Visakhapatnam Steel Plant

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.

Half yearly Environment Compliance Report in respect of stipulated conditions

while issuing Environmental Clearance

For submission to

Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB)

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP) is the

country’s first shore based integrated steel plant. The company is 100% owned

by GoI. The plant is a 6.3 Million ton Integrated Steel Plant and is a market

leader in long products.

First Integrated Steel Plant to be certified for Quality, Health & Safety,

Environment & Energy– ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001 & ISO 50001

First Steel plant in India to be certified for CMMI Level 3 for Information

Technology

Period:

Oct’15

To

March’16

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PART-A

Brief Overview of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant:

2. Technological facilities of Expansion units

Product New Major Unit Facilities

Hot Metal

Blast Furnace - 3 1 X 3800 Cu.M furnace with water cooled hearth bottom to produce 2.5Mtpa of Hot metal with a state- of- art technology with profilometer, copper staves, pulverized coal injection, top gas recovery turbine etc.

Sinter Plant - 3 1X400 Sq.M sinter machine with circular cooler, multi slit burners etc. to produce 3.61 Mtpa of sinter.

Raw Material Handling System

Material preparation and handling system through extensive conveyor system (Total 45km length)

Liquid Steel

Steel Melt Shop(SMS) Converter Shop

2 x 150 Cu.MConverters to produce 2.8Mtpa with facilities like combined blowing, for better yield and quality, Secondary fume extraction system for cleaner environment etc.

SMS – continuous casting Machine

3 x 6 strand square billet casters with auto mould technology, electromagnetic stirring for cleaner steel.

SMS – LH & RH

Secondary metallurgy facilities like 2 nos. of Ladle Furnace, one RH unit for producing Special steel grades.

Finished Steel

Wire Rod Mill - 2 6 lakh tonne per annum capacity high speed mill (105-110 m/s).

Special Bar Mill 7.5 lakh tonne per annum capacity mill for customized sizes with low tolerance

Structural Mill 7 lakh tonne per annum capacity with high speed roughing stands to produce 75-175 mm structurals.

1. Main facilities of the plant (Not Exhaustive) S. No Department Facilities & technological features Capacity

1 Coke oven 4 coke oven batteries of 67 ovens each, of height 7m, with 100% dry quenching

2.261 Mt of blast furnace coke (3 battery capacity)

2 Sinter plant 2 sinter machines with 312 Sq.m grate area 5.256 Mt of gross sinter

3 Blast Furnace 2 nos. 3200 Cu.m blast furnaces with bell less top equipment and cast house slag granulation

3.4 Mt of hot metal

4 Steel Melting Shop

3 nos. 133 Cu.m LD converter with 6 nos. of 4 strand bloom casters

3.0 Mt Liquid Steel 2.82Mt Cast bloom/yr

5 Light and Medium Merchant Mill

7 strand continuous Billet Mill and 2 strand continuous Bar Mill with “Tempcore” technology for Rebar rolling

1.857 Mt billets 0.710 Mt Bar products

6 Wire Rod Mill 4 strand continuous mill with “Stelmor” cooling 0.850 Mt Wire rods

7 Medium Merchant & Structural Mill

20 stand continuous mill 0.850 Mt Medium structural products

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Principal products & services The principal products of VSP include steel products comprises of re-bars, wire rods,

rounds, structurals, blooms and billets, and pig iron. Also, the company markets by-

products such as Ammonium Sulphate, Benzol products, slag etc.

3. Environmental friendly technology installed

Aspect Benefit

Waste heat Utilization at Coke Dry Cooling plant Generation of Power (2X7.5MW) through BPTS

Waste gas utilization (CO, BF & LD gas) Used as fuel

Utilization of pressure Energy of BF gas Generation of power (2X12MW) through GETS

Dry fog dust suppression at RMHP, SP Reduced dust

Evaporative cooling systems at LMMM & MMSM Generation of process steam

Waste heat utilization in COB-IV 14MW power generation

Waste heat recovery at Sinter Plant 20.6 MW power generation

TRT at BF-3 14 MW power generation

New Power Plant 2 X 60 MW power generation from waste gases

Waste water recovery system 3 Plants with capacity to recover 1000 m3/hr of waste water

Rain water harvesting system 2 systems with potential to recover 54 lakh cum of rain water annually.

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PART-B

COMPLIANCE REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CONDITIONS LAID DOWN BY

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT WHILE ACCORDING CLEARANCE TO VSP

AS PER DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT LETTER NO. 11011/1/87-IA DATED

4.1.1988.

