Monitoring Report Sub (i): Environmental Clearance to Expansion of Integrated Steel Complex (Pig Iron Plant (1,75,000 to 5,25,000 TPA), Ductile Iron Spun Pipes Plant (1,20,000 to 4,00,000 TPA), Slag Cement (90,000 to 3,90,000 TPA), Coke Oven Plant (1,62,000 to 4,62,000 TPA) and Captive Power Plant (14.5 MW to 40.5 MW) at Village Rachagunneri, Mandal Srikalahasti, District Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh by Srikalahasthi Pipes Ltd. (Formerly Lanco Industries Ltd.) vide MoEF's EC letter No.J-110111914/2007-IA.II (I) dated 2Sth July, 2008. Sub (ii): Environmental Clearance to Expansion of the Ductile Iron Pipe Plant b installing 4xlOO TPD Sponge Iron (1,30,000 TPA) Steel Making facility (1,25,000 TPA), 4X9 MVA Ferro Alloy (Fe-Si: 25,000 TPA or Si-Mn: 60,000 TPA or Fe-Mn: 75,000 TPA) along with 12 MW Captive Power Plant (8 MW WHRB and 4 MW FBC) at Villages Merlapaka & Rachagunneri, Mandal Yerpedu & Srikalahasthi, District Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh by Srikalahasthi Pipes Ltd. (Formerly Lanco Industries Ltd.) vide MoEF's EC letter No..J- 11011/1S8/2011-IA.II (I) dated 11thJanuary, 2013. Date of site inspection: 24th &2Sth November, 2016 PART I (In respect of two EC's mentioned above) DATA SHEET 1 Project Type Industry River valley / Mining / Industry / Thermal / Nuclear / Other Specify 2 Name of the project (i). Expansion of Integrated Steel Complex (Pig Iron Plant (1,75,000 to 5,25,000 TPA), Ductile Iron Spun Pipes Plant (1,20,000 to 4,00,000 TPA), Slag Cement (90,000 to 3,90,000 TPA), Coke Oven Plant (1,62,000 to 4,62,000 TPA) and Captive Power Plant (14.5 MW to 40.5 MW). (ii). Expansion of the Ductile Iron Pipe Plant b installing 4xl00 TPD Sponge Iron (1,30,000 TPA) Steel Making facility (1,25,000 TPA), 4X9 MVA Ferro Alloy (Fe-Si: 25,000 TPA or Si-Mn: 60,000 TPA or Fe-Mn: 75,000 TPA along with 12 MW Captive Power Plant (8 MW WHRB and 4MWFBC) 3 Clearance letter(s) / OM 1. J-II0111914/2007-IA.II (I) dated 25.7.2008 and No. and dated 10.12.2008. 11. J-llOI11158/2011-IA-II (I) dated 11.1.2013. 4 Locations a. Taluk(s) Rachagunneri Village, Srikalahasthi Mandal District Chittoor District. b. State (s) Andhra Pradesh c. Latitudes I Longitudes 13°71'89"NI79° 62' 72" E 5 Address of corresQondence a. Address of concerned Shri M.R. Ramesh Bapu, project Chief Engineer Associate Vice President - Business Development (with Pin Code & Rachagunneri Village, Srikalahasthi Mandal, telephone / telex / fax Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh numbers PIN: 517641;Tel: 08578-286650-55 ext: 623 Fax: 08578-286688, Cell no: 09849646408 b. Address of Executive Shri G. Jothi, Manager- Environment Project Engineer/ Manager Rachagunneri Village, Srikalahasthi Mandal, (with Pin Code/fax Chitto or District, Andhra Pradesh numbers) PIN: 517641;Tel: 08578-286650-55 ext: 623 Fax: 08578-286688, Cell no: 09849635316 6 Salient features: a. Salient features of the Manufacturing of Ductile iron pipes, Pig iron, LAM Coke, project Captive power generation, Slag cement, Sponge iron, steel products and Ferro Alloys as specified in the EC. b. of the environmental As reported- management plans • Control equipment like bag filter, ESP, Gas cleaning plant, Venturi scrubbers and scrubbers system provided in the process areas of Mini Blast Furnace (MBF), Sinter plant, Spun pipes, Cement and Coke oven plants to control the stack emission within the standards limits. • Internal and external roads of factory were asphalted to reduce the dust emission during vehicle movement. • Online stack monitor and continuous ambient air quality monitoring equipment installed for 9 process stacks to measure the pollution level 24x7 basis. • Usage of primary treated sewage water from Tirupathi municipality for the plant operations after STP treatment. • Green belt development in 85 acres of land, etc. 7 Breaku2 of the 2roject area: a Project area As reported, total land is 230.85 acres as per the break up mentioned below. Plant facilities 80 acre Green belt 85 acre Open area 64.85 acre Housing colony 1 acre 8 Break up of project affected population with enumeration of those losing houses / dwelling units only, agricultural Nil land only, both dwelling units and agricultural land and landless labourers / artisans. a SC,ST/Adivasis Nil b Others Nil 9 Financial Details: a Project cost as originally As reported, planned and subsequent Date ofEC Project cost revised estimates and the accorded (Rs in crore) years of price reference 25.07.2008* 580 11.01.2013** 600 * Project partly implemented. ** Project activity yet to be commenced. page 2 of 12 b Allocations made for As reported, environmental Date ofEC Capital cost Recurring cost per management plans, with accorded (Rs. in crore) annum item wise and year WIse (Rs. in crore) breakup 25.07.2008* 30 3.5 11.01.2013** 12 1.20 * Project partly implemented **Project activity yet to be commenced c Benefit cost ratio / internal As reported, rate of return and the years Date ofEC IRR of assessment 25.07.2008* About 11%. 