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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR
PROPOSED EXPANSION OF LPG STORAGE FACILITY
FROM 1800 MT TO 3600 MT BY INSTALLING 3X600 MT
MOUNDED STORAGE UNIT
Village: Thimmapur
Mandal: Kothur
District: Rangareddy
Telangana State
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SUBMITTED TO
M/s INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
PREPARED BY
M/s. ULTRA-TECH
ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY AND CONSULTANCY
(Gazzeted By MoEF)
Unit No. 206, 224, 225 Jai Commercial Complex, Eastern Express Highway,
Opp Cadbury Factory, Khopat, Thane (West) – 400 061
Tel: 022 2534 2776, Fax: 022 25429650, Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ultratech.in
Environmental Impact Assessment Study for the Proposed Expansion of LPG Storage Facility from
1800 MT to 3600 MT by Installing 3x600 MT Mounded Storage Unit at Thimmapur Bottling Plant,
Thimmapur Village, Kothur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana
Executive Summary
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1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY M/s Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. proposes expansion of LPG storage facility from 1800 MT
to 3600 MT by installing 3x600 MT mounded storage unit at Thimmapur bottling plant,
Thimmapur village, Kothur mandal, Ranga Reddy district, Telangana.
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is a government of India enterprise with a Navratna
status, and a Fortune 500 and Forbes 2000 company. Incorporated as Indian Oil Corporation
Ltd. on 1st September, 1964 Indian Oil and its subsidiaries account for approximately 48%
petroleum products market share, 34% national refining capacity and 71% downstream sector
pipelines capacity in India. It is India’s flagship national oil company and downstream
petroleum major thus being India’s largest commercial enterprise.
Thimmapur LPG Bottling Plant (BP) was commissioned in an area of 36.5 Acres and
proposes expansion of LPG storage facility from 1800 MT to 3600 MT by installing 3x600
MT mounded storage unit located at Thimmapur village, Kothur mandal, Ranga Reddy
district, Telangana. The mounded storage will be in 3 bullets of 600 MT each with a total
capacity of 1800 MT. The system of mounded storage has been recognized as one of the
safest form of storage of LPG.
As per EIA Notification, published in Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part-II, Section-3, sub-
section (ii) of Ministry of Environment & Forest dated 14.09.2006 & subsequent
amendments, the proposed project falls in Activity 6(b), Category-B of “List of Projects or
Activities Requiring Prior Environmental Clearance”. As per the above notification, proposed
project will have to obtain environmental clearance from State Environmental Impact
Assessment Authority (SEIAA) / State Environmental Appraisal Committee (SEAC),
Telangana. Standard TOR has been granted to M/s IOCL, Thimmapur in the meeting of
SEAC, Andhra Pradesh held on 13th March 2017 vide its letter no. SEIAA/TS/OL/RRD-
113/2017-694 dated 18th May, 2017.
The EIA report has been prepared in accordance with the standard TOR issued by SEAC.
The proposed project will be completed in approximately 27 months from the date of
approval environmental & other statutory clearances. The total cost of the proposed project is
around Rs. 25.0 Crores.
1.1 Location Details and Environmental Setting
The project site is located at about 45 km from Hyderabad, 65 km from Mahabubnagar,
Telangana. By proposed 3 nos of mounded bullets with 600 MT capacities each in the plant
will ensure 7-8 days cover on a stand-alone basis against total bulk LPG storage capacity of
1800 MT.
The elevation of the site is about 580 m amsl. The environmental setting is given in Table-1.1
and study area map is given in Figure-1.1.
