MINUTES OF 18th

RECONSTITUTED EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE (INDUSTRY) HELD DURING 28TH

APRIL 2014 TO 30

TH APRIL 2014

VENUE: Scope Complex, Core 6, 5

th Floor, IOCL Conference Room, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural

Gas, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003 18.1 Opening Remarks of the Chairman At the outset, Chairman welcomed the members of the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry). Thereafter, agenda items were taken up for discussion. The deliberations held and decisions taken are as under. 18.2 Confirmation of the Minutes of the 17

th Reconstituted Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry)

held during 18-19th

March 2014 The minutes of the 17

th Reconstituted Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry) meeting held during

18-19th

March 2014 were confirmed.

Monday, 28th

April 2014

18.3 Environmental Clearance 18.3.1 Proposed 1.2 MTPA Cement Plant, 1.0 MTPA Clinkerisation plant and 23 MW Captive Power plant of

M/s Concast Cement Industries Limited (Formerly M/s. Satyam Mining and Minerals Limited) at Village Manyuliang, P.O.Medo, P.S.Chowkham, Wakro Circle, District Lohit in Arunanchal Pradesh (EC)

All the Cement Plants (> 1.0 MTPA) are listed at S.No. 3(b) under Category ‘A’ of the schedule of EIA

Notification, 2006 and appraised by the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry) of MOEF.

Terms of Reference (TOR) to the aforesaid proposal was accorded by MOEF vide F.No.J-11011/407/2010-

IA.II(I) dated 16.8.2011 in the name of M/s Satyam Mining and Minerals Limited. Thereafter, Ministry vide

letter dated 3.5.2013 issued no objection for the change of company name from M/s Satyam Mining and

Minerals Limited to M/s Concast Cement Industries Limited.

M/s Concast Cement Industries Limited vide letter dated 7.8.2013 submitted the final EIA-EMP report for

consideration of the proposal for grant of Environmental Clearance. Ministry deferred the consideration of the

proposal on the ground that the EIA-EMP report was prepared by M/s Min Mec Consultancy Private Limited

which was a non-accredited consultant by QCI/NABET. M/s Concast Cement Industries Limited vide letter

dated 12.2.2014 submitted an order of the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi dated 03.02.2014 in LPA

108/2014&C.M.No.2168/2014 stating that M/s Min Mec Consultancy Private Limited shall also be allowed to

prepare and present Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report to the Central and State Government

Environmental Appraisal Committee till 14.3.2014 and the case was further re-notified on 13.5.2014. In view of

this, proposal was placed before the EAC for consideration.

The project proponent (PP) and their consultant M/s Min Mec Consultancy Private Limited – New Delhi gave a

detailed presentation on the salient features of the project and proposed environmental protection measures

to be undertaken as per the Terms of Reference (TORs) awarded during the 26th

meeting of the Expert

Appraisal Committee (Industry -1) held on 21-22nd

July 2011 for preparation of EIA-EMP report. The TOR was

awarded by MOEF vide F.No. J-11011/407/2010-IA.II(I) dated 16.8.2011 for preparation of EIA-EMP report.

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After detailed deliberations, the Committee prescribed following specific TORs for undertaking detailed EIA-

EMP study in addition to the generic TOR enclosed at Annexure I:

1. Iron ore and coal linkage documents

2. Air quality modelling for the proposed plant as well as the existing steel plant for specific pollutants needs to be done. APCS for the control of emissions from the kiln and WHRB shall also be included to control emissions within 50 mg/Nm

3.

3. A note on the treatment, storage and disposal of all type of slag shall be included. Details of secured land fill as per CPCB guidelines shall also be included.

4. Land acquisition shall be 60% of the total land at the time of applying for Environmental Clearance

5. Power generated from the Captive Power Plant shall only be used for this project.

6. P.H. shall be conducted by the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board as per the generic TOR.

18.5.2 Expansion of Ferro Alloy Production and proposal for MS Billets and TMT Bars production of M/s Sai Durga Ferro Alloys Pvt. Limited at Survey No. 199, 200, 203, 204 & 210 of Korlapahad Village, Kethepally Mandal, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh (TOR)

The Terms of Reference (TOR) to the aforesaid proposal was accorded by MOEF vide F.No.J-11011/330/2010-

IA.II(I) dated 20.10.2010. Public Hearing was held on 13.07.2012. Thereafter, PP vide letter dated 04.04.2013

submitted the final EIA-EMP report for grant of Environmental Clearance. As per the TOR awarded on

20.10.2010, the TOR is valid for a period of two years for submission of EIA-EMP report along with the Public

Hearing proceedings. As the final EIA-EMP report was submitted to the Ministry after the expiry of the validity

of the Terms of Reference (TOR), Ministry vide letters dated 07.08.2013 and 23.01.2014 informed PP to submit

Form I and pre-feasibility project report for consideration of fresh TOR in accordance with the procedure

stipulated in the EIA, Notification 2006. Accordingly, PP has submitted the form I and pre-feasibility project

report to the Ministry vide letter dated 30.01.2014. Proposal was placed before the EAC for consideration of

fresh TOR.