Condition: I. a) ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP) MUST BE PREPARED WHICH AMONG OTHERS, SHOULD CONTAIN RESULTS OF AIR AND WATER QUALITY MONITORING TO BE DONE IN THE PROJECT AREA. Status: Environment management plan which contains results of air and water quality monitoring along with the other details is prepared and submitted. Besides, air & water quality is being monitored regularly & results submitted vide Half yearly reports to

1. The Addl. Chief Conservator of Forests Ministry of Environment & Forests Regional Office Southzone, 4th floor E&F wings Kendriya sadan, 17th Main Road Koramangala, Bangaluru

2. Scientist ‘D’, GOI, MoEF Regional office Southzone 1st& 2nd floor HEPC Bldg no. 34 Cathedral garden road Chennai-600034 Member Secretary

3. Scientist (B) Central Pollution Control Board PariveshBhavan East Arjun Nagar New Delhi-110032

4. Environmental Engineer Regional Office Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board Madhavadhara VUDA Colony Visakhapatnam - 530018

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VSP Township

Condition: b) CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF AIR AND WATER QUALITY MUST BE INITIATED IMMEDIATELY. WATER TO BE MONITORED MUST INCLUDE BOTH MARINE AND INLANDWATERS. Status: Monitoring of air & water quality including marine water is being done regularly. Results of Ambient air, effluents, stack emissions, fugitive emissions from coke oven batteries, etc are enclosed at Annexure I to V respectively.

Condition: c) MINIMUM THREE AMBIENT AIR MONITORING STATIONS MUST BE INSTALLED. Status: 3 nos (three) of continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations within the plant premises and 4th station at Pedagantyada residential area (down wind direction of the plant) have been installed and all are working. Hourly data is being posted to APPCB website. Condition: d) AN AIR MONITORING STATION IN THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK IN THE NORTH EAST MUST BE INSTALLED. Status: An ambient air monitoring station (Repairable dust sampler) is installed in the zoo park and monitoring being done regularly.

Condition: e. TWO MONITORING STATIONS - ONE FOR AIR AND OTHER FOR WATER MUST BE SET UP AT KONDAKARLA LAKE TOWARDS THE SOUTH OF VISAKHAPATNAM. Status: Monitoring of Air quality (Ref. Annexure-I) and Water Quality (Refer Annexure-V) at Kondakarla Lake towards South of VSP is being carried out regularly.

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Tanks & Pump house at RMHP for Recycling MBC water

Condition:

II. THE PROJECT AUTHORITIES (VSP) MUST CONSIDER USING LOW SULPHUR GAS/OIL. IF SUCH USE IS NOT POSSIBLE, APPROPRIATE FLUE GAS DESULPHURISATION DEVICES MUST BE INSTALLED AT THE RELEVANT UNIT Status: VSP is using low sulphur fuels and composition of these fuels has been submitted earlier. The power plant of VSP is using Talcher coal which has sulphur content of 0.17%. The Calcining& Refractory Material Plant of VSP is using coal tar fuel (A by-product of Coke oven & Coal Chemical Dept.) with sulphur content of less than 0.5%. Condition: III. VSP AUTHORITIES MUST RECYCLE EFFLUENTS TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.IN ANY CASE, THE TREATED EFFLUENTS MUST BE USED FOR IRRIGATION OF AFFORESTED AREA. Status: Township sewage water is being used as makeup water in Rolling mills & SMS after treatment in Ultra-filtration plant since Dec’2005. In addition to the above 3 Waste water recycling scheme are implemented at VSP. The quantities of waste water recovered & treated for reuse is given below:

In addition to the above treated effluent from MBC (Mechnical, Boilogical & Chemical treatment plant), that treats contaminated

water generated during Coke making and also is being used for spraying on Boiler coal stock piles to prevent fugitive dust emissions & self ignition of coal in RMHP (Raw Material Handling Plant). Condition: IV. VSP AUTHORITIES MUST DIVERT THE STORM WATER TOWARDS THE SOUTH SIDE AWAY

FROM THE CREEK (WHICH IS ON THE NORTHEN SIDE).

Status:

This condition was dropped by MoEF vide letter no. J-11014/75/90-1A .II(i) Dated 20.07.2000

Oct’15-March’16 Year 15-16

467.48 MG 879.05 MG

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Layout showing Afforestation at Vizag Steel

Plantation done with mango saplings

Condition: V. VSP AUTHORITIES MUST RELOCATE SLUDGE/DEBRIS DUMP, THE ASH POND, THE LABOR AND STAFF COLONY SHOWN IN THE SOUTH WEST CORNER AWAY FROM THE SEA SHORE. REVISED PLAN IN THIS REGARD MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THIS MINISTRY FOR APPROVAL. Status: New slag dump yard area has already been constructed away from sea-shore as per the advice of Prof. Dave and Department of Environment. Revised plan was submitted vide letter no. 869/DE dt.30.7.88. Condition: VI. PRESENT AND FUTURE LINKAGE FOR COAL MUST BE ESTABLISHED AND REPORTED TO THE

MINISTRY. Status: The coal linkage for VSP is as follows. 1. Steam coal is from collieries of Talcher&Ib

Valley of M/s Mahanadi Coal Fields 2. Coking coal is imported from Australia, New

Zealand and USA etc., through Gangavaram Port limited.

