EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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For PROPOSED 60 MW COAL BASED THERMAL POWER PLANT

Proposed By

M/s. YESHODA ENERGY PVT. LIMITED

Sy. No: 170,160&161, Jagannathpur Village, Kagaznagar Mandal, Adilabad District of Andhra Pradesh

Prepared By
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M/s. GLOBAL ENVIRO LABS

(Recognised by Govt. of India, MoEF, New Delhi Vide Gazette Notification No. S.O. 773 (E))

Tilaknagar X Roads, Bagh Amberpet,Hyderabad 500 013. Ph.: 040 65582886; Telefax:040 27407969 E.Mail: globalelabs@rediffmail.com
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.0 INTRODUCTION M/s. YASHODA ENERGY PVT. LIMITED is a special purpose company formed for implementing 60 MW coal fired thermal power plant proposed at Sy. No: 173,160&161 Jaganathpur Village, Kagaznagar Mandal, Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh. The total cost of the project is 288.00 Crores. As per EIA notification, 14th September 2006, the proponent has to be obtain Environmental Clearance from the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Andhra Pradesh and CFE (NOC) from APPCB for this proposed Project. Accordingly the proponent has appointed M/s. Global Enviro Labs, Hyderabad to carry out the Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment (REIA) study to suggest mitigative measures for potentially adverse environmental impacts that will be arise due to the proposed Project. 1.2 SALIENT FEATURES OF POWER PLANT The proposed thermal power plant will be located in an area of about 50 acres. The following are the major equipments proposed in the power plant. a. 260 TPH coal fired CFBC boiler b. Electrostatic Precipitators (ESP) c. Installation of a tall stack of 85 m height to exhaust the emission generated from the generator. d. Water treatment system for supply of water to the boiler e. One steam turbine of 60 MW f. Closed Cycle Cooling Water System 1.3 DETAILS OF THE PROJECT SITE 1. The proposed project site is located as a Longitude of 79 31' 22.1" E and latitude of 19 18' 02.4" N. 2

2. The site is located at 0.7 km away from main road which connects Jagannathpur to Karli bhimpur 3. The nearest railway facility is available at Kagaznagar, which is about 8.0 kms. from the posed project site. 4. Jawddigudem & Jagannathpur are the near by habitations to the proposed project site located at a distance of 1.5 km. & 2.5 k.m. 5. The topography of the site is without many undulations. 6. The average annual rainfall in the area is 700 mm. 7. The major crops in the study area are paddy, sunflower, groundnut etc., 8. No habitations exist in the proposed project site. Hence displacement and rehabilitation of people is not involved. 9. No forest land is involved in the proposed site. 10. Peddavagu canal is located at a distance of 2.6 km flowing across the study area from West to East direction. 2.1 PRODUCTION CAPACITIES AT PROPOSED PROJECT M/s. Yeshoda Energy Pvt. Limited is proposed to install 60 MW Thermal power plant by installing the 260 TPH CFBC Boiler. 2.2 COAL CONSUMPTION IN THE POWER PLANT Coal will be the fuel for proposed power generation. The proposed power plant will be based on Indian cola/ Imported coal. The Coal consumption in the plant depends upon the thermal efficiency of the boiler and also the mechanical efficiency of the turbine. The design plant heat rate of the plant considered is about 2500 kcal/kwhr. The Indian coal required for the proposed power plant will be sourced from the SCCL and Imported coal will be sourced from Indonesia. The following table gives the proposed coal consumption in the plant. Coal consumption in the power plant (60 MW) Fuel Indian coal Imported coal Quantity 930 TPD 604 TPD Source SCCL Method of Transportation By rail & covered trucks

(OR) Indonesia* By sea route & rail & covered trucks 3

2.3 MANUFACTURING PROCESS The whole process comprises of generating heat energy in the boiler and then converting heat energy generated in the boiler into mechanical energy in the turbine and further converting this mechanical energy generated in the turbine into electrical energy in the alternator. Coal will be used as fuel in the boiler. The combustion of the fuel generates the heat energy in the boiler. The heat energy is transferred to heat transfer area provided in different areas like (bed coils, water wall, steam drawn/mud drum, bank tubes, economizer, super heater, air preheater). This heat will be transferred to the water which will pass through and steam is generated and this steam will be further super heated in the super heater so that dry super heated steam will be generated. The quantity of the steam generated in the boiler will be 260 TPH (MCR). This steam will be fed into the turbine and this steam expands in the turbine and generates mechanical energy will be converted into electrical energy in the alternator. The power generated at the alternator terminal is 60 MW. 2.4 WATER REQUIREMENT & WASTEWATER GENERATION YEPL will requires the 7274 m3/day of water for the proposed power plant and applied for Permission for drawl of 7274 m3/day from Water resources Dept. Govt. of A.P. and the approval is under process. However after optimization and installation of RO Plant the make up requirement of proposed power plant found to be 5700 m3/day. The total water requirement will be met from the Peddavagu canal. Water will be pumped to the proposed site through 2x50% capacity intake pumps. The water from the pump house will be pumped to the pre-treatment plant for clarification and filtration. Break up of Water Consumption in the proposed 60 MW Power Plant Sl. No. 1 2 3 4 5 Particulars DM Plant Make UP Cooling Makeup for Cooling Tower & auxiliaries Service & Drinking Filtration back wash Soft Water Plant Regeneration Total Grand total Fresh Water Consumption m3 / Day 187.0 4529.0 240.0 120.0 624.0 5700 7274.0 4 Recycled through RO Plant 1574

