No.J-13011/62/2007-IA-II (T)
Government of India
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Paryavaran Bhawan
CGO Complex, Lodi Road
New Delhi-110003
To
M/s Vidarbha Industries Power Limited
Reliance
Energy Centre, Santacruz (E)
Mumbai-
400 055.
Sub: 300 MW (2x150 MW) Group Captive Thermal
Power Project at
Butibori, MIDC area,
District Nagpur, Maharashtra by M/s
Vidarbha Industries Power Ltd - Environmental Clearance Regarding.
The undersigned is directed to refer to your
communication no. nil dated
10.10.2007 on the above mentioned subject. Subsequent information
furnished vide letter no. VIPL/MOEF/08/001 dated 7th March, 2008 has
also been considered.
2. It is noted
that the proposal is for grant of environmental clearance for setting up of a 300 MW (2x150 MW) group captive thermal power
project at MIDC Industrial area, Butibori, District Nagpur, Maharashtra. The
coordinates of the project site are-
|
Point |
Latitude |
Longitude |
|
A |
200 55’ 31.20” N |
780 55’ 43.9” E |
|
B |
200 55’ 23.30” N |
780 56’ 6.90” E |
|
G |
200 55’ 58.70” N |
780 55’ 22.10” E |
|
H |
200 56’ 04.60” N |
780 56’ 19.80” E |
|
I |
200 55’ 07.10”N |
780 55’ 58.10” E |
The land requirement is 305 acres, which includes 66 acres for greenbelt and 80 acres for rail corridor. Coal requirement is 1.98 million TPA, which will be sourced from WCL and will be transported by rail. The water requirement is 25.5 mld which will be supplied by MIDC from Vadgaon Dam on Lower Vena river. Three seasonal nallas would be diverted along the site and will join Krishna Nallah in the down stream. No forest land is involved. The project has been exempted from public consultation being located in notified industrial zone. No ecologically sensitive area such as national park, wildlife sanctuary is reported within 10 Km radius from plant boundary. However, three reserve forests are within 10 km radius. Total cost of the project is Rs 1223.00 crores, which includes Rs 65.65 crores for environment protection measures.
3. The proposal has been considered and Ministry of Environment & Forests hereby accords environmental clearance to the said project under the provisions of Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 subject to implementation of the following terms and conditions:-
(i)
The total land
requirement for the project shall be restricted to 255.6 acres.
(ii)
The
R&R for the project-affected people including those due to the rail
corridor shall be carried out as per the norms and guidelines of the State
Government.
(iii)
Sulphur and ash contents in the coal to be
used in the project shall not exceed 0.7% and 41.6% respectively.
(iv) A bi-flue stack of not less than 220 m height with continuous online monitoring equipments for Sox, NOx and Particulate matter shall be provided. Exit velocity of flue gases shall not be less than 20 m/sec.
(v)
High
efficiency Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) shall be installed to ensure that particulate emission does not exceed
50 mg/Nm3.
(vi)
Fly ash shall be collected in dry form
and storage facility (silos) shall be provided. Fly ash shall be used in a phased manner as per provisions of the
notification on Fly Ash Utilization issued by the Ministry in September, 1999
and its amendment. By the end of 9th
year full fly ash utilization should be ensured. Unutilized fly ash shall be
disposed off in the ash pond in the form of High Concentration Slurry and the
bottom ash in conventional slurry mode.
(vii)
Ash pond shall be lined with suitable impervious lining. Adequate safety
measures shall also be implemented to protect the ash dyke from getting
breached.
(viii)
Adequate
dust extraction system such as cyclones/ bag filters and water spray system in
dusty areas such as in coal handling and ash handling points, transfer areas
and other vulnerable dusty areas shall be provided.
(ix)
Water requirement
shall not exceed 25.5 mld. No ground water shall be extracted for any activity
of the power project including construction phase of the project.
(x)
Closed cycle cooling system with cooling
towers shall be provided. COC of at
least 6 shall be adopted. The effluent
shall be treated to conform to the prescribed norms.
(xi)
The treated effluents
conforming to the prescribed standards shall be re-circulated and reused within
the plant. There shall be no discharge
outside the plant boundary except during monsoon for storm water. Arrangements
shall be made so that effluents and storm water do not get mixed.
(xii)
A sewage treatment
plant shall be provided and the treated sewage shall be used for raising
greenbelt/plantation.
(xiii)
Regular monitoring of
ground water in and around the ash pond area shall be carried out, records
maintained and six monthly reports shall be furnished to the Regional Office of
this Ministry.
(xiv)
The storm water
drainage shall be so designed and linked to the surface drainage so as to
preserve the natural drainage of the area.
(xv)
Rainwater
harvesting should be adopted. Central Groundwater Authority/ Board shall
be consulted for finalization of appropriate rainwater harvesting technology within a period of three months
from the date of clearance and details shall be furnished.
(xvi)
A
green belt of adequate width and density shall be developed around the plant
periphery covering about 66 acres of project area preferably with local
species.