3. Medium coking coal is from washeries -Rajarappa, Swang and Kathara of M/s Central Coal fields.

Condition: VII. a) VSP AUTHORITIES MUST PROVIDE A GREEN BELT OF 3600 HECTARES. b) ABOVE GREEN BELT WILL INCLUDE 500 M WIDE GREEN BELT ON THE BOUNDARY OF THE ACQUIRED LAND. Status: The status is as given below: Total acquired land = 8,827 Hectares Area earmarked for Afforestation =

3,600 Hectares(including green belt)

Area of Green Belt (500 mt. wide) = 1970 Hectares

Afforestation done in green belt = 1801 Hectares

Afforestation in areas other than green belt = 1630 Hectares

Total No. of trees planted = over 51,60,422 trees. Balance to be afforested is 169 Ha. Out of this, 135 Ha has been handed over to Govt. of AP for construction of Gangavaram port.

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Gangavaram Port View

Plant inside Park photo

During 2015-16, afforestation status (including Green Visakha) is given below:

Condition: c) OUT OF THE TOTAL GREEN BELT, 1970

HECTARES MUST BE DECLARED AS

RESERVE FOREST UNDER THE CONTROL OF

VSP AND GOVERNED BY THE FOREST

(CONSERVATION) ACT 1980, THE BALANCE

1630 HECTARES MUST NOT BE USED FOR

ANY OTHER PURPOSE EXCEPTING FOR

FURTHER XPANSION OF THE PLANT.

Status:

Earlier, the proposal to notify the green belt as a "Reserve Forest" under the control of VSP

was not agreed to by the Divisional Forest Officer, Visakhapatnam on the ground that such

notification would be preceded by handing over the land to State Forest Department by VSP.

Subsequently, the Chief Conservator of Forests, Vide his letter No: EP/1201/30/AD/Vol-5

dt.7.11.97 has clarified that such a declaration is feasible. In this regard Principal Chief

Conservator of forests wrote a letter to Principal Secretary to the Govt. of AP vide RC No.

52548/97/51 dated. 12.4.2004. VSP requested the Principal Chief Conservator of forests vide

letter no. TA/aff-22/2004/539 dated 8.06.04 to expedite the matter.

Condition:

d) 2809 HECTARES OF SALT LANDS MUST BE

AFFORESTED WITH APPROPRIATE FLORAL

SPECIES. THIS AREA WILL BE REGARDED AS

PERMANENT RESERVE FOREST UNDER THE

CONTROL OF VSP AND WILL BE GOVERNED BY

THE FOREST (CONSERVATION) ACT, 1980.

Status: It was brought to the notice of Secretary (E&F) vide letter No.CMD -3(6)36/78, dated 9th April, 1993 that the area of salt land is 160 Ha. For afforestation of 160 hectares of salt lands (saline area) Central Salt and Marine Chemical

Research Institute (CSMCRI) Bhavnagar, have already completed plantation of Salvadora plants

in 25 Ha as a pilot project. The balance 135 Ha has been handed over to Govt. of Andhra

Pradesh for construction of Gangavaram Port.

Oct’15-March’16 2015-16

78400 154900

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Upgraded Mechanical Biological & Chemical Treatment Plant at Coke Ovens

PART-C

COMPLIANCE REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CONDITIONS LAID DOWN BY

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT (DOEN) WHILE ACCORDING CLEARANCE TO

VISAKHAPATANAM STEEL PLANT

According to environmental clearance given to Visakhapatnam Steel Plant's revised cost

estimate vide letter No: 11011/75/90-IA - II section, dated 3.5.1993 the present status of

conditions are as follows:

Condition:

1. THE EFFICIENCY/PERFORMANCE OF 2 DEDUSTING SYSTEMS WILL BE AUGMENTED TO

COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS BY DEC'93.

Status: The DE Systems are augmented and are working satisfactorily since December, 1993 after

effecting necessary modifications.

Condition:

2. LIQUID EFFLUENTS FOR AMMONICAL NITROGEN AND PHENOLS WILL BE TREATED TO MEET THE STANDARDS BY DEC'93. Status MBC which has been upgraded incurring at a cost of Rs. 55 Cr. has been completely stabilised. All parameters such as Amm.N2, phenols, O&G,

COD etc of the effluent are within norms.

Condition: 5. WATER CONSUMPTION SHOULD BE BROUGHT DOWN FROM 39.05 cum/ tonne of liquid

steel (tLS) to 20 cum/tLS. ACTION TAKEN AND THE TIME FRAME REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE ABOVE SHOULD BE INDICATED BY VSP WITHIN A PERIOD OF 3 MONTHS.

