(E.C. Letter No. F.No.J-11011/107/2013-IA II (I) Dated 03-07-2014)

(For the Period 1st

October’15 to 31st

March’16)

FOR

Gas based Captive Power Plant with installed steam & power

capacity of 880 TPH & 195 MW at Dahej Petrochemical Complex

M/s. ONGC Petro Additions Ltd.

Located at - Plot no. Z-1 & Z-83 Dahej SEZ Ltd.

Village-Ambheta, Taluka – Vagra

Dist – Bharuch (Gujarat )

HALF YERALY COMPLIANCE REPORT

TO ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE CONDITIONS

(Period of October 15 to March 16)

Gas based Captive Power Plant with installed steam & power capacity of 880

TPH & 195 MW.

Status of Consent to Establish & Operate from GPCB: Consent to establish was granted by

GPCB vide reference letter CTE Order Ref. No. : GPCB/BRCH/NOC-3498/297116, Dated: 24-10-

2007 and amended letter CTE Order Ref. No. : GPCB/BRCH/NOC-3498/ID-30328/141778,

Dated: 26-03-2013 which was valid up to 14-03-2018.

Consent to establish (Amendment letter-II for setting up of an industrial Plant/activity) was

granted by GPCB, CTE Amendment No. : 73651 (Ref. No. GPCB/BRCH/CCA-154 (3)/ID-

30328/334040), Dated: 07-12-2015.

Status of consolidated consent and Authorization from GPCB: Consolidated Consent &

Authorization (CC&A) was granted by GPCB vide consent order No. : AWH-73652, Dated: 07-

12-2015, which was valid up to 07-07-2020.

CPP Project status :

As on 31.03.2016, the following is the Project status in the form of unit wise progress - Overall Project

Progress: 98.9 % against scheduled 100%.

Sr.

No UNIT EPC

DATE OF

COMMENCEMENT

(ACTUAL &/OR

PLANNED)

DATE OF

COMPLETION

(ACTUAL &/OR

PLANNED)

PROGRESS

STATUS (%) DETAILED PROGRESS REPORT

1.

STEAM

POWER

GENERATION

SYSTEM

[SPTG (2 STG +

2 UB) PHASE I

& (4 GTG + 4

HRSG) PHASE

II]

M/s BHEL

23.09.2010

/

15.04.2011

1st Unit : 15.02xd

.2013

Complete CPP :

15.12.2013

98.9 %

Basic/Detailed Engineering,

Ordering, & Manufacturing are

almost complete.

Overall Physical Progress of 97.6%

achieved against schedule of 100 %

and a backlog of2.4% mainly

attributed because of shortfall in

Engineering (0.1%), Procurement

(0.1%), Construction (0.3%)

& commissioning (46.5%)

contributing overall weighted value

of 0.01%,0.05%, 0.08% &

2.26%respectively Engineering All

drawings (except some O & M

manuals) submitted and approved.

Compliance to Conditions of Environmental Clearance :

Sr.

No.

Point Compliance status

A Specific conditions

i. Only permissible activities shall be carried out

with prior approval in the 1.05 ha of CRZ area.

OPaL assure that Only permissible activities will

be carried out with prior approval in the 1.05 ha

of CRZ area during operation phase if required,

presently 1.05 Ha area is kept as it is.

ii. All the conditions stipulated In the

environmental clearance No. J-

11011/316/2006-IA II (I) dated 21st November,

2007 accorded for the existing projects shall be

Implemented.

Compliance report for all the conditions

stipulated In the environmental clearance No. J-

11011/316/2006-IA II (I) dated 21st November,

2007 accorded for the existing projects is being

prepared and submitted separately.

iii. Adequate stack height shall be provided to gas

turbine generator, heat recovery steam

generators and boilers. exit velocity of flue

gases shall not be less than 22 m/sec. Low NOx

burners shall be provided to control NOx

emissions.

Details regarding provision of stack height to the

stack attached to Gas Turbine generator, heat

recovery steam generator and utility boilers are

enclosed as Annexure-I.

