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A. SPECIFIC
CONDITIONS |
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Compliance |
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i) |
The
projects authorities shall ensure zero discharge from the proposed
plant. The wastewater generated for the existing plant shall be treated
as per the standards prescribed by the Karnataka Pollution Control
Board. No utilities shall be developed for this project. |
There
will not be any generation and discharge of effluents from the
“Speciality Mixtures of Nutrients plant”. The wastewater generated from
the existing plants is being treated as per the standards prescribed by
the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board. Existing utilities will be
utilized for the “Speciality Mixtures of Nutrients plant”.
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ii) |
The
project authorities shall not manufacture the raw materials as this
plant will be based on mixing process only |
There
will not be manufacture of the raw materials and the plant will be based
only on the mixing process. |
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iii) |
The
project authority shall install dust collection system in fertilizer
mixing and bagging plant to control particulate emissions. |
Dust
collection system will be installed to control particulate emissions. |
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iv) |
The
company shall carry out air quality monitoring at vent/stacks and
regular monitor the gaseous emissions along with particulate matter.
The reports shall be submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office at
Bangalore, CPCB and SPCB. |
As
indicated in our project report submitted during environmental clearance
there will be no gaseous emissions or any vent/stack for the “Speciality
Mixtures of Nutrients plant”. Therefore air quality monitoring of
vent/stack is not applicable to the “Speciality Mixtures of Nutrients
plant”
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v) |
The
ambient air quality shall be monitored at least at 3 locations, minimum
one in down wind direction. The location of monitoring stations shall
be selected in consultation with the State Pollution Control Board.
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Ambient air quality monitoring stations have been set up in consultation
with Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and the Ambient air
quality is being monitored regularly at three locations for SPM, RPM, SO2,
NOx, NH3, CO, Fluorine and Hydrocarbon and
the reports are being submitted to the KSPCB every month.
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vi) |
Data
on ambient air quality stack emissions and fugitive emissions shall be
regularly uploaded on the website of the company and submitted on-line
to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Bangalore, Karnataka State
Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and Central Pollution Control Board
(CPCB) as well as hard copy once in six months. Data on SPM, SO2 and
NOx shall also be displayed outside the premises at the appropriate
place for the general public.
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We
would like to submit that there will be no gaseous emission from
“Speciality Mixtures of Nutrients plant”. Ambient air quality data is
being uploaded on company’s website and hard copy is being submitted to
Karnataka State Pollution Control Board every month. The hard copies
will be submitted to Ministry’s Regional Office at Bangalore, Karnataka
State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and Central Pollution Control
Board (CPCB) once in six months along with the compliance report.
Consolidated ambient air quality data for the last six months i.e. from
April to September 2009 is attached as Annexure – I. Data on SPM, SO2
and NOx have been displayed outside the premises.
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vii) |
The
company shall develop the green belt in 33% area, out of total area to
mitigate the effect of fugitive emissions and noise as per the
guidelines CPCB. |
MCF has already developed and maintained a green belt covering an area
of about 45 acres.
About 30,000 trees are planted in the green belt area. |
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viii) |
The
company shall implement all the recommendations made in the Charter on
Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection (CREP) for
fertilizer industries for existing and proposed plant. |
MCF
has implemented all the recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate
Responsibility for Environmental Protection (CREP) for fertilizer
industries for the existing plants. It will also be extended to the
proposed plant.
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ix) |
Occupational health surveillance of the workers shall be carried out on
a regular basis and records shall be maintained as per the Factories
Act. |
For
the purpose of occupational health surveillance, periodic medical
examination of all employees is being carried out and records are being
maintained.
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x) |
The
company shall make the arrangement for protection of possible fire
hazards during manufacturing process in material handling. |
Fire
hydrant system as per Tariff Advisory Committee (TAC) stipulations is
provided in plant area and
Periodic Mock drills have been conducted. All plant personnel have been
periodically trained in safety aspects, rescue operations and emergency
response and handling procedures.
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xi) |
Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within
the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel
for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, Safe drinking water, medical
health care, crčche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary
structures to be removed after the completion of the project. |
Necessary infrastructure and facilities are provided to all the
construction labour within the factory premises |
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B. GENERAL CONDITIONS |
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i) |
The project authorities shall strictly adhere to the stipulations of the
SPCB/state government or any statutory body. |
The stipulations made by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and
the State Government are complied with. The compliance report with
respect to consent for establishment for the proposed unit is enclosed.
