EC Compliance Report

EC COMPLIANCE

(APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 2017)

FOR

EXPNASION OF CEMENT PLANT (15,000 TPA TO 45,000 TPA)

VILLAGE PATTI NATHA SINGH, TEHSIL PAONTA SAHIB, DISTRICT SRIMOUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH

DECEMBER, 20 17 (Issue 1, Rev 0, December 2017)

Submitted by:

M/s AMBASSADOR CEMENT LTD.

COMPLIANCE (APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 2017) TO ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR EXPANSION OF CEMENT PLANT (15,000 TPA to 45,000 TPA) AT VILLAGE PATTI NATHA SINGH, TEHSIL PAONTA SAHIB, DISTRICT SRIMOUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH OF M/s AMBASSADOR CEMENT LTD. RECEIVED VIDE LETTER NO. J-11011/569/2010-IA II(I) DATED 14.10.2015

Sl. Conditions Stipulated in Environmental Clearance Compliance to the Conditions No. A. Specific Condition: i. The project proponent should install 24x7 air monitoring The project is a small scale project. The installation and devices to monitor air emission and submit report to maintenance of 24x7 air monitoring device to monitor air Ministry and its Regional Office. emission is not economically feasible. Hence, the ambient air quality in the project is monitored periodically along with the monitoring around the project. The reports of the same is given in Annexure-2 ii. Prior clearance from the Standing Committee of the As per the Himalayan Surveying Services, Ambassador National Board for Wildlife shall be obtained due to Cements Ltd. Is situated at 77°39’39.04” E, 30°27’21.349” N location of the plant within 10 km radius from Kalesar which is observed by us using GPS and found that it is 11.5 National Park (as prior clearance of NBWL is required for km away from Kalesar National Park (as er boundary marked a project if it is located in 10 km of a Protected on Survey of India Toposheet). So, it is not applicable. The Area/Sanctuary of Eco Sensitive Zone as per the Hon’ble certificate from Himalayan Surveying Services is given in Supreme Court order dated. 4.12.2006 in W.O. Annexure-1. 460/2004), before commencing any activity relating to the project at site. All the conditions stipulated by the Standing Committee shall be effectively implemented in the project. It shall be noted that this clearance does not necessarily implies that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and that your proposal for wildlife clearance shall be considered by the competent authorities on its merit and decision taken. The investment made in the project, if any based on environmental clearance granted to the project, in

[1] Sl. Conditions Stipulated in Environmental Clearance Compliance to the Conditions No. anticipation of the clearance from wildlife clearance shall be entirely at the cost and risk of the project proponent and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change shall not be responsible in this regard, in any manner. iii. The National Ambient Air Quality Standards issued by the The National Ambient Air Quality Standards issued by the Ministry vide G.S.R. No. 826(E) dated 16th November, Ministry vide G.S.R. No. 826(E) dated 16th November, 2009 is 2009 shall be followed. being followed. The Ambient Air Quality has been monitored on 5 location including the project site. The reports of the same is given in Annexure-2. The summary is as follows

Location PM10 PM2.5 SO2 NO2 Project Area 89.8 53.7 14.8 21.3 Shivpur Akalgad 66.3 39.1 8.1 12.5 Nawada 71.3 42.9 13.2 17.5 Nihalgad 64.3 38.7 8.7 12.1 Bhugrai 75.6 45.4 11.2 15.9 NAAQS 100 60 80 80

iv. The project shall comply with the new MoEF&CC The Emission from the stack has been monitored for the kiln. Standards issued vide GSR 612 (E) dated 25.08.2014 The report of the same is given in Annexure-8 and the with respect to particulate matter, SO2, NOx for Cement summary is as follows: sector. Parameter Results GSR 612 (E) PM, mg/Nm3 17.67 50 3 SO2, mg/Nm 68.57 200 3 NOx, mg/Nm 24.11 500

