MATIX FERTILISERS & CHEMICALS LTD Green Field Fertilizer Project (2200 MTPD Ammonia, 3850 MTPD Urea and 54 MW CPP) at Panagarh, Dist. - Burdwan, West Bengal

Sub : Six monthly compliance report of Environment Clearance. Ref : MoEFCC letter No: J-110111440/2009 - IAll (I) dated 22"d April 2010 including amendments dated 19th December 2013 and 15th May 2015

PERIOD: APRIL 2016 - SEPTEMBER 2016

A. SPECIAL CONDITIONS

NO. CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS

(i) The company shall undertake measures for water Company has undertaken various measures like recycling of water in the conservation. The specific water consumption shall not process, reuse of treated waste water in dust suppression and green belt exceed 8 m3/tonne of urea produced. The waste water etc to conserve the water. generated from all sources after treatment and recycled back in the process and use for green belt development to The specific water requirement will be below to 8 mA3/ tonne of urea maintain zero discharges condition. The treated effluent shall produced. conform to the prescribed standards. The process water condensate shall be recycled as boiler feed water. The Zero discharge condition was amended by MoEF & CC to discharge of process condensate from the urea and ammonia plant after 201 MA/hr treated effluent conforming the prescribed stds. Into River stripping shall be recycled. Damodar vide letter no. J-11011 I 44012009 - IAll (1), dated 19th December

201 3. Compliance status of the EC amendment dated 19th December 2013 is enclosed as Annexure-1.

The process water condensate shall be recycled as boiler feed water. The

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The project authority shall obtain prior permission for drawl of surface water from the State irrigation Department. A copy of permission shall be submitted to the Ministry's Regional office.

The gaseous emissions (NOx, NH3, urea dust) from various units Including prilling tower shall conform to the prescribed standards. At no time the emissions levels shall go beyond the stipulated standards. In the event of failure of pollution control system (s) adopted by the unit, the respective unit shall not be restarted until the control measures are rectified to achieve the desired efficiency.

The Company shall upload the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions, Including 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 the State Pollution Control Board. The levels of PM10/PM2.5, NH3 and NOx (ambient levels) and emissions from the stacks shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location near the main gate of the company and at important public places.

process condensate from the urea and ammonia plant after stripping shall be recycled.

Permission for drawl of water from Damodar River has already been obtained from DVRRC and submitted to MoEF& CC, Regional Office vide our letter MFCL/MoEF/CG/2011 dated 051

h February 2011. An agreement with DVC has also been executed as per the condition of the permission letter.

The emissions control have been taken into account from the design stage itself to achieve the emissions stds much below the stipulated standards all the time. In the event of emissions exceeding beyond the stipulated norms, necessary corrective action will immediately be taken to bring the emissions within the prescribed norms.

EC compliance report along with the monitored data, are being uploaded and upgraded on company website periodically. The hard copies of the same are being submitted to Regional Offices of MoEF& CC, CPCB and WBPCB.

The monitoring data of Ambient Air Quality, Ground Water, Stack Emissions, and Effluent Water Quality for the duration of April 2016-September 2016 is enclosed as Annexure - II.

Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (AAQM) levels, Stack emission are displayed at the main gate.

(v) I To control fugitive emissions, regular monitoring of shop I As bagging plant in not operational, presently no fugitive emissions from floor environment shall be carried. Leakages in the form of bagging unit takes place .Fugitive emissions in the form of urea dust will be gases, liquid and dust emission shall be checked and

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mitigative measures taken. The company shall provide de- / monitored after the commissioning of bagging plant. dusting system at all the transfer points in the bagging system. I Other shop floor monitoring will be carried out once the plant is fully

The company shall provide double walled ammonia storage tank and leak detection and repair programme shall be in place and ammonia sensors shall be installed to detect the leakage of ammonia and measures shall be taken to prevent leakage of pipeline for ammonia by regular inspection of the pipeline.

The company shall undertake adequate protection measures for handling of ammonia vapour in case of plant upset condition. Safety valve exhaust and drains shall be connected to flare and vent stack.

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Gas detectors have been placed in all strategic locations for monitoring and mitigation of any leakage of ammonia, hydrocarbon, CO, Cb.

