1 Minutes of the 36th Meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee ...

4. Secondary fugitive emissions from all the sources shall be controlled within the latest permissiblelimits issued by the Ministry and regularly monitored. Guidelines / Code of Practice issued by theCPCB shall be followed.5. Regular monitoring of influent and effluent surface, sub-surface and ground water shall beensured and treated wastewater shall meet the norms prescribed by the State Pollution ControlBoard or described under the E(P) Act whichever are more stringent. Leachate study for theeffluent generated and analysis should also be regularly carried out and report submitted to theMinistry’s Regional Office at Bhubaneswar, SPCB and CPCB.6. The total water requirement shall not exceed 1.5 m 3 /day. ‘Zero’ effluent discharge shall be strictlyfollowed and no wastewater should be discharged outside the premises.7. Efforts shall be made to make use of rain water harvested. If needed, capacity of the reservoirshould be enhanced to meet the maximum water requirement. Only balance water requirementshould be met from other sources.8. Slag produced in Ferro Manganese (Fe-Mn) production shall be used in manufacture of SilicoManganese (Si-Mn). All the other ferro alloy slag shall be used in the preparation of buildingmaterials.9. No Ferro Chrome shall be manufactured without prior approval from the Ministry of Environment& Forests.10. Risk and Disaster Management Plan along with the mitigation measures should be prepared anda copy submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Bhubaneswar, SPCB and CPCB within 3months of issue of environment clearance letter.11. As proposed, green belt should be developed in at least 33 % of the project area. Selection ofplant species shall be as per the CPCB guidelines in consultation with the DFO.12. At least 5 % of the total cost of the project should be earmarked towards the Enterprise SocialCommitment based on locals need and item-wise details along with time bound action planshould be prepared and submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Bhubaneswar.Implementation of such program shall be ensured accordingly in a time bound manner.36.3.3 Expansion of Cement Plant from 4.5 MTPA to 7.0 MTPA along with Captive Power Plant from 48MW to 78 MW by addition of Cement Line-III of 2.5 MTPA and CPP of 1x30 MW at VillagesKarikkali and Dholipatti, Taluk Vedasandur, District Dindigul in Tamil Nadu by M/s ChettinadCement Corporation Limited - regarding Environmental ClearanceThe project authorities and their consultant, M/s Pioneer Enviro Laboratories & Consultants Pvt.Ltd., Hyderabad gave a detailed presentation on the salient features of the project and proposedenvironmental protection measures to be undertaken as per Terms of Reference (ToRs) awarded duringthe 21 st Meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry-1) held during 25 th – 26 th March 2011 forpreparation of EIA/EMP. All the cement plants (more than 1.0 MTPA) are listed at S.No. 3(b) underCategory A of the Schedule of EIA Notification 2006 and appraised by the Expert Appraisal Committee(Industry-1) of MoEF.M/s Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd. have proposed for expansion of Cement Plant from 4.5MTPA to 7.0 MTPA along with Captive Power Plant from 48 MW to 78 MW by addition of Cement Line-III of 2.5 MTPA and CPP of 1x30 MW along with 6 MW WHRB at Villages Karikkali and Dholipatti, TalukVedasandur, District Dindigul in Tamil Nadu. Total land envisaged for the proposed expansion project is132.76 hectares and 33% of the total plant area will be developed with greenbelt including existing plantarea. No National parks/Wildlife sanctuaries are situated within the 10 Kms. radius of the site.Thoppasamymalai Reserve Forest exist at a distance of 7.0 Kms. Kodaganar River is situated atdistance of 9.5 Kms. from the proposed site. No forest land is involved in the proposed project site.47