Environmental Impact Assessment Study for the Proposed Expansion of LPG Storage Facility from
1800 MT to 3600 MT by Installing 3x600 MT Mounded Storage Unit at Thimmapur Bottling Plant,
Thimmapur Village, Kothur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana
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TABLE-1.1
ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING AROUND THE AIRPORT SITE
Sr. No. Particulars Details
1 Plant location located in IDA Thimmapur village, Ranga
Reddy district, Telangana state
2 Topo sheet No. 56 k/4, k/8
3 Site Coordinates Latitude : 780 29’ 33’’ E
Longitude : 170 15’ 51’’ N
4 Climatic conditions at Hyderabad IMD station
5 Maximum temperature 42.20C
6 Minimum temperature 11.30C
7 Annual rainfall (total) 823 mm
8 Relative humidity Maximum- 82%
Minimum- 25%
9 Predominant wind directions Annual:- East
10 Plant site elevation above MSL 580 m
11 Plant site topography Plain
12 Present land use at the site Industrial
13 Nearest highway NH-5- 0.05 km, W
14 Nearest railway station Thimmapur Railway Station - 1.9 km, NNW
15 Nearest Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport - 22 km,
NE
16 Nearest major water bodies • Maisamma cheruvu - 1.8 km, NNE
• Nanajpur nala - 2.8 km, E
• Narsappaguda cheruvu - 3.8 km, W
• Peddavagu - 11.3 km, NNW
• Himayat sagar - 13.0 km, N
17 Nearest town/City • Nearest Town: Shadnagar - 15.5 km, NE
• City: Hyderabad - 29.0 km, NE
18 Nearest village Thimmapur - 2.2 km, N
19 Archaeologically important
places
Nil
20 Protected areas as per Wildlife
Protection Act, 1972 (Tiger
reserve, Elephant reserve,
Biospheres, National parks,
Wildlife sanctuaries, community
reserves and conservation
reserves)
Nil
21 Reserved / Protected Forests • Golur RF - 6.9 km, NE
• Nagavaram RF - 10.4 km, E
• Maheswaram RF - 12.2 km, E
• Phulmamidi RF - 12.0 km, SE
• Parandla RF - 14.0 km, SSE
• Mysura Kammadhanam RF - 13.5 km,
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1800 MT to 3600 MT by Installing 3x600 MT Mounded Storage Unit at Thimmapur Bottling Plant,
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Sr. No. Particulars Details
SSW
22 Defence Installations Nil
23 List of major Industries in 10 km
radius
• Venkateshwara hatcheries
• Natco Pharma
• HPL Batteries
• MSN Software
• HIL (Hindustan Industries limited)
• Owens Crowing
24 Seismicity Seismic Zone-II as per IS 1893 (Part I): 2002
Environmental Impact Assessment Study for the Proposed Expansion of LPG Storage Facility from
1800 MT to 3600 MT by Installing 3x600 MT Mounded Storage Unit at Thimmapur Bottling Plant,
Thimmapur Village, Kothur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana
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FIGURE-1.1
STUDY AREA MAP OF THE PROJECT (10 KM RADIUS)
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1800 MT to 3600 MT by Installing 3x600 MT Mounded Storage Unit at Thimmapur Bottling Plant,
Thimmapur Village, Kothur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana
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1.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION Thimmapur LPG plant caters to the LPG needs of customers through distributors and quality
of services. The existing Thimmapur BP currently has 3.5 days cover against a bottling
capacity of 1800 MT.
The process involved can be divided into 4 Stages:
� Receipt of Bulk LPG product through bullet trucks.
� Storage of LPG product in storage tanks as per OISD norms.
� Packaging of the LPG into cylinders.
� Dispatch of LPG products through packed trucks
Transferring the bulk LPG through pipes with the help of pumps, Carousals with multiple
points of filling to do bottling of LPG into cylinders.
The plant is entirely depending on the road receipt for bulk product sourcing at plant. Any
blockage of roads due reasons like floods, strikes etc. will severely hamper the bottling /
dispatch of cylinders to market, since the present bulk product coverage is only for 3.5 days.
Any disruption in supplies from IPPL or any operational reasons like delay in berthing of
ships at IPPL port, there can be dry-out situations and may also lead to procure bulk LPG
from non-economical sources.
In view of the foregoing, the division has proposed for provision of additional 3 nos. of
mounded bullets with 600 MT capacities each in the plant.
The salient features of the proposed storage tanks expansion project are presented in Table-
1.2.
TABLE-1.2
SALIENT FEATURES OF EXISTING AND PROPOSED PLANT
Sr. No. Description Details
1 Total Land 36.5 Acres
2 Location IOCL, Thimmapur village, Kothur Mandal, Ranga
Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh
3 Present land use Proposed expansion will be carried out within existing
premises
4 Status of land acquisition Entire land is in the name and possession of IOCl
5 Type of storage tanks Mounded Bullet
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Sr. No. Description Details
6 Capacity of storage tank
proposed
Sr.
No.
