ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE ‐NEW 

(Steel & Power Plant) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F. No. J-11011/365/2006-IA II (I) Government of India

Ministry of Environment and Forests (I.A. Division)

Paryavaran Bhawan CGO Complex, Lodhi Road

New Delhi - 110 003

To, / ,.,fhe Executive Director

E-mail: pb.rastogi@nic.in Telefax: 011: 24367668

Dated 14th November, 2008

Mis Jindal Steel & Power Limited 'Jindal Centre', 12 Bikaji Cama Place New Delhi 110 066

E-mail: jindalorg@deI2.vsnl.net.in/vravikumar@iindalsteel.com Fax No.: 011- 26161271

Subject: Integrated Steel Plant (6.0 MTPA) and Captive Power Plant (1,080 MW) at Kerjang, Angul, Orissa by Mis Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. - Amendment in environment clearance reg.

Ref. Your letter no. JSPLIANGULIMOEFIVRK dated 25th January, 2008, 30th April, 2008, 10th June, 2008, 1st July, 2008, 15th July, 2008 and 19th August, 2008 3rd

September, 2008 and 22"d September, 2008. Sir,

Kindly refer above mentioned letters dated 25th January, 2008, 30th April, 2008, 10th

June, 2008, 1st July, 2008, 15th July, 2008 and 19th August, 2008 3rd September, 2008 and 22"d September, 2008 wherein you have requested for the amendment in environment clearance accorded by the Ministry vide even no. letter dated 22"d February, 2007 for Integrated Steel Plant (6.0 MTPA) with Captive Power Plant (1,000 MW) at Angul, Orissa by Mis Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. as per the following configuration:

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6 7 8

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Product (s)

Iron Ore Pellets (MT Coal Gas (Nm 3/yr)

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-i . Phase-I

1 x 3.5 5120 ~Ws

Sponge Iron (MTPA Pig Iron (MTPA)

) -----_ ...

Steel Products (Sla Rods, Plates and S

bs, Billets, Bars, trip) (MTPA)

Ferro Allo s TPA) e (TPD) Calcined Lime Dolim

Thermal Power Pia nt (MW) -----

2 x 1.7 1 x 0.35

3

.-1 x 50,000

2 x 350 -_ .. -----

2 x 250

.. Phase-II Total Capacity

_ .. 1 x 3.5 7.0

2560 x 106 7680 X 106 -~.

1 x 1.7 5.1 -- 0.35 3 6

1 x 30,000 80,000 3 x 350 1750

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2x 250 4 x 250

Now, you have proposed for revised configuration in the environment clearance accorded. The final configuration of the proposed project will be as follows:

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----Proposed Final l Name of Units Product As per EC Proposed

I dated 22"d deletions additions Capacity Feb., 2007 ----,.

Pellet Plant Iron Ore Pellets 7.0 2.0 I -- I 501 Coal Gasifier Coal Gas 76S0 x 106 36S0 X 106 -- 4000 X 106

Nm3/year Nm3/year Nm3/year I DRI Plant Sponge Iron 5.1 1.1 -- 4.0

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Blast Furnace Pig Irem --~ -- 2.S5 3.2 Coke Oven & Coke -- -- 2.0 2.0

~yproduct plant - - --Sinter Plant Sinter 4.0 4.0 , -- , --

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SMS Steel 6 -- -- 61 ---_. . --.. :~ ---- ~.-.--- .. ---,~-~.---""--

Rolling Mill Steel Products 6 _ . -- 6 .. -

Ferro alloy Plant Ferro Alloys O.OS -- -- O.OS Lime Dolime Plant Lime 1 Dolime 1 1750 TPD -- 1250 TPD 3000 TPD

- -- ---.-,,--.~,--- - ----- , .. ----"-Process gas 1 l Electricity -- -- 62MW I 62MW I , pressure recovery I turbines ,

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Coal based Power Electricity 1000 MW -- -- 1080 MW Plant I (4x250 MW , (Sx135 MW -'------------

Total cost of the project will be Rs. 21,000 Crares instead of Rs. 15.000.00 Crores earlier proposed.

3.0 The matter has been examined in the Ministry. Based on the revised proposal and EIA/EMP report submitted incorporating increase in capacity of certain plants and installation of new plants, following additional specific conditions shall be included in the environmental clearance letter accorded by the Ministry vide letter no J-11 011/365/2006- IA II (I) dated 22nd

February, 2007:

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Continuous stack monitoring facilities for all the major stacks and adequate air pollution control systems shall be provided to control air emissions within 50 mg/Nm 3

and reports for ambient air, stack emissions and fugitive emissions submitted to the Ministry's Regional Office at Bhubaneswar, OSPCB & CPCB regularly.