LOW NOx burners are provided for control of

NOx emission.

iv. Ambient air quality data shall be collected as

per NAAQES standards notified by the Ministry

vide G.S.R. No. 826(E) dated 16th November,

2009. The company shall upload the results of

monitored data on Its website and shall update

the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be

sent to the Regional office of MoEF, the

respective Zonal office of CPCB and Gujarat

Pollution Control Board (GPCB).

Ambient air quality monitoring stations are set up as per GPCB NOC Order dated 23.10.2007 for Parameters like PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NOx, HCl, Cl2, NH3, Hydrocarbon and H2S. NAAQES standards notified by the Ministry vied G.S.R. No. 826(E) dated 16th Nov., 2009, in consultation with GPCB. Continuous monitoring of AAQ has started from

1st December, 2012 (at two fixed location outside

core zone and at two variable locations inside

core zone) and the results of Ambient air quality

monitoring are regularly uploaded on website of

Opal.

The data is also simultaneously being sent to the

Regional office of MoEF, Zonal office of CPCB and

Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB).

The Ambient air quality monitoring reports are

enclosed as Annexure-II.

v. In plant control measures for checking fugitive

emissions from all the vulnerable sources shall

be provided. Fugitive emissions shall be

controlled by providing closed storage, closed

handling & conveyance of chemicals/materials,

multi cyclone separator and water sprinkling

system. Dust suppression system including

water sprinkling system shall be provided at

loading and unloading areas to control dust

emissions. Fugitive emissions in the work zone

environment, product, raw materials storage

area etc. shall be regularly monitored. The

emissions shall conform to the limits stipulated

by the GPCB.

In plant control measure for checking fugitive emission from all the vulnerable sources are implemented. All the raw material and products are handled in closed pipelines wherever required. There is not any dust emission as there is no usage of any solid fuel like coal. Implementation of environmental monitoring program for the whole petrochemical complex including CPP is formulated and implemented. The details of monitoring program and reports of the monitoring are enclosed herewith as Annexure-II. OPaL assures to conform the emission limits

stipulated by GPCB.

vi. The gaseous emissions from DG set shall be

dispersed through adequate stack height as per

CPCB standards. Well-designed acoustic

enclosures for the DG sets and noise emitting

equipment’s to achieve the desirable Insertion

loss viz. 25dB (A) shall be provided.

Provision of adequate stack height is made as per CPCB standards (Stack height = height of the roof + 0.2*(KVA)1/2 ) for the D.G. sets. Provision of Acoustic enclosures are made to achieve the desirable insertion loss viz 25 dB(A).

vii. Total fresh water requirement from GIDC/DSL

water supply shall not exceed 98,400m 3/day.

Total fresh water is not exceeding 98,400

m3/day.

viii. As proposed, Industrial effluent generation

shall not exceed 35,520m3/day. Industrial

effluent shall be treated In ETP. Treated

effluent {14400m 3/day) shall be recycled for

cooling tower make up water and treated

effluent (17520m1/day) shall be reused as DM

plant feed. High TDS effluent stream (3600

m3/day) shall be discharged into Gulf of

Cambay through close pipeline of GIDC after

conforming to the standards prescribed for

the effluent discharge and obtaining permission

from the GPCB. No process effluent shall be

discharged Inland and around the project site.

The industrial wastewater generation is not exceeding 35,520 m3/day. The Waste water Treatment Plant (ECTS) for the Complex is designed to ensure that maximum amount of treated effluent is recycled within the complex. The Effluent Collection and Treatment System (ECTS) also include RO Based Tertiary Treatment section to further process. The treated Effluent is recycled as make-up water to Cooling Towers (around 14400 m3/day) and as DM water (around 17520 m3/day). The effluent considered for discharge to Sea from the complex is not exceeding 3600 m3/day and is meeting the prescribed Quality standards. Domestic effluent is treated in a Separate Package Unit within the Effluent Collection and Treatment System (ECTS) and the treated domestic effluent is recycled back as horticulture water within the premises.

ix. High TDS effluent stream shall be passed

through guard pond. Online pH meter, flow

meter and TOC analyzer shall be installed.

High TDS effluent is passed through the guard

pond and online pH meter, flow meter and TOC

analyzer is provided.

x. Process effluent/any wastewater shall not be

allowed to mix with storm water. Storm water

drain shall be passed through guard pond.

