Minutes of 73rd SEAC meeting on 30.11.2012 - West Bengal ...

<strong>Minutes</strong> <strong>of</strong> the seventy third <strong>meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee, WestBengal held on 30.11.2012 at 11:00 hrs. at the Conference Room, Paribesh Bhawan, Salt Lake.___________________________________________________________________amendment <strong>of</strong> the said Environmental Clearance from the State Environment Impact AssessmentAuthority, West Bengal for PHASE – I <strong>of</strong> the proposed project on 04.02.2010.The proponent has submitted vide letter dated 08.09.2011, sanctioned plan for PHASE – IA alongwith key plan sanctioned by KMDA, comparative statement and other documents.The case was placed in the 59 th <strong>SEAC</strong> <strong>meeting</strong> held on 20.09.2011 and the <strong>SEAC</strong> noted that the totalproject area is 390.165 acres. The project proponent earlier obtained Environmental Clearance fromthe State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, West Bengal for PHASE – I comprising <strong>of</strong>89.174 acres. Now the unit applied for PHASE – IA which is only 4.283 acres. The <strong>SEAC</strong> requestedthe project proponent vide letter dated 30.09.2011 to consider the project in an integrated manner andalso to explain the reasons for reverting to the proposal for sending the sewage to the KMW STPinstead <strong>of</strong> augmenting the capacity <strong>of</strong> the STP at the project site in a modular form. The <strong>SEAC</strong> alsodesired to review the compliance status <strong>of</strong> the PHASE – I for which Environmental Clearance hasalready been granted.The proponent has submitted their reply on 22.11.2011. The proponent has mentioned that as perdevelopment agreement with KMDA, the sewer line is to be connected to KMW & SA STP at Kona.However, Kona STP was too far from PHASE – I development and development planning forfinalisation <strong>of</strong> the route <strong>of</strong> the sewer line could not be done for PHASE ­ I. Hence, construction <strong>of</strong> STP<strong>of</strong> 650 KLD was considered for PHASE – I. If it is not feasible to connect the sewer line for PHASE –IA, the capacity <strong>of</strong> the existing STP will be enhanced.The progress status <strong>of</strong> PHASE – I as mentioned by the proponent is as follows:­Total no. <strong>of</strong>Total No. <strong>of</strong> unitsCompleteCCCCConsent­to­Consent­to­units as peras per sanctionedd unitobtaineappliedOperateOperate to beECplan.dobtainedapplied shortly910 907 370 269 101 179 191The comparative statement for PHASE – I and PHASE – IA as mentioned by the proponent is givenbelow :­Salient FeaturesAs per ProvisionalECPhase I (EC Obtained)Phase IA (ECApplied for)Land Area 390.165 acres 89.174 acres 4.283 acres(17272.98 sqm.)Expected Population 45000 4550 (as per the EC)4535 (as mentioned bythe proponent)Water requirement(Operation stage)232410000 KLD 690 KLD 335 KLDWastewater generated 7500 KLD 518 KLD (as per theamended EC)513 KLD (as mentionedby the proponent)262 KLDPage 23 <strong>of</strong> 50