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Ref.: MFCU MoEF&CC/ EC Compliance/KK-BS/015

The Regional Office Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Eastern Regional Office A/3, Cbandrasekbarpur Bbubanesbwar·7S1 023

Matix Fertilisers And Chemicals Lrd. CIN NO. U24120WB2009PLC15327" Registered Office & Plant: Panagarh Industrial Park Panagarh Dist - Bardhaman - 7 13 148 West Bengal India. T + 9 1 343 2528009 F + 91 343 2528008

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May 30, 2017

Sub: Submission of Half yearly Environment Clearance (EC) Compliance Report for Fertiliser Plant at Panagarh, . Distt. Bardhaman West Bengal for the period of October 2016 to March 2017.

Ref.: MoEF Ref. F. No. J-11011/440/2009-IA II (I) dated April 22, 2010 including its amendments dated 19th December, 2013 and 15th May 2015

Dear Sir,

This has reference to the above cited subject. Enclosed please find herewith half yearly Environmental Clearance Compliance reports along with the monitoring data for the period of October 2016 to March 2017.

Trust that you will find the above information in order.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully, For Matix Fertlisers And Chemicals Ltd

~s:~ ~~~ A.K.Singh GM-Environment

Enclosure: As above.

Copy to: 1. Member Secretary, West Bengal Pollution Control ·Board 2. Zonal Officer, Zonal Office Kolkata, Central Pollution Control Board 3. Environment Engineer, Durgapur Regional Office, West Bengal Pollution Control

Board.

CORPORATE OFFICE . POONAM CHAMBERS, B-WING . 5TH FLOOR OR. ANNIE BESANT ROAD, WORLI. MUMBAI - 4000 18 , INOIA

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MATIX FERTILISERS AND CHEMICALS LTD Green Field Ferti lizer Project (2200 MTPD Ammonia, 3850 MTPD Urea and 54 MW CPP) at Panagarh, Dist. - Burdwan, West Bengal

Sub : Six monthly compliance report of Environment Clearance. Ref : MoEFCC letter No : J-11 011 I 440/2009 - IAll (I) dated 22"d April 201 O including amendments dated 19th December 2013 and 15th May 2015

1- PERIOD: O CTOBER 2016 - M ARCH 2017

A. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS

NO. CONDITION COM PLIANCE STATUS

(i) The company shall und~rtake measures for water Company has undertaken various measures like recycling of water in the conservation. The specific water consumption shall not process, reuse of treated waste water in dust suppression and green belt exceed 8 m3/tonne of urea produced. The waste water etc. to conserve the water. generated from all sources after treatment and recycled back The specific water requirement will be below to 8 m3/ tonne of urea in the process and use for green belt development to produced. maintain zero discharges condition. The treated effluent shall

Zero discharge condition was amended by MoEF & CC to discharge of 201 conform to the prescribed standards. The process water condensate shall be recycled as boiler feed water. The m3/hr treated effluent conforming the prescribed stds. Into River Damodar

process condensate f rom the urea and ammonia plant after vide letter no. J-11011 I 44012009 - IAll (I), dated 19th December 2013.

stripping shall be recycled. Compliance status of the EC amendment dated 19th December 2013 is enclosed as Annexure-1. The process condensate shall be recycled as boiler feed water. The process condensate from the urea and ammonia plant after stripping shall be recycled.

(ii) The project authority shall obtain prior permission for drawl Permission for drawl of water from Damodar River has already been of surface water from the State irrigation Department. A copy obtained from DVRRC and submitted to MoEF& CC, Regional Office vide

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MA TIX FERTILISERS AND CHEMICALS LTD of permission shall be submitted to the Ministry's Regional office.

our letter MFCUMoEF/CG/2011 dated 051h February 2011. An agreement

with DVC has also been executed as per the condition of the permission letter.

(iii) I The gaseous emissions (NOx, NH3, urea dust) from various The emissions control has been taken into account from the design stage

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units including prilling tower shall conform to the prescribed itself to achieve the emissions much below the stipulated standards all the standards. At no time the emissions levels shall go beyond time. In the event of emissions exceeding beyond the stipulated norms, the stipulated standards. In the event of failure of pollution necessary corrective action will immediately be taken to bring the control system (s) adopted by the unit, the respective unit emissions within the prescribed norms. shall not be restarted until the control measures are rectified to achieve the desired efficiency.

The Company shall upload the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on its website and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional office of MOEF, the respective Zonal office of CPCB and the State Pollution Control Board. The levels of PM10/PM2.5, NH3 and NOx (ambient levels) and emissions from the stacks shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location near the main gate of the company and at important public places.

