Environmental Impact Assessment Report (As per MoEF Notification S.O.1533 dt14th Sep 2006) For The Proposed Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Project (Modernization of Existing Municipal Dump Site) at Jawaharnagar (V), Ranga Reddy (D).Andhra Pradesh (A.P) Submitted to Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board Sanath Nagar, Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh. Submitted By Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Municipal Complex ,Tank bund Road, Hyderabad – 500 063 Phone:040- 23222160 TABLE OF CONTENTS S. No. Description Page No Chapter-1 Introduction 1.0 Introduction 1.1 1.1 Back ground of the Project 1.1 1.2 Proposed Development Scheme 1.2 1.3 Background of Hyderabad City 1.2 1.4 Profile of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corp. 1.3 1.5 Existing Solid Waste Scenario in GHMC 1.4 1.6 Quantity of Solid waste Generated 1.5 1.7 Location of the Project 1.5 1.8 Project Activities 1.6 1.9 Need of the Project 1.6 1.10 Objective of the Project 1.7 1.11 Environmental Impact Assessment 1.7 1.12 Need of EIA studies 1.8 1.13 Scope of the Study 1.8 1.14 EIA Methodology 1.8 1.15 Rules for Prevention of Control of 1.9 Environmental Pollution 1.16 Site Improvement as per MSW Rules 2000 1.9 1.17 Environmental Impact of Solid waste Disposal 1.9 on Land 1.18 Study Period 1.10 Chapter-2 Project Description 2.0 Introduction 2.1 2.1 Type of project 2.1 2.2 Location details of the project area 2.1 2.3 Size of the project & Associated Activities 2.1 2.3.1 Land 2.1 2.3.2 Manpower Requirement 2.2 2.3.3 Water requirement 2.2 2.3.4 Power & Fuel requirement 2.3 2.3.5 Project Approach – Material Balance 2.3 2.4 Process Description 2.6 S. No. Description Page No 2.4.1 Machinery Requirement 2.6 2.5 Compost Plant 2.7 2.5.1 Composting Process 2.7 2.5.2 Pre – Processing System 2.9 2.5.3 Windrows Process 2.9 2.5.4 Curing System 2.10 2.5.5 Refinement System 2.10 2.5.6 Packing & Storage system 2.10 2.6 RDF Buffer Storage 2.10 2.7 Power plant 2.10 2.8 Bio methanation 2.12 2.8.1 Size Reduction 2.12 2.8.2 Feed Preparation 2.12 2.8.3 Maceration 2.12 2.8.4 High rate anaerobic digestion 2.12 2.8.5 Main parts of the digester 2.13 2.9 Processing of Construction & Demolition 2.14 waste (C&D) 2.9.1 Process Flow Methodology 2.14 2.10 Recycling Complex 2.14 2.11 Landfill 2.15 2.11.1 Landfill Volume 2.15 2.11.2 Landfill Life 2.15 2.11.3 Standard Design Requirements 2.16 2.12 Leachate Generation 2.16 Chapter-3 Description of the Environment 3.0 Preamble 3.1 3.1 Study Area & Period 3.1 3.2 Meteorological Conditions 3.1 3.2.1 Analysis of the IMD Hyderabad 3.2 Meteorological Data 3.2.2 Meteorological Scenario of the Study area 3.3 3.3 Wind Pattern 3.5 3.4 Ambient Air Quality 3.9 3.4.1 Regional Scenario 3.16 S. No. Description Page No 3.5 Water Environment 3.19 3.5.1 Analysis and Observation 3.20 3.5.2 Discussions 3.25 3.6 Noise Environment 3.27 3.6.1 Noise Levels in the Study area 3.27 3.6.2 Observations 3.33 3.7 Traffic Study 3.33 3.8 Soil Quality 3.34 3.8.1 Observations 3.40 3.9 Assessment of the Bio Diversity (Flora & 3.42 Fauna) 3.9.1 Ecology of the Study Area 3.42 3.9.2 Methodology Adopted for the Survey 3.43 3.9.3 Terrestrial Flora of the Study Area 3.43 3.9.4 Terrestrial Flora of the Core Area 3.44 3.9.5 Terrestrial Flora of the Buffer Area 3.45 3.9.6 Terrestrial Fauna of the Study Area 3.46 3.9.7 Aquatic Flora and Fauna 3.46 3.10 Land use Land cover details of the Study 3.62 Area 3.11 Socio- Economic Environment 3.66 Chapter-4 Anticipated Environmental Impacts 4.1 Identification of Impacts 4.1 4.2 Methodology 4.1 4.3 Potential Impacts 4.1 4.3.1 Air Environment 4.2 4.3.2 Water Environment 4.2 4.3.3 Land Environment 4.2 4.3.4 Socio Economics 4.2 4.3.5 Indirect Impacts 4.2 4.4 Prediction of Impacts 4.2 4.4.1 Impacts during development Phase 4.3 4.4.1.1 Impacts on the Air