list of clearances required for power plant

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List of clearances required for Power Plant

1) Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum acknowledgement given by Ministry

of Commerce and Industry.

2) Memorandum of understanding to be signed with State Govt.

3) Land Acquisition for Power Plant, Ash Dyke, Dam site, colony, Coal handling, cross country pipeline,

coal conveyor etc. which comprises of following type of lands

i. Govt land

ii. Private land

iii. Forest land

Procedure for Land Acquisition

i)

Government land

a. Identify the land coming under project site

b. Meet the patwari of that particular village on which particular land is coming and then prepare Khasra

Map indicating various location of the land

c. List the name of owners coming under that particular area based

on Khasra Mapping

d. After preparation of list of land owners a No Objection Certificateis to be obtained from Local Gram Panchayat.

e. With all the above-mentioned information i.e. Khasra Map, List of land Owners, NOC from Gram

Panchayat, Land Diversion application if forest or agricultural land is coming under construction.

f. With all the information sited above:- Local Government issue Section-4 Notification stating that so and so

govt land is to be acquired by the Project Owner and if any one of the land owner having any sort of

objection can write to them with in 30 days of date of issue of Notification. If any objection is received

with the time frame specified by the govt. than the issue shall be discussed and resolved through

public hearing.

g. Based on the evaluation cost of land required by the Owner (Non forest and non Agricultural) and

application fee for diversion of forest or agricultural land, Govt decides the total amount to be paid by

the land user and request to deposit the actual cost to the govt.

h. Once the applicable fees is paid, govt issues Section 6 stating the given land is acquired by the ultimate

user and issues payment cheques to various land owners who had sell their land.

i. Once section 6 is issued, the land is presumed to be under

custody of the Owner.

ii)

Private Land

a) Acquisition of private land is similar to acquisition of Govt land and procedure indicated in sl no. a,b & c

for acquisition of govt land is same.

b) Further, after preparation of list of land owners, direct dealing with the land owner with negotiations can

be performed to purchase the land.

c) Once the desired land is purchased, than the same shall be communicated to the local

government for their information and records.

iii)

Forest land

a) Diversion of forest is required and permission from regional MoEF is required if the land is < 5 Ha and if

the land is more than 5 Ha then clearance from central MoEF is required. For details please refer

Annexure-A

4) Environmental Clearance for Power Plant, Dam, Coal Mines and other


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requirement etc.

a. State Pollution Conservation board (SCPB). If the investment involved in the Green field project is less

than Rs.100.00 Crore or project cost of expansion of existing plant is less than 50 crore than in that

case only State Pollution Conservation Board Clearance is sufficient and we need not to go to MoEF

for environmental clearance, however, if the project cost is more than 100 Crore or cost of expansionof existing plant is more than 50 Crore or the location of plant involves two or more states or forest

land is coming under the circumference of 25 kms from the project site then in that case MoEF

clearance is required.

b. Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF). For MOEF clearance

following procedures has to be done

i. Phase-I Screening : Submit the application for Site clearance to MoEF. If the site clearance is not granted

than search for alternative site and again submit the application for site clearance.

ii. The site clearance provided by MoEF have certain conditions, if the site selected meet all the conditions

than proceed for Environmental Clearance Phase-II (Siting, EIA report Preparation, public hearing etc)

iii. Phase-II:-

1. Step-1 Base line data collection2. Step-2 EIA report preparation and other approvals including

Central Regulation Zone (CRZ) for coastal area.

a. If Diversion of Forest < 5 Ha is involved than apply for regional MoEF however , for forest area > 5 Ha

apply to Central MoEF clearance.

b. If use of ground water is involved than a hydrological report

is to be submitted along with EC applicatio.

c. Obtain Approvals for Electricity, Water Supply (Ground Water Board or irrigation Department or Municipal

Corporation etc.) and Explosives Storage/Hazardous substances (if applicable)

d. Finalize

Application

and

EnvironmentalAppraisal

Questionnaire

3. Step 3

a. Public Hearing required

b. Submit requisite number of copies of executive summary.

c.Submit one copy of EIA, air and water consent application

Form-1 and Form-13

d. Advertise and conduct public hearing by SPCB.

e. Obtain details of public hearing.

f. Obtain NOC from SPCB

g. The above-mentioned Step 3 involves approx 60 days.

iv. Phase-III

1. Step-1

a. Submission of Documents (EIA 20 copies, EMP, NOC, Public

Hearing details, DPR) to MoEF

2. Step 2

a. Review by IAA

b. If IAA feels that the data provided in sufficient than, the expert committee will submit their assessment

over the report and application.


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3. Step- 3

a. Expert committee will submit their recommendation to IAA.

4. Step- 4

a. If the project is accepted than MoEF clearance is granted for 5 years, however, if the case is rejected

than case is closed. Reconsideration may be considered in some cases.

5. Step 1 to 3 requires approx 90 days and step 4 requires approx 30

days.

3. Water Drawl Permission.

a. Drawl from Perennial River:- Approval from State Govt in which river is falling. Data such as Water

feasibility Report, Guage Discharge and Index MAP indicating the location of Power Plant, River pump

house etc. to be submitted to Principal Secretary, Water Resource Department for state clearance.

b. If, more than one state is involved in drawl of water from the river then in such case permission from

Central Water Commission (CWC) is required.

c. If construction of Dam is required, Construction of Dam

Permission, Water Drawl Permission, Royalties to be paid etc.

4. Fuel Linkage Clearance

a. If coal is to brought from outside agency i.e. no captive coal mine is allocated than permission for coallinkage is required, which involves following procedures

i. Permission for railway sidings in case rail transportation is

required from the nearest railway line.

ii. Way of right for railway sidings

iii. Three Party agreement etc.

b. Allotment of coal blocks as per the requirement from Coal

Ministry, Govt of India.

c. Coal Mining Plan is to be prepared and approved from State

Govt.