The emission standards issued by the Ministry in May, 200S for the sponge plants shall be followed.

Total requirement of the water River Brahmani 1 Samil Barrage shall not exceed 14,700 m3/hr and prior 'Permission' should be obtained from the concerned department and a copy submitted to the Ministry's Regional Office at Bhubaneswar within 3 months of issue of this letter.

Proper and full utilization of coke oven gases in power plant using heat recovery steam generators (WHRB) shall be ensured and no flue gas shall be discharged into the air. Tar, NH3 should be cleaned in the process and H2S recovery from the coke oven shall be ensured. Coal tar, elemental Sulphur and crude Benzol shall be recovered from coke oven gas.

v) Wet quenching shall be adopted within one year of installation of coke oven and all the treated wastewater shall be used for wet quenching.

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vi) The prescribed emission standards for coke oven plants as notified vide notification no. GSR 46 (E) dated 3'd February. 2006 shall be complied with.

vii) Biochemical treatment of phenolic wastewater shall be should be treated in BOD plant and used for quenching of hot coke to control emissions, dust suppression and green belt development. Cyanide as CN shall be controlled within 0.2 mg/litre and Ammonical Nitrogen within 50 mg/litre as per the standards notified under the E(P) Act. Elluent analysis reports shall be submitted to the Ministry's Regional Office at Bhubaneswar, OSPCB & CPCB regularly.

viii) Coal and coke fines shall be recycled and reused in the process.

ix) All the recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for the Coke Oven Plants shall be implemented.

x) 'Consent for Establishment' for the revised Integrated Steel Plant (6.0 MTPA) and Captive Power Plant (1,156 MW) shall be obtained from the Orissa State Pollution Control Board and a copy submitted to the Ministry's Regional Office at Bhubaneswar.

4.0 This letter may be kept with the original letter.

5.0 All the other terms and conditions shall remain same.

6.0 This has been issued with prior approval from the Competent Authority in the Ministry.

~ (Dr. P. B. Rastogi)

Director Copy to:-

1. The Secretary, State Department of Environment, Govt. of Orissa, Bhubaneswar, Orissa.

2. Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board, Parivesh Bhavan, CBD-cum-Office Complex, East Arjun Nagar, New Delhi - 110 032.

3. Chairman, Orissa Bengal Pollution Control Board, Parivesh Bhavan, A/11S, Neelkanthhanagar, Unit-S, Bhuvaneswar - 751 012, Orissa.

4. The Chief Conservator of Forests (Eastern), Regional Office (EZ), N3, Chandrasekharpur, Bhuvaneswar - 751 023, Orissa.

5. Adviser (IA II-I), Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, New Delhi.

6. Monitoring Cell, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, New Delhi.

7. Monitoring Cell S. Guard File. 9. Record File. ~~

(Dr. P. B. Rastogi) Director

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE –OLD 

(Steel & Power Plant) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F. N~. J·l1011138SI2006· IA II (I) . . Government of IndlR Ministry of Environment end For.sts

JI.A. Division) Plryavaran Shawan

CGO Campi •• , Ladhl ROld New Oelhl -l10 003

e.rnall : pb,rI.toalftnlc.ln Tolef .. : 011 : 2436 7688 Dated 22'" FebnJary. 2007

To, / . oShri Anand Goyal

Deputy Managing Director Mis Jindal St., 1 & Pewsr Umited Jindal Centre. 12 Bikaji Cerna Place New DelhlttO 068

FIX No.: 011· 2818 12Tl E-mail : Jlnd.lorg@doI2.v.nl.noLln/ vinodkvennal@ylhoo.co.ln

Subject : Integrated Steel Plant (8.0 MTPA) and Captive Powlr Planl (1,000 MW) al K'~lng , Angul, Orl ... by MIl Jlndll Stell & Power ~Id.

Sir This has reference to your letter no. JSPUEMD/CORf'06.07101 daled 14" October.

