EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ON REIA/EMP REPORT FOR 1.0 MTPA INTEGRATED

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

ON

REIA/EMP REPORT

FOR

1.0 MTPA INTEGRATED STEEL PLANT

OF

M/s SPJ STEEL & MINERALS LTD. AT: GIDAN/SAGONI, DIST: DAMOH,

MADHYA PRADESH

PREPARED BY

SUN CONSULTANCY AND SERVICES 16/C, ENGINEERS’COLONY, BUDHESWARI,

BHUBANESWAR – 751006

SPJ STEEL & MINERALS LTD. DAMOH, MADHYA PRADESH Executive Summary

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1.0 Introduction

M/s SPJ Steel & Minerals Limited has proposed to establish an Integrated Steel Plant at

Geedan-Sagoni Village, Batiagarh Tehsil, Damoh District, Madhya Pradesh. The total land

proposed to be acquired for the proposed Plant is 300 Hactres. The following units are proposed

in this Integrated Steel Plant

Sl. No. Product Production Capacity

1. Sponge Iron 10,11,895 TPA

2. Ferro Alloys 45,738 TPA

3. Iron Ore Concentrate 4,71,274 TPA

4. Iron Ore Pellet 4,96,027 TPA

5. Sintered Iron Ore 1,80,246 TPA

6. Steel Billet 10,20,326 TPA

7. Rolled Product (Rod, Bar & Section) 9,60,000 TPA

8. Washed Coal 7,50,000 TPA

9. Power 160 MW

10. Pig Iron 1,40,831 TPA

11. Calcined Lime & Dolo 1,92,000 TPA

12. O×ygen 57,000 TPA

Sun Consultancy & Services, Bhubaneswar, have prepared Draft Rapid Environmental Impact

Assessment (DREIA) report for the proposed Integrated Steel Plant by incorporating the TOR

approved by Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi. The report contains detailed

description of the following:

a. Characterization of status of environment within an area of 10 kms radius from the project

site for major environmental components including air, water, noise, soil, flora, fauna

and socio-economic environment.

b. Assessment of air emissions, liquid waste and solid waste from the proposed project along

with the noise level assessment.

c. Pollution control measures proposed to be adopted in the proposed Plant.

d. Environmental Management Plan(EMP)


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2.0 Project Description

1. The plant site is located at Geedan-Sagoni Village, Batiagrah Tehsil, Damoh District,

Madhya Pradesh.

2. The nearest railway facility is available at Damoh, which is about 45 Km. from the proposed

project site.

3. The power generated in the plant will be utilized for plant internal requirement.

4. Total land acquired is 300 Hactres.

5. The average annual rainfall in the area is 1050 mm.

6. There are no National parks / Wild life sanctuaries within 10 Km radius of project site.

7. The is no industry within 10 km radius of the proposed project site.

3.0 Details Of Project 3.1 Raw Materials

The following will be the raw material requirement for the proposed Integrated Steel Plant.

Sl.

No. Raw material

Size,

mm

Quantity,

t/yr Source

Mode of

transport

1 Iron ore lump, BF grade -150 2,24,825 Hirapur Road

2 Iron ore lump, DR grade -200 14,47,010 Hirapur Road

3 Lime stone, BF grade 0-80 26,894 Mudar Road

4 Lime stone, SMS grade,

imported 30-60 2,76,400 Vizag Rail/road

5 Dolomite, BF grade 0-80 18,451 Mudar Road

6 Dolomite, DR grade 1-4 30,357 Mudar Road

7 Dolomite, SMS grade 30-60 10,346 Mudar Road

8 Dolomite, FAP grade 30-60 13,721 Mudar Road

9 Quartzite, BF 10-50 10,987 Mudar Road

10 Quartzite, FAP 10-50 18,295 Mudar Road

11 Coke, BF, imported 25-80 88,730 Vizag Rail/Road

12 Coke, FAP, imported 25-80 32,017 Vizag Rail/Road

13 Non-coking coal 0-250 22,50,000 Anupur/Sidhi Rail/Road

14 Manganese ore, FAP 10-80 1,14,345 Sasor Rail/Road


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3.2 Manufacturing Process 3.2.1 Sponge Iron (DRI)

Refractory lined rotary kilns will be used for reduction of Pellets and sized iron ore lumps in solid

state. A central Burner located at the discharge end will be used for initial heating of the kiln.

Pellets or sized iron ore will be continuously fed into the kiln along with coal which has dual role of

fuel as well as reductant. Dolomite will be added to scavenge the sulphur from the coal.