Any leakage of dust and liquid will be eliminated and mitigative measures will be taken.

Wet de-dusting system in urea bagging plant is under erection and commissioning.

Ammonia Tanks are double integrity cup- in tank comprising of an inner cup and an outer tank. The outer tank is designed for full containment of vapors and liquid in the event of failure of inner tank.

Ammonia detectors have been provided in Ammonia, Urea plant, Ammonia Storage area and other strategic locations.

Regular inspection and Preventive maintenance system is in place

Adequate protection measures has been taken for handling of ammonia vapour in case of plant upset condition

Ammonia Plant, ammonia storage facilities are equipped with adequate safety valve and flare stacks for handling any emergency conditions.

(viii) I The catalyst generated shall be sent to recycler for reuse I So far, no spent catalyst has been generated . The spent catalysts will be instead of disposal at the waste disposal facility. sent to PCB authorized recyclers.

(ix) I The company shall develop the green belt in 33% area, out of / 33% area of the total land has been earmarked for green belt.

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total area to mitigate the effect of fugitive emissions and I Approximately, 40,000 nos of saplings have already been planted till noise as per the guidelines CPCB. September 2016 in consultation with DFO, Durgapur.

(x) I The company shall implement all the recommendations made All applicable conditions of CREP guidelines for Fertiliser industry will be in the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environmental complied. Status of CREP compliance was submitted to MoEF&CC Protection (CREP) for fertilizer industries. regional office vi de our letter dated 22.09.2016.

(xi) I Occupational health surveillance of the workers shall be I Pre-employment health checkup and periodic health checkup is being carried out on a regular basis and records shall be carried out. maintained as per the Factories Act.

(xii) I The Company shall comply with the recommendations made I Being Complied, as applicable. in the EIA/EMP and Risk Assessment and public hearing reports I Commitment made in Public Hearing (PH) with its compliance status was

submitted to MoEF& CC regional office vide our letter dated 22.09.2016.

Onsite emergency plan has been prepared to address the potential risks.

Recommendation in EIA/EMP ie Environmental Monitoring during project construction stage has been undertaken, Environmental monitoring during the operation will be undertaken, Full-fledged Environmental laboratory has been set up. Budgetary provision for EMP has been exceeded from Rs.152 Crores to 183.835 Crores till September 2016.Cost incurred in environment management has been submitted to MoEF regional office vide our letter dated 22.09.2016

(xiii) I The Company shall make the arrangement for protection of Adequate fire - fighting equipment and Fire network are in place. There is a possible fire hazards during manufacturing process in separate department with well trained and experienced personnel to handle material handling. any such untoward situation. The key measures taken are ;

1. Adequate water storage with independent pumping (supplying constant pressure) system.

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During transfer of materials, spillages shall be avoided and garland drains be constructed to avoid mixing of accidental spillages with domestic waste and storm drains.

The company shall develop rain water harvesting structures to harvest the runoff water for recharge of ground water.

Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel of cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, Safe drinking water, medical health care, creche etc. The

2. Fire hydrants are provided at strategic locations.

3. Fire extinguishers have been placed at appropriate locations inside the plant.

4. Fire alarms placed in strategic locations of the plant

5. Necessary PPEs are made available for the plant personnel.

6. Company has taken two nos dedicated fire tender and foam system.

7. Fire Safety Certificate (NOC) obtained from West Bengal Fire Service Department.

8. Regular Mock Drills, Disaster Drills are being carried out to enhance preparedness for handling emergency situations.

Spillage shall be avoided during material transfer. Spillages if any, will be recovered to the best possible extent.

Garland drains are provided. Storm water drains and effluent drain/oil collection trench are constructed separately to avoid mixing of effluent with storm water.

Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) pond has already been constructed to collect the Run-off water for reuse. Pumps and line laying is in progress to recover the harvested water to the raw water storage reservoir for its reuse as raw water.

Construction labors are mostly local & residing in nearby areas.

Safe drinking water, Medical facil ities, etc. have been provided to construction labor.

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housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be I Permanent Toilet and mobile toilet are in place. removed after the completion of the project.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

The project authorities shall strictly adhere to the stipulations of the I Noted. SPCB/ State Government or any statutory body.

All the conditions stipulated in CTE, CTO, CTO renewal, issued by WBPCB as well conditions imposed by state authorities are complied with.

