F. No.
J-11011/691/2007- IA II (I)
Government of India
Ministry of Environment and Forests
(I.A. Division)
Paryavaran Bhawan
CGO Complex, Lodhi Road
New Delhi ? 110 003
E-mail : pb.rastogi@nic.in
Telefax
: 011: 2436 7668
Dated 11th May, 2010
To,
The Managing Director
M/s Tata Steel Ltd.
Jamshedpur ? 831 001
Jharkhand
E-mail : lanant@tatasteel.com / sb.prasad@tatasteel.com
/ chanakya@tatasteel.com
;
Fax No. : 0657?2424098 / 011 ? 233226265 /
0657-2270751;
Subject: Expansion of Steel Plant (6.8 MTPA to 9.7 MTPA, Crude Steel
Production) at Tata Steel Works, Jamshedpur, District East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
by M/s
Tata Steel Ltd. - Environment
clearance reg.
Ref. : Your letter no. TSLDEL/344/2010 dated 31st
August, 2009.
Sir,
This has reference to your letter no. TSLDEL/344/2010 dated
31st August, 2009 alongwith Form I,
Pre-feasibility Report, draft Terms of References and EIA/EMP and subsequent
clarifications furnished by you vide your letters 29th December,
2009, 5th January, 2010 8th
& 15th March, 2010 for
environmental clearance on the above mentioned project.
2.0 The Ministry of Environment and Forests has examined the
application. It is noted that proposal is for the expansion of Steel Plant (6.8 MTPA to 9.7 MTPA, Crude Steel Production) at Tata Steel
Works, Jamshedpur, District East Singhbhum, Jharkhand by M/s Tata Steel Ltd. M/s Tata
Steels Ltd. The project will be located within the existing campus in 717 ha.
Total land acquired is 5,094 ha. and no
additional land will be acquired. Jora Pahar PF, Sand Pacha Rahar PF, Deluse RF
are located within 10 km. radius. Environmental clearance for the steel plant
(5.0 to 6.8 MTPA) has been accorded vide letter no. J-11011/317/2006 IA(II)(I)
dated 16th April, 2007. Total cost of the project is Rs. 14,800.00 Crores. Following
will be the configuration of the steel plant:
|
S.N. |
Plant / Product |
Existing (6.8 MTPA) |
Proposed (9.7 MTPA) |
|
1. |
Coke ovens |
2.3 |
3.4 |
|
2. |
Sinter Plant |
7.6 |
8.0 |
|
3. |
Pellet Plant |
- |
6.0 |
|
4. |
Blast Furnace (Hot Metal) |
7.2 |
10.55 |
|
5. |
Steel Making (Crude Steel) |
6.8 |
9.7 |
|
6. |
Long products |
1.24 |
1.24 |
|
7. |
Flat products |
3.04 |
5.83 |
|
8. |
Semis |
2.32 |
2.37 |
After proposed expansion, the
product-mix will be as under:
|
Plants |
Present |
Post
6.8 MTPA Growth plan (under construction) (MTPA) |
Post
9.7 MTPA Expansion Project (MTPA) |
|
Intermediate products |
|||
|
Hot Metal |
5.3 |
7.2 ±5% |
10.55 ±5% |
|
Crude Steel |
5.0 |
6.8 ±5% |
9.7±5% |
|
Saleable Products |
|||
|
Long Products |
1.24 |
1.24 ±5% |
1.24±5% |
|
Flat products |
2.90 |
3.04 ±5% |
5.83±5% |
|
Semis |
0.63 |
2.32±5% |
2.37 ±5% |
Following will be done during the proposed
expansion:
A.