Temperature of the order of 1050ºC will be maintained in the reduction zone, which is the

appropriate temperature for solid state reduction of iron oxide to metallic iron. This hot material

will be transferred to Heat exchanger. In Heat exchanger the material will be cooled to

160ºC. The cooler discharge material consists of sponge iron lumps, sponge iron fines and

char. Magnetic and non-magnetic material will be separated through magnetic separators and

stored in separate bins. The off-gas at about 1000ºC will be led to a waste heat recovery power

plant after which it will be clean in ESP before letting out to atmosphere through stack.

3.2.2 Ferro Alloy Plant

In Ferro alloy plant Ferro Alloys will be produced by smelting of Manganese ore with coke, coal,

quartz and dolomite. Spark arrestor and bag filter modules will be installed for cleaning of flue gas.

3.2.3 Iron Ore Beneficiation And Pelletisation Plant

Iron ore fines will be transferred from raw material handling section by conveyors to the

beneficiation plant. The conveyors will be provided with hoods in order to eliminate fugitive

emissions. Iron ore fines will be grinded in Ball mills. Iron ore concentrate will be produced

through gravity and magnetic separation process. The concentrate will be fed to thickener and

subsequently to filtering unit. The filter cake will be sent to pellet plant comprising of Rotary grate

kiln. Green pellets will be produced from this process. The flue gases from grate kiln will be treated

in ESP and discharged through the stack.

3.2.4 Sintering Plant

Iron ore fines, lime stone , dolomite, flue dust , coke breeze and lime fines from lime plant will be

used for production of iron sinter which will be fed to blast furnace for production of pig iron. Waste

gas will be filter in the ESP before letting out to atmosphere.


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3.2.5 Steel Making Shop:

There will be 2 numbers of steel making shops in the plant which consist of induction furnaces,

electric arc furnaces, ladle furnaces and vacuum degaser. Concast will be used to produce

Billets/Ingots. Gases generated from different units of steel making shop will be cleaned in the gas

cleaning modules before letting out to atmosphere.

3.2.6 Rolling Mill:

Two numbers of rolling mills are proposed to produce bars, rods and steel sections. Re-heating

furnaces will be installed for heating of billets to suitable temperature before rolling. The

combustion gas will be exhausted through an underground flue tunnel and passed through a

metallic tubular recuperitor before letting out to atmosphere.

3.2.7 Coal Washing Plant

Raw non coking coal after being crushed and spring to -20mm size in crushing plant, will be fed to

the washery by conveyers. (-)0.5mm material will be recovered as middling via disk filter and

thickener. (+)0.5 mm material will be further processed to get clean coal with improve quality.

Water from settling pond and thickener will be recalculated in the plant itself. The water circuit will

be closed and no discharge of contaminated water take place.

3.2.8 Power Generation

3.2.8.1 Through Waste Heat Recovery Boiler (WHRB)

The hot flue gases from DRI kilns will pass through a waste heat recovery Boilers to

recover the heat and to generate electricity. The gases after heat recovery will pass

through ESP and then let-out through a stack. The outlet dust emission will be less than

50 mg/Nm3.

3.2.8.2 Through CFBC Boiler

Coal and Dolochar will be used as fuel in the power stations. The flue-gases will be treated

in state of the art ESP and then discharged through stack. The outlet dust emission will be

less than 50 mg/Nm3.


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3.2.9 Blast Furnace

The blast furnace is envisaged to operate with sinter, sized iron ore, coke, fluxes and additives.

The hot metal produced will be cast at pig casting machines to produce cold pigs. The liquid slag

will be granulated at cast house granulation unit. The BF top gas will be cleaned in dust catcher

and gas cleaning system and distributed to the stoves, burners for runner drying, boilers for

process and process steam supply.

3.2.10 Lime-Dolo Plant

There will be two kilns in the plant. One for calcinations of lime stone and other for calcinations of

dolomite. The exhaust gas will be cleaned in gas cleaning plant.

3.3 Water Requirement

The proposed Integrated Steel Plant requires about 2760 cum/hour of water. The water

required for the Plant will be met through Sonar River , Baink River & Ujjara Nalla.

Sl. No. Consumer Unit

Circulating water (Cum/Yr)

Make up water (Cum/Yr)

Soft water

Industrial water

Soft water

Industrial water

1 DRI Plant 8400 600

2 FAP 800 30

3 Coal washery 50 50

4 SMS 4658 6075 24 278

5 Continuous casting machine 773 1107 6 76

6 BF Complex 863 1461 3 78

7 Power plant 44000 880

8 Rolling mill 6385 279

9 Beneficiation plant 500 75

10 Pellet plant 180 66

11 Sinter plant 90 20

12 Lime Dolo plant 10 10

13 Oxygen plant 1800 50


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14 Compressed air station 400 15

15 AC ventilation 200 8

16 Laboratory 4 4

17 Soft water plant 24 24

18 DM plant 25 25

19 Treatment plant loss 60

20 Plant & colony drinking water 50

Hourly requirement

cum/hr 7094 70611 112 2648

cum/hr 77755 2760

Annual requirement 24 million cum/yr

Yearly water requirement (including losses) 26 million cum/yr

3.5 Waste Water Generation

The total effluent quantity expected from the proposed Integrated Steel Plant will be 413 M³/hour.

