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.-:-" .i ') \~ Krishnapatnam Power Corporation Limited 12thApril ,2010 \ KPTM/PJI03 The Additional Director(S) Ministry of Environment & Forests Regional Office (Southern Zone), Kendriya Sadan, 4th Floor, E&F Wings, 17thMain Road, 2nd Block, Koramangala, Bangalore -560 034 Dear Sir, Sub: Mis Krishnapatnam Power Corporation limited - Setting up of 1980 MW (3 X 660MW) Coal fired Thermal Power Project at Tamminapatnam and Mommidi villages, Chillakur Mandai, Neliore District, Andhra Pradesh - Half yearly Compliance report -reg Ref: MoEF CI.Lt.No J-13011/1/2009-IA, II (T) dt. 17.7.09 This has reference the item no xxv of the terms and conditions issued in the Environmental Clearance letter vide above reference for submission of six monthly report on the status of compliance of the stipulated EC. We are herewith enclosing the half yearly report based on the current status of the project). Further, we are in the process of getting the Financial closure for the project and we have applied for the Consent for Establishment to APPCB on 05.09.09. The Land development works shall commence after we get the Consent for Establishment. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Copy to: 1) Zonal Office/Bangalore/CPCB 2) Regional Office/Neliore/APPCB Plot No.322, Road No.25, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad - 500 033, INDIA. Tel: +914023558801-5 Fax: +914023558806 E-mail: [email protected] Navayuga Group Corporate Office: 1259, Lakshmi Towers, Road # 36, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad - 500 033, INDIA. Tel: +91 4023557196 Fax: +914023557190 www.navayugapower.com Environmental Clearance Compliance Half Yearly Report Ref : MOEF, New Delhi EnvironmentClearance F.No. J-13011/1/2009-1A.II(T). Project: 1980MW Krishanapatnam Thermal Power Project at Tamminapatnam and Momidi Villages, Chillakur Mandai , SPSR Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh By KrishnapatnamPower Corporation Limited, Item Terms and Conditions Compliance Status No Complied. CRZ clearance for the project Prior CRZ clearance for the activities/ facilities to has been obtained from MoEF i) be located in the CRZ area shall be obtained on 18th September 2009 Vide before start of the work on the project Letter No.11-47/2009-1A.11I A copy of Approval is enclosed as Annexure-1 The total land requirement for all the activities of ii) Noted the project shall not exceed 1189 acres. Sulphur and ash contents in the imported coal to iii) be used in the project shall not exceed 0.8% and Noted 15.3% respectively at any given time. One bi flue and one single stack of 275m height each shall be provided with continuous online iv) monitoring equipments for Sox, Nox, particulate Noted matter and Hg. Exit velocity of flue gases shall not be less than 24m/sec. High efficiency Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) v) shall be installed to ensure that particulate Noted emission shall not exceed 50mg/Nm3. Space provision shall be kept for retrofitting of vi) Noted FGD, if required at a later Date. Adequate dust extraction system such as cyclones/ bag filters and water spray system in vii) dusty areas such as in coal handling and ash Noted handling points, transfer areas and other vulnerable dusty areas shall be provided. Fly ash shall be collected in dry form and storage facility (silos) shall be provided. 100%fly ash utilization shall be achieved within 4 years. Unutilized fly ash and bottom ash shall be viii) disposed off in the ash pond. Mercury and other Noted heavy metals (As,Pb,Cr, etc.) shall be monitored in bottom ash and also in the effluents emanating from the ash pond. Ash pond shall be lined with impervious lining. ix) Noted Adequate safety measures shall also be 1980MW Krishnapantam Thermal Power Project Page 1 Environmental Clearance Compliance Half Yearly Report implemented to protect the ash dyke from getting breached. Re-circulating system with natural draft cooling x) towers shall be provided. The effluents shall be Noted treated as per the prescribed norms. The treated effluents conforming to the prescribed standards only shall be discharged from cold water side in the sea. The temperature of the discharged effluents shall not exceed 5°C xi) over and above the ambient water temperature of Noted the sea. The temperature of the discharged water shall be monitored continuously and records maintained. A sewage treatment plant shall be provided and xii) the treated sewage shall be used for raising Noted greenbelt / plantation. Rain water Harvesting Study was conducted and RWH Rain water harvesting should be adopted. Central Technology approval has been obtained from Central Ground Groundwater Authority / Board shall be consulted for finalization of appropriate rain water Water Authority/ Board . A copy xiii) harvesting technology within a period of three of approval