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B.S. SPONGE PRIVATE LIMITED
Village: Taraimal, Tehsil: Gharghoda, District: Raigarh, (C.G.)
REIA Report for the Proposed Mini Integrated Steel Plant
Chapter – 3
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CHAPTER – III
BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS
This chapter gives an idea and description of environmental status of the study area with
reference to the prominent environmental attributes. The general study area covers 10km.
radius of the plant. Monitoring was conducted from December, 2007 to February, 2008.
The impact identification always commences with the collection of baseline data such as
ambient air quality, ground water quality, surface water quality, noise levels, land
environment, land use pattern, flora & fauna and socio economic aspects with in the
study zone of 10 km. radius.
3.1 AIR ENVIRONMENT (TOR # 3)
3.1.1 Meteorology
Meteorology of the study area plays an important role in the air pollution studies. The
prevailing micro meteorological conditions at the proposed Project site will regulate the
dispersion and dilution of air pollutants in the atmosphere. The predominant wind
directions and the wind speed will decide the direction and distance of the most affected
zone from the proposed activity. The meteorological data collected during the monitoring
period is very useful in interpretation of baseline as input for dispersion models for
predicting the Ground Level Concentrations (GLC).
Rainfall
The average annual rainfall based in 10 years data collected from the nearest
meteorological center is found to be 1143 mm.
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