Final Report Environmental Impact Assessment Study For the Proposed Enhancement of Phosphoric Acid Production from 700 MTPD to 1000 MTPD P2O5 and Other Auxiliary Facilities within the Existing Fertilizer Complex Project Proponent Coromandel International Limited Corporate Office Plant Address Coromandel International Limited, Post No 1116, Sriharipuram, Coromandel House, Sardar Patel Road, Malkapuram Post, Visakhapatnam - Secunderabad 500 003, Telangana, 530011 India January 2017 Project Consultant Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited Accredited EIA Consulting Organization Certificate No: NABET/EIA/1 011/011 Parry House, 4th Floor, No:2, NSC Bose Road, Parrys, Chennai – 600 001 EIA Study for Proposed Enhancement of Phosphoric Acid Production from 700 TPD Project No:PJ-ENVIR- to 1000 TPD P2O5 and Other Auxiliary 2016425-764, 18th January (A Murugappa Group Facilities within the Existing Fertilizer Complex of Coromandel International 2017 Declaration Company) Limited, Visakhapatnam DECLARATION BY PROJECT PROPONENT Coromandel International Limited, Visakhapatnam has conducted the “Environmental Impact Assessment Study for Proposed Enhancement of Phosphoric Acid Production from 700 TPD to 1000 TPD P2O5 and Other Auxiliary Facilities within the Existing Fertilizer Complex of Coromandel International Fertilizers, Visakhapatnam” The EIA report preparation have been undertaken in compliance with the ToR issued by MoEF & CC. Information and content provided in the report is factually correct for the purpose and objective for such study undertaken. We hereby declare the ownership of contents (information and data) of EIA/EMP Report. For on behalf of Coromandel International Limited Signature Name: Designation: Date: 18th January 2017 Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited 2 EIA Study for Proposed Enhancement of Phosphoric Acid Production from 700 TPD Project No:PJ-ENVIR- to 1000 TPD P2O5 and Other Auxiliary 2016425-764, 18th January (A Murugappa Group Facilities within the Existing Fertilizer Complex of Coromandel International 2017 Declaration Company) Limited, Visakhapatnam DECLARATION BY EIA CONSULTANT This EIA report has been prepared by Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited (CMSRSL), in line with EIA Notification, dated 14th September 2006, seeking prior Environmental Clearance from the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, New Delhi. This work has been undertaken in accordance with ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System with all reasonable skill, care and diligence within the terms of the contract with the client, incorporating our General Terms & Conditions of Business and taking account of the resources devoted to it by agreement with the client. We disclaim any responsibility to the client and others in respect of any matters outside the scope of the above. Further, this report is confidential to the client and the use of this report by unauthorized third parties without written authorization from CMSRSL shall be at their own risk. For and on behalf of Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited Approved by : N V Subba Rao Sign : Designation : Chief Executive Date : 18th January 2017 Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited 3 EIA Study for Proposed Enhancement of Phosphoric Acid Production from 700 TPD Project No:PJ-ENVIR- to 1000 TPD P2O5 and Other Auxiliary 2016425-764, 18th January (A Murugappa Group Facilities within the Existing Fertilizer Complex of Coromandel International 2017 Declaration Company) Limited, Visakhapatnam PROJECT DECLARATION BY EIA CONSULTANT ORGANIZATION I, hereby, certify that I was part of the EIA team in the following capacity that developed the above EIA. Sector as per NABET Scheme 16 Chemical Fertilizer Sector as per EIA Notification 5(a) Chemical Fertilizer EIA Coordinator: Name: Mr. B.P.Raju Signature: Date: 18th January 2016 Period of Involvement: April to till date Contact Information: M/s. Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited “PARRY” House 3rd Floor, No. 2 NSC Bose Road, Chennai – 600 001 [email protected] +91-044- 3044 5620 Functional Area Experts: Involvement S.No. Functional Areas Name of the Expert/s Signature (Period and Task) April to till date Task: Site visit, design of Ambient air quality monitoring network, evaluation of result of ambient air AP- Air Pollution quality monitoring, inferring baseline 1 Prevention, Monitoring Mr. Ravishankar D data collected, identification of & Control potential impact to air quality during construction and operation phase, developing and finalizing EMP to minimize impact to air quality. April to till date Task: Site visit, Finalization of WP- Water Pollution sampling locations, finalizing water 2 Monitoring Prevention Mr. V S Bhaskar balance for the project, inference of & Control baseline