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VISAKHAPATNAM PORT TRUST ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY FOR MODERNISATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES AND ADDITION OF NEW FACILITIES ENTAILING CAPACITY AT VISAKHAPATNAM PORT Modified EIA Report WAPCOS LIMITED (A Government of India Undertaking) 76 C, Sector 18, Gurgaon - 122015, Haryana, INDIA Tel. +91-124-2397396, Fax. +91-124-2397392 Email: [email protected] March 2016 CONTENTS CONTENTS CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW 1-1 1.2 PROPOSED PROJECTS 1-4 1.3 NEED FOR THE EIA STUDY 1-8 1.4 STUDY AREA 1-8 1.5 OUTLINE OF THE REPORT 1-10 1.6 TOR COMPLIANCE 1-11 CHAPTER-2 VISHAKHAPATNAM PORT – PROFILE 2.1 INTRODUCTION 2-1 2.2 EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE 2-1 2.3 PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE PORT 2-5 2.4 TRAFFIC ANALYSIS & FORECAST 2-6 2.5 PROMOTING RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE UTILIZATION 2-10 2.6 EXISTING ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AT VPT 2-11 CHAPTER-3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3-1 3.2 UPGRADATION OF EXISTING FACILITY & CREATION OF NEW FACILITY 3-1 FOR IRON ORE HANDLING (OHC & WQ1) 3.3 DEVELOPMENT OF WQ-7 & WQ8 BERTH INCLUDING MECHANICAL 3-15 HANDLING FACILITIES IN THE NORTHERN ARM OF INNER HARBOUR OF VISAKHAPATNAM PORT 3.4 EXTENSION OF EXISTING CONTAINER TERMINAL IN THE OUTER 3-24 HARBOUR VISHAKHAPATNAM PORT ON DBFOT BASIS 3.5 WATER REQUIREMENT 3-25 3.6 HTL/LTL DEMATCATION 3-27 CHAPTER-4 ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE STATUS 4.1 GENERAL 4-1 4.2 METEOROLOGY 4-1 4.3 LANDUSE PATTERN OF THE STUDY AREA 4-3 4.4 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY 4-4 4.5 MARINE WATER QUALITY 4-14 4.6 SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS 4-34 4.7 TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY 4-40 4.8 MARINE ECOLOGY 4-45 i 4.9 SHORELINE CHANGES 4-69 4.10 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS 4-70 4.11 MEDICAL FACILITIES 4-83 4.12 ARCHEOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT SITES 4-85 CHAPTER-5 ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS 5.1 INTRODUCTION 5-1 5.2 IMPACTS DUE TO UP-GRADATION OF EXISTING FACILITY AND 5-1 CREATION OF NEW FACILITY 5.3 IMPACTS DUE TO DEVELOPMENT OF WEST QUAY NORTH (WQ-7 & WQ-8) 5-14 5.4 IMPACTS DUE TO EXTENSION OF EXISTING CONTAINER TERMINAL 5-25 CHAPTER–6 MITIGATION MEASURES & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 6.1 GENERAL 6-1 6.2 EMP FOR UP-GRADATION OF EXISTING FACILITY AND CREATION OF 6-1 NEW FACILITY AT VPT FOR IRON ORE HANDLING 6.3 EMP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEST QUAY NORTH (WQ-7 & WQ-8) 6-11 BERTH WITH MECHANIZED HANDLING FACILITIES FOR HANDLING BULK CARGOES 6.4 EMP FOR EXTENSION OF EXISTING CONTAINER TERMINAL IN 6-17 THE OUTER HARBOUR OF VISAKHAPATNAM PORT 6.5 EXISTING POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES 6-23 6.6 PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION MEASURES FOR 6-29 UPCOMING PROJECTS 6.7 MONITORING OF EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 6-30 6.8 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT CELL 6-31 CHAPTER-7 OIL AND CHEMICAL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLAN 7.1 OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLAN IN OPERATION 7-1 7.2 OIL/CHEMICAL SPILL 7-1 7.3 OBJECTIVE OF OIL CHEMICAL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLAN 7-2 7.4 RESPONSE PLANS 7-2 7.5 ACTION PLAN 7-4 7.6 APPLICABLE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS 7-8 7.7 COMMAND POST 7-8 7.8 DATA COLLECTION 7-8 7.9 OPERATIONAL ADMINISTRATION 7-8 7.10 LOGISTICS 7-8 7.11 MECHANICAL RESPONSE STRATEGIES 7-9 ii 7.12 NON-MECHANICAL RESPONSE STRAGEGIES: DISPERSANTS, 7-9 CHEMICAL AGENTS, IN-SITU BURNING AND OTHER SPILL MITIGATED SUBSTANCES DEVICES OR TECHNOLOGY 7.13 SITE HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN 7-9 7.14 TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE 7-9 7.15 FUNDING AND COST DOCUMENTATION 7-11 7.16 PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS 7-11 7.17 DEACTIVATION OF THE PLAN 7-11 7.18 CHEMICAL SPILL 7-12 7.19 CHEMICAL SPILL RESPONSE PROCEDURES 7-14 CHAPTER 8 DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR NATURAL AND MANMADE HAZARDS 8.1 COMPONENT OF A PORT AREA EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN 8-1 8.2 CRITERIA FOR EMERGENCY CLASSIFICATION 8-3 8.3 NATURAL HAZARDS 8-3 8.4 MAN-MADE HAZARDS 8-9 CHAPTER 9 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PLAN 9.1 INTRODUCTION 9-1 9.2 SEWAGE TREATMENT OF VISHAKHJAPATNAM CITY 9-1 9.3 SPORTS AND CULTURAL COMPLEX 9-1 9.4 DEVELOPMENT OF ROAD NETWORK 9-2 9.5 MEASURES ADOPTED IN TENDEM WITH MUNICIPALITY 9-2 9.6 BEACH NOURISHMENT 9-3 9.7 ONGOING PROPOSALS UNDER CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 9-3 9.8 NEW PROPOSALS UNDER CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 9-4 9.9 ACTIVITIES PROPOSED AS PART OF SWATCHH BHARAT ABHIYAN FROM 9-5 2014 - 2019 CHAPTER-10 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME 10.1 THE NEED 10-1 10.2 EXISTING MONITORING SYSTEM 10-1 10.3 AREAS OF CONCERN 10-2 10.4 MARINE WATER & SEDIMENT QUALITY 10-2 10.5 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY 10-4 10.6 NOISE 10-5 10.7 GREENBELT DEVELOPMENT 10-5 10.8 SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME 10-5 10.9 INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME 10-7 CHAPTER-11 PUBLIC HEARING PROCEEDINGS 11.1 GENERAL 11-1 iii 11.2 BACKGROUND 11-1 11.3 ISSUES RAISED BY THE PARTICIPANTS DURING PUBLIC HEARING 11-2 CHAPTER-12 COST ESTIMATES 12.1 BUDGET FOR EMP 12-1 12.2 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME 12-1 CHAPTER – 13 PROJECT BENEFITS 13.