The Minutes of the 121 Meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee ...

100% steam requirement and approximately 80% - 90% of the plant’s power requirementshall be met through a 16 MW Captive Cogeneration Power Plant based on Coal/ Gas / Oil.Rayon grade wood pulp (84,000 TPA), principal raw material will be imported. Otherchemicals required in the process will be caustic soda (47,200 TPA) Sulphuric acid (58,400TPA) Zn SO 4 .7H 2 O (240 TPA) and CS 2 (13,600 TPA).Effluent treatment plant will be installed to treat the effluent 13,200 M 3 /day throughprimary and secondary Treated effluent will be discharged into the saline water zone ofPatalganga River at a disposal point recommended by National Institute of Oceanography(NIO). Domestic sewage 150 M 3 /day will be treated in STP and zero discharge principleadopted.The project has obtained Environmental Clearance from MOEF for the Industry. Theproject site MIDC Additional Patalganga is not in the CRZ Area. The proposed effluentdisposal point location which is about 6.50 kilometers downstream from the project site. Onlya small portion of the pipeline will be in the saline zone of Patalganga river, will fall in theCRZ area. MCZMA has recommended vide letter dated 10 th January 2013. MPCB hasgranted consent to discharge.During the discussion, the following points emerged:(i)(ii)The pipeline route is likely to disturb 15 numbers of mangrove plants.Therefore 5 times mangrove plantation shall be carried out. Permission shallbe obtained from the High Court of Bombay as applicable for cuttingmangrove plants.All the recommendations & conditions specified by MCZMA shall be compliedwith.(iii) The disposal shall meet MPCB Norms .(iv)Spacing of diffuser ports may be increased to 20 mts with at least 6 ports inthe diffuser. The result of outfall hydraulics may be submitted.The Committee recommended the proposal for CRZ Clearance after receipt of theinformation at (iv) above with the above condition in the Clearance letter for strictcompliance by the project proponent.4.5 Finalisation of ToR for Development of Nargol Port at Valsad District, Gujaratby M/s Cargo Motors Pvt. Ltd. (F. No. 11-4/2013-IA-III)The committee noted that the proponent is not clear about the activities proposed inthe CRZ area and port limit. Also the port area notification is not available.In view of the foregoing observations, the committee recommend to defer theproposal. The proposal shall be reconsidered after the above observations are addressedand submitted.