Product Vessel Capacity
(MT)
Existing Facility
1 LPG Mounded bullets 3x600=1800
MT
Proposed Additional Facility
2 LPG Mounded bullets 3x600= 1800
MT
Total 3600 MT
7 Resource Requirement
8 Power requirement 400 KVA from TSSPDCL
9 Water requirement Water will be sourced from 4 Nos’ tube wells available
at the plant
10 Man power No additional manpower is required, existing Manpower
in existing facility-145 no
11 Project Cost Rs 25 Crores
12 Cost towards environment
protection
Rs 90 lakhs (solar panels, LED lighting, rainwater
harvesting, etc)
13 Fire Fighting Facilities
A Fire water storage 11100 KL
B Fire water pumps 5fire water pumps of 410 m3/hr @7kg/cm2
C Jockey pumps 2 jockey pumps of 10 m3/hr@7kg/cm
2
C Water sprinkler / Deluge
system
At all relevant places (will be converted to auto
sprinkler system supported by PLC based ILSD)
D Fire Hydrant/ monitor
piping network
As per OISD
E DCP & CO2 extinguishers As per OISD 144
F Gas Monitoring System As per OISD-150 & OISD 144
G ILSD As per OISD-144
Source: IOCL
1.3 Resources Requirement
• Land Requirement
The total land in possession of IOCL is about 36.5 acres or 147711 m2. In which 4,395 m2
(1.086 acres) of space is required for proposed 3 mounded bullets, space required for mound
(stone pitching) around the bullets with a slope of 1:2, space required for containing the
spillages around the mounded bullets to direct it to safe location and 1,883 m2 (0.46 acres)
space required for motorable road around the mounded bullets and also the space required for
laying the fire fighting hydrant network around the mound.
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1800 MT to 3600 MT by Installing 3x600 MT Mounded Storage Unit at Thimmapur Bottling Plant,
Thimmapur Village, Kothur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana
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• Water Requirement
Water will be sourced for the expansion project additionally; 40.5 KLD of water is required
for the proposed expansion will be source from own existing tube wells water supply.
• Power Requirement
The existing power requirement supplied from TSSPDCL is 400KVA. IOCL has stand by DG
sets of 500 KVA, 250 KVA and 100 KVA; there is no additional requirement of DG seta in
the proposed expansion project.
1.4 Baseline Environmental Status
Field monitoring studies to evaluate the baseline status of the project site were carried out
during the period of 1st March, 2017 to 31st May, 2017, representing pre monsoon season of
2017.
1.4.1 Meteorology
Maximum temperature of 41.9oC and minimum temperature of 23.5
0C was recorded during
the study period. During the period of observation, the relative Humidity recorded ranged
from 22-54%.
Predominant winds from WSW and SSW directions were observed during the study period.
1.4.2 Ambient Air Quality
To establish the baseline status of the ambient air quality in the study area, the air quality was
monitored at eight locations during pre-monsoon season.
The PM10 and PM2.5 are observed to vary from 18.3 µg/m3 to 45.4 µg/m
3 and 11.4 µg/m
3 to
23.2 µg/m3 respectively.
The SO2 and NOx are observed to vary from 11.7 µg/m3 to 20.3 µg/m
3 and 17.9 µg/m
3 to 27.8
µg/m3
respectively. The values of other parameters as per NAAQS 2009 are well within the
prescribed limits.
1.4.3 Water Quality
The baseline water quality status in the region is established by collecting water samples from
eleven locations.
� Ground Water Quality
The pH varies from 7.0 to 8.4. The total hardness was observed to vary from 284.5 to 653.0
mg/l. The total dissolved solids concentrations were found to be 585 to 1325 mg/l. Chlorides
and sulphates were in the range of 120.8 to 317.8 mg/l and 22.2 to 143.2 mg/l respectively.
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� Surface Water Quality
All parameters within desirable limits
1.4.4 Noise Level Survey
The noise monitoring has been conducted at eight locations in the study area The day time
noise levels at all the locations were ranged in between 43.2 to 52.6 dB(A).
The night time noise levels were ranged in between 40.1 to 49.4 dB (A). The noise levels in
general found within the acceptable levels as per Ambient Noise Standards of CPCB for
different land use categories.
1.4.5 Soil Characteristics
The soil samples were tested at eight locations during study period covering various land uses. It
has been observed that the pH of the soil in the study area ranged from 6.8 to 8.2. The electrical
conductivity was observed to be in the range of 167 µmhos/cm to 356 µmhos/cm.
The nitrogen values range between 41.6 to 168.7 kg/ha. The phosphorus values range between
173 to 532 kg/ha. The potassium values range between 77.4 to 590.1 kg/ha. The soils from the
study area indicate medium fertility due to their NPK content. Further, the soil in the study area
does not indicate any industrial contamination.
1.4.6 Ecological Studies
Peafowl is found in the area, along with Chinkara-Indian Gazelle, which are found in the
study area, confined in the Schedule-I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Wild
boars are also found in the study areas, which are listed in Schedule-III. Rest of the avifauna,
mammalian fauna, and reptilian and insecta are listed in the following Schedules: II, III, IV,
and V of the Indian Wild (Protection) Act, 1972 in the buffer zone of the study area.
There are no endangered fishes and endangered or threatened plants in the study area.
