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Environment Clearance Compliance Report
Name of Project
M/s UltraTech Cement Ltd; Unit – Jhajjar Cement Works (Formerly known as M/s Grasim Industries Ltd), Located at/near Village -Jharli, Tehsil - Matanhail, Distt – Jhajjar (Haryana).124106
Environment Clearance Letter No.
SEIAA/HR/2014/481 Dated 14.03.2014 Cement Grinding Unit (1.8 MTPA capacity) along with D.G Set (2x6 MW)
Period of Compliance Report October-2014 to March-2015
A ) SPECIFIC CONDITIONS : S.N. CONDITIONS COMPLIANCE
[1] Particulate emissions shall be controlled within 50 mg/Nm3 by
installing adequate air pollution control system viz. Bag house
filters and stacks of adequate height etc. Data on ambient air,
fugitive and stack emissions shall be submitted to the Ministry's
Regional Office at Chandigarh, SEIAA Haryana, HSPCB,
Panchkula and CPCB regularly.
o Plant is under project stage. o All major sources of air pollution
(Cement Mill and Packing Plant)
will be provided with bag house
and bag filters to maintain the
dust emission level within
prescribed norms beside stack of
adequate height will be provided.
Erection of Pollution Control
equipments under progress
(Image enclosed as Annexure-1)
o Quarterly Ambient Air Quality
Monitoring is carried out and
reports submitted to State
Pollution Control Board (Copy of AAQM Report is enclosed as Annexure-2)
[2] The National Ambient Air Quality Standards issued by the
Ministry vide G.S.R. No. 826(E) dated 16th November, 2009
should be followed.
o The National Ambient Air Quality
Standards issued by the Ministry
vide G.S.R. No. 826(E) dated
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16th November, 2009 is being
followed.
[3] Gaseous emission levels including secondary fugitive emissions
from all the sources shall be controlled within the latest
permissible limits issued by the Ministry and regularly monitored.
Guidelines/ Code of Practice issued by the CPCB should be
followed.
o Agreed
[4] This company shall install adequate dust collection and extraction
system to control fugitive dust emissions at various transfer
points, vehicular movement, bagging and packing areas etc.All
the raw material stock piles shall be covered. A closed clinker
stockpile system shall be provided. All conveyers shall be
covered with GI sheets. Covered sheds for storage of raw
material and fully covered conveyers for transportation of material
shall be provided besides cement, fly ash and clinker shall be
stored in silos. Pneumatic system shall be used for fly ash
handling.
o All material transfer points will be
provided with bag dust collectors,
& roads and movement area will
be concreted to control fugitive
dust emission
o Gypsum will be stored in covered
shed. Fly ash and Clinker will be
stored in silo.
o .All belt conveyor inside plant
premises will be covered with
conveyor belts.
o Fly ash will be pneumatically
transferred and stored in Silo.
(Clinker Silo & Fly Ash Silo erection image is attached as Annexure -3)
[5] Asphalting/concreting of roads and water spray all around the
stockyard and loading/unloading areas in the plant shall be
carried out to control fugitive emissions. Regular water sprinkling
shall be carried out in critical area prone to air pollution and
having high levels of PM and RSPM such as haul road, loading
and unloading points, transfer points and other vulnerable areas.
It shall be ensured that the ambient air quality parameters
conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control
Board in this regard.
o Roads within the plant premises
will be concreted. Sprinkling of
water will be done along the
internal roads and around raw
material handling area in plant in
order to control the dust arising
due to vehicular movement.
o Ambient Air Quality Monitoring is
regularly carried out and
parameters conform to the norms
prescribed by the Central
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Pollution Control Board. AAQM
reports are regularly submitted to
State Pollution Control Board
(AAQM Report attached as Annexure -2)
[6] Efforts shall be made to reduce impact of the transport of the raw
materials and end products on the surrounding environment
including agricultural land. All the raw materials including fly ash
shall be transport in the closed containers only and should not be
overloaded. Vehicular emissions should be regularly monitored.
The vehicles should have Pollution Under Control certificate.
o The plant is in project stage. The
same shall be complied during
operational phase.
o Vehicular emissions will be
regularly monitored. Company
operated vehicles will go through
regular maintenance and pollution
check up.
[7] Total ground water requirement for the cement plant shall not
exceed 250m3/day and necessary permission for the drawl shall
be obtained. All the treated wastewater shall be recycled and
reused in the process and/or for dust suppression and green belt
development and other plant related activities etc .No process
wastewater shall be discharged outside the factory premises and
'zero' discharge shall be adopted.
o Agreed. The permission for drawl
of ground water has been
obtained from CGWA vide their
letter no.21-
4(627)/NWR/CGWA/2014-
1879,dated 17Nov 2014
o Treated domestic waste water will
be used in plantation & dust
suppression. No waste water will
be generated from the cement
grinding process.