[2] Sl. Conditions Stipulated in Environmental Clearance Compliance to the Conditions No. v. Two Layers of plantation should be provided all along the Single layer of plantation has already been planted and periphery of the plant second layer is under plantation. The photographs of the same is given in Annexure-3 vi. Stack height should be as per CPCB formula H = 14(q) The EC letter states the coke breeze consumption as 23 TPD. 0.3 (q=SO2 Emission load in Kg/Hr) The maximum sulfur content will be 0.5%, hence, the sulfur emission will be 115 kg/day. This translate to 230 kg/day of SO2 or 9.58 kg/hr. Thus, the stack height calculation is as follows: H=14*(9.58)^0.3 = 27.6 m The stack height provided is 33.5m vii. Appropriate width of green belt shall be developed in and Proper plantation is provided along the periphery of the project around the cement plant to mitigate the effects of air site. About 100 trees has already been planted in first layer. emissions. Second layer is under plantation. viii. All the commitments made to the public during the Public The issue raised during the public hearing has been complied. Hearing/Public Consultation meeting shall be And the copy of the same is given in Annexure-4. Other satisfactorily implemented and a separate budget for facilities provided to nearby peoples are: implementing the same shall be allocated and information  Water Supply submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office.  Cement provided for the development  Education Awareness  Employment to Local people  Funds allocation for the development  Financial helps in case of emergency ix. Regular Health check-up of the employees should be Regular health check of the employees has been carried out conducted and report should be submitted to the Ministry and the report of the same is given in Annexure-9 along with the 6 monthly compliance report. x. Provision shall be made for the housing of construction Not applicable as construction has been already completed.

[3] Sl. Conditions Stipulated in Environmental Clearance Compliance to the Conditions No. labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and Most of the operation labour are from nearby villages but still facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, safe few rooms has been provided and the photos of the same is drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. the given in Annexure-3 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 The project obtained the consent to operate from Himachal stipulations made by the Himachal Pradesh Pollution Pradesh State Pollution Control Board vide letter no Control Board and the State Government. HPSPCB/10089/S26-30 dated 13.04.2017 and compliance to the condition stipulated is given in Annexure-7 ii. No further expansion or modifications in the plant shall be Agreed. No expansion or modification will be carried out carried out without prior approval of the Ministry of without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment Forests Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC). and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) iii. At least four ambient air quality monitoring stations The downwind direction is south east and river Yamuna should be established in the downward direction as well occupies a major part of the south east quadrant. Hence, the as where maximum ground level concentration of PM10, station are placed in different directions around the project. PM2.5, SO2 and NOx are anticipated in consultation with The Ambient Air Quality Monitoring reports of the same is the SPCB. Data on ambient air quality and stack given in Annexure-2 emission shall be regularly submitted to this Ministry including its Regional Office at Dehradun and the SPCB/CPCB once in six months. iv. Industrial wastewater shall be properly collected, treated There is no industrial waste water discharge from the project. so as to conform to the standards prescribed under GSR Water is only consumed in kiln, discharge from which is being 422 (E) dated 19th May, 1993 and 31st December, 1993 completely reused. The test result of the kiln discharge water or as amended form time to time. The treated wastewater prior to reuse is given in Annexure-10. The comparison of the shall be utilized for plantation purpose. result has been done with GSR 422 (E) as well as GSR 612 (E) as follows:

[4] Sl. Conditions Stipulated in Environmental Clearance Compliance to the Conditions No. Parameters Results GSR 422 (E) GSR 612 (E) pH 7.6 5.5-9.0 5.5-9.0 TSS, mg/l 94 100 100 Oil & Grease, mg/l 6 10 10 BOD, mg/l 5 - - COD, mg/l 16 - - The domestic waste water generated from labors is directed to septic tank. v. The overall noise levels in and around the plant area shall The noise monitoring is carried out at 5 locations in and be kept well within the standards (85 dBA) by providing around the project and the results are given in Annexure-5 noise control measures including acoustic hoods, silencers, enclosures etc. on all sources of noise Location Day time Leq. Night time Leq. generation. The ambient noise levels should conform to Project Area 66.91 62.46 the standards prescribed under EPA Rules, 1989 viz. 75 dBA (daytime) and 70 dBA (nightime). Shivpur Akalgad 53.74 42.78 Nawada 57.7 47.79 Nihalgarh 53.68 42.97 Borotiwala 60.25 54.3 Ambient Air Quality Standards in respect of Noise in db(A) Industrial area 75 65 Commercial Area 65 55 Residential Area 55 45 Silence Zone 50 40

vi. Occupational health surveillance of the workers shall be ESI has been provided to the workers and the regular medical done on a regular basis and records maintained as per check-up of the workers is being carried out on regular basis. the Factories Act. Copy of the health check-up is given in Annexure-9.

