularly char and fly ash.

24. MOU signed with the Cement manufacturers for utilizing granulated BF slag should be included.

25. Generation and utilization of waste/fuel gases from coke oven and BF plant and their utilization in the CPP have to be set out.

26. Risk assessment and damage control needs to be addressed.

27. Occupational health of the workers needs elaboration.

28. Green belt development plan in 33 % area and a scheme for rainwater harvesting have to be put in place.

29. Socio-economic development activities need to be elaborated upon.

30. A note on identification and implementation of Carbon Credit project should be included.

31. An Action Plan for the implementation of the recommendations made for the Steel Plants in the CREP guidelines must be prepared.

32. Total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures should also be included.

33. A tabular chart for the issues raised and addressed during public hearing/public consultation should be provided.

34. Any litigation / court case pending against the proposal should also be included.

The Expert Committee (Industry) decided that PAs may be communicated the above ‘TORs’ for the preparation of EIA/EMP. As soon as the draft EIA/EMP report is prepared as per the ‘General Structure of EIA’ given in Appendix III and IIIA in the EIA Notification, 2006, the same may be submitted by the PAs to the A.P. Pollution Control Board (APPCB) for conducting public hearing as per EIA Notification, 2006. On finalization of EIA/EMP prepared as per TORs addressing all concerns set out EIA/EMP should be submitted to the MOEF for prior environmental clearance.

4.13 Integrated Steel Plant (1.1 MTPA) alongwith Captive Power Plant (50 MW) at Block Neersa, District Dhanbad, Jharkhand by M/s Adhunik Corporation Ltd.

Project authorities didn’t attend the meeting and it was decided that proposal should be considered afresh whenever requested by the PAs.

4.14 Integrated Steel Plant (0.3 MTPA, Sponge Iron, Pelletization Plant, Beneficiation Plant, Captive Mine, Beneficiation and Captive Power Plant (60 MW) at Gram Tarpongi, Tehsil Dharsiwa, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh by M/s Euro Pratik Ispat Pvt. Ltd.

Project authorities didn’t attend the meeting and it was decided that proposal should be considered afresh whenever requested by the PAs.

4.15 Expansion of Steel Plant by installing Induction Furnace (2x15 T) alongwith Continuous Casting Machine (1x2 Strands) at P-3513, Kanjilal Avenue, Durgapur, District Burdwan, West Bengal by M/s Bhagat Jee Steels Pvt. Ltd. (EC)

The project authorities and their consultant gave a detailed presentation on the salient features of the project and proposed environmental protection measures to be undertaken alongwith the draft Term of References for the preparation of EIA/EMP. All the Induction Furnaces (< 15 TPH) are kept under Category ‘A’ and appraised at the Central level. The proposed induction furnace is of 2x15 TPH capacity. Durgapur critically polluted area is located at a distance of 1 km from the project site.

M/s Bhagat Jee Steels Private Limited has proposed to expand the existing steel plant by installing Induction Furnace (2x 15T) alongwith Continuous Casting Machine (1x2 Strands) at P-3513, Kanjilal Avenue (Small Industrial Area developed by Asansol Durgapur Development Authority), Durgapur, District Burdwan, West Bengal. The proposed IF alongwith CCM will be set up within the premises of existing plant having an area 5 acres. River Damodar flows at a distance of 5 km from the proposed project site. Durgapur is located at a distance of 1 km from the project site. No National park/ Reserve Forest / Wildlife Sanctuary is located with in 10 km radius of the project site. Total cost of the proposed expansion will be Rs. 2,155.23 Lakhs. Rs. 200.00 Lakhs and Rs. 20.00 Lakhs are earmarked towards total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures.

PAs informed to the Committee that total production of ingots is 23,040 TPA from Induction Furnace (1x3T & 1x5T). After installation of another Induction Furnace (7 T), the production capacity will be 43,200 TPA (23,040 TPA + 20,160 TPA). After commissioning of the proposed Induction Furnace (2x15 T) with CCM, the total production of the plant will be 1,29,600 TPA (43,200 TPA + 86,400 TPA).

Facilities

Existing

Proposed expansion

Induction Furnace

1x3 T & 1x5 T

1x7 T

2x15 T

Continuous Casting Machine

1x2 Strands

Raw materials required will be Sponge Iron (83,279 TPA), M.S. Scraps (20,225 TPA), Ferro Manganese/Silico Manganese (450 TPA), Ferro Silicon (450 TPA), Aluminium Shots (12.5 TPA).

The process involves the charging of raw materials consisting mainly of Sponge Iron, Scrap etc. into the Crucible of Induction Furnace at a high temperature of 1550⁰C. Sponge iron is sandwiched between scraps in the crucible and agitation of furnace is so high that the Sponge Iron takes little time to attain molten state. As soon as the mix charge is melted, necessary Ferro alloys and de-oxidizers are added. The liquid metal is poured in slag pot whereby through centre column, bottom plate, the metal is passed in C.I. Duplex Ingot Moulds fitted above the bottom plate. The casted Ingots will be carried out by EOT crane.

Emissions from Induction furnace will be controlled by bag filters. Dry fogging system will be provided at Raw material handling area and material transfer points to control fugitive emissions. Dust collected from dust control systems will beused in land/road development as boulders. Dust collected from bag filter will be sent to sinter plants for recycling. Induction furnace will be provided with independent Spark arrestor, Bag filter & I D fan. Telescopic fume collection hood would be provided at the top of furnace. Flue gases from the furnace will be passed through a chimney of adequate height. Fugitive emissions from raw material handling, conveying and screening operations will be controlled by bag filters. Clean BOF gas will be used as a gaseous fuel in the steel plant. Dust extraction system will be provided at the torpedo ladle hot metal discharging areas to avoid high fugitive emissions during unloading of hot metal. Particulate matter from hot metal pre-treatment will be controlled by providing fabric filters.

Water requirement of 40 KLD instead of 1,000 KLD proposed earlier, will be supplied by Durgapur Projects Limited. Cooling water will be recycled after settling. Water from the scrubbing system will be recycled. No liquid effluent will be discharged from the process. Domestic wastewater will be discharged through septic tank followed by soak pit and used for greenbelt.

Slag generated (6,900 TPA) will be used for land levelling and compacting of roads etc. Bag filter dust (430 TPA) will be used in sinter plant. Mill scale (90 TPA) will be used in land development. Steel scrap (3,600 TPA) will be re-used in steel melting unit. All the wastes from the pollution control systems or treatment units will be re-used or recycled.

Noise will be generated during construction work due to movement of cranes, bulldozers, trucks, and due to piling job and traffic movement and mainly from Induction furnace. High noise prone areas will be earmarked and necessary care will be taken to minimize the noise. Ear plugs or Ear muffs will be provided to employees working in noise prone areas.

