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0 0 27 Jun 2015 1101128001 Environmental Monitoring Report at “Tantia Agro-Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Village:Paschim Maheshpur, Dalkhola, Dist-Uttar Dinajpur. West Bengal. Annexure: 1 INTRODUCTION Mantras Green Resources Limited. has entrusted M/s. Mitra S. K. Private Limited, Kolkata for environmental monitoring at Vill. – Paschim Maheshpur, Dalkhola, Dist. Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The present report comprises of the Environmental Monitoring work covering the data of Ambient Air Quality, Noise Levels, Ground Water and Surface Water Quality during the period from 23/03/2015 to 19/04/2015. Page: 1 of 16 Environmental Monitoring Report at “Tantia Agro-Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Village:Paschim Maheshpur, Dalkhola, Dist-Uttar Dinajpur. West Bengal. Chapter: 2 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring To quantify the impact of the proposed Project site activities on the ambient air, it is necessary at first to evaluate the existing ambient air quality of the environment. The existing ambient air quality, in terms of Particulate Matter 10 (PM 10), Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM 2.5), Sulphur dioxide (SO2) and Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), has been measured through a planned field monitoring. Sampling Locations of Ambient Air Quality Sl. Sample Location Name No. Code 1 AAQ-1 Director's Guest House, High School More, Dalkhola 2 AAQ-2 College More, Dalkhola 3 AAQ-3 Patnour Uttarpara 4 AAQ-4 Patnour Ghoshpara Methodology of Sampling, Analysis and Equipment used Sl. Instrument/ Apparatus Method Detection Parameters Reference No. used followed Limit Particulate Matter Respirable Dust Sampler IS:5182 1 Gravimetric 5 µg/m³ PM 10 µm RDS, Balance (Part-23) : 2006 Ambient Fine Dust Particulate Matter Sampler USEPA CFR-40, 2 Gravimetric 2 µg/m³ PM 2.5 µm Model PEM-ADS 2.5µ, Part-50 Appendix L Balance Jacob and RDS with Impinger Nitrogen Oxides Hochheiser IS-5182 3 tubes, 9 µg/m³ (NO ) modified (Na- (Part-6) : 2006 2 Spectrophotometer Arsenite) Method RDS with Impinger Sulphur di-Oxide Improved West IS-5182 4 tubes, 4 µg/m³ (SO & Gaeke method (Part-2) : 2001 2) Spectrophotometer Equipment List for Air Sampling Analysis Sl. Instrument Used Make Range/Detection Limit No. Envirotech Rotameter 0.3 to 3 lpm ± 2% 1 Respirable Dust Sampler (RDS) Envirotech Manometer 0.9 to 1.4 m3/min ± 2% 2 Electronic Balance Mettler Toledo 1 mg to 220 gm 3 Ambient Fine Dust Sampler Polltech 16.7 lpm ± 10% 4 Spectro Photometer Varian 190 to 1100 nm 5 GC-MS Varian 50 to 650 m/z 6 GC Chemito 0.5 ppm Page: 2 of 16 Environmental Monitoring Report at “Tantia Agro-Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Village:Paschim Maheshpur, Dalkhola, Dist-Uttar Dinajpur. West Bengal. AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING REPORT Location Name : Director's Guest House, High School More, Dalkhola Sample Code: AAQ-1 Concentration of Pollutants SL. Date of Monitoring PM PM SO NO N0. 10 2.5 2 2 (µg/m3) (µg/m3) (µg/m3) (µg/m3) 1 23/24.03.2015 105 55 9.6 34.5 2 26/27.03.2015 95 58 5.5 25.5 3 31.03/01.04.2015 85 42 6.6 29.6 4 03/04.04.2015 105 55 5.6 37.5 5 07/08.04.2015 122 62 7.9 42.5 6 10/11.04.2015 102 56 10.5 49.6 7 13/14.04.2015 92 49 6.2 30.2 8 17/18.04.2015 88 40 4.5 26.6 Limit as per CPCB notification, New Delhi, 18th Nov, 2009 for Ambient air quality 100 60 80 80 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING REPORT Location Name : College More, Dalkhola Sample Code: AAQ-2 Concentration of Pollutants SL. Date of Monitoring PM PM SO NO N0. 10 2.5 2 2 (µg/m3) (µg/m3) (µg/m3) (µg/m3) 1 23/24.03.2015 105 56 8.0 30.2 2 26/27.03.2015 145 75 10.0 36.6 3 31.03/01.04.2015 95 48 6.6 45.5 4 03/04.04.2015 144 68 9.2 39.6 5 07/08.04.2015 158 79 5.5 30.2 6 10/11.04.2015 122 62 7.8 36.6 7 13/14.04.2015 96 45 6.6 26.6 8 17/18.04.2015 111 59 11.2 40.2 Limit as per CPCB notification, New Delhi, 18th Nov, 2009 for Ambient air quality 100 60 80 80 Dr. N. K. Kundu Authorised Signatory Page: 3 of 16 Environmental Monitoring Report at “Tantia Agro-Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Village:Paschim Maheshpur, Dalkhola, Dist-Uttar Dinajpur. West Bengal. AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING REPORT Location Name : Patnour Uttarpara Sample Code: AAQ-3 Concentration of Pollutants SL. Date of Monitoring PM PM SO NO N0. 