[5] Sl. Conditions Stipulated in Environmental Clearance Compliance to the Conditions No. vii. The company shall develop rain water harvesting Rain water harvesting structure has been constructed at site structures to harvest the rain water for utilization in the and photograph of the same is given in Annexure-3 lean season besides recharging the ground water table. viii. The project proponent shall also comply with all the The project proponent has been complying to all the environmental protection measures and safeguards measures for Environment protection and safeguards as recommended in the EIA/EMP report. Further, the recommended in EIA/EMP report. company must undertake socio-economic development The company is undertaking socio-economic development activities in the surrounding villages like community activities in the surrounding villages as follows: development programmes, educational programmes,  Water supply has been provided to the nearby village. drinking water supply and health care etc.  Cement is provided free of cost to local villagers for self consumption, on demand basis  Educational awareness program have been carried out.  Financial help has also been carried out for the development of surrounding villages. ix. Requisite funds shall be earmarked towards capital cost Requisite funds has been earmarked for environmental and recurring cost/annum for environment pollution pollution control measures. Total Investment cost in this control measures to implement the conditions stipulated regards is Rs. 16.5 lakhs. and total recurring cost is Rs 4.3 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate laks/annum as given below: Change (MoEFCC) as well as the State Government. An Title Recurring Cost implementation schedule for implementing all the conditions stipulated herein shall be submitted to the Rs. Lacs Regional Office of the Ministry at Dehradun. The funds so Air Pollution Control 4 provided shall not be diverted for any other purpose. Noise Pollution Control (Including 0.2 cost of Landscaping, Green Belt) RWH 0.1 Total 4.3

[6] Sl. Conditions Stipulated in Environmental Clearance Compliance to the Conditions No. The funds so provided shall not be diverted for any other purpose. x. A copy of clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent Copy of the clearance letter has been sent to zila panchayat to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parishad/Municipal and also been published in the newspaper as given below: 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.

The clearance letter has also been put on the web site of the company at http://ambassadorcements.com. xi. The project proponent shall upload the status of We will upload the status of compliance of the stipulated compliance of the stipulated environment clearance environment clearance conditions, including results of

[7] Sl. Conditions Stipulated in Environmental Clearance Compliance to the Conditions No. conditions, including results of monitored data on their monitored data on our website upto December, 2017 and shall website and shall update the same periodically. It shall update the same periodically. simultaneously be sent to the Regional office of the MOEFCC at Dehradun. The respective Zone Office of This is simultaneously being sent to the Regional office of the CPCB and the SPCB. The criteria pollutant levels MOEFCC at Dehradun and the SPCB. namely; PM10, SO , NOx (ambient levels as well as 2 stack emissions) or critical sectoral parameters, indicated for the projects shall be monitored and displayed at a A board has been provide near the gate to display the convenient location near the main gate of the company in pollutant levels. the public domain. xii. The project proponent shall also submit six monthly Agreed. The six monthly EC compliance report including reports on the status of the compliance of the stipulated results of monitored data will be sent to the regional office of environmental conditions including results of monitored MoEF&CC and the SPCB. data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Regional Office of MOEFCC, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB. The Regional Office of this Ministry at Dehradun/CPCB/SPCB shall monitor the stipulated conditions. xiii. The environmental statement for each financial year The project is expansion of the existing project. The project ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be obtained Consent to Operate from Himachal Pradesh State submitted by the project proponent to the concerned Pollution Board on 13.04.2017, after which it comes into State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the operation. So, the first Environmental Statement in form-V will Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended be submitted in March 2018. The Environment Statement in subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the form-V considering the consumption till mid Nov 2017 is given company along with the status of compliance of in Annexure-6 environmental conditions and shall also be sent to the respective Regional Office of the MOEFCC at Dehradun by e-mail.

[8] Sl. Conditions Stipulated in Environmental Clearance Compliance to the Conditions No. xiv. The Project Proponent shall inform the public that the Copy of the clearance letter has been sent to zila panchayat project has been accorded environmental clearance by and also been published in the newspaper and copy of the the Ministry and copies of the clearance letter are same is given in general condition no. x. available with the SPCB and may also be seen at Website of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) 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 should be forwarded to the Regional office at Dehradun. xv. Project authorities shall inform the Regional Office as well Not applicable as this project is expansion of existing project. 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.

