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DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND EMP REPORT FOR

Proposed Ferro Alloy Plant (9 MVA x 2), (Fe-Si 7,000 MTPA, Si-Mn 16,000 MTPA) with Captive Power Plant (10 MW) AT VILLAGE PORLA, WAHBLEI, WEST KHASI HILLS, MEGHALAYA

PROJECT PROPONENT:

M/S. MEGHALYA FERROUS LIMITED.

PREPARED BY:

en-VISIzn ENVIRO ENGINEERS PVT. LTD. 208 - 213 / G - TOWER, SHANKHESHWAR COMPLEX, SAGRAMPURA, SURAT - 395 002, GUJARAT.

FEBRUARY, 2011 1110067_11010002_0221

DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

ASSESSMENT AND EMP REPORT CLIENT

PROJECT TITLE

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M/S. MEGHALAYA FERROUS LIMITED

VILLAGE PORLA, WAHBLEI,

DISTRICT WEST KHASI HILLS,

MEGHALAYA.

DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND

EMP REPORT FOR PROPOSED FERRO ALLOY PLANT

(9 MVA X 2), (Fe-Si 7,000 TPA & Si-Mn 16,000 TPA) WITH

CAPTIVE POWER PLANT (10 MW)

11010002

** PREPARED BY **

en-VISIzn ENVIRO ENGINEERS PVT. LTD. 208 - 213 / G - TOWER,

SHANKHESHWAR COMPLEX,

SAGRAMPURA, SURAT - 395 002

GUJARAT

Website: en-vision.in, E-mail: [email protected]

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M/S. MEGHALAYA FERROUS LIMITED, WEST KHASI HILLS, MEGHALAYA

PREFACE

M/s. Meghalaya Ferrous Limited is proposing to set up Ferro-Alloys Plant (9 MVA x 2),

(Fe-Si 7,000 MTPA, Si-Mn 16,000 MTPA) with Captive Power plant (10 MW) at Village Porla,

Wahblei, District West Khasi Hill, Meghalaya.

As per EIA Notification 2006, the proposed project is categorized as A, 3(a) Primary

Metallurgical industries. In order to assess the likely impacts arising out of the proposed project,

M/s. Meghalaya Ferrous Limited had appointed M/s. En-vision Enviro Engineers Pvt. Ltd.,

Surat (Gujarat), to undertake the Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment (REIA) study for the

various environmental components which may be affected, to assess the impact arising out of

the proposed project and to prepare a detailed Environmental Management Plan (EMP) to

minimize those adverse impacts.

The cooperation and assistance rendered by M/s. Meghalya Ferrous Limited in the preparation

of this report is gratefully acknowledged.

M/s. En-vision Enviro Engineers Pvt. Ltd.

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M/S. MEGHALAYA FERROUS LIMITED, WEST KHASI HILLS, MEGHALAYA C - 1

A TABULAR CHART OF THE TORS AND COMPLIANCE INDEX

S.N. TERMS OF REFERENCE COMPLIANCE

1. Executive summary of the project Refer page no S-1 to S-7 of EIA report.

2. Photographs of plant area.

Refer annexure-III on page no. A-11 of annexure.

3. Proposal should be submitted to the Ministry for environment clearance only after acquiring total land. Necessary documents indicating acquisition of land should be included.

Total land is already acquired and its document is attached as an annexure-II on page no. A-5.

4. A site location map on Indian map of 1:10, 00,000 scale followed by 1:50,000/1:25,000 scale on an A3/A2 sheet with at least next 10 Kms of terrains i.e. circle of 10 kms and further 10 kms on A3/A2 sheets with proper longitude/latitude/heights with min. 100/200 m. contours should be included. 3-D view i.e. DEM (Digital Elevation Model) for the area in 10 km radius from the proposal site.

Refer figure-2.2 on page no. 8 & of chapter-2 & figure-3.2 on page no. 21 of chapter-3, for terrain refer figure-3.4 on page no. 24 of chapter-3.

5. Present land use should be prepared based on satellite imagery. High-resolution satellite image data having 1m-5m spatial resolution like quickbird, Ikonos, IRS P-6 pan sharpened etc. for the 10 Km radius area from proposed site. The same should be used for land used/land-cover mapping of the area.

Refer section 3.10 on page no. 42 of chapter-3.

6. Location of national parks / wildlife sanctuary / reserve forests within 10 km. radius should specifically be mentioned. A map showing land use / landcover, reserved forests, wildlife sanctuaries, national parks, tiger reserve etc in 10 km of the project site.

There are no national parks / wildlife sanctuary / reserve forests within 10 km.

7. A list of industries within 10 km radius of the plant area.

There are only one coal mine (Sonapahar Coal Mine) located at a distance of 6 km.

8. Details and classification of total land (identified and acquired) should be included.

Total land acquired is classified as private land and land agreement document is attached as an annexure-II on page no. A-5.

9. Project site layout plan showing raw materials and other storage plans, bore well or water storage, aquifers (within 1 km.) dumping, waste disposal, green areas, water bodies, rivers/drainage passing through the project site should be included.

Refer figure-2.3 on page no. 10 of chapter-2.

10. List of raw material required and source along with mode of transportation should be included. All the trucks for raw material and finished product transportation must be "Environmentally Compliant".

Refer section 2.4.3.1 & table-2.5 on page no. 11 of chapter-2.

11. Quantification & Characterization of solid /hazardous waste & its action plan for management should be included.

Refer section 2.7.4 on page no. 18 of chapter-2 and section 5.3.2.4 on page no. 69 of chapter-5.

12. Mass balance for the raw material and products should be included. Refer section 2.5 on page no. 11 chapter-2.

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13. Energy balance data for all the components of ferro-alloy plant should be incorporated.

Refer section 2.6.4 on page no. 16 chapter-2.

14. Design details of Ferro Alloy Plant and manufacturing process details should be included.

Refer section 2.5 on page no. 11 chapter-2.

15. Site-specific micro-meteorological data using temperature, relative humidity, hourly wind speed and direction and rainfall is necessary.

Refer section 3.3.4 on page no. 22 of chapter-3.

16. Ambient air quality at 8 locations within the study area of 10 km., aerial coverage from project site with one AAQMS in downwind direction should be carried out.


17. The suspended particulate matter present in the ambient air must be analyzed for the presence of poly-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), i.e. Benzene soluble fraction. Chemical characterization of RSPM and incorporating of RSPM data.

Refer section 3.5 on page no. 25 & table-3.4 on page no. 28 of chapter-3.

18. Determination of atmospheric inversion level at the project site and assessment of ground level concentration of pollutants from the stack emission based on site-specific meteorological features.


19. Air quality modeling for ferro alloy plant for specific pollutants needs to be done. APCS for the control of emissions should also be included to control emissions within 50 mg/Nm3

Refer section 4.4.2 on page no. 57 of chapter-4 & section 5.3.2.1 on page no. 68 of chapter-5.

20. Ambient air quality as per National Ambient Air Quality Emission Standards issued by the Ministry vide G.S.R. No. 826(E) dated 16th November, 2009 should be included.


21. Air Quality Impact Predication Modelling based on ISCST-3 or the latest models.


22. Impact of the transport of the raw materials and end products on the surrounding environment should be assessed and provided.


23. An action plan to control and monitor secondary fugitive emissions from all the sources as per the latest permissible limits issued by the Ministry vide G.S.R. 414(E) dated 30th May, 2008

Refer section 4.4.2.2 on page no. 62 of chapter-4 & section 5.5 on page no. 72 of chapter-5.