Closed circuit cooling system will be implemented and this will result in lower water consumption

and there will not be any effluent generation from the process & cooling. The effluent generated

will be mainly Boiler blow down, cooling tower blow down, DM plant regeneration & sanitary

waste water.

Sl.no. Description Proposed Plant

(Cum/Hour)

1 Coal washery (Filter Press) 8

2

Blast Furnace

• Ventury Scrubber

• Slag Granulation

41

40

3 Rolling Mill Cooling Water Blow down Contaminated with Oil &

Grease 10

4 Power Plant Boiler blow down 20

5 Power Plant Cooling Tower Blow down 100

6 DM Plant Re-generation 25

7 Soft Water Re-generation 24

8 Ferro Alloys Plant – Cooling Tower blow down 8

9 Raw Water Treatment (Sand Filter back wash) 60


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10 Iron Ore Beneficiation Plant/Tailing Pond 60

11 Domestic Waste Water 40

SUB-TOTAL 436

Loss through soak pit -15

Evaporation Loss - 8

TOTAL 413

4.0 Description Of Environment

Base line data has been collected on ambient air quality, water quality, noise levels, flora and

fauna and socio economic details of people within 10 km radius of the proposed site.

4.1 Ambient Air Quality:

The monitoring of air quality has been done during Winter Season i.e. December’08 to

February’09 for Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM), Respirable Particulate Matter (RPM), SO2

and NOx using standard equipments and as per norms of CPCB. SPM recorded in the area 141.7

µg/m3 (Max) to 100.1 µg/m3 (Min). Similarly the maximum and minium values in respect of RPM, SO2

and NOx are 71.2 µg/m3 - 25.1 µg/m3, 7.7 µg/m3 - 1.5 µg/m3 and 14.5 µg/m3 -10.1 µg/m3 respectively. The

area is residential /rural in nature. The recorded data conform to the National Ambient Air Quality

Standard.

4.2.1 Surface Water Quality

Surface Water Sources:

8 numbers of surface water samples were collected from various sampling points of the study

area. The water samples were analyzed for physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics

as per CPCB guidelines and approved methods. The analytical data show pH 6.9 – 7.5, Turbidity

4 – 8 NTU, Iron 1.1 – 1.2 mg/l, BOD 1.2 – 2.0 mg/l, COD 4.0 – 8.2 mg/l. Surface Water Quality of

the samples collected conform to the standard prescribed by CPCB.

4.2.2 Ground Water Quality:

8 numbers of ground water samples were collected from various sampling points of the study

area. The water samples were analyzed for physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics

as per CPCB guidelines and approved methods. The analytical data show pH 6.6 – 6.9, Iron below


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detectable link (BDL) – <0.05 mg/l, Fluoride BDL. Ground Water Quality of the samples collected

conform to BIS 10500.

4.3 Noise Level:

Noise level has been measured in and around the proposed project site with a frequency of once

in a month in the study period. A total of 10 sampling points having selected and noise level

monitored both during day and night. Equivalent continuous sound pressure levels dB (A). over a

specified period of time have been calculated. The noise levels at the 10 monitoring stations of the

study area were observed in the range of 54.2 dB (A) to 45.1 dB (A) during day time and 37.2 dB

(A) to 43.7 dB (A) during night and are well within the specified standards.

4.4 Climate and Micrometeorology:

Weather monitoring station was set up the project site at about 10 m above the ground level.

The secondary data were also collected from India Meteorological Department (IMD) to validate

the onsite data collected from the site. The meteorological observations made during the study

period are presented below.

The temperature ranged from 9.1° C Min to 46.6° C Max with a mean of 22° C. Relative humidity

varied between 13% - 88% while the wind speed was recorded between calm to 11.34 m/sec

with an average of 2.47 m/sec. The pre-dominant wind direction was from N for 23% of the

time. The region receives a typical tropical monsoon with 90% of rainfall received between June

and September during southwest monsoon, July and August being the rainiest months.

4.5 Land Environment:

Total area of land under the Steel Complex is 300 ha. The land falls in the territory of village

Gidan and Village Sagoni in the District of Damoh. Out of the above 247.2 ha is Government

waste land in the above villages and balance is Private land.

The total study area of 314sq.kms. is constituted of 0.87% of settlement, 30.69 % of agriculture

land, 55.05% of open forest, de-graded/scrub forests, 12.2% of barren rocky/stony waste land

and 0.83% of river/water body.


