Meetin9 convened bY Board chairman against the storage of hazardous chemicals and w.rt..

The meeting started at I1.00 A.M on 23.06.2018. Chairman presided the meeting. Member

secretary was also present. The following persons attended.

l). Sri. K.V' Krishna Reddy, DGM (process) FEDO, Udyogamandar.

2). Sri. N. Premkumar.V., Senior Manager, Edayar Zinc Ltd.

3)' Sri. M.A. Baiju, chief Environmental Engineer, Regional ofl'ice,

4)' Sri' Sajeev K'G, Senior Environmental Engineer, Vigilance and Surprise Squad, State

Pollution Control Board, Thiruvananthapuram

5). Smt.P.B. Sreelakshmy, Environmental Engineer, ESC,

chairman welcomed the persons and explained the necessity of the meeting. There was a complaint'from local panchayath and Local MLA against the stora ge of Hazardous chemicals in the vicinity of the company M/s' Edayar zinc Ltd. and the matter was also coming in Legislative Assembly of Kerala. In the tight of the situation the meeting was organized fbr making Acti.n plan. M/s Edayar zinc Ltd. (Former Binani zinc Ltd.) situated at village, , was closed in the year 2014. The company was closed all of a sudden without completing the process lutilization of the raw material remained in the unit. Large quantity of hazardous chemicals and sludge remained in the unit while the company was layoff during 2014. The chemicals include raw materials, processing chemiials, electrolytes, intermediate chemicals etc. The unit is located on the bank of river . The storage tanks established in the company premises shows corroded anil may collapse ar any time and chemicals may reach the river causins the tife of flora and fauna and also degradation of environment around the area. The Sr'Manager of the Edayar Zinc Limited infbrmed that the company is closed frorn 2014 and now the unit is'kept forauction by the Punjab National Bank. Further infbrmed that they have sold some of the chemicals like Furnace oil, LDo etc. stored in the company. Bur, sale was stopped due to the objbction fiom their workers. chairman enquired the representatives of'FEDO whether the FEDO can prepare a detailed "Contingency Action Plan" on the safe disposal of wastqs and utilization of chemicals stored in the unit M/s Edayar zinc Limited. The DGM of FEDo intbrmed that FEDO can prdpare the action plan and execute proposed the action plan. He informed that the whether these chemicals can be utilized chemicals shall be analyzed in order to assess the quality to to dispose the or not. tn this connection he intbrmed that the fbllowing options can be adopted chemicals.

to other emptied tanks temporarily'

The following decisions were taken in the meeting' plan stored inside the unit incorporating tlre l. To prepare a concept Action for the removal of chemicals costsandexpenditurefortheentirestudyandexecutionofworks. whether the water is contaminated or Z. To check the water quality in the Jarosite ponds and to ascefiain of the water if it is not. The existing Effluent Treatment Plant can be utilized fbr treatment ) contaminated. within a week tbr obtaining 3. The concept action plan will be submitted to the Board plan preparation and execution' sanction/permission flom the Gow. of Kerala tbr detailed action work shall be met by the companV 4. The expenditure for the preparation of action plan and execution of from the company if Coverntnent otherwise Board.shall meet the expenditure and recover the amount give sanction. the matter with Statutory 5. During the process of preparation of the action plan, FEDO shall discuss Factories & Boilers' Disaster DepartmentsAnstitutions involved in the company which are Management Authority, Customs etc' The meeting came to an end l2'00 noon' "q CHAIRMA\d

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