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Wastewater Generation: Waste water generation from the proposed power plant is given in the below Table Sl. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Particulars Cooling Blow Down Boiler Blow Down Raw water treatment (Filtration back wash) Softener effluent DM Plant effluent Service Domestic Total Generation Rate in m3/day 1526.0 169.0 120.0 624.0 18.0 140.0 20.0 2617.0

2.5 EFFLUENT TREATMENT PROCESS Effluent from service area and cooling of equipment, Turbine and other areas, which may contain traces of Oil, will be directed to the Oil/Water Separator. The Oil will be pumped out periodically and stored in closed drums and disposed to authorized preprocessors. The treated Water significantly low quantity will be directed to the Central Monitoring Basin. The clarifier sludge generated in pretreatment and cooling tower blow down treatment system will be further thickened and dried in thickener and drying bed. The dry sludge from the sludge drying bed will be manually sent through struck for offsite disposal. DM Plant regeneration after treatment in neutralization pit taken to common basin (guard pond). Effluent generated from soft water regeneration will be taken to guard pond via neutralization pit. Filter back wash and effluent from raw water treatment will be taken to guard pond, after pretreatment through settling tank/ lamella clarifier. From guard pond 900 m3/ day of water will be directly used for dust suppression, ash conditioning, greenbelt development and fire fighting purposes. Balance water from guard pond will be treated in RO Plant and will be recycled to utilize as cooling tower make up. The unit thus adopt zero discharge concept except rainy season. 5

Rainfall runoff from the coal pile will contain mainly suspended solids. This run off will be routed to the settling basin for retention and settling of suspended solids, and the clear water from there will be used for dust suppression in the coal pile area. During excessive rain, when the runoff is not expected to contain substantial amount of suspended solids after initial hours of heavy rains, the clean runoff will be directly discharged to the storm water drain. The effluent generated from domestic activities will be sent to septic tank fallowed by soak pit. 3 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT a) The proposed project site is located in Sy. No: 173,160&161 Jaganathpur Village, Kagaznagar Mandal, Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh. b) Transpiration, Communication facilities and Public Health facilities are satisfactory c) There are no environmentally sensitive areas with in the study zone. 4.0 COLLECTION OF BASELINE DATA Initially baseline data was collected to know the existing quality of ambient air, surface water, ground water, soil characteristics, flora & fauna, noise levels and socio economic details of the people living in the study area during December 2010 to February 2011. 4.1 AIR ENVIRONMENT In order to assess the existing ambient air quality in the study area of 10 km radius of the project, a network of 8 ambient air quality stations were selected and samples were collected to analyze for various parameters like PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NOx and CO concentrations. The sampling stations were selected based on the Topography/ Terrain of the study area, Populated areas, Residential areas etc. The values of ambient air quality of all the monitoring stations for various parameters during the study period (December 2010 to February 2011) will be as following. The maximum value of PM2.5 in the proposed project area is 19 g/m3., PM10 is 39.0 g/m3, SO2 is 3.1 g/m3, NOx is 4.2 g/m3 and CO levels are less than 1 ppm. 6

The average value of PM2.5 in the buffer zone in the range of 19.25 24.6 g/m3, PM10 in the range of 44.2 51.5 g/m3, SO2 in the range of 3.7 6.0 g/m3, NOx in the range of 5.6 8.1 g/m3 and CO levels are less than 1 ppm. The concentrations of various parameters in the air quality of the study area were found to be well within the norms prescribed by NAAQ. 4.2 NOISE ENVIRONMENT In order o know the baseline noise levels, in and around the project site, Noise levels were measured at the project area and also at 7 villages in the study area. The day-night noise levels were monitored at all locations and the Day-night equivalent noise levels ranging from 45.9 dB (A) to 53.1 dB (A) The noise levels recorded at all the stations were found to be less than the standards prescribed. 4.3 WATER ENVIRONMENT In order to assess the water quality of the study area two nos. of Surface water samples were collected and these samples were analyzed for various physical ad chemical and bacteriological parameters to know the contamination levels. Eight nos. of ground water samples were collected from bore wells from the near by villages and plant site to assess ground water quality impacts. All the water samples collected shows compliance of all parameters with the drinking water standard of IS 10500 4.4 LAND ENVIRONMENT 8 nos. of soil samples were collected and analyzed for Physical & Chemical parameters. 4.5 BIOLOGICAL ENVIORONMENT The details of flora and fauna present in the study area were described elaborately in the EIA report 4.6 SOICIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT The detailed description of the Socio-Economic Environment is presented in the EIA report. 7