To control fugitive emissions, regular monitoring of shop floor environment shall be carried. Leakages in the form of gases, liquid and dust emission shall be checked and mitigative measures taken. The company shall provide de­dusting system at all the transfer points in the bagging

EC compliance report along with the monitored data, are being uploaded and updated on company website periodically. The hard copies of the same are being submitted to Regional Offices of MoEF& CC, Zonal office CPCB, Calcutta and W BPCB.

The monitoring data of Ambient A ir Quality, Ground Water, Stack Emissions, and Effluent Water Quality for the duration of October 2016-March 2017 is enclosed as Annexure - II.

Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (AAQM) levels, Stack emission are displayed outside near the main gate.

As bagging plant is not operational, no fugitive emissions from bagging unit takes place presently. Fugitive emissions in the form of urea dust will be monitored after the commissioning of bagging plant.

Other shop floor monitoring will be carried out once the plant is fully

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n•ystem. operational.

Gas detectors have been placed in all strategic locations for monitoring and mitigation of any leakage of ammonia, hydrocarbon, CO, Cl2.

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The company shall provide double walled ammonia storage tank and leak detection and repair programme shall be in place and ammonia sensors shall be installed to detect the leakage of ammonia and measures shall be taken to prevent leakage of pipeline for ammonia by regular inspection of the pipeline.

The company shall undertake adequate protection measures for handling of ammonia vapour in case of plant upset condition. Safety valve exhaust and drains shall be connected to flare and vent stack.

Any leakage of dust and liquid will be eliminated and mitigative measures will be taken.

Wet de-dusting system in urea bagging plant has been installed.

Ammonia Tanks are double integrity cup- in tank comprising of an inner cup and an outer tank. The outer tank is designed for full containment of vapors and liquid in the event of failure of inner tank. Ammonia detectors have been provided in Ammonia, Urea plant, Ammonia Storage area and other strategic locations. Regular inspection and Preventive maintenance system is in place

Adequate protection measures have been taken for handling of ammonia vapour in case of plant upset condition

Ammonia Plant, ammonia storage facilities are equipped with adequate safety valve and flare stacks for handling of any emergency conditions.

(viii) I The catalyst generated shall be . sent to r~~ycler for reuse I So far, no spent c~talyst has been generated. The spent cata lysts will be instead of disposal at the waste disposal fac1hty. sent to PCB authorized recyclers.

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MATIX FERTILISERS AND CHEMICALS LTD (ix) The company shall develop the green belt in 33% area, out of 33% area of the total land has been earmarked for green belt.

total area to mitigate the effect of fugitive emissions and Approximately, 40,000 nos of saplings have already been planted till March noise as per the guidelines CPCB. 2017 in consultation with DFO, Durgapur.

Green belt will be further strengthened by planting the mass saplings in the forthcoming monsoon season.

(x) The company shall implement all the recommendations made All applicable conditions of CREP guidelines for Fertiliser industry will be in the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environmental complied. Status of CREP compliance was submitted to MoEF&CC Protection (CREP) for fertilizer industries. regional office vide our letter dated 22.09.2016.

(xi) Occupational health surveillance of the workers shall be Pre-employment health checkup and periodic health checkup is being carried out on C! regular basis and records shall be carried out on regular basis. maintained as per the Factories Act.

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MA TIX FERTILISERS AND CHEMICALS LTD (xii) I The Company shall comply with the recommendations made I Being Complied, as applicable.

in the EIA/EMP and Risk Assessment and public hearing reports Commitment made in Public Hearing (PH) with its compliance status was

submitted to MoEF& CC regional office vide our letter dated 22.09.201 6.

Onsite emergency plan has been prepared to address the potential risks .

Recommendation in EINEMP i.e Environmental Monitoring during project construction stage has been undertaken, Environmental monitoring during the operation will be undertaken, Full-fledged Environmental laboratory has been set up. Budgetary provision for EMP has been exceeded from Rs.152 Crores to 183.862 Crores. Cost incurred in environment management was intimated to MoEF regional office vide our letter dated 22.09.2016

(xiii) I The Company shall make the arrangement for protection of Adequate fire - fighting equipment and Fire network are in place. There is a possible fire hazards during manufacturing process in separate department with well tra ined and experienced personnel to handle material handling. any such untoward situation. The key measures taken are ;

1. Adequate water storage with independent pumping (supplying constant pressure) system.

2. Fire hydrants are provided at strategic locations. 3. Fire extinguishers have been placed at appropriate locations inside the

plant. 4. Fire alarms placed in strategic locations of the plant 5. Necessary PPEs are made available for the plant personnel. 6. Company has taken two nos dedicated fire tenders with foam system. 7. Fire Safety Certificate (NOC) obtained from West Bengal Fire Service

Department.