Annexure – II. |
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ii) |
The gaseous emissions (SO2, HCl, NOx, NH3 fertilizer dust) and
particulate matter from various process units shall conform to the
standards prescribed by the concerned authorities from time to time.
Emission data shall be periodically monitored and reports submitted to
Ministry’s Regional Office, CPCB and SPCB. |
The gaseous emissions for various process units are conforming to the
standards prescribed by the concerned authorities. Emission data for the
existing plants is being periodically monitored as per stipulations and
reports are being submitted to Ministry’s Regional Office, CPCB and SPCB. |
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iii) |
All the wastes generated from the various processes shall be
recycled/reuse in the plant and zero discharge shall be maintained. The
domestic waste water shall be treated in septic tanks and treated waste
shall be used for irrigation in the green belt. |
There will be no liquid effluent discharge, gaseous emissions & solid
wastes disposal from the proposed ‘Speciality Mixtures of Plant
Nutrients’ unit. The additional man power required for the proposed
“Specialty Mixture of Plant Nutrients” facility will be about 10. The
total quantity of water required for domestic consumption with respect
to the “Speciality Mixtures of Nutrients plant” facility will be about
0.25 KL per day at the rate of 25 liters/person/day which is negligible.
The total quantity of domestic effluent generated will be about 0.2 KL/day
(80% of above)
With respect to the existing plants the quantity of domestic effluent
generated is about 240 KL/day (Maximum). Compared to the above the
additional quantity of domestic effluent generated due to the proposed
facility (0.2 KL/day) will be negligible. However this additional
domestic effluent will be treated in the existing domestic effluent
treatment plant and the treated water will be used for irrigation in the
green belt for watering purpose or reused as cooling water makeup water. |
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iv) |
No further expansion or modifications in the plant shall be carried out
without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment and Forests. In
case of deviations or alterations in the project proposal from those
submitted to this Ministry for clearance, a fresh reference shall be
made to the Ministry to assess the adequacy of conditions imposed and to
add additional environmental protection measures required, if any. |
We have noted the condition. No further expansion or modifications in
the plant will be carried out without prior approval of the Ministry of
Environment and Forests. |
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v) |
At no time, the emissions shall exceed the prescribed limits. In the
event of failure of any pollution control system adopted by the unit,
the unit shall be immediately put out of operation and shall not be
restarted until the desired efficiency has been achieved. |
We would like to submit that there will be no gaseous emission from the
proposed “Speciality Mixtures of Nutrients” plant as the plant is based
only on the mixing process. |
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vi) |
The locations of ambient air quality monitoring stations shall be
reviewed in consultation with the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
and additional stations shall be installed, if required, in the downwind
direction as well as where maximum ground level concentrations are
anticipated. |
Ambient air quality monitoring stations have been set up in consultation
with Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and the Ambient air
quality is being monitored regularly for Ammonia, SPM, RSPM, SO2, NOx,
NH3, CO, Fluorine and Hydrocarbon and the reports are being submitted to
the KSPCB every month. |
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vii) |
Dedicated scrubbers and stacks of appropriate height as per the Central
Pollution Control Board guidelines shall be provided to control the
emissions from various vents. The scrubbed water shall be sent to ETP
for further treatment. |
We would like to submit that, as indicated during the environmental
clearance there will be no gaseous emission from the proposed
“Speciality Mixtures of Nutrients” plant. Hence stack or scrubbing is
not applicable for the proposed plant. |
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viii) |
Fugitive emissions in the work zone environment, product, and raw
materials storage area shall be regularly monitored. The emissions shall
conform to the limits imposed by the State Pollution Control
Boards/Central Pollution Control Board. |
There will not be any fugitive emissions in the work zone environment,
product, and raw materials storage area as this plant will be based on
mixing process only. |
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ix) |
The project authorities shall strictly comply with the rules and
guidelines under Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals
Rules, 1989 as amended in October 1994 and January, 2000 and Hazardous
Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989 as amended from time to
time. Authorization from the SPCB shall be obtained for collection,
treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous wastes. |
Rules and guidelines under Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous
Chemicals Rules, 1989 as amended in October 1994 and January, 2000 and
Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989 are complied with.