.
[8] Efforts shall be made to make use of rain water harvested. If
needed, capacity of the reservoir shall be enhanced to meet the
maximum water requirement. Only balance water requirement
shall be met from other sources.
o Rain water harvesting is being
planned
[9] All the bag filter dust, clinker dust and cement dust from pollution
control devices shall be recycled and reused in the process used
for cement manufacturing. Spent oil and batteries shall be sold to
o All bag filters are equipped with
dust extraction system. All dust
will be recycled & reused in the
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authorized recycled/ re- processors only.
process at relevant stage.
o Spent oil and batteries willl be
sold to authorized recycled/ re-
processors.
[10] The project proponent shall develop 3 meter wide green belt as
buffer zone around the plant boundary as sound barrier. Green
belt shall be developed in at least 33% area in and around the
cement plant as per the CPCB guideline to mitigate the effect of
the air emissions in consultation with local DFO
o Total green area / belt will be
developed on 34.47 acres (33%)
of the project / plot area and local
and native species will be
selected in consultation with local
DFO in phase wise manner.
o We have planted -2450 plants till
from April-14 to March-15.
[11] At least 5% of the total cost of the project shall be earmarked
towards the Enterprise Social Commitment based on locals need
and item-wise details along with time bound action plan should
be prepared and submitted to the SEIAA Haryana/ RO MoEF,
Gol, Chandigarh. Implementation of such program should be
ensured accordingly in a time bound manner.
o Agreed .CSR Action Plan has
been submitted. Copy of CSR
Action Plan enclosed as
Annexure 4
[12] The company shall provide housing for construction labour within
the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel
for cooking, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc.
The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be
removed after the completion of the project.
o We have provided housing for
construction labour along with
necessary infrastructure like Safe
drinking water, labour canteen
etc..
[13] The Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) of 20 KLD capacity shall be
installed for the treatment of the sewage to be prescribed
standards including odour and treated effluent will be recycled to
achieve zero exit discharge. The installation of STP should be
certified by an independent expert and a report in this regard
should be submitted to the SEIAA, Haryana before the project is
commissioned for operation. Tertiary treatment of waste water is
mandatory. Discharge of treated sewage shall conform to the
norms and standards of HSPCB, Panchkula. Project Proponent
shall implement such STP technology which does not require
filter backwash.
o Ours is a small plant and there is
no staff colony proposed.
Domestic wastewater generation
will be very less which will be
treated via soak pit & septic tank.
The treated water will be reused
for dust suppression & plantation
activity.
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[14] The sullage generated shall be treated and used as manure.
o Noted
[15] The project proponent shall take adequate preparation for fire
and other kinds of disaster including chemical disaster. On-site,
off-site emergency plan should be prepared and rehearsed in
regular mock drills.
o Approval has been taken for
firefighting scheme (Annexure-5) . Fire system shall cover portable
fire extinguisher and sprinkler
system.
Portable fire extinguishers and
water sprinklers are planned to
use during construction phase.
o Onsite and offsite emergency
plan have been prepared.
[16] The project Proponent shall initiate a long term study through a
reputed institution to assess the cumulative impact of the power
plants on the AAQ of the area. The study shall in particular
assess the impact of emission of the HSD based DG sets on the
chemistry of upper atmosphere and on concentration of PM10,
PM2.5. It shall be ensured that the worst seasonal atmosphere
conditions are taken into account in the above said study.
o Agreed
[17] Standards for discharge of environmental pollutants as enshrined
in various schedules of rule 3 of environment protection rule 1986
shall be complied with.
o Agreed
[18] The project proponent shall appoint well qualified fire supervisor. o Noted
[19] The project proponent shall ensure that transportation of raw
materials by railway mode; never falls below 90% of the traffic on
any single month of operation of plant.
o Noted
[20] All connecting roads from Plant to National highway shall be
maintained by project proponent so that it can withstand heavy
traffic caused by the plant.
o Our project is located on 33 feet
wide existing pucca road, along
with this approach road we have
left 27 feet strip for road widening.
This approach road is connecting
to MDR 130 having width of 60
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feet, which connects to national
highways.