8 years of assessment. 11.01.2013** -- * Project partly implemented ** Project activity yet to be commenced d VVhether(c) includes the As reported, yes cost of environmental management as shown in (b) above e Total expenditure on the As reported, Project so far Date ofEC Project cost (Rs, in crore) 25.07.2008* 744.26 11.01.2013** Nil * Project partly implemented **Project activity yet to be commenced f Actual expenditure As reported, incurred on the Date ofEC Capital cost Recurring cost environmental (Rs. in for 2015-16 management plans so far crore) (Rs. in crore) 25.07.2008* 45 1.131 11.01.2013** Nil Nil * Project partly implemented ** Project activity yet to be commenced 10 Forest land reguirement: Nil a The status of approval for a diversion of forest land NA for non-forestry use b The status of compensatory NA afforestation, if any c The status of clear felling NA d Comments on the viability and sustainability of compensatory NA afforestation programme in the light of actual field experience so far page 3 of 12 11 The status of clear felling in non-forest area (such as submergence area of Nil reservoir, approach road), if any, with quantitative information 12 Status of construction: a Date of commencement Date of completion (actual As reported, and / or planned) EC Date Commencement Completion 25.07.2008* Apr 2009 Nov 2012 11.01.2013** Nil Nil * Project partly implemented ** Project activity yet to be commenced. 13 Reasons for the delay if As reported, the project is yet to start. EC Date Reasons for delay 25.07.2008* • Market recession. • Non availability of fund. 11.01.2013** • Recession in the steel market • High Raw material cost. • Non availability of fund. * Project partly implemented **Project activity yet to be commenced 14 Date of site visit: a The dates on which the project was monitored by 11.2.2009,20.9.2011, 4.l1.2015 & 5.l1.2015, 21.1.2016, the Regional Office on as reported. previous occasions, if any b Date of site visit for this 24th 25thJanuary, 2017 by Dr. S.V. Reddy, Scientist 'F' RO, monitoring report MoEFCC at Chennai, Smt. Sasikala, AE, and Dr. S. Suresh, Analyst Grl. APPCB, RO Tirupati. 15 Details of correspondence with project authorities for obtaining action plans, As reported, nil. information and status of compliance to safeguards PRESENT STATUS OF THE PROJECT Reasons as detailed at S.No. 13 of Part-I above. page 4 of 12 MoEF's EC letter No.J-llOl11914/2007-IA.II (I) dated zs" July, 2008. PART II A. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS: S.No Specific conditions Compliance Status 1. Efforts shall be made to reduce RSPM As reported, action plan prepared III levels in the ambient air and a time 2009-10 and as per the report emission bound action plan shall be submitted. levels are within the limit. Blast furnace On-line stack monitoring facilities for all gas after cleaning from gas cleaning the stacks and sufficient air pollution plant being used for annealing furnace, control devices shall be provided to keep Sinter plant, MBF ladle heating and 2.5 the emission levels below 100 mg/Nm . MW power plant. No flue gas is let out All the gases from blast furnace after into the air directly. The hot gases from cleaning in gas cleaning plant (GCP) and the coke oven diverted to WHRB for coke oven shall be used for power producing 12 MW power. Continuous generation and no flue gas shall be monitoring system provided for 9 discharged into the air. The hot exhaust process stacks to monitor emission level gas shall be diverted to WHRB to and the online real time monitoring data generate 12 MW power. Ambient air, is being transmitted to APPCB/CPCB stack and fugitive reports shall be Server. submitted to the Ministry'S Regional Office at Bangalore, CPCB and APPCB. 11. The prescribed emission standards for As reported, This condition IS not coke oven plants as notified vide applicable as the Coke Oven is of non• notification no. GSR 46 (E) dated 3rd recovery type and the exhaust gas is February, 2006 shall be complied with. routed through WHRB for producing 12 MWpower. 111. Fume extraction system with bag filter As reported, complied by way of shall be provided to Induction furnace to following installations, processes and control emissions within 50 mg/Nnr'. measures. Fume extraction system with The fumes shall be passed through the bag filter installed for induction furnaces swiveling hoods and finally evacuated and after filtration, the fumes are let out through stacks of adequate height.