STATE EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE, PUNJAB Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India

O/O Punjab Pollution Control Board, Vatavaran Bhawan, Nabha Road,

Patiala – 147 001 Telefax:- 0175-2216980

No. SEAC/CEE(HQ)/3284-93 Dated 27.7.2012

To

1. Dr.(Smt.) Neelima Jerath, Executive Director, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Sector 26, Chandigarh.

Chairman (SEAC)

2. Shri Anil Kumar Sondhi, Deptt. of Soil & Water Conservation, Pb., Chief Conservators of Soils (Retd) Flat No. 149, Kendriya Vihar-II, Sector-25, Panchkula

Member (SEAC)

3. Shri Harbax Singh, Chief Town Planner (Retd.), H.No.2917, Sector-42C, Chandigarh-160036

Member (SEAC)

4. Prof. P. Thareja, Head, Department of Mineral & Metallurgical Engineering, PEC University of Technology # 701, PEC University of Technology Campus, Chandigarh.

Member (SEAC)

5. Shri Darshan Singh Jaidka, Chief Engineer (Retd.) Department of Water Supply & Sanitation, Pb. H.No.316, Urban Estate, Phase-I, Patiala.

Member (SEAC)

6. Dr.(Smt.) Jatinder Kaur Arora, Additional Director, Punjab State Council for Science & Technology, Sector 26, Chandigarh.

Member (SEAC)

7. Er. Malvinder Singh, FIE, Chief Environmental Engineer (Retd.), Punjab Pollution Control Board, Patiala. # 10, Gill Enclave, Near Hira Nagar, Patiala.

Member (SEAC)

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8. Dr. Satwinder Singh Marwaha, Chief Executive Officer, Punjab Biotechnology Incubator, SCO 7-8, Top Floor, Phase-V, SAS Nagar (Mohali) – 160 059

Member (SEAC)

9. Dr. Vineet Kumar, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee-247667.

Member (SEAC)

10. Dr. R.M. Mathur, Director, Central Pulp & Paper Research Institute Post Box no.174, Paper Mill Board, Himmat Nagar, Saharanpur- 247 001 (U.P.)

Member (SEAC)

Subject: Proceedings of the 62nd meeting of State Level Expert

Appraisal Committee held on 21.07.2012 at 10.00 AM in the

Committee Room, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Vatavaran

Bhawan, Nabha Road, Patiala.

Enclosed, please find herewith, a copy of the proceedings of the 62nd

meeting of State Level Expert Appraisal Committee held on 21.07.2012 at 10.00 am

in the Committee Room, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Vatavaran Bhawan, Nabha

Road, Patiala for your information please.

DA: As above. Sd/- Secretary (SEAC)

Endst. No. 3294-99 Dated: 27.7.2012

A copy of the above is forwarded to the following for information &

necessary action:-

1. The P.S. to Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Patiala for information

of the Chairman.

2. The P.A. to Member Secretary, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Patiala for information of the Member Secretary.

3. Sh. A.S. Dogra, IFS (Retd.), Former Principal Chief Conservator of Forests,

Punjab, Currently Consultant, Forestry & Natural Resource Management,

Chairman, State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, # 256,

Sector 37-A, Chandigarh- 160 036.

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4. Sh. F. Lal Kansal, Chief Engineer (Retd.) and Ex-Chairman, Punjab Pollution

Control Board, Patiala, Member State Level Environment Impact Assessment

Authority.

5. The Member Secretary, State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority O/o Punjab Pollution Control Board, Patiala.

6. The Asstt. Environmental Engineer (Computers), Punjab Pollution Control Board, Head Office, Patiala. She is requested to display these proceedings on the website of State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

Sd/- Secretary(SEAC)

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Proceedings of the 62nd meeting of State Level Expert Appraisal Committee held on 21.07.2012 at 10.00 AM in the Committee Room, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Vatavaran Bhawan, Nabha Road, Patiala.

The following were present in the meeting:

Sr.

No.

Name & Designation

1. Dr.(Smt.) Neelima Jerath, Executive Director, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Sector 26, Chandigarh.

Chairperson

2. Shri Anil Kumar Sondhi, Deptt. of Soil & Water Conservation, Punjab, SCO 92-94, Sector 17-D, Chandigarh.

Member

3. Shri Harbax Singh,

Chief Town Planner (Retd.),

H.No.2917, Sector-42C, Chandigarh-160036

Member

4. Shri Darshan Singh Jaidka, Chief Engineer (Retd.)

Department of Water Supply & Sanitation, Pb.

H.No.316, Urban Estate, Phase-I, Patiala.

Member

5. Dr.(Smt.) Jatinder Kaur Arora, Additional Director, Punjab State Council for Science & Technology, Sector 26, Chandigarh.

Member

6. Er. Malvinder Singh, FIE, Chief Environment Engineer (Retd.), Punjab Pollution Control Board, Patiala. # 10, Gill Enclave, Near Hira Nagar, Patiala

Member

7. Dr. Satwinder Singh Marwaha, Chief Executive Officer, Punjab Biotechnology Incubator, SCO 7-8, Top Floor, Phase-V, SAS Nagar (Mohali)

Member

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8. Dr. Vineet Kumar, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering,

Indian Institute of Technology,

Roorkee- 247 667.

Member

9. Dr. R.M. Mathur, Director, Central Pulp & Paper Research Institute Post Box no.174, Paper Mill Board, Himmat Nagar, Saharanpur- 247 001 (U.P.)

Member

10. Sh. D.K. Dua, Chief Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board Patiala.

Member

At the outset, the Secretary, State Level Expert Appraisal

Committee (SEAC) welcomed the members of the SEAC in its 62nd meeting.

Thereafter, the agenda items were discussed as under.

Item no. 62.01 Confirmation of the minutes of 61st meeting of State

Level Expert Appraisal Committee held on 27.06.2012.

It was informed that minutes of 61st meeting of State Level

Expert Appraisal Committee held on 27.06.2012 were circulated to the members

vide letter no. 2747-56 dated 02.07.2012. No observations have been received on

the same from any of the members, thus, the SEAC confirmed the said

proceedings.

Item no. 62.02 Action taken on the proceedings of the 61st meeting of State Level Expert Appraisal Committee held on 27.06.2012.

It was seen by the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee.

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Item No. 62.03: Application for obtaining Environmental Clearance to establish an "Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Facility" at Mansa Road, Bathinda and 'Engineered Sanitary Landfill Facility' in the revenue estate of Village Mandi Khurd by Municipal Corporation, Bathinda.

The SEAC observed that:

1. The Municipal Corporation, Bathinda has applied for obtaining Environmental

Clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for establishment of an

'Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Facility' at Mansa Road,

Bathinda within M.C. limits in an area of 20 acres to handle 350 TPD of MSW

and establishment of 'Engineered Sanitary Landfill Facility" in an area of 36.8

acres in the revenue estate of Village Mandi Khurd, District Bathinda.

2. The case of the Municipal Corporation, Bathinda was considered by the SEAC

in its 43rd meeting held on 19.3.2011, wherein, the Committee finalized the

'Terms of Reference' and decided to convey the same to the Municipal

Corporation for preparation of the draft rapid EIA study report. Accordingly,

'Terms of Reference' were conveyed to Municipal Corporation, Bathinda by

the SEAC vide letter no. 14994 dated 28.03.2011 after approval of the

Competent Authority.

3. The Municipal Corporation, Bathinda has submitted the draft rapid EIA study

report alongwith its summary report to the Punjab Pollution Control Board for

conducting public hearing. Accordingly, the public hearing for both sites was

conducted by the Punjab Pollution Control Board on 25.07.2011 and the

Board has sent the proceedings of both the public hearings to the SEIAA,

Punjab vide letter no. 35303 dated 29.08.2011 and letter No. 35317 dated

29.08.2011.

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4. The Municipal Corporation, Bathinda submitted the final rapid EIA report for

both the sites. Accordingly, the Municipal Corporation, Bathinda was

requested by SEAC vide letter No. 4440 dated 18.11.2011 to attend its 53rd

meeting on 24.11.2011, which was attended by the following on behalf of

Municipal Corporation, Bathinda:

1. Sh. R.P. Gupta, Executive Engineer, M.C. Bathinda

2. Sh. Sandeep Gupta, Asstt. Engineer, M.C. Bathinda

3. Dr. R.M. Mehta, GM, M/s Voyants Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Environmental Consultant of M.C., Bathinda.

4. Sh. Yashwant Chauhan, Senior Manager M/s IL&FS,

Due to paucity of time, the case could not be taken up in the

meeting on 24.11.2011, as such, the Committee decided to roll-over the

same on 27.11.2011 with venue in the office of PSCST, Sector-26, Mahatma

Gandhi Institute, Chandigarh at 2.00 p.m

5. Following were present on behalf of Municipal Corporation, Bathinda on

27.11.2011 to present the details of EIA study:

i) Sh. R.P. Gupta, Executive Engineer, M.C. Bathinda

ii) Dr. R.M. Mehta, GM, M/s Voyants Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Environmental Consultant of M.C., Bathinda.

iii) Sh. M.K. Jha, Senior Technical Advisor of M/s IL&FS

iv) Sh. Sandeep Malhotra, Project Executive of M/s IL&FS

v) Sh. Era Singla, Asstt. Manager of M/s IL&FS

Dr. R.M. Mehta, GM, M/s Voyants Solutions Pvt. Ltd.,

Environmental Consultant of M.C., Bathinda presented the Rapid EIA study

reports of processing facility and Engineered landfill facility before the

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Committee. The Committee noted that the Environmental Consultant of M.C.,

Bathinda had not properly prepared the presentation since he was unable to

reply the queries raised by the members of the Committee during

presentation. The Committee further noted that there are number of clerical

as well as technical errors in both rapid EIA study reports due to which the

Committee was not satisfied with the rapid EIA reports prepared by the

Environmental Consultant.

After detailed deliberations in the matter, the Committee

observed that the Municipal Corporation, Bathinda is required to submit the

following information data before appraisal of the project proposal:

i) The solid waste generation of 300 TPD of all the ULBs of Bathinda

cluster has been estimated taking into account the estimated

population in the year 2010. But as per project proposal, the

Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management facility including

Engineered Landfill facility is meant for life span of 25 years and the

estimated population after 25 years has not been taken into account

while estimating the generation of solid waste. Therefore, the

project proposal prepared by M.C. Bathinda does not seem to be in

order as far as generation of municipal solid waste is concerned.

Therefore, the M.C. Bathinda is required to clarify why the

generation of waste after 25 years i.e. in the year 2034 has not

been taken into account for designing the Integrated Municipal Solid

Waste Management facility including Engineered Landfill facility.

ii) The characteristics of solid waste being generated have not been

analysed, which is the primary requirement to prepare sustainable

project proposal, hence, the Corporation is required to submit

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detailed analysis of solid waste, so as to enable the Committee to

check its proposal.

iii) In the layout plan, nothing has been depicted regarding future

expansion plan of Corporation, thus, properly prepared layout plan

showing the present proposal and future expansion plan.

iv) During handling and processing of municipal solid waste, there is

likelihood of generation of odour problem in the vicinity of

processing as well as landfill facility, but no concrete solution has

been prescribed in the Environment Management Plan to control the

odour problem, as such, the Corporation is required to submit viable

proposal to control odour problem.

v) No technical details of the composting process have been given in

the EIA study reports, thus, the Corporation is required to

incorporate the same.

vi) It was informed by the Environmental Consultant that the inert solid

waste will be used to manufacture bricks, but no complete proposal

in this regard has been submitted, hence, the Corporation is

required to submit the same.

vii) As per analysis of soil samples, the soil in the Bathinda area has

been depicted as acidic, which does not seem to be in order. Thus,

the Corporation is required to re-check the analysis results of soil

samples.

viii) The Municipal Corporation, Bathinda has not properly addressed the

observations/objections raised by the public during the public

hearing alongwith material evidences, which is a statutory

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requirement as per EIA notification dated 14.09.2006, therefore, the

Corporation is required to do the needful in this regard.

ix) The Corporation has not submitted the NOC of Airports Authority

despite the fact that the Corporation was specifically asked in the

letter vide which 'Terms of Reference' were conveyed to it. Hence,

the Corporation is required to submit the said NOC in respect of

both the sites.

x) A letter of Department of Town & Country Planning indicating the

land use surrounding the site of Integrated MSW facility to be

established at Mansa Road, Bathinda.

xi) Nothing has been mentioned in the EIA reports of both the sites

regarding the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), thus, the

Corporation is required to submit a detailed reply in this regard.

xii) The 'Terms of Reference' were issued to the Corporation on

28.3.2011 by SEAC for both the sites for preparation of draft EIA

reports. However, a perusal of the EIA reports indicates that the

study for baseline data was carried out in the month of February,

March & April, 2011, thus the Corporation is required to explain why

the study regarding the rapid EIA reports had been started prior to

issuance of 'Terms of Reference'.

xiii) The Engineered Landfill facility to be developed at Village Mandi

Khurd is located at a distance of 28 kms from Integrated MSW

management facility to be developed at Mansa Road, Bathinda, but

some of the sampling stations for baseline data are the same, which

is totally incorrect since as per EIA notification dated 14.09.2006,

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study for preparation of rapid EIA report is required to be done

within a radius of 10 kms from the project site. Thus, the

Corporation is required to clarify in this regard.

xiv) Details about house to house collection of waste, segregation of

waste, primary collection centres, transfer stations and

transportation of solid waste to the Integrated Municipal Solid Waste

facility be discussed.