5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 5.1 AIR ENVIRONMENT YEPL is installing 260 TPH CFBC Boiler Plant in the process of implementation of proposed 60 MW Thermal Power Plant. For estimation of impacts the proposed boiler is considered. An attempt has been made to predict the incremental rise of various ground level concentrations above the baseline status in respect of air pollution due to proposed project. The Industrial Source Complex Short Term model (ISCST3) is a computerized air quality model, which was approved by United States Environmental Protection Agency for industrial applications is used for predicting the Ground Level Concentrations (GLC) due to the proposed plant. The emissions of concern are Particulate Matter (PM) Sulphur dioxide (SO2) and Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) The maximum ground level concentration of PM is estimated to be about 1.44 g/m3 SO2 is 5.38 and NOx is 4.09 g/m3 within the project area. The net concentration of PM, SO2 & NOx (maximum baseline cone. + predicted conc.) in the project area are given below. OVERALL SCENARIO WITHIN PLANT AREA (g/m3) 24 Hourly Particulate Matter Concentrations (PM10) Baseline Scenario (Max) 39 Predicted Ground Level 1.44 Concentration due to proposed Thermal Power Plant (Max) Overall Scenario 40.44 (worst case) (100) Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) 3.1 5.38 Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) 4.2 4.09

8.48 (80)

8.29 (80)

The net concentrations of PM, SO2 and NOx, are will with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Hence there will not be any adverse impact on air environment due to the proposed project activity.

5.2 WATER ENVIRONMENT The total water consumption in the proposed power plant is about 7274 m3/day. This requirement is met from Peddavagau canal. Major water requirement in the power plant is for cooling of steam. YEPL will adopt closed circuit cooling system for cooling of condensate. Water for cooling water system will be supplied directly from the raw water storage system. Water supplied for generation of steam will be treated in water treatment plant which will consist of pre treatment. Wastewater will be generated from DM plant, cooling tower blow down and boiler blow down. The major source of wastewater from the power plant is cooling water blow down and the details of wastewater treatment and disposal are discussed in 2.5 This indicates that there will not be any adverse impact on water environment due to the proposed project. 5.3 NOISE ENVIRONMENT The ambient noise levels in the proposed plant area will be with in stipulated standards. Hence, there will not be any adverse impact on noise environment due to the proposed project activity. 5.4 LAND ENVIRONMENT There is no generation and discharge of process effluents from this proposed plant. Hence there will not be any adverse impact on the land environment. 5.5 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT The biological environment will not be affected at all due to the proposed project 5.6 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT It will be obvious to assume that the activities of the plant operations have to be produced some improvements in the socio-economic levels in the study area. 9

The proposed industrial activities will provide employment to local persons of different skills and trades. The employment potential ameliorated economic conditions of these families directly and provided employment to many other families indirectly who are involved in business and service oriented activities. This in-turn will improve the socioeconomic conditions of the area. 6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN The major objective and benefit of utilizing REIA in project planning stage itself is to prevent avoidable losses of environmental resources and values as a result of well-planned EMP. Environmental Management Plan includes protection/mitigation/enhancement measures as well as suggestions for the post project-monitoring programme to be implemented by the project proponent. 6.1 EMP DURING CONSTRUCTION PHASE The project proponent shall take appropriate steps to control pollution during construction phase. a) At the time of construction there will be substantial quantity of soil and debris generated and they can however be controlled by dust suppressant spraying. . b) Employees and labor working at the site shall be provided with water supply and proper sanitation facilities to maintain proper standards of hygiene. c) Some noise pollution can be anticipated due to the usage of concrete mixers and mechanical vibrators. Therefore it is advisable to provide earmuffs to the site workers. The vehicular traffic may also contribute to some nose level enhancement during construction phase. However its impact on the nearby settlement would be negligible. d) The solid wastes shall be collected and segregated and all the combustible wastes shall be burnt in a controlled manner. e) All the hazardous material such as LPG, diesel, painting materials etc, shall be stored as per International Safety Standards. f) The construction of the project does not involve any rehabilitation of human settlements. 10