Status: Has been compiled with.

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Continuous Effluent Monitoring System at

MBC outlet pH & flow

PART-D

FROM 4 TO 6.5 MTPA AS PER MoEF EC No. J-11011/196/2005 – IA II

(i) DATED 11.08.2005

A. SPECIFIC CONDITION

Condition:

I. GASEOUS EMISSIONS SHALL CONFIRM TO THE LOAD/MASS BASED STANDARDS

AND NOT TO EXCEED THE LIMITS PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE BOARD.

Status:

1. Load based emission is given only for Coke oven batteries by Andhra Pradesh Pollution

Control Board.CO in Batteries is being monitored & is within the norm of 3 Kg/tonne of

coke produced.

2. Air Pollution Control equipment are being upgraded to meet the SPM norm of 50 mg/Nm3.

3. Low NOx burners to reduce NOx load are being used.

Condition:

II. ADOPT CLOSED LOOP RE-CIRCULATING SYSTEMS Status: All the re-circulating water systems existing at VSP are closed loop only. The same are being adopted in all expansion units.

RECYCLE DIRECT CONTAMINATING COOLING GRANULATION & DUST SUPPRESSION

Already in practice. The same is being adopted in expansion units.

THE WASTE WATER FROM GAS CLEANING PLANTS, MILLS, POWER PLANT & CT BLOW DOWNS SHALL BE TREATED IN WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS

Already in practice. The same is being adopted in expansion units.

THE COKE OVEN EFFLUENT SHALL NOT EXCEED 2880 CUM/DAY (120 CUM/HR)

The Coke oven effluent is about 2000 cum/day only & is being monitored using Continuous Effluent monitoring System.

New BFGas based Power Plant

COMPLIANCE REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CONDITIONS LAID DOWN BY THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS WHILE ACCORDING CLEARANCE FOR EXPANSION OF RINL / VISAKHAPATNAM STEEL PLANT

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THE SURPLUS WASTE WATER SHALL BE STORED IN THE HOLDING POND FOR USE IN THE LEAN PERIOD

In addition to the above Waste Water Recycling scheme is implemented incurring a cost of Rs 110 cr. The purpose of this scheme is to capture waste water at three outlets, treat and then reuse in the plant. Details of this scheme are given below :

THE OVER FLOW FROM POND SHALL BE DISCHARGED THROUGH MARINE OUTFALL INTO SEA Marine pipeline to discharge the surplus effluents is provided as per details given below:

Description Capacity (m3/hr) Facilities Use

Marine discharge pipe line

300-450 Collecting tank & Pumping system

To pump out water from MBC, rejects from RO plant to marine environment only if they are not used for spraying in Raw Material Handling Plant

Location of the

Waste Water

Recycling System

Capacity

of

treatment

system

(cum/hr)

Type of treatment Reuse plan

Balacheruvu 300-350

Physical treatment

such as

settling/clarification, Oil

separation etc.

Treated water is used in the

expansion area for fire fighting,

dust suppression, gardening,

toilet flushing etc.

Appikonda 500 Reverse Osmosis

Treated water is used as make

up in Power plant TPP System

and in soft water network

Gangavaram/Coke

ovens 80 Reverse Osmosis

Treated water is used in

COCCP recirculation system

BF-3 80 Reverse Osmosis Treated water is used in soft

water network

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Dry Fog System

THE DISCHARGE POINT SHALL BE DECIDED IN CONSULTATION WITH NIO NIO has already conducted the studies and suggested the route for marine outfall and is implemented as per their recommendations.

MARINE ECOLOGICAL STUDY SHALL BE CARRIED OUT TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF WASTE WATER ON MARINE ECOLOGY Study titled “Monitoring of chemical & biological parameters in the marine environment off Appikonda and toxicological studies of the treated effluent of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant” is done by National Institute of Oceanography in the year 2010, wherein it was mentioned that there is no impact of waste water on marine ecology.

THE SEWAGE WATER AFTER TREATMENT SHALL BE USED IN MILLS / SMS FOR COOLING PURPOSE Already township sewage is being recycled in SMS & Mills after ultra filtration. Sewage from plant shall also be recycled after commissioning of the RO plant at Coke Ovens.

Condition:

III. PROVIDE CONTROL MEASURES FOR CHECKING FUGITIVE EMISSIONS. PROVIDE DUST

EXTRACTION / SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS IN RAW MATERIAL HANDLING & WATER SPRINKLING

SYSTEM AT THE STOCK YARDS

Status: Pollution control measures are extensively planned and implemented in existing plant and expansion areas.

PROVIDE DRY FOGGING SYSTEM IN CRUSHING & SCREENING PLANT, MATERIAL TRANSFER POINTS ETC.