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4.6 Soil Quality:

Soil sampling locations were selected representing various land use conditions and geological

features to assess the existing soil conditions. A total no. of 6 samples was collected. Most of

the soil samples are sandy loam in texture having moderate bulk density and pore space. The

water holding capacity is very low. They are mostly neutral with a pH range from 6.9 to 7.3.

Organic carbon present in the sandy soil is generally very low. The analysis shows Nitrogen 4.5 -

9 mg/Kg, Phosphorus 80 – 300 mg/Kg and organic matter 0.5 – 1.2 %. In general, the soil of

locality is of low fertility.

4.7 Ecology:

There are 5 nos of reserve forests i.e. Sakari RF, Hathidor RF, GhoraKhuri RF, Sahapuri RF and

Bhensdo RF within the study area.

4.8 Flora:

The natural vegetation of the project area and its immediate surrounding is restricted mostly to

shrubs and grasses. The common species include Buchanania – lanzan, Terinalia

Arjona,Mangifera Indica,Emblica Officinalis,Tamarindus indica,Ficus hispida, Dillenia pentagyna,

Anogeissus pendula, Bridelia retusa,Bridelia seuamosa etc.

4.9 Fauna:

The common animals found in the study area are Common Langur, Rhesus acaque, Hedgehog,

Musk-shrew, Short nosed fruit bat, Flying Fox, Indian, Pangolin, Scaly ant eater, Sloth Bear,

Tiger, Panther or Leopard, Common Jungle Cat, Striped hyaena, Common ongoose, Indian Ratel

or Honey Badger, Jackal, Indian Fox, Wild Dog, Common five striped Squirrel, Field rat,

Bandicoot, Common house rat, The Indian bush rat, Common India Porcupine, Common Indian

Hare, Indian Wild Boar, Mouse deer, Indian Bison, Black buck,(Indian antelope), Indian gazelle,

Blue bull, Four horned antelope, Indian Muntijac, Barking deer, Sambhar, Spotted deer.

4.10 Industries in the study area:

There is only one major industry namely M/s. Dimond Cements Ltd. within the study area.


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4.11 Place of tourism/historical/archaeological importance:

None historically or archaeologically important place is within the study area.

5. Anticipated Environmental Impact and Mitigation Measures

5.1 Air quality:

Construction Phase: The construction and erection of proposed plants and equipment will

generate dust resulting in higher SPM levels in surrounding area. The impact on the air quality

during construction phase will be localized, temporary and reversible in nature.

The dust generation during construction will be suppressed through intensive water spraying.

Proper maintenance of equipment and transport vehicles will reduce generation of gases.

Operation Phase: During operation phase, air quality may deteriorate due to emission of gases

and dust from the various units of the plant like coal washery, sponge iron, blast furnace, steel

melting, Iron ore beneficiation, Iron ore pellet plant, sintering plant, rolling mills, lime and dole

plant, Ferro alloys plant and captive power plant. There will be 33 stacks in the plant.

The results of the modeling study indicated that the maximum increase of GLC for the expansion

is 0.96677µg/m3 with respect to the SPM, 2.20271µg/m3 with respect to the SO2 and

1.88723µg/m3 with respect to NOx which is minimal. The GLC predicted at all receptor locations

after the proposed expansion are well within the SPM, SO2 and NOx limit prescribed in NAAQS by

MoEF.

During operation the following facilities will be provided to control air pollution:

Sl. No. Shop / unit Proposed facilities

1 Raw material storage yard Dust suppression system with plain water

2 Coal circuit area Dust suppression system with plain water

3

Sponge iron lump

Each of these areas will be provided with separate

Dust Extraction Systems- each comprising of pulse jet

type bag filters, suction hoods, rotary air lock valves

and dust hoppers

Non-magnetic sponge iron fines

Coal bunker

Iron ore bunker

Dolomite bunker

Screen houses

Junction houses

4 DRI kiln Dust extraction system with ESP, chimney etc.

5 Ferro-alloy plant Dust extraction system with pulse jet type bag filter


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6 Lime and dolo plant Dust extraction system with pulse jet type bag filter

7 Sinter plant Dust extraction system with ESP

8 Power plant Dust extraction system with ESP, chimney etc.

9 Pellet plant Dust extraction system with ESP and bag filters

10 Steel making shop Dust extraction system with pulse jet type bag filter

11 Blast furnace Cyclone separator and scrubber

Apart from above measures, Leakage from the equipment, ducts and transfer points shall be

regularly checked and stopped. Green belt will be developed to check air pollution in the area.

5.2 Land Environment:

The impact on land environment within core zone will be marginal since most part of the land on

which the plant will be set up is government waste land which has been already leased out to the

company.

The project area under the Integrated Steel Plant will spread over an area of 300 ha of land.