Out of 5 acres land area, greenbelt will be developed in 0.75 acres in addition to the existing 0.5 acres. Total green belt area will be 1.25 acres, however, the Committee emphasized to cover 33 % area by the green belt. Power requirement of 15 MW will be sourced from Durgapur Projects Limited.

PAs informed to the Committee that project is located in the notified industrial area and hence no public hearing is required. However, Committee asked PAs to submit ‘proof’ in this regard to take further decision regarding public hearing.

After deliberating on the facts presented, the Committee recommended the proposal for the preparation of environment management plan (EMP) incorporating the following information which will be internally examined before considering for final environmental clearance:

1. A copy of the notification issued by the State Govt. indicating location of the project in notified industrial area.

2. A note on performance of existing plant.

3. Data on existing ambient air quality, stack emissions and fugitive emissions and pollution control measures proposed to control air emissions.

4. Total water requirement alongwith source, water balance cycle, treatment methods adopted and disposal, if any.

5. A note on solid / hazardous waste generation, management, recycle/reuse and disposal.

6. Action plan to develop green belt development in 33 % area.

4.16 Expansion of Mini Steel Plant by installation of Ferro Alloy Plant (30,000 TPA) and Captive Power Plant (25 MW) at Jharsuguda Road, District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh by M/s R. R. Energy Ltd. (TOR)

The project authorities and their consultant gave a detailed presentation on the salient features of the project and proposed environmental protection measures to be undertaken alongwith the draft Term of References for the preparation of EIA/EMP. All the steel plants are kept under Category ‘A’ and appraised at the Central level.

M/s R. R. Energy Ltd. have proposed for expansion of Mini Steel Plant by installation of Ferro Alloy Plant (10.8 MVA, 30,000 TPA) and Coal/rejects based Captive Power Plant (25 MW) at Jharsuguda Road, District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. PAs confirmed that proposed area is not banned by the State Govt of Chhattisgarh. Total existing project area is 17.072 ha and 4 ha. will be acquired for the expansion project for ash dyke purpose. Gajmer RF (3.5 km, NE), Udanaa RF (9 km N) and Boirdadar RF (9 km. NE) are located within 10 km. area. Total cost of the project is Rs. 93.10 Crores. Rs. 10.71 Lakhs and Rs. 1.352 Lakhs will be earmarked towards total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures.

During expansion, Ferro Alloy Plant (10.8 MVA), Thermal Captive Power Plant (25 MW) and Bio-mass based power plant (14 MW) will be installed. Following are the details of existing and proposed plants.

S.N.	Name of product to be expanded	Proposed Capacity Expansion
Proposed facility :
1	Ferro Alloys plant	3x3.6 MVA (Ferro/Silico Manganese; 30,000 TPA)
2	Captive Power Plant	25 MW (Coal/rejects based Thermal Power Plant)
3	Bio-Mass Power Plant (existing 14 MW)	1 MW Additional through efficiency improvement
Existing facility :
4	Biomass Power Plant	14 MW (Rice Husk based Thermal Power Project)
5	Semi Finished Steel Plant under implementation	6x16 T (Induction Furnace with CCM 1,00,000 TPA)
6	Fly Ash Bricks Plant	19,800 TPA

Manganese ore, coke, Dolomite, Limestone and paste will be used as raw materials. Coal (1,58,400 TPA), washery rejects from the coal washeries, char, dolochar will be used as fuel to generate power (25 MW).

During expansion, ferro alloy plant (3x3.6 MVA) to produce 30,000 TPA ferro alloy such as ferro Manganese, Silico Manganese, Ferro chrome or Ferro silicon will be installed. CPP (25 MW) with AFBC route using coal, char, dolochar and coal shales to the existing bio-mass based Power Plant (14 MW) will be carried out to improve the efficiency to produce 25 MW power from bio-mass based power plant. Capacity of the biomass based CPP will be enhanced from 14 MW to 15 MW by implementing energy efficiency measures in the existing boiler and turbine itself without any change in the equipment or capital investment. Ingots and Billets (1,00,000 MTPA) from Sponge Iron, Pig iron, mild steel scrap are manufactured presently. Fly ash brick manufacturing facility (19,800 MTPA) also exists.

Gaseous emissions will be generated form CPP and ferro alloy plant. High efficiency ESP will be provided to CPP to control emissions within 50 mg/Nm³. Bag filters with conveyor will be provided at conveyors and all the transfer points. Bag filters will be provided to ferro alloy plant and induction furnace. Dust extraction system with bag filters will be provided to control fugitive emissions due to unloading and handling of coal and ash.

Total ground water requirement is revised to 247 m³/day instead of 400 m³/day proposed earlier, including 100 m³/day for the existing plant and have applied for the permission for drawl of 300 m³/day to the State Water resources Department. Air-cooled condenser will be installed to minimize water consumption. R.O. system will be installed for DM Water generation. Effluent treatment plant will be installed to treat back wash and pond sedimentation. All the treated wastewater will be neutralized and used for Ferro alloys slag quenching, coal moistening, fly ash brick making and green belt development. ‘Zero’ discharge will be adopted. The sewage effluent will be treated in Septic tank followed by soak pit and used for irrigation purpose.

Fly ash generation will increase from 22,000 TPA to 1,14,500 TPA whereas slag generation will increase from 10,000 TPA to 24,000 TPA. Fly ash from ESP will be used in existing fly ash brick plant to manufacture bricks and also gives to cement plants for PPC manufacturing. Slag from ferro alloy plant after granulation and bottom ash will be used for filling low lying areas. Used / waste oil will be sold to registered recyclers.

Greenbelt is proposed in 5.5 ha out of total 21.071 ha. but committee insisted for 33 % area for the green belt development. Coal and washery rejects from coal washeries, char, dolochar from sponge iron plants located in district will be used as fuel to generate power (25 MW). 15 MW power will be used for ferro alloy plant.

After deliberating on the facts presented before the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry) recommended the proposal for the preparation of EIA/EMP as per the following TORs:

1. Present land use based on satellite imagery should be incorporated.

2. Site-specific micro-meteorological data using temperature, relative humidity, hourly wind speed and direction and rainfall is necessary.

3. Location of National Park and Wild life sanctuary within 10 Km radius of the project should be included.

4. Permission and recommendations of the State Forest Department regarding impact of proposed expansion on the surrounding reserve forests viz. Gajmer RF (3.5 km, NE), Udanaa RF (9 km N) and Boirdadar RF (9 km. NE) etc. should be included.

5. List of raw material required and source should be included.

6. Design details of Submerged Arc Furnace, Bio-mass based Power Plant and Captive Power Plant and manufacturing process details should be included.

7. Ambient air quality at 8 locations within the study area of 3 km., aerial coverage from project site should be included. Location of one AAQMS should be in downwind direction.