data collected identification of impacts and preparation of mitigation plan. April to till date SHW- Solid and Task: Identification of solid waste to 3 Hazardous Waste Mr. Ravishankar D be generated from the process and Management suggesting mitigation plan. MSW – Municipal April to till date 4 Ms. Sathya.S Task: Identification of solid waste to Solid Waste Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited 4 EIA Study for Proposed Enhancement of Phosphoric Acid Production from 700 TPD Project No:PJ-ENVIR- to 1000 TPD P2O5 and Other Auxiliary 2016425-764, 18th January (A Murugappa Group Facilities within the Existing Fertilizer Complex of Coromandel International 2017 Declaration Company) Limited, Visakhapatnam Involvement S.No. Functional Areas Name of the Expert/s Signature (Period and Task) be generated from the process and suggesting mitigation plan and coordination with EIA coordinator & functional area expert in report writing June 2016 to Ongoing Task: Undertaking primary socio- SE- Socio-Economic Dr. Mangalam economic survey, identification of 5 Aspects Balasubramanian social impact due to proposed project, preparation of mitigation plan, development of CSR plan. April to till date Task: Undertaking primary socio- SE- Socio-Economic Mr. Karthick C S economic survey, identification of 6 Aspects social impact due to proposed project, preparation of mitigation plan, development of CSR plan. April to till date Task: Field survey. Impact prediction EB- Ecology and Mr. I. Siva Ram 7 and suggesting mitigation measures. Biodiversity Krishna Preparation of ecology management plan. April to till date Task: Field survey. Impact prediction EB- Ecology and 8 Dr. T. Balakrishna and suggesting mitigation measures. Biodiversity Preparation of ecology management plan. April to till date Task: Supervision of air quality AQ- Meteorology, Air modeling and identification of 9 Quality Modeling & Mr. V S Bhaskar impacts due to proposed expansion. Prediction Finalization of mitigation measures with client. April to till date Task: Inference from noise NV- Noise & 10 Mr. V S Bhaskar modelling, identification of potential Vibration impacts due to proposed project and developing mitigation measures. April to till date Task: Preparation of land use land 11 LU- Land Use Mr. Rajendra Prasad cover maps for the study area using GIS/ related tools followed by ground truth verification. April to till date HG- Hydrology Task: Aquifer details, groundwater Ground Water & potential, determination of ground use 12 T.P.Natesan Water Conservation pattern, Study of local hydro-geology, GEO- Geology development of rainwater harvesting program, preparation of contour map Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited 5 EIA Study for Proposed Enhancement of Phosphoric Acid Production from 700 TPD Project No:PJ-ENVIR- to 1000 TPD P2O5 and Other Auxiliary 2016425-764, 18th January (A Murugappa Group Facilities within the Existing Fertilizer Complex of Coromandel International 2017 Declaration Company) Limited, Visakhapatnam Involvement S.No. Functional Areas Name of the Expert/s Signature (Period and Task) for the study area and estimation of groundwater direction. April to till date Task: Identification of risk due to RH- Risk & Hazard 13 Mr. V S Bhaskar storage of fuel and raw materials, Management interpreting consequence contours, suggesting risk mitigation measures. Associate Functional Area Experts involved: 1. Mr. Pudi Rama Satya Kamesh – AFAE – AP & AP 2. Mr.B.Mahendra Declaration by the Head of the Accredited Consultant Organization/ Authorized Person I, N.V.Subbarao, hereby, confirm that the above mentioned experts prepared the EIA Report for the “EIA Study for Proposed Enhancement of Phosphoric Acid Production from 700 TPD to 1000 TPD P2O5 and Other Auxiliary Facilities within the Existing Fertilizer Complex of Coromandel International Fertilizers, Visakhapatnam”. I also confirm that the consultant organization shall be fully accountable for any misleading information mentioned in this statement. Signature: Name : N V Subbarao Name of the EIA Consultant Organization : M/s.Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited NABET Certificate No. :NABET/EIA/1316/RA009 & Extension Letter No. QCI/NABET/EIA/ACO/ 16/12/0224 dated, 2nd December 2016 Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited 6 EIA Study for Proposed Enhancement of Phosphoric Acid Production from 700 TPD Project No:PJ-ENVIR- to 1000 TPD P2O5 and Other Auxiliary 2016425-764, 18th January (A Murugappa Group Facilities within the Existing Fertilizer Complex of Coromandel International 2017 Executive Summary Company) Limited, Visakhapatnam Executive Summary 1. Introduction The Coromandel International limited, Visakhapatnam plant at Sriharipuram, Visakhaptnam was commissioned in the year 1967 and subsequently the plant was fully owned by M/s