Dry Fog dust suppression systems are provided in all expansion units out of which 8 nos are in operation. These systems are implemented in 40 areas covering 250 locations.

WORKZONE AIR QUALITY SHALL BE MONITORED & RECORDS ARE MAINTAINED Work zone air quality at more than 87 (53 in existing plant and 34 in expansion area) locations is regularly monitored and data is recorded systematically as per EMS records. The same shall be continued.

Dry fog system

Marine Discharge Facility

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Coke Oven Battery

Condition:

IV. COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS NOTIFIED VIDE GSR.631 (E) DATED 31ST OCT 1997 TO CONTROL FUGITIVE EMISSIONS FROM BATTERIES Status: Fugitive emissions PLD, PLO, PLL, BaP and charging emissions from coke oven batteries are monitored regularly and are below the norms except charging emissions. Reports are enclosed at Annexure-IV. Condition:

V. PARTICULATE EMISSIONS SHOULD BE <50 mg/Nm3 Status: All pollution control equipment is designed for particulate matter emissions to less than 50 mg/Nm3. Existing ESP’s will be upgraded to < 50 mg/Nm3 during capital repairs. Up gradation of Burden handling system and ESP of cast house fume extraction system BF-1 is completed. Up gradation of Burden Handling System (BHS) & Cast House of Exhaust System (CHES) of BF2 are under progress. Plan for up gradation of all ESP’s of stage 1 is as given below:

PROVIDE CAST HOUSE FUME EXTRACTION SYSTEM WITH ESP/BAG FILTER The existing two blast furnace cast houses and BF-3 (Expn.) are already provided with Cast House Fume Extraction system having ESPs.

S No Project Description Target Completion date Present status

1 Revamping of SHDE systems for BF-2 Oct'2016 Work in

progress.

2 Revamping of CHFE systems for BF-2 Oct’2016 Work in progress.

3 Revamping and Upgradation of

Electrostatic Precipitators of Air

cleaning plant and Gas cleaning plant of

Sinter Plant

SP-1 :ACP-1 & GCP-1 by

Feb’17

SP-2 : ACP-2 & GCP by

Aug'17

Work in

Progress.

4

Upgradation of ESPs of TPP

Jan 2017 for One Boiler

followed by 2nd boiler

Revamping of

ESP's of 2 Boilers

is taken up. BHEL

to execute at a

cost of 68 Crores.

Mar 2019 for remaining

Boilers.

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CHFE system provided at BF1,2, & 3

Sinter machine 3 Furnace provided with low NOx

burner & Circular cooler

Circular Cooler

INSTALL LOW-NOX BURNERS TO CONTROL NOX EMISSIONS

Low Nox burners are provided in expansion areas of SP2, Mills & Power plant and all necessary measures are taken to reduce NOx emissions. These measures are also being adopted for the existing

sinter machines 1 & 2 during their revamping project.

Condition:

VI. ENHANCE EFFORTS TO RE-USE OF SOLID WASTES AS PER PLAN SUBMITTED TO MINISTRY (BF & LD SLAG, FLYASH, REFRACTORY BRICKS, MILL SCALES ETC.) Status: Being done. Utilisation details are given at Annexure-VII

ALL HAZARDOUS WASTES SHALL BE CHARGED INTO COKE OVEN BATTERIES All hazardous wastes like tar sludge, Benzol muck, acid tar, MBC sludge etc. are charged in to batteries along with charge coal since 1999. The same shall be continued.

SPENT OIL SHALL BE SOLD TO AUTHORIZED REPROCESSORS Being sold to authorised reprocessors only. Condition:

VII. DEVELOP GREEN BELT IN BALANCE 34 HA. SELECTION OF SPECIES SHALL BE AS PER CPCB GUIDE LINES Status: The balance area of 34 Hectares in green belt will be taken up after the land dispute is resolved by the State government.

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OHS & RC Building

Condition:

VIII. UNDERTAKE RAIN WATER

HARVESTING MEASURES

Status: Complied. 9 masonry check dams, 1 Earthen check dam, 94 Percolation pits and 18 recharging, wells have been constructed so far. Building constructed in expansion are also provided with rain water harvesting measures. 2 major Rain water harvesting schemes are implemented. These Rain water harvesting projects have a potential to capture 54 lakh m3 water annually. Condition:

IX. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SURVEILLANCE OF WORKERS SHOULD BE DONE ON REGULAR BASIS AND RECORDS TO BE MAINTAINED Status: A fully fledged OHS&RC is functioning since 1992, doing man maintenance programs, toxicological studies, noise surveys, hygiene surveys etc. Records are maintained as per OHSAS: 18001. Condition:

X. CREP RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE IMPLEMENTED Status: All points are being complied with. B. GENERAL CONDITIONS Condition:

i. ADHERE TO STIPULATIONS MADE BY APPCB AND APSG Status: Being followed. Condition:

ii. NO FURTHER EXPANSION OR MODIFICATIONS SHALL BE CARRIED OUT WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL

Status: Noted and shall be followed. Condition:

iii. AT LEAST 4 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE DOWNWARD DIRECTION

Status: 3 CAAQM stations have been established within plant premises and fourth station is installed at pedagantyada village in the downwind direction of plant. All stations are working and hourly data of stations are being uploaded to APPCB.