New Production
facilities under Expansion Project :
i) Coke Oven battery # 10 & 11 of capacity 0.7 MTPY each
alongwith by-product recovery plant
ii) Pellet plant (PP) of capacity 6.0 MTPY
iii) Blast furnace ?I? of capacity 3.05 MTPY
iv) LD #3 Shop with crude steel production capacity 2.4 MTPY
v) Thin slab casting & rolling (TSCR) with production
capacity of 2.34 MTPY hot strip coils
vi) Two (2) No. twin-shaft lime kiln of capacity 600 TPD each
i)
Augmentation of hot strip mill (HSM) from
3.10 to 3.55 MTPY
ii)
Enhancing LD#2 shop production by 0.5 MTPY
iii)
Upgrading blast furnaces ?C? from 0.23 to
0.70 MTPY hot metal production capacity
iv)
Increasing hot metal production from ?F-H?
furnaces by 1.4 MTPY.
v)
Enhancing sinter production from SP#1-3 by an
additional 0.1 MTPY
vi)
Suitable modifications in raw material &
handling section (RMHS) for new as well as upgraded facilities
i) Blast furnace # ?A-B? and ?D-E? (4 Nos.)
ii) Top charge battery # 3
3.0 Conventional
BF?BOF route of steel making followed by thin slab casting and rolling will be
used. No change will be made in the existing coke making facility and
additional requirement will be sourced from Haldia Metcoke Plant, West Bengal
and other sources. No additional sinter
plant will be installed. Iron ore fines will be used in BF in iron making in pelletization
plant (6.0 MTPA). No other new mill
except TSCR mill will be installed. Two lime calciners will be installed. After
upgradation and modification, hot metal (10.2 MTPA) will be produced and steel
production will be enhanced to 9.7 MTPA.
4.0 Electrostatic precipitators (ESPs), bag
house, bag filters, high pressure liquor aspiration
(HPLA) extraction system, fume extraction
system, covered conveyors, dry fog dust suppression system, water sprinkling will
be provided to control
particulate emissions within 50 µg/m3. City road traffic
decongestion plan prepared will be implemented to decongest the city and reduce
emission in the city. By product fuel gases e.g. coke oven gas, BF gas and LD
gas will be reused in the plant itself. Total water requirement from River Subarnarekha will be 33.3 MGD.
Permission for the drawl of 227 MGD water is obtained vide letter dated 7.1.1992.
All the wastewater from various units will be treated in common effluent
treatment plant (CETP) and recycled/reused for slag quenching, dust
suppression, dry fog operation, road cleaning and green belt development etc. The
water consumption will be 5.7 m3/T at 9.7 MTPY stage. The phenolic effluent
from the coke oven will be treated in BOD plant. No additional treated
wastewater will be released out of the premises and ?Zero? discharge will be
adopted. All the BF slag will be
granulated and sold to the cement manufacturers. LD slag will
be used in sinter plant, blast furnaces and LD convertor, aggregated making,
road ballast making, soil conditioning etc. Flue dust will be
recycled within the plant. Mill scales, LD sludge, lime fines and flue dust will
be recycled back to the sinter plant. The coal tar sludge and BOD sludge will
be recycled for coke making. Chromium sludge will be disposed in a HDPE lined
pit within the premises. Jugsalai muck dump (JMD) will be reclaimed in a time
bound manner.
4.0 Public hearing/Public consultation meeting was conducted
on 18th June, 2009.
5.0. The Ministry of Environment and Forests hereby accords environmental clearance to the above project under the provisions of EIA Notification dated 14th September, 2006 subject to strict compliance of the following specific and general conditions:
A. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS :
i)
Compliance to all the specific and
general conditions stipulated for the existing plant by the Central/State Govt.
shall be ensured and regular reports submitted to the Ministry and its Regional
Office at Bhubaneswar.
ii)
Efforts shall be made to reduce RSPM levels in the ambient air and a time bound action plan shall
be submitted. On-line ambient air quality monitoring and continuous stack monitoring facilities
for all the stacks shall be provided and sufficient air pollution control
devices viz. Electrostatic precipitator (ESP), bag house, gas cleaning plant, bag filters etc. shall be provided to
keep the emission levels below 50 mg/Nm3 by installing energy
efficient technology. Low NOx burners shall be installed to control NOx
emissions. At no time, the emission
level shall go beyond the prescribed standards. Interlocking facilities shall
be provided so that process can be automatically stopped in case emission level
exceeds the limit.
iii)
Existing electrostatic precipitator (ESP) shall be upgraded and
provided to new units to control gaseous emissions within 50 mg/Nm3.