8. Ambient air quality modeling for Ferro Alloy plant should be included.

9. One season data for gaseous emissions and inclusion of existing emission data should be ensured.

10. An action plan to control and monitor secondary fugitive emissions as per CPCB guidelines should be included.

11. Determination of atmospheric inversion level at the project site and assessment of ground level concentration of pollutants from the stack emission based on site-specific meteorological features.

12. ‘Permission’ for the drawl of 247 m³/day ground water from SGWB / CGWA should be obtained and incorporated. Water balance cycle data including quantity of effluent generated, recycled and reused and discharged should be incorporated.

13. Ground water monitoring minimum at 8 locations and also near solid waste dump zone should be carried out. Geological features and Geo-hydrological status of the study area and ecological status (Terrestrial and Aquatic) should be included.

14. Solid waste generation, storage, utilization and disposal should be included particularly related to the slag, R.O. reject and fly ash.

15. End use of solid waste and its composition should be covered. Toxic metal content in the waste material and its composition should also be incorporated particularly of slag.

16. Provision of Toxic Chemical Leachability Potential (TCLP) test for the slag and its end use should be included. Proposal for the proper disposal of slag should be mentioned.

17. Commitment that no Ferro chrome will be manufactured without prior approval of the Ministry.

18. Risk assessment and damage control should be included.

19. Occupational health of the workers should be incorporated.

20. An action plan to develop green belt in 33 % area should be included.

21. Scheme for rainwater harvesting should be incorporated.

22. Socio economic development activities should be in place.

23. Total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures should also be included.

24. A tabular chart for the issues raised and addressed during public hearing/public consultation should be provided.

25. Any litigation / court case pending against the proposal should also be included.

26. Compliance to the recommendations mentioned in the CREP guidelines should be included.

The Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry) decided that PAs may be communicated the above ‘TORs’ for the preparation of EIA/EMP. As soon as the draft EIA/EMP report is prepared as per the ‘General Structure of EIA’ given in Appendix III and IIIA in the EIA Notification, 2006, the same may be submitted by the PAs to the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) for conducting public hearing as per EIA Notification, 2006. On finalization of EIA/EMP prepared as per TORs addressing all concerns set out in EIA/EMP should be submitted to the MOEF for prior environmental clearance.

4.17 Expansion of Steel Plant at Village Marakuta & Pandari Pathar, Tehsil and District Jharsuguda, Orissa by M/s Action Ispat & Power (P) Ltd. (TOR)

The project authorities and their consultant gave a detailed presentation on the salient features of the project and proposed environmental protection measures to be undertaken alongwith the draft Term of References for the preparation of EIA/EMP. All the Integrated Steel Plants are listed S.N. 3(a) under category ‘A’ and appraised at the Central level.

M/s Action Ispat & Power (P) Ltd. have proposed for the expansion of Steel Plant at Village Marakuta & Pandari Pathar, Tehsil and District Jharsuguda, Orissa. Total existing land is 350 acres and 600 acres adjacent to the existing land will be used for expansion plant. However during presentation, PAs informed that total land required for the proposed expansion will be 20 acres in addition to the existing 350 acres. Therefore, total project area will be 370 acres. Total cost of the project is Rs. 284.00 Crores. Rs. 10.00 Crores and Rs. 1.00 Crores will be earmarked towards total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures. Environmental clearance for the existing plant is accorded by the Ministry in September, 2008. Following are the details of existing and proposed facilities:

S.N.	Plant	Facilities	Production (TPA)
(A) Existing Phase-I
1	DRI	4x350 TPD
2	Blast Furnace	4x100 TPD
3	Steel Melting Shop (SMS)	1x350 M³	3,00,000
	Induction Furnace	4x12T	8,00,000
	Arc Furnace	1 x 70 T
	LRF	1x100 T
	CCM	1x2 Strand; 2x3 Strand
4	Re-rolling Mill		5,00,000
5	Coal washery	450 TPH
6	Captive Power Plant
	WHRB	40 MW	148 MW
	FBB	108 MW	148 MW
(B) Proposed : Phase-II
1	Mini Blast Furnace	1 x 150 m³	1,00,000
2	Coke Oven Plant	--	3,00,000
3	Sinter Plant	1 x 25 m³	4,00,000
4	Ferro Alloy Plant	4x9 MVA	57,000

During presentation, PAs informed that following will be the existing and proposed facilities:

Facilities	Existing & Phase-I	Phase-II expansion
Sponge Iron	1,800 TPD	--
Power Plant WHRB AFBC	40 MW 108 MW	--
Blast Furnace	1x350 m³	1x150 m³
SMS	8,00,000 TPA	--
Rolling Mill	5,00,000 TPA	--
Coal washery	450 TPH	--
Coke Oven plant	--	3,00,000 TPA
Annular Sinter Plant	--	4,00,000 TPA (1x25 m³)
Ferro Alloy Plant	--	57,000 TPA (4x9 MVA)

S.N.	Plant	Facilities	Production (TPA)
(C) Existing Phase-I
1	DRI	4x350 TPD
2	Blast Furnace	4x100 TPD
3	Steel Melting Shop (SMS)	1x350 M³	3,00,000
	Induction Furnace	4x12T	8,00,000
	Arc Furnace	1 x 70 T
	LRF	1x100 T
	CCM	1x2 Strand; 2x3 Strand
4	Re-rolling Mill		5,00,000
5	Coal washery	450 TPH
6	Captive Power Plant
	WHRB	40 MW	148 MW
	FBB	108 MW	148 MW
(D) Proposed : Phase-II
1	Mini Blast Furnace	1 x 150 m³	1,00,000
2	Coke Oven Plant	--	3,00,000
3	Sinter Plant	1 x 25 m³	4,00,000
4	Ferro Alloy Plant	4x9 MVA	57,000

Iron ore fines (3,63,800 MT) Limestone (48,400 MT), Dolomite (2,96,000 MT) Coke Breeze (49,700 MT) for the Sinter Plant; Dry coal (3,90,000 TPA) for coke oven plant, iron ore lump (51,500 MT), Sinter (1,14,000 MT), Belt Coke (61000 MT), Quartzite (40,800 MT), Coal dust (21,000 MT); Ferro Alloy (Mn Ore 68,400 MT), Fe-Mn Slag (45,600 MT) Quartz (14,250 MT) Coal Breeze (22,800 MT), Coal (30,210 MT) and Dolomite (2,850 MT) will be used as raw materials.

In the proposed expansion, Pig iron through Blast Furnace, Coke through coke oven plant, Ferro alloys (Fe-Si & Fe-Mn) through submerged Arc Furnace and Sinter Plant to utilize iron ore fines will be installed.