Rain Water Harvesting scheme implemented at VSP

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Silencer placed at the Oxygen vent

for controlling Noise pollution

DATA ON AMBIENT AIR, STACK EMISSIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO APPCB, CPCB, MOEF ONCE IN EVERY SIX MONTHS

Status: Half yearly report being submitted regularly. Last report submitted vide Ref. No. VSP/WK/EnMD/13 dt. 19.01.16 Condition: iv. THE WASTE WATER SHALL BE PROPERLY COLLECTED AND TREATED SO AS TO

CONFORM TO NORMS AND SHOULD BE UTILIZED FOR MAKE UP OR PLANTATION Status:

Separate treatment facilities are provided to collect the waste water and effluents and recycle them as make-up after treatment. Refer point ii of special conditions above. Condition:

v. PROVIDE NOISE CONTROL MEASURES TO LIMIT NOISE LEVELS WITHIN 85 db(A) ON ALL SOURCES

Status: Adequate noise control measures are provided. The areas where measures are required for control of noise pollution, necessary action is being taken.

THE AMBIENT NOISE LEVELS 75 DBA (DAY TIME) & 70 DBA (NIGHT TIME)

Noise limits are within norms (Annexure-VI).

UNDERTAKE SOCIO-DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN

THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES

Being done

Condition:

vi. COMPLY ALL RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN THE REPORTS OF EIA-1994 & EMP. Status: Complied. Condition:

vii. PROVIDE REQUISITE FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT CONDITIONS STIPULATED BY MOEF, STATE GOVT.

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Status: Already VSP has spent over Rs 468 cr for pollution control measures. Also Rs 1283 cr. expenditure is earmarked for pollution control measures in the expansion units. In addition to the above VSP is incurring over Rs 315 cr. yearly towards Environment management. Since 2004, VSP spent Rs. 242.2 Cr on Up grading Environmental projects, 463.37 Cr on providing energy facilities & presently Rs. 305 Cr environmental projects are under implementation. Condition:

viii. A SIX-MONTHLY COMPLIANCE REPORT SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO MOEF, REGIONAL OFFICE, BANGALORE

Status: Being done. Last report submitted vides Ref. No. VSP/WK/EnMD/13 dt. 19.01.16

Condition:

ix. INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE OF THE PROJECT HAS BEEN ACCORDED BY MOEF. ADVERTISE THIS IN TWO NEWS PAPERS WITH IN 7 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF CLEARANCE

Status: Complied Condition: x. INFORM THE DATE OF FINANCIAL CLOSURE, FINAL APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT AND DATE OF COMMENCING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT WORK TO MOEF Status: Not applicable as finances for the expansion are met mostly from internal resources. Final approval of the project by GOI is on 28.10.2005. Work started from Jan’2006. BF-3, SP-2, SMS-2 are commissioned and rolling mills are in the various stages of commissioning.