10 2.5 2 2 (µg/m3) (µg/m3) (µg/m3) (µg/m3) 1 25/26.03.2015 92 45 7.5 25.5 2 28/29.03.2015 85 42 5.6 41.2 3 30/31.03.2015 92 50 6.9 26.6 4 01/02.04.2015 69 39 7.2 35.5 5 08/09.04.2015 85 50 8.2 33.2 6 11/12.04.2015 75 40 7.5 28.6 7 15/16.04.2015 92 55 4.5 30.2 8 18/19.04.2015 77 46 5.6 25.5 Limit as per CPCB notification, New Delhi, 18th Nov, 2009 for Ambient air quality 100 60 80 80 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING REPORT Location Name : Patnour Ghoshpara Sample Code: AAQ-4 Concentration of Pollutants SL. Date of Monitoring PM PM SO NO N0. 10 2.5 2 2 (µg/m3) (µg/m3) (µg/m3) (µg/m3) 1 25/26.03.2015 88 48 6.6 26.6 2 28/29.03.2015 92 55 7.5 38.5 3 30/31.03.2015 77 40 8.5 36.6 4 01/02.04.2015 86 48 5.6 20.5 5 08/09.04.2015 90 56 4.5 37.5 6 11/12.04.2015 76 40 6.9 30.2 7 15/16.04.2015 99 58 7.5 27.5 8 18/19.04.2015 75 40 8.2 37.5 Limit as per CPCB notification, New Delhi, 18th Nov, 2009 for Ambient air quality 100 60 80 80 Dr. N. K. Kundu Authorised Signatory Page: 4 of 16 Environmental Monitoring Report at “Tantia Agro-Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Village:Paschim Maheshpur, Dalkhola, Dist-Uttar Dinajpur. West Bengal. PHOTOGRAPH OF AMBIENT AIR MONITORING Location: Director's Guest House, High School More, Dalkhola (AAQ-1) Location: College More, Dalkhola (AAQ- 2) Page: 5 of 16 Environmental Monitoring Report at “Tantia Agro-Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Village:Paschim Maheshpur, Dalkhola, Dist-Uttar Dinajpur. West Bengal. PHOTOGRAPH OF AMBIENT AIR MONITORING Location : Patnour Uttarpara (AAQ-3) Location : Patnour Ghoshpara (AAQ-4) Page: 6 of 16 Environmental Monitoring Report at “Tantia Agro-Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Village:Paschim Maheshpur, Dalkhola, Dist-Uttar Dinajpur. West Bengal. Chapter: 3 Noise Level Monitoring In order to have an idea about the existing noise levels in the study area, noise monitoring has been carried out at six (6) locations. Noise Methodology & Instrument Used: Standard Method for the Examination of Noise, IS: 9876-1981(Reff-2001) is followed for analysis by using Sound Level. Sl. Instrument Used Model Make Range/Detection Limit No. 1 Sound Level Meter SLM-100 Envirotech 34 to 134 dB(A) 1 Sound Level Meter 4001 Lutron 35 to 134 dB(A) Details of Noise Monitoring Stations Station Monitoring Location Class Code NQ-1 Patnour Ghoshpara Residential Area NQ-2 Patnour Uttarpara Residential Area NQ-3 Director's Guest House, High School More, Dalkhola Residential Area NQ-4 College More, Dalkhola Commercial Area Page: 7 of 16 Environmental Monitoring Report at “Tantia Agro-Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Village:Paschim Maheshpur, Dalkhola, Dist-Uttar Dinajpur. West Bengal. NOISE MONITORING REPORT Patnour Patnour Director's Guest House, College More, Location Ghoshpara Uttarpara High School More, Dalkhola Dalkhola Type of Area Residential Area Residential Area Residential Area Commercial Area Station Code NQ-1 NQ-2 NQ-3 NQ-4 Mountoring Data 24/25.03.2015 25/26.03.2015 26/27.03.2015 27/28.03.2015 Time (In Hrs.) Hourly Leq dB(A) 06.00-07.00 41.8 44.5 45.7 49.3 07.00-08.00 44.7 45.3 53.0 59.8 08.00-09.00 45.7 41.2 57.9 59.9 09.00-10.00 50.8 57.3 49.7 61.9 10.00-11.00 46.4 45.5 56.1 63.6 11.00-12.00 55.8 53.7 62.6 63.3 12.00-13.00 55.1 56.0 62.4 60.9 13.00-14.00 55.8 56.3 56.9 61.5 14.00-15.00 57.3 57.2 61.4 61.9 15.00-16.00 60.6 53.9 51.7 62.9 16.00-17.00 54.7 55.5 57.7 63.6 17.00-18.00 56.3 51.1 57.2 65.1 18.00-19.00 53.9 51.2 55.5 59.5 19.00-20.00 48.2 53.1 46.2 61.9 20.00-21.00 47.7 47.2 44.0 59.6 21.00-22.00 43.4 37.6 55.4 57.9 22.00-23.00 41.0 37.1 47.9 43.9 23.00-00.00 37.8 40.0 47.1 47.4 00.00-01.00 36.5 37.0 45.2 46.5 01.00-02.00 42.0 38.5 42.7 47.0 02.00-03.00 38.8 39.4 44.1 42.2 03.00-04.00 42.8 42.1 41.4 45.4 04.00-05.00 48.2 43.7 45.3 45.8 05.00-06.00 46.9 42.3 38.8 54.6 Results in Leq dB(A) 54.1 53.2 57.4 61.7 Day Time Limits in Leq dB(A) 55 55 55 65 Day Time Results in Leq dB(A) 43.5 40.6 44.9 48.4 Night Time Limits in Leq dB(A) 45 45 45 55 Night Time NOTE: Day Time: 06.00 Hr.-22.00 Hr.
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