(ii) I The gaseous emissions (502, HCI, NOx, NH3, fertilizer dust) and Gaseous emissions monitoring is being regularly carried out by in-

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particulate matter from various process units shall conform to the house environment laboratory as well as by MoEF& CC standards prescribed by the concerned authorities from time to time. recognized laboratories and are found well below the stipulated Emission data shall be periodically monitored and reports submitted stds. to Ministry's Regional Office, CPCB and SPCB.

All the waste waters generated from the various processes shall be recycled/ reused in the plant and zero discharge shall be maintained. The domestic waste water shall be treated in septic tanks and treated waste shall be used for irrigation in the green belt.

The results of monitoring data are being regularly submitted to the concerned authorities.

Monitoring reports for the period of April'16-September'16 are enclosed as Annexure II.

Waste waters generated from various processes shall be recycled.

a. Process condensate from ammonia plant will be recycled back

to the process.

b. Process condensate from urea plant will be recycled back to the process

c. Domestic effluent will be treated in STP & will be reused for

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No further expansion of modifications in the plant shall be carried out without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment and Forests. In case of deviations or alternations 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 protect ion measures required, if any.

At no time, the emissions shall exceed the prescribed limits. In the event of failure of any pollution control system adopted by the unit, the unit shall be immediately put out of operation and shall not be restarted until the desired efficiency has been achieved.

greenery development

d. Effluent from Boiler Blow Down, DM plant, Cooling Tower Blow Down will be treated in ETP.

Treated effluents conforming the norms wi ll be discharged into Damodar river as per the EC amendment letter ref. J11011/440/2009/-IA II (I) dated 19th December 2013.Compliance status of the EC amendment dated 19th December 2013 is enclosed as Annexure - I

Noted and agreed.

EC has been amended by MoEF & CC, vide letter no. J-11011 I 440/2009 - IAll (I), dated 15.05.2015 for use of naphtha as fuel in addition to CBM

The compliance status of EC amendment dated 15.05.201 5 has been enclosed as Annexure - I

Noted and complied with .

The emission from stack attached gas turbine is regularly monitored and found to be well within stipulated stds. The Stack Emission monitoring data is enclosed as Annexure-11

(vi) I Th~ locations of amb~ent a~r quality monitorln~ stations shall be I Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (AAQM) stations have been reviewed in consultation with the State Pollution Control Board finalized and fixed in consultation with WBPCB. (SPCB) and addit ional stations shall be installed, if required, In the downwind direction as well as where maximum ground level I Presently 3 nos. of AAQM stations are fixed in 120 degree angle in concentrations are anticipated. the project site and regular monitoring is being carried out by MoEF

&CC approved external laboratory as well as by in-house

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Dedicated scrubbers and stacks of appropriate height as per the Central Pollution Control Board guidelines shall be provided to control the emissions from various vents. The scrubbed water shall be sent to ETP for further treatment

All the storage tanks will be under negative pressure to avoid any leakages. Breather valves. N2 blanketing and secondary condensers with brine chilling system shall be provided for all the storage tanks to minimize vapour losses. All liquid raw material shall be stored In storage Tanks and Drums.

The company shall undertake following Waste Minimization measures.

environment laboratory.

Additionally, One no of Continuous Ambient Air Monitoring (CAAQM ) station has been procured and is being commissioned.

Stacks of appropriate heights are provided as per CPCB's guidelines.

Hydrolyser and Stripper have been provided at Urea plants and scrubber has been provided at Urea Bagging Unit. The water from the system will be recycled back to the process.

Negative pressure for storage tanks, secondary condensers with brine chilling is not applicable.

Liquefied ammonia will be stored in atmospheric storage tanks.

N2 blanketing facilities are available in all storage tanks.

No liquid raw material is used.

The plant is based on latest technology with inbuilt features covering all the measures stipulated including energy conservation,

)l> Metering and control of quantities of active ingredients to 1 pollution control and increased efficiency. minimize waste.

)l> Reuse of by-products from the process as raw materials or as raw material substitutes in other processes.

» Use of automated filling to minimize spillage.

» Use of 'closed Feed' system Into batch reactors.

Metering and control of quantities of active ingredients are provided.