During construction phase, parts of the project area will be converted into internal roads, water

reservoir, buildings, green belt and plantation, etc. The top soil generated during construction will

be preserved and spread over the area identified for development of green belt and afforestation.

5.2.1 Topography and drainage:

No major change in topography shall occur on account of construction of the proposed plant,

except for minor leveling and slight rise in plinth area. Raw material will temporarily increase

elevation in storage area. The natural drainage will be obstructed due to the buildings but that

shall be taken care by the provision of storm water drains.

5.2.2 Soil Quality:

In order that soil quality shall not be adversely affected, suitable preventive measures shall be

taken while designing and constructing the solid waste and liquid effluent disposal systems like;

solid waste dump yard, ash pond and various ETPs.


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5.3 Water Environment:

Total fresh water requirement of the proposed complex, is estimated as 26MCM/yr (2760 m3 /hr).

This water will be drawn from Sonar River, Baink Nadi and Ujara Nala on which check dams will

be built. The proposed drawal of water will have no significant impact on the surface water

resources of the study area since these rivers are not perennial in nature. During construction

phase the water requirement will be 0.34MCM per year (38cum/hr) which will be met through

ground water abstraction.

5.3.1 Waste Water Generation and Mitigation Measures:

The estimated quantities and characteristics of the different wastewater streams from the different

operations, after implementation of the proposed project, are given below:

Sl. No. Description Contaminants

1 Coal washery (Filter Press) Solids

2

Blast Furnace

• Ventury Scrubber

• Slag Granulation

Solids

Solids

3 Rolling Mill Cooling Water Blow down Contaminated

with Oil & Grease

Mill Scale, Oil &

Grease

4 Power Plant Boiler blow down Dissolved Solids

5 Power Plant Cooling Tower Blow down Suspended and

Dissolved Solids

6 DM Plant Re-generation Acidic and alkaline

water

7 Soft Water Re-generation do

8 Ferro Alloys Plant – Cooling Tower blow down Suspended and

Dissolved Solids

9 Raw Water Treatment (Sand Filter back wash) do

10 Iron Ore Beneficiation Plant/Tailing Pond Solids

11 Domestic Waste Water

Biodegradable

solids/Micro

Organisms


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In addition to the anticipated waste water generation mentioned in the table above, there may be

generation contaminated water from following sources.

i) Oily effluents and oil handling area run off water containing oil & Grease.

ii) Dust Suppression system in CHP and dry fly ash handling and retrieval area will leave

some water containing coal and ash particles respectively to come out as effluent.

iii) Rainfall run-off from coal pile area will contain suspended solids.

5.3.1.1 Mitigation Measures:

• Blow downs of cooling towers of SMS and Rolling mills, Captive Power Plant (CPP) and

Ferro alloys plant will be routed through oil and grease trap and settling ponds and reused

for green belt development, dust suppression and ash handling.

• Effluent from Coal Washery will be passed through thickener and clarifier and recycled

back to the system.

• Effluent from DM water and Soft Water plants will be treated in neutralization pond and

reused for green belt development dust suppression and ash handling.

• Effluent from Iron Ore Beneficiation plant will be passed through thickener and settling pond

and recycle back to the system.

• Waste Water from DRI section will be passed through settling pond and recycle back to the

system.

• Boiler blow down of CPP will be passed through guard pond and reused for green belt

development, dust suppression etc.

• Effluent from blast furnace shop will be passed through clarifier/thickener and reused for

green belt development, dust suppression etc.

• Garland drains will be provided around coal storage yard to take care of the rain water

which will be led to settling pond from where it will be discharged out.

The plant will be operated with the concept of zero discharge. Hence, no effluent of the plant will

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5.4 Solid Waste generation and Mitigation Measures:

Various facilities of the plant will generate different solid wastes like Char, Dust, Slag, Fly ash,

Used oil etc. If the solid wastes are not disposed off properly, it may cause ground water

contamination, surface water quality degradation and siltation in surface water bodies and also

exposure to wind borne particles will cause respiratory disease. The sources of solid wastes

generation, description of wastes and their disposal practice in the proposed Integrated Steel Plant

as summarized in the table below:

Sl No. Type of Solid Wastes Quantity in

TPY Re-use

1. Middling/Rejects from coal washery 8,10,000 Utilization in captive power plant

2. Char from DRI 3,15,000 Utilization in Captive Power Plant with in plant boundary.

3. Kiln accretion and miscellaneous waste 17,761 Low lying area filling and clay making

for various purposes in steel plant.