In coke making process, bituminous coal will be fed to series of oven in absence of O₂. Volatile compounds are driven off and combustible gases and other by-products will be recovered. Coke oven gas contains tar, ammonia, Pnehol Naphthalene, light oil and sulfur which has to be removed before using coke gas as fuel for heating the ovens. The solid carbon remaining in the oven will be coke, which is quenched with water or by circulating an inert gas (N₂) through dry quenching. ESP will be provided to coke oven to remove tar. Ammonia will be separated from the tar decanter and sent to waste water treatment after ammonia recovery. Nephthlene will be removed in the separator. Light oil will be removed from the coke oven gas and will be fractioned to recover benzene, toluene and Xylene. Coke breeze will be reused in sinter plant.

Bag filters/fume extraction system and chimney will be provided to Coke oven plant. Gas cleaning plant, Dust extraction and suppression system will be provided to Ferro alloy plant. Hot gas from Blast furnace will be taken into WHRB and then passed through ESP/bagfilters for control of dust. ESP and dry fog dust suppression system will be provided to the proposed Sinter plant. Bag filters and cyclone will be provided to control dust emission in Raw material handling areas.

Total water requirement from the confluence of IB and Bhedan River will be 581 m³/hr. Closed-circuit re-circulation system will be installed. Zero discharge will be adopted. Liquid effluent will be treated in ETP for suspended solids, PH and oil and grease and treated wastewater will be recycled / reused for slag quenching, dust suppression and green belt development etc.

Coal char (760 TPD) will be used as fuel in FBB. Fly ash (2646 TPD) and BF slag (181 TPD) will be supplied to OCL (India) Ltd. IF/AF Slag, Ferro alloys slag will be used for road repairing/ for filling low lying area. Coal washery rejects /Fines will be directly used in FBB. BF slag will be further used for manufacturing ceramics. FA slag will be used for road repairing. Coal tar will be used for making black top road. Sludge from wastewater treatment plant will be disposed off at designated disposal site. Coke breeze will be used in sinter plant.

Out of 370 acres of entire project area, greenbelt will be developed in 112 acres. Silencers/ Mufflers will be provided to employees working in high noise generating areas. Power requirement of 41 MW for the proposed expansion will be met from Captive generation as well as from State grid. Furnace oil (50 KLPA) will be used as fuel.

After deliberations, PAs requested Committee for the exemption from the public hearing due to expansion of the proposal in the same campus. The Committee informed to the PAs that it is a major expansion involving installation of blast furnace, coke oven, ferro alloy plant, sinter plant etc. and public hearing is necessary. PAs also requested to consider the proposal for ferro alloy plant only and other items including blast furnace, coke oven and sinter plant separately. The Committee asked PAs to submit the proposal independently alongwith Form I and Pre-feasibility Report and will be considered in next meeting. The Committee also agreed to use the data collected last year for the existing plant for which environmental clearance was accorded by the Ministry in September, 2008. The EIA/EMP should include description of all the existing and proposed plants and data on air, water and solid waste should be updated to assess cumulative impact of the existing and proposed units. The proposal is differed till the revised proposal is submitted.

4.18 Steel Plant (Sponge Iron 1,20,000 TPA, Liquid Steel 1,25,000 TPA, Billets 1,20,000 TPA and Captive Power Plant (12 MW) at Village Benipur, District Purulia, West Bengal by M/s AIC Iron Industries Pvt. Ltd. (TOR)

The project authorities and their consultant gave a detailed presentation on the salient features of the project and proposed environmental protection measures to be undertaken alongwith the draft Term of References for the preparation of EIA/EMP. All the Integrated Steel plants are listed S.N. 3(a) under category ‘A’ and appraised at the Central level.

M/s AIC Iron Industries Pvt. Ltd. have proposed for the Steel Plant (Sponge Iron 1,20,000 TPA, Liquid Steel 1,25,000 TPA, Billets 1,20,000 TPA and Captive Power Plant (12 MW) at Village Benipur, District Purulia, West Bengal. Total land acquired for the proposed project is 21 acres and 29 acres is yet to be acquired. Therefore, total land area is 50 acres. Panchet RF, Bheti RF and Muktipur RF are located within 10 km radius. Total cost of the project is Rs. 110.00 Crores. Rs. 9.0 Crores and Rs. 0.20 Crores will be earmarked towards total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures. Following facilities will be installed.

Units	Capacity
DRI Plant	4x100 TPD
Captive Power Plant	12 MW
Induction Furnace	2x15 Tonne
LRF	2x15 Tonne
Continuous casting for billets

Following will be manufactured :

Unit	Capacity
DRI Plant	1,20,000 TPA
Power Plant WHRB (2x4 MW) AFBC (1x4 MW)	8 MW 4 MW
Liquid Steel	1,25,000 TPA
Continuous casting for billets	Finished Billet 1,20,000 TPA

DRI Unit, Steel Melting shop (SMS), continuous casting machine (CCM) and Captive Power Plant (CPP) will be installed. The sponge iron will be manufactured through DRI kilns, which will be used for making steel in Induction furnace. Waste heat of kiln gases will be used in WHRB – CPP.

ESP will be provided to Captive power plant to restrict the particulate matter within 100 mg/Nm³. The waste gases of DRI kiln will be used in WHRB based CPP (2x4 MW). The gases from DRI kiln will pass through dust settling chamber (DSC) and after burning chamber (ABC) before being used in WHRB. The fugitive dust emissions due to iron ore fines, coal fines and dolomite fines from the stock piles of raw material will be controlled by dust suppression system by water sprinkling. Primary emissions from the Induction furnace and Ladle furnace will be collected by fume extraction systems and taken through ductwork to a bagfilter. Suitable canopy willl be provided to induction furnace to minimize the fugitive emission. Dust extraction systems comprising of bag filters will be installed at material transfer points.

Total water requirement from River Damodar will be 664 m³/day instead of 4,735 m³/d proposed earlier and PAs have applied for permission of the same. Effluent treatment plant will be installed to remove suspended solids, neutralization of acidic water from DM plant and removal of oil and grease etc. PAs vide letter dated 28^th August, 2008 informed that Zero effluent discharge will be maintained.

Major quantity of Char from DRI kiln will be used in AFBC based CPP (1x4 MW). Excess char will be disposed for brick manufacturing. Slag will be sent to storage yard where it will be disoosed suitably. Ash, slag, dust, refractory debris, sludge etc. will be generated as solid waste. Dense phase ash handling system will be adopted.

Greenbelt will be developed in 33% of plant area.

After deliberating on the facts presented the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry) recommended the proposal for the preparation of EIA/EMP as per the following TORs :

1. Present land use should be prepared based on satellite imagery.

2. Location of national parks / wildlife sanctuary within 10 km. radius should specifically be mentioned.

3. ‘Proof’ / ‘Notification’ issued by the State Govt. if the project is located in notified industrial area.

4. Permission and recommendations of the State Forest Department regarding impact of proposed expansion on the surrounding reserve forests viz. Panchet RF, Bheti RF and Muktipur RF should be included.