[9] LIST OF ANNEXURES

Annex. No. Description

1 Certificate from Himalayan Surveying Services 2 Ambient Air Quality Results 3 Photographs of Green area and Labour facilities 4 Public Hearing Document 5 Noise Report 6 Environmental Statement on Form-V 7 Compliance to the condition stipulated in Consent to Operate 8 Stack Monitoring Report 9 Health Check-up of the workers 10 Kiln Water test report

[10] ANNEXURE : 1

ANNEXURE : 1 Contd.. ANNEXURE : 1 Contd..

Min Mec R&D Laboratory (A DIVISION OF MIN MEC CONSULTANCY PVT. LTD.) A-121, Paryavaran Complex,IGNOU Road, New Delhi – 110 030 An ISO 9001:2008 Phone :29534777, 29532236, 29535891; Fax : 91-11-29532568 Certified Company Email : [email protected] ; Visit us at :http://www.minmec.co.in

TEST REPORT NAME AND ADDRESS OF CUSTOMER SAMPLE PARTICULARS Type of Sample : Ambient Air M/s Ambassador Cement Ltd., Work Order No. : - Village : Patti Natha Singh, Sampling Location : In and around Ambassador Cement Plant, Poanta Sahib Village Patti Natha Singh, Poanta Sahib, Dist. – Sirmour Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh – 173025 Sampling Procedure : IS 5182 (Part 2) 2001 for SO 2, CPCB guidelines NAAQMS 96/2012-13 for PM 10 , NO 2, Lab SOP/09 for PM 2.5 Sample Duration : 24 hours Contact Person : Mr. J.P.S Kohli Sampling Team : MMRDL (Ravikant) Phone: 09318522244 Sample Reg. No : MMA/11-17/9.1-9.5 Date of Sampling : 23/11/2017 to 26/11/2017 Date of Receipt : 26/11/2017 Date of Testing : 27/11/2017 Date of Report : 28/11/2017 Test Report No. : MMA/11-17/06 Page : 1 of 1

AMBIENT AIR QUALITY TEST RESULTS

Sl. Date of Sampling Location PM 10 PM 2.5 SO 2 NO 2 No (µg/m 3) (µg/m 3) (µg/m 3) (µg/m 3) 1 23-24/11/2017 Project area, Near Main Gate 89.8 53.7 14.8 21.3 2 23-24/11/2017 Shivpur Akalgad 66.3 39.1 8.1 12.5 3 24-25/11/2017 Nawada 71.3 42.9 13.2 17.5 4 24-25/11/2017 Nihalgad 64.3 38.7 8.7 12.1 5 25-26/11/2017 Bhugrai 75.6 45.4 11.2 15.9 Protocol IS:5182 Lab SOP/09/6 IS:5182 IS:5182 (Part 23) (Part 2) (Part 6) National Ambient Air Quality Standards 24 hours (2009) Industrial, Residential, Rural & Other areas 100 60 80 80

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Rashmi Gupta Dr. Marisha Sharma Administrative Manager Authorised Signatory - end of report -

NOTES: ♦ The results indicated only refer to the tested samples and listed parameters and do not endorse any product ♦ Total liability of the laboratory is limited to the invoice amount ♦ This certificate shall not be reproduced wholly or in part without prior written consent of the laboratory ♦ Unused balance of samples received shall be destroyed after one month from the date of issue of test report, unless other wise specified ♦ This report shall not be used in any advertising media or as evidence in the court of law without prior written consent of the laboratory ♦ Complaint register is available with the laboratory, in case required PHOTOGRAPHS

GREEN BELT ANNEXURE3 :

ROOMS FOR LABOURS

RAIN WATER HARVESTING PIT ANNEXUREContd.. 3 :

ANNEXURE : 4 ANNEXURE : 4 Contd.. ANNEXURE : 4 Contd..