is enclosed as Annexure-2. months from the date of clearance and details shall be furnished. RWH shall be adopted as per the recommendations of the CGWAIG. Adequate safety measures shall be provided in the plant area to check/minimize spontaneous fires in coal yard, especially during summer xiv) season. Copy of these measures with full details Noted along with location plant layout shall be submitted to the ministry as well as to.the regional office of the Ministry at Banaalore. Storage facilities for auxiliary liquid fuel such as LDO and / HFO/ LSHS shall be made in the plant area where risk is minimum to the storage facilities. Disaster Management Plan shall be xv) prepared to meet any eventuality in case of an accident taking place. Mock drills shall be Noted conducted regularly and based on the same, modifications required, if any shall be incorporated in the DMP. Sulphur content in the liquid fuel will not exceed 0.5%. xvi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all Noted 1980MW Krishnapantam Thermal Power Project Page 2 Environmental Clearance Compliance Half Yearly Report necessary infrastructureand facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, creche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structure to be removed after the completion of the project. Regular monitoring of ground water in and around the ash pond area including heavy metals (Hg, Cr, As, Pb) shall be carried out, records maintained and six monthly reports shall be xvii) furnished to the Regional Office of this Ministry. Noted The data so obtained should be compared with the baseline data so as to ensure that the groundwater quality is not adversely affected due to the project. A green belt of adequate width and density shall xviii) be developed around the plant periphery covering Noted an area of 416acres preferablywith local species. First aid and sanitation arrangements shall be xix) made for the drivers and other contract workers Noted during construction phase. Noise levels emanating from turbines shall be so controlled such that the noise in the work zone shall be limited to 75 dBA. For people working in the high noise area, requisite personal protection equipment like ear plugs/ear muffs etc. shall be xx) Noted provided, Workers engaged in noisy areas such as turbine area, 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. Regular monitoring of ground level concentration of S02, NOx, Hg, SPM and RPSM 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 xxi) of monitoring stations and frequency of Noted monitoring shall be decided in consultation with SPCB. Periodic reports shall be submitted to the Regional Office of the Ministry. The data so monitored shall also be put on the website of the company. 1980MW Krishnapantam Thermal Power Project Page 3 ( Environmental Clearance Compliance Half Yearly Report 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 Complied. vernacular language of the locality, I office of Paper advertisement for Municipal Corporation I Gram Panchayat intimation to public has been concerned and on the company's website within xxii) published in two news papers on seven days from the date of this clearance letter, 31st July 2009 . Copy of the and copies of clearance letter are available with advertisement is enclosed as the State Pollution Control Boardl Committee and annexure-3 may also be seen at Website of the Ministry of Environmentand Forests at http://envfor.nic.in. A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the Complied. proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zilla A copy of the Project Parishad I Municipal Corporation , urban local Environment clearance has been Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom xxiii) sent to Local panchayat, zilla suggestionslrepresentations, if any, were Parishad, Muncipal Corporation received while processing the proposal. The and local NGOs . A copy of the clearance letter shall also be put on the website letter is enclosed as Annexure-4 of the Company by the P!oponent. A separate environment management cell with xxiv) qualified staff shall be set up for implementation Noted of the stipulated environmentalsafeguards. The project proponent shall also submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions including results of xxv) monitored data (both in hard copies as well by e• Noted mail.) to the respective Regional Office of MOEF, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB. Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests located at Bangalore will monitor the implementation of the stipulated conditions. A Complied. complete set of documents including A copy of documents has been xxvi) Environmental Impact Assessment Report and submitted to Regional Office, Environment Management Plan along with the MoEF, Bangalore Vide our letter additional information submitted from time to time KPTM/PJ/3 dt.