The Committee decided to defer the case till the reply of the

above noted observations is received. The Committee also decided that a

letter be written to Punjab Water Supply & Sanitation Department/

Department of Irrigation, Punjab to intimate the use of water of the

distributory flowing adjoining to the site of Integrated MSW management

facility to be developed at Mansa Road, Bathinda and Punjab Pollution

Control Board be written to send compliance report in respect of locational

criteria mentioned in the Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management

published by Govt. of India, Ministry of Urban Development, New Delhi,

within 7 days.

6. The decision of the SEAC was conveyed to the Municipal Corporation vide

letter no. 49581 dated 21.12.2011. Also, the Chief Engineer, Punjab Water

Supply & Sanitation Department, Patiala and Chief Engineer (Canal), PWD

(Irrigation Branch), Sector 19, Chandigarh were requested vide letter no.

49821 dated 22.12.2011 and 49823 dated 22.12.2011,respectively, to

intimate the use of water of distributary flowing adjoining to the site of

Integrated MSW management Facility to be developed at Mansa Road

Bathinda. Furthermore, the Punjab Pollution Control Board was requested

vide letter no.49820 dated 22.12.2011 to send the compliance report in

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respect of locational criteria as mentioned in the manual on Municipal Solid

Waste Management published by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Urban

Development, New Delhi, for both the sites, within a week positively.

7. Thereafter, the Municipal Corporation, Bathinda vide letter dated 16.02.2012

has submitted the reply of the observations of the SEAC. Also, the Punjab

Pollution Control Board vide letter no. 139 dated 01.02.2012 has submitted

the reply in connection with letter no. 49820 dated 22.12.2012 of the SEAC.

The Executive Engineer, Bathinda Canal Division, vide letter no. 19071 dated

24.02.2012 has informed that the water of the distributory flowing near the

Municipal Solid Waste dump site at Mansa Road Bathinda is used for

irrigation as well as drinking purpose by the people/ farmers of the villages.

8. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 56th meeting held on

27.02.2012, which was attended by the following on behalf of Municipal

Corporation, Bathinda:

i) Sh. R.P. Gupta, Executive Engineer, M.C. Bathinda

ii) Dr. R.M. Mehta, GM, M/s Voyants Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Environmental Consultant of M.C., Bathinda.

iii) Sh Yashwant Chauhan, Senior Manager of M/s IL&FS, Delhi. iv) Sh. Himanshu Chaturvedi, Manager of M/s IL&FS

Due to paucity of time, the case could not be taken up in the

meeting on 27.02.2012, as such, the Committee decided to roll-over the

same on 01.03.2012 with venue in the office of PSCST, Sector-26, Mahatma

Gandhi Institute, Chandigarh at 10.00 a.m.

Following were present on behalf of Municipal Corporation,

Bathinda on 01.03.2012 to present the details of EIA study:

i) Sh. R.P. Gupta, Executive Engineer, M.C. Bathinda

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ii) Dr. R.M. Mehta, GM, M/s Voyants Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Environmental Consultant of M.C., Bathinda.

iii) Sh Yashwant Chauhan, Senior Manager of M/s IL&FS, Delhi.

iv) Sh. Himanshu Chaturvedi, Manager of M/s IL&FS

Dr. Mehta presented the details of the final EIA report before the

Committee and the SEAC observed that the Municipal Corporation, Bathinda

has not properly addressed the reply of its previous observations and the

Corporation is required to submit proper reply of the following observations

before appraisal of the project proposal:

i) The Committee was not satisfied with the reply of Municipal Corporation,

Bathinda regarding generation of MSW by each ULB of Bathinda cluster since

the actual generation of MSW by each ULB has not been co-related with the

estimated per capita generation mentioned in the CPHEEO manual on solid

waste management. Thus, the Municipal Corporation is required to submit a

complete data in this regard.

ii) 18 ULBs will contribute their solid waste to the MSW processing facility to be

developed at Mansa Road, Bathinda, but the composition/characteristics

analysis of MSW of only 4 ULBs has been done. Thus, with this data, it is

difficult to technically check the project proposal. Therefore, the Corporation

is required to submit composition/characteristics analysis of the MSW being

generated by each ULB and the overall value of each parameter of the said

analysis to arrive at the logical end.

iii) The reply submitted by Corporation to the effect that no odour problem is

likely to occur from management & handling of MSW, is not tenable since

such facility is generally a source of odour problem and to control the same,

there is a need to provide a green belt of adequate width having proper

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species of trees, besides, spraying organic inoculants. Therefore, the

Corporation is required to submit a complete plan indicating technical details

in this regard.

iv) As per earlier data given in the EIA report, the quality of soil in the study

area was analysed as acidic in nature. The Corporation has submitted the

analysis results of soil samples indicating that the soil of the same area is

alkaline in nature, but no reasons have been given as to why the latest

analysis results of the soil samples are differing from earlier analysis results.

Thus, a proper and authentic reasoning is required to be submitted in this

regard.

v) As regards to inclusion of reply of the views/observations/suggestions given

by the public during the public hearing of processing facility at Mansa Road,

Bathinda, the same is not in order in respect of reply of the observations

raised by Sh. Daljit Singh Brar regarding effect on the quality of water

flowing in the distributory. The Executive Engineer, PWD (IB) vide letter no.

9071 dated 24.02.2012 has informed the Committee that the water of the

distributory is used for irrigation as well as drinking purposes. The

Committee noted that the surface run-off and leachate to be generated

during operation and post closure phase may affect the quality of water of

the said distributory. Besides, there is an approach to the processing facility

along the distributory and movement of vehicles may affect the quality of

water of the said distributory due to dust emissions and exhaust gases.

Thus, a complete plan to protect the quality of water of the distributory is

required to be submitted.

vi) The Municipal Corporation has not yet submitted NOC of Airports Authority of

India with regard to processing facility at Mansa Road, Bathinda and the

same is required for appraisal of the project proposal.

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vii) The letter issued by Department of Town & Country Planning vide no. 210

dated 19.01.2012 only indicates that a provision of 15 m wide green belt has

been made along the periphery of the proposed site of the processing facility

to be located at Mansa Road, Bathinda, but this letter does not show the

land use adjoining to the said site as per the Master Plan of Bathinda.

However, the Punjab Pollution Control Board vide letter no. 139 dated

01.02.2012 has intimated that there is a residential area within a radius of

100 m from the project site, therefore, it is clear that the said site is not

conforming to the locational criteria laid down by the Govt. of India, Ministry

of Urban Development, in the manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management

since as per the said manual, the site of MSW facility should be atleast 500

m from a notified habitation area. Thus, the Corporation is required to

submit proper justification regarding non-conforming of the said site to the

locational criteria.

viii) Intimate the details for mitigation of pollution from transfer stations and

primary collection centres.

ix) Submit financial plan for construction phase, operation phase and post-

closure phase including details of bank guarantees to be taken from the

Operator of the facility for all the three phases.

x) Quantity of leachate to be generated during operation and post closure

phase and a complete plan for management & handling of the same.

xi) A complete plan for management & handling of surface run-off during rainy

season.

xii) The primary parameter i.e. C/N ratio of the solid waste to be sent to

composting section has not been calculated and nothing has been mentioned

as to which additives/material will be added in the said waste, if the C/N

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ratio does not fall within the desired range. Therefore, the Corporation is

required to submit details in this regard.

The decision of the Committee was conveyed to the Municipal

Corporation, Bathinda vide letter no. 12223 dated 14.03.2012.

9. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 60th meeting held on

17.06.2012, which was attended by the following on behalf of M.C., Bathinda

i) Sh. R.P. Gupta, Asstt. Commissioner, M.C. Bathinda

ii) Sh. Sandeep Gupta, Asstt. Municipal Engineer, M.C., Bathinda iii) Dr. R.M. Mehta, GM, M/s Voyants Solutions Pvt. Ltd.,

Environmental Consultant of M.C., Bathinda.

Dr. Mehta presented the reply of the observations of the SEAC

but the Committee was not satisfied with the reply submitted by Municipal

Corporation, Bathinda. Sh. R.P Gupta, Asst. Commissioner, Municipal

Corporation, Bathinda informed that their Consultant has not submitted the

proper reply of the observations of the Committee inspite of repeated verbal

instructions. He requested the Committee for 10 days to submit revised final

rapid EIA report after incorporating the proper reply of the observations of

the Committee including contour plan , clearance from the Airport Authority,

affidavit for green belt towards the side of habitation ,affidavit stating that

no further habitation will be allowed around 500 m area and all illegal

habitation will be removed etc.

The Committee accepted the request of the Asst. Commissioner

and decided to defer the case till the Municipal Corporation, Bathinda

submits revised final rapid EIA reports for the "Integrated Municipal Solid

Waste Management Facility" to be developed at Mansa Road, Bathinda and

'Engineered Sanitary Landfill Facility' to be developed in the revenue estate

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of Village Mandi Khurd by Municipal Corporation, Bathinda, after

incorporating the proper reply of the observations of the Committee. The

decision of the SEAC was conveyed to the M.C., Bathinda vide letter no.

2621 dated 21.06.2012.

10. The Municipal Corporation, Bathinda submitted the revised final rapid EIA

report after incorporating the reply of observations of the SEAC.

11. The MC, Bathinda was requested by the SEAC vide letter no.3181dated

17.07.2012 to attend its 62nd meeting on 21.07.2012 to present the details

of revised final rapid EIA report.

Following were present in the said meeting of the SEAC on behalf of

M.C., Bathinda

i) Sh. Sandeep Gupta, Project Engineer, M.C., Bathinda

ii) Dr. R.M. Mehta, GM, M/s Voyants Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Environmental Consultant of M.C., Bathinda.

Dr. Mehta presented the salient features of the revised final EIA

report as under.

(i) The Department of Local bodies Punjab has initiated the projects for

Scientific management of Municipal Solid Waste in Punjab, keeping in view

the obligations of ULB’s under MSW (M&H Rules) 2000. Pursuant to the

above objective, the State has been divided into eight regional clusters

namely Greater Mohali Development Authority (GMADA), Patiala,

Jalandhar, Ferozepur, Bathinda, Pathankot, Ludhiana and Amritsar.

(ii) Bathinda is one of the clusters comprising of Bathinda city & 17

surrounding municipal towns. There is a proposal to establish an

"Integrated MSW Management Facility at Mansa Road, Bathinda in an area

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of 20 acres and "Engineered Sanitary Landfill Facility' in an area of 36.8

acres in the revenue estate of Village Mandi Khurd, District Bathinda.

(iii) The 'Integrated MSW Management Facility at Mansa Road, Bathinda is to

be established at the site, where the MSW is presently dumped, as such, it

is a step towards environment improvement of the said area. This site has

been earmarked for establishment of MSW facility in the notified Master

Plan of Bathinda and DTP, Bathinda vide Memo No. 210 dated 19.01.2011

has informed to the Corporation that as per the Master Plan, a green belt

of 15 m width has been proposed along the periphery of the said site. The

site located at Bathinda is also conforming to said locational criteria laid

down by the Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India except the

distance from the habitation area. As per Master Plan, the area surrounding

to this site is low density residential area and there are scattered houses.

The nearest residential house from the periphery of the said site is at a

distance of about 100m. The locational criteria of the said guidelines is not

mandatory requirement since as per clause no. 17.4.1 of the manual, in the

absence of the regulatory requirements, the locational criteria is suggestive

only.

(iv) The stretch of land located at Village Mandi Khurd, where an "Engineered

Sanitary Landfill Facility" is to be established, is presently lying vacant and

is surrounded by agricultural activities. This site is conforming to the

location criteria laid down by the Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of

India.

(v) There is no Eco-sensitive areas notified under Environment (Protection)

Act, 1986, protected area notified under Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972,

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critically polluted areas as identified by the CPCB and Inter-State /

International Boundaries within a radius of 10 kms from the site of the

processing facility and sanitary landfill facility.

(vi) The details of the project are as under:

Features Mansa Road, Bathinda Site Mandi Khurd Site

Year Of

Establishment 1984-85 Proposed

Size of the

project

1. RDF Plant (250 TPD) Engineered Sanitary Landfill

Facility 2. Compost/Curing plant

(100TPD)

Project Cost INR 11.72 Crores INR 38.13 Crores

Land Area 20 Acres 36.8 Acres

Fuel

RDF Produced From MSW

90-100 TPD) Nil

Compost 17-20 TPD

MSW

Transportation By Private Developer (part of Project)

Power

Requirement

600 KW

Electricity requirement is only for

lighting& administrative building

(vii) The processing plant site will be designed to process 350 TPD of MSW to be

generated from 18 ULB’s during the first phase in the year 2017, as per

projected population. The capacity of this processing facility will be expanded

to process 478 TPD of MSW to be generated as per projected population in

the year 2034. The projected population for the year 2017 and 2035 has

been calculated on the basis of 2001 census and the growth rate considered

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is on higher side if the projected population for the said years is calculated

on the basis of 2011 census, which is yet to be published.

(viii) Rapid EIA study of both sites was carried out during the period February to

April, 2011. M.C. Bathinda was aware that the rapid EIA was required as the

project was under category B-1, hence keeping in view its importance and

priority of the State Govt. to provide clean environment and in order to save

time Municipal Corporation, Bathinda took advance action and initiated rapid

study in February, 2011 based on proposed TOR.

(ix) The physical & chemical analysis has been done for seven ULBs i.e.

Bhatinda, Malout, Mansa, Talwandi Sabo, Abohar, Giddarbha and Rampura

Phul, which are the major contributors of this cluster for finalization of

processing technologies, the details of which are as under:

RDF

Component

Organic component of

composting

Inerts Recyclables Misc

40-45 % 17-20% 25-30% 6-10% About

10%

(x) The Municipal Corporation will initiate door to door segregation. The

segregated solid waste will be further processed to produce Refuse Derived

Fuel (RDF). The RDF process will be designed and adopted from the process

developed by TIFAC.