Min Mec R&D Laboratory (A DIVISION OF MIN MEC CONSULTANCY PVT. LTD.) An ISO 9001:2008 A-121, Paryavaran Complex,IGNOU Road, New Delhi – 110 030 Certified Company Phone :29534777, 29532236, 29535891; Fax : 91-11-29532568 Email : [email protected] ; Visit us at :http://www.minmec.co.in

TEST REPORT NAME AND ADDRESS OF CUSTOMER SAMPLE PARTICULARS Type of Sample : Noise M/s Ambassador Cement Ltd., Work Order No. : - Village : Patti Natha Singh, Sampling Location : In and around Ambassador Cement Plant, Village Poanta Sahib Patti Natha Singh, Poanta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh Dist. – Sirmour Sampling Procedure : Protocol for Ambient Level Noise Monitoring, CPCB Himachal Pradesh – 173025 Sample Duration : 24 hours Sampling Team : MMRDL (Ravikant) Sample Reg. No. : MMN/11-17/8.1-8.5

Date of Monitoring : 23/11/2017 to 26/11/2017 Contact Person : Mr. J.P.S Kohli Date of Receipt : 26/11/2017 Phone: 09318522244 Date of Report : 29/11/2017

Test Report No. : MMN/11-17/08 Page : 1 of 1

Hours ↓ Core Zone, Near Shivpur Akalgad Nawada* Nihalgarh Borotiwala* Main Gate Date of Monitoring → 23-24/11/2017 23-24/11/2017 24-25/11/2017 24-25/11/2017 25-26/11/2017 10-11 69.72 55.27 59.83 56.6 60.29 11-12 65.5 55.71 58.46 55.03 60.65 12-13 64.45 55.06 56.69 55.32 61.03 13-14 68.62 55.27 56.47 55.17 60.72 14-15 67.5 55.74 56.48 54.81 61 15-16 65.73 55.64 63.93 55.5 61.61 16-17 67.71 55.85 56.49 55.25 60.73 17-18 67.46 55.68 57.12 55.74 61.08 18-19 68.01 50.85 55.96 50.44 62.22 19-20 65.31 51.74 51.11 50.45 54.21 20-21 65.41 51.29 51.05 51.35 58.8 21-22 63.34 41.84 48.81 42.92 52.66 22-23 61.97 42.14 47.95 42.34 45.19 23-00 62.35 42.4 49.13 42.43 46.09 00-01 63.18 40.5 47.83 40.76 45.8 01-02 62.37 41.17 48.07 41.23 43.82 02-03 61.99 40.5 44.31 40.9 45.65 03-04 62.43 40.68 43.54 40.34 42.93 04-05 61.78 40.35 49.35 40.58 52.67 05-06 64.66 47.8 55.26 48.07 62.49 06-07 64.13 48.05 55.31 48.28 54.64 07-08 65.6 47.84 54.8 47.88 61.41 08-09 66.5 47.82 58.78 47.63 60.14 09-10 68.36 55.05 59.49 55.47 61.82 Day time Leq. 66.91 53.74 57.7 53.68 60.25 Night time Leq. 62.46 42.78 47.79 42.97 54.3 24 hour Average Leq. 65.88 52.17 56.14 52.1 59.01

Category of area Ambient Air Quality Standards in Respect of Noise in db (A) Leq as per Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules 2000 Day time Night time Industrial area 75 70 Commercial area 65 55 Residential area 55 45 Silence zone 50 40 Source: Pollution Control Acts, Rules and Notifications Issued Thereunder, Pollution Control Law Series: PCLS/02/1992 (Fourth edition) of Central Pollution Control Board, Sept -2001, Page 711 Note : (*) Industrial Area

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Rashmi Gupta Dr. Marisha Sharma Administrative Manager Authorised Signatory - end of report - NOTES : ♦ The results indicated only refer to the tested samples and listed parameters and do not endorse any product ♦ Total liability of the laboratory is limited to the invoice amount ♦ This certificate shall not be reproduced wholly or in part without prior written consent of the laboratory ♦ Unused balance of samples received shall be destroyed after one month from the date of issue of test report, unless other wise specified ♦ This report shall not be used in any advertising media or as evidence in the court of law without prior written consent of the laboratory ♦ Complaint register is available with the laboratory ,in case required ANNEXURE : 6

M/s Ambassador Cement Ltd.

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT

FOR THE YEAR 2017-2018 (UPTO NOV 2017)

EXPANSION OF CEMENT PLANT (from 15,000 TPA to 45,000 TPA), Village Patti Natha Singh, Tehsil Paonta Sahib, District Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh.

BY M/s Ambassador Cement Ltd.

Environmental Statement EXPANSION OF CEMENT PLANT (from 15,000 TPA to 45,000 TPA), Village Patti Natha Singh, Tehsil Paonta Sahib 2017-18 1 ANNEXURE : 6 Contd..

M/s Ambassador Cement Ltd.