4. Slag from Ferro Alloys Plant 43,306 Road making construction work and filling low lying area.

5. Tailings from Iron Ore Beneficiations 1,83,000 Low lying land filling

6. Slag from SMS Section 1,43,558 Will be used in the land fill, boulder soling of plant roads and may be used partly in sinter making

7. Scales from SMS 5,127 To be used in Sinter Plant

8. Mill Scale from Rolling Mill 8,857 To be reused in the Sinter Plant.

9. Mill Sludge from Rolling Mill 1,392 To be reused in the Sinter Plant.

10. Spent Refractories 200 To be used for construction and low lying area filling

11. Granulated Slag from Blat Furnace 55,347 Granulated and 100% sold to cement

plant.

12. Usable in Plant Scrap from Blast Furnace 9,915 Will be recycled in SMS.

13. Solid Waste in form of garbage/food waste from workers canteen.

8 Vermi Composting.

5.4.2 Fly Ash and Bottom Ash Disposal in Ash Ponds:

The endeavor will be to utilize the fly ash by supplying it freely to brick manufacturers in specially

designed carriers, free of cash as per government regulation. Alternatively, fly ash and bottom ash

will be hydraulically guided into specially designed lagoons for fly ash disposal. The spillage of fly

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5.4.3 Drainage System

The dumping area will be well protected and will be provided with garland drain all around the

stacking area. The garland will have slope from all sides so that the rainwater can travel by gravity

through the slope up to collection pit. Garland drains will be of size 2000mm wide and 2500mm

deep.

The vertical baffle walls will be constructed at suitable interval and at the bend, on both side of the

garland drain in alternate manner to settle the suspended solids that flow along with water. The

deposited quantity is manually drawn out from the garland drain to minimize the sitting at water

collection tank.

The water after primary treatment will go to collection tank to avoid silting. Collection tanks will be

periodically cleaned and will also be used for water harvesting particular during heavy

precipitation.

5.5 Noise Environment: 5.5.1. a Construction Phase : The noise level during construction will be due to construction

machinery which is of temporary nature. The unpleasant effects of which will be controlled

appropriate mitigation measures.

5.5.1. b Operation Phase: During operation phase, the situation will deteriorate with the

generation of excessive noise. Therefore the people working on the equipment or within the plant

will have to be protected and suitable mitigation measures are required.

5.5.2 Mitigation Measure:

To mitigate the effects of noise pollution, noise control measures such as silencer, isolators,

soundproof enclosures, sealers etc. will be provided as and where required. Preventive

maintenance of various equipments will be carried out and rotation of workers will also be done.

The equipments shall be provided with acoustic shield or enclosures to limit the sound level inside

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5.6 Ecology:

The core area does not have any forest. There are 6 nos. of reserve forests which are mostly

scrub forests in the buffer zone of 10km radius. These forests have species of flora and fauna

which are commonly found. There are no wildlife sanctuaries or fragile ecosystems within the

study area. The activities of the plant barring transportation shall be restricted within the boundary

wall of the plot. Hence, significant impact on wildlife or fragile ecosystem is not envisaged.

5.6.1 Mitigation Measures:

In order to promote the ecosystem and prevent pollution of environment due to fugitive emissions,

the company has planned to develop green belt in an area of 100 ha.

5.7 Socio-economic Condition:

The impact is positive and prosperity will emerge in the area, right from the onset of project work

because at present the area is very backward. It is envisaged that in operation phase after final

completion of the project about 1862 persons will get employment. About 140-300 persons will be

employed during construction phase. There will be good number of employment generation both

direct and indirect as transportation of materials and other services associated with the project will

be carried out through contracts. As majority of unskilled and semi-skilled persons will be from the

surrounding villages, the net in-migration on account of the job opportunities is expected to be low.

The company has envisaged various peripheral development activities like; opening and

maintaining educational institutions, primary health centre, ambulance and other health services

providing drinking water facilities to nearby villages etc. With the commencement of operation,

communication, entertainment and canteen facilities also will improve.

5.8 Control Measures for Occupational Safety and Health:

Numbers of pollution control measures have been inbuilt in various facilities which are likely to

emit dust, gases and noise so that workers working in the factory area are not exposed to polluted

conditions. Drinking water, canteen and medical facilities will be available within the plant.

Awareness program shall also be conducted. Occupational health check-up of all workmen

working in susceptible areas will be done as per rules in Factories Act. Any worker found to

develop symptoms of dust related diseases will be changed over to other jobs in cleaner areas.

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A full fledged Environment Management Cell (EMC) will function for monitoring different

environmental parameters regularly.

6.1 Air Environment

The broad aspects that need to monitored are meteorology, Ambient Air Quality and Stack Air

Quality, Drainage system Water quality etc. The monitoring of AAQ will be done in respect of

SPM, RPM SO2 and Nox. On line monitoring of SPM, SO2, NOx, CO and CO2 for each stack will

be done. For monitoring AAQ 3 locations will be selected inside the plant and 3 locations around

the plant. Frequency of monitoring will be as per the table given below. However, the frequency of

monitoring may be modified according to the conditions prescribed by State Pollution Control

Board of Orissa.

