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q6 @R'-oru dr -qrar, fu-"Ir-oit-qT ltq-zoez4i (su;,.rPqn PATA - PETROCHEMICALS PO. - PATA, DISTT.-AURAIYA td (iiBqr)frfr& PIN - 20624r (U.P.), INDIA q-6rf, (ure wr+-x o"t sqrrq - !-o, etqfr) qlc/pHoNr. + 9r !681 282356, 282049,283403-5 S'N/FAX; + 91 5681 282446 GAIL (lndia) Limited (A Government of lndia Undertaking-A Maharatna Company) Ref. No: GAIL/PATA/SD & Env/MOEFl2O2Ol May 21,2O2O In-Charge Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change Kendriya Bhavan, 5th Floor Sector- H, Aliganj, Lucknow-226024 Subject: Submission of compliance to conditions of Environment Clearances accorded to GAIL (India) Limited, Pata for Petrochemical Complex, LPG Recovery project, LLDPL Debottlenecking Project, HDPE Expansion & 5th Furn-ace pioject and Expansion of Petrochemical Coftplex Project. References: 1. J-11O1Lt22lgo-IA-II Dated March 30, L992, Regarding GAIL, Pata Petrochemical Project. 2, J-1lOL,.t2gtgo-ra.rr (I) Dated January L6, L997, Regarding LPG Recovery Facility. 3. I-110 ittZgl 1ZOO3-IA.1I (I) Dated April L9, 2OO4, Regarding, LLDPE Debottlenecking Project. 4. J-ltOLLtL43t2oo4 - IA II (I) Dated 12th lanuary, 2005, Regarding HDPE Expansion & 5th Furnace Project. S. f-irOLLtSgSlzOtO-tA II (I, Dated 23rd May 2012, Regarding Expansion of Petrochemical Complex Project. Dear Sir, please find enclosed the compliance status of all the conditions of above referred 2020' environment clearances granted to GAIL, Pata for the period october 2019 to March you will appreciate that t-he compliance for*each of the previous conditions were time bound and were implemented by us before the subject project was commissioned. Thanking you Yours Sincerely, V?//-\ ('nilil verma) General Manager (TS) Email- Enclosures: As above qfr-fd orqff,q : r\-a rrq-q, 15 rffi om t)e, qRS gq, q-{ ffi-10066 iBqI freTr$\'qlctt'l REGD. OFFICE: L4o2ooDLl 984G0 lor 8976 GAIL BHAWAN,l6 BHIKAIJI CAMA PLACE, R.K. PURAM, NEW DELHI .1]0056, INDIA www.gaitonline.com Compliance status to conditions of Environment Clearances at GAIL (India) Limited, Pata, U.P. Environment Clearances accorded to GAIL (India) Ltd. Pata are as follows: A. Letter No. J-11011/22/90-IA-II, Dated-30/03/1992 for GAIL, Pata Petrochemical Project. B. Letter No. J-11011/29/96-IA.II (I), Dated 16/01/1997 for LPG Recovery Facility. C. Letter No. J-11011/237/2003-IA.II (I), Dated 19/04/2004 for LLDPE Debottlenecking Project. D. Letter No. J-11011/143/2004 – IA II (I), Dated 12/01/2005 for HDPE Expansion & 5th Furnace Project. E. Letter No. J-11011/595/2010-IA II (I), Dated 23/05/2012 for Expansion of Petrochemical Complex project. A. Compliance status for Letter No: .J-11011/22/90-IA-II, Dated 30/03/1992. Sr. Condn. Conditions Compliance Status No. no. 1. i. The Project Authority must strictly All the stipulations made by the adhere to the stipulations made by State Pollution Control Board and the the State Pollution Control Board and State Government are adhered to. the State Government. Compliance to conditions of Consent to Operate have been sent to the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board. 2. ii. Any expansion of the plant either Any expansion of the plant is taken with the existing product mix or new up only after obtaining prior products can be taken up only with approval of the Ministry. GAIL Pata the prior approval of this Ministry has been accorded 5 ECs for different expansions as mentioned above (A, B, C, D & E). 3. iii. The project Authority must submit Comprehensive EIA study was done comprehensive EIA report for the by NEERI for the proposed plant in proposed activity along with any July 1991. Report of the study was future activity proposed / approved submitted to MoEF&CC. by this Ministry within one month. 4. iv. Rehabilitation of the families whose The rehabilitation package has been land has been acquired for the above developed by GAIL Pata in petrochemical complex etc. should association with the State be handled in association with the Government Authorities and same is State Government authorities as per implemented as per statutory norms their statutory norms / guidelines. / guidelines. 5. v. The gaseous emissions from various The gaseous emissions from various process units should conform to the process units are monitored through standard prescribed by the state of art monitoring technologies concerned authorities from time to and conform to the standard time. At no time the emission level prescribed by the statutory should go beyond the stipulated authorities. In addition to the above, standards. In the event of the failure Online Continuous Emission 1 Compliance status to conditions of Environment Clearances at GAIL (India) Limited, Pata, U.P. of any pollution control system Monitoring System has been adopted by the unit, the respective provided in all the stacks and real unit should be put out of operation time data is sent to CPCB and UPPCB immediately and should not be through web based system. restarted until the control measures Mitigatory control methods have are rectified to achieve the desired been adopted at design stage in efficiency order to reduce the load of gaseous emissions from process units. However, It is pertinent to mention here that GAIL, Pata uses Natural gas as fuel, which is a clean fuel free from sulphur and particulates. 