(xi) The organic fraction separated will be composted by windrow process on a

compost pad inside the project site.

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(xii) Based on the characterization results and processing of 350 TPD of MSW

following products will be produced from MSW :

a) From 250 TPD of MSW, about 90- 100 TPD of RDF will be produced.

b) 100 TPD of organic fraction will yield 17-20 TPD of compost/manure.

c) About 75-80 TPD of inert fraction will be separated out and the same

will be transported to Engineered Sanitary Landfill Facility to be

dumped at Mandi Khurd.

d) About 15-20% of recyclables will be separated out, which will be sold

to authorized recyclers.

e) The C/N ratio of MSW samples collected from Bathinda cluster is in

the range 22:1 to 24:1. As per CPHEO Mannual, C/N Ratio of 30 is

most favourable for composting, whereas the range may vary from

26-31. Therefore, to bring the CN ratio within the prescribed range,

slaughter house wastes, blood meal, spoiled food grains, seweage

sludge and cow dung would be added to improve C/N ratio.

(xii) The total cost of the Integrated MSW facility is about 50.35 Crores (Rs.

11.72 Crores for Processing Facility and Rs.38.13 Crores for Engineered

Landfill site).

(xiii) Environmental Status

a) Air Environment:

Ambient air quality was monitored at five locations in the surroundings of the

project site for the parameters PM10, PM2.5, NOx SO2 H2S and CH4. The

mathematical modeling has been done to assess the impact of the pollutants

on the ambient air quality for the site located at Mansa Road, Bathinda, the

details of which are as under:

Sr. No.

Pollutant Background conc.

Incremental increase

Resultant conc. of pollutant in the

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(g/m3) due to project

activities (g/m3)

ambient air after commissioning of

the plant (g/m3)

1 PM 85 2.00 87

2 SO2 16 0.31 16.31

3 NOx 26 10 36

4 CO 996 24.4 1020.4

Based on the modeling exercise under observed meteorological condition, maximum

concentrations of PM, SO2, NOx, CO due to proposed DG set are 2.0g/m3, 0.31

g/m3, 10 g/m3 and 24.4g/m3, respectively, at a distance about 200 m in the

northeast direction. The resultant concentrations of SO2, NOx and CO are well within

the NAAQS at all the receptor locations.

b) Noise Environment.

Noise levels in the impact area has been assessed. The results show that day time

noise levels exceed the limiting values due to traffic on the SH 17, which is nearby

the project site at Mansa Road, Bathinda.

For the site located at Mansa Road, Bathinda

Location Day Time Night Time

LMAX Lmin leq dB(A) leq dB(A)

Project site 61.2 48.5 52.4 37.1

Bathinda city 60.3 49.72 52.5 39.7

SH-17 64.2 49.5 52.4 37.1

NH-64 63.2 53.2 58.2 40.5

For the site located at Village Mandi Khurd, District Bathinda

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Location Day Time Night Time

LMAX Lmin leq dB(A) leq dB(A)

Project site 61.2 48.5 52.4 37.1

NH 63.2 53.2 58.2 40.5

Ram Nagar 60.3 49.4 58.5 41.7

Ram Niwas 54.3 46.3 52.8 40.8

Kutiwal Khurd 58.7 41.3 52.3 37.1

c) Water Environment:

Water quality in the impact area has been assessed for surface water and

ground water resources. Water quality from ground sources meets the IS

10500 requirements of drinking water. Surface water quality also meets the

standards of CPCB for Class C where water after treatment can be used for

drinking purposes.

d) Soil Quality

At the time of submitting rapid EIA report, which was discussed by the SEAC

in its meeting held on 27.11.2011, names of some of the sampling stations

were inadvertently mentioned the same for both the sites, but the same was

lateron corrected as per the actual data/status. Also, the earlier results of the

soil samples, which indicated that the soil is acidic in nature, were recorded

wrongly due to typographical error by the laboratory. The soil samples were

again collected & analysed by the NABL/MoEF approved laboratory and

analysis results of which show that the soil is alkaline in nature.

(xiv) 15 m wide green belt along the periphery of the proposed processing site will

be developed to mitigate the effects of pollution and source emissions. The

predominant wind direction is from NNW and WNW and the nearby

settlements including Bhatinda city is located at the North, NNW direction of

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the project site. Therefore the processing facility will have a minimum effect

on the habitation of Bathinda city. To prevent the odor problem, the Herbal

inoculums such as Maple, Naturevel or Gtech will be used, which are readily

available in the market.

(xv) The water of the distributory flowing adjoining to the site of the processing

facility is used for irrigation as well as drinking purposes. Therefore, to have

no effect on the quality of water of the said distributory, a properly designed

boundary wall be constructed.

(xvi) Since the level of the site is lower than the top level of the bank of

distributory, as such, there is no possibility of contamination of water in the

distributory due to leachate to be generated from the processing facility.

Further, the surface run off, of the project site will be collected by

constructing pucca lined ditches and so collected surface run off will be used

in the composting process. The leachate will be collected and treated

properly and same will be utilized in the composting section.

(xvii) The Survey of India vide letter no. 1283 dated 13.10.2011 informed that the

site of the processing facility is located at a distance of 21 km from the

nearest airport station located Village Bhaisana, District Bathinda. Also, the

site of the 'Engineered Sanitary Landfill Facility' is located at a distance of

more than 20 kms from the said Airport Station. Therefore, there is no need

to obtain NOC from the said Airport Authorities as per provisions of Municipal

Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000.

(xviii) Door to Door collection by all ULB’s shall prevent the mixing of organic &

inorganic waste fraction to check the odour problem. Two Bin System (For

organic & Inorganic waste) is being used in the towns. 50% of the generated

waste directly goes to the dumping sites, using Mini Tippers, only the waste

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from the road sweeping comes to primary collection points, wherein closed

bins are provided along with one safai sewak, to prevent any littering in the

densely populated areas. Daily lifting of these bins shall be ensured by the

MCB. Besides this, sanitizers are used for preventing of flourishing of flies &

mosquitoes. Boundary walls have been provided as per the space availability

at primary Collection points.

(xix) The public hearings of both these sites were conducted by the Punjab

Pollution Control Board on 25.07.2011 and all the environmental concerns

expressed by the public during these public hearings have been addressed in

the final EIA reports.

(xx) Different species of trees will be planted in the green belt, the names of

which have been mentioned in the EIA report.

(xxi) In the layout plan of both the sites, the present proposal and future

expansion plan have been properly marked.

(xxii) Various activities related to Corporate Social Responsibility have been

delineated in the EIA report.

(xxiii) The financial plan for construction phase, operation phase and post- closure

phase for the Integrated MSW facility is as under:

Sr. No.

Activity Responsibility EMP Cost (Rs.)

1 Construction Phase:

Dust emission control

Emission reduction from equipments

Municipal Corporation Bathinda & M/s JITF Urban Infrastructure Ltd.

5.0 lac

25.0 lacs

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Overall conservation of Environment

Green Belt development

5.0 lacs

5.0 lacs

Total 40.0 lacs

2 Operation & Maintenance Phase

Air emission of RDF Plant

Dust & Dusty Particulate matter

Effluent Treatment Plant

Control of Pathogen, Mal-odour and Fly & Insect vector

Landfill gas Management

Control of water & land pollution by Leachate

Monitoring of ground water & air ambient quality

Green Belt Maintenance

M/s JITF Urban Infrastructure Ltd.

10.0 lacs

25 lacs

5.0 lacs per year

25 lacs

5.0 lacs per year

0.5 lacs per year

10.0 Lacs

5.0 lacs

Total 85.5 Lacs

3 Post Closure Phase

Providing an appropriate final

Municipal Corporation Bathinda

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cover & stability

Erosion management

Leachate treatment & disposal

The Committee also went through the report sent by the Punjab

Pollution Control Board vide letter No.139 dated 1.2.2012 in which it has been

mentioned that there is no Airport within a radius of 20 kms from the site of the

processing facility and sanitary landfill facility as per data submitted by the District

Town Planner. The report of the Board mentions that the site of the processing

facility is conforming to the locational criteria mentioned in the said manual except

distance from habitation area. The Committee further noticed that the proposed

site of the processing facility has been earmarked for MSW facility in the notified

Master Plan of Bathinda and the said site is used for dumping of MSW in an

unscientific manner for the last so many years, therefore, establishment of

processing facility at this site will be a step towards environment improvement.

After detailed deliberations, the SEAC observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it, therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to Municipal

Corporation, Bathinda for establishment of ‘Integrated Municipal Solid Waste

Management Facility’ at Mansa Road, Bathinda in an area of 20 acres to handle 350

Tons/day of Municipal Solid Waste and ‘Engineered Sanitary Landfill Facility’ in an

area of 36.8 acres in the revenue estate of Village Mandi Khurd, District Bathinda

under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006, subject to the following conditions in

addition to the proposed measures.

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PART A – Specific conditions

I. Construction Phase

i) “Consent to establish” shall be obtained from Punjab Pollution Control Board under Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and a copy of the same shall be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority before the start of any construction work at site.

ii) All required sanitary and hygienic measures should be in place before starting construction activities and to be maintained throughout the construction phase.

iii) A first aid room will be provided in the project both during construction and operation phase of the project.

iv) All the topsoil excavated during construction activities should be stored for use in horticulture / landscape development within the project site.

v) Disposal of muck during construction phase should not create any adverse effect on the neighboring communities and be disposed off after taking the necessary precautions for general safety and health aspects of people with the approval of competent authority.

vi) Construction spoils, including bituminous material and other hazardous material, must not be allowed to contaminate watercourses and the dump sites for such material must be secured, so that they should not leach into the ground water.

vii) The diesel generator sets to be used during construction phase should be of low sulphur diesel type and should conform to the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 prescribed for air and noise emission standards.

viii) Vehicles hired for bringing construction material to the site and other machinery to be used during construction should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

ix) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored during construction phase.

x) Fly ash should be used as construction material in the construction as per the provisions of Fly Ash Notification of September, 1999 and as amended on

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August, 2003 (This condition is applicable only if the project is within 100 Km of Thermal Power Station).

xi) Ready mixed concrete should be used construction purpose as far as possible.

xii) Water demand during construction should be reduced by use of premixed concrete, curing agents and other best practices.

xiii) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, disposal of waste water & solid waste in an environmentally sound manner, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

II. Operation Phase

i) “Consent for Operate” shall be obtained from State Pollution Control Board

under Air and Water Act and a copy shall be submitted to the Ministry before

commissioning of the integrated facility.

ii) A green belt of minimum 15 m width shall be provided all around the

periphery of the project site and 5 m on the side abutting to the STP.

iii) The gas generated from the Landfill facility shall be collected and disposed/

utilized as per rules.

iv) The leachate from the facility shall be collected and treated to meet the

prescribed standards before its reuse.

v) The proponent shall obtain necessary clearance from the Groundwater

Authority for abstraction of ground water, if required.

vi) The depth of the landfill site shall be decided based on the groundwater

table at the site and permission regarding the same shall be obtained from

MoEF/PPCB.

vii) Periodical ground water/soil monitoring to check the contamination in and

around the site shall be carried out as per the provisions of Municipal Solid

Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000/Punjab Pollution Control Board

requirements.

viii) Spraying of an appropriate herbal sanitizer shall be adopted for odour control

in addition to its vacuum suction and destroying in furnace.

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ix) Proper shed shall be provided for the compost yard to prevent the rain water

coming in contact with the material in the compost yard. Periodical ground

water / soil monitoring to check the contamination in and around the site

shall be carried out as per requirements of the Punjab Pollution Control

Board.

x) All the recommendations of the EMP shall be complied with letter and spirit.

xi) The Municipal Corporation shall ensure that the project comply with all the

provisions of the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules,

2000.

xii) Regular ambient air quality monitoring shall be carried out for all the

parameters mentioned in the notification dated 16th November, 2009 of the

Ministry of Environment & Forests.

xiii) The project proponent shall set up separate environmental management cell

for effective implementation of the stipulated environmental safeguard under

the supervision of a Senior Executive.

xiv) Entire organic material shall be converted into manure. Recyclable material

likewise glass, steel etc., shall be sold to recycler. Only inert material which

cannot be either composted or recycled shall be sent to the Engineered

Sanitary Landfill facility to be developed in the revenue estate of Village

Mandi Khurd, District Bathinda.

xv) The funds earmarked for the environment management plan shall be

included in the annual budget of the Municipal Corporation and this shall not

be diverted for any other purposes.

xvi) Traffic congestion near the entry and exit points from the roads adjoining the

proposed project site must be avoided. Parking should be fully internalized

and no public space should be utilized.

xvii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by Municipal Corporation to

ensure that the AAQ levels at various locations are within permissible limits

as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

xviii) Appropriate mitigative measures shall be undertaken by the Municipal

Corporation to prevent pollution of water of the distributory in consultation

with the State Pollution Control Board. It shall be ensured that there will be

no littering of solid waste from vehicles and the leachate/ surface run-off to

be generated shall be collected with the help of lined ditches & treated

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properly, so that there should not be any impact on the quality of water of

the said distributory.

xix) The Municipal Corporation shall construct a RCC wall along the distributory of

minimum height more than the maximum height of the vehicles to be used

for transportation of solid waste/covering the distributory/conveyance of

water through closed pipeline right from starting of approach road upto the

farthest end of the site of the project to rule out the possibility of having any

impact of the transporting vehicles on the quality of water of the said

distributor.

xx) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall

be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health

examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xxi) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day

and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality

should be closely monitored.

xxii) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared and

implemented.