2008 alongwith application and EIAIEMP and sub.equent clarifiea'on. furnl.had by you \lid. your Jetter dated 23'" November. 2006 and 20'" December, 2006 for environmental ele~lrance on the above mentioned project. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has examined your application. Il ls noted that Mia. Jindal St.el & Power Ltd. have propo.ed for Integrated Sloe! Plant (6.0 MTPA) and Captive Power Plant (1000 MW) .t Ke~ang. Angul. Ori •••. No wildl~e sanctuary, elephant corridOC', eeo1ogicalfy sansltlv, area, notified archaeologlcal afte or criUcany polluted area e>data within 25 km area of the site. Ph.'o-wia. details for the procuellon of 6.0 MTPA .te.1 will be as follows :

Coal will be sourced from captive coal mIn' and enVIronmental dearance Is yet to a~orded 9Y the Minlatry. Total land requirement will be 2.160.365 Including le8.232 h • . forest land which Is SUbmitted to tha St.t. Forest D,partmen~ Oris.o on 22'" November. 2006 for approval. The

proposal also Involves dIsplacement of persons and oustee! have to be rehablHlated. R & R ActiO" Plan Ii prepared and submitted to the Stale Govt for Dpproval

2.0 Bag filters , rume extraction system, cyclone. ventury scrubber, Electrostat\c Precipit ators (ESPs), waler spraying facilities elc. will be provided to control the fugitive/gaseous emissions below 100 mgINm'. Totel waler requirement Irom River Brahmanll Saml1 8arrege will be 14,700 mllhr. The wastewater will be treated in ETP and WIll be , 00% recycled and reused in the process, cosl dust suppression and gardening. No wastElwater will be released outside the plant premises. SF slag will be sold to cement manufacturers Dust from SF & SMS sludge; ETP 81udge of ORI plant: coal ash from power plant & gasifier etc, will be used for backfilling captive coat mines. Oust from lime dolomite plant will be reused In ladle coating and wastewater treatment. SMS slag and olag and dust Irom lerro·alloy plant will be used lor road maKing. Mill sealo. will be sold to 51eel plants. He.rth layer and APCD dust from pellet plant will be reu,ed in Pellet plant. No char and accretions will be generated, Out of tolal fottd waste generated, 46.6''; win be reuti lized and 53.3% will bo disposed off In abandoned coal mines.

3.0 Public heering meeting was held on 21· Morch, 2006. 'Conoent lor Establishment' hs, been accorded by the Orissa Stote Pollution Control Board vide letter nO.220901Ind·Ii·NDC· 4103 dated 7" September. 2000. Total cosl oft/1e project is Rs. 15,000.00 Cror.s.

4.0. The Ministry 01 Environment and Forests hereby accords environmental clearance to the above project under the provisions or EIA Notification dated 14111 September, 2006 subject to strict compliance of the following specific and general conditions:

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SPECIFIC CONOITIONS :

The gaseous emissions from various process units shall conform to the load/mass b.sed .tandardS notified by thl. Mlnl.1ly on 19" May, 1993 .~d standard. prescribed flom time 10 time. The stale Board may specify more" &lrlngenl otandard. lor the relevant parameters keepIng In vIew the nature of the Industry and Its size and location. At no time, the emission level .hall go beyond the p",.cribed slandards. On· line continuous stack emission. monitoring for all the major atacks will be carned out and reports oubmltted to the DSPCB & CPCB. The emission /evels from all the sburces shall be Kept below 100 mglNm'. InterlocKing lacilffi •• ';hall be provided so'

lnat process can be automatically stopped In eaee emission level exceeds the limIt.

ContlnuoLls on-line ambient air quaUty monlloring slations shall be setup al three location. oround the project oit. and ",porta submitted 10 the OSPCB & cpce.

In-plant control measures for checkIng fugitive emissions from aU the vulnerable sources shall be provided. Fume and duet extraction system wlth bag filters shall be provided In aleel melting shop, Electrfc Arc Furnace and Ladle Refining Furnace, Coke oven (non-recovery type) .haJl be operated at negative pressure with no fug itive emissions. Bag filters shall b. provided to Pellel plant, DR plant, Lime kiln, Power plant, SMS, SAF, Cast house, raw materiel stock house 01 BF, raw malerial mixing section of SMS and malerlal transler point. 01 lime dolom~e plant. ESP shall be provided to DRI Kilns and fime dolomilo plant. Gas cleaning plant shall be provided 10 BF. Cyclone 101l0wed by ventury scrubber ,/10/1 be provided 10 the BF. Further speciflc measure~ like water sprinkling shall be carried out at the coal yard, wsgo~ tfppler and tru~ tippler elc. Fugitive emissions shall be controlled, regularly monitored and records maintained.

