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

viii.ix.Regular monitoring of influent and effluent surface, sub-surface and ground water should beensured and treated wastewater should 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 Bangalore, SPCB and CPCB.All the bag filter dust, raw mill dust, coal dust, clinker dust and cement dust from pollution controldevices should be recycled and reused in the process and used for cement manufacturing. Spentoil and batteries shall be sold to authorized recyclers / reprocessors only.x. Efforts shall be made to use low-grade lime, more fly ash and solid waste in the cementmanufacturing.xi.xii.xiii.xiv.An effort shall be made to use of high calorific hazardous waste in the cement kiln and necessaryprovision should be made accordingly.As proposed, green belt shall be developed in at least 33 % area in and around the cement plantas per the CPCB guidelines to mitigate the effects of air emissions in consultation with localDFO.All the recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for EnvironmentProtection (CREP) for the Cement plants should be implemented.At least 5 % of the total cost of the project shall be earmarked towards the Enterprise SocialCommitment based on earlier Public Hearing Issues, locals need and item-wise details alongwith time bound action plan shall be prepared and submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office atBangalore. Implementation of such program shall be ensured accordingly in a time boundmanner.Proposals for TORs37.2.10 Establishment of 75 TPD of Sponge Iron production Unit with pre-heating technology at Sy. No.135 & 136, Village Haraginadoni, District Bellary in Karnataka byM/s Sri Subramanya SpongeIron Pvt. Limited - regarding TORsThe proponent informed that they will not be able to attend the meeting. The Committee decidedto consider the project as and when requested by the proponent.37.2.11 Proposed Cement Plant of 3.6 MTPA Clinker, 5.5 MTPA Cement along with 100 MW CaptivePower Plant at Village & Taluka Sedam, District Gulbarga in Karnataka by M/s RelianceCement Company Pvt. Limited - regarding TORsThe project authorities and their consultant, M/s Vimta Labs, Hyderabad gave a detailedpresentation on the salient features of the project and proposed environmental protection measures tobe undertaken along with the draft Terms of Reference for preparation of EIA/EMP. Cement Plants withproduction capacity >1.0 MTPA are covered under Category A as per para 3(b) of the Schedule of EIAnotification, 2006 and appraised by the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry-1) in the MoEF.M/s Reliance Cement Company Pvt. Limited have proposed for Cement Plant of 3.6 MTPAClinker, 5.5 MTPA Cement along with 100 MW Captive Power Plant at Village & Taluka Sedam, DistrictGulbarga in Karnataka. The land requirement is 235.0 Ha for Cement Plant and Colony out of which 33%will be developed as green belt/plantation. Additional 70 Ha has been considered for Rail Corridor, OLBCand Approach Road. The project site involves 100% Private Land. There are no habitats within thecement project site. The cost of the project is Rs. 2,600 Crores.The main raw material, Lime Stone of 5.4 MTPA will be sourced from Captive Limestone mines(Tilkur & Hebal Mines - 5.0 MTPA) and Sanghavi Mines -0.4 MTPA). The TOR for the both the mineshas been approved by EAC-Mining Committee. To evaluate cumulative impact, single EIA report