Minutes of the 37th Meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee ...

xxvii). Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. Measures shall betaken for maintenance of vehicles used in mining operations and in transportation of mineral.xxviii). Risk and Disaster Management Plan along with the mitigation measures should be preparedand a copy submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Bangalore, KSPCB and CPCBwithin 3 months of issue of environment clearance letter.xxix). Final Mine Closure Plan along with details of Corpus Fund shall be submitted to the Ministryof Environment & Forests 5 years in advance of final mine closure, for approval.xxx).The company shall comply with the commitments made during public hearing held on2 nd March, 2012 and a separate budget for implementing the same shall be allocated andinformation submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Bangalore.xxxi). At least 5 % of the total cost of the project should be earmarked towards the EnterpriseSocial Commitment based on public hearing issues and item-wise details along with timebound action plan shall be prepared and submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office atBangalore. Implementation of such program should be ensured accordingly in a time boundmanner.xxxii). Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with allnecessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP,Safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form oftemporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project37.2.9 Enhancement of Cement plant (Clinker from 4200 TPD to 4500 TPD) at Chilamkur Village,Yerraguntla Mandal, Y.S.R. District in Andhra Pradesh by M/s India Cement LimitedregardingEnvironmental 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 22 nd Meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry-1) held during 18 th -19 th April 2011 forpreparation of EIA/EMP.All the cement plants (>1.0 MTPA) are listed at S.No. 3(b) under Category A ofthe Schedule of EIA Notification 2006 and appraised by the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry-1) ofMoEF.M/s. India Cement Ltd. is an existing plant having clinkerisation and cement plant at ChilamkurVillage, Yerraguntla Mandal, Y.S.R. District in Andhra Pradesh. It is proposed to enhance the clinkerproduction capacity from 1.386 MPTA to 1.485 MTPA by optimization of process/operations.Totalexisting project area is 579.88 Acres and the enhancement of Clinker capacity will be done within theexisting plant premises only. About 223 acres of area has already been developed under greenbelt.There will not be any additional investment for the proposed Clinker capacityenhancement.Kosinepalle RF is present at distance of 3.5 Kms. from the project site. Nearest villageChilamakur is at a distance of 1.9 Kms. from the project site. No national parks / biosphere reserves /ecologically sensitive areas are located within 10 km radius of the project area. Penneru Riverflows at adistance of 9.0 Kms. from the project site. Public hearing for the existing plant was held on 29 th March,2007 under the EIA Notification, 2006.Following is the existing and proposed plant configuration:Product Existing Enhancement After EnhancementClinker 1.386 MTPA 0.099 MTPA 1.485 MTPACement 1.650 MTPA NIL 1.650 MTPARaw material required for the proposed enhancement capacity will be Limestone (156 TPD), Ironore (161 TPD), Laterite/Bauxite (121 TPD), Coal (23 TPD). Limestone will be sourced from captive