5. Actual land requirement, classification of land, acquisition status, rehabilitation and resettlement as per the policy of the Govt. of West Bengal should be incorporated.

6. Site-specific micro-meteorological data using temperature, relative humidity, hourly wind speed and direction and rainfall should be collected.

7. A list of industries containing name and type in 25 km. radius should be incorporated.

8. Residential colony should be located in upwind direction.

9. List of raw material required and source should be included.

10. Manufacturing process details for all the plants viz. DRI Plant, Captive Power Plant, Induction Furnace, LRF, CCM etc. should be included.

11. Ambient air quality at 8 locations within the study area of 10 km., aerial coverage from project site with one AAQMS in downwind direction should be carried out.

13. Impact of the transport of raw material and finished product on the surrounding environment should be assessed and provided

15. Plant-wise air pollution control measures proposed for the control of gaseous emissions from all the sources should be incorporated.

16. A note on control of fugitive and secondary emissions from as per CPCB guidelines from all the sources should be incorporated.

17. One season data for gaseous emissions during winter season is necessary.

18. Permission for the drawl of 4,735 water from River Damodar from the concerned department and water balance data including quantity of effluent generated, recycled and reused and discharged should be provided. Methods adopted/to be adopted for the water conservation.

19. Surface water quality of nearby rivers (60 m upstream and downstream) and other surface drains at eight locations must be ascertained.

21. A note on treatment of wastewater from different plants including coke oven plant, recycle and reuse for different purposes should be included.

22. Action plan for solid/hazardous waste generation, storage, utilization and disposal particularly char and fly ash. Assurance that 100 % char will be used in the FBC boiler and copies of MOU regarding utilization of fly ash should be included.

23. Risk assessment and damage control needs to be addressed.

24. Occupational health of the workers needs elaboration.

25. Green belt development plan in 33 % area and a scheme for rainwater harvesting have to be put in place.

26. Socio-economic development activities need to be elaborated upon.

27. A note on identification and implementation of Carbon Credit project should be included.

28. An Action Plan for the implementation of the recommendations made for the Steel Plants in the CREP guidelines must be prepared.

29. Total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures should also be included.

30. A tabular chart for the issues raised and addressed during public hearing/public consultation should be provided.

31. Any litigation / court case pending against the proposal should also be included.

The Expert Committee (Industry) decided that PAs may be communicated the above ‘TORs’ for the preparation of EIA/EMP. As soon as the draft EIA/EMP report is prepared as per the ‘General Structure of EIA’ given in Appendix III and IIIA in the EIA Notification, 2006, the same may be submitted by the PAs to the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) for conducting public hearing as per EIA Notification, 2006. On finalization of EIA/EMP prepared as per TORs addressing all concerns set out EIA/EMP should be submitted to the MOEF for prior environmental clearance.

4.19 Integrated Steel Plant [Pig Iron (500 TPD), Sponge Iron (600 TPD), M.S. Bars / Structures (1,200 TPD), Ingots Billets (7,200 TPD)] alongwith Captive Power Plant (50 MW) at Sy. No. 32, 57-60, Village Wadaparthi, Mandal Bhongir, District Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh by M/s Novus Steels and Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. (TOR)

The project authorities and their consultant gave a detailed presentation on the salient features of the project and proposed environmental protection measures to be undertaken alongwith the draft Term of References for the preparation of EIA/EMP. All the Integrated Steel plants are listed S.N. 3(a) under category ‘A’ and appraised at the Central level.

M/s Novus Steels and Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. have proposed for the Integrated Steel plant Pig Iron (500 TPD), Sponge Iron (600 TPD), M.S. Bars / Structures (1,200 TPD), Ingots Billets (7,200 TPD) alongwith Captive Power Plant (50 MW) at Sy. No. 32, 57-60, Village Wadaparthi, Mandal Bhongir, District Nalgonda, A. P. Total land acquired is 41.04 acres. Total cost of the project is Rs. 700.00 Crores. Following will be installed and manufactured:

S.N.	Units	Capacity	Products	Production (TPD)
1	Blat Furnace	2x125 m³	Pig Iron/Molten metal	500
2	Sponge Iron	3x100 TPD	Sponge Iron	300
3	Re-rolling Mill	4x300 TPD	M.S. Bars	1,200
4	Induction Furnace	6 TPH x 6 with 12 crucibles one as stand-by	Ingot / Billets	7,200

During presentation, PAs informed that following will be installed and manufactured:

S.N.		Capacity	Products	Production (TPD)
1	Blat Furnace	2x128 m³	Pig Iron/Molten metal	500
2	Sponge Iron	6x100 TPD	Sponge Iron	600
3	Re-rolling Mill	4x300 TPD	M.S. Bars	1,200
4	Induction Furnace	10 TPH x 6 with 12 crucibles one as stand-by	Ingot / Billets	7,200
5	Captive Power Plant	AFBC -1x27 TPH WHRB -1x10 TPH	Power	50 MW

Hot metal will be produced in Blast furnace in counter current reactor where solid descends and hot gases ascend. Iron ore / lumps will be reduced in DRI kiln to produce sponge iron. In re-rolling mill, raw material will be fed to pre-heating furnace at 1150-1180⁰C to get M.S. Bars / structures. Sponge iron / scrap, fluxes, and ferro alloys will be used in IF at 1650⁰C to get the molten metal which will be refined in ladle refining furnace (LRF) and then transported to continuous casting machine (CCM) to cast molten metal into ingots / billets.

ESP will be provided to Sponge iron plant and FBC boiler to control particulate emission within 100 mg/Nm³. Bag filters will be provided to product separation/storage house, stock house, cooler discharge building, intermediate bins, coal injection building, coal and Iron ore crusher/screen house, etc. of Sponge iron plant. The hot gases from the IF will be controlled by special de-dusting equipment and then cooled in ventury scrubber and let out to atmosphere through a chimney.

Total water requirement from APIIC will be 798 m³/day. Heat exchanger will be provided for cooling. No sludge or liquid effluent is expected. Total power consumption will be 21.7 KW. Coal (143 TPD) will be used as fuel in FBC alongwith Coal char.

After deliberating on the facts presented the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry) recommended the proposal for the preparation of EIA/EMP as per the following TORs :

1. Present land use should be prepared based on satellite imagery.

2. Location of national parks / wildlife sanctuary within 10 km. radius should specifically be mentioned.

3. Permission and recommendations of the State Forest Department regarding impact of proposed expansion on the surrounding reserve forests, if any should be included.

4. Actual land requirement, classification of land, acquisition status, rehabilitation and resettlement as per the policy of the Govt. of A. P. should be incorporated.

5. Site-specific micro-meteorological data using temperature, relative humidity, hourly wind speed and direction and rainfall should be collected.