Sl.

No. Section Location Monitoring Parameter

Monitoring

Frequency

1. Meteorology One Location inside the

Plant Premises

Wind Speed, Wind

Direction,

Temperature

Humidity, Rainfall.

Hourly,

Continuous

2. Stack Emissions

Monitoring

All stacks (apart form on-line

monitoring system)

PM

SO2,

NOX,

CO,

Monthly

3. Ambient Air Quality

(outside the plant) 1. at 3 locations

SPM

RPM

SO2

NOx

Twice a week

4. Ambient Air Quality

inside the Plant

1. At 3 locations in 120

degree to each other

SPM

RPM

SO2

NOx

Twice a week

5. Noise Levels Plant Boundary, Equipment

& Work Place.

Average Leq values

and Maximum value

of Sound Pressure

Monthly (for day

& night time)


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Level in dB (A)

6. Solid Waste All solid wastes generated

from process.

As prescribed by

SPCB. Yearly

7. Work Environment

At all places where there is

presence of workers all the

time

1. Respirable Dust.

2. Inhaled dust. Monthly

8.

Surface &

Groundwater

Quality around the

plant

Observations wells near

solid waste dump yard and

nearby villages

As prescribed by

SPCB. Six monthly

9.

Ground water

Quality inside the

plant

Source of raw water. As prescribed by

SPCB Once a month.

10.

Effluent water

Quality inside the

Plant

Plant process As prescribed by

SPCB Once a month.

11. Ecology Surrounding villages Soil flora, fauna, crop

yield Yearly

6.2 Water Environment 6.2.1 Drainage System

Regular checking will be done to see that none of the drains are clogged due to accumulation of

sludge/sediments. The Oil and Grease Trap and catch-pits linked to the storm water drainage

system from the plant area will be regularly checked and cleaned to ensure their effectiveness.

This checking and cleaning will be rigorous before and during the monsoon season.

6.2.2 Water Quality

Raw water will be monitored once in a month. Drinking water being supplied inside the plant will

be monitored at least once in a month. Effluent Water Quality will be monitored at least twice in a

month.


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6.1 Budgetary Provision:

A total out lay of 400.0 lakhs has been envisages for setting up environmental control laboratory

which will have revenue expenses of 20.0 lakhs annually for chemicals and consumables.

7. Project Benefit

After the plant becomes fully operational, 1862 nos. of persons will find employment. Number of

skilled and unskilled workers from the locality will be engaged. Infrastructural facilities like

communication, education and transportation will increase. The products will meet the demand of

local and international market. Good number of ancillary facilities also will develop in the nearby

area which will generate direct and indirect employment. Overall economy of the area will improve.

8. Environment Management Plan (EMP) 8.1 Environmental Management Cell (EMC)

For administering the environment aspects, an EMC will be formed. The Cell will be headed by a

General Manager and have 23 members in a team including 2 Environmental Managers. This

team will also be responsible for all environment management activities including environmental

monitoring, developing greenbelt, ensuring good housekeeping, ensuring statutory compliance as

well as creating environmentally aware work forces for proposed steel plant. To evaluate the

effectiveness of environmental management programme, regular monitoring of the important

environmental parameters will be taken up. The schedule, duration and parameters will be as per

the consent conditions of No Objection certificate issued by the State Pollution Control Board for

100% compliance.

8.2 Laboratory Facilities

A well equipped laboratory will be set up for analyzing Air, Water, Effluents, Solid wastes, Raw

materials and other process intermediates.

8.3 Environmental Management Plan (EMP) - Monitoring Aspects

To ensure proper performance of various Mitigation Measures incorporated in the Plant, an

effective Environ Management Plan will be developed for administering various aspects of

environment- Ambient Air, Water, Noise, and Solid wastes Disposal aspects.

Air Environment -


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• A meteorological station will be set up at a suitable location to monitor wind speed, wind

direction, temperature and relative humidity on continuous basis.

• The Ambient Air Quality, Stack Emissions and Fugitive Emissions will be monitored and

analyzed for SPM, RPM, SO2, NOx, CO & CO2 in a schedule manner as per directives of

Madhya Pradesh State Pollution Control Board and corrective measures shall be taken.

• On-line Stack Monitoring facility will be provided for continuous monitoring of exhaust

gases.

• The efficiency of all pollution control devices like ESPs and bag filters will be checked and

their operability will be ensured on day to day basis.

Water Environment - • The drainage system will be checked regularly and clogging, accumulation of sludge and

sediments will be removed.

• Performance of Oil & Grease traps, settling ponds, neutralization pits and ETPs will be

examined on day to day basis.

• Quality of Raw water, Drinking water and Waste water will be monitored at lease twice in a

month.

