ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE STATUS REPORT FOR 1040 MW (2 x 520 MW) THERMAL POWER PLANT VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH APRIL - SEPTEMBER 2020 Sponsor: HINDUJA NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION LIMITED VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH Prepared by: VIMTA Labs Ltd., 142, IDA, Phase-II, Cherlapally, Hyderabad–500 051, Telangana State www.vimta.com,
[email protected] Table of Contents Compliance Status Report to Environmental Clearance of M/s Hinduja National rd Power Corporation Limited vide Letter No: J-13011/11/90-IA-II(T) dated 3 Table of September, 1996 and F. No: 11-58/2011-IA-III dated 3 rd January, 2014, 17/19 th March, 2015 and CFO No: APPCB/VSP/VSP/19/HO/CFO/2020 dated Contents 06 th March, 2020 Table of Contents _______________________________________________________________ Chapter # Title Page # _______________________________________________________________ 1.0 Introduction 1.1 The Background 1 1.2 Project Setting 1 1.3 Processing Description 2 1.4 Scope of the Study 3 1.5 Compliance to Environmental Clearance 4 2.0 Compliance Status Report 8 3.0 Description of the Environment 3.1 Meteorology 24 3.2 Ambient Air Quality 26 3.3 Fugitive Dust Emission monitoring 39 3.4 Ambient Noise Quality 39 3.5 Water Quality 42 3.6 Soil Quality 53 3.7 Waste Water Quality 58 3.8 Stack Emission Monitoring 59 3.9 Pizeo wells Monitoring 59 3.10 Sewage Treatment Plant Outlet Water Quality (STP) 60 Annexure Annexure – I Ambient Air Quality Levels Annexure – II Water Balance Diagram List of Figures 1.1 Geographical Location Map 5 1.2 Location Map-10KM Radius 6 1.3 Plant Lay out Plan 7 3.1 Wind Rose (April – September 2020) 24 3.2 Air Quality Sampling Locations 26 3.3 Noise Monitoring Locations 40 3.4 Water Sampling Locations 42 VIMTA Labs Limited, Hyderabad TC-1 Compliance Status Report to Environmental Clearance of M/s Hinduja National rd Power Corporation Limited vide Letter No: J-13011/11/90-IA-II(T) dated 3 Table of September, 1996 and F.