Quality 4.3 4.4.1.2 Mitigation Measures Proposed - Air Quality 4.3 4.1.3 Impacts on Water Quality 4.4 S. No. Description Page No 4.1.4 Mitigation Measures - Water Quality 4.5 4.1.5 Impacts of Noise Levels 4.5 4.1.6 Mitigation Measures - Noise Quality 4.5 4.1.7 Impacts Due to Solid Waste Generation 4.6 4.1.8 Mitigation Measures – Solid Waste 4.6 4.1.9 Impacts on Land Use 4.7 4.1.10 Impacts on Terrestrial Environment 4.7 4.1.11 Demography and Socio Economics 4.7 4.2 Impacts During operation 4.7 4.2.1 Prediction of Impacts on the Air Environment 4.7 4.2.2 Atmospheric Dispersion of Stack Emission 4.8 4.2.3 Emission from the proposed activities 4.8 4.2.4 Details of Mathematical modeling 4.8 4.2.5 Meteorological Data 4.9 4.2.6 Air Quality Predictions 4.10 4.2.7 Post Project Scenario 4.11 4.2.8 Mitigation Measures 4.18 4.2.9 Impact on water Quality 4.18 4.2.10 Strom Water Management 4.19 4.2.11 Rain water harvesting system 4.20 4.2.12 Impact of the Transportation 4.20 4.2.13 Noise Environment 4.20 4.2.14 Prediction of Impacts on Land Environment 4.20 4.2.15 Predicted impacts of the landfill 4.21 4.2.16 Impacts on community 4.21 4.2.17 Impacts on Ecology 4.21 4.2.18 Impacts on the socio-economics 4.22 Chapter-5 Analysis of Alternatives 5.0 Introduction 5.1 5.1 Compliance of the Site with site Selection 5.1 Criteria 5.2 Technological Aspects 5.5 5.2.1 Landfills 5.6 5.2.2 Composting 5.7 5.2.3 Biomethanation 5.9 S. No. Description Page No 5.2.4 Refuse Derived Fuel 5.9 5.2.5 Incineration 5.10 5.2.6 Pyrolysis and Gasification 5.11 5.2.7 Recycling / Reuse 5.11 Chapter-6 Environmental Monitoring Program 6.0 Surveilance and Monitoring Plan 6.1 6.1 Scope of Environmental Monitoring 6.1 Program 6.1.1 Air Environment 6.2 6.1.2 Noise Environment 6.2 6.1.3 Water Environment 6.2 6.1.4 Land Environment 6.2 6.2 Operations Monitoring 6.4 6.3 Public Health Monitoring 6.4 6.4 Post Closure Monitoring 6.5 Chapter-7-Additional Studies 7.1 Risk Assessment and Disaster Man agent 7.1 Plan 7.1.1 Risk Analysis 7.1 7.1.2 Evaluating Hazards 7.1 7.2 Identification of Major hazard Installations 7.2 based on GOI Rules, 1989 as amended in 1994 and 2000 7.2.1 Identification of Toxic, Flammable, Explosive 7.2 Chemicals 7.2.2 Applicability of Manufacture, Storage and 7.3 Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989 & subsequent amendments 7.2.3 Storage facilities of Hazardous Chemicals 7.4 7.2.4 Nature of possible hazards 7.4 7.2.5 Maximum credible Accident analysis for 7.4 Diesel Storage Area 7.3 Onsite emergency Plan 7.8 7.3.1 Elements of Planning 7.9 S. No. Description Page No 7.3.1.1 Emergency Personnel’s Responsibility during 7.9 normal office hours 7.3.1.2 Responsibilities of Emergency personnel 7.11 outside normal working hours 7.4 Infrastructure 7.12 7.5 Operational systems during Emergency 7.12 7.5.1 Communication system 7.12 7.5.2 Warning system and control 7.13 7.5.3 Mutual Aid 7.13 7.6 Declaration of Offsite Emergency 7.13 7.7 Hazard control during plant operation 7.14 7.7.1 Personnel 7.14 7.7.2 Personnel Training 7.15 7.8 Disaster Management 7.14 7.8.1 Fire & Explosion Hazards 7.15 7.8.2 Machinery Failure 7.16 7.8.3 Waste spillage control plan 7.17 7.8.4 Safety while handling electricity gadgets 7.17 7.8.5 Safety Measures During Power Failure 7.18 7.8.6 Precautionary Measure While Using Electrical 7.18 Appliances 7.8.7 Risk and Disaster Handling procedures 7.19 7.8.8 First Aid measures 7.20 7.8.9 Assembly Point 7.21 7.8.10 Fire Prevention Facilities 7.21 7.8.11 Medical Facilities 7.22 7.9 Off-site Emergency Plan 7.23 7.9.1 Planning and Off-site Emergency 7.23 7.9.2 Compilation of Geographic, Demographic, 7.24 Meteorological and seismic information 7.9.3 Elements of Off-Site Planning 7.25 7.9.4 Off-site Control Room 7.26 7.9.5 Key Personnel &Their Duties 7.27 7.9.6 Communication systems network 7.27 7.9.7 Warning system 7.28 S.