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The power pl.nt Installed shall be b.,ed on con .... ntion.1 ~ulv. ri.ed fuel technology. COBI shell be sourced from captive coal mines and prior environmental clearance from tho Mlnl,try sholl be obtained. ESP shall b. In.talled to keop SPM le\lol. below 100 mgfNm1, Wastewater generated from cooling lower blow down shall be used for ash handling and disposal. Fly ash shall be backfilled In captive coal mines.

Total requirement of the water River Brahman! I Samil Barrage sha ll not exceed 14,700 m'lhr. 'Permission' has been iiilceorded for the drawl of 7.000 m'lhr water for Phase I by the Department Of Water Resources, Govt. of OriSSi vide leiter dated 11 11 Dec., 2006 and 'Permission' for phase II shall be Obtained. The wastewater from scrubbera In OR Plant and Blast fumace shall be trested in ETP and reused ror duet scrubbing. Ha .... leve', wastewater from SMS and Oxygen plant shan be uiWd for slag granulation; from elilet and Sieb ca.ter. Soft waler plant, DM water plant etc. in pellet making and CooJing water for re-(:irculation. The wastewater (rom power plant shan be used for ash sliCing and coal dust suppression. All the treated waslewalBr ShaH be recycled & reused either In the process or for green belt development. No effluent shall be discharged outside the premises end 'Zero' dtscharge shall be adopted, Domestic wlstes . hell be treated In Sewage Treatment Pllnt (STP)

Ground water monHoring around Ihe solid waste disposal site I .ecvred landfill (SLF) shall be earned out regularly and repo~ sUbmlHed to the Ministry's Regional Office at ehuvane.hwar, epee and opce.

vU) Dust from pellet plant In Pe llet plant; from Lime dolomlle plant In ladle co.Hng snd wastewater Ireatment; from eF & SMS, sludge from GCP of SF, ETP Sludge of DRI pl.nt, coal ash from power plant, coal a.h from ga.ifler. sludge from eTP etc for backfilling captive coal mine.; SMS . 'ag and slag duat from ferro-alloy plant . hall be used for road making. SF slag shall be sold to cement manufacturers. Mill scales of casting machine and roiling mill shall be sold to steel pfa,nts. Fly ash and granulated slag shall be used In cement pl.nls. No char and accretions will be generated. Used oil , hall be sold to recycler~ and preprocessors.

viii) POSSibilities shall be explored regardIng use of coal ash by lhe cement manufactunng units. Sottom ash . hall be disposed off in a suitably de.lgned landfill a. per epes guidellnes to prevenl leachlng to the sub-soil and underground aquifer.

Ixl The company shall de~op rain water harvesting, structures .to harvest the rain water for utilization In the lean aeason besIdes recharging the ground water table.

x) Green belt shall be developed In at I .. ,t 33 ' .. area within and around the plant premis •• a. per the epes gUideline. In consultation with DFO.

xl) Occupat!onal Health Survenlanca of the workers shall be done on a regular basis and records maintained as per the FactorieS Act.

xii) Recommendations made in the CREP guidelines issued for the steel plants shall be Implemented.

xm) No commencement or operation of the cement plant shall be carried out without obtaining prior environmental clearance for the cap!lve coal mine nom the MinIstry,

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xiv) Comment. and recommendations of the Chief WIldlife Warden (CWLW), GoV!. of Orlss8 regarding impact or the proposed plant on the nearby reserve and protected forests shall be obtained and suggestions, if any, shall be implemented 10 3 time bound manner,

xv) AI the .ffected peraons ,hall be .ultably compensatAd a~d rehabll~al.ed as per the norma and guidelines issued by the state GovemmeOi In collaboration With State Government.

xvij No construction activity at the project she shall be Initiated till the approval for the '";88.232' h. forest land I. obtained ~nder the Fore.t (Conservallon) Act, 1980 & subsequent amendments (rom the Stale I Central Government

GENERAL CONOITlONS:

The project authorities must strictly adhere to the stipulations made by the Orissa PoMlon Control Board (OS PCB) and Ihe State Government.

No further expansion Of modlficslion. in tho plont should be carried out without prfor approval of the Ministry of Environment and FOfO.t • .

