1.0 INTRODUCTION Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) Is an Indian State – Controlled Oil and Gascompany Headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra
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EIA / RA STUDY FOR STORAGE CAPACITY EXPANSION AT RATLAM TERMINAL, INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD. (MD), BANGROD, RATLAM (457111), MADHYA PRADESH 1.0 INTRODUCTION Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is an Indian state – Controlled Oil and gascompany headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. was formed in 1964 with the merger of Indian Refineries Ltd. (Estd. 1958). Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Indian Oil) is India's largest public corporation in terms of revenue and is one of the Maharatna status companies of India. A Govt. of India Enterprises involved in Refining and Marketing of Petroleum Products. IOCL has been ranked 168th in fortune global 500 rankings of the world‟s biggest corporations for the year 2017. IOCL have own refinery with capacity of 80.49 MMTPA for crude oil and petroleum products and 9.5 MMSCMD for gas. The Corporation's cross-country pipelines network, for transportation of crude oil to refineries and finished products to high-demand centers, spans over 11,220 km. Oil marketing companies have projected an increase in demand of Petroleum Product in future due to increase in it's domestic & industrial use. 1.0 IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT The Indian oil Corporation has 65% share of the bulk consumer business, and almost 6,400 dedicated pumps are in operation for the convenience of large-volume consumers like the defense services, railways and state transport undertakings, ensuring products and inventory at their doorstep. They are backed for supplies by 136 bulk storage terminals and depots, 100 aviation fuel stations and 91 LPG bottling plants. Indian Oil‟s Gujrat Refinery expansion from 13.7 to 18.0 MMTPA and fuel quality upgradation from BS IV to BS VI grades by 01.04.2020 increased evacuation of petroleum products from Gujrat Refinery to Ratlam Terminal by existing pipeline. Use of high quality petroleum products thus reduces pollution and improve environment. Also, this will reduce the logistics cost of transportation of POL products from Vadodara to Ratlam thru Rail mode vis a vis pipeline mode and pollution thereby. 1.0.1 Nature of the Project At present IOCL Ratlam terminal is handling petroleum products such as MS (BSIV), HSD (BSIV), SKO & ATF (Jet A1). The Terminal also has facility for ethanol storage and mixing in MS as per guidelines of Govt. of India. MS and Ethanol fall under Class „A‟ flammable Petroleum products while SKO and HSD fall under Class „B‟ flammable Petroleum product. The project activities fall under item no. 6 (b): “Isolated storage & handling of hazardous chemicals under the category “B” (general conditions apply)” as per the EIA notification 2006 and its subsequent amendments. 1.0.2 Size of the Project The present storage capacity of the POL is 77,918 KL. To meet the demand of the petroleum products to the surrounding areas. IOCL has decided to enhance the storage capacity of the POL and storage facility for MS, HSD and Biodiesel. After enhancement the total capacity of the POT will be 1,63,918 KL. TABLE 1 PROPOSED TANKAGE DETAIL CAPACITY Sr. No. Petroleum Product Proposed Capacity (KL) Nos. of Tanks Total Capacity (KL) 1 MS 10,000 2 20,000 2 HSD 20,000 3 60,000 3 Bio-Diesel 6000 1 6000 Proposed Capacity 86,000 KL Existing Capacity 77,918 KL Total Capacity after Expansion 1,63,918 KL Executive Summary ES-1 EIA / RA STUDY FOR STORAGE CAPACITY EXPANSION AT RATLAM TERMINAL, INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD. (MD), BANGROD, RATLAM (457111), MADHYA PRADESH 1.0.3 LOCATION OF THE PROJECT Ratlam Terminal is spread in an area of 97 Acres and was commissioned in Nov 2009. It is located 9 Kms away from the Mandsaur Neemuch Highway in village “Bangrod” near Delhi Mumbai Main Line railway track. Bangrod railway station is situated at a distance of 2 Kms (North East) and Bangrod village is located at a distance of 2 Kms (South West). The site is situated at Latitude 23024‟11.48‟N and Longitude 75007‟38.40‟E, in Village: Bangrod, Tehsil: Ratlam, District: Ratlam which is about 17 km from Ratlam city. The Terminal is located on the Topo sheet No. 46 M/3. 1.1 JUSTIFICATION AND NEED OF PROJECT Based upon petroleum consumption scenario and required expansion of Gujrat Refinery, need is felt to enhance the Petroleum storage capacity at Ratlam Terminal , IOCL has proposed to enhance the POL storage capacity of the plant by 2 X 10,000 KL MS Tanks, 3 X 20,000 KL HSD tanks and 1 X 6,000 KL Biodiesel Tank. Indian Oil‟s Gujrat Refinery expansion from 13.7 to 18.0 MMTPA and fuel quality upgradation from BS IV to BS VI grades by 01.04.2020. increased evacuation of petroleum products from Gujrat Refinery to Ratlam Terminal by existing pipeline. Use of high quality petroleum products thus reduces pollution and improve environment. Also, this will reduce the logistics cost of transportation of POL products from Vadodara to Ratlam thru Rail mode vis a vis pipeline mode and pollution thereby. 