6. A list of industries containing name and type in 25 km radius should be incorporated.

7. Residential colony should be located in upwind direction.

8. List of raw material required and source should be included.

9. Design details and manufacturing process details for all the plants viz. Blast Furnace, Sponge Iron Plant, Induction Furnace, Re-Rolling Mill and Captive Power Plant (WHRB abd AFBC) etc. should be included.

10. Break-up of annual capacity of all the plants should be incorporated.

11. Ambient air quality at 8 locations within the study area of 10 km., aerial coverage from project site with one AAQMS in downwind direction should be carried out.

13. Impact of the transport of raw material and finished product on the surrounding environment should be assessed and provided

15. Plant-wise air pollution control measures proposed for the control of gaseous emissions from all the sources should be incorporated.

16. A note on control of fugitive and secondary emissions from as per CPCB guidelines from all the sources should be incorporated.

17. One season data for gaseous emissions during winter season is necessary.

18. Permission for the drawl of 798 m³/day water from APIIC from the concerned department and water balance data including quantity of effluent generated, recycled and reused and discharged should be provided. Methods adopted/to be adopted for the water conservation.

19. Surface water quality of nearby rivers (60 m upstream and downstream) and other surface drains at eight locations must be ascertained.

21. A note on treatment of wastewater from different plants, recycle and reuse for different purposes should be included.

23. MOU signed with the Cement manufacturers for utilizing granulated BF slag should be included.

24. Generation and utilization of waste/fuel gases from DRI and BF plant and their utilization in the CPP have to be set out.

25. Risk assessment and damage control needs to be addressed.

26. Occupational health of the workers needs elaboration.

27. Green belt development plan in 33 % area and a scheme for rainwater harvesting have to be put in place.

28. Socio-economic development activities need to be elaborated upon.

29. A note on identification and implementation of Carbon Credit project should be included.

30. An Action Plan for the implementation of the recommendations made for the Steel Plants in the CREP guidelines must be prepared.

31. Total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures should also be included.

32. A tabular chart for the issues raised and addressed during public hearing/public consultation should be provided.

33. Any litigation / court case pending against the proposal should also be included.

The Expert Committee (Industry) decided that PAs may be communicated the above ‘TORs’ for the preparation of EIA/EMP. As soon as the draft EIA/EMP report is prepared as per the ‘General Structure of EIA’ given in Appendix III and IIIA in the EIA Notification, 2006, the same may be submitted by the PAs to the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) for conducting public hearing as per EIA Notification, 2006. On finalization of EIA/EMP prepared as per TORs addressing all concerns set out EIA/EMP should be submitted to the MOEF for prior environmental clearance.

4.20 Expansion of Steel Plant at Gopalpur, Bamunara Industrial Estate, Gopalpur, Durgapur, District Burdwan, West Bengal by M/s Shyam Steel Industries Ltd (TOR)

Project authorities didn’t attend the meeting and it was decided that proposal should be considered afresh whenever requested by the PAs.

4.21 Expansion of Sponge Iron Plant (190 TPD to 290 TPD) and CPP (10 MW) at Angadpur, Durgapur, West Bengal by M/s Shyam Steel Industries Ltd.

PAs informed vide letter dated 16^thOctober, 2008 that they will not be going ahead with the proposed unit of 100 TPD. Project authorities didn’t attend the meeting. In view of the fact mentioned, file may be closed.

4.22 Sponge Iron Plant (66,000 TPA) alongwith Captive Power Plant (8 MW) at Survey No. 13, Village Nemakal, Mandal Bommanahal, District Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh by M/s S.L.V. Steels and Alloys Private Limited (TOR)

The project authorities and their consultant gave a detailed presentation on the salient features of the project and proposed environmental protection measures to be undertaken alongwith the draft Term of References for the preparation of EIA/EMP. All the Sponge iron Plants with > 200 TPD have been listed at S.N. 3(a) under Category ‘A’ and appraised at the Central level. Capacity of the proposed sponge iron plant is 200 TPD.

M/s S.L.V. Steels and Alloys Private Limited has proposed to set up a Sponge Iron Plant (66,000 TPA) alongwith Captive Power Plant (8 MW) at Survey No. 13, Village Nemakal, Mandal Bommanahal, District Ananthapur, A. P. Total land acquired for the proposed project will be 20.86 acres instead of 26.80 acres proposed earlier. Bellary RF (8.5 km NW), Hirehalu RF (9.8 km SW) and Mincheri RF (2.5 km NE) are located within 10 km radius of the proposed project. Hiredahalu is at a distance of 2.5 km from the proposed site. Interstate boundary of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka is at a distance of 3 km from the proposed site. Total cost of the project is Rs. 61.60 Crores instead of Rs. 61.90 Crores proposed earlier.

Sponge Iron Kiln (2x100 TPD), WHRB (2x10 TPH) and FBC Boiler (1x30 TPH) will be installed. Rotary Kiln will be provided for reduction of Iron ore into Sponge Iron at a temperature of 1000⁰C and 1050⁰C using non-coking coal as reductant. The kiln discharge after cooling will be fed to magnetic separators to separate Sponge Iron from Char. Steam generated from WHRB and FBC boiler will be used to generate power in Power plant.

Iron ore (400 TPD), Coal (200 TPD), and Dolomite (8 TPD) will be the raw materials required for Sponge Iron plant. Coal requirement for power plant will be 90 TPD).

Hot gases from the kiln will pass through a Dust settling chamber. Thereafter, the flue gases pass through an After burning chamber (ABC) where any combustibles present will be completely burnt in presence of excess air. The gases will then be led to a WHRB to generate steam for power generation. The gas will be cleaned in an ESP before letting them into the atmosphere through ID fan and a tall common stack. Flue gases from power plant will pass over various heat transfer surfaces to ESP and then finally discharged to chimney by ID fan. Fugitive dust will be collected by bag filters will be collected by bag filters at transfer points and by water sprinkling for transport related dust. The kiln and boiler stack emissions will be maintained at APPCB standards. Bag filters will be provided to raw material crusher, coal junction point, stock house, cooler discharge and product house to control dust emissions. Particulate emission from bag filters will be <50 mg/Nm³.

Total ground water requirement will be 170 KLD. Water requirement of cooling water circulation for Sponge Iron plant and power plant will be 100 KLD and 50 KLD, respectively. Blow down from the process are sent to ETP. Domestic effluent shall be sent to septic tank followed by soak pit. There will be no effluent from the process.

Dolochar (70 TPD) will be consumed in FBC boiler. Iron ore fines (32.5 TPD) will be reused in the process or sold to cement plants. Ash from boilers (83.6 TPD) will be sold to cement plants / fly ash manufacturers. Sludge from wet scrapper (2.3 TPD), solid waste generated from kiln and dust from bag filters (13.5 TPD) will be sold to brick manufacturers or used for landfill. Construction waste will be reused for filling. Used batteries and waste oil will be sent to authorized dealers. Domestic and commercial solid waste will be collected, segregated and disposed for reuse and to dumping yard.