Process effluent discharge and storm water drains are provided separately to avoid mixing of the wastewater with storm water. Oil catcher is provided for storm water drain pipe and the storm water is passed through the guard pond.

xi. Monitoring of surface water quantity and

quality shall also be regularly conducted and

records maintained. The monitored data shall

be submitted to the Ministry regularly. Further,

monitoring points shall be located between the

plant and drainage in the direction of flow of

ground water and records maintained.

Monitoring for heavy metals in ground water

shall be undertaken.

Source of Surface water is GIDC water supply

which is being metered.

Surface water quality and ground water quality is

being monitored at fixed monitoring points with

required parameters considering heavy metals

content on regular basis. Report of analysis is

enclosed herewith as Annexure-II.

xii. The company shall obtain Authorization for

collection, storage and disposal of hazardous

waste under the Hazardous Waste

(Management, Handling and Trans-Boundary

Movement} Rules, 2008 and amended as on

date for management of Hazardous wastes

and prior Permission from GPCB shall be

obtained for disposal of solid / hazardous

waste in the TSDF. Measures shall be taken for

firefighting facilities in case of emergency.

OPaL has obtain Authorization for collection,

storage and disposal of hazardous waste under

the Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling

and Trans-Boundary Movement} Rules, 2008.

The copy of CC&A is enclosed herewith as

Annexure-IX.

OPaL has obtained TSDF membership from

SEPPL, Surat for disposal of Solid/ hazardous

waste and same is enclosed as Annexure-III.

Disaster management plan with firefighting

facilities is considered for OPaL’s petrochemical

complex and details of the same are enclosed as

Annexure- IV.

xiii. The unit shall make the arrangement for

protection of possible fire hazards during

manufacturing process in material handling.

Firefighting system shall be as per the norms.

OPaL has made arrangement for

Protection of possible fire hazards during manufacturing process in material handling.

Firefighting system as per the norms. Details are given in Disaster management plan which is enclosed as Annexure- IV.

xiv. A well designed rain water harvesting system

shall be put in place within six months, which

shall comprise of rain water collection from the

built up and open area In the plant premises.

Rain water harvesting measures is provided for

roof top rainwater harvesting from buildings.

Rain Water from the Process unit areas is

Pumped to the Effluent Collection and Treatment

System (ECTS) and is treated in a dedicated

Contaminated Rain Water Treatment section.

The Treated water is reused as Cooling Tower

Make-up.

xv. ESR schemes identified based on need

assessment shall be implemented in

consultation with the village Panchayat and the

District Administration starting from the

development of project itself. Company shall

provide separate budget for community

development activates and income generating

programmes.

OPaL has initiated various community

development activities and income generating

programs within the Bharuch district under the

Enterprise Social Responsibility Scheme with the

provision of separate budget. Details for the

same are enclosed as Annexure-V.

xvi. An Environmental Cell comprising of at least

one expert. In environmental

science/engineering, occupational health and

social scientist, shall be created preferably at

the project site itself and shall be headed

by an officer of appropriate superiority and

qualification. It shall be ensured that the Head

of the Cell shall directly report to the head of

the organization who would be

accountable for implementation of

environmental regulations and social impact

improvement/mitigation measures.

An Environmental Cell comprising of required personnel /expert has been formed and implemented. The necessary duties and responsibilities are assigned to all members of all level of the Environmental Cell.

xvii. Training shall be Imparted to all employees on

safety and health aspects of chemicals

handling. Pre-employment and routine

periodical medical examinations for all

employees shall be undertaken on regular

basis. Training to all employees on handling of

chemicals shall be imparted. Occupational

health Surveillance of the workers shall be done

on a regular basis and records maintained as

per the Factories Act.

A separate Occupational Health Center is

developed to carry out the different activities of

occupational health services.

Presently Pre-employment and routine periodical medical examinations for employees are being carried out. Also our vendors are strictly complying for construction phase. We shall comply with this condition on commissioning of plant.

In order to take care of the health of the people

working at the site and provide optimal physical

and mental health to all its employees and

workers, OPaL in line with their Occupational

Health Services policy makes it mandatory to all

the Contractors.

OPaL assures to carry out Occupational health

Surveillance of the workers on a regular basis

and records are maintained as per the Factories

Act.

