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The Committee also desired the information regarding the HFL of Mahanadi and MSL of the site. That area drainage study needs to be undertaken for the project. In view of the above, the Committee decided to seek following additional information for reconsideration: i) Revised EIA/EMP report after incorporating cumulative impacts of all likely sources of emissions from TPPs, Industries over an area of 15 Kms radius; ii) Revised layout plan after optimizing the land requirement. Optimization of land requirement due to reduction in ash pond, water reservoir and township areas. iii) Geological map shall be provided and location of proposed TPP superimposed; iv) Details of water availability for 12 months and drainage area study shall be submitted. The study shall include details of competing sources of water from Mahanadi downstream of the proposed power plant; v) Copy of application for Stage-I Forest clearance shall be submitted; vi) R&R plan and CSR action plan proposed shall be clearly spelt out and committed expenditure activity-wise along with schedule of implementation shall be submitted; vii) Compliance to point wise TOR provision (as applicable) shall be furnished; and viii) Submit soft copies of Form-I, Feasibility report, EIA/EMP report and its addendum (if any), Public Hearing proceedings, MoU/FSA for fuel etc.(if not already done). Accordingly the proposal was deferred for reconsideration at a later stage. 2.13 Modernization and Expansion of existing power plant from 741.7MW to 999.7 MW of M/s Hindalco Industries Ltd. at Renusagar, District Sonebhadra in Uttar Pradesh - reg. Environmental Clearance. The proposal is for consideration for environmental clearance. The project proponent made a presentation along with its consultant M/s Vimta Labs Ltd., Hyderabad and provided the following information: The proposal is for partly modernization and expansion of existing power plant from 741.7 MW to 999.7 MW by addition of 258 MW in phases. Additional generation of 98.3 MW will be achieved through process modification and addition of 1x79.7 MW and 1x80 MW new TG sets will be involved. The existing plant of capacity 741.7 MW is located at village Renusagar, District Sonebhadra Distt., in Uttar Pradesh. No additional land is required (1.9 Ha 14
land required is within the existing plant premises).The co-ordinates of the site are located within Latitude 24 0 10’41” N to 24 0 11’06” N and Longitude 82 0 47’05” E to 82 0 47’25” E. Nearest village is Renusagar which is located at 0.6 Kms from the site. Ash pond is located at about 7.0 Kms distance from the site. GB Pant Sagar is located at a distance of 0.9 Km from the plant. MoU for imported coal has been signed with M/s Swiss Singapore Overseas Enterprises Pte Ltd. Ash and sulphur contents in imported coal will be 10% and 0.4% respectively. Fly ash will be supplied to M/s Jaiprakash Associates Ltd., M/s Prism Cement Ltd., M/s ACC Ltd., M/s Kymore Cement Works, M/s Birla Corporation Ltd., M/s ECO Cement India Ltd., M/s Hyderabad Industries Ltd., M/s Jai Laxmi Cement Co. Pvt. Ltd., M/s Trinayani Cement Pvt. Ltd., and M/s Kalyanpur Cement Ltd. No additional water will be drawn. Water requirement of 236.97 m 3 /hr will be met from recycling of treated waste water. IDC and Air Cooled Condenser cooling system shall be installed. There are no National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Heritage Sites, Tiger/Biosphere reserves etc. within ten km of the project site. Public Hearing was held on 23.09.2009. Cost of the project will be Rs.773.33 Crores. The proponent informed that coal requirement of 1.439 TPA would be sourced either from M/s Godavari Ltd., Kolkata or imported coal from South Africa/Indonesia or though e-auction. The coal will be transported through rakes to Krishnashilla Railway siding to project site through a combination of link conveyor belt pipe conveyor and aerial ropeways. The proponent shall explore the possibility for installation of wagon tippler at railway siding The Committee observed that sourcing of coal from a trading company or washery cannot be considered as firm coal linkage and therefore decided that the proposal can be considered based on imported coal from South Africa/Indonesia, and e-auction to which the project proponent agreed. The Committee noted that TOR was recommended by the EAC in its meeting held during January 12-13, 2009 and TOR issued on 10.02.2009. The baseline AAQ data as per the EIA report submitted was for the period September 15 to December 15, 2008. The project proponent clarified that collection of baseline data is an ongoing process in the existing plant and exercise for prediction of cumulative impact on air quality has been carried out. Further it was also informed that the project was kept pending due to imposition of Govt. Moratorium as the CEPI index was high in the area. Now, moratorium in the area has been lifted. The Committee discussed the compliance to the environmental clearance accorded for the existing plant and found it to be satisfactory. The Committee noted that the area had water quality problem and water borne diseases (including fluorosis) are reported to be prevalent and therefore advised the project proponent to identify problems and take appropriate measures as 15
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