[21] The project proponent shall ensure that no construction activity is
undertaken either on surface or below or above surface of
revenue rasta passing through the project area.
o Agreed
[22] The project proponent shall indicate the width and length of
revenue rasta passing through the project area on sign board and
shall display the same at both the ends of revenue rasta stretch,
for awareness of public. Sign board shall also display the
message that this is public rasta/road and any citizen can use it.
There shall not be any gate with or without guards on revenue
rasta further project proponent shall not encroach revenue rasta
and shall not cross internal roads over revenue rasta.
o Complied. Sign board has been
displayed (copy enclosed as
Annexure-6)
[23] The project proponent shall obtain electricity connection for
operation of plant and shall ensure that the plant is not operated
on DG sets only.
o Agreed
B. GENERAL CONDITIONS :
S.N.
CONDITIONS
COMPLIANCE
[i] The project authority must strictly adhered to stipulations made
by Haryana State Pollution Control Board & the State
Government
o All the stipulations made by
Haryana State Pollution Control
Board & the State Government
will be adhered to.
[ii] No further expansion or modification in the plant shall be carried
out without approval of SEIAA Haryana
o Agreed
[iii] The gaseous emissions from various process units shall
conform to the load/mass based standard notified by Ministry on
19th May, 1993 and standards prescribed from time to time. The
state Pollution Control Board may specify more stringent
standards for the relevant parameters keeping in view the nature
of the industry and its size and location.
o Plant in project stage. The same
shall be complied during
operation.
o Noted
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[iv] The project proponent shall set up continuous online AAQ
monitoring system (supervisor control & data acquisition) in the
project area to monitor the parameters viz PM2.5, PM10, NOx,
SOx and CO. The project proponent shall ensure that the values
of these parameters are within the prescribed limits of
CPCB/HSPCB.
o Our's is a grinding unit having
capacity of only 1.8 MTPA. As per
MoEF circular dated 06.04.2011,
Cement Plant having capacity >
3MTPA needs to install
Continuous Ambient Air Quality
Monitoring. Accordingly same
shall not be applicable to us.
[v] The overall noise levels in and around the plant area shall be
kept well within the standards (85dBA) by providing noise
control measures including acoustic hoods, silencers, enclosure
etc. on all sources of noise generation. The ambient noise levels
shall conform to the standards prescribed under EPA Rules, 189
viz. 75 dBA (day time) and 70 dBA (nighttime).
o All DG sets will be as per the E(P)
rule and noise level from the DG
sets will maintained as per the
prevailing standards. DG sets
shall be provided with acoustic
enclosures / room to modulate the
noise generation.
o During project stage Quarterly
Ambient Noise Monitoring is
being carried out and report
submitted to Pollution Control
Board (Copy attached as
Annexure 2)
[vi] Occupational health surveillance of the workers should be done
on a regular basis and records maintained as per the Factories
Act.
o Agreed
[vii] The project proponent shall also comply with all the
environmental protection measures and safeguards
recommended in the EIA/EMP report Further, the company must
undertake socio-economic development activities in the
surrounding villages like community development programmes,
educational programmes, drinking water supply and health care
etc.
o All the environmental protection
measures and safeguards
recommended in the EIA/EMP
report will be complied. Socio
economic development activity
will be taken as CSR Action plan
submitted. (Annexure 4)
[viii] A copy of clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to
concerned Panchayat, Zila Parishad/Municipal Corporation,
Urban Local Body and the local NGO, if any, from whom
o Copy of clearance letter sent to
concerned.(Annexure 7)
o EC Letter uploaded on company
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suggestions/representations, if any, were received while
processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put
on the web site of the company by the proponent.
website. (Screenshot attached as
Annexure 8)
[ix] The project proponent shall upload the status of compliance of
the stipulated environment clearance conditions, including,
results of monitored data on their website and shall update the
same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the SEIAA
Haryana, Regional office of the MoEF at Chandigarh and
HSPCB Panchkula. The criteria pollutant levels namely; PM2.5,
PM10, SO2, NOx (ambient levels as well as stack emissions) or
critical sectoral parameters, indicated for the projects shall be
monitored and displayed at a convenient location near the main
gate of the company in the public domain.
o Agreed
[x] The project proponent shall also submit six monthly reports on
the status of the compliance of the stipulated environmental
conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard
copies as well as by e-mail) to the SEIAA Haryana, Regional
office of MoEF, Chandigarh and HSPCB Panchkula.
o Complied. The six monthly EC
Compliance report along with
monitoring data is regularly
submitted to SEIAA Haryana,
Regional office of MoEF,
Chandigarh and HSPCB
Panchkula.
o Last EC Compliance report was
submitted vide letter no-
UTCL/ENV/JHA/2014 dated
21/10/2014
[xi] The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st
March in Form -V as is mandated to be submitted by the project
proponent 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
conditions and shall also be sent to SEIAA Haryana and
Regional office of the MOEF at Chandigarh by e-mail.
o Plant is under construction. The
same shall be submitted during
operational phase.