6.2 POST CONSTRUCTION PHASE 6.2.1 AIR ENVIRONMENT The main sources of dust pollution are 260 TPH CFBC boiler the proposed power plant.. The Exhaust emissions of proposed 260 TPH CFBC boiler will be treated in an Electro Static Precipitator, designed for an outlet concentration of less than 50 mg/Nm3 and the emissions from the proposed power plant after treating in ESP will be let out into the atmosphere through a tall stack height of 85m. A separate dedusting system will be provided to control the fugitive emissions from various material transfer points. Recommendations: a) The proposed air pollution control equipments should be installed prior to commissioning the plant. b) Online Continuous monitoring system for SPM should be provided. c) Pressure drop measuring system across the ESP will be installed. d) All the internal roads shall be asphalted to reduce the fugitive dust to truck movement. 6.2.2 WATER ENVIRONMENT The effluent from service area and cooling of equipment, Turbine and other areas, which may contain traces of Oil, will be directed to the Oil/Water Separator. The Oil will be pumped out periodically and stored in closed drums and disposed to authorized preprocessors. The treated Water significantly low quantity will be directed to the Central Monitoring Basin. The clarifier sludge generated in pretreatment and cooling tower blow down treatment system will be further thickened and dried in thickener and drying bed. The dry sludge from the sludge drying bed will be manually sent through struck for offsite disposal. DM Plant regeneration after treatment in neutralization pit taken to common basin (guard pond).

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Effluent generated from soft water regeneration will be taken to guard pond via neutralization pit. Filter back wash and effluent from raw water treatment will be taken to guard pond, after pretreatment through settling tank/ lamella clarifier. From guard pond 900 m3/ day of water will be directly used for dust suppression, ash conditioning, greenbelt development and fire fighting purposes. Balance water from guard pond will be treated in RO Plant and will be recycled to utilize as cooling tower make up. The unit thus adopt zero discharge concept except rainy season. Rainfall runoff from the coal pile will contain mainly suspended solids. This run off will be routed to the settling basin for retention and settling of suspended solids, and the clear water from there will be used for dust suppression in the coal pile area. During excessive rain, when the runoff is not expected to contain substantial amount of suspended solids after initial hours of heavy rains, the clean runoff will be directly discharged to the storm water drain. The effluent generated from domestic activities will be sent to septic tank fallowed by soak pit. 6.2.3 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT The daily coal requirement of the plant is about 930 tonnes/day at 100% MCR. The maximum ash content in the coal is 50 %, and the ash generated per day is 465 tonnes of which 80 % will be flyash and 20 % will be bottom ash. The Fly ash from economizers, air pre-heaters will be collected in dry form by means of pneumatic conveying system and conveyed to the fine ash silos situated near the chimney. The Bottom ash generated at captive power plant boiler will be collected in hoppers and is conveyed to the coarse ash silos situated near the boiler. The Fly ash & Bottom ash will be stored in the dry ash silos within the power plant premises for transport to brick manufacturing units/ cement plants.

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6.2.4 NOISE ENVIRONMENT The major noise-generating sources in the plant are steam turbines and generators All these machinery will be manufactured keeping in view the MOEF International Standards on noise levels. The major noise levels will be confined to the working zones of the proposed activity. The Leq of eight hours will be within the prescribed standards. Community noise levels are not likely to be effected due to the existing belt and attenuation due to the physical barriers. As the nearest habitation is about 1.5 km from the project site, there will not be any adverse impact on habitations due to the proposed activity. Recommendations: a) The impact can reduce by adopting shock absorbing techniques. b) Earplugs shall be provided to the workers and this shall be enforced strictly. c) Increase the distance between source and receiver, by altering the relative orientation of receiver and the source. 6.2.5 LAND ENVIRONMENT The land acquired for the proposed project is 50 acres in this land allocated for greenbelt development is 16.5 acres. All the required Air pollution control systems will be provided in the proposed plant. The treated domestic effluent will be confirmed to the A.P. Pollution Control Boards standards. Hence there will not be any impact on land environment due to the proposed project. Recommendations a) Landscaping can be done around the administrative building. This will help in preserving the ecological conditions. b) The treated water shall be used for green belt development.

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6.2.6 GREENBELT DEVELOPMENT 16.5 acres of extensive greenbelt will be developed in the acquired sit for the proposed plant. The greenbelt shall be developed simultaneously with the plant construction. This will further mitigate the pollution impacts. 7.3 POST PROJECT MONITORING STRATEGY The detailed Post Project Monitoring strategy is given in Chapter 6 of EIA report. 7.4. DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN The management is very much aware of their obligation to protect all persons at work and others in the neighborhood who may be affected by an unfortunate and unforeseen incidence occurring at the works. Any hazard either to employees or others arising from activities at the plant site shall, as far as possible, be handled by the personnel of the company and prevented from spreading any further. During the manufacturing of electric power the risk of accident is minimum. However in the case of eventuality the Disaster Management plan adopted by the proponents is sufficient and may be able to control the situation.

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