At least four ambient air qualijy monitoring $lations shall be establl.had in the downward direction 8S well 8S where maximum ground level concentration of SPM, SO: and NOx are anHelpated In consultalion wiln Ihe OSPCB. Data on ambient air quality and stack emi,slon should be regularly .ubmitled to thl. Ministry inctudfng ~a Regional OffICe at Bhopel and Ine OSPCBICPCB once In .Ix months. •

Industrial wastewater shall be properly collected, treated 10 'as to conform to the .tandarda pre.cribed under GSR 422 (El dal.d l e· May, 1993 and 31· December, 1993 or as amended form time to time. The trealed wBstewater shall be utilized for plantation purpose.

The overall noiae levela In and around the plant area ,h,U be kepi well wijhln Ihe atandards (85 dBA) by' providing nol.e conlrol measure. Including acoustic hood" silencers, enclosures etc. on all sources of noise generation. The ambient nOrS! levels should conform to the atandard. prescribed under EPA Rule" 1989 viz. 75 dBA (daytim~) and 70 dBA (nighttima).

The project proponent shall also comply with all the environmental protection measures and .,feguard. recomm.nded In the EIA I EMP report. Further, the company mu.t undertake socio·economlc d ..... lopm.nt ,ctMtie. In the surrounding yillages Uk. community development programmes, educational programmes, drinking water aupply and heaitt1 care etc.

Aa menUoned In the EIAIEMP, R., 2,000.00 Crore. and Ra. 100.00 Crore. eamarked toward. the capital coat and racun1ng cosVannum for enVironmental pollution oontrol me •• ure. shall be Judlclou,ly uliliud to Implement Ine condilion •• tipulated by Ihe Mlnlatry of Environment and Forests as well as the State Government The funds so crovlded shall not be divt!rled (or .nv /'Ilh-.r /'UJrf'\I"Ica

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viii The Reglonsl Office of this Mioistry Rt Rh,lV.nA.hw., I cpca l OSPCB will mM~or the stipulated conditions A six monthly compliance report and the monitored dala along with statisticallnterprelation shall be submHted to them regularly.

Ix. The Project Proponent shall Inform the public that the project has beeo eccorded envlronmental clearance by the Ministry and copies of the cfearance letter are 8vel!able with the OSPCB/Commnte. and may elsa be seen at Web.rte of the Ministry of Environment aod Forest. al httpJenvtor n!C.in. This ahali be adve,tlsad within .even days from the date of issue ot the clearanco letter, at leilst in twQ local newspapers that are widely circulated in the region of which one shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned Elnd a copy of the same shall be forwarded to the Regional office.

x. Project authorities should Inform the Regional Office as weU 36 the MInistry, the date of tlnancial closure and tinal approval oJ the project by the concerned authorities end the date of commencing the land development work.

5.0. The Ministry may revoke or suspend the clearance, If ImplementaUon of any of the above conditions Is not satisfactory.

6.0. The Miolstry reserves Ihe right to lIIipulet. additiMal cond~lons if found necessary. Till! Company In a time bound manner wlllimplernent these co(,!ditiona.

7.0. The above condrtlons will be enforced, Inter-ella under the provisions of the Water (Prevention & Conlrol of Pollution) Act, 1974, the Air (Prevenllon & Cootrol of Pollution) Act, 1981 . the Environment (Prot.ctloo) Act, 1986, Huardous Wast •• (Management and Hendling) Rulea, 2003 and the Public (Insurance) UBbility Ac~ 1991 along with their amendments and rules ~ ..

Copy to:-

(Dr. P. B. RIIlogl) Additiof1i11 Director

1. The Secretary, State Department of Environment, Govt. Of Orissa, Bhubaneswar. OrIssa.

2. Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board. Parivesh Bhavan. CBD-eum-Ofnce Complex, EastMun Nagar, New Delhi - flO 032.

3. Chairman, Orls.a Bengal Pollution Control Board, Parivesh Bhavan, N1 16, ~eelkanthh.n.g.r, .Unit-8, Bhuvane.war - 751 012, Orissa,

4. v'rhe Chief Conservator of Forests (Eastem), Regional Ofnce (El), Al3. ChandrasekharptJr, Bhuvaneswar - 751 023, Orissa.

5. Joint Secretary (CCI-I), Minlalry of Envlronmonl and Forests, Paryavar.n Bhavan, CGO Complex, New Delhi.

8. Monitoring Cell, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Shavan, eGO Complex, New Delhi.

7. Mon~orlng Cell 8. Guard File, ~...ioJ'1 Q RACOrd File. V'.!o I

(Dr. p , B. Rastogi) Additional Director