1.4.7 Demography and Socio-Economic Profile
The study area consisted of 113984 population inhabited in study area as per the district census
handbook (2011). The study area on an average has 933 females per 1000 males as per 2011
census reports. In comparison to the state sex ratio (united Andhra Pradesh 993) the study
area has recorded less sex ratio. The study area experiences a literacy rate of 61.74 % (2011).
Total work participation rate in the project study areas is 45.89%, which is less than the
district’s work participation rate at 51.4%.
1.5 Anticipated Environmental Impacts And Mitigation Measures
The construction and operational phase of the proposed mounded bullets comprises various
activities, each of which may have either positive or negative impact on some or other
environmental attributes. The proposed project activities would have an impact on the
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environment in two distinct phases:
• During construction phase, which may be regarded as temporary or short term and
reversible effect; and
• During operational phase which may have long term effects.
The probable impacts during construction phase on various sectors of environment (such as
air, water, soil, biotic, socio-economic environment etc.) have been identified and listed in
Table-1.3.
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TABLE-1.3
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AND PROBABLE IMPACTS
Construction Activities Sector Probable Impacts
A) Long Term Impacts
Land Acquisition Land • No Change in Land Use Pattern
Socio-economics • No Displacements and Loss of livelihood
B) Short Term Impacts
Site clearing and Levelling
(cutting, stripping,
excavation, earth
movement, compaction)
Air
• Fugitive Dust Emissions
• Noise/ Air Emissions from construction
equipment & Machinery
Water • Run-off from construction area
• Run-off from vegetation stripped area
Land • Loss of fertile top soil
Ecology • Loss of vegetation
• Topographic Transformations
Transportation and Storage
of Construction Material/
Equipment Air
• Noise and Air Emissions from Vehicles
• Fugitive Dust Emissions due to Traffic
Movement
• Spillage and fugitive emissions of
construction materials
Water
• Spillage of construction material
• Run-off from Storage Areas of
Construction Material
Soil • Deposition of spilled construction
material on soil
Public Utilities • Increased flow of traffic
• Congestion on roads
Civil Construction
Activities Air
• Noise and Air Emissions from
Construction Machinery
• Fugitive Dust Emissions due to
Movement of Traffic
Water • Run-off from Construction Areas
containing Construction Material
Mechanical & Electrical
Erection Activities Air
• Noise & Air Emissions from Machines/
activities
Water • Run-off from Erection Areas containing
Oils, Paints
Transportation and Disposal
of Construction Debris
Air
• Noise and Air Emissions from Transport
Vehicles
• Fugitive Dust Emissions due to
Movement of Traffic
• Spillage and fugitive emissions of debris
materials
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1.6 Environmental Management Cell, EMP and Monitoring
Environment Management is being headed by a senior manager and constitutes environmental
engineer and supervisors. The Manager (Environment) will be responsible for Environment
management activities. Basically, this department supervises the monitoring of environmental
pollution levels viz. ambient air quality, water and effluent quality.
1.7 Risk Assessment and Disaster Management Plan
Hazard analysis involves the identification and quantification of the various hazards (unsafe
conditions) that exist in the proposed plant. On the other hand, risk analysis deals with the
recognition and computation of risks, the equipment in the plant and personnel are prone to,
due to accidents resulting from the hazards present in the plant.
Risk analysis follows an extensive hazard analysis. It involves the identification and
assessment of risks the neighboring populations are exposed to as a result of hazards present.
This requires a thorough knowledge of failure probability, credible accident scenario,
vulnerability of population etc. Much of this information is difficult to get or generate.
Consequently, the risk analysis is often confined to maximum credible accident studies and
these details discussed in details in RA & HAZOP studies.
1.8 Project Benefits
The proposed expansion project for installation of 03 nos. of Mounded Bullets of 600MT
capacity each at Thimmapur Bottling Plant, Thimmapur shall yield following benefits:
• Maintain continuity of LPG gas cylinder supply to the consumers through distributors;
• Increase the days cover for LPG storage from 3.3 days to 8.0 days (on the basis of double
shift bottling operation);
• Help to overcome the scarcity of bulk LPG;
• Safety measures for hazard detection and prevention system will be upgraded as per
OISD-144;
• By adding 3x600 MT Mounded Bullets, risk profile of the existing plant will not be
enhanced;
• Discourage deforestation and reduce the use of fire wood & fossil fuels; and
• Improve the quality of life of women engaged in household activities specially cooking.
1.9 Conclusions
The proposed expansion project has certain level of marginal impacts on the local
environment. However, the proposed expansion project has significant beneficial
impacts/effects in terms of providing temporary employment opportunities and various CSR
activities and also improvising the social and economic environment in the vicinity and meets
the fuel need of the state.