1.1.1 Regulatory Framework According to the EIA Notification, 2006 and its subsequent amendments, the proposed project comes under item no. 6 (b): “Isolated storage & handling of hazardous chemicals under the category “B” (general conditions apply)” and is located at Village: Bangrod, Tehsil: Ratlam, District: Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh and requires environmental clearance from MoEF&CC, SEAC. Accordingly, IOCL Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh has therefore initiated the process of Environmental Clearance. Project status is as follows: Description of Process Date ToR Application submitted at MoEF&CC 28th July, 2017 TOR presentation 298th SEAC Meeting, (Sr. No. 6) 17th November, 2017 TOR issued by SEAC, Madhya Pradesh 13th December, 2017 The EIA report for the expansion of existing project is prepared based on the approved ToR by SEAC, Madhya Pradesh, and will be submitted for grant a prior environmental clearance. 1.2.2 Cost of the Project Cost for the proposed expansion project is estimated to be Rs. 236 Crores 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.0 PROCESS DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PRODUCT Indian oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) has established Ratlam POL Terminal for storage and distribution of petroleum product in the region. Details are given in EIA report Chapter 2. 2.1 DETAILS ABOUT RESOURCES 2.1.1 Land requirement No additional land required for proposed expansion. The existing POL Terminal at Ratlam has enough space within its plant boundary to accommodate the expansion (land documents in Annexure IV). The proposed activities will be within the existing plant. Available land area is 97 Acres. Executive Summary ES-2 EIA / RA STUDY FOR STORAGE CAPACITY EXPANSION AT RATLAM TERMINAL, INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD. (MD), BANGROD, RATLAM (457111), MADHYA PRADESH 2.1.2 Power requirement For the existing project, power is received from Madhya Pradesh Pashcim Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Co. Ltd. Power agreement is for 1000 KVA (Electricity bill Letter attached as Annexure V). Moreover, three DG sets (2X500 KV & 1X200KV) are also there. Roof top solarization of the capacity 145 KWp is under commissioning. Further power requirement, if any, will be sourced thru Madhya Pradesh Pashchim Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Co. Ltd. and also if required capacity of existing DG sets will be enhanced suitably 2.1.3 Manpower requirement During construction phase there will be temporary additional contractor manpower requirement of approximately 80-100. During operational phase of additional facilities there will be additional requirement of direct manpower 14-15 and indirect contractor manpower 25-30. 2.1.4 Water Availability and Wastewater Generation Source of Water Supply and Requirement The existing water requirement is 3.5 KLD (Domestic- 1 KLD, Gardening-2 KLD & amp; Hydrant tank-0.5 KLD). No additional water requirement is envisaged for the proposed expansion. The water requirement is meeting through ground water three bore-wells. [Refer acknowledge No.214 (140) NCR/CGWA/2012-4908-Annexure III]. Wastewater Generation The quantity of wastewater generation (1.2 m3/day) under normal operation of the plant will not increase due to no additional manpower will be deployed for regular operations. There will be no industrial effluent being generated from this project. Sewage generated from domestic sources will be treated in Septic tanks followed by soak pits. In case any open spillage of oil from tank shall lead to Oil Water Separator (OWS) where separated oil send back to intermediate holding tank and shall be utilized suitably after ensuring quality of product. The water from OWS will be reused for gardening and dust suppression in the gantry areas during truck movement. 3.0 DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENT This chapter of the report provides details about the environmental baseline conditions within 10 km study area. An environmental baseline survey was conducted as a part of EIA study for M/s IOCL Ratlam Terminal during October to December 2017 (Post-monsoon season) and included collection of primary and secondary data. 3.1 AIR ENVIRONMENT 3.1.1 Meteorology The weather monitoring station was installed at the project site to record temperature, wind speed, wind direction, relative humidity, and rain fall. The generated data was then compared with the meteorological data obtained from IMD. During October to December 2017 values monitored for temperature and humidity ranged from 14 to 350C and 10 to 74% respectively and total rainfall observed 11.2 mm. The site specific wind roses were drawn. It was observed from the wind roses that the first predominant wind direction 22.5% from E and second predominant 20 % from ENE direction with the 0.30% calm conditions. Executive Summary ES-3 EIA / RA STUDY FOR STORAGE CAPACITY EXPANSION AT RATLAM TERMINAL, INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD.