Environmental Audit and Due Diligence Assessment – Final Report Panipat Thermal Power Station (HPGCL) Enzen Global Solutions Pvt Ltd 90, Hosur Road Madiwala Bangalore 560 068 India Tel: +91 80 6712 3002 Fax: +91 80 6712 3003 www.enzenglobal.com This document is being submitted to Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited by Enzen Global Solutions Pvt. Ltd. with the explicit understanding that the contents would not be divulged to any third party without prior written consent from Enzen Global Solutions Pvt. Ltd.. Enzen Contacts If you would need any further information or have any queries regarding this report, please contact the following: Name Designation Contact Details K V Santhosh Ragavan Consultant, 90, Hosur Road Madiwala Environment Practice Bangalore 560 068 India Tel: +91 80 6712 3002 Fax: +91 80 6712 3003 Email: [email protected] Uma Rajarathnam, Ph.D. Head, Environment 90, Hosur Road Practice Madiwala Bangalore 560 068 India Tel: +91 80 6712 3002 Fax: +91 80 6712 3003 Email: [email protected] ii Table of Contents Acknowledgement ............................................................................................................. v Executive Summary ........................................................................................................... vi 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Objectives of the Assignment .......................................................................................... 1 1.2 Scope of the Assignment .................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Description of PTPS .......................................................................................................... 2 2 Regulatory Compliance Assessment ................................................................... 4 2.1 Introduction...................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Environmental Clearances / Consents ............................................................................. 4 3 Pollution Prevention and Control Assessment ................................................. 11 3.1 Air Quality and Air Emissions ......................................................................................... 11 3.2 Water and Wastewater .................................................................................................. 19 3.3 Fly Ash and Ash Pond Management Systems ................................................................ 23 3.4 Solid Waste Management .............................................................................................. 25 4 Resource Efficiency Assessment ....................................................................... 27 4.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................... 27 4.2 Approach adopted by PTPS and historical performance ............................................... 27 4.3 Benchmarking ................................................................................................................. 34 4.4 Energy Balance ............................................................................................................... 34 4.5 Recommendations: ........................................................................................................ 37 5 Occupational Health and Safety Assessment ................................................... 38 5.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................... 38 5.2 Statutory requirements .................................................................................................. 38 5.3 Gap Analysis and Recommendations ............................................................................. 38 6 Community Health and Environmental Impacts Assessment ......................... 49 6.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................... 49 6.2 Approach ........................................................................................................................ 49 6.3 FGD Observations ........................................................................................................... 50 6.4 Potential Liabilities and Risks ......................................................................................... 51 6.5 Monitoring Analysis........................................................................................................ 52 6.6 PTPS CSR ......................................................................................................................... 54 6.7 Recommendations ......................................................................................................... 55 7 Institutional Capacity Assessment .................................................................... 57 i 7.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................... 57 7.2 Approach ........................................................................................................................ 57 7.3 Present Setup ................................................................................................................. 57 7.4 Analysis of Existing Institutional Capacity ...................................................................... 59 7.5 Case Study: NTPC Institutional Framework ................................................................... 60 7.6 Recommendations ......................................................................................................... 61 8 Interventions ..................................................................................................... 63 9 Investment and Implementation Action Plan .................................................. 72 10 Addendum to the Report .................................................................................. 82 List of Tables Table 1 Compliance Status for MoEF Environmental Clearance .................................................... 5 Table 2 Compliance Status of Consent for discharging effluent .................................................... 8 Table 3 Compliance Status for conditions under HSPCB Authorization ....................................... 10 Table 4 Baseline parameters for stack emissions ......................................................................... 15 Table 5 Raw Water Intake ............................................................................................................. 20 Table 6 Summary of Water Balance ............................................................................................. 22 Table 7 Dry Fly Ash Generation and Utilization ............................................................................ 23 Table 8 Fly Ash Utilization Targets ................................................................................................ 24 Table 9 Unit 3-Performance during 2007-08 ................................................................................ 28 Table 10 Unit 3-Performance during 2008-09 .............................................................................. 28 Table 11 Unit 3-Performance during 2009-10 .............................................................................. 28 Table 12 Unit 4-Performance during 2007-08 .............................................................................. 31 Table 13 Unit 4-Performance during 2008-10 .............................................................................. 31 Table 14 Unit 4-Performance during 2009-10 .............................................................................. 31 Table 15 Benchmarking PTPS’s Performance Parameters with All India Average ....................... 34 Table 16 List of fire fighting equipment at PTPS ........................................................................... 45 Table 17 Details of fire extinguishers at PTPS............................................................................... 46 Table 18 Focus Group Discussions ................................................................................................ 49 Table 19 Primary AAQ monitoring conducted outside PTPS ........................................................ 52 Table 20 Mercury content in Indian coal used for power generation .......................................... 54 List of Figures Figure 1 Micro-meteorological Station at PTPS Field Hostel ........................................................ 12 Figure 2 Wind Rose for Feb 2010 .................................................................................................. 12 Figure 3 AAQ locations outside the plant ..................................................................................... 14 Figure 4 Primary Fuel Use Pattern for the Year 2007-08 .............................................................. 29 Figure 5 Fuel Oil Consumption Pattern for the Year 2007-08 ...................................................... 29 Figure 6 Unit Heat Rate Pattern for the Year 2007-08 ................................................................. 29 Figure 7 Auxiliary Consumption Pattern for the Year 2007-08 ...................................................