FORM – V (See rule 14)

Environmental Statement for the financial year ending the 31st March 2018.

PART-A

(i) Name and address of the EXPANSION OF CEMENT PLANT (from 15,000 TPA to owner / occupier of the 45,000 TPA), Village Patti Natha Singh, Tehsil Paonta industry operation or Sahib, District Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh. process. (ii) Industry category primary - Category ‘A’ as per EIA notification 2006 (STC Code) Secondary-(STC Red Category as per CPCB Code). Secondary Industry (iii) Production capacity--- units-- 45,000 TPA -. (iv) Year of establishment. Completed in April, 2017 (Expansion Phase) (v) Date of last environmental - statement submitted.

Environmental Statement EXPANSION OF CEMENT PLANT (from 15,000 TPA to 45,000 TPA), Village Patti Natha Singh, Tehsil Paonta Sahib 2017-18 2 ANNEXURE : 6 Contd..

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PART-B

1. Water & Raw Material Consumption. (i) Water Consumption m3/day Process 8,000 l/day Cooling Nil Domestic 2,000 l/day

Name of the Products Process water consumption per unit of product output. During the current During the current financial year (2016-17) financial year (2017-18) (1) (2) (i) Process Nil 8,000 l/day (ii) Domestic (litres per Nil 125 lpcd person)

(2) Raw Material Consumption

* Name of the Name of the Consumption of raw material per unit of output Raw Material Products During the current During the current financial year (2016-17) financial year (2017-18 till 20.11.2017) Construction material : Tonnes Clay Clinker Nil 670.265 Cock Dust Clinker Nil 685.482 Lime-Stone Clinker Nil 4862.985 Iron-dust Clinker Nil 207.190 Clinker Cement Nil 4286.294 Gypsum Cement Nil 203.712 Fly Ash Cement Nil 236.304 * Industry may use codes if disclosing details of raw materials would violate contractual obligations, otherwise all industries to name the raw materials used.

Environmental Statement EXPANSION OF CEMENT PLANT (from 15,000 TPA to 45,000 TPA), Village Patti Natha Singh, Tehsil Paonta Sahib 2017-18 3 ANNEXURE : 6 Contd..

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PART-C Pollution discharged to Environment/ unit of output (Parameter as specified in the consent issued)

Pollutants Quantity of pollutants Concentrations of Percentage of variation discharged (mass/day) pollutants in discharge from prescribed (mass/day) standard’s with reasons

(a)Water (b) Ambient Air Quality Parameters Core Zone and surrounding area Standard Variation Min Max Avg 3 PM10 (µg/m ) 64.3 89.8 73.5 100 Within limit 3 PM 2.5 (µg/m ) 38.7 53.7 44 60 Within limit SO2(µg/m3) 8.1 14.8 11.2 80 Within limit NO2 (µg/m3) 12.1 21.3 15.9 80 Within limit

Environmental Statement EXPANSION OF CEMENT PLANT (from 15,000 TPA to 45,000 TPA), Village Patti Natha Singh, Tehsil Paonta Sahib 2017-18 4 ANNEXURE : 6 Contd..

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PART-D

HAZARDOUS WASTES (As specified under Hazardous Waste / Management and handling Rules, 1989)

Sl. No Hazardous Waste Total Quantity (Kg) During the current During the current financial year (2016-17) financial year (2017-18) (a) From Process 1 Used Oil Nil Nil 2 Discarded oil & Grease Nil Nil containers (b) From Pollution Control Nil Nil Facilities

PART-E SOLID WASTE

Total Quantity During the current During the current financial year (2016-17) financial year (2017-18) (a) From Process Nil 1 TPD (b) From Pollution Control Nil Nil facility (c) (1) Quantity recycled or re- NIl 1 TPD utilized within the limit (2) Sold Nil Nil (3) Disposed Nil Nil

Environmental Statement EXPANSION OF CEMENT PLANT (from 15,000 TPA to 45,000 TPA), Village Patti Natha Singh, Tehsil Paonta Sahib 2017-18 5 ANNEXURE : 6 Contd..

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PART-F

Please specify the characterizations (in terms of composite and quantum) of hazardous as well as solid wastes and indicate disposal practice adopted for both the categories of wastes.

Sl. Hazardous Quantity Generated Method of disposal Waste (2017-18) 1 - - -

PART-G

In respect of the pollution abatement measures taken up on conservation of natural resources and on the cost of production.