By product generated in ammonia plant will be used as a raw material in urea plant.

Automated fi lling system is in place in Urea Bagging plant.

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J;;> Venting equipment through vapour recovery system.

J;;> Use of high pressure hoses for equipment cleaning to reduce waste water generation.

Fugitive emissions in the work zone environment, product and raw materials storage area shall be regularly monitored. the emissions shall conform to the limits imposed by state pollution control board/central pollution control board.

Not applicable, as our operation is a continuous process.

As bagging plant in not operational, presently no fugitive emissions from bagging unit takes place . Fugitive emissions in the form of urea dust will be monitored after the commissioning of bagging plant.

Other shop floor monitoring will be carried out once the plant is fully operational.

(xi) I The project authorities shall strictly comply with the rules and I Complied. guidelines under Manufacture, Storage and import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989 as amended in October, 1994 and January, 2000

(xii) I The overall noise levels In and around the plant area shall be kept I The noise level in and around the plant area is being maintained well within the standards by providing noise· control measures well within the stds. including acoustic hoods, silencers, enclosures etc. on all sources of noise generation. The ambient noise levels shall conform to the I Silencers are provided in ammonia/Urea plant. standards prescribed under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 Rules, 1989 viz 75 dBA (day time) and 70 dBA (night t ime). I EDGs are equipped with acoustic enclosure and silencer.

Ambient noise is being monitored and complying with National Noise Level Standard.

Noise monitoring data from April'16 - September 2016 is enclosed as Annexure II.

(xiii) I The company shall undertake eco-developmental measures including I Eco development measures Is being driven on ongoing basis community welfare measures in the project area for the overall under the CSR activities in supervision of an expert CSR Manager. improvement of the environment. The eco-development plan should

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be submitted to the SPCB within three months of receipt of this letter Present status of eco-development measures is enclosed as for approval. Annexure Ill

(xiv) A separate Environmental Management cell equipped with full- A separate Environment Management Department (EMO) has fledged laboratory facilities shall be set up to carry out the been established at site equipped with full-fledged environment Environmental Management and Monitoring functions. laboratory having all requisite facilities for in-house environmental

monitoring and overall environmental management of the plant.

(xv) The project authorities shall earmark adequate funds to implement Noted. Adequate funds have been earmarked for Environment the conditions stipulated by the Ministry of Environment and Forests protection. as well as the State Government along with the implementation Schedule for all the conditions stipulated herein. The funds so provided shall not be diverted for any other purpose.

(xvi) The implementation of the project vis-A-vis environmental action Six monthly compliance reports are being submitted to MoEF & CC plans shall be monitored by the concerned Regional office of the regional Office, Zonal office of CPCB & SPCB and also being Ministry/SPCB/CPCB. A six monthly compliance status report shall be uploaded on company's website on regular basis. submitted to monitoring agencies and shall be posted on the website of the company.

(xvii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to Complied concerned Panchayat, Zila Parishad/Municipal Corporation, Urban local Body and the local NGO, If any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal

(xviii) The project proponent shall also submit six monthly reports on the Six monthly compliance reports with monitored data are being status of compliance of the stipulated E C conditions including submitted to MoEF & CC regional Office, Zonal office of CPCB & results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to WBPCB as per guidelines on regular basis. the respective Regional office of MoEF, the respective Zonal of CPCB and the State Pollution Control Board.

(xix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31 51 Environment Statement for the Year 2015-2016 has been March in Form-V as Is mandated shall be submitted to the concerned submitted to State Pollution Control Board. Copy of the same is

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State Pollution Control Board as Prescribed under the Environment I enclosed as Annexure- IV (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of envi ronmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the respective Regional Offices of MoEF by e-mail .

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 http://envfor.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 on 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.

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.

Complied with.

The date of the financial closure was glli Aug 2011 . It has been communicated to RO, MoEF&CC vide our compliance status report MFCL/MoEF/EC compliance/MGR-CG/003 dated 2"d February 2012.

NOTE: WBPCB has renewed Consent to Operate vide letter no. 728-?M'PBP (Cont.)-(6726)/15 dated -27/04/2016 .Steam and Power Generation (SPG) unit (Except Steam Turbine) has been commission in August 2015 along with utility services and are operative.

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