Executive Summary in English for Proposed Expansion of Cast Iron Casting Product at Kulgachia, P.O Mahishrekha, P.S Uluberia &Am
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M/S. CRESCENT FOUNDRY COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED Executive Summary in English for Proposed Expansion of Cast Iron Casting Product at Kulgachia, P.O Mahishrekha, P.S Uluberia & District – Howrah, West Bengal. JANUARY, 2020 Kadam Environmental Consultants www.kadamenviro.com Environment f or Development E: [email protected]; T:+91-265-6131000 CRESCENT FOUNDRY COMPANY PROPOSED EXPANSION OF CAST IRON CASTING PRODUCT AT KULGACHIA, PRIVATE LIMITED. P.O MAHISHREKHA, P.S ULUBERIA, DISTRICT – HOWRAH, WEST BENGAL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION Crescent Foundry since 1982, has been exporting to over 50 countries which includes USA, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, UK, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, South Africa, Singapore, Chile, Uruguay, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Russia, Estonia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Colombia, South Korea, Morocco, Kenya, Angola, Japan, Tanzania. CFCPL also caters to the Indian market. With a production capacity of 75,000+ MTPA between grey and ductile iron castings CFCPL cater to sectors like: Automotive Agricultural Hydraulic Compressors Railways Pump & Valve Construction and Material Handling M/s. CFCPL is planning to expand the production capacity of cast iron casting production from 1900 MT/Month to 8333 MT/Month. The project is classified as Category “B” project. As per the EIA notification dated 14th September, 2006, as amended till date, the proposed project falls in Project / Activity: 3(a). 1.1.1 Proposed Project Plot area of the proposed project consists of 27,838 m2. The proposed project cost is estimated to be around INR 82 Crore for additional investment. Production capacities for the products in which expansion is proposed are provided in Table 1 Table -1: Production Capacities for the Products in which Expansion is proposed Sr. Quantity in MT/Month Name of Product No. Existing Proposed Total 1 Iron Casting / Month 1900 6433 8333 1.1.2 Utilities For the proposed project, utilities & fuel required are provided in Table 2. Table 2: List of Existing & Proposed Utilities S. Unit of Name of Utility Existing Proposed Total Source No. Measurement 1 Water KLD 23 16 39 Ground water Wastewater 2 generation and KLD 13 6 19 Septic tank and soakpit disposal Power 3 KVA/Day 1300 9500 10800 WBSESCL requirement 4 Fuel MT/Month 320 777 1097 Hard coke CRESCENT FOUNDRY COMPANY PROPOSED EXPANSION OF CAST IRON CASTING PRODUCT AT KULGACHIA, PRIVATE LIMITED. P.O MAHISHREKHA, P.S ULUBERIA, DISTRICT – HOWRAH, WEST BENGAL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY S. Unit of Name of Utility Existing Proposed Total Source No. Measurement 5 HSD Lit/hr 32 32 64 6 LPG Kg/hr 150 - 150 No addition 1.1.3 Manpower Existing manpower employed at the operational site is 400 nos. Additional manpower required for proposed expansion would be 400 nos. So total manpower would be 800 nos. 1.1.4 Air Emissions Point Source Emissions: SPM, SO2 & NOx from flue gas stacks attached to boilers & DG set. SPM, SO2, NOx, and CO from flue gas and other process stacks/vents; 1.1.5 Noise Sources Noise generation sources are the heavy machinery like DG Set, Boiler, and grinding operation etc. & vehicular movement for transportation of raw materials and Products. 1.1.6 Hazardous & Other Solid Waste The following hazardous/solid wastes will be generated due to proposed expansion: Hazardous Waste: Paint slag waste Non-Hazardous Waste: Foundry return and slag & dust. Small amounts of e-waste and scrap. These will be managed as per the applicable Rules, mainly, Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling, Storage and Transboundary) Rules 2016. 1.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 1.2.1 Study Period, Area & Monitoring/Sampling Locations Baseline monitoring study and surveys of the study area have been carried out in winter season 2018-19 within 10 Km radius of the project site. Air monitoring was carried out at 10 locations. Noise measurement was carried out at 9 locations. Surface water samples from 9 locations, ground water samples from 9 locations and soil samples from 9 locations were collected and analysed. 1.2.2 Land Use and Land Cover Land use of study area is classified as Agricultural land (~ 46.10%), Vegetation cover (~33.08%), Built-up Land & Habitation (~ 11.19%), Water bodies (~ 8.69%) & Waste land (~ 0.97%). 