Company has displayed HSE policy all over the

site at conspicuous location for information.

xviii. Green belt shall be developed In 50 ha land out

of the total plant area. Selection of plant

species shall be as per the CPCB guidelines.

A Green Belt of 50.0 m wide all along the complex is provided. The contract for green belt development has been awarded to M/s. Gujarat State Forest Development Corporation for green belt development and maintenance activity.

xix. All the recommendations mentioned in the

rapid risk assessment report, disaster

management plan and safety guidelines shall

be Implemented.

All Recommendations made in the rapid risk

assessment report, disaster management plan

and safety guidelines are complied with.

xx. Provision shall be made for the housing for the

construction labour within the site with all

necessary Infrastructure and facilities such as

fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, safe drinking

water, medical health care, creche etc. The

housing may be In the form of temporary

structure to be removed after the completion

of the project. All the construction wastes shall

be managed so that there is no Impact on the

surrounding environment.

For the construction all necessary Infrastructure

and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile

toilets, safe drinking water, medical health care,

creche etc. are provided.

Local labours are hired for construction work.

The construction wastes were managed properly

to avoid any impact on the surrounding

environment.

B General Conditions

i. The project authorities shall strictly adhere to

the stipulations made by the Gujarat Pollution

Control Board.

OPaL assures to comply with this condition.

ii. No further expansion. or modifications in the

plant shall be carried out without prior

approval of the Ministry of Environment and

Forests. In case of deviations or alterations In

the project proposal from those submitted to

this Ministry for clearance, a fresh reference

shall be made to the Ministry to assess the

adequacy of conditions Imposed and to add

additional environmental protection measures

required, if any..

OPaL assures to comply with this condition.

iii. The locations of ambient air quality monitoring

stations shall be decided In consultation with

the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) and it

shall be ensured that at least one stations is

Installed in the upwind and downwind direction

as well as where maximum ground level

concentrations are anticipated.

Ambient Air quality monitoring station locations are decided in consultation with GPCB with one in the upwind and downwind direction for monitoring of the ambient air quality. Monitoring Plan with location details are enclosed as Annexure-II

iv. The overall noise levels In and around the

plant area shall be kept well within the

standards by providing noise control measures

Including acoustic hoods, silencers, enclosures

etc. on all sources of noise generation. The

ambient noise levels shall conform to the

standards prescribed under Environment

(Protection) Act,1986 Rules,1989 viz. 75 dBA

(day time) and 70 dBA (night time).

Noise control measures like acoustic hoods, silencers, enclosures etc. has been considered in design specification of relevant section of the engineering design and has been provided accordingly for all possible sources of noise generations to meet standards prescribed under EP, Act 1986 requirement.

v. Training shall be Imparted to all employees on

safety and health aspects of chemicals

handling. Pre-employment and routine

periodical medical examinations for all

employees shall be undertaken on regular

basis. Training to all employees on handling of

chemicals shall be imparted.

OPaL assures to comply with this condition throughout the operation phase of the plant. Pre-employment and routine periodical medical examination plan for all employee is being carried out on regular basis

Training to all employees on handling of

chemicals is being/will be imparted on regular

basis.

vi. Usage of Personnel Protection Equipment’s

(P.PEs) by all employees/ workers shall be

ensured.

All employees of the unit are provided with necessary PPEs on their joining. Damaged PPEs are also replaced as per requirement on regular basis as and when required.

OPaL is providing the training for Usage of

Personnel Protection Equipment’s (P.PEs) to all

employees/ workers.

vii. The company shall also comply with all the

environmental protection measures and

safeguards proposed In the documents

submitted to the Ministry. The

recommendations made In the EIA, EMP in

respect of environmental management, risk

mitigation measures and Public Hearing relating

to the project shall be Implemented.

OPaL assures to comply with the condition.

OPaL has implemented the recommendations

made in the EIA, EMP in respect of

environmental management, risk mitigation

measures and Public Hearing relating to the

project.

viii. The company shall undertake all relevant

measures for improving the socio-economic

conditions of the surrounding area. CSR

activities shall be undertaken by Involving local

villages and administration.