 Tree Plantation  Rain Water harvesting Tank  Use of LED’s PART-H

Additional measures / investment proposal for environmental protection including abatement of pollution, prevention of pollution.

 Wet Scrubbers  Bag Filters  Septic Tank PART-I Any other particulars for improving the quality of the environment.

 Water Sprinkling

For M/s Ambassador Cement Ltd.

Authorised Signatory

Environmental Statement EXPANSION OF CEMENT PLANT (from 15,000 TPA to 45,000 TPA), Village Patti Natha Singh, Tehsil Paonta Sahib 2017-18 6 COMPLIANCE TO CONSENT TO OPERATE OF EXPANSION OF CEMENT PLANT (15,000 TPA to 45,000 TPA) AT VILLAGE PATTI NATHA SINGH, TEHSIL PAONTA SAHIB, DISTRICT SRIMOUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH OF M/s AMBASSADOR CEMENT LTD. RECEIVED VIDE LETTER NO. HPSPCB/10089/S26-30 DATED 13.04.2017

Sl. Conditions Stipulated in Environmental Clearance Compliance to the Conditions No. i. The consent to operate is valid till 31/03/2018 subject to Noted. concurrent validity of the Authorization under Hazardous There is no hazardous waste and its related permission. Water (Management, Handling and Trans-boundary Movement) Rules, 2008 or any other authorization required from State Board reserves the right to revoke, review and/or alter the conditions of consent as the case may be ii. This consent to operate is only for the purpose and under The mandatory Environment Clearance has been taken vide the provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of letter no. J-11011/569/2010-IA II(I) dated 14.10.2015 Pollution) Act, 1973 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 as the case may be, and will not construed as substitute for mandatory clearances required for the project under any other law/regulation/direction/order and the applicant shall obtain any such mandatory clearance before taking any steps to establish industry/industrial plant, operation or process or any treatment and disposal system or an extension or addition thereto. Any steps taken by the applicant without obtaining any other such mandatory ANNEXURE : clearance will be at the risk and cost of unit. iii. This Consent to Operate (Expansion) is for :-  The emissions from all sources conforming to the The emission from the stack has been monitored and report of norms as prescribed in the Environment (Protection) the same is given in Annexure-8. Rules, 1986 as amended from time to time. 7

 Noise and ambient air quality to be maintained within Noise and ambient air quality monitoring has been carried out

Ambient Air Quality Standards for Noise as specified on 5 location in and around the project site. The noise and air

[1] Sl. Conditions Stipulated in Environmental Clearance Compliance to the Conditions No. in the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 as monitoring results are given in Annexure-5 & 2 respectively. amended from time to time.  Sewage from unit to be disposed in a properly The sewage generated from the labours is directed to septic designed septic tank system. tank. iv. The unit shall provide adequate arrangement for fighting In case the operators observe any accidental the accidental leakage’s/discharge of any air pollutant/ leakage’s/discharge of any air pollutant/ gas/ liquids from the gas/ liquids from the vessel, mechanical equipment’s etc. vessel, mechanical equipments etc., the will immediately which are likely to cause environmental pollution so that inform the management and initiate process to shut down the ambient air quality norms are not violated. attached equipment to prevent pollution of environment. v. All underground water retaining structures shall be lined Underground tanks are the rain water harvesting tank and with an impervious layer so as to avoid seepage and septic tank. Both are lined with impervious layer. The water in pollution of sub soil/water. rain water harvesting is being reused and in septic tank there will be no seepage. vi. The unit shall install requisite pollution control devices so The unit has installed wet scrubbers and bag filters for the as to contain all the pollutants within prescribed norms. control of all the pollutants within prescribed norms. vii. This consent is subject to the ratification by the State Agreed. Board viii. The unit shall operate and maintain effluent treatment There is no industrial waste water discharge from the project. plant/ emission pollution control devices, simultaneously Water is only consumed in kiln, discharge from which is being with the main project and the treated effluent/emission completely reused. The emission of pollutants is being shall conform to the norms prescribed. controlled by wet scrubbers and bag filters. The treated ANNEXURE : effluent/emission are conforming to the norms prescribed as can be seen in Annexure 8 & 10 ix. The unit shall comply with the provisions of the E-waste The unit will comply with the provisions of the E-waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011, if applicable to it. (Management and Handling) Rulers, 2011, wherever applicable. 7 x. Unit shall not undertake any expansion activity/ or The unit will not undertake any expansion activity or additional Contd.. additional product in the existing unit without obtaining product in the existing unit without obtaining prior consent prior consent from State Board from the State Board. xi. The project proponent shall be liable to clear any past/ Agreed.

