MINING AND INDUSTRIALISATION UPDATE, ORISSA - Vasundhara

Talcher. No National Park or Wildlife Sanctuary is reported within 10 km of radius ofthe proposed power project. It is estimated that 3 houses would need to be relocated andthere will be 812 land oustees due to the project. Total cost of the project is Rs 4100.00crores, which includes Rs 150.00 crores for environmental protection measures.3. The proposal has been considered and Ministry of Environment & Forests herebyaccords environmental clearance to the said project under the provisions of EnvironmentImpact Assessment Notification, 2006 subject to implementation of the following termsand conditions:-(i) The total land requirement shall not exceed 1050 acres for all the activities/facilities of the power project.(ii) It shall be ensured that the project boundary is at least 500 m away from HFL of theriver in conformity with the guidelines in this regard.(iii) The plant heat rate of around 2300 kcal/kwh shall be achieved and the coalconsumption shall not exceed 660 TPH.(iv) Ash and sulphur contents in the coal to be used in the project shall not exceed 34%and 0.5% respectively.(v) A multi-flue stack of 275 m height with exit velocity of not less than 21 m/s shallbe provided with continuous online monitoring system.(vi) High efficiency Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs) with efficiency not less than99.9% shall be installed so as to ensure that particulate emissions do not exceed 50mg/Nm 3 .(vii)Appropriate mitigation measures shall be adopted to reduce the emissions ofSO 2 . It shall be ensured that at no point of time the ground level concentration ofSO 2 in the impact zone exceeds the prescribed limit. The proponent shall nowitself also provide space for installation of FGD or other suitable measures, ifrequired at a later stage.(viii) Water requirement shall not exceed 37 cusecs. No ground water shall be extractedfor the project at any stage including during construction.(ix)(x)(xi)COC of not less than 5 shall be adopted.Closed circuit cooling system with induced draft cooling towers shall be provided.Waste water generated shall be recycled and reused in the plant premises. Thereshall be no discharge of waste water out side the plant boundary except duringmonsoon.83