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During transfer of materials, spillages shall be avoided and garland drains be constructed to avoid mixing of accidental spillages with domestic waste and storm drains.

The company shall develop rain water harvesting structures to harvest the runoff water for recharge of ground water.

Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the s ite w ith all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel of cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, Safe drinking water, medical health care, creche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

B. GENERAL CONDITIONS

8. Regular Mock Drills, Disaster Drills are being carried out to enhance preparedness for handling emergency situations.

Spillage shall be avoided during material transfer. Spillages if any wi ll be recovered to the best possible extent. Garland drains are provided. Storm water drains and effluent drain/oil collection trench are constructed separately to avoid mixing of effluent with storm water.

Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) pond has already been constructed to collect the Run-off water for reuse. Pumps and line laying is in progress to recover the harvested water to the raw water storage reservoir for its reuse as raw water.

In addition, raw water reservoir of capacity 1,37,000 M"3 has been constructed.

Construction labours are mostly local & residing in nearby areas. Safe drinking water, Medical facilities, etc. have been provided to construction labours. Permanent toilets have been provided for safe sanitation.

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MATll( FERTILISERS AND CHEMICAU LTD The project authorities shall strictly adhere to the stipulations of the SPCB/ State I Noted. Government or any statutory body.

All the conditions stipulated in CTE, CTO, issued by WBPCB as well as conditions imposed by state authorities are complied with.

(ii) I The gaseous emissions (502, HCI, NOx, NH3, fertilizer dust) and particulate Gaseous emissions monitoring is being regularly carried

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matter from various process units shall conform to the standards prescribed by out by in-house environment laboratory as well as by the concerned authorities from time to time. Emission data shall be periodically MoEF& CC recognized laboratories and are found well monitored and reports submitted to Ministry's Regional Office, CPCB and SPCB. below the stipulated stds.

All the waste waters generated from the various processes shall be recycled/ reused 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.

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The results of monitoring data are being regularly submitted to the concerned authorities.

Monitoring reports for the period of October '16-March'17 are enclosed as Annexure II.

Waste waters generated from various processes shall be recycled.

a. Process condensate from ammonia plant will be recycled back to the process.

b. Process condensate from urea plant will be recycled back to the process

c. Domestic effluent will be treated in STP & will be reused for greenery development

d. Effluent from Boiler Blow Down, OM plant, Cooling Tower Blow Down will be treated in ETP. Treated effluents conforming the norms will be

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MATIX FERTILISERS AND CHEMICALS LTD discharged into Damodar river as per the EC amendment letter ref. J1101 1/440/2009/-IA II (I) dated 191

h December 2013. Compliance status of the EC amendment dated 19th December 2013 is enclosed as Annexure - I

(iv) I No further expansion of modifications in the plant shall be carried out without I Noted and agreed.

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prior approval of the Ministry of Environment and Forests. In case of deviations or alternations in the project proposal from those submitted to this Ministry for EC has been amended by MoEF & CC, vide letter no. J­clearance, a fresh reference shall be made to the Ministry to assess the 11011 I 440/2009 - IAll (I), dated 15.05.2015 for use of adequacy of conditions imposed and to add additional environmental protection naphtha as fuel in addition to CBM measures required, if any.

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.

The locat ions 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.

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The compliance status of EC amendment dated 15.05.2015 has been enclosed as Annexure - I

Noted and complied with.

The emission from stack attached to gas turbine is being regularly monitored and found to be well within stipulated stds. The Stack Emission monitoring data is enclosed as Annexure-11

Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (AAQM) stations have been finalized and fixed in consultation with WBPCB.

Presently 3 nos. of AAQM stations are fixed in 120 degree angle in the project site and regular monitoring is being carried out by MoEF&CC approved external laboratory as well as by in-house environment

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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

All the storage tanks will be under negative pressure to avoid any leakages. Breather valves. N2 blanketing and secondary condensers with brine chilling system shall be provided for all the storage tanks to minimize vapour losses. All liquid raw material shall be stored in storage Tanks and Drums.

The company shall undertake following Waste Minimization measures.

laboratory.

Additionally, One no of Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (CAAQM) station has been installed.

Stacks of appropriate heights are provided as per CPCB's guidelines. Hydrolyser and Stripper have been provided at Urea plants and scrubber has been provided at Urea Bagging Unit. The water from the scrubber will be recycled back to the process.