There will not be any Hazardous waste generation from the proposed
“Speciality Mixtures of Nutrients plant”. However, we have obtained
authorization from Karnataka State Pollution Control Board for
collection, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous wastes for the
existing plants. |
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x) |
The overall noise levels in and around the plant area shall be kept well
within the standards by providing noise control measures including
acoustic hoods, silencers, enclosures etc. on all sources of noise
generation. The ambient noise levels shall conform to the standards
prescribed under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 Rules, 1989 viz. 75
dBA (day time) and 70 dBA (night time) |
Additional noise generation due to the ‘Speciality Mixtures of Plant
Nutrients’ facility is negligible. The noise levels of equipment and
machinery will be within the allowable limit.
The overall noise levels in and around the plant area will be kept well
within the standards prescribed under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
Rules, 1989 viz. 75 dBA (day time) and 70 dBA (night time) |
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xi) |
The company shall develop rain water harvesting structures to harvest
the run off water for recharge of ground water. |
i. We have made provisions to collect roof water from the roof
tops of some of the buildings near Utilities section to raw water
storage tank and utilise the same in the Water Treatment Plant.
Total roof area covered – 1000 Sq. mt.
Approximate water harvested–3800 m3 per year.
ii. We have completed the scheme for harvesting roof water at our
township. The roof water is being used to recharge the bore well. This
scheme has been taken up for accomplishing our concern and social
accountability for ground water conservation.
Total roof area covered – 3500 Sq. mt.
Approximate water harvested–13300 m3 per year. |
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xii) |
The company shall undertake eco-developmental measures including
community welfare measures in the project area for the overall
improvement of the environment. The eco-development plan should be
submitted to the SPCB within three months of receipt of this letter for
approval. |
The eco-development plan has been submitted to Karnataka State Pollution
Control Board. Vide letter No. dated 26.08.2009 |
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xiii) |
The project proponent shall also comply with all the environmental
protection measures and safeguards proposed in the EIA/EMP report. |
We would like to bring to your kind attention that the good office of
Ministry of Environment and Forests has decided that no EIA is required
for the proposed expansion. Therefore this clause may not be applicable
to the proposed “Speciality Mixtures of Nutrients” plant. |
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xiv) |
A separate Environmental Management Cell equipped with full fledged
laboratory facilities shall be set up to carry out the Environmental
Management and Monitoring functions. |
We have established an Environment cell for Environmental Management in
our factory. The company has got well equipped laboratory with
sophisticated instruments. The laboratory has well qualified, trained
and experienced staff. |
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xv) |
The project authorities shall earmark adequate funds to implement the
conditions stipulated by the Ministry of Environment and Forests as well
as the State Government along with the implementation schedule for all
the conditions stipulated herein. The funds so provided shall not be
diverted for any other purpose. |
The required fund has been earmarked to implement the conditions
stipulated by the Ministry of Environment and Forests as well as the
State Government. |
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xvi) |
The implementation of the project vis-a-vis environmental action plans
shall be monitored by the concerned Regional Office of the Ministry/SPCB/CPCB.
A six monthly compliance status report shall be submitted to monitoring
agencies and shall be posted on the website of the company. |
Six monthly compliance status report will be submitted to monitoring
agencies and will be posted on the website of the company |
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xvii) |
The project proponent shall inform the public that the project has been
accorded environmental clearance by the Ministry and copies of the
clearance letter are available with the SPCB and may also be seen at
Website of the Ministry at
http://envfor.nic.in.
This shall be advertised within seven days from the date of issue of the
clearance letter; at least in two local newspapers that are widely
circulated in the region of which one shall be in the vernacular
language of the locality concerned and a copy of the same shall be
forwarded to the concerned Regional Office of the Ministry |
As per the condition we have advertised in English daily "Deccan Herald"
and in Kannada daily "Prajavani" on 19.06.2009 about the environmental
clearance accorded by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government
of India for “Setting up of Speciality Mixtures of Nutrients
manufacturing plant of capacity 2,21,000 TPA (Micronutrients-10,000 TPA,
Speciality Fertilizers-1,00,000 TPA, Fertigation products–11,000 TPA and
Soil conditioners–1,00,000 TPA)”. A copy of the same has been forwarded
to the Ministry's Regional Office, Bangalore. vide letter No. 10602/MOEF/527
dated 20.06.2009. |
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xviii) |
The project authorities shall inform the Regional Office as well as the
Ministry, the date of financial closure and final approval of the
project by the concerned authorities and the date of start of the
project. |
Project is financed by the internal source. Hence the date on financial
closure is not applicable to this project. The approval has been
obtained for the project by the concerned authorities. As indicated in
covering letter the civil work for the installation of equipment is in
progress. |