24. Presence of aquifer/aquifers within 1 km of the project boundaries and management plan for recharging the aquifer should be included.

Refer section 5.3.2.3.1 on page no. 69 of chapter-5.

25. Source of surface/ground water level, site (GPS), cation, anion (Ion Chromatography metal trace element (as above) chemical analysis for water to be used. If surface water is used from river, rainfall, discharge rate, quantity, drainage and distance from project site should also be included.

Refer section 2.6.3 on page no. 15 of chapter 2 and section 3.6 on page no. 29 of chapter-3.

26. Ground water analysis with bore well data, litho-logs, drawdown and recovery tests to quantify the area and volume of aquifer and its management.

For ground water analysis refer section 3.6 on page no. 29 of chapter-3 and section 5.3.2.3.1 on page no. 69 of chapter-5.

27. 'Permission' for the drawl of water should be obtained. Water balance data must be provided.

Refer section 2.6.3.1 on page no. 15 of chapter 2, annexure-IV on page no. A-12 & annexure-XI on page no. A-25 of annexure.

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28. A note on the impact of drawl of water on the nearby River during lean season.

Refer section 4.3 on page no. 56 of chapter 4.

29. Action plan for rainwater harvesting measures. Refer section 5.3.2.3.1 on page no. 69 of chapter-5.

30. Surface water quality of nearby River (60 m upstream and downstream) and other surface drains at eight locations must be ascertained.


31. If the site is within 10 km radius of any major river, Flood Hazard Zonation Mapping is required at 1:5000 to 1;10,000 scale indicating the peak and lean river discharge as well as flood occurrence frequency.

Project site is not located within 10 km radius of any major river and refer section 2.3.3 on page no. 9 of chapter-2.

32. Pretreatment of raw water, treatment plant for waste water should be described in detail. Design specifications may be included.

Refer section 2.6.3.1 on page no. 15 of chapter-2.

33. Ground water monitoring minimum at 8 locations and near solid waste dump zone, Geological features and Geo-hydrological status of the study area are essential as also. Ecological status (Terrestrial and Aquatic) is vital.

Refer section 3.6 on page no. 29 and for Ecological status refer section 3.11 on page no. 43 of chapter-3.

34. Action plan for solid/hazardous waste generation, storage, utilization and disposal particularly slag from all the sources should also be included.

Refer section 2.7.4 on page no. 18 of chapter-2 and section 5.3.2.4 on page no. 69 of chapter-5.

35. Identification and details of land to be used for all type of slag disposal in the secured land fill as per CPCB guidelines should be included.

Refer section 4.7 on page no. 63 of chapter-4 and section 5.3.2.4 on page no. 69 of chapter-5.

36. End use of solid waste and its composition should be covered. Toxic metal content in the waste material and its composition should also be incorporated particularly of slag.

Refer section 4.7 on page no. 63 of chapter-4 and section 5.3.2.4 on page no. 69 of chapter-5.

37. Provision of Toxic Chemical Leachability Potential (TCLP) test for the slag and its end use should be included.


38. Commitment that no Ferro chrome will be manufactured without prior approval of the Ministry.

Refer annexure-V on page no. A-15 of Annexure.

39. Action plan for the green belt development plan in 33 % area should be included.

Refer section 5.3.2.7.1 on page no. 70 of chapter-5.

40. Detailed description of the flora and fauna (terrestrial and aquatic) should be given with special reference to rare, endemic and endangered species.


41. Disaster Management Plan including risk assessment and damage control needs to be addressed and included.

Refer subsequent section of chapter-6.

42. Details regarding expected Occupational & Safety Hazards. Protective measures for Occupational Safety & Health hazards so that such exposure can be kept within permissible exposure level so as to protect health of workers. Health of the workers with special reference to Occupational Health. Plan of exposure specific health status evaluation of workers; pre placement and periodical health status of workers; plan of evaluation of health of workers by pre designed format, chest x ray, Audiometry, Spirometry Vision testing (Far & Near vision, colour vision and any other ocular

Refer section 5.3.2.9 on page no. 70 of chapter-5 and section 6.9 on page no. 77 of chapter-6.

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defect) ECG, during pre placement and periodical examinations and plan of monthly and yearly report of the health status of workers with special reference to Occupational Health and Safety.

43. At least 5 % of the total cost of the project should be earmarked towards the corporate social responsibility and item-wise details along with time bound action plan should be included. Socio-economic development activities need to be elaborated upon.


44. Total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures should also be included.

Total capital cost and recurring cost/annum for environmental pollution control measures would be 2.40 crore & 0.35 crore respectively or refer section 5.6 on page no. 72 of chapter-5.

45. Public hearing issues raised and commitments made by the project proponent on the same should be included separately in EIA/EMP Report in the form of tabular chart with financial budget for complying with the commitments made.

Will be incorporated after completion of public hearing.

46. Any litigation pending against the project and / or any direction / order passed by any Court of Law against the project, if so, details thereof.

No litigation pending against the project and / or any direction / order passed by any Court of Law against the project

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M/S. MEGHALAYA FERROUS LIMITED, WEST KHASI HILLS, MEGHALAYA S - 1

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF EIA AND EMP REPORT INTRODUCTION M/s. Meghalaya Ferrous Limited is planning to set up Ferro Alloys Plant (Fe-Si 7,000 TPA and Si-Mn 16,000 TPA) with captive power plant (10 MW) at Village Porla, Wahblei, West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. Category of the project is A, 3(a), Primary Metallurgical industries as per EIA Notification dated 14th September, 2006 and its amendment on 1st December 2009. PROJECT COST The total Project Cost is Rs. 48.79 crores. It includes site development, building, all the plant Machinery and its installation and Environment Protection measures cost. Total capital cost for environmental pollution control measures would be Rs. 240 lacs. And recurring cost per annum would be Rs. 35.00 lacs. LOCATION OF THE PROJECT Location of the proposed project is Village Porla, Wahblei, West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, which is near to National Highway No. 44. All the facilities area available as the site is well connected with networks of roads. DETAILS OF RAW MATERIAL CONSUMPTION ITS SOURCE, AVAILABILITY & TRANSPORTATION.

The main raw material & its sources are given below in the following table:-

SR. NO.

NAME OF THE RAW MATERIAL

CONSUMPTION MT/YEAR SOURCE & THEIR

DISTANCE (KM)

MODE OF TRANSPOR-

TATION Fe-Si Si-Mn

1. Quartz (94%-95%) 13650 2400 Meghalaya By Road 2. Chorcoal/coke 9100 7680 Jaintia Hills By Road 3. Iron Ore/Mill scale 1750 200 North East Region By Road 4. Electrode Past 490 400 Bongaigaon and Guwahati By Road 5. Manganese Ore

(38%-40%) - 11520 Meghalaya or other state By Road

6. Low Grade High Silicon MOIL Ore

- 13840 Same furnace arising short fall if any from Byrnihat/Durgapur

By Road

7. Fe-Mn Slag - 11520 Fe-Si furnace in the same unit By Road 8. Dolomite 1600 1600 Local region, Meghalaya By Road 9. Coal - 3680 Nongstoin, Meghalaya By Road 10. Coal for Power Plant 41,250 Nongstoin, Meghalaya By Road