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW 13-1 13.2 PROPOSED PROJECT AND BENEFITS 13-1 CHAPTER – 14 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 14.1 INTRODUCTION 14-1 14.2 PROPOSED PROJECTS 14-1 14.3 KEY RECOMMENDATIONS 14-2 14.4 GREENBELT DEVELOPMENT 14-5 14.5 PORT AREA EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN 14-5 14.6 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME 14-5 14.7 CONCLUSIONS 14-5 CHAPTER – 15 DISCLOSURE OF CONSULTANTS INVOLVED IN 15-1 THE EIA STUDY iv LIST OF FIGURES Figure-1.1: Project Location Map Figure-1.2: Layout of Existing and Proposed berths in Visakhapatnam Port Figure-1.3: Layout details of extension of existing container terminal Figure-1.4: Layout details of West Quay North (WQ-7 & WQ-8) Figure-1.5: Study Area Map Figure-3.1: Layout of Berths and location of Project Site Figure 3.2: Typical cross section of stockpile configuration Figure 3.3: Dredged material disposal site based on the RAT study Figure-3.4: Layout of Berths Figure-3.5: Layout for the proposed berth Figure-3.6: Layout plan of the proposed WQ7 and WQ8 Berths Figure-3.7: Cross-section of the proposed WQ7 and WQ8 Berths Figure 3.8: Layout details of extension of existing container terminal Figure-4.1: Monthwise temperature variation in project area Figure-4.2: Monthwise rainfall variation in project area Figure-4.3: Monthwise variation humidity in project area. Figure-4.4: FCC of the study area for VPT Project Figure-4.5: Classified imagery of the study area for VPT Project Figure-4.6: Sampling Location Map Figure-4.7 : Map showing Marine water Sampling Locations Figure-4.8: Depth recorded at various stations Figure-4.9: Water temperature recorded at various stations Figure-4.10: Salinity recorded at various stations Figure-4.11: Water pH recorded at various stations Figure-4.12: Total suspended solids recorded at various stations Figure-4.13: Turbidity recorded at various stations Figure-4.14: Dissolved Oxygen recorded at various stations Figure-4.15: Biological oxygen demand recorded at various stations Figure-4.16: Nitrite recorded at various stations Figure-4.17: Nitrate recorded at various stations Figure-4.18: Ammonical Nitrogen recorded at various stations Figure-4.19: Total Nitrogen recorded at various stations Figure-4.20: Total Phosphorus recorded at various stations Figure-4.21: Inorganic Phosphate recorded at various stations Figure-4.22: Reactive silicate levels recorded at various stations Figure-4.23: Particulate Organic Carbon levels recorded at various stations v Figure-4.24: Petroleum Hydrocarbon levels recorded at various stations Figure-4.25: Hexavalent Chromium level recorded at various stations Figure-4.26: Lead level recorded at various stations Figure-4.27: Copper level recorded at various stations Figure-4.28: Mercury level recorded at various stations Figure-4.29: Soil pH recorded at various stations Figure-4.30: Variations in soil texture recorded in various stations Figure-4.31: Total Organic Carbon recorded in various stations Figure-4.32: Petroleum Hydrocarbon levels recorded at various stations Figure-4.33: Hexavalent Chromium Level recorded at various stations Figure-4.34: Lead level recorded at various stations Figure-4.35: Copper level recorded at various stations Figure-4.36: Mercury level recorded at various stations Figure-4.37: Population density of Phytoplankton Figure-4.38: Percentage composition of Phytoplankton Figure-4.39: Population density of Zooplankton Figure-4.40: Percentage composition of Zooplankton Figure-4.41: Population density of macro benthos Figure-4.42: Percentage composition of macro benthos Figure- 4.43: Population density of meio-fauna Figure- 4.44: Percentage composition of meio benthos Figure-4.45: Demographic profile in the study area villages Figure-4.46: Caste Profile in the study area villages Figure-4.47: Literacy profile in the study area villages Figure-4.48: Occupational profile in the study area villages Figure-6.1: Dredged material disposal site based on the RAT study Figure-7.1: Crisis Management Response Sheet Figure-7.2: De-activation plan for recovery-reentry-restoration Figure-8.1: Cyclone Emergency Preparedness Plan Figure-8.2: Action Plan to be taken in the event that Tsunami is likely to make Landfall vi CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION Visakhapatnam Port Trust CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW The Port of Visakhapatnam situated on the East Coast of India is one of the pre-eminent Major Ports of the country.