1.2.3 Meteorology As per the long-term climatological tables (1981-2010) published by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) for Uluberia (Station ID: 42805), during winter season, the mean average temperature recorded was 36.5 oC with mean max 39.1 oC and mean min 34.0 oC. The mean average relative humidity recorded was 69.1 % with mean maximum humidity of 70.6 % and mean minimum of 67.4 %. Meteorological data CRESCENT FOUNDRY COMPANY PROPOSED EXPANSION OF CAST IRON CASTING PRODUCT AT KULGACHIA, PRIVATE LIMITED. P.O MAHISHREKHA, P.S ULUBERIA, DISTRICT – HOWRAH, WEST BENGAL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY shows that mean average wind speed during study period are 2.6 m/s. during study period wind blows mostly from NW direction. 1.2.4 Ambient Air Quality The broad findings of the ambient air quality monitoring are: 3 At various locations, average concentration of PM10 was observed to be varying from 73 µg/m to 127 3 µg/m , it is also noted that average PM10 values have exceeded NAAQS at four locations. 3 An average concentration of PM2.5 levels was observed to be in range of 34 to 72 µg/m , it is also noted that average PM2.5 values have exceeded NAAQS at five locations; 3 3 The average concentration of SO2 (4.9 – 11.8 µg/m ), NOx (24.4 – 37.9 µg/m ), & CO (0.42 – 0.67 mg/m3) are within permissible limits as prescribed by CPCB. 1.2.5 Noise Levels Noise level varied from 53.6 dB (at Mahishrekha Village) to 64.7 dB (At Project Site) during day time and 43.1 dB (at Mahishrekha Village) to 59.8 dB (At Project Site) during night time. Noise level is within the CPCB standards. 1.2.6 Water Quality Surface water Based on analysis results and above observations the quality of ponds can be compared with Class C as per classification of inland surface water standard and water can be used for drinking water source with conventional treatment followed by disinfetion. Ground water The chemical quality of ground water shows considerable variation. TDS is within the permissible limit in all the sampling location and value ranges from 368 mg/l to 740 mg/l. Electrical Conductivity values appears to be higher side in GW 1, GW5, GW 6, GW 7 and GW 8 Total Hardness s found above the acceptable limit in all sample except GW 5 Total alkalinity is also found above the acceptable limit in all samples Total Nitrogen is also found above the acceptable limit in GW 1 and values rages form 0.24 mg/l to 1.01 mg/l. Total coliforms is 7.8 count /100 ml and 33 count /100 ml were found in GW 4 and GW 9 samples respectively, Faecal Coliforms is 33/100 ml count is found in GW 9 The presence of Total nitrogen and faecal coliform & total coliform in groundwater indicates hydraulic connection between top soil layer with underneath groundwater environment and consequent leaky conditions of aquifers. 1.2.7 Soil Quality It is observed that at different locations: The analysis of physicochemical properties of soil samples collected from the site as well as surrounding area indicated that porosity ranged from 48 – 58 % and WHC varied from 38.89 – 55.59 %, while permeability ranged from 2.56 – 25.80 mm/hr. The moderate porosity and WHC and low permeability was on account of sandy loam to clay loam texture of soils. The EC (0.128 – 0.909 dS/m) and ESP (2.71– 3.98) CRESCENT FOUNDRY COMPANY PROPOSED EXPANSION OF CAST IRON CASTING PRODUCT AT KULGACHIA, PRIVATE LIMITED. P.O MAHISHREKHA, P.S ULUBERIA, DISTRICT – HOWRAH, WEST BENGAL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY were well within the safe limits of <0.8 dS/m and 15, respectively, except one sample from Kashmad, which slightly showed higher EC. The soils were acidic (pH <6.5) to alkaline (pH>7.8 – 8.50) due to predominance of sodium. Among water soluble cations predominance of Na (0.34 to 0.91 g/kg) was seen followed by Mg (0.15 to 0.57 g/kg), Ca (0.08 to 0.29 g/kg) and K (0.04 to 0.15 g/kg. 1.2.8 Biological Environment There is no Biosphere Reserve, Tiger / Elephant Reserve, Migratory Corridors falls in the project study area of 10 km radius. In buffer zone, total 132 species of flora were reported from the study area. Trees were dominant life form and reported with maximum 58 species, followed by herbs 35 species, shrubs 18 species and climbers 15 species while grasses with 06 species. Buffer zone of the proposed site; a total of 53 faunal species were reported based on field observations, literature survey and consultation with local people including 08 species of mammals, 05 species of reptiles, 38 species of birds,12 species of Butterflies and 5 species of fishes were reported. No Schedule I species was observed during the survey of the study area 1.2.9 Socio-Economic Environment The summary of the social survey for the study area is provided below: The statistics regarding the human population and the number of dwelling units of villages in the study area indicates that there are 282 villages and Census town 26 in the study area. There are total 1,41,261 households are covering 6,62,158 persons in the Study area with male population of 3,39,625 and female population of 3,22,533 indicating a gender ratio of 950 and household size of average 5 members.