BRIEF PROCESS DESCRIPTION A brief description of the process and material flow is given below. Raw Materials Storage Yard: The main raw materials i.e. manganese ore shall arrive at site by road. These will be manually unloaded in the Raw material storage yard. There shall be separate stacks for stacking of Manganese Ore of different grades. Blending as and when required can be done. Retrieval of raw material shall be done by pay loaders and dumpers which will unload its content into a ground hopper.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF EIA & EMP REPORT Raw Materials Storage in Day Bins: Raw materials required for the shop would be received from the raw materials storage yard through a system of belt conveyors and stocked in separate groups of day bins meant for Fe-Si and Si-Mn respectively. There shall be one common conveying system of raw materials from ground hopper to day-bin and there from day bins to the furnace bins for Silico-manganese furnaces and a separate conveying system of feeding raw material from day bins to Ferro-Silicon furnace. Preparation of Charge-Mix: Predetermined quantities of raw materials drawn from the respective day bins through individual weighing & proportioning systems would be delivered to an overhead bin hopper through a system of conveyors. The charge-mix from the overhead furnace charge hoppers would flow into the furnace through furnace charging chutes. Smelting: Ferrous-Silicon and Silico-Manganese are continuously reduced in the furnace by solid carbon reductants. The furnaces are always kept filled up with the charge materials and the electrodes deeply submerged into the furnace hearth. Electrode casing and electrode paste are periodically supplemented from the raw material charging floor. Electrode slipping arrangement is provided on the electrode slipping floor, situated below the charging floor. Tapping: Liquid Ferro-Alloy and slag would be tapped out from the furnaces at periodic intervals. Each furnace would have two tap holes. Only one tap hole would be opened at a time to tap out both ferro-alloy and slag. Tap holes would be opened and closed by mechanized device. Casting and Dispatch: Arrangement would be provided for casting liquid Ferro-alloys in to a casting bed. Weighing facilities would be provided in the casting bay cranes for weighment of liquid metal. Cast ferro-alloys would be allowed to cool, cleaned from any slag sticking to it, and then transferred to the product storage area. This movement of finished product would be done by crane, loaders and dumpers. In the product storage area the ferro-alloys would be broken, screened and stacked for dispatch by road vehicles. Weighing facilities would be provided weightment before dispatch. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROJECT Land: Around 51004.36 Sq.mt. (12.6034 acre) land will be required for the proposed Ferro-Alloy plant which is already acquired. All the land acquired is classified as private land. Water: Total water requirement of the proposed project is 350 KLPD and will be sourced from ground water using bore well located within premises or surface water from Wahblei River. Permission for the drawl of water from Wahblei River is already taken. Electrical Energy: The estimated power requirement for the proposed project would be 10 MW. Since the supply of power at MESEB is uncertain, the project will have a 10 MW Coal & Bio mass based power plant with import-export features, so that the surplus power / power in case of shutdown of the ferro alloys unit can be sold to the grid. Conversely, if there is any shortfall in generation or the power plant for any reason whatsoever, is unable to produce electricity, the power will be drawn from the MESEB grid. Fuel: For the proposed Captive Power Plant 41,250 MT/year Coal is require, which will be sourced from Nongstoin, Meghalaya and for the proposed Ferro-Alloys plant 100 lit/hr Diesel will be required to run stand by D. G. Set. Diesel will be source from the nearest petrol pump. Manpower: The proposed Ferro-Alloy plant will have great opportunities of providing direct employment to approximately 105 personals.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF EIA & EMP REPORT

SOURCES OF POLLUTION AND CONTROL MEASURES The particulate emissions are among the most significant impacts of Ferro Alloys preparation

Air environment: 1. Sources of Air Pollution Process Emission: (Particulate Matters): There will be emission over the plant area and beyond its boundaries gets polluted with gases, fumes and dust particles emanating from the chimneys, transfer points of conveying and handling equipments.

Utility Emission: There will be one stack attached to 10 MW captive power plant and stand by D.G. Set which will be used during initial startup & emergency.

Fugitive Emission: The fugitive dust emissions from the proposed plant would be significant and the sources will be as under:

1. Loading unloading section 2. Material Handling Section and Transfer Points 3. Roads 4. Transportation of vehicles 5. Storage

2. Air Pollution Control Measures

PROCESS EMISSION CONTROL MEASURES:

S. NO. LOCATION / SHOP AIR POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITIES

1. Screen house Dual fluid based dust suppression system comprising of nozzles, pumps compressors, piping, network, etc

2. Submerged Furnace Arc

Dust extraction system comprising of pulse jet type bag filter, suction hood, duct work, stack etc.

3. Storage yard Dust Suppression system comprising spray nozzles , piping net work, valves, pumps, instruments & control electrics, water works etc.

UTILITY EMISSION CONTROL MEASURES:

NO. OF STACK

STACK ATTACHED

TO

NAME & QUANTITY

OF FUEL USED

POLLUTION CONTROL

EQUIPMENT

STACK HEIGHT & DIAMETER

POLLUTANTS (APCB LIMIT)

1. Captive Power Plant 10 MW

Coal 5.2 TPH Eectrostatic Precipitator Ht. - 45 M Dia.- 2

SPM < 150 mg/Nm3 SO2 < 100 ppm NOx < 50 ppm

2. D.G. Sets Diesel 100 lit/hr Acoustic enclouser Ht. - 9 M Dia.- 0.3

SPM < 150 mg/Nm3 SO2 < 100 ppm NOx < 50 ppm

Fugitive Emission Control measures: To control fugitive emissions, the following measures are proposed.

Raw materials loading and unloading will be done in the covered area. Raw materials will be stored in the covered structure. All the conveyors will be provided with conveyor cover. The automatic bagging machine will be provided. The suction of bag filter will be provided at the

packing section.

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The sprinkling of water will be done along the internal roads in the plant in order to control the dust.

All the workers and officers working inside the plant will be provided with disposable dust masks. Green belt will be developed around the plant to arrest the fugitive emissions. Bag filter will be cleaned regularly. Maintenance of air pollution control equipments will be done regularly.

Water Environment: Waste water generation and mitigation measure There will be no waste water generation except reject water with high TDS and suspended matters DM Plant Effluent will be neutralized in a neutralizing Pit and then stored in a common Effluent Pit known as Guard Pond. Guard Pond will also be fed with other Process water drains such as Boiler Blow Down and Cooling Tower Blow Down. This water will be utilized in plant for Dust Suppression, Gardening, Road Water Sprinkling and Construction Water as required. While domestic wastewater will be disposed through soak pit/well. Noise environment: The noise levels near the sources such as raw material mill, will be higher during the operational phase but general noise levels within plant are expected to remain below 85 to 90 dB(A). In order to mitigate the noise levels during the operational phase, a green belt will be developed around the periphery of the plant. Land environment: Solid waste generation and its disposal method The main solid waste generated from the ferro silicon plant will be used/spent oil, slag & fly ash. The sources of solid wastes, generation and its management are as given in the following table. PRODUCTION OF SOLID WASTE AND ITS MANAGEMENT

SR. NO.

TYPE OF HAZARDOUS

WASTE SOURCE QUANTITY /YEAR DISPOSAL METHOD

1. Used/spent Oil

Prime Movers

100 liters Collected in HDPE Drums & reuse in plant for lubrication purpose or sold to authorize recyclers.

2. Si-Mn slag Furnace 3,200 MT Used for leveling; construction purpose or dumped at a slag yard.

3. Dust From Bag Filters

Pollution Control equipment

- Used in fly ash brick manufacturing.

4. Fines Pollution control equipment

- Reused in the raw material processing area & are mixed along with Ore.