Green belt will be developed in 6.88 acres out of the total plant area of 20.86 acres. Less noise generating equipments will be installed. Power requirement from Captive power plant is revised from 600 KVA to 1.8 MW.

After detailed deliberations, the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry) recommended the proposal for the preparation of EIA/EMP as per the following TORs:

1. Present land use should be prepared based on satellite imagery.

2. Actual land requirement, classification of land, current status of acquisition of land with break-up details (Government / Private / Forest land etc.), rehabilitation and resettlement as per the policy of the Govt. of A. P. should be incorporated.

3. Current status of construction activities should be included.

4. Location of national parks / wildlife sanctuary within 10 km. radius should specifically be mentioned.

5. Permission and recommendations of the State Forest Department regarding impact of proposed expansion on the surrounding reserve forests viz. Bellary RF (8.5 km NW), Hirehalu RF (9.8 km SW) and Mincheri RF (2.5 km NE) should be included.

6. A list of industries containing name and type in 25 km radius should be incorporated.

7. List of raw material required and source should be included.

8. Manufacturing process details of the Sponge Iron Plant should be included.

9. Site-specific micro-meteorological data using temperature, relative humidity, hourly wind speed and direction and rainfall should be collected.

10. Ambient air quality at 8 locations within the study area of 10 km., aerial coverage from project site with one AAQMS in downwind direction should be carried out.

12. Determination of atmospheric inversion level at the project site and assessment of ground level concentration of pollutants from the stack emission based on site-specific meteorological features.

13. Air quality modeling for Sponge Iron Plant and Captive Power Plant for specific pollutants needs to be done. APCS for the control of emissions from the kiln and WHRB should also be included.

14. Impact of the transport of the raw materials and end products on the surrounding environment should be assessed and provided.

15. An action plan to control secondary fugitive emissions as per latest standards issued by the Ministry in May, 2008 and monitoring should be included.

16. One season data for gaseous emissions other than monsoon season is necessary.

17. Permission for the drawl of 170 KLD ground water and water balance data including quantity of effluent generated, recycled and reused and discharged is to be provided. Methods adopted/to be adopted for the water conservation.

18. Surface water quality of nearby rivers (60 m upstream and downstream) and other surface drains at eight locations must be ascertained.

20. Action plan for solid/hazardous waste generation, storage, utilization and disposal particularly use of Char in FBC boiler should be included.

21. A plan for the utilization of gases in the WHRB for generating power should be incorporated.

22. Energy balance data for Sponge Iron Plant should be included.

23. Risk assessment and damage control needs to be addressed.

24. Occupational health of the workers needs elaboration.

25. Green belt development plan in 33 % area and a scheme for rainwater harvesting have to be put in place.

26. Socio-economic development activities need to be elaborated upon.

27. A note on identification and implementation of Carbon Credit project.

28. Total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures should also be included.

29. A tabular chart for the issues raised and addressed during public hearing/public consultation should be provided.

30. Any litigation / court case pending against the proposal should also be included.

31. Action Plan for the implementation of the recommendations made for the Sponge Plants in the CREP guidelines must be prepared.

The Expert Committee (Industry) recommended that the PAs may be communicated the above ‘TORs’ for the preparation of EIA/EMP. As soon as the combined draft EIA/EMP report is prepared as per the ‘General Structure of EIA’ given in Appendix III and IIIA in the EIA Notification, 2006, the same may be submitted by the PAs to the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) for conducting public hearing as per EIA Notification, 2006. On finalization of EIA/EMP prepared as per TORs and addressing and incorporating all concerns raised by public hearing / public consultation, the same should be submitted to the MOEF for prior environmental clearance.

4.23 Sponge Iron Plant (66,000 TPA) alongwith Captive Power plant (8 MW) at Survey No. 17A & 17B, Village Nemakal, Mandal Bommanahal, District Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh by M/s Ramanjaneya Ispat Pvt. Ltd. (TOR)

The project authorities and their consultant gave a detailed presentation on the salient features of the project and proposed environmental protection measures to be undertaken alongwith the draft Term of References for the preparation of EIA/EMP. All the Sponge iron Plants with > 200 TPD have been listed at S.N. 3(a) under Category ‘A’ and appraised at the Central level. Capacity of the proposed sponge iron plant is 200 TPD.

M/s Ramanjaneya Ispat Pvt. Ltd. has proposed to set up a Sponge Iron plant (66000 TPA) alongwith Captive Power plant (8 MW) at Survey No. 17A & 17B, Village Nemakal, Mandal Bommanahal, District Ananthapur, A. P. The land acquired for the proposed project will be 23.26 acres instead of 24.99 acres / 26.8 acres proposed earlier. Bellary RF (8.5 km NW), Hirehalu RF (9.8 km SW) and Mincheri RF (2.5 km NE) are located within 10 km radius of the proposed project. Hiredahalu is at a distance of 2.5 km from the proposed site. Interstate boundary of A. P. and Karnataka is at a distance of 3 km from the proposed site. Total cost of the project will be Rs. 61.60 Crores instead of Rs. 61.90 Crores proposed earlier.

Sponge Iron Kiln (2x100 TPD, 66000 TPA), WHRB (2x10 TPH, 4 MW) and Biomass based FBC Boiler (1x30 TPH, 4 MW) will be installed in the proposed plant.

Rotary Kiln will be provided for reduction of Iron ore in to Sponge Iron at a temperature of 1000⁰C and 1050⁰C using non-coking coal as reductant. The kiln discharge after cooling will be fed to magnetic separators to separate Sponge Iron from Char. Steam generated from WHRB and biomass based FBC boiler will be used to generate power in Power plant.

Iron ore (400 TPD), Coal (200 TPD), and Dolomite (8 TPD) will be the raw materials required for Sponge Iron plant. Coal requirement for power plant will be 90 TPD).

Hot gases from the kiln will pass through a Dust settling chamber and then through After burning chamber (ABC) where any combustibles present will be completely burnt in presence of excess air. The gases will then be led to a WHRB to generate steam for power generation. The gas will be cleaned in an ESP before letting them into the atmosphere through ID fan and a tall common stack of height 75 m. Flue gases from power plant will pass over various heat transfer surfaces to ESP and then finally discharged to chimney by ID fan. Fugitive Dust will be collected by bag filters will be collected by bag filters at transfer points and by water sprinkling for transport related dust. Exhaust emissions from vehicles and equipment deployed during construction phase will result in marginal increase in the levels of SO₂, NO_x,SPM and CO. The kiln and boiler stack emissions will be maintained at APPCB standards. Bag filters are attached to raw material crusher, coal junction point, stock house, cooler discharge and product house to control dust emissions. Particulate emission from bag filters will be <50 mg/Nm³.