Details of CSR initiatives and activities by OPaL are enclosed in Annexure-V.

ix. The company shall undertake eco-

developmental measures including community

well fare measures In the project area for the

overall Improvement of the environment.

OPaL has undertaken eco-development

measures including community well fare

measures in the project area for overall

improvement of the environment.

x. A separate Environmental Management Cell

equipped with full-fledged laboratory facilities

shall be set up to carry out the Environmental

Management and Monitoring functions.

Separate environment management cell equipped with full fledged laboratory facilities is considered to be set up.

xi. The company shall earmark sufficient funds

towards capital cost and recurring cost per

annum to implement the conditions stipulated

by the Ministry of Environment and Forests as

well as the State Government along with

the implementation schedule for all the

conditions stipulated herein. The funds so

earmarked for environment management/

pollution control measures shall not be

diverted for any other purpose.

Funds under a separate budget head have been

earmarked for environmental protection. These

funds are exclusively for environment

management/ pollution control measures and

are not utilized for any other purpose.

xii. A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent

by the project proponent to concerned

Panchayat, Zila Parisad/Municipal Corporation,

Urban local Body and the local NGO, If any,

from who suggestions/ representations ,if any,

were received while processing the proposal.

The acknowledged copy of submitted EC letter

copy to Panchayat, Zila Parisad/Municipal

Corporation, Urban local Body is enclosed as

Annexure- VI.

xiii. The project proponent shall also submit six

monthly reports on the status of compliance of

the stipulated Environmental Clearance

conditions including results of monitored data

(both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the

respective Regional Office of MoEF, the

respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the Gujarat

Pollution Control Board. A copy of

Environmental Clearance and six monthly

compliance status reports shall be posted on

the website of the company.

OPaL is complying with this condition and

submitting six monthly reports on the status of

compliance of the stipulated Environmental

Clearance conditions to the concern authorities.

The copy of Environmental Clearance and six

monthly compliance status reports is being

posted on the website of the company.

xiv. The environmental statement for each

financial year ending 31st March in Form-V

as is mandated shall be submitted to the

concerned State Pollution Control Board as

prescribed under the Environment (Protection)

Rules,1986, as amended subsequently, shall

also be put on the website of the company

along with the status of compliance of

environmental clearance conditions and shall

also be sent to the respective Regional Offices

of MoEF by e­mail

OPaL is submitting the Environmental statement

in Form –V for each financial year to respective

authorities and is uploading on the website along

with status of compliance of environmental

clearance conditions.

xv. The project proponent shall Inform the

public that the project has been accorded

environmental clearance by the Ministry and

copies of the clearance letter are available with

the SPCB/Committee and may also be seen at

Website of the Ministry at www.moef.nic.in

This· shall be advertised within seven days

from the date of Issue of the clearance letter, at

least In two local newspapers that are widely

circulated In the region of which one shall be in

the vernacular language of the locality

concerned and a copy of the same shall be

forwarded to the concerned Regional Office of

the Ministry.

OPaL has complied with this condition and a copy

of public notes for obtained EC in two local

newspapers is enclosed as Annexure-VII.

xvi. The project authorities shall inform the

Regional Office as well as the Ministry, the date

of financial closure and final approval of the

project by the concerned authorities and the

date of start of the project.

The date of financial closures - the project is still under commissioning and Overall Project Progress: 98.9 % against scheduled 100%.

Final approval of the project by the concerned authorities - Consolidated Consent & Authorization (CC&A) was granted by GPCB vide consent order No. : AWH-73652, Dated: 07-12-2015

The date of commencing the land

development work.- 05/05/2008

List of Annexure

No. of

Annexure

Name of Annexure

I. Details of Steam and power generation and flue gas stack emission

II. Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Reports, meteorological data along with noise

monitoring and ground water testing reports measured during the period.

III. Copy of TSDF membership

IV. Copy of Disaster management plan with firefighting facilities for OPAL.

V. Details of CSR activities.

VI. The acknowledged copy of submitted EC letter copy to Panchayat, Zila

Parisad/Municipal Corporation, Urban local Body

VII. A copy of public notes for obtained EC in two local newspapers

VIII. Copy of Consent to Established

IX. Copy of Consolidate Consent to Operate