5. Fly ash Power Plant 16,500 Will be transported locally to the Cement plant of the group in Jaintia Hills

BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS The baseline environmental quality of Air, water, soil, noise, socioeconomic status and ecology has been assessed in the winter season (October to December, 2010) in a study area of 10 km radial distance from the project site. Air Environment: The ambient air samples were collected form eight locations and analyzed for PM10, PM2.5, SO2 and NOx, for identification, prediction, evaluation and assessment of potential impact on ambient air environment. Design of network for ambient air quality monitoring location was based on guidelines provided by CPCB. The arithmetic mean values of PM10, PM2.5, SO2 and NOx are found within permissible limit at all the locations.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF EIA & EMP REPORT Water Environment: To assess water quality, surface water and ground water samples were collected from different locations. Results of all the water parameters were found within permissible limit. Noise Environment: Ambient noise level monitoring of background & transportation was done at same locations where ambient air monitoring was carried out. The noise levels of the study are found low and within the stipulated standards of CPCB for the respective designated areas. Soil Environment: The general Topography of the study area varies from low-lying plains to highland having small-hillocks. Soil samples were collected from eight different locations and physio-chemicals properties were analyzed. All the parameters are found within limit. Socioeconomic Environment: Baseline information of socio-economic data has been collected from Census 2001 for the four major indicators viz. demography, civic amenities, economy and social culture, literacy, occupational structure. Ecology: Keeping in view, the importance of biological component of total environment due to the proposed project, biological characterization of terrestrial and aquatic environments, changes in species diversity of flora and fauna in terrestrial as well as aquatic systems were studied for impact analysis due to proposed project activity. The details of flora / fauna species and the wildlife habitat in the area covering 10 km radius have been collected to determine the existence of rare and/or endangered species. There is no reserved forest, national park or sanctuary, place of archeological/ historical/ religious/ tourist interest within 10 km radius of the plant. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Air Environment: As discussed earlier air monitoring was done in winter season and collected data was used for air dispersion modeling as per the guidelines provided by CPCB. And it is concluded that proposed project activity will not adversely affect air quality of the study area. Water environment: As the proposed project is Ferro Alloy Plant, there will no industrial waste water generated but only domestic waste water generated. Domestic waste water will be treated through septic tank & disposed off through soak pit/well. Rain water harvesting shall be carried out to recharge ground water which can improve water environment of the area. So no adverse impact of proposed activities, on water quality is envisaged. Land environment: No hazardous waste shall be generated from the proposed project. Other solid waste generated from the proposed project activities shall be properly disposed as environmental friendly so there will be no significant impact on land environment. Noise environment: The main sources of noise pollution in the plant would be crusher, diesel generator and vehicular movement. Adequate noise control measures such as mufflers, silencers at the air inlet/outlet, anti vibration pad for equipment with high vibration, earmuff and earplugs to the operators etc. will be provided. However, the proposed green belt will help to reduce noise level. The adverse impact on occupationally exposed workers will not envisaged, as noise protection devices will be provided.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN An Environmental Management Plan (EMP) has been prepared for the proposed clinker grinding unit to minimize negative impacts and is formed on the basis of prevailing environmental conditions and likely impacts of this project on various environmental parameters. This plan will also facilitate monitoring of environmental parameters.

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EMP includes scheme for proper and scientific treatment and disposal mechanism for air, liquid and solid hazardous pollutants. Apart from this, green belt development, safety aspect of the workers, noise control, fire protection etc. are also included in it.

Following measures are proposed to mitigate negative impact of operation phase of the project on the surrounding air environment: - All transfer points will have bag filter attached to them to control and capture dust emission. - Height of all the stacks will be as per statutory requirement. All the stacks will have stack monitoring

facility (SMF) consisting of sampling port-hole, platform and access ladder. - Adequate spares of critical components of dust collection systems will be kept to ensure trouble free

operations and continuous compliance to emission norms. - A comprehensive plan for fugitive emission control based on CPCB guidelines is prepared.

Precautionary measures will also be adopted to control the noise level within the stipulated limits. The plantation at the proposed project site will be carried-out after interaction with local experts and various species will be selected as per CPCB guidelines.

About 33% land area of total land will be allocated for greenbelt / green cover development at the proposed project site. Proper budgetary provision considering expenses incurred on saplings, soil handling, manuring, after care and maintenance will be made.

ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT CELL In addition to preparing an EMP, it is also necessary to have a permanent organizational set up to ensure its effective implementation. Hence, Meghalaya Ferrous Ltd. will create a team consisting of officers from various departments to co-ordinate the activities concerned with management and implementation of the environmental control measures. This team will undertake the activity of monitoring the stack emissions, ambient air quality, noise level etc. either departmentally or by appointing external agencies wherever necessary. Regular monitoring of environmental parameters will be carried - out to find out any deterioration in environmental quality and also to take corrective steps, if required, through respective internal departments. ENVIRONMENT MONITORING PROGRAM A regular monitoring of environmental parameters like air, water, noise, soil, flora and Fauna as well as performance of pollution control facilities and safety measures in the plant are important for proper environmental management of any project. Therefore, the environment and safety cell will handle monitoring of air and water pollutants as well as the solid wastes generation as per the requirements of SPCB and CPCB.

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M/S. MEGHALAYA FERROUS LIMITED, WEST KHASI HILLS, MEGHALAYA I

INDEX

SR. NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF EIA REPORT

CHAPTER-1 : INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 PURPOSE OF EIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF EIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.4 METHODOLOGY FOR EIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.4.1 BASE LINE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.4.1.1 AMBIENT AIR ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.4.1.2 GROUND AND SURFACE WATER ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.4.1.3 NOISE ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.4.1.4 SOIL ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.4.1.5 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.4.1.6 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.4.2 IDENTIFICATION OF POLLUTION SOURCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.4.3 EVALUATION OF POLLUTION CONTROL AND ENVIRONMENTAL

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.4.4 EVALUATION OF IMPACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.4.5 PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN . . . . . . . . 2 1.5 STRUCTURE OF REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

CHAPTER-2 : PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES

2.1 JUSTIFICATION OF PROJECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2 PROJECT COST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.3 PROJECT SETTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.3.1 LOCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.3.2 KEY INFRASTRUCTURE FEATURES AND SETTLEMENTS . . . . . . . . . 7 2.3.3 MAP OF KEY INFRASTRUCTURE FEATURES AND SETTLEMENTS . . . . . 8 2.4 MAIN PHASES OF THE PROJECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.4.1 PRE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.4.2 CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.4.3 PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.4.3.1 DETAILS OF RAW MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.4.3.1.1 RAW MATERIAL REQUIREMENT & THEIR SOURCE. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.5 MANUFACTURING PROCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.5.1 FERRO ALLOY PLANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.5.2 CAPTIVE POWER PLANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2.6 INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.6.1 LAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.6.2 TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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2.6.3 WATER SOURCE AND UTILIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.6.4 POWER REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2.6.5 FUEL REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2.6.6 MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2.6.7 FIRE FIGHTING FACILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.7 SOURCE OF POLLUTION AND CONTROL MEASURES . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.7.1 WATER POLLUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.7.2 AIR POLLUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.7.2.1 SOURCE OF SECONDARY EMISSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2.7.3 NOISE POLLUTION AND CONTROL SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2.7.4 LAND/SOIL POLLUTION AND CONTROL MEASURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

CHAPTER-3 : BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS

3.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF IMPACT ZONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3.2 CLIMATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3.3 METEOROLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3.3.1 MICRO-METEOROLOGY OF THE AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3.3.2 TEMPERATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3.3.3 RAIN FALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3.3.4 WIND SPEED & WIND DIRECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3.4 TOPOGRAPHY OF THE AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3.5 AIR ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3.5.1 DESIGN OF NETWORK FOR AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING

LOCATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3.5.2 RECONNAISSANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3.5.3 METHODOLOGY FOR AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING . . . . . . . . 25 3.6 WATER ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3.6.1 HYDEROLOGY OF THE AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3.6.2 METHODOLOGY FOR WATER QUALITY MONITORING . . . . . . . . . . 30 3.7 NOISE ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 3.7.1 RECONNAISSANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 3.7.2 EQUIVALENT SOUND LEVELS OR EQUIVALENT CONTINUOUS EQUAL

ENERGY LEVEL (Leq) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 3.7.3 METHODOLOGY FOR NOISE MONITORING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 3.7.4 BASELINE NOISE LEVELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 3.7.5 NOISE LEVELS DUE TO TRANSPORTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 3.7.6 COMMUNITY NOISE LEVELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3.8 LAND ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3.8.1 METHODOLOGY FOR SOIL MONITORING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3.9 SOCIO - ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 3.9.1 DEMOGRAPHIC DETAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 3.9.2 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 3.9.3 AMENITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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3.9.4 OCCUPATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.9.5 TYPE OF HOUSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.9.6 MAIN DOMINATING CASTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.9.7 FUEL RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.9.8 OTHER DETAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.10 PRESENT LAND USE PATTERN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.10.1 AREA UNDER DIFFERENT LANDUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.11 ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 3.11.1 FLORA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 3.12.2 FAUNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 3.13 DETAILS OF THE OTHER INDUSTRIES LOCATED IN 10 KM RADIUS . . . . . 51

CHAPTER-4 : ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS & MITIGATION MEASURES

4.1 IDENTIFICATION OF IMPACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 4.2 PREDICTION AND EVALUATION OF IMPACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 4.3 WATER ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 4.3.1 CONSTRUCTION PHASE IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES. . . . . . 56 4.3.2 OPERATION PHASE IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES. . . . . . . . 56 4.4 AIR ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 4.4.1 CONSTRUCTION PHASE IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES. . . . . . 56 4.4.2 OPERATION PHASE IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES. . . . . . . . 57 4.4.2.1 IMPACT OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND MITIGATION MEASURES. . . . . 62 4.4.2.2 FUGITIVE EMISSION & CONTROL MEASURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 4.5 SOIL ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 4.5.1 SOURCE OF SOIL POLLUTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 4.5.2 IMPACT AND MITIGATION MEASURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 4.6 NOISE ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 4.6.1 CONSTRUCTION PHASE IMPACT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 4.6.2 OPERATION PHASE IMPACT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 4.6.3 MITIGATION MEASURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 4.7 SOLID WASTE GENERATION AND DISPOSAL METHOD. . . . . . . . . . . . 63 4.8 ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 4.9 HOUSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 4.10 ECOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 4.10.1 NATURAL VEGETATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 4.10.2 CROPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 4.10.3 TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 4.11 AESTHETIC ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 4.12 DEMOGRAPHY, ECONOMICS, SOCIOLOGY & HUMAN SETTLEMENT . . . . 65 4.13 FOREST, NATIONAL PARKS / SANCTUARIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 4.14 PLACES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL/ HISTORICAL/ RELIGIOUS/ TOURIST

INTEREST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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CHAPTER-5 : ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

5.1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 5.2 PURPOSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN. . . . . . . . . . 66 5.3 DETAILS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN. . . . . . . . . . 66 5.3.1 DURING CONSTRUCTION PHASE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 5.3.1.1 AIR ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 5.3.1.2 WATER ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 5.3.1.3 SOLID WASTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 5.3.1.4 NOISE ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 5.3.1.5 LAND ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 5.3.1.6 ECOLOGY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 5.3.1.7 SOCIO-ECONOMIC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 5.3.2 DURING OPERATION PHASE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 5.3.2.1 AIR ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 5.3.2.2 CONTROL AND MONITORING OF SECONDARY FUGITIVE EMISSIONS. . . . 68 5.3.2.3 WATER ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 5.3.2.3.1 ACTION PLAN FOR RAIN WATER HARVESTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 5.3.2.4 SOLID WASTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 5.3.2.5 NOISE ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 5.3.2.6 LAND ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 5.3.2.7 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 5.3.2.7.1 GREEN BELT DEVELOPMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 5.3.2.8 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 5.3.2.9 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 5.3.2.10 GENERAL CONSIDERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 5.3.2.11 CONCEPT OF WASTE-MINIMISATION, RECYCLE/REUSE/RECOVER

TECHNIQUES, ENERGY CONSERVATION, AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

5.4 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CELL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 5.5 MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 5.6 BUDGETORY PROVISIONS FOR EMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

CHAPTER-6 : RISK ASSESSMENT AND DAMAGE CONTROL

6.1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 6.2 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 6.3 PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY OF RISK ASSESSMENT. . . . . . . . 73 6.4 IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 6.4.1 EXPOSURE LIMITS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 6.5 FIRST AID MEASURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 6.6 EXPOSURE CONTROLS AND PERSONAL PROTECTION. . . . . . . . . . 76 6.7 FIRE FIGHTING FACILITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 6.8 OTHER SAFETY MEASURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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6.9 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH OF THE WORKERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 6.9.1 DUST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 6.9.2 NOISE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 6.9.3 ERGONOMICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 6.10 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SURVEILLANCE OF THE WORKER. . . . . . . . 80

CHAPTER-7 : PROJECT BENEFITS

7.1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 7.2 PHYSICAL STRUCTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 7.3 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 7.4 INDUSTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 7.5 SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

CHAPTER-8 : CONSULTANT ENGAGED 83

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LIST OF TABLES

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2.1 PROPOSED FACILITIES AND PRODUCTION CAPACITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.2 THE OPERATING PARAMETERS OF THE SMELTING FURNACES . . . . . . . . . 6

2.3 BREAK UP FOR THE PROPOSED INVESTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.4 DISTANCE OF NEAREST KEY INFRASTRUCTURE FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.5 RAW MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS & THEIR SOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.6 WATER CONSUMPTION AND WASTE WATER GENERATION . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.7 DUST EXTRACTION & DUST SUPPRESSION SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.8 DETAILS SOLID WASTE GENERATION AND DISPOSAL METHOD . . . . . . . . 17

3.1 SITE SPECIFIC METEOROLOGICAL DATA (OCT-2010 TO DEC-2010) . . . . . . . 23

3.2 DETAILS OF AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING LOCATIONS . . . . . . . . . 26

3.3 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

3.4 CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION ANALYSIS OF RSPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

3.5 NET GROUND WATER AVAILABILITY (HAM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

3.6 CATEGORIZATION OF GROUND WATER RESOURCES (HAM) . . . . . . . . . . 30

3.7 DETAILS OF GROUND AND SURFACE WATER MONITORING LOCATIONS . . . . 30

3.8 BASELINE WATER QUALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3.9 DETAILS OF LOCATION OF BACKGROUND & TRANSPOTATION NOISE MONITORING STATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3.10 BACKGROUND NOISE LEVELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3.11 NOISE LEVELS DUE TO TRANSPORTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3.12 SAMPLING LOCATIONS: SOIL QUALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