PART B – General Conditions :

I. This environmental clearance will be valid for a period of five years from the date of its issue or till the completion of the project, whichever is earlier.

II. The environmental safeguards contained in the application of the Municipal Corporation / mentioned during the presentation before State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority/State Expert Appraisal Committee should be implemented in letter and spirit.

III. The entire cost of the environmental management plan (i.e. capital cost as well as recurring cost) will continue to be borne by the Municipal Corporation until the responsibility of environmental management plan is transferred to the occupier/residents society under proper MOU after obtaining prior permission of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

IV. The Municipal Corporation shall also submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by mail) to the respective Regional office of MoEF, the Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB/SEIAA.

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V. Officials from the Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority / State Level Expert Appraisal Committee / Punjab Pollution Control Board who would be monitoring the implementation of environmental safeguards should be given full cooperation, facilities and documents / data by the project proponents during their inspection. A complete set of all the documents submitted to State Environment Impact Assessment Authority should be forwarded to the CCF, Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh/State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

VI. In the case of any change(s) in the scope of the project, the project would require a fresh appraisal by State Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

VII. All other statutory clearances such as the approvals for storage of diesel from Chief Controller of Explosives, Fire Department, Civil Aviation Department, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 etc. shall be obtained, by Municipal Corporation from the competent authorities including Punjab Pollution Control Board and from other statutory bodies as applicable.

VIII. The Municipal Corporation should advertise in at least two local newspapers widely circulated in the region, one of which shall be in the vernacular language informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and copies of clearance letters are available with the Punjab Pollution Control Board. The advertisement should be made within seven days from the day of issue of the clearance letter and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh.

IX. These stipulations would be enforced among others under the provisions of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, the Public Liability (Insurance) Act, 1991 and EIA Notification, 2006.

X. Environmental clearance is subject to final order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the matter of Goa Foundation Vs. Union of India in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 460 of 2004 as may be applicable to this project and decisions of any competent court, to the extent applicable.

XI. A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zilla Parishad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban local body and the local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions / representations, if any, were

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received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Municipal Corporation by the proponent.

XII. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions, including results of monitored data on their website and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of MoEF, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB. The criteria pollutant levels namely; PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NOx , CO, Pb, Ozone (ambient air as well as stack emissions) shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location near the main gate of the project site in the public domain.

XIII. The Municipal Corporation shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan and Corporate Social Responsibility.

XIV. The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority reserves the right to add additional safeguards/ measures subsequently, if found necessary, and to take action including revoking of the environmental clearance under the provisions of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, to ensure effective implementation of the suggested safeguards/ measures in a time bound and satisfactory manner.

XV. Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

XVI. The Municipal Corporation shall construct pucca lined ditches for collection of surface run off and the same will be used in the composting process.

XVII. The Municipal Corporation shall ensure that the contractor/operator shall engage people of local area for operation of the facility as far as possible, so as to have opportunities of employment for them.

XVIII. The Municipal Corporation may apply for transfer of environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to the contractor/operator finalized by it to SEIAA, Punjab. However, no activity shall be undertaken by the operator/contractor till the environmental clearance is transferred in his name and he is lawfully bound to comply with the conditions of the environmental clearance.

XIX. The post closure arrangement of the facility shall be made as per the Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000 and "Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management" published by the Ministry of Urban Development and Municipal Corporation will be responsible for post closure

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of the facility and monitoring shall be done as per the Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000 / "Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management" published by the Ministry of Urban Development/Punjab Pollution Control Board directions.

Item No. 62.04 Application for obtaining Environmental Clearance for development of an "Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Facility" by Municipal Council, Ferozepur.

The SEAC observed that:

1. The Municipal Council, Ferozepur has applied for obtaining Environmental

Clearance for establishment of an Integrated Municipal Solid Waste

Management Facility at Villlage Bir Chahal, Distt., Faridkot as required

under EIA notification dated 14/9/2006. The project is covered under

Category 7 (i) of the Schedule appended to the said notification.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 48th meeting held on

11.6.2011 and the M.C. was requested by the SEAC vide letter no. 2013

dated 9.6.2011 to attend the 48th meeting of the Committee on 11.6.2011

to present the project proposal. But neither any authorized representative

of the project proponent attended the meeting on 11.6.2011 for making

presentation nor submitted any request for adjournment. As such, it was

decided by the Committee to defer the case to the next meeting of SEAC.

The decision of the SEAC was conveyed to the project proponent vide

letter no. 27704 dated 05.07.2011.

3. The case was again considered by the SEAC in its 49th meeting held on

18.7.2011, which was attended by the following on behalf of Municipal

Council, Ferozepur:

1. Sh. Vikas Dhawan, Sanitary Inspector, M.C. Ferozepur,

2. Sh. Yashwant Chauhan, Manager, IL&FS

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The Committee noted that M/s J.M. Environet (P) Ltd.,

Gurgaon, who is the Environmental Consultant of M.C. Ferozepur, did not

come to attend the meeting. However, the representatives, who came to

present the project proposal were not aware of any technical details. The

Committee also expressed that M.C., Ferozepur took the matter very lightly

since Sanitary Inspector of M.C. Ferozepur came to present the project

proposal, who was also not aware of any technical details of the project

proposal. After detailed deliberations in the matter, the Committee observed

certain information / data are required for scoping of the project proposal.

The Committee also observed that a part of the land is under encroachment,

therefore, it should be removed before the application for issuance of TOR

for Rapid EIA study report is considered. Sh. Vikas Dhawan, Inspector, M.C.

Ferozepur informed that the said documents/data will be submitted within 15

days.

The Committee agreed to accept the request made by Sh.

Vikas Dhawan, Inspector, M.C. Ferozepur and decided to defer the case till

proper reply of the aforesaid observations, is received. The Committee also

decided that the responsible officer of the M.C., Ferozepur/Faridkot, who is

well conversant with the project proposal alongwith consultant, whose name

is in the list of Ministry of Environment & Forests, should come to present

the project proposal having proper authority letter of the Competent

Authority of M.C.

The decision of the Committee was conveyed to the MC,

Ferozepur vide letter No. 31819 dated 03.08.2011.

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4. Thereafter, the project proponent vide letter no. 1514 dated 7.05.2012

submitted the reply of the observations of Committee, details of which are as

under:

Sr. No.

Information/data needed for further appraisal of the case

Reply submitted by the project proponent.

1. CLU status/ownership rights of

the land

A copy of the letter vide no. 2480 dated 05.10.2009 issued by the Municipal Council Faridkot to the effect that MC Faridkot accords in principle approval for allocating 18 acres of the land located at Village Bir Chail, Distt. Faridkot for setting up of MSW project including MSW transfer station.

2. Approved Layout plan/ Building

plan from Competent Authority.

Submitted and the same has been approved by MC Ferozepur.

3. Topographical map of the area

showing Contour Plan.

Submitted

4. Status of construction, if any,

alongwith photographs from all

the four sides.

Photographs showing that no construction activity has been started at site

5 500 meter radius map of the

area from periphery of project

site clearly indicating the various

industries (specifically red

category industries) and

structures lying in the area.

Submitted but the same is not proper.

6 Certificate of the Competent

Authority to the effect as to how

far Eco-sensitive and protected

A copy of the certificate issued by MC Ferozepur to the effect that there is no Eco-sensitive zone and protected area in the vicinity

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area including wild life

sanctuaries are located.

of the site.

7 Site plan of the project showing

the following

i) Location of STP ;

ii) Solid waste storage area.

iii) Green belt

iv) Parking space

v) RWH and water recharge

pits

vi) Fire fighting equipment layout

vii) First aid room

viii) Location of Tubewells

Not submitted

8 Permission of Competent

Authority for ;

a) Water and Sewerage

connection

b) Use of Ground Water

Not submitted

9 Water balance chart for summer,

rainy and winter seasons

indicating critical requirements.

Submitted a table showing the water consumption for different processes to be undertaken but not for all the three seasons separately.

10 Availability of adequate land for

use of treated sewage and

plantation.

Not submitted

11 Analysis reports of ambient air,

ground water and noise levels

Not submitted

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from NABL Accredited

laboratories.

12 Construction schedule

(PERT/CPM Chart)

Submitted

5. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 59th meeting held on

20.05.2012, which was attended by Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Sanitary Inspector,

who informed that Executive Officer, M.C. Ferozepur has gone to Chandigarh

to attend a case in the Hon’ble Punjab & Haryana High Court due to which

he could not attend the meeting. The Committee pointed out that the

Hon’ble Court remained closed on Sunday. In turn, the Sanitary Inspector

informed that the E.O. was not feeling well due to which he could not attend

the meeting.

The SEAC noted that Sanitary Inspector is telling a lie on one

or other pretext regarding as to why the E.O. did not attend the meeting.

Furthermore, the Sanitary Inspector was not in a position to present the

technical details of the project proposal. The Committee also noted that the

Sanitary Inspector had also attend its 49th meeting on 18.7.2011 and at that

time he could not explain the technical details of the project proposal due to

which it was decided that a responsible officer, well conversant with the

project proposal, alongwith accredited environmental consultant should come

to the Committee to present the project proposal. The said decision of the

Committee was conveyed to M.C. Ferozepur vide letter no. 31819 dated

03.08.2011. Despite this and even knowing the facts that the project is of a

great importance for the State being related to scientific disposal of

Municipal Solid Waste, the E.O., Municipal Council, Ferozepur did not bother

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at all to attend the meeting and again deputed the Sanitary Inspector to

present the project proposal.

The Committee brought to the notice of Sanitary Inspector that

a responsible Officer well conversant with the matter should attend the

meeting of SEAC to present the project proposal being of a great importance

of the State.

After deliberations, the SEAC decided to defer the case to its

next meeting and to inform the E.O., M.C. Ferozepur that only a responsible

officer of the M.C., Ferozepur/Faridkot, who is well conversant with the

project proposal alongwith consultant, whose name is in the list of Ministry

of Environment & Forests, should come to present the project proposal

having proper authority letter of the Competent Authority of Municipal

Council.

6. The Municipal Council, Ferozepur and Faridkot was requested by the SEAC

vide letter No. 2473 dated 13.06.2012 to attend its 60th meeting on

17.06.2012. However, no representative of Municipal Council, Ferozepur and

Faridkot attended the meeting of the SEAC, as such, the SEAC decided to

defer the case to its next meeting and to inform the E.O., M.C. Ferozepur

that only a responsible officer of the M.C., Ferozepur/Faridkot, who is well

conversant with the project proposal alongwith consultant, whose name is in

the list of Ministry of Environment & Forests, should come to present the

project proposal having proper authority letter of the Competent Authority of

Municipal Council. The decision of the Committee was conveyed to the M.C.

Ferozepur/Faridkot vide letter no. 2627 dated 21.06.2012.

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6. The case was again considered by the SEAC in its 61st meeting held on

27.06.2012, which was attended by the following on behalf of the M.C.,

Ferozepur and Faridkot:

i) Sh. Surjit Singh, E.O., M.C. Ferozepur

ii) Sh. Rohitash Garg, AME, M.C., Faridkot

The Executive Officer, Municipal Council, Ferozepur informed

that the representative of IL&FS could not attend the meeting since the

dealing person of IL&FS Sh. Yashwant Chauhan is on leave. He requested

the Committee to adjourn the case to its next meeting. After deliberations,

the Committee accepted the request of E.O., M.C. Ferozepur and decided to

defer the case to its next meeting. The decision of the SEAC was conveyed

to the M.C., Ferozepur vide letter no. 28610 dated 04.07.2012.

7. The M.C. Ferozepur & Faridkot were requested vide letter No. 3185 dated

17.07.2012 and endst no. 3186 dated 17.07.2012, respectively, to attend its

62nd meeting on 21.07.2012.

Following were present on the said meeting on behalf of M.C.

Ferozepur & Faridkot:

(i) Sh. Subhash Joshi, Executive Officer, Ferozepur

(ii) Sh. Surjit Singh, Executive Officer, Ferozepur

(iii) Sh. Hakam Singh, A.M.E., Ferozepur

(iv) Sh. Dewan Chand, Sanitary Inspector

(v) Sh. Rohitash Garg, A.M.E., M.C. Faridkot

(vi) Sh. Shashank Arora, Environmental Consultant of M/s Ind Tech House Consult, Delhi

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(vii) Sh. Yashwant Chauhan of M/s IL&FS

Sh. Shashank Arora, Environmental Consultant of M/s Ind Tech House

Consult, Delhi, presented the project proposal before the SEAC as under:

1. M.C. Ferozepur intends to establish an 'Integrated Municipal Solid Waste

Management Facility' in an area measuring as 18 acres in the revenue estate

of Villlage Bir Chahal, Distt., Faridkot, which will cater to 18 no. of Urban

Local Bodies of Ferozepur cluster.

2. At present no activity is being undertaken at the proposed site of the project,

which is located at a distance of 36 kms from Ferozepur.

3. Total water requirement for the project is about 25 KLD, which will be met

through ground water.

4. The scope of the project includes the following:

a) Direct collection of waste from waste generators, within Municipal limits

of Ferozepur.

b) Storage of MSW including street sweeping and drain cleaning waste at

secondary collection points.

c) Transportation of MSW including street sweeping and drain cleaning

waste from secondary collection points to site.

d) Receiving of MSW from Transfer stations, nearby Municipal Bodies and

Nagar Panchayats.

e) Establishment of transfer stations at Muktsar, Ferozepur and Moga.

f) Transportation of waste from transfer stations at Muktsar, Ferozepur

and Moga to the processing site at Bir Chahal Village, Faridkot.