Negative pressure for storage tanks, secondary condensers with brine chilling is not applicable. Liquefied ammonia will be stored in atmospheric storage tanks. N2 blanketing facilities are available in all storage tanks. No liquid raw material is used.

The plant is based on latest technology with inbui lt features covering all the measures stipulated including energy conservation, pollution control and increased

~ Metering and control of quantities of active ingredients to minimize waste.

~ Reuse of by-products from the process as raw materials or as raw I efficiency. material substitutes in other processes.

:i,... Use of automated filling to minimize spillage. :;.. Use of 'closed Feed' system into batch reactors. ~ Venting equipment through vapour recovery system. ~ Use of high pressure hoses for equipment cleaning to reduce waste water

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~ Metering and control of quantities of active ingredients are provided.

~ By product generated in ammonia plant will be used as a raw material in urea plant.

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MA TIX FERTILISERS AND CHEMICALS LTD generation. );;>- Automated filling system is in place in Urea

Bagging plant. ~ Not applicable, as our operation is a I

continuous process.

(x) I Fugitive emissions in the work zone environment, product and raw materials As bagging plant in not operational, presently no fugitive storage area shall be regularly monitored. The emissions shall conform to the emissions from bagging unit takes place. Fugitive limits imposed by state pollution control board/central pollution control board. emissions in the form of urea dust will be monitored after

the commissioning of bagging plant.

Other shop floor monitoring will be carried out once the plant is fully operational.

(xi) I The project authorities shall strictly comply with the rules and guidelines under I Complied.

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Manufacture, Storage and import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989 as amended in October, 1994 and January, 2000

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).

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The noise level in and around the plant area is being maintained well within the std .

Silencers are provided in ammonia/Urea plant.

EDGs(Emergency DG) are equipped with acoustic enclosure and silencer.

Ambient noise is being monitored and complying with

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MATIX FERTILISERS AND CHEMICALS LTD Noise Level Standards.

Noise monitoring data from October'16 to March'17 is enclosed as Annexure II.

(xiii) The company shall undertake eco-developmental measures including Eco development measures Is being driven on ongoing community welfare measures in the project area for the overall improvement of basis under the CSR activities in supervision of a the environment. The eco-development plan should be submitted to the SPCB dedicated CSR Manager. Present status of eco-within three months of receipt of this letter for approval. development measures is enclosed as Annexure Ill

(xiv) A separate Environmental Management cell equipped with full-fledged A separate Environment Management Department laboratory facilities shall be set up to carry out the Environmental Management (EMD) has been established at site equipped with full-and Monitoring functions. fledged environment laboratory having all requisite

facilities for in-house environmental monitoring and overall environmental management of the plant.

(xv) The project authorities shall earmark adequate funds to implement the Noted. Adequate funds have been earmarked for conditions st ipulated by the Ministry of Environment and Forests as well as the Environment protection. 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.

(xvi) The implementation of the project vis-a-vis environmental action plans shall be Six monthly compliance reports are being submitted to monitored by the concerned Regional office of the Ministry/SPCB/CPCB. A six MoEF & CC regional Office, Zonal office of CPCB & monthly compliance status report shall be submitted to monitoring agencies SPCB and also being uploaded on company's website . and shall be posted on the website of the company.

(xvii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Complied. Panchayat, Zila Parishad/Municipal Corporation, Urban local Body and the local

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MATIX FERTILISERS AND CHEMICALS LTD NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal

The project proponent shall also submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the respective Regional office of MoEF, the respective Zonal of CPCB and the State Pollution Control Board.

Six monthly compliance reports with monitored data are being submitted to MoEF & CC regional Office, Zonal office of CPCB & WBPCB as per guidelines on regular basis.

(xix) I The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31sr March in Form-V Environment Statement for the Year 2015-2016 has

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as is mandated shall be submitted to the concerned State Pollution Control been submitted to State Pollution Control Board vide our Board as Prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as letter September 20, 2016 amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the respective Regional Offices of MoEF by e-mail.

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/Committee 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 on 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.

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.

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The date of the financial closure was gth Aug 2011 . It has been communicated to RO, MoEF&CC vide our compliance status report MFCL/MoEF/EC compliance/MGR-CG/003 dated 2nd February 2012.

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MA TIX FERTILISERS AND CHEMICALS LTD NOTE: Steam and Power Generation (SPG) unit (Except Steam Turbine) has been commissioned in August 2015 along with util ity services and are operative.

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