3.13 PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

3.14 TEHSIL WISE POPULATION WITHIN STUDY AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

3.15 DEMOGRAPHY PATTERN IN STUDY AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

3.16 AREAS STATISTICS OF LANDUSE/LAND COVER MAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3.17 LIST OF COMMON FLORA (STUDY AREA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

3.18 LIST OF COMMON FLORA (CORE ZONE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

3.19 LIST OF COMMON FAUNA (STUDY AREA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

3.20 LIST OF COMMON FAUNA (CORE ZONE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

4.1 DETAILS OF EMISSION FROM STACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

4.2 MAXIMUM GROUND LEVEL CONCENTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

4.3 HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATION AND DISPOSAL METHOD. . . . . . . . . . . 63

5.1 LOCATION OF FUGITIVE MONITORING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

5.2 MONITORING SCHEDULE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS. . . . . . . . 72

6.1 EXPOSURE LIMITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

6.2 FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

6.3 DIFFERENT KINDS OF HEAT DISORDERS AND HEALTH EFFECTS AND CURE. . . 79

6.4 ILLUMINATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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LIST OF FIGURES

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1.1 ACTIVITIES, SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND CONTENTS OF EIA REPORT. . 4

2.1 DETAILED MAP OF WEST KHASI HILLS DISTRICT SHOWING PROJECT LOCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2.2 KEY INFRASTRUCTURE FEATURES AND SETTLEMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.3 LAYOUT OF THE PLANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.4 PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3.1 LOCATION MAP OF THE PROJECT SITE WITH STUDY AREA . . . . . . . . . 20

3.2 LOCATION MAP OF THE PROJECT SITE WITH STUDY AREA OF 10 KM RADIUS 21

3.3 WIND ROSE DIAGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.4 TERRAIN MAP OF THE STUDY AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3.5 LOCATION OF AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS . . . . . . . 27

3.6 LOCATIONS OF WATER SAMPLING STATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3.7 LOCATIONS OF NOISE MONITORING STATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3.8 LOCATIONS OF SOIL SAMPLING STATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3.9 BREAK UP OF SC & ST IN THE STUDY AREA (CENSUS 2001) . . . . . . . . . 39

3.10 LITERACY LEVEL IN THE STUDY AREA (CENSUS 2001) . . . . . . . . . . . 40

3.11 EMPLOYMENT PATTERN IN THE STUDY AREA (CENSUS 2001). . . . . . . . 40

3.12 BREAK UP OF MAIN WORKER (CENSUS 2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

3.13 LANDUSE AND LANDCOVER MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

4.1 IMPACT NETWORK ON AIR, NOISE, WATER, SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL AND LAND ENVIRONMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

4.2 EQUAL CONCENTRATION CONTOUR PLOTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

5.1 AN ORGANOGRAM OF ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT CELL. . . . . . . . . 71

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M/S. MEGHALAYA FERROUS LIMITED, WEST KHASI HILLS, MEGHALAYA VIII

LIST OF ANNEXURE

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I TERMS OF REFERENCE LETTER AWARDED BY EAC (INDUSTRY-I) . . . . . . A-1

II A COPY OF LAND AGREMENT DOCUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

III PHOTOGRAPHS OF PLANT AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11

IV PERMISSION LETTER FOR WATER ABSTRACTION FROM WAHBLE RIVER . . A-12

V A COMMITMENT THAT NO FERRO CHROME WILL BE MANUFACTURED AT THE PROPOSED SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-15

VI NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS (NAAQS) (2009). . . . . . . A-16

VII INDIAN STANDARDS/SPECIFICATIONS FOR DRIINKING WATER IS: 10500-1991 A-19

VIII CLASSIFICATION OF INLAND SURFACE WATER (CPCB STANDARDS) . . . . A-22

IX CPCB RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMMUNITY NOISE EXPOSURE (1989) . . . A-23

X DAMAGE RISK CRITERIA FOR HEARING LOSS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-24

XI WATER BALANCE DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-25

XII SOCIO ECONOMIC DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-26

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M/S. MEGHALAYA FERROUS LIMITED, WEST KHASI HILLS, MEGHALAYA - 1 -

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND M/s. Meghalaya Ferrous Limited is planning to set up at Ferro alloy Plant (9 MVA x 2), (Fe-Si 7,000 TPA, Si-Mn 16,000 MTPA) with Captive Power Plant (10 MW) at Village Porla, Wahblei, District West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya As per EIA notification 2006 the proposed project is categorized as A, 3(a) Primary Metallurgical Industries. This Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment study is carried out as a part of the process to obtain Environmental Clearance for the above mentioned project. A mitigation plan has been prepared and a detailed environmental management plan (EMP) is drawn out to effectively mitigate or minimize potentially adverse environmental impacts. The EIA/EMP Report has been prepared in line with Terms of Reference (TOR) suggested by Environmental Appraisal Committee (Industry) vide MoEF letter No. F. No. J-11011/241/2010-IA-II (I) dated, 15th September, 2010 as attached an annexure-I. 1.2 PURPOSE OF EIA The purpose of the EIA study is to critically analyze the manufacturing process of different products, proposed to be manufactured with reference to types and quantity of different raw material consumption, possible source of wastewater, air emission and hazardous waste generation, control measures to reduce the pollution and to delineate a comprehensive environment management plan along with recommendations in proposed environment management system. 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF EIA The main objectives of the study are:

1) To assess the background environmental status.

2) To identify potential sources of pollution.

3) To predict and evaluate the impact on environment along with pollution control measures taken.

4) To prepare a comprehensive Environment and Disaster Management Plan. 1.4 METHODOLOGIES FOR EIA Taking into consideration proposed project activities and guidelines, an area of 10 km radius from the center of the project has been selected and is designated as the study area for the purpose of Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Plan studies. 1.4.1 BASE LINE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION The samples of ambient air, ground and surface water and soil are collected and analyzed as per the standard methods for establishing the baseline data and to determine the impact of proposed activity on the same. 1.4.1.1 AMBIENT AIR ENVIRONMENT The air environment around the plant was studied by setting up locations within the study area of 10 Km radius from the project site and collection and monitoring the site specific meteorological data, viz. wind speed, wind direction, humidity, rainfall and ambient temperature was carried out. Design of network for ambient air quality monitoring locations is based on guidelines provided by CPCB. The ambient air samples were collected and analyzed for PM, SO2, and NOX for identification, prediction, evaluation and assessment of potential impact on ambient air environment.