6 vi (a). Six ambient air quality monitoring Five fixed real time ambient air (a). stations should be set up in the quality monitoring station and Two downwind direction as well as where third party ambient air quality maximum ground level concentration monitoring stations (within and of NOx and HC is anticipated in outside the premises) have been consultation with State Pollution setup. In addition, 1 No. Mobile Van Control Board. Monitoring should be having real time ambient air quality continuous for SO2, NOx, HC and CO monitoring station is also in use for in at least three sites as indicated in monitoring of ambient air quality. the EIA report submitted to the Monitoring of ambient air quality is Ministry. Monitoring network should continuous for SO2, NO2, Total be designed taking into account land Hydrocarbons, CO, PM10, PM2.5 and use pattern, location of stacks, Benzene at five fixed real time meteorological and topographical ambient air quality monitoring features including the modeling stations and one mobile van. exercise / calculations. The locations covered by the stations have been fixed in consultation with the Pollution Control Board considering location of existing stacks, wind direction and other topographical features. Air modelling studies have been carried out by NEERI during EIA studies and the recommendations are followed. 6 vi (b). All the stacks of the plant must be All the stacks of the plant are (b). provided with automatic stack equipped with automatic stack emission monitoring equipment. emission monitoring equipment i.e. Stack emission and ambient air Online Continuous Emission quality data must be submitted to Monitoring System (OCEMS). The State Pollution Control Board once in stack monitoring results and the three months and this ministry in six ambient air quality results carried months along with statistical out by third party environment analysis. monitoring agency (enclosed as Annexure-1 for period Jan. – March 2020) is regularly submitted to U. P. Pollution Control Board on 2 Compliance status to conditions of Environment Clearances at GAIL (India) Limited, Pata, U.P. monthly basis and to MoEF on half- yearly basis. Presently the stacks are also connected to CPCB and UPPCB servers for continuous online monitoring of parameters viz. CO, SO2, NO2 and PM. 7 vii (a). Fugitive emissions should be Fugitive emissions are monitored (a). controlled and regularly monitored and controlled through Leak and data recorded. Detection and Repair (LDAR) program as per OISD-GDN-224. 7 Vii (b). Fugitive emission of HC from storage The steps taken to control fugitive (b). tanks should be controlled through emissions at GAIL Pata include: proper tank design and subsequent I. Floating roof tanks have been preventive measures as mentioned provided for volatile products below and maintenance schedules. like GHU Light Cut, GHU Fuel i) Provision of floating roof Oil, Hexane, Hexene-1 & tanks for volatile products. Cyclo Hexane. ii) Replacement of gland II. All the pumps have been packing of pumps by provided with mechanical means of mechanical seals for pumping C2C3, seals; and Ethylene, C4 Mix, Butene-1, iii) Use of submerged filling in Propylene, Naphtha, MFO, product loading gantries. Hexane & Cyclo Hexane. III. Submerged filling is used in liquid product loading gantries. 8. viii. Low NOx burners should be used to Low NOx burners are used in all the limit NOx emissions. Furnaces and Boilers. 9. ix. Flare system should be designed for Flare system is designed for smokeless burning with adequate smokeless burning with adequate steam for all normal venting and steam for all normal venting and flaring. flaring. Flare stacks have been provided with adequate heights to ensure effective dispersion of emissions. 10. x. Loading / Unloading and Loading / Unloading of LHC is transportation of products may be carried out in accordance with PESO restricted to daytime periods. approval. Loading facilities for all Loading facilities should have vapour liquid products are provided with return circuits. vapour return circuits. 11. xi. There should be no change in the All the stacks height in the complex stack design, without the approval of is as per standard height of more the State Pollution Control Board. than 30 meters. The details of the Alternate pollution control system height of various stacks installed in and proper design in the stack the premises are attached at should be provided to take care of Annexure-2. 3 Compliance status to conditions of Environment Clearances at GAIL (India) Limited, Pata, U.P.