Sludge from wet scrapper (2.3 TPD), solid waste generated from kiln and dust from bag filters (13.5 TPD) will be sold to brick manufacturers or used for landfill. Construction waste will be reused for filling. Any redundant machinery or equipment will be scrapped and disposed off to scrap dealers. Used batteries and waste oil will be sent to authorized dealers. Dolochar (70 TPD) will be consumed in FBC boiler. Iron ore fines (32.5 TPD) will be reused in the process or sold to cement plants, Ash from boilers (83.6 TPD) will be sold to cement plants / fly ash manufacturers.

Green belt will be developed in 7.70 acres out of the total plant area of 23.26 acres. Less noise generating equipments will be installed. Power requirement from Captive power plant is revised from 600 KVA to 1.8 MW.

After detailed deliberations, the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry) recommended the proposal for the preparation of EIA/EMP as per the following TORs:

1. Present land use should be prepared based on satellite imagery.

3. Exact location of the project Survey No. 16 B2 & 17 A or Survey No. 14/15 A/15 B/16 A should be mentioned.

4. Current status of construction activities should be included.

5. Location of national parks / wildlife sanctuary within 10 km. radius should specifically be mentioned.

6. Permission and recommendations of the State Forest Department regarding impact of proposed expansion on the surrounding reserve forests viz. Bellary RF (8.5 km NW), Hirehalu RF (9.8 km SW) and Mincheri RF (2.5 km NE) should be included.

7. A list of industries containing name and type in 25 km radius should be incorporated.

8. List of raw material required and source should be included.

9. Manufacturing process details of the Sponge Iron Plant should be included.

10. Site-specific micro-meteorological data using temperature, relative humidity, hourly wind speed and direction and rainfall should be collected.

11. Ambient air quality at 8 locations within the study area of 10 km., aerial coverage from project site with one AAQMS in downwind direction should be carried out.

13. Determination of atmospheric inversion level at the project site and assessment of ground level concentration of pollutants from the stack emission based on site-specific meteorological features.

14. Air quality modeling for Sponge Iron Plant and Captive Power Plant for specific pollutants needs to be done. APCS for the control of emissions from the kiln and WHRB should also be included.

15. Impact of the transport of the raw materials and end products on the surrounding environment should be assessed and provided.

16. An action plan to control secondary fugitive emissions as per latest standards issued by the Ministry in May, 2008 and monitoring should be included.

17. One season data for gaseous emissions other than monsoon season is necessary.

18. Permission for the drawl of 170 KLD ground water and water balance data including quantity of effluent generated, recycled and reused and discharged is to be provided. Methods adopted/to be adopted for the water conservation.

19. Surface water quality of nearby rivers (60 m upstream and downstream) and other surface drains at eight locations must be ascertained.

21. Action plan for solid/hazardous waste generation, storage, utilization and disposal particularly use of Char in FBC boiler should be included.

22. A plan for the utilization of gases in the WHRB for generating power should be incorporated.

23. Energy balance data for Sponge Iron Plant should be included.

24. Risk assessment and damage control needs to be addressed.

25. Occupational health of the workers needs elaboration.

26. Green belt development plan in 33 % area and a scheme for rainwater harvesting have to be put in place.

27. Socio-economic development activities need to be elaborated upon.

28. A note on identification and implementation of Carbon Credit project.

29. Total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures should also be included.

30. A tabular chart for the issues raised and addressed during public hearing/public consultation should be provided.

31. Any litigation / court case pending against the proposal should also be included.

32. Action Plan for the implementation of the recommendations made for the Sponge Plants in the CREP guidelines must be prepared.

4.24 Sponge Iron plant (66,000 TPA) alongwith Captive Power plant (8 MW) at Survey No. 14/15A/15B/16A, Village Nemakal, Mandal Bommanahal, District Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh by M/s Venkata Sai Ispat Industries Pvt. Ltd. (TOR)

The project authorities and their consultant gave a detailed presentation on the salient features of the project and proposed environmental protection measures to be undertaken alongwith the draft Term of References for the preparation of EIA/EMP. All the Sponge iron Plants with > 200 TPD have been listed at S.N. 3(a) under Category ‘A’ and appraised at the Central level. Capacity of the proposed sponge iron plant is 200 TPD.

M/s Venkata Sai Ispat Industries Pvt. Ltd. has proposed to set up a Sponge Iron plant (66000 TPA) alongwith Captive Power plant (8 MW) at Survey No. 16B2, 17A, 18A, 26A, Village Nemakal, Mandal Bommanahal, District Ananthapur, A. P. The land acquired for the proposed project will be 26.28 acres instead of 24.99 acres / 26.8 acres proposed earlier. Bellary RF (8.5 km NW), Hirehalu RF (9.8 km SW) and Mincheri RF (2.5 km NE) are located within 10 km radius of the proposed project. Hiredahalu is at a distance of 2.5 km from the proposed site. Interstate boundary of A. P. and Karnataka is at a distance of 3 km from the proposed site. Total cost of the project is Rs. 61.60 Crores instead of Rs. 61.90 Crores proposed earlier.

Sponge Iron Kiln (2x100 TPD, 66000 TPA), WHRB (2x10 TPH, 4 MW) and Biomass based FBC Boiler (1x30 TPH, 4 MW) will be installed in the proposed plant. Rotary Kiln will be provided for reduction of Iron ore in to Sponge Iron at a temperature of 1000⁰C and 1050⁰C using non-coking coal as reductant. The kiln discharge after cooling will be fed to magnetic separators to separate Sponge Iron from Char. Steam generated from WHRB and biomass based FBC boiler will be used to generate power in Power plant.

Iron ore (400 TPD), Coal (200 TPD), and Dolomite (8 TPD) will be the raw materials required for Sponge Iron plant. Coal requirement for power plant will be 90 TPD).

Excavated soil will be used for filling the basement of buildings and unleveled area. Domestic and commercial solid waste will be collected, segregated and disposed for reuse and to dumping yard. Sludge from wet scrapper (2.3 TPD), solid waste generated from kiln and dust from bag filters (13.5 TPD) will be sold to brick manufacturers or used for landfill. Construction waste will be reused for filling. Any redundant machinery or equipment will be scrapped and disposed off to scrap dealers. Used batteries and waste oil will be sent to authorized dealers. Dolochar (70 TPD) will be consumed in FBC boiler. Iron ore fines (32.5 TPD) will be reused in the process or sold to cement plants, Ash from boilers (83.6 TPD) will be sold to cement plants / fly ash manufacturers.

Greenbelt will be developed in 8.67 acres out of the total plant area of 26.28 acres. Less noise generating equipments will be installed. Power requirement from Captive power plant is revised from 600 KVA to 1.8 MW.