1 Minutes of the 36th Meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee ...

ix.The water consumption shall not exceed as per the standard prescribed for the steel plants.x. All the coal fines, char from DRI plant shall be utilized in AFBC boiler of power plant and no charshall be used for briquette making or disposed off anywhere else. AFBC boiler shall be installedsimultaneously along with the DRI plant to ensure full utilization of char from the beginning. Scrapshall be used in steel melting shop (SMS) and SMS slag and kiln accretions shall be properlyutilized. All the other solid waste including broken refractory mass shall be properly disposed off inenvironment-friendly manner.xi.xii.xiii.xiv.xv.xvi.xvii.xviii.xix.xx.Proper utilization of fly ash shall be ensured as per Fly Ash Notification, 1999 and subsequentamendment in 2003.Vehicular pollution due to transportation of raw material and finished products shall becontrolled. Proper arrangements shall also be made to control dust emissions during loading andunloading of the raw material and finished product.All internal roads shall be black topped. The roads shall be regularly cleaned with mechanicalsweepers. A 3-tier avenue plantation using native species shall be developed along the roads.Facilities for parking of trucks carrying raw coal from the linked coalmines shall be created within theUnit.Proper handling, storage, utilization and disposal of all the solid waste shall be ensured and regularreport regarding toxic metal content in the waste material and its composition, end use ofsolid/hazardous waste should be submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Bhopal, SPCB andCPCB.A time bound action plan shall be submitted to reduce solid waste, its proper utilization and disposal.Risk and Disaster Management Plan along with the mitigation measures shall be prepared and acopy submitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Bhopal, SPCB and CPCB within 3 months ofissue of environment clearance letter.As proposed, green belt shall be developed in 33 % of plant area as per the CPCB guidelines inconsultation with the DFO.All the recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for EnvironmentProtection (CREP) for the Steel Plants should be implemented.At least 5 % of the total cost of the project should be earmarked towards the corporate socialresponsibility and item-wise details along with time bound action plan should be prepared andsubmitted to the Ministry’s Regional Office at Bhopal. Implementation of such program should beensured accordingly in a time bound manner.The company shall provide housing for construction labour within the site with all necessaryinfrastructure 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 of temporary structures to beremoved after the completion of the project.36.2.2 Expansion of Ferro Alloys manufacturing facility at Plot No. 368, Growth Centre, APIIC- Bobbili(Village & Mandal), Vizianagaram Dist. Andhra Pradesh by M/s. Berry Alloys Limited (BAL) -regarding Environmental ClearanceThe project authorities and their consultant, M/s Sri Sai Manasa Nature Tech 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) awardedduring the 18 th Meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry-1) held on 24 th - 25 th January,2011, for preparation of EIA/EMP. All the Ferro alloy plants are listed at S.No. 3(a) in Primary Metallurgy4