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g) Municipal waste processing complex to process 350 TPD MSW through

250 TPD capacity of RDF plant (to process mixed waste) and 100 TPD

capacity Compost plant (for processing of organic fraction of MSW) at

Bir Chahal Village, Faridkot.

h) Development, operation and maintenance of the Engineered Sanitary

Landfill site at Bir Chahal Village, Faridkot.

i) Disposal of Residual Inert Matter at the Engineered Sanitary landfill site.

5. The present generation of solid waste from all 18 urban local bodies has

been estimated as 281 TPD and the Integrated MSW facility will be installed

to handle 350 TPD of municipal solid waste. The refuse dried fuel will be

generated in the form of fluff having gross calorific value of 2500 to 2800

Kcal/kg of fluff. The RDF plant will be operated for 330 days in a year and

will have following operations.

Manual segregation

Shredding

Screening to separate both fine inert and some percentage of bio-

degradable matter.

Rotary conveying and as per requirements drying system.

Fines screening.

Density separate (ballistic separation)

Final crushing of light fraction to less than 100 mm size to make it a

suitable fuel for boiler, termed as RDF fluff.

Densification of a small portion of fluff into pellets for convenience of

storage and improvements of combustion of fluff in the boiler.

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The residual organic matter from the RDF plant will be utilized in

compost plant.

6. The compost plant will be of capacity 100 TPD, which will be used to process

organic fraction of MSW and organic rejects to be generated from RDF plant.

This compost plant will be based on aerobic composting process.

7. Engineered sanitary landfill shall also be developed for disposal of processing

rejects and residual inert matter. This facility shall be designed as per the

guidelines prescribed in the Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling)

Rules, 2000.

8. The MC will require 400 KW of electricity, which will be taken from Punjab

State Power Corporation Limited. The MC has proposal to install 1 No. DG set

of 100 KVA and 1 no. of 125 KVA capacities, which will be used as standby

arrangement of power supply and this D.G. set will be provided with proper

acoustic enclosures.

9. The dust emissions to be generated during handling waste/movement of

vehicles will be controlled by spraying water and providing enclosures.

10. The site of the project is largely conforming to the locational criteria

suggested by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Urban Development in the

manual titled as "Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management".

11. The slight encroachment is in the adjoining area, which is a not a part of the

project site.

12. The odour problem will be mitigated by spraying organic inoculants

The Committee considered the above said project proposal and details

as presented by the project proponents and after discussions, the following 'Terms

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of Reference' were finalized to be suitably added to those furnished by the project

proponent:

1. Submit the details of site selection criteria adopted vis-a-vis the guidelines and the justification for selection of the proposed site.

2. Submit a 10 km radius map (on survey of India toposheet) showing co-ordinates of project site, National Highway, State Highway, district road / approach road, river, canal, natural drainage; protected areas under Wild Life (Protection) Act, archaeological site, natural lake, flood area, human settlements (with population), industries, high tension electric line, prominent wind direction (summer and winter), effluent drain, if any and ponds etc. should be presented and impacts assessed on the same.

3. Calculate the solid waste generation based on 2011 censes of all the 18 ULB's and the total solid waste to be generated after 25 years on the basis of projected population of each town, waste of which is to be handled and managed at this facility.

4. Submit composition/characteristics analysis of the Municipal solid waste of each ULB and the overall average value of each parameter of the said analysis.

5. Examine and submit the details of impact, including odour, on the drainage and nearby habitats/settlements (surroundings).

6. Submit the details of assessment of the site in view of impact on smooth movement of traffic due to transport of waste. Transportation and parking facilities should be examined.

7. Soil analysis including soil texture and soil permeability.

8. Awareness programme should be carried out to make the habitants aware regarding segregation of solid waste at the source and collection from door to door by the operator.

9. Examine and submit details of alternative technologies, if any.

10. Examine and submit details of storm water / leachate collection from processing facility, compost area and landfill area.

11. Examine and submit details of impact on water bodies / rivers / ponds and mitigative measures during rainy season.

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12. Examine and submit details of monitoring of water quality around the processing facility, compost area and landfill area. Water analysis shall also include for nitrate, phosphate and fluoride.

13. Examine and submit details of the odour control measures at processing facility, compost area and landfill area.

14. Submit a copy of the layout plan of project site showing solid waste storage, green belt, all roads, prominent wind direction, processing plant, landfill facility, compost area & buildings etc.

15. Submit a copy of the land use certificate from the Competent Authority.

16. Submit a copy of the status of ambient air quality for all the twelve parameters prescribed by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Delhi and surface ground water quality, soil type, cropping, pattern, land use pattern, population, socio-economic status, anticipated air and water pollution.

17. Examine and submit the details of surface hydrology and water regime and impact on the same.

18. Submit a contour map with slope analysis and drainage pattern.

19. Examine and submit the details of one complete season AAQ data (except monsoon) with the dates of monitoring, impact of the project on the AAQ of the area (including H2S, CH4). Submit the details of wind rose diagram.

20. Submit a copy of detailed plan of waste management.

21. Submit the details of Engineered Landfill Facility site including liner system to be adopted.

22. Examine and submit the details of rehabilitation/compensation package for the project effected people, if any.

23. Submit Environmental Management Plan and Environmental Monitoring Plan with costs and parameters.

24. Submit corporate responsibility plan including various activities to be undertaken, period for which the same will be implemented and responsible person(s)/Management/Association.

25. Submit financial plan for construction phase, operation phase and post closure phase including details of bank guarantees to be taken from the operator of the facility for all the three phases.

26. Intimate the name of the agency responsible for regular monitoring during operation and post monitoring phase.

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27. Intimate the details for mitigation of pollution from transfer stations and primary collection centres.

28. Explore the possibility for reuse of plastic waste.

29. Submit complete design of embankment to be constructed to avoid flooding taking into account highest flood level of the area and explore the possibility for use of fly ash for construction of the said embankment.

30. The municipal solid waste collection, segregation, storage, transportation, processing & disposal shall be as per the provisions of the Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000.

31. Intimate details about house to house collection of waste, segregation of waste, primary collection centres, transfer stations and transportation of solid waste to the Integrated Municipal Solid Waste facility. Also, steps to be taken to control pollution from said activities.

32. An advisory and monitoring Committee may be constituted by the Deptt. of Local Bodies regarding construction and maintenance of the Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Facility.

The Municipal Council, Ferozepur shall prepare the draft rapid EIA

report/EMP based on above mentioned TOR in addition to TOR proposed by it. After

preparation of draft rapid EIA report/EMP, the M.C. Ferozepur shall apply to Punjab

Pollution Control Board for conduct of the public hearing as per the procedure

prescribed in Appendix-IV of the EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006. The

environmental concerns to be raised by the public during the public hearing should

be addressed in the final rapid EIA report/EMP before submission of the same to

SEIAA, Punjab as per the procedure prescribed in Appendix-V of the said

notification.

The Committee further observed that the project proponent

shall also submit the following documents alongwith draft EIA report:-

1. No Objection Certificate from pollution angle of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

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2. Certificate of Competent Authority to the effect as to whether there is any Eco-sensitive areas notified under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, protected area notified under Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, critical polluted areas as identified by the CPCB and Inter-State / International Boundaries within a radius of 10 kms from the project site or not.

3. NOC from the nearest Airport Authorities, in case, the same is located within

a radius of 20 km from the project site.

4. Permission of CGWA for abstraction of groundwater.

5. Layout plan duly authenticated by the Competent Authority showing all

details including green belt.

6. A certificate issued by the Department of Town & Country Planning showing the land use of the site as per the Master Plan.

7. Proof of distance from existing protected area and 'No Objection certificate'

from the Department of Forest & Wildlife Preservation.

Item No. 62.05: Application for obtaining Environmental Clearance to establish an "Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Facility" at Village Jamsher, District Jalandhar and 'Engineered Sanitary Landfill Facility' in the revenue estate of Village Piplanwali, District Hoshiarpur by Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar.

The SEAC observed that:

1. The Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar has applied for obtaining

Environmental Clearance to establish an "Integrated Municipal Solid Waste

Management Facility" at Village Jamsher, District Jalandhar and 'Engineered

Sanitary Landfill Facility' in the revenue estate of Village Piplanwali, District

Hoshiarpur by Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar.

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2. The case of the Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar was considered by the

SEAC in its 35th meeting held on 13.03.2010, wherein, the Committee

finalized the 'Terms of Reference' and decided to convey the same to the

Municipal Corporation for preparation of the draft rapid EIA study report.

Accordingly, 'Terms of Reference' were conveyed to Municipal Corporation,

Jalandhar by the SEAC vide letter no. 18464 dated 16.04.2010 after approval

of the Competent Authority.

3. The Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar vide letter no. CE/2099 dated

03.01.2012 has submitted the draft rapid EIA study report alongwith its

summary report to the Punjab Pollution Control Board for conduct of the

public hearing. Accordingly, the public hearings of 'Engineered Landfill

Facility' and 'Integrated Municipal Solid Waste facility' were conducted by the

Punjab Pollution Control Board on 27.09.2011 and 30.09.2011, respectively.

The Board has sent the proceedings of both the public hearings to the

SEIAA, Punjab vide letter no. 41032 dated 18.10.2011 and letter No. 41038

dated 18.10.2011.

4. The Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar has submitted 20 copies of final EIA

report.

5. The Commissioner, Municipal Corporation was requested by the SEAC vide

letter No. 2049 dated 16.01.2012 to attend its 55th meeting on 20.01.2012 to

present the project proposal.

6. The Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar vide letter dated

19.01.2012 informed that the Corporation is in the process of preparing

presentation and collecting relevant information, due to which the

Corporation will not be in a position to present its case in the meeting fixed

for 20th January, 2012 and requested to defer the case to the next meeting

of SEAC.

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7. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 55th meeting held on 20.01.2012

and after discussions in the matter, the SEAC agreed to accept the request

of the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar made vide letter

dated 19.01.2012 and decided to defer the case to the next meeting.

8. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 56th meeting held on

27.02.2012, which was attended by following on behalf of Municipal

Corporation, Jalandhar on 27.02.2012:

i) Er. Narinder Singh, S.E. Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar ii) Sh. Mangesh Dakhore, Environmental Consultant of M/s

SENES India Pvt. Ltd., iii) Sh Yashwant Chauhan, Senior Manager of M/s IL&FS,

Delhi. iv) Sh. Himanshu Chaturvedi, Manager of M/s IL&FS

Due to paucity of time, the case could not be taken up in the

meeting on 27.02.2012, as such, the Committee decided to roll-over the

same on 01.03.2012 with venue in the office of PSCST, Sector-26, Mahatma

Gandhi Institute, Chandigarh at 10.00 a.m.

Following were present on behalf of Municipal Corporation,

Jalandhar on 01.03.2012 to present the details of EIA study:

i) Er. Narinder Singh, S.E. Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar

ii) Sh. Mangesh Dakhore, Environmental Consultant of M/s

SENES India Pvt. Ltd.

iii) Sh. Yashwant Chauhan of M/s IL&FS

The Environmental Consultant of M.C., Jalandhar presented the

details of rapid EIA study reports of "Integrated Municipal Solid Waste

Management Facility " to be installed in the revenue estate of Village

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Jamsher, Distt. Jalandhar and Engineered landfill facility to be established

in the revenue estate of village Piplanwali, Distt. Hoshiarpur before the

Committee. The Committee noted that the Environmental Consultant of M.C.,

Jalandhar had not properly prepared the presentation since he was unable to

reply the queries raised by the members of the Committee during

presentation. The Committee further noted that both rapid EIA study reports

do not contain certain primary information, due to which the Committee was

not satisfied with the rapid EIA reports prepared by the Environmental

Consultant.

After detailed deliberations in the matter, the Committee

observed that the Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar is required to submit the

following information/data before appraisal of the project proposal:

i) The solid waste generation of 700 TPD of all the ULBs of Jalandhar cluster

has been estimated taking into account the estimated population in the year

2009. But as per project proposal, the Integrated Municipal Solid Waste

Management facility including Engineered Landfill facility is meant for life

span of 25 years and the estimated population after 25 years has not been

taken into account while estimating the generation of solid waste. Therefore,

the project proposal prepared by M.C. Jalandhar does not seem to be in

order as far as generation of municipal solid waste is concerned. Thus, the

M.C. Jalandhar is required to clarify why the generation of solid waste after

25 years has not been taken into account for designing the Integrated

Municipal Solid Waste Management facility including Engineered Landfill

facility. Furthermore, the quantification of solid waste for designing the

facility is required to be done on the basis of actual population of 2011

census instead of estimated population in the year 2009.