[xii] The project proponent should inform the public that the project
has been accorded Environment Clearance by the SEIAA and
copies of the clearance letter are available with the Haryana
o Information of Environment
clearance is made to General
Public through Newspaper "The
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State Pollution Control Board & SEIAA. This should be
advertised within 7 days from the date circulated in the region
and the copy of the same should be forwarded to SEIAA
Haryana. A Copy of Environment Clearance conditions shall
also be put on project proponent's web site for public
awareness. 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 commencing the land development work.
Times of India & Dainik Jagran"
on 26th March 2014.
Information is sent to SEIAA,
Haryana (Copy of newspaper
enclosed as Annexure-9)
o EC copy uploaded on Company's
website (Screenshot attached as
Annexure 8)
[xiii] The SEIAA Haryana may revoke or suspend the clearance if
implementation of any of the above condition is not satisfactory
o Noted
[xiv] The SEIAA Haryana reserve the right to stipulate additional
conditions if found necessary. The company in a time bound
manner shall implement these conditions.
o Noted
[xv] The above conditions shall be enforced, inter-alia under the
provisions of the Water(Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act
1974, The Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1981, The
Environment (Protection) Act 1986, Hazardous Waste
(Management, Handling & Transboundary Movement) Rules,
2008 and The Public (Insurance) Liability Act 1991 along with
their amendments and Rules.
o Noted
[xvi] An Environment Cell shall be created at the project site itself
and shall be headed by qualified officer, who is well versed with
the environment aspects of the plant. It shall be ensured that the
Head of the Cell shall directly report to the Board of Directors.
o Agreed
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Annexure list of Six Monthly Compliance Report (From October,2014 to March,2015)
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Annexure:-1
Erection of Pollution Control Equipment
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Annexure:-2
Quarterly monitoring test report submitted letter to MoEF
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Annexure- 3
Erection of Clinker Silo & Fly Ash Silo
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Annexure-4
CSR Activities Carried out from Oct-14 to March-15
S.No Month Village Activities Total Expenses Beneficiaries
1 Nov-14
Jharli Ambulance provided to villagers(Arranged on hired basis) 3,084
Sasroli Medical Camp to school children at sasroli school 44,984
360 Students
Jharli Agriculture Training to Farmers including Fertilizers & Pesticides distribution
124,012 380 Person
Jhamri Veterinary Camp at Jhamri 104,521 460 Villagers
Sasroli Plantation & Chocolates distribution(Childrens Day) Sasroli School
22,979 280 Students/100 Plants
Jharli Plantation & Sweater distribution Jharli School 85,819
302 Students/100 Plants Jhamri Dari/Mat given to Jhamri School 5,208
2 Dec-14 Maliyawas Cement Given for construction/Repair of Mandir at vill-Maliyawas 60,000
3 Jan-15
Jharli Door & Windows Repairing/Replacement(Govt.School Jharli)
315,000
Jhamri Fan,Tubelites including electrical fitting at Govt.School Jhamri 60,500
15 Fan,31 Tubelites CSR Society
Jhajjar Youth for Rural Developement committee(For Developement of Youth) 50,000
Jharli Scholorship Award at Jharli School(Republic Day) 18,200
14 students
Jharli Republic Day Celebration at Jharli School 21,963 302 students
4 Feb-15
Jharli & other nearby Inter Village Sports Competition 103,647 30 Team of Nearby
Villages CSR Society
Jhajjar Youth for Rural Developement committee(For Developement of Youth) 50,000
Bajitpur Bajitpur SunderKand Path at Village 3,959
Jharli White Wash & Painting Work at Govt Sr.Secondary School Jharli (Work is in progress)
156,515
5 Mar-15 Jharli Govt.School
First Aid Training Training for School Studends at Govt.School Jharli 2,500
77 Students
1,232,891
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Annexure-5
Approval of firing fighting scheme from fire safety
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Annexure:-7
Submission of Copy of EC to Gram Panchayat
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Annexure:-8
Screenshot showing EC Uploaded on Company (UTCL Website)
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Annexure:-09
EC approved by SEIAA & Public through Newspaper "The Times of India & Dainik Jagran
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Annexure:-10
Last EC Compliance submitted letter
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