ESPs shall
be provided to pellet plant, cast house and stock of blast furnaces and LD#3
shop. Waste gas from the drying and grinding unit of pellet plant shall
be cleaned by bag filters. Adequate provisions shall be made to control NOx emissions. Bag house
shall be provided to Lime kilns. Data on
ambient air quality stack emissions and fugitive emissions shall regularly
submitted to the Ministry?s Regional Office at Bhubaneswar, Jharkhand Pollution
Control Board (JPCB) and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) once in six
months.
iv)
Land based fume extraction system shall be
provided to coke oven battery # 10 and 11 to arrest fugitive emissions during
charging and pushing operations. The
coke oven gas shall be desulphurized by reduction of H2S content of
coke oven gas in the by-product recovery section to below 500 mg/Nm3.
On-line charging
with high pressure liquor aspiration (HPLA) for extraction of oven gas, leak proof oven doors, hydraulic door and door frame
cleaner, water sealed AP caps
and charging & pusher side emission extractor device shall be provided for
the coke oven batteries to maintain VOC emissions within permissible limit.
Land based fume extraction system for pushing emission control from coke ovens
shall be provided.
v)
All the standards prescribed for the coke oven plants shall be
followed as per the latest guidelines. Proper and full utilization of coke oven
gases in power plant using heat recovery steam generators shall be ensured and
no flue gases shall be discharged into the air. Sulphur shall be recovered from
the coke oven gases from new product plant.
vi)
Only dry quenching method in the coke oven in new battery # 10 & 11 shall be
adopted.
vii)
The National Ambient Air Quality Emission Standards issued by the
Ministry vide G.S.R. No. 826(E) dated 16th November, 2009 shall be
followed.
viii)
In-plant control measures for checking fugitive emissions from all
the vulnerable sources including bag filters and fume extraction system shall
be provided. Dry fog dust suppression system / water
sprinkling system shall be provided in raw material handling areas to control
fugitive dust emissions. Fugitive emissions from different sources shall also
be controlled by covered conveyors, water sprinkling in open yards and with dry
fogging in the closed zones. Further, specific measures like asphalting
of the roads within premises shall be carried out to control fugitive
emissions. Fugitive emissions shall be controlled, regularly monitored and
records maintained.
ix)
Gaseous emission levels including secondary fugitive emissions from all the sources shall be
controlled within the latest permissible limits issued by the Ministry and
regularly monitored. Guidelines / Code of Practice issued by the CPCB shall be
followed. New standards issued by the
Ministry vide G.S.R. 414(E) dated 30th May, 2008 shall be
followed.
x)
As proposed, traffic decongestion plan shall
be implemented in a time bound manner to reduce emissions in the Jamshedpur
city and separate budget shall be allocated for implementing the same. Maximum
inbound and out bound material movement shall be done by railway wagons only to
reduce dust emissions. Measures like covered conveyors for handling of bulk
materials, centralized screening of iron ore, rationalization of weighing
system, use of higher capacity vehicles etc. shall be adopted to reduce dust
emissions. Mechanized vacuum cleaning of arterial roads shall be carried out on
regular basis to further reduce dust emissions.
xi)
Vehicular pollution due to
transportation of raw materials and finished products shall be
controlled. Proper arrangements shall also be made to control dust emissions
during loading and unloading of the raw material and finished product.