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ii) In the final EIA report, it has been mentioned that Village Nanak Pindi,

District Jalandhar is located at a distance of 200 m from the site of the

processing facility to be developed in the revenue estate of Village Jamsher,

District Jalandhar. Therefore, the said site is not conforming to the locational

criteria laid down by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Urban Development, in

the manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management since as per the said

manual, the site of MSW facility should be atleast 500 m from a notified

habitation area. Besides, Village Nanakpuri is located in the predominant

wind direction, thus, the Corporation is required to submit proper justification

regarding non-conforming of the said site to the locational criteria.

iii) During presentation, the representative of the Corporation informed that the

site of the landfill facility to be developed in the revenue estate of Village

Piplanwali, District Hoshiarpur, is located at a distance of 300 m from the

habitation area of Kirti Nagar, District Hoshiarpur. Therefore, it is clear that

the said site is not conforming to the locational criteria laid down by the

Govt. of India, Ministry of Urban Development, in the manual on Municipal

Solid Waste Management since as per the said manual, the site of MSW

facility should be atleast 500 m from a notified habitation area. Besides, Kirti

Nagar is located in the predominant wind direction, thus, the Corporation is

required to submit proper justification regarding non-conforming of the said

site to the locational criteria.

iv) As per the manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management, a zone of 500 m

around the MSW facility boundary should be declared as 'No-Development

Buffer Zone' after the location is finalization, but the Municipal Corporation,

Jalandhar has not submitted any material evidence in this regard for both

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the sites. Therefore, the Corporation is required to submit proper material

evidence in this regard.

v) The actual solid waste generation in each ULB is required to be intimated

and the same should be co-related with the estimated per capita generation

mentioned in the "Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management" published

by the Ministry of Urban Development.

vi) The composition / characteristics of solid waste being generated have not

been analysed, which is the primary requirement to prepare sustainable

project proposal, hence, the Corporation is required to submit

composition/characteristics analysis of solid waste being generated by each

ULB contributing to this facility and the overall average value of each

parameter, so as to enable the Committee to check the adequacy of the

proposal.

vii) In the layout plan, nothing has been depicted regarding future expansion

plan of Corporation, thus, properly prepared layout plan showing the present

proposal and future expansion plan is to be submitted.

viii) During handling and processing of municipal solid waste, there is likelihood

of generation of odour and process/fugitive emissions due to handling of

solid waste and movement of vehicles in the vicinity of processing facility,

but no technical details have been worked out to find out minimum width of

peripheral green belt to attenuate the odour and process/fugitive emissions.

Similarly, there is a need to work out width of peripheral green belt to

attenuate the odour and fugitive emissions from the landfill facility. Also,

there is a need to list out the names of the suitable species of trees to be

planted in the peripheral green belt.

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ix) No technical details of the composting process have been given in the EIA

study reports, thus, the Corporation is required to incorporate the same.

x) The ambient air monitoring has been carried out only for PM2.5, PM10, SO2,

NOx and CO, which is required to be done for all the 12 parameters

prescribed by the MoEF.

xi) During presentation the representative of Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar

informed that the site of the project located in the revenue estate of Village

Jamsher, District Jalandhar is at a distance of 13 km from the Airport, as

such, the Corporation is required to submit NOC of Airports Authority of

India.

xii) A letter of Department of Town & Country Planning indicating the land use

surrounding the site of Integrated MSW facility to be established in the

revenue estate of Village Jamsher, District Jalandhar and landfill facility to be

developed in the revenue estate of Village Piplanwali, District Hoshiarpur.

xiii) Nothing has been mentioned in the EIA reports of both the sites regarding

the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), thus, the Corporation is required

to submit a detailed reply in this regard.

xiv) Quantity of leachate to be generated during operation and post closure

phase and a complete plan for management & handling of the same needs

to be given.

xv) A complete plan for management & handling of surface run-off during rainy

season be given.

xvi) Following details in respect of mathematical modeling:

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Which sources have been taken into account for assessing the impact

on the environment.

Fuel consumption rate and its analysis.

Pollutants release rate

Stack height and stack diameter

Exit gas temperature, velocity and volume

How atmospheric stability class has been calculated?

How dispersion coefficients have been calculated?

The Committee decided to defer the case till the reply of the

above noted observations is received. The decision of the Committee was

conveyed to the project proponent vide letter No. 12228 dated 13.03.2012.

9. The Municipal Corporation Jalandhar vide letter no. SE/146 dated 12.06.2012

has submitted the reply of the observations of the SEAC.

10. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 61st meeting held on 27.06.2012,

which was attended by Sh. Narinder Singh, S.E., Municipal Corporation,

Jalandhar. He informed that the IL&FS was not aware of the meeting, as

such, no representative of IL&FS attended the meeting. He requested the

Committee to adjourn the case to its next meeting. After deliberations, the

Committee accepted the request of S.E., Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar

and decided to defer the case to its next meeting. The decision of the SEAC

was conveyed to the M.C., Jalandhar vide letter no. 28613 dated 04.07.2012.

11. The MC, Bathinda was requested by the SEAC vide letter no. 30348 dated

16.07.2012 to attend its 62nd meeting on 21.07.2012 to present the details

of revised final rapid EIA report.

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Following were present in the said meeting of the SEAC on

behalf of M.C., Bathinda

i) Er. Narinder Singh, S.E., Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar

ii) Sh. Subhradeb Pramanik, Environmental Consultant of M/s Senes Consultants India (P) Ltd.,

Sh. Subhradeb Pramanik, presented the salient features of the

revised final EIA report as under:

(i) The Department of Local bodies Punjab has initiated the projects for

scientific management of Municipal Solid Waste in Punjab, keeping in view

the obligations of ULB’s under MSW (M&H Rules) 2000. Pursuant to the

above objective, the State has been divided into eight regional clusters

namely Greater Mohali Development Authority (GMADA), Patiala, Jalandhar,

Ferozepur, Bathinda, Pathankot, Ludhiana and Amritsar.

(ii) Jalandhar is one of the clusters comprising of Jalandhar city & 25 other

ULBs. There is a proposal to establish an "Integrated MSW Management

Facility at Jamsher village, Jalandhar and "Engineered Sanitary Landfill

Facility' near Piplanwala Village, Hoshiarpur.

(iii) The 'Integrated MSW Management Facility is to be established at Jamsher

Village, Jalandhar. This site has been earmarked for establishment of MSW

facility/sanitary landfill in the notified Master Plan of Jalandhar as informed

by the Department of Town & Country Planning vide Memo No. 1327 dated

19.07.2012. The site located at Jalandhar is conforming to location criteria

laid down by the Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India except the

distance from the habitation area. As per Master Plan, the area surrounding

to this site is kept reserved for dairies, bee keeping, poultry farms and low

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density residential area. The nearest residential area i.e. Nanakpindi village is

at a distance of about 200m from the periphery of the said site. The

locational criteria of the said guidelines is not mandatory requirement since

as per clause no. 17.4.1 of the manual, in the absence of the regulatory

requirements, the locational criteria is suggestive one. There is a proposal to

develop 15 m wide green belt along the periphery of the project site and

same will be designed as per the 'Guidelines for Greenbelt Development'

issued by CPCB.

(iv) The stretch of land located at Village Piplanwala, where an "Engineered

Sanitary Landfill Facility" is to be established, is presently already being used

as solid waste dumping site and is surrounded by agricultural activities. The

site located at Piplanwali, Hoshiarpur is conforming to locational criteria laid

down by the Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India except the

distance from the habitation area. Nearest habitation is Kirti Nagar, which is

existing at a distance of 300 m from said site. The proposed site has been

earmarked for solid waste disposal ground in approved Master Plan of

Hoshiarpur. There is a proposal to develop 15 m wide greenbelt along the

periphery of the said site as per the 'Guidelines for Greenbelt Development'

issued by CPCB.

(v) There is no Eco-sensitive area notified under Environment (Protection) Act,

1986, protected area notified under Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, critical

polluted areas as identified by the CPCB and Inter-State / International

Boundaries within a radius of 10 kms from the site of the processing facility

and sanitary landfill facility.

(vi) The details of the project are as under:

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Features

MSW processing

facility at Jamsher

Village, Jalandhar

Landfill site at

Piplanwala village,

Hoshiarpur

Year Of

Establishment Proposed Proposed

Size of the

project

RDF Plant (700 TPD) Engineered Sanitary Landfill

Facility (22 acres) Biomethanation/Compost

/ Curing plant (50TPD)

Project Cost INR 99.21 Crores INR 20 Crores

Land Area 20 Acres 22 Acres

Fuel

RDF Produced From MSW

(260 TPD) Nil

Compost 6-7 TPD

MSW

Transportation By Private Developer (JITF)

Power

Requirement

2.3MW

Electricity requirement is

only for lighting&

administrative building

(vii) The processing plant site will be designed to process 750 TPD of MSW to be

generated from 26 ULB’s during the first phase in the year 2017, as per

projected population. The capacity of this processing facility will be expanded

to process 1600 TPD of MSW to be generated as per projected population in

the year 2035. The projected population for the year 2017 and 2035 has

been calculated on the basis of 2001 census and the growth rate considered

is on higher side if the projected population for the said years is calculated

on the basis of 2011 census, which is yet to be published.

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(viii) Rapid EIA study of both sites was carried out during the winter season of

year 2011 (baseline environmental monitoring)

(ix) The physical & chemical analysis has been done for the major ULBs of this

cluster for finalization of processing technologies. The details of which are as

under:

RDF Compone

nt

Organics for

composting

Inerts Recyclables Misc

33 % 25% 35% 4% About 3%

(x) The Municipal Corporation will undertake door to door segregation. The

segregated solid waste will be further processed to produce Refuse Derived

Fuel (RDF). The RDF process will be designed and adopted from the process

developed by TIFAC.

(xi) Green Waste will be treated separately for biogas generation through bio-

methanation process.

(xii) The organic fraction separated from mixed MSW will be separated and

composted by windrow process on a compost pad inside the project site.

(xiii) Based on the characterization results and processing of 750 TPD of MSW

following products will be produced from MSW :

a) From mixed 700 TPD of MSW, about 260 TPD of RDF and 6-7 TPD of

compost/manure will be produced.

b) 50 TPD of green waste will yield approx 3000Nm3/day of biogas.

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c) About 25% as inert fraction of MSW will be separated out and the

same will be transported to Engineered Sanitary landfill facility at

Piplanwala village.

d) About 4% of recyclables will be separated out, which will be sold to

authorized recyclers.

e) The C/N ratio of MSW samples collected from Jalandhar cluster is

approx. 25:1. As per CPHEO Mannual, C/N Ratio of 30 is most

favourable for composting, whereas the range may vary from 26-31.

Therefore, to bring the CN ratio within the prescribed range, slaughter

house wastes, blood meal, spoiled food grains, seweage sludge, and

cow dung would be added to improve C/N ratio.

(xiv) The total cost of the Integrated MSW facility is about 119.21 Crores (Rs.

99.21 Crores for Processing Facility and Rs. 20 Crores for Engineered Landfill

site).

(xv) Environmental Status

a) Air Environment:

Ambient air quality was monitored at eight locations in the surroundings of

the MSW processing facility at Jamsher and Engineered landfill site at

Hoshiarpur for the parameters such as PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NOx, CO, Methane

and Ammonia, which are expected pollutants from such type of projects. The

mathematical modeling has been carried out for PM, SO2, and NOx to assess

the impact of power plant and hot air generator on the ambient air quality,

which is given as under:

24-hour average predicted ground level concentrations (GLCs) of

pollutants due to Power Plant

S.

No. Pollutant

Background

concentration,

(g/m3)

Incremental

increase

due to

Resultant

concentration

of pollutants

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project

(g/m3)

in the ambient

air after

commissioning

of the plant

(g/m3)

1 PM 118.39 0.92 119.31

2 SO2 9.43 1.79 11.22

3 NOx 19.75 3.63 23.38

24-hour average predicted ground level concentrations (GLCs) of

pollutants due to hot air generator

S.

No. Pollutant

Background

concentration,

(g/m3)

Incremental

increase

due to

project

(g/m3)

Resultant

concentration

of pollutants

in the ambient

air after

commissioning

of the plant

(g/m3)

1 PM 118.39 1.33 119.72

2 SO2 9.43 2.68 12.11

3 NOx 19.75 5.33 25.08

Based on the modeling exercise under observed meteorological condition, maximum

concentrations will be at a distance about 600 m in the southeast direction. The

resultant concentrations of SO2, NOx and CO are well within the NAAQS at all the

receptor locations.

b) Noise Environment.

Noise levels in the impact area has been assessed. The results show that day time

noise levels exceed the limiting values at Jamsher Village and Diwali village due to

high level of traffic noise.

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Noise Monitoring Result – MSW processing Facility at Jamsher Village,

Jalandhar

Location

Day Time Night Time

Leq (dB(A)) Limit (dB

(A))

Leq (dB (A)) Limit (dB

(A))

Project site 52.11 55 32.2 45

Jamsher

Village

55.85 55 32.2 45

Quadianwali 47.58 55 30.37 45

Diwali 57.44 55 35.76 45

Bambianali 43.69 55 30.98 45

Noise Monitoring Result – Engineered Landfill at Piplanwali Village,

Hoshiarpur

Location

Day Time Night Time

Leq (dB(A)) Limit (dB

(A))

Leq (dB (A)) Limit (dB

(A))

Project site 49.03 55 33.43 45

Kwaspur 58.96 55 40.6 45

Pur Hiran 58.52 55 42.53 45

Rahimpur 56.11 55 39.58 45

Basi Daulat

Khan

47.39 55 31.89 45

c) Water Environment:

Water quality in the impact area has been assessed for surface water and

ground water resources. Water quality from ground sources meets the IS

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10500-1992 requirements of drinking water. Surface water quality also meets

the standards of CPCB for Class C where water after treatment can be used

for drinking purposes.

d) Soil Quality

The soil samples were collected & analysed by the NABL/MoEF approved

laboratory and analysis results of which show that the soil is alkaline in nature.

(xvi) 15 m wide green belt along the periphery of the proposed processing site will

be developed to mitigate the effects of pollution and source emissions. The

predominant wind direction is from NW and West and the nearby settlements

i.e. Nanakpindi village is located at the Southeast direction of the project site.