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1.4.1.2 GROUND AND SURFACE WATER ENVIRONMENT The water required for domestic and industrial use shall be met from Surface water from Wahblei River. To assess the Physico-chemical quality of the water, a number of ground & surface water samples were collected and analyzed or pollution parameters viz., pH, TDS, Turbidity, BOD3, COD, Fluorides, Chlorides, Sulphate, Nitrates, Ammonical Nitrogen, Hardness, Alkalinity, Oil & Grease and heavy metals in order to find out the contamination, if any. 1.4.1.3 NOISE ENVIRONMENT Noise pollution survey was conducted in the study zone for evaluating proposed project site. The anticipated noise sources were industrial activities, which are likely to be increased due to proposed activity. Noise levels were also recorded in surrounding villages for evaluating general scenario of the study area. Hourly equivalent sound levels (Leq ) were also recorded for calculating Day and Night noise levels in the surrounding villages. 1.4.1.4 SOIL ENVIRONMENT Soil sampling and analysis was carried out to assess Physico-chemical characteristics of the soils and delineate existing cropping pattern, existing land use and topography, within the study area. 1.4.1.5 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT Keeping in view, the importance of biological component of total environment due to the proposed project, biological characterization of terrestrial and aquatic environments, changes in species diversity of flora and fauna in terrestrial as well as aquatic systems were studied for impact analysis due to proposed project activity, if any. 1.4.1.6 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT Demographic and related socio-economic data was collected from census handbook to assess socio-economic status of the study area. Assessment of impact on significant historical, cultural, and archeological sites/places in the area and economic and employment benefit arisen out from the proposed project is given special attention. 1.4.2 IDENTIFICATION OF POLLUTION SOURCE Detailed study of manufacturing process for proposed production scenario is carried out along with input and output of materials, water, and wastewater as well as infrastructure facilities available. 1.4.3 EVALUATION OF POLLUTION CONTROL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM The qualitative and quantitative analysis of various pollution sources as well as evaluation of pollution control system is carried out. 1.4.4 EVALUATION OF IMPACT A comprehensive evaluation of environmental impact with reference to proposed project activities is carried out. 1.4.5 PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN A comprehensive Environmental Management Plan has been prepared covering all the aspects of pollution prevention measures, Air and Water Pollution Control measures, Hazardous Waste Management, Environmental Surveillance and Environmental Management Plan. The present report is an EIA and EMP, conducted during the study period between October 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010. The baseline environmental conditions have been established through field monitoring and literature survey. The contents of EIA report, details of data collection and source of secondary data are presented in figure-1.1.

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1.5 STRUCTURE OF REPORT The objective of the EIA study is a preparation of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP) report based on the guidelines of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and CPCB. It incorporates the following.

Chapter 1 is an Introduction to the Industry, their premises and surrounding areas. It also expresses the basic objectives and methodologies for EIA studies and work to be covered under each Environmental component.

Chapter 2 presents a Description of Project and Infrastructure facilities including all industrial and environmental aspects of M/s. Meghalaya Ferrous Limited during operation phase activities as well as manufacturing process details of proposed product. This chapter also gives information about raw material storage and handling, water and wastewater quantitative details, air pollution and control system, Hazardous Waste generation, storage facility and disposal and utilities for proposed production capacity of plant. It also provides information about proposed Environmental Management Facilities available at the project site.

Chapter 3 covers Baseline Environmental Status including meteorological details, Identification of baseline status of Environmental components of the surrounding area covering air, water and land environment, study of land use pattern, Biological Environment & Socio-Economic Environment giving details about West Khasi Hills and the study area in terms of land use pattern, Biological environment, and socio-economic environment.

Chapter 4 deals with Identification and Prediction of Impact, which provides quantification of significant impacts of the proposed expansion activities of plant on various environmental components. Evaluation of the proposed pollution control facilities has been presented.

Chapter 5 describes Environment Management Plan (EMP) to be adopted for mitigation of anticipated adverse impacts if any and to ensure acceptable impacts.

Chapter 6 describes Risk analysis and Disaster management plan that is adopted by the company. Chapter 7 gives the benefits of the proposed projects. Chapter 8 gives the information of consultants.

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CHAPTER 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES 2.1 JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT North-Eastern Region (NER) of India comprising of the seven states of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Arunanchal Pradesh are a store house of resources and minerals predominantly, Oil & natural Gas, Coal, Limestone, and Water resources. The area is largely untapped and presents a unique opportunity to Industry. The resources pool has been further made amenable for Industries through a series of Government Initiatives in which several incentives and subsidies have been provided to Industry, both by the Central and State Governments. These include Central and State Capital investment Subsidy, Interest subsidy, Transport Subsidy, power subsidy, sales Tax and Excise duty exemption and Income Tax exemption etc. The Government has approved a package of fiscal incentives and other concessions for the North East Region namely the North East Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy (NEIIPP), 2007, effective from 1.4.2007, wherein the earlier policy has been further liberalized and many impediments in the earlier policy have been removed. The most important amongst those was the removal of area wise restrictions that has made it possible for industries to be located in hitherto zero industries area thus fulfilling the spirit of the notifications and the government policy in the right spirit. As per this policy all new units as well as existing units which go in for substantial expansion, unless otherwise specified and which commence commercial production within the 10 year period from the date of notification of NEIIPP, 2007 will be eligible for incentives for a period of ten years from the date of commencement of commercial production. The main highlights of the policy are as under: i) Excise Duty Exemption: 100% Excise Duty exemption will be continued, on finished products made in the North Eastern Region has been made available in NEIIPP 2007, as was available under NEIP, 1997. The quantum of excise duty exemption has been made contingent on the value addition done by the unit. The mode of exemption in by refund of the amount of excise duty paid. ii) Income Tax Exemption: 100% Income Tax exemption will continue under NEIIPP, 2007 as was available under NEIP, 1997. Income Tax exemption is available under section 80 IE of the Income Tax act. However, under different sections of the act as is currently prevalence, MAT, and dividend tax are payable. iii) Capital Investment Subsidy: Capital Investment Subsidy will be enhanced from 15% of the investment in plant and machinery to 30%. There is virtually no upper cap for the quantum of capital subsidy. In case of Power plants, subsidy is available for power plants upto 10 MW size. The policy does not specify what would be the available subsidy in case of Captive power plant, especially if the size is more than 10 MW. iv) Interest Subsidy: Interest Subsidy will be made available @ 3% on working capital loan under NEIIPP, 2007 v) Comprehensive Insurance: New industrial units as well as the existing units on their substantial expansion will be eligible for reimbursement of 100% insurance premium. There exists several other incentives and benefits from the side of the state government also that will be available for the unit. The State of Meghalaya is picturesque and has been endowed with natural resources. The last industrial policy had seen a large number of units coming up and concentrating in the Ri-Bhoi district in areas adjoining the city of Guwahati in the Byrnihat area, Barapani area near Shillong and the Lumshnong area in

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Jaintia hills. The other areas in Meghalaya did not see any significant industrial activity. While the Byrnihat area had the advantage of proximity to Guwahati, was the first off the block. A large number of steel units and a number of Ferro Alloys units, melting furnaces, rolling mills, Cement plants, and other allied plants have sprung up. Availability of Power is one of the major concerns in the area. In case of Lumshnong area, the availability of Raw material for cement plant in close proximity of each other has ensured the growth and prosperity of cement plants. Inspired by the above government policies, and package of Incentives for development of industries in North - Eastern Region, M/s. Santosh Jaiswal, Sanjeev Jaiswal, Maysalin War, Bajrang Lohia, and Rahul Lohia, decided to promote a new company under the name of Meghalaya Ferrous Limited. (MFL) in Meghalaya for setting up a Ferro - alloy plant for manufacture of Ferro- silicon and Silico Manganese to meet the demand of the region as well as export to neighboring states and countries like Nepal Bangladesh, etc. Since power supply in Meghalaya is deficient and in the short term it is unlikely to improve drastically the promoters have decided to set up a captive power plant to meet the requirements of the project. The Captive power plant will be based on Coal and Bio - fuel. The region is rich in coal resources, and the jungles and the fields of the region can be a source of renewable bio sources. The area is rich in non coking coal resources that can be used in power plants. The coal in the area is of high sulphur that will need to be managed by addition of Limestone and by using specialized boilers and tubes for the purpose. The other raw material required for the project namely quartz of good quality with high Silica content is available in the area. There are reports of some amount of Iron ore, Manganese ore and other metals also present in the area, which is yet to be studied in details. There remains a potential to tap the existing resources of the area, and accordingly the feasibility Report has been prepared for execution of the proposal. Considering the quality and quantity of raw materials and Ferro-alloys, and shop logistics from the view point of operation and flexibility in coordination, it is proposed to install two no. submerged arc ferro-alloy smelting furnace of capacity 9 MVA each for the production of Ferro-Silicon. Proposed facilities and production capacity area given in following, table-2.1. TABLE - 2.1 PROPOSED FACILITIES AND PRODUCTION CAPACITIES