xii)
As proposed, total water requirement from River Subarnarekha shall not exceed 33.3 MGD although permission for 227 MGD water is obtained vide letter dated 7th January, 1992. Closed circuit cooling system shall be
provided to reduce further water consumption. All the wastewater from various units shall be
treated in the common effluent treatment plant (CETP) for primary, secondary
and tertiary treatment shall be either recycled or used for dust
suppression, slag quenching and green belt development etc. within the lease
hold area within the lease hold area. The phenolic effluent from the by-product recovery
section of coke oven battery # 10 and 11 shall be treated in BOD plant. Wastewater
containing suspended solids shall be passed through clarifloculation plant to
recover and reuse the clarified water for cooling or cleaning. Mill effluent
containing oil and suspended solids shall be passed through oil skimmers and
filter press. No treated wastewater shall be released out the premises and
?Zero? discharge shall be adopted by recycling all the treated water in the
plant itself including from the existing plant.
xiii)
Efforts shall be made to make use of rain water harvested. If
needed, capacity of the reservoir shall be enhanced to meet the maximum water
requirement. Only balance water requirement shall be met from other sources.
xiv)
Continuous monitoring of Total Organic
Compounds (TOC) in the wastewater treated in BOD plant from the coke oven plant
shall be done at the outlet of ETP (BOD plant). All the treated wastewater
shall be monitored for pH, BOD, COD, oil & grease, cyanide, phenolic
compounds, Chromium+6 etc. besides other relevant parameters.
xv)
Regular monitoring of influent and effluent surface, sub-surface
and ground water shall be ensured and treated wastewater shall meet the norms
prescribed by the State Pollution Control Board or described under the E(P) Act
whichever are more stringent. Leachate study for the effluent generated and
analysis shall also be regularly carried out and report submitted to the
Ministry?s Regional Office at Bhubaneswar,
Jharkhand SPCB and CPCB.
xvi)
?Zero? effluent discharge shall be strictly followed and no
additional wastewater shall be discharged outside the premises. Domestic
wastewater shall be treated in septic tanks followed by soak pit and used for
green belt development.
xvii)
As proposed, the water consumption shall not exceed 5.7 m3/Ton of steel at 9.7 MTPHY
stage.
xviii)
All the blast furnace (BF)
slag shall be granulated and provided to cement manufacturers for
further utilization in cement making as per the MOUs signed with
various companies including M/s Lafarge, M/s Eco-cement & M/s ACC. LD slag after
metal recovery shall be used in sinter
plant, blast furnaces and LD convertor, aggregates making, road ballast making,
soil conditioning etc. All the flue dust
generated shall be recycled within the plant to the maximum
extent. Mill scales, LD sludge, lime fines and flue dust shall be recycled back to the sinter plant. The BF gas cleaning
plant sludge shall be used for manufacturing briquettes.
xix)
As proposed, coal tar sludge and BOD sludge
shall be recycled for coke making by mixing with the coal charge and used in
the coke ovens. Chromium sludge shall be disposed in a HDPE lined secured
landfill as per the CPCB guidelines within the
complex. All the other solid waste including broken refractory mass shall be properly disposed off in
environment-friendly manner. Oily waste and spent oil shall be provided to authorized
recyclers/reprocessors.
xx)
All the slag shall be used for land filling inside the plant or
used as building material only after passing through Toxic Chemical
Leachability Potential (TCLP) test.
Toxic Chromium sludge and other hazardous substances recovered from the
slag and output waste shall be disposed off in secured landfill as per CPCB
guidelines.
xxi)
As proposed, Jugsalai muck dump (JMD) shall
be reclaimed in a time bound manner by covering the dump site with geo-netting
and vegetation alongwith localized water harvesting.
xxii)
A time bound action plan shall be submitted to reduce solid waste,
its proper utilization and disposal to the Ministry?s Regional Office at Bhubaneswar, Jharkhand SPCB and CPCB.
xxiii)
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
shall be submitted to the Ministry?s Regional Office at Bhubaneswar, Jharkhand SPCB and CPCB.