[2] Sl. Conditions Stipulated in Environmental Clearance Compliance to the Conditions No. current liability on account of difference in consent fees if detected at any subsequent stage. xii. The emission/ effluent shall be got sampled and tested by The emission has been sampled and tested. The report of the the unit and concerned Regional Officer as prescribed same is given in Annexure-8 and further renewal shall be dependant up on the results of the samples so collected and test. xiii. This Consent to Operate is subject to orders on any Agreed. litigation pending in any Court of Law xiv. The project proponent shall have to apply for renewal of Agreed. Consent for the next year(s) on the prescribed form along with renewal fee in the office of the concerned Regional Office. xv. Zero discharge waste water from the manufacturing There is no waste water generation in the process. The waste process. water from the kiln is reused completely in the kiln again.

ANNEXURE : 7

Contd..

[3] Min Mec R&D Laboratory

(A DIVISION OF MIN MEC CONSULTANCY PVT. LTD.) An ISO 9001:2008 A-121, Paryavaran Complex,IGNOU Road, New Delhi – 110 030 Certified Company Phone :29534777, 29532236, 29535891; Fax : 91-11-29532568 Email : [email protected] ; Visit us at :http://www.minmec.co.in

NAME AND ADDRESS OF CUSTOMER SAMPLE PARTICULARS Type of Sample : Stack emission M/s Ambassador Cement Ltd., Work Order No. : - Village : Patti Natha Singh, Sampling Location : Ambassador Cement Plant, Village Poanta Sahib Patti Natha Singh, Poanta Sahib, Dist. – Sirmour Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh – 173025 Sampling Procedure : IS 11255 (P-1)2014 for PM and as per Instruction manual of flue gas analyzer for SO 2, NOx Sample Duration : Instant reading Contact Person : Mr. J.P.S Kohli Sampling Team : MMRDL (Ravikant) Phone: 09318522244 Sample Reg. No. : MMST/11-17/10.1 Date of Sampling : 24/11/2017 Date of Receipt : 26/11/2017 Date of Testing 27/11/2017 Date of Report : 28/11/2017 Test Report No. : MMST/11-17/04 Page : 1 of 1

STACK EMISSION ANALYSIS REPORT

Normal Operation Schedule : As per requirement Fuel Used : Coal Type of stack (ACC/Metal) : Metal Pressure, mm of Hg : 760

RESULTS Location Diameter Flue Gas Flue Stack PM NOx SO 2 3 3 3 Kiln (m) Temperature Gas height (mg/Nm ) (mg/Nm ) mg/Nm (°C) Velocity (m) (m/s) 1.3m 85 13.0 33.5 17.67 24.11 68.57 Prescribed limit as per G.S. R.612(E) 50 500 200

Prepared by Checked by

Rashmi Gupta Dr. Marisha Sharma Administrative Manager Authorised Signatory - end of report -

ANNEXURE : 9

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TEST REPORT Customer's Name & Address Sample Particulars Type of Sample : Kiln Water M/s Ambassador Cement Ltd., Work Order No. :- Village : Patti Natha Singh, Sampling Location : Ambassador Cement Plant, Village Patti Natha Poanta Sahib Singh, Poanta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh Dist. – Sirmour Sampling Procedure : IS3025 (Part 1) Himachal Pradesh – 173025 Sample Volume/Quantity : 1 ltr Sampling Team : MMRDL (Ravikant) Sample Reg. No. : MMW/11-2017/14.1 Date of Sampling : 25-11-2017 Contact Person : Mr. J.P.S. Kohli Date of Receipt : 26-11-2017 Phone : 09318522244 Date of Testing :26/11/2017 to 29/11/2017 Date of Report : 29-11-2017 Test Report No. : MMW/11-2017/7 Parameters Units Protocol TEST RESULTS Project area pH value IS 3025 (Part 11) 7.6 Total Suspended Solids mg/l IS 3025 (Part 17) 94 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) mg/l IS 3025 (Part 44) 5 Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) mg/l APHA 5220 D 16 Oil & Grease mg/l IS 3025 (Part 39) 6