To prevent the odor problem, the Herbal inoculums such as Maple, Naturevel

or Gtech will be used, which are readily available in the market.

(xvii) The surface run off, of the project site will be collected by constructing pucca

lined ditches and so collected surface run off will be used in the composting

process. The leachate will be collected and treated properly and same will be

utilized in the composting section.

(xviii) The Survey of India vide letter no. 1283 dated 13.10.2011 that the site of the

processing facility is located at a distance of 26 km from the nearest military

airbase at Adampur. However, the proposed site of the Engineered Sanitary

Landfill Facility at Village Piplanwali, which is already existing since the past 20

years, is located at a distance of about 13 km from the nearest military airbase

at Adampur, but the Ministry of Environment & Forests has considered the

case of MSW facility to be developed at Jamalpur, Ludhiana without asking the

Corporation to get the same from the Airports Authority of India. The

Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar has applied to the military airbase at

Adampur for getting the necessary permission.

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(xix) The public hearings of the Engineered Sanitary Landfill Facility and

Processing Facility sites were conducted by the Punjab Pollution Control

Board on 27.09.2011 and 30.09.2011, respectively and all the environmental

concerns expressed by the public during these public hearings have been

addressed in the final EIA reports.

(xx) Different species of trees will be planted in the green belt, the names of

which have been mentioned in the EIA report.

(xxi) In the layout plan of both the sites, the present proposal and future

expansion plan have been properly marked.

(xxii) Various activities related to Corporate Social Responsibility have been

delineated in the EIA report.

(xxiii) A power plant of 6 MW will be installed to produce electricity from RDF.

(xxiv) The Environment management plan for construction phase, operation phase

and post- closure phase for the integrated facility is as under:

Sr. No.

Activity Responsibility

1 Construction Phase:

Dust emission control

Emission reduction from equipments

Overall conservation of Environment

Green Belt development

Municipal Corporation Jalandhar & M/s JITF Urban Infrastructure Ltd.

2 Operation & Maintenance Phase M/s JITF Urban

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Sr. No.

Activity Responsibility

Air emission of RDF Plant

Dust & Dusty Particulate matter

Effluent Treatment Plant

Control of Pathogen, Mal Odor and Fly & Insect vector

Landfill gas Management

Control of water & land pollution by Leachate

Monitoring of ground water & air ambient quality

Green Belt Maintenance

Health safeguards

Infrastructure Ltd.

3 Post Closure Phase

Providing an appropriate final cover & stability

Erosion management

Leachate treatment & disposal

Municipal Corporation Jalandhar

The Committee observed that the site of the 'Engineered Sanitary

Landfill Facility' is conforming to the locational criteria mentioned in the manual

prepared by the Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi except

the distance form the habitation/residential area. The said site is already being used

for dumping of MSW in an unscientific manner for the past many years, therefore,

establishment of said facility at this site will be a step towards environment

improvement.

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Furthermore, the site of the processing facility is conforming to the

locational criteria mentioned in the said manual except distance from

habitation/residential area. The submission of the Municipal Corporation to the

effect that the State of Punjab is a land locked State due to which land prices are

very high as compared to other States; this reply is tenable as it is very difficult to

identify a 20 acres chunk of land for establishment of such a facility.

After detailed deliberations, the SEAC observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications to the observations

raised by it, therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to Municipal

Corporation, Jalandhar for establishment of ‘Integrated Municipal Solid Waste

Management Facility’ in the revenue estate of Village Jamsher, Distt. Jalandhar in

an area of 20 acres to handle 750 Tons/day of Municipal Solid Waste and

‘Engineered Sanitary Landfill Facility’ in an area of 22 acres in the revenue estate of

Village Piplanwali, District Hoshiarpur under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006,

subject to the following conditions in addition to the proposed measures.

PART A – Specific conditions

I. Construction Phase

i) “Consent to establish” shall be obtained from Punjab Pollution Control Board under Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and a copy of the same shall be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority before the start of any construction work at site.

ii) All required sanitary and hygienic measures should be in place before starting construction activities and to be maintained throughout the construction phase.

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iii) A first aid room will be provided in the project both during construction and operation phase of the project.

iv) All the topsoil excavated during construction activities should be stored for use in horticulture / landscape development within the project site.

v) Disposal of muck during construction phase should not create any adverse effect on the neighboring communities and be disposed off after taking the necessary precautions for general safety and health aspects of people with the approval of competent authority.

vi) Construction spoils, including bituminous material and other hazardous material, must not be allowed to contaminate watercourses and the dump sites for such material must be secured, so that they should not leach into the ground water.

vii) The diesel generator sets to be used during construction phase should be of low sulphur diesel type and should conform to the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 prescribed for air and noise emission standards.

viii) Vehicles hired for bringing construction material to the site and other machinery to be used during construction should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

ix) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored during construction phase.

x) Fly ash should be used as construction material in the construction as per the provisions of Fly Ash Notification of September, 1999 and as amended on August, 2003 (This condition is applicable only if the project is within 100 Km of Thermal Power Station).

xi) Ready mixed concrete should be used construction purpose as far as possible.

xii) Water demand during construction should be reduced by use of premixed concrete, curing agents and other best practices.

xiii) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, disposal of waste water & solid waste in an environmentally sound manner, safe drinking water,

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medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

II. Operation Phase

i) “Consent for Operate” shall be obtained from State Pollution Control Board under Air and Water Act and a copy shall be submitted to the Ministry before commissioning of the integrated facility.

ii) A green belt of minimum 15 m width shall be provided all around the

periphery of the project site.

iii) The gas generated from the Landfill facility shall be collected and

disposed/ utilized as per rules.

iv) The leachate from the facility shall be collected and treated to meet the

prescribed standards before its reuse.

v) The proponent shall obtain necessary clearance from the Groundwater

Authority for abstraction of ground water, if required.

vi) The depth of the landfill site shall be decided based on the groundwater

table at the site and permission regarding the same shall be obtained

from Ministry of Environment & Forests/Punjab Pollution Control Board.

vii) Periodical ground water/soil monitoring to check the contamination in and

around the site shall be carried out as per the provisions of the Municipal

Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000 /Punjab Pollution

Control Board requirements.

viii) Spraying of an appropriate herbal sanitizer shall be adopted for odour

control in addition to its vacuum suction and destroying in furnace.

ix) Proper shed shall be provided for the compost yard to prevent the rain

water coming in contact with the material in the compost yard Periodical

ground water/ soil monitoring to check the contamination in and around

the site shall be carried out as per requirements of Punjab Pollution

Control Board.

x) All the recommendations of the EMP shall be complied with letter and

spirit.

xi) The Municipal Corporation shall ensure that the project complies with all

the provisions of the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling)

Rules, 2000.

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xii) Regular ambient air quality monitoring shall be carried out for all the

parameters mentioned in the notification dated 16th November, 2009 of

the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

xiii) The project proponent shall set up separate environmental management

cell for effective implementation of the stipulated environmental

safeguard under the supervision of a Senior Executive.

xiv) Entire organic material shall be converted into manure. Recyclable

material likewise glass, steel etc., shall be sold to recycler. Only inert

material which cannot be either composted or recycled shall be sent to

the Engineered Sanitary Landfill facility to be developed in the revenue

estate of Village Piplanwali, District Hoshiarpur.

xv) The funds earmarked for the environment management plan shall be

included in the annual budget of the Municipal Corporation and this shall

not be diverted for any other purposes.

xvi) Traffic congestion near the entry and exit points from the roads adjoining

the proposed project site must be avoided. Parking should be fully

internalized and no public space should be utilized.

xvii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by Municipal Corporation to

ensure that the AAQ levels at various locations are within permissible

limits as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

xviii) Appropriate mitigative measures shall be taken by the Municipal

Corporation to prevent pollution of water of the distributory in

consultation with the State Pollution Control Board. It shall be ensured

that there will be no littering of solid waste from vehicles and the

leachate/ surface run-off to be generated shall be collected & treated

properly, so that there should not be any impact on the quality of water

of the said distributory.

xix) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project

shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of

health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed

accordingly.

xx) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during

day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise

quality should be closely monitored.

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xxi) The risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared

and implemented.

PART B – General Conditions :

I. This environmental clearance will be valid for a period of five years from the date of its issue or till the completion of the project, whichever is earlier.

II. The environmental safeguards contained in the application of the Municipal Corporation / mentioned during the presentation before State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority/State Expert Appraisal Committee should be implemented in letter and spirit.

III. The entire cost of the environmental management plan (i.e. capital cost as well as recurring cost) will continue to be borne by the Municipal Corporation until the responsibility of environmental management plan is transferred to the occupier/residents society under proper MOU after obtaining prior permission of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

IV. The Municipal Corporation shall also submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by mail) to the respective Regional office of MoEF, the Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB/SEIAA.

V. Officials from the Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority / State Level Expert Appraisal Committee / Punjab Pollution Control Board who would be monitoring the implementation of environmental safeguards should be given full cooperation, facilities and documents / data by the project proponents during their inspection. A complete set of all the documents submitted to State Environment Impact Assessment Authority should be forwarded to the CCF, Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh/State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

VI. In the case of any change(s) in the scope of the project, the project would require a fresh appraisal by State Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

VII. All other statutory clearances such as the approvals for storage of diesel from Chief Controller of Explosives, Fire Department, Civil Aviation Department, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 etc. shall be obtained, by Municipal Corporation from the competent authorities including Punjab Pollution Control Board and from other statutory bodies as applicable.

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VIII. The Municipal Corporation should advertise in at least two local newspapers widely circulated in the region, one of which shall be in the vernacular language informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and copies of clearance letters are available with the Punjab Pollution Control Board. The advertisement should be made within seven days from the day of issue of the clearance letter and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh.

IX. These stipulations would be enforced among others under the provisions of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, the Public Liability (Insurance) Act, 1991 and EIA Notification, 2006.

X. Environmental clearance is subject to final order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the matter of Goa Foundation Vs. Union of India in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 460 of 2004 as may be applicable to this project and decisions of any competent court, to the extent applicable.

XI. A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zilla Parishad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban local body and the local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions / representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Municipal Corporation by the proponent.

XII. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions, including results of monitored data on their website and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of MoEF, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB. The criteria pollutant levels namely; PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NOx , CO, Pb, Ozone (ambient air as well as stack emissions) shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location near the main gate of the project site in the public domain.

XIII. The Municipal Corporation shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan and Corporate Social Responsibility.

XIV. The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority reserves the right to add additional safeguards/ measures subsequently, if found necessary, and to take action including revoking of the environmental clearance under the provisions of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, to ensure effective implementation of the suggested safeguards/ measures in a time bound and satisfactory manner.

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XV. Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

XVI. The Municipal Corporation shall construct pucca lined ditches for collection of surface run off and the same will be used in the composting process.

XVII. The Municipal Corporation shall obtain permission from Military Airbase Station at Adampur before starting any construction activities at the Engineered Sanitary Landfill Facility to be developed at Village Piplanwali, District Hoshiarpur.

XVIII. The Municipal Corporation shall ensure that the contractor/operator shall engage people of local area for operation of the facility as far as possible, so as to have opportunities of employment for them.

XIX. The Municipal Corporation may apply for transfer of environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 to the contractor/operator finalized by it to SEIAA, Punjab. However, no activity shall be undertaken by the operator/contractor till the environmental clearance is transferred in his name and he is lawfully bound to comply with the conditions of the environmental clearance.

XX. The Municipal Corporation shall install adequate and appropriate air pollution control device with the boiler of power plant so as to ensure the compliance of emission standards laid down by the Ministry of Environment & Forests/Punjab Pollution Control Board. The Corporation shall also take necessary steps to minimize the generation of furan and dioxin in the flue gas emissions.

XXI. The post closure arrangement of the facility shall be made as per the Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000 and "Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management" published by the Ministry of Urban Development and Municipal Corporation will be responsible for post closure of the facility and monitoring shall be done as per the Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000 / "Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management" published by the Ministry of Urban Development/Punjab Pollution Control Board directions.

Item No. 62.06: Application for obtaining Environmental Clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for an Educational Complex namely "Gian Sagar Medical College & Hospital and Gian Sagar Dental College &

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Hospital established by Gian Sagar Educational & Charitable Trust, in the revenue estate of Village Ram Nagar, Tehsil Rajpura, Distt. Patiala.

The SEAC observed that:

1. M/s Gian Sagar Educational & Charitable Trust had applied for obtaining

environmental clearance as required under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006

for the Medical College, Hospital and allied requirements such as residential

apartments in the year 2008 and the same was refused by the SEIAA Punjab

vide letter no. 32906 dated 7.10.2009 due to the fact that the layout plan of

the Educational Institution-cum-hospital was not approved by the Competent

Authority of the State.

2. Thereafter, M/s Gian Sagar Educational & Charitable Trust has applied for

obtaining Environmental Clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006

for an Educational Complex namely "Gian Sagar Medical College & Hospital

and Gian Sagar Dental College & Hospital established in the revenue estate

of Village Ram Nagar, Tehsil Rajpura, Distt. Patiala. The project is covered

under category 8 (b) of the Schedule appended to the said notification.

3. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 54th meeting held on

30.12.2011, which was attended by the following on behalf of the project

proponent:

i) Sh. S.C. Tyagi, Chief Project Manager

ii) Sh. Jai Karan Sharma, Senior Manager (Admn & Liaison)

iii) Sh. Sandeep Garg, Environmental Consultant of M/s Eco Laboratories and Consultants, Mohali.