• The Ground water monitoring will be done at least every 3 months in locations around the

Plant.

• Zero discharge of effluents will be ensured.

Noise Environment -

• The Noise levels inside the plant will be monitored in noise prone areas both in day and

night time.

• Noise Protective Appliance like Ear Muffs, Ear Plugs will be issued to workmen in noise

prone areas and it will be ensured that, they use the same.

• Performance of silencers provided at various vent points will be periodically examined and

corrective action taken.


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Solid Waste -

• Quantity and Characteristics of Solid Wastes will be regularly analyzed and their disposal

will be monitored.

• It will be ensured that Blast Furnace Slag and Fly Ash are sold to cement and fly ash brick

manufactures.

8.4 Environmental Audit

Quarterly Environmental Audit will be carried out to check for compliance with standards. This will

be carried out by in-house experts. Third Party Environmental Audits will be carried out once in

every year. The directives from the Statutory Authorities and prevailing regulations will govern the

periodicity of monitoring. The action plan of EMP will be updated every year with respect to the

results achieve and to plan activities for the next year.

8.5 Green Belt

The EMC will monitor the plantation and maintenance of the proposed green belt and also look

after the aesthetic of the Proposed Plant.

8.6 Training of Man Power

Training will be imparted for safe operation and maintenance of the Plant. Safe operating and

Safe Maintenance manuals will be issued to concerned personnel.

8.7 Occupational Health

To ensure proper health of the working personnel, regular health checkup will be carried out as

per provision of Factories Act. Proper house keeping of the shop floors will be maintained. Fire

fighting equipment and other safety appliances will be tested regularly to ensure full serviceability.

Training of employees for use of safety appliances and First Aid will be imparted. Separate Wing

with adequate knowledge of industrial hygiene will constantly check for any occupational disease.

8.8 Greenbelt Development

Green belt development will further through

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ii) Attenuation of noise levels

iii) Balancing Eco-environment

iv) Prevention of soil erosion

v) Creation of aesthetic environment.

A greenbelt of 100 hactres will be developed in the plant premises. Greenbelt will be developed

as per CPCB guidelines. Capital cost for environment protection is about Rs. 210 Crores.

8.9 Implementation Of CREP Recommendations

All the CREP recommendations will be strictly followed in the proposed Plant.

8.10 Post Project Environmental Monitoring

Ambient Air Quality, Stack monitoring & effluent analysis will be carried out regularly as per CPCB

norms and the analysis reports shall be submitted to MoEF & CECB regularly.

9.0 C o n c l u s I o n

In view of the above it can be concluded that, the proposed project is in line with the principles

of sustainable development. Due to the project there will be appreciable increase in social as

well as economical development. The mitigation measures those will be adopted will restrict

the adverse impacts well within the tolerable limit. Hence, it is logical that the above project

should come up at the earliest along with implementation of the mitigation measures.


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abbreviations TPM Total Productivity Management. SPM Suspended Particulate Matter.

ISO International Organization for Standardization. RPM Respirable Particulate Matter.

AFBC Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Combustion. SO2 Sulphur Dioxide.

MoEF Ministry of Environment and Forest. NOx Nitrogen Oxides.

CPCB Central Pollution Control Board. CO Carbon Monoxide.

CGWB Central Ground Water Board. AQI Air Quality Index.

Nm3 Normal Cubic Meter. NTU Nephelo Turbidity Units.

TPH Ton Per Hour. BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand.

TPD Ton Per Day. COD Chemical Oxygen Demand.

DM De-mineralization. DO Dissolved Oxygen.

CHS Coal Handling System. NSFWQI National Sanitation Foundation Water Quality Index.

AAQ Ambient Air Quality. ND Not Detectable.

PM Particulate Matter. DFO Divisional Forest Office.

mg Milligram. GHGERG Green House Gas Emission Reduction Group.

µg Microgram. COC Cycles of Concentration.

ESP Electro Static Precipitator. dB(A) Decibel in ‘A’ Scale.

MW Mega Watt. EIA Environmental Impact Assessment.

ETP Effluent Treatment Plant. EMP Environmental Management Plan.

MSL Mean Sea Level. CREP Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection.

NH National Highway. EMS Environmental Management System.

W. B. West Bengal. IMD India Meteorological Department.

N North. HSD High Speed Diesel.

E East. MCM Million Cubic Meter 0C Degree Centigrade. BDL ELOW Detectable Limit

S South. GLC General Level Concentration

SW South-west. CHP Coal Handling Plant

SMS Steel Making Shop CPP Captive Power Plant

EMC Environment Management Cell HSD High Speed Diesel

LDO Light Diesel Oil LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas

Documents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ON REIA/EMP REPORT FOR 1.0 MTPA INTEGRATED