SR. NO. FACILITY

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1. Submerge Arc Furnace 9 MVA X 1 Ferro - Silicon 7,000 TPA

2. Submerge Arc Furnace 9 MVA X 1 Silico - Manganese 16,000 TPA

TOTAL PRODUCTION OF FERRO ALLOYS 23,000 TPA In line with the latest developments in Ferro-alloy technology, submerged arc furnaces of closed type (closed-roof furnace for Fe-Si/Si-Mn) would be installed to ensure improved furnace operation, better working conditions, economy in raw materials consumption and easier handling of waste gases. The operating parameters of the smelting furnaces for production of Ferro-Silicon and Silico-Manganese are given in the following table-2.2. TABLE - 2.2 THE OPERATING PARAMETERS OF THE SMELTING FURNACES

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1. Saleable Ferro-alloy production t/yr 7,000 16,000

2. No. of Furnace & trans-former Rating MVA 1 x 9 1 x 9

4. Furnace Efficiency % 33 33

5. Furnace load - 7784.1 7784.1

6. Power requirement for Production of 1 MT of Silico Manganese Kwh 8600 3800

7. Production Per Day MT 22 49

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2.2 PROJECT COST The total Project Cost is Rs. 48.79 Crore. It includes Building, all the plant Machinery and its installation and Environment Protection measures cost. Break up of the proposed investment is given in following table-2.3. TABLE - 2.3 BREAK UP FOR THE PROPOSED INVESTMENT

S. NO. ITEM AMOUNT (LACS)

1. Land & Site Development 150.00

2. Building & Civil works 375.00

3. Plant & Machinery 3057.67

4. Miscellaneous fixed Assets 405.00

5. Contingency and escalation 207.28

6. Environment protection measures* 240.00

7. Technical and Engineering consultancy 100.00

8. Security Deposits 100.00

9. Preliminary and pre- operative expenses 72.00

10. Interest during construction 82.50

11 Margin Money for working capital 90.00

TOTAL PROJECT COST 4879.45 2.3 PROJECT SETTING 2.3.1 LOCATION The proposed site for Ferro-alloys plant with captive power plant is located within the acquired (Private) land of 12.6034 acres (51004.36 sq.m.) of Village Porla, Wahblei, District West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. Location map of project and detailed layout map of the proposed plant is shown in figure-2.1 and figure-2.3 respectively.

1. Location: a) Site Village : Porla b) District : West Khasi Hills c) State : Meghalaya d) Latitude : 25 39' 41.33" N e) Longitude : 91 05' 13.16" E

2. Nearest Railway Station : Boko in Assam (around 35Km) 3. Nearest Airport : Guwhati (64Km North-East) 5. Nearest Town : Nongstoin (around 20 km in SE) 6. Nearest City : Shillong (around 70 km in ENE) 7. Nearest River : Wahblei River

2.3.2 KEY INFRASTRUCTURE FEATURES AND SETTLEMENTS 2.3.2.1 METHOD OF DATA PREPARATION Key infrastructure features have been extracted from the Survey of India (SoI) topographical maps of 1:50,000 scale. The features have been updated using satellite data and have been verified with ancillary information derived from TTK maps and guide maps. The locations of the settlement have been extracted from Census of India (CoI) maps and have been verified by using SoI topographical maps and satellite data and have been over-layer for the ease of spatial reference.

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2.3.2.2 DISTANCE OF NEAREST KEY INFRASTRUCTURE FEATURES FROM PROJECT SITE The distance of Railways, National and State highways from the project site are presented in table-2.4 below. TABLE- 2.4 DISTANCE OF NEAREST KEY INFRASTRUCTURE

SR. NO. NEAREST INFRASTRUCTURE FEATURE DISTANCE FROM PROJECT SITE

1. Nearest Village Porla Around 4 km 2. Nearest Town Nongstoin (around 20 km in SE) 3. Nearest City Shillong (around 70 km in ENE) 4. Nearest Dist Headquarter Nongstoin (around 20 km in SE) 5. Nearest National Highway NH-44 (around 12 km in SSE) 6. Nearest Railway Line Boko in Assam (around 35Km) 7. Nearest Airport Guwhati (64Km North-East) 8. Nearest River Wahblei River

2.3.3 MAP OF KEY INFRASTRUCTURE FEATURES AND SETTLEMENTS A map depicting administrative boundary up to Taluka level, showing National Highway, State Highways, major, medium and other roads with the railway lines is presented in figure-2.2. The major water bodies with the rivers and the river beds are illustrated in the map to provide a better understanding of the project area. The map marks the area within 10 km buffer around the project area. FIGURE - 2.1 DETAILED MAP OF WEST KHASI HILLS DISTRICT SHOWING PROJECT LOCATION

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FIGURE - 2.2 KEY INFRASTRUCTURE FEATURES AND SETTLEMENTS

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FIGURE - 2.3 LAYOUT OF THE PLANT

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2.4 MAIN PHASES OF THE PROJECT 2.4.1 PRE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES As the project site well connected with road there is no need to construct any approach road or site access. No significant pre-construction activities are anticipated. 2.4.2 CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES Construction activities will include infrastructure as well as production facilities. The proposed plant site region falls in Seismic Zone V and earth quake resistance structure will be provided. Bushes & vegetation are available in small patch of land need cutting, if required. 2.4.3 PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES 2.4.3.1 DETAILS OF RAW MATERIALS 2.4.3.1.1 RAW MATERIALS REQUIREMENT & THEIR SOURCE The main raw material for the industry is Quartz which is in Meghalaya and other raw materials are Coke, Iron Ore, Electrode past, Manganese Ore, Dolomite & Coal is also readily available for the proposed project. Details of raw materials requirements & their sources are given in following table-2.5. TABLE - 2.5 RAW MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS & THEIR SOURCES

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TATION Fe-Si Si-Mn 1. Quartz (94%-95%) 13,650 2,400 Meghalaya By Road 2. Coke 9,100 7,680 Jaintia Hills By Road 3. Iron Ore/Mill scale 1,750 200 North East Region By Road 4. Electrode Past 490 400 Bongaigaon and Guwahati By Road 5. Manganese Ore

(38%-40%) - 11,520 Meghalaya or other state By Road

6. Low Grade High Silicon MOIL Ore

- 13,840 Same furnace arising short fall if any from Byrnihat/Durgapur

By Road

7. Fe-Mn Slag - 11,520 Fe-Si furnace in the same unit By Road 8. Dolomite 1,600 1,600 Local region, Meghalaya By Road 9. Coal - 3,680 Nongstoin, Meghalaya By Road 10. Coal for Power Plant 41,250 Nongstoin, Meghalaya By Road

2.4.3.1.2 RAW MATERIAL STORAGE, HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION Raw materials like, Quartz, Coke, Iron Ore/Mill Scale, Electrode Past, manganese ore & Dolomite would be received at the raw material yard of proposed plant by road transport and will be unloaded manually in the storage yard directly. 2.5 MANUFACTURING PROCESS 2.5.1 FERRO ALLOY PLANT In smelting shop equipped with a submerged furnace suitable for production of ferro- alloys, the furnace along with auxiliary facilities

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