xxiv)
Proper utilization of fly ash shall be ensured as per Fly Ash
Notification, 1999 and subsequent amendment in 2003. All the fly ash shall be
provided to cement and brick manufacturers for further utilization and
?Memorandum of Understanding? shall be submitted to the Ministry?s Regional
Office at Bhubaneswar.
xxv)
A Risk and Disaster Management Plan alongwith the mitigation
measures shall be prepared and a copy submitted to the Ministry?s Regional
Office at Bhubaneswar, Jharkhand
SPCB and CPCB within 3 months of issue of environment clearance letter.
xxvi)
As proposed, green belt
shall be developed in more than 33 % area within and around the plant
premises as per the CPCB guidelines in consultation with DFO.
xxvii)
Prior permission from the State
Forest Department shall be taken regarding likely impact of the
expansion of the proposed steel plant on the reserve forests. Measures shall be
taken to prevent impact of particulate emissions / fugitive emissions, if any
from the proposed plant on the surrounding reserve forests viz. Jora Pahar PF, Sand Pcha Rahar PF, Deluse RF located
within 10 km radius of the project. Further, Conservation Plan for the conservation of wild fauna in
consultation with the State Forest Department shall be prepared and
implemented.
xxviii)
All the recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate
Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for the Steel Plants shall be implemented
xxix)
All the commitments made to the public during the Public Hearing /
Public Consultation meeting held on 18th June, 2009 shall be
satisfactorily implemented and a
separate budget for implementing the same shall be allocated and information
submitted to the Ministry?s Regional Office at Bhubaneswar.
xxx)
At least 5 % of the total cost of the
project i.e. Rs. 750.00 Crores shall be earmarked towards the corporate social
responsibility and item-wise details alongwith time bound action plan shall be
prepared and submitted to the Ministry?s Regional Office at Bhubaneswar.
Implementation of such program shall be ensured accordingly in a time bound
manner.
xxxi)
The company shall provide housing for construction labour within
the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for
cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe
drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form
of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.
B. GENERAL CONDITIONS:
i.
The project authorities must strictly
adhere to the stipulations made by the Jharkhand Pollution Control Board (JPCB)
and the State Government.
ii.
No further expansion or modifications
in the plant should be carried out without prior approval of the Ministry of
Environment and Forests.
iii.
The gaseous emissions from various
process units shall conform to the load/mass based standards notified by this
Ministry on 19th May, 1993 and standards prescribed from time to
time. The state Board may specify more stringent standards for the relevant
parameters keeping in view the nature of the industry and its size and
location.
iv.
At least four ambient air quality
monitoring stations shall be established in the downward direction as well as
where maximum ground level concentration of SPM, SO2 and NOX
are anticipated in consultation with the Jharkhand PCB. Data on ambient air
quality and stack emission should be regularly submitted to this Ministry
including its Regional Office at Bhubaneswar and the Jharkhand PCB/CPCB once in
six months.
v.
Industrial wastewater
shall be properly collected, treated so as to conform to the standards
prescribed under GSR 422 (E) dated 19th May, 1993 and 31st
December, 1993 or as amended form time to time. The treated wastewater shall be
utilized for plantation purpose.
vi.
The overall noise levels
in and around the plant area shall be kept well within the standards (85 dBA)
by providing noise control measures including acoustic hoods, silencers,
enclosures etc. on all sources of noise generation. The ambient noise levels should conform to
the standards prescribed under EPA Rules, 1989 viz. 75 dBA (daytime) and 70 dBA
(nighttime).
vii.
Occupational Health
Surveillance of the workers shall be done on a regular basis and records
maintained as per the Factories Act.
viii.
The company shall develop
surface as well as ground water harvesting structures to harvest the rainwater
for utilization in the lean season besides recharging the ground water table.
ix.
The project proponent
shall also comply with all the environmental protection measures and safeguards
recommended in the EIA/EMP report. Further, the company must undertake socio-economic
development activities in the surrounding villages like community development
programmes, educational programmes, drinking water supply and health care etc.
x.