The PP along with their consultant – M/s Team Labs and Consultants, Hyderabad gave a detailed presentation

on the salient features of the project and proposed environmental protection measures to be undertaken

along with the draft Terms of Reference for preparation of EIA-EMP report. The proposed project activity is

listed at S.No. 3(a) in primary metallurgical industry under Category ‘A’ of the Schedule of EIA notification

2006 and appraised by the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry) of MOEF.

M/s Sai Durga Ferro Alloys Pvt. Limited have proposed to enhance the Ferro Alloy Production and proposal for

MS Billets and TMT Bars production at Survey No. 199, 200, 203, 204 & 210 of Korlapahad Village, Kethepally

Mandal, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh. Proposed expansion will be carried out in the existing plant area

of 22.10 acres. No additional land is required for the proposed expansion. The longitude and latitude of the

project site is 79028’ 20” E and 17

009’ 35” N respectively. There are no National Park, Bird sanctuaries and

biosphere reserve existing within 10 km radius of the project site. No Forest land is involved. Musi right flank

canal and River Musi are located at a distance of 3.72 km and 6.5km respectively from the project site.

Korlapahad village is located at a distance of 1.5km from the project site. National Highway (NH-9) is located at

a distance of 0.3km from the project site. Power will be sourced from APTRANSCO. Water requirement after

the proposed expansion would be 186 KLD which will be met from the ground water. Raw materials required

for the proposed expansion are quartz, coke, iron scrap, electrode paste, Mn ore, Mn slag, sponge iron and

metal scrap etc. No court cases/litigation is pending against the project. Total cost of the project is Rs.58

crores.

The details of the existing and the proposed expansion along with their Production capacity are given below:

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S. No Description Capacity (TPA)

Existing Proposed Total

5 MVA Existing 5 MVA

7.5 MVA 9 MVA

1 Ferro Silicon (Fe Si) * 3300 -- 7000 8400 18700

2 Silico Manganese (Si Mn) * -- 9900** 14850 17820 42570

3 Ferro Manganese (Fe Mn) * -- 13200** 19800 23760 56760

4 MS Billets -- 72000 72000

5 TMT Bars -- 60000 60000

�� Ferro alloys are manufactured on campaign basis.

Proposed to utilize the existing 5 MVA furnace for the manufacture of Silico Manganese (Si Mn)* - 9900 TPA and Ferro Manganese (Fe Mn)* - 13200 TPA in addition to Ferro Silicon.

The existing and proposed plant capacity details are as given below:-

S. No Facility Capacity

Existing

1 Submerged Electric Arc Furnace 5 MVA

Proposed

1 Submerged Electric Arc Furnace 7.5 MVA

2 Submerged Electric Arc Furnace 9 MVA

3 Induction Furnace 2 x 15 T

4 Continuous Casting Machine 240 TPD

5 Rolling Mill 200 TPD

The Committee noted that Public Hearing for the aforesaid project was conducted on 13.7.2012 as per EIA

Notification, 2006. It was informed that the reason for delay in conducting Public Hearing was due to

Telangana agitation in the area and because of this there was a delay in submission of the final EIA-EMP

report. In view of the above, the Committee decided to consider the project under 7 (ii) of the EIA Notification

2006 for exemption of Public Hearing for the expansion project.

The Committee noted that baseline data collected during October – December 2010 shall be revalidated by

collecting fresh base line data collection for a period of one month. This data shall be used for the preparation

of EIA-EMP report. The Committee agreed to it.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee prescribed following specific TORs for undertaking detailed EIA-

EMP study in addition to the generic TOR enclosed at Annexure I:

1. Action plan for development of green belt over 33 % of the total project area within plant premises with at least 10 meter wide green belt on all sides along the periphery of the project area, in downward direction, and along road sides etc.

2. Air quality modelling for the proposed plant as well as the existing plant for specific pollutants needs to be done.

3. P.H. is exempted under the provisions of the EIA Notification 2006

18.5.3 Proposed manufacturing of manganese Oxide, Manganese Dioxide and Various Ferro Alloys of M/s

Vidhi Alloys Private Limited at village – Pipri, Tahsil-Kuhi, District-Nagpur, (Maharashtra) (TOR)

The PP did not attend the meeting. The Committee decided that the proposal may be placed before the EAC as

and when requested by the PP.