END

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VISAKHAPATNAM STEEL PLANT

ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

AMBIENT AIR QUALITY - Unit : Microgram /cum. Annexure-1

LOCATION Parameter NORM OCT'15 NOV'15 DEC'15 JAN'16 FEB'16 MAR'16

PM10 100 47.08 - 58.50 118.60 95.20 88.65

PM2.5 60 45.87 45.81 62.24 69.44 52.47 39.44SO2 80 11.73 6.04 6.14 12.52 16.70 12.55

NOX 80 NA - 13.48 21.60 20.50 21.60

CO 2000 4.05 2.19 2.01 1.90 1.37 1.87

PM10 100 53.58 61.65 68.80 78.70 69.24 52.88

PM 2.5 60 27.30 34.04 41.37 51.18 22.25 17.47SO2 80 5.30 4.56 6.18 14.07 11.74 10.84

NOX 80 15.11 16.25 18.75 18.50 18.05 16.28

CO 2000 1.29 1.34 1.29 1.38 1.41 1.44

PM10 100 163.80 127.01 168.07 187.55 157.06 112.50

PM 2.5 60 74.20 65.80 68.30 78.20 88.60 -SO2 80 NA 17.88 16.70 13.59 24.10 21.50

NOX 80 NA 31.50 23.70 28.61 28.60 28.60

CO 2000 2.80 1.77 2.12 2.31 3.01 2.51

PM10 100 43.50 87.50 50.00 111.00 24.00 69.50

SO2 80 14.11 14.88 14.12 15.17 14.18 13.23

NOX 80 21.30 22.37 22.30 22.30 20.67 21.27

PM10 100 93.00 23.00 104.00 46.00 39.00 25.00

SO2 80 14.88 14.34 14.38 14.04 12.93 11.48

NOX 80 21.02 22.87 22.46 21.08 21.26 20.48

PM10 100 - 15.09 49.47 53.20 21.00 84.46SO2 80 19.38 20.03 20.70 24.86 26.00 26.80

NOX 80 9.84 9.90 9.87 9.46 10.06 9.88

CO 2000 0.78 0.83 0.90 1.02 0.78 0.64

PM10 100 56.00 19.00 71.00 74.00 85.00 31.00SO2 80 16.12 15.94 15.33 13.98 13.28 12.27

NOX 80 21.34 22.10 22.18 20.64 20.00 20.43

Note: 1) Data from Maingate, BC gate , CCCD and Pedagantyada are from

Continous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations.

2) Township , kondakarla and Zoo Park monitored using respirable dust sampler.

3)This location is presently coming under work zone area due to Plant expansion. Hence VSP requested APPCB to give permission

to relocate the existing ambient air station of CCCD to provide better representation of ambient air Quality.

7. ZOO PARK

1. BC GATE

2. MAIN GATE

3. CCCD3

4. TOWNSHIP

5. KONDAKARLA

6. PEDAGANTYADA

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VISAKHAPATNAM STEEL PLANT

Environment Management Department

Stack emissions (mg/Nm3)

Annexure-3

Sl.No. STACK Parameter Norm Oct'15 Nov'15 Dec'15 Jan'16 Feb'16 Mar'16

1 BF : BHS 1 PM 50 33.7 38.3 28.6 33.4 30.4 37.1

Flow (Nm3/hr) 2225000 1691534 1723942 1742567 1812674 1824534 1852354

2 BF :BHS 2 * PM 50 C/Repair C/Repair C/Repair C/Repair C/Repair C/Repair

Flow (Nm3/hr) 2225000 " " " " " "

3 BF : CHES 1 * PM 50 38.48 58.6 43.2 30.07 26.05 31.48

Flow (Nm3/hr) 972000 819287 831248 827573 829357 827482 830248

4 BF : CHES 2 * PM 50 C/Repair C/Repair C/Repair C/Repair C/Repair C/Repair

Flow (Nm3/hr) 972000 " " " " " "

5 SP : ACP * PM 50 65.09 82.6 82.22 134.52 77.55 93.98

Flow (Nm3/hr) 2622000 2184568 2236750 2257608 2247321 2219531 2195742.5

6 SP : GCP * PM 50 20.76 21.2 21.63 21.5 20.3 18.94

Flow (Nm3/hr) 3600000 2671324 2705437 2727348 2717624 2724834 2697514

7 LMMM : WBF PM 50 17.21 18.7 27.08 23.4 14.43 16.63

Flow (Nm3/hr) 196248 175954 178246 180212 179321 178125 180245

8 LMMM : RHF PM 50 18.3 18.6 19.95 13.2 13.63 14.7

Flow (Nm3/hr) 7893 7218 7250.2 7202 7301 7402 7438

9 WRM PM 50 14.82 12 12.56 16.86 16.79 18.05

Flow (Nm3/hr) 120709 115724 114285 111278 112982 114585 113476

10 MMSM PM 50 19.01 18.3 18.42 18.93 16.92 17.09

Flow (Nm3/hr) 141576 134275 137210 134268 135248 134582 136002

11 TPP : BOILER 1 PM 50 85.35 153 158.2 224.16 187.76 159

Flow (Nm3/hr) 500000 415278 416875 415273 413682 411374 409357

12 TPP : BOILER 2 PM 50 108.31 263 110.5 143.94 142.43 307.12

Flow (Nm3/hr) 500000 392657 389278 386987 384756 391247 392584

13 TPP : BOILER 3 PM 50 129.5 235 158.2 243.31 210.25 Stand by

Flow (Nm3/hr) 500000 418246 419643 420567 421268 417256 "

14 TPP : BOILER 4 PM 50 Stand by Stand by 100.31 121.05 253.37 251.63

Flow (Nm3/hr) 500000 " " 402357 403218 401684 406354

15 TPP : BOILER 5 PM 50 110.11 69.6 80.82 Stand by Stand by 79.5

Flow (Nm3/hr) 500000 413247 414682 409357 " " 411982

Modernisations is in progress. * Upgradation in progress

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Stack emissions (mg/Nm3)

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Sl.No. STACK PARAMETER NORM Oct'15 Nov'15 Dec'15 Jan'16 Feb'16 Mar'16