(xvii)
Leq
of Noise levels emanating from turbines shall be limited to 75 dBA. For people working in the high noise area,
requisite personal protective equipment like earplugs/ear muffs etc. shall be
provided. Workers engaged in noisy areas such as steam & gas turbines, air
compressors etc shall be periodically examined to maintain audiometric record
and for treatment for any hearing loss including shifting to non noisy/less
noisy areas.
(xviii)
A plan for
conservation of Scheduled fauna reported in the study area shall be prepared in
consultation with State Forests and Wildlife Department within 3 months and
shall be implemented effectively.
Necessary allocation of funds for the same shall be made and included in
the project cost.
(xix)
Regular monitoring of
ground level concentration of SO2, NOx, SPM and RSPM shall be
carried out in the impact zone and records maintained. If at any stage these levels are found to
exceed the prescribed limits, necessary control measures shall be provided
immediately. The location of the
monitoring stations and frequency of monitoring shall be decided in
consultation with SPCB. There should be
at least one monitoring station in the pre-dominant downwind direction at a
distance of about 2.5 km where the maximum ground level concentration due to
emission from the stack is likely to occur.
Six monthly reports shall be submitted to the Regional Office of this
Ministry at Bhopal/SPCB/CPCB.
(xx)
Appropriate safeguard
measures shall be taken to guard against fire hazards in coal storage area. DMP
shall be prepared to handle such situation.
(xxi)
Storage facilities for
liquid fuel such as LDO and HFO, if any, shall be made in the plant area where
risk is minimum to the storage facilities. Adequate arrangement for risk
management shall be made in the Disaster Management Plan for the same. Mock
drills shall be conducted regularly as planed.
(xxii)
The
project proponent shall advertise in at least two local newspapers widely
circulated in the region around the project, one of which shall be in the
vernacular language of the locality concerned within seven days from the date
of this clearance letter, informing that the project has been accorded
environmental clearance and copies of clearance letter are available with
the State Pollution Control
Board/Committee and may also be seen at Website of the Ministry of Environment
and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in.
(xxiii)
A
separate environment management cell with qualified staff shall be set up for
implementation of the stipulated environmental safeguards.
(xxiv)
Half
yearly report on the status of implementation of the stipulated conditions and
environmental safeguards shall be submitted to this Ministry/ Regional
Office/CPCB/SPCB.
(xxv)
Regional
Office of the Ministry of Environment & Forests located at Bhopal will
monitor the implementation of the stipulated conditions. A complete set of
documents including Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Environment
Management Plan along with the additional information submitted from time to
time shall be forwarded to the Regional Office for their use during monitoring.
(xxvi)
Separate
funds shall be allocated for implementation of environmental protection
measures along with item-wise break-up. These cost shall be included as part of
the project cost. The funds earmarked for the environment protection measures
shall not be diverted for other purposes and year-wise expenditure should be
reported to the Ministry.
(xxvii)
The
project authorities shall inform the Regional Office as well as the Ministry
regarding the date of financial closure and final approval of the project by
the concerned authorities and the dates of start of land development work and
commissioning of plant.
(xxviii)Full cooperation shall be
extended to the Scientists/Officers from the Ministry / Regional Office of the
Ministry at Bhopal/the CPCB/the SPCB who would be monitoring the compliance of
environmental status.
4. The
Ministry of Environment and Forests reserves the right to revoke the clearance
if conditions stipulated are not implemented to the satisfaction of the
Ministry. MOEF may impose additional environmental conditions or modify the
existing ones, if necessary.
5. The
environmental clearance accorded shall be valid for a period of 5 years to start of production operations by the power
plant.
6. In case of any deviation or alteration in the project proposed from those submitted to this Ministry for clearance, a fresh reference should be made to the Ministry to assess the adequacy of the condition(s) imposed and to add additional environmental protection measures required, if any.
7. The
above stipulations would be enforced among others under the Water (Prevention
and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, the Air (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act, 1981, the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and rules there
under, Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989 and its
amendments, the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 and its amendments.
8. 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.
(Dr. S.K.
AGGARWAL)
DIRECTOR
Copy to:
1.
The Secretary,
Ministry of Power, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001.
2.
The Secretary, Department of
Energy and Environment, Govt. of Maharashtra, Mantralaya, Mumbai-400032,
Maharashtra.
3. The Chairman, Central Electricity Authority, Sewa Bhawan, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066.
4. The Chairman, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Kalptaru point,
3rd & 4th Floor Sion Matunga Scheme Road No. 8,Opp.
Cine Planet Cinema, near Sion Circle, Sion (East), Mumbai-400022 - with
request to display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional Office,
District Industries Centre and Collector’s office for 30 days.
5. The Chairman, Central Pollution Control
Board, Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-cum-Office Complex, East Arjun Nagar, Delhi-110032.
6. The Chief Conservator of Forests, Western
Regional Office, Ministry of Environment & Forests, E-3/240, Arera Colony,
Bhopal-462016.
7.
Director (EI), MOEF
8. Guard file.
9. Monitoring file.
(Dr. S.K.
AGGARWAL)
DIRECTOR