As proposed, Rs.
2,107.00 Crores and Rs. 60.00 Crores shall
be earmarked towards total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for
environmental pollution control measures and judiciously utilized to implement
the conditions stipulated by the Ministry of Environment and Forests as well as
the State Government. The funds so
provided shall not be diverted for any other purpose.
xi.
The Regional Office of this Ministry
at Bhubaneswar / CPCB / Jharkhand SPCB will monitor the stipulated
conditions. A six monthly compliance
report and the monitored data along with statistical interpretation shall be submitted
to them regularly.
xii.
The Project Proponent shall inform the
public that the project has been accorded
environmental clearance by the Ministry and copies of the clearance letter are
available with the JSPCB and may also be seen at Website of the Ministry of
Environment and Forests at http:/envfor.nic.in. This shall be advertised within
seven days from the date of issue of the clearance letter, at least in two
local newspapers that are widely circulated in the region of which one shall be
in the vernacular language of the locality concerned and a copy of the same
shall be forwarded to the Regional office.
xiii.
A copy of clearance letter
shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parishad /
Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the local NGO, if any, from whom
suggestions / representations, if any, were received while processing the
proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the web site of the company
by the proponent.
xiv.
The project proponent
shall upload the status of compliance of the stipulated environment clearance
conditions, including results of monitored data on their website and shall
update the same periodically. It shall
simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the MOEF, the respective Zonal
Office of CPCB and the JPCB. The
criteria pollutant levels namely; SPM, RSPM, SO2, NOx (ambient
levels as well as stack emissions) or critical sectoral parameters, indicated
for the projects shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location near
the main gate of the company in the public domain.
xv.
The project proponent
shall also submit six monthly reports on the status of the compliance of the
stipulated environmental conditions including results of monitored data (both
in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Regional Office of MOEF at
Bhubaneswar, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the JPCB. The Regional
Office of this Ministry at Bangalore / CPCB / JPCB shall monitor the stipulated
conditions.
xvi.
The environmental
statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is
mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State
Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules,
1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company
alongwith the status of compliance of environmental conditions and shall also
be sent to the respective Regional Offices of the MOEF by e-mail.
xvii.
Project authorities shall
inform the Regional Office as well as the Ministry, the date of
financial closure and final approval of the project by the concerned
authorities and the date of commencing the land development work.
6.0. The Ministry may revoke or suspend the
clearance, if implementation of any of the above conditions is not
satisfactory.
7.0. The
Ministry reserves the right to stipulate additional conditions if found
necessary. The Company in a time bound manner shall implement these conditions.
8.0. Any appeal against this environmental
clearance shall lie with the National Environment Appellate Authority, if
preferred within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 11 of the
National Environment Appellate Act, 1997.
9.0. The above conditions shall be enforced,
inter-alia under the provisions of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution)
Act, 1974, the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling)
Rules, 2003 and the Public (Insurance) Liability Act, 1991 along with their
amendments and rules.
(Dr. P.
B. Rastogi)
1.
The
Secretary, Department of Environment, Govt. of Jharkhand, Jharkhand.
2.
Chairman,
Central Pollution Control Board, Parivesh Bhavan, CBD-cum-Office Complex, East
Arjun Nagar, New Delhi ? 110 032.
3.
Chairman,
Jharkhand Pollution Control Board, Jharkhand, Town Administrative Building,
H.E.C., Dhruwa, Raanchi - 824004, Jharkhand.
4.
The
Chief Conservator of Forests (Eastern), Regional Office (EZ), A/3,
Chandrasekharpur, Bhuvaneswar - 751 023, Orissa.
5.
Adviser
(IA-II), Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex,
New Delhi.
6.
Monitoring
Cell, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, New
Delhi.
7.
Monitoring
Cell
8.
Guard
File.
9.
Record
File.
(Dr. P.
B. Rastogi)
Director