16 CRMP : FK 1&2 PM 50 147.6 95.3 105.9 89.1 205.6 156.1

Flow (Nm3/hr) 416000 284314 275243 281434 282374 280297 279.5

17 CRMP : FK 3&4 PM 50 133.4 145.3 160.8 186.1 104.5 164.5

Flow (Nm3/hr) 416000 285134 282146 279634 281267 270254 279341

18 CRMP : FK 5 PM 50 121.0 108.8 73.0 55.5 75.3 85.1

Flow (Nm3/hr) 208000 142482 145634 142594 143264 141154 142861

19 SMS : CVS

PM 50 24.7 23.2 25.9 30.1 22.5 26.2

NOX NA 31 33 32.1 34.1 33.5 32.1

Flow (Nm3/hr) 590000 338165 340249 336981 337218 332198 335248

20 BATTERY-1

PM 50 33.6 29.3 28.7 33.6 23.1 25.4

SO2 800 180.5 175.2 185.2 179.1 185 187

NOX 500 70.5 72 79.2 84 92 84

Flow (Nm3/hr) 216090 182590 182456 189246 185217 184267 186324

21 BATTERY-2

PM 50 42.1 46.2 40.1 39.2 39.0 37.5

SO2 800 171.4 175.2 175.2 169.1 175 181

NOX 500 87.4 90.5 89.4 92.0 84.0 76.0

Flow (Nm3/hr) 216090 191248 190254 191587 190575 189357 191231

22 BATTERY-3

PM 50 49.2 49.2 50.4 60.2 44.0 33.9

SO2 800 155.5 167 175.2 171.2 182.5 183

NOX 500 84.2 90.2 95.4 93.2 95.7 94.2

Flow (Nm3/hr) 216090 187246 186594 187953 189645 190124 191248

23 BATTERY-4

PM 50 38.51 22.7 21.33 20.09 23.38 27.71

SO2 800 189.5 200.15 199.2 205.2 195 189.5

NOX 500 82.5 74.5 81.2 75.1 85.2 81.4

Flow (Nm3/hr) 216090 191243 189324 185674 188351 189159 190831

24 SP-3 Waste Gas PM 50 26.6 30.1 34.4 11.3 23.6 27

25 SP-3 de-dusting PM 50 96.4 63.0 45.0 42.5 47.4 41.34

26 BF-3 SH dedusting PM 50 37.6 39.6 55.9 44.1 21.35 22.9

27 SMS-2 MH dedusting PM 50 18.0 38.8 23.0 25.7 21.4 22.8

28 SMS-2 Se control System PM 50 19.2 21.7 18.7 14.9 20.1 21.5

29 SMS-2 LFRH-1 PM 50 - - - - 18.0 5.6

30 SMS-2 LFRH-2 PM 50 13.2 23.3 15.0 13.6 8.2 13.9

* Modernisationsis in progress. * Upgradation in progress

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Oct'15 Nov'15 Dec'15 Jan'16 Feb'16 Mar'16

Batt.-1 3.28 3.18 2.90 5.38 3.36 3.70

Batt.-2 1.94 4.48 5.90 4.63 2.26 4.32

Batt.-3 4.63 3.92 2.99 9.25 5.78 5.49

Batt.-4 a 39.96 37.87 26.12 28.36 18.66 27.75

Batt.-1 4.63 2.80 2.15 3.13 1.12 2.30

Batt.-2 3.58 3.36 4.40 4.92 1.10 3.45

Batt.-3 2.09 0.96 1.40 2.09 1.12 1.39

Batt.-4 2.05 1.49 1.49 0.75 1.12 1.21

Batt.-1 1.00 0.50 1.49 2.09 1.00 1.27

Batt.-2 1.40 0.62 0.00 1.79 1.12 0.88

Batt.-3 0.80 1.49 0.00 0.90 2.24 1.16

Batt.-4 1.19 0.87 1.00 1.00 1.23 1.03

Batt.-1 122 122 121 119 120 116

Batt.-2 121 122 120 120 118 118

Batt.-3 122 121 123 121 121 117

Batt.-4 122 122 124 120 122 119

a. Oven doors are being replaced in a phased manner

b. New Technology is to be adopted for achieving the norm, which is under progress

Percentage

Leaking Lids

(PLL) Norm=1

%

Percentage

Leaking Doors

(PLD) Norm

= 10 %

Percentage

Leaking

Offtakes

(PLO) Norm=4

%

VISAKHAPATNAM STEEL PLANT

ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

Fugitive emissions from CO Batteries Annexure-4

Charging b

emmission

Norm=75

seconds per

charge

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For increasing the usage of LD Slag and BF Slag a lab scale experiment has been conducted to produce

glazed tiles using these materials. Efforts are on to conduct pilot scale and industrial experiments. On

successful completion the usage of LD slag will improve.