The Committee perused the minutes of 61st meeting of the

Accreditation Committee, National Accreditation Board for Education &

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Training, Quality Council of India and noted that the accreditation of M/s Eco

Laboratories & Consultant Pvt. Ltd., Mohali has been cancelled. Therefore,

the Committee did not allow the environmental consultant of the promoter

company to make a presentation of the project proposal. The Committee

further noted that the project proponent is required to submit certain

information / data for scoping of the project proposal.

After detailed deliberations in the matter, the Committee

decided to defer the case till the project proponent submits the reply of its

observations. It was also decided to call the Medical Superintendent of

Rajindera Hospital, Patiala and Oncology Expert of PGI, Chandigarh in the

meeting of the SEAC in which the case is to be considered. The said decision

of the Committee was conveyed to the project proponent vide letter no. 392

dated 24.01.2012.

4. The project proponent vide letter no. GSMCH/11-12/150 dated 23.02.2012

has submitted reply of the observations of the SEAC, the details of which are

as under.

Sr. No.

Observations of the Committee Members

Reply of the observations

1 Whether 0.52 acres of land area, for which permission for CLU is yet to be obtained, is a part of the project proposal or not? If yes, then submit the CLU for the said area and intimate for what purpose the same will be used.

Permission to seek CLU for 0.52 acres of land area is in process with the concerned department and the said land area has been earmarked for the construction of residential complex.

2 The photographs submitted by the project proponent show that the construction of the Institute has already been

No further construction will be done without obtaining the Environmental Clearance required under the EIA notification dated 14.09.2006. The

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completed, as such, intimate the reasons as to why the construction has been made in violation of provision of the EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 and submit an undertaking to the effect that no further construction will be done without obtaining environmental clearance required under the said notification.

project proponent has also informed that the earlier construction has been made prior to issuance of EIA notification dated 14.9.2006.

3 Whether the project proponent is yet to construct any additional building out of the total built-up area mentioned in the application for obtaining environmental clearance or not?

There is no proposal for construction of any additional building at present. Prior approval will be obtained in case any construction is made in future.

4. How much quantity of bio-medical waste is generated and how each category of bio-medical waste is being managed and handled? Further what is the status of authorization required under the Bio-medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998.

Details have been submitted.

5. Whether any kind of hazardous waste like mercury is generated? If yes, the status of authorization under the Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008 and how the said

The institution is using mercury thermometers and blood pressure apparatus. If there is any breakage of the apparatus containing mercury, the same is collected and sent to Bio-medical Workshop where the Biomedical Engineer conserves it for further use in repairable blood

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wastes are being managed and handled?

pressure apparatus. However, more than one third of blood Pressure Apparatus have been replaced by aneroid BP Apparatus in phase-1 and the remaining mercury containing apparatus will be replaced with non-mercury apparatus by the end of July, 2012.

6. Whether any kind of e-waste is generated and how the same is being managed & handled?

There is no generation of e-waste at present since the equipment purchased is fairly new and is being disposed off under exchange cost programme.

7. What are the present mode of treatment / disposal of bio-degradable, non-biodegradable and recyclable waste.

At present, the entire bio-degradable, non-bio-degradable and recyclable waste is sent to the STP. However, ETP equipments have been procured and civil work for installation of ETP is in progress and the same will be made operational by 22.03.2012.

8. What type of the industries are located within a radius of 500 m from the project site and their impact on the Institution?

There is one RCC Pipe plant within a radius of 500 m from the site of the Institute.

9. Whether any laundry plant has been installed and how much wastewater is generated from the said plant and which treatment facility has been installed for the same and what mode of disposal has been provided for the same?

The laundry plant has been installed in which the average usage of water is about 10,000 liters per day. The wastewater generated from the said plant is treated in the existing STP. However, there is a proposal to install a separate ETP for the same.

10. Whether any nuclear No nuclear (liquid/solid) waste is

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liquid/solid waste is generated and how the same is being managed & handled and whether any permission for the same has been obtained from Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) or not?

generated in the Institute.

11. Whether any radio-active material is used or not? If yes, whether permission for the same has been obtained from AERB or not?

No radioactive material is used in the Institute.

12. How much wastewater is generated from X-ray section and how the same is being managed and handled?

No such waste is generated from the X-ray section in the Institute.

5. The project proponent was requested by the SEAC vide letter no.1086 dated

20.03.2012 to attend its 57th meeting on 27.03.2012. However, the project

proponent vide letter no 657 dated 27.3.2012 informed that the responsible

person dealing with the case had resigned and now the matter is being

looked into by Mr. S.C Tyagi, who is abroad due to some personal work.

Therefore, the promoter company will not be in a position to present the

project proposal on 27.03.2012 and requested for some more time to

present the project proposal.

In compliance to decision taken by the SEAC in its 54th meeting held

on 30.12.2011, Director, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education Research

(PGIMER), Chandigarh and Medical Superintendent, Govt. Rajindera Hospital,

Patiala were requested vide letter no. 1086 dated 20.03.2012 and 1088 dated

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20.03.2012, respectively to attend the 57th meeting of the SEAC on 27.03.2012, so

as to advise the Committee. Accordingly, Dr Sushmita Ghoshal, Professor, Deptt of

Radiotherapy PGIMER, Chandigarh and Dr V.K Dangwal, Associate Professor,

Department of Radiotherapy, GMC Patiala attended the said meeting of the SEAC

and informed that:

i) For setting up of radiotherapy unit and radio diagnostic centre, the hospital

is required to get the layout plan approved from Atomic Energy Regulatory

Board (AERB) before carrying out any construction activity at site. Also,

AERB issues certificate for operation of said unit/centre and inspections are

being carried out from time to time by the officials of the AERB, so as to

ensure as to whether the guidelines/regulations of the AERB are adhered

with or not.

ii) Similarly, for setting up of Nuclear Medicine Centre and X-ray units /CT scan

units, the hospital is required to get the layout plan approved from Atomic

Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) before carrying out any construction

activity at site. Also, AERB issues certificate for operation of said centre/ X-

ray/CT scan units and inspections are being carried out from time to time by

the officials of the AERB, so as to ensure as to whether the

guidelines/regulations of the AERB are adhered with or not.

iii) Only qualified person authorized from AERB can handle Nuclear medicine &

isotopes and this authorization generally remains valid for three years.

iv) Every hospital having Radiotherapy or Radio-activity unit, is required to

appoint Radiological Safety Officer (RSO), who is responsible for activities

related to the Radio-therapy and Radio-activity unit.

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After detailed deliberations in the matter, the Committee was

of the opinion, that there is a need to ask the project proponent to submit

the reply of above-mentioned points brought out by the Experts for scoping

of the project proposal. The Committee, therefore, decided to defer the case

till the proper reply of observations of the Experts is received. The decision

of the Committee was conveyed to the project proponent vide letter No.

15921 dated 09.04.2012.

6. The project proponent submitted the reply of the observations of the

Committee, the details of which are as under:

Sr. No.

Observations of the SEAC Reply submitted by the project proponent

1. For setting up of radiotherapy unit and radio diagnostic centre, the hospital is required to get the layout plan approved from Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) before carrying out any construction activity at site. Also, AERB issues certificate for operation of said unit/centre and inspections are being carried out from time to time by the officials of the AERB, so as to ensure as to whether the guidelines/regulations of the AERB are adhered with or not.

Submitted a copy of the letter vide which layout plan has been approved by the AERB vide letter no. AERB/RSD/X-ray/ PJ / 2006 / 26444 dated 05.03.2007 and submitted a copy of layout plan photocopied in pieces, as such, nothing can be seen and concluded from the same.

2. Similarly, for setting up of Submitted a copy of letter issued by

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Nuclear Medicine Centre and X-ray units / CT scan units, the hospital is required to get the layout plan approved from Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) before carrying out any construction activity at site. Also, AERB issues certificate for operation of said centre/ X-ray/CT scan units and inspections are being carried out from time to time by the officials of the AERB, so as to ensure as to whether the guidelines/regulations of the AERB are adhered with or not.

AERB vide No. AERB/RSD/X-ray/ PB / 2011 /7592 dated 22.06.2011, vide which the management of the hospital has been requested by the AERB to comply with the observations before installation of Mammography unit.

3. Only qualified person authorized from AERB can handle Nuclear medicine & isotopes and this authorization generally remains valid for three years.

No nuclear medicine is used in the hospital, as such, no authorization from AERB is required.

4. Every hospital having Radiotherapy or Radio-activity unit, is required to appoint Radiological Safety Officer (RSO), who is responsible for activities related to the Radio-therapy and Radio-activity unit.

No radio-therapy or radio activity unit has been installed in the hospital, as such, no RSO is required.

7. The project proponent was requested by the SEAC vide letter no. 30350

dated 16.07.2012 to attend its 62nd meeting on 21.07.2012 to present the

reply of its observations. Also, Director, Post Graduate Institute of Medical

Education Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and Medical Superintendent,

Govt. Rajindera Hospital, Patiala were requested vide letter no. 3222 dated

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19.07.2012 and 3223 dated 19.07.2012, respectively to attend the 57th

meeting of the SEAC on 27.03.2012, so as to advise the Committee

Following were present in the said meeting on behalf of the

project proponent:

i) Sh. A.S. Sekhon, Dean of the Institute

ii) Sh. S.C. Tyagi, Chief Project Manager of the Institute

iii) Sh. Jai Karan Sharma, Senior Manager (Admn & Liaison)

Besides above, Dr. V.K. Dangwal, Associate Professor, Department of

Radiotherapy, GMC Patiala attended the meeting and he informed that he is

satisfied with the reply submitted by the project proponent regarding the

observations of 57th meeting of the Committee. Thereafter, Sh. J.K. Sharma, AGM

submitted a letter no. GSECT/Admn/2012/43 dated 19.07.2012, in which it has

been mentioned that:

(i) Permission for CLU for additional land area (0.52 acres) in addition to 14

acres has been obtained from the Department of Town & Country Planning

vide letter no. 1605-CTP (Pb)/SP-432 (P) dated 23.04.2012 and submitted a

copy of the said permission.

(ii) The area of the project has been increased from 56.61 acres to 58.31 acres

and the revised layout plan is yet to be approved by the Competent

Authority of the State.

(iii) The construction of the project was started in the month of October, 2005

and the major construction has already been completed. The representative

of the project proponent submitted a copy of the resolution passed by the

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Board of Trustees in which it has been stated that no further construction

will be done in the complex without obtaining the environmental clearance.

(iv) The total built up area with the revised proposal has been increased from

1,90,824.93 sqm to 2,25,212.14 sqm.

(v) There is a proposal to construct NRI Boys hostel having built up area

4771.45 sqm.

(vi) The categorywise quantity of bio-medical generated during the period

January, 2011 to December, 2011 is as under.

Sr. No Category Quantity(Kg)

1. Yellow Bags 5604

2. Red Bags 6726

3. Blue Bags 4002

4. White Waste 2839

5. Sharp 459.2

The entire bio-medical waste is being given to M/s Rainbow

Environments (P) Ltd., Village Balyali, District SAS Nagar and the

authorization from the Punjab Pollution Control Board under the Bio-Medical

Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998 has been obtained and the

same is valid upto 31.03.2015.

(vii) Only source of hazardous waste is mercury from B.P. apparatus, majority of

which had been replaced with aneroid type B.P. apparatus. The old mercury

based B.P. apparatus had been sent back to the supplier.

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(viii) The e-waste is being handled as per E-waste (Management & Handling)

Rules, 2011.

(ix) The municipal solid waste is being collected and disposed off to the Municipal

Council dumping site through a private contractor.

(x) Submitted a copy of plan showing various features within a radius of 500 m.

(xi) About 10 KLD of wastewater is generated from the laundry plant and a

separate ETP will be installed for the same.

The SEAC observed that the project proponent has now revised the

project proposal due to which there may be changes in the data / information in the

earlier application submitted by the project proponent for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006. After detailed deliberations in

the matter, the SEAC further observed that the project proponent is required to

intimate the Committee as to what will be the changes in the data / information in

the application submitted by it after revised project proposal and to submit the

revised layout plan, before scoping of the project proposal.

The Dean of the Institute requested the Committee to give 10 days to

submit the reply of observations of the Committee and revised layout plan. The

Committee agreed to accept the request of the Dean of the Institute and decided to

defer the case till the project proponent submits proper reply of its observations.

Item No. 62.07 Application for environmental clearance for Residential

Group Housing Project namely “Rosewood Green

Housing” to be developed by M/s Virat Infra Projects

Pvt. Ltd. at Vill. Sadhe Majra, Habitpur Road, Dera

Bassi, Distt. Mohali.

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The SEAC observed that:

1. The project proponent has submitted an application for obtaining

environmental clearance required under EIA notification dated 14/9/2006 for

establishment of a Residential Group Housing Project namely “Rosewood

Green Housing” in the revenue estate of Vill. Sadhe Majra, Habitpur Road,

Dera Bassi, Distt. Mohali. The project promoter is covered under category 8

(a) of the Schedule attached to EIA notification dated 14/9/2006. The details

of the project proposal are as under:

The total area of the project is 15892.2 sq.m in which 250 no of flats

will be constructed having built-up area of 44780 sqm.

The estimated population of the residential complex will be 1250

persons.

The total water requirement shall be 169 Kl/day which will be met

through groundwater by installing one tubewell and a permission in

this regard has been granted by the CGWA vide no. 1624 dated

10.02.2010 for abstraction of 460 KLD of groundwater.

There will be about 135 KLD generation of domestic effluent, which

will be treated in a STP to be installed based on activated sludge

process. After treatment, About 121.5 KLD of the treated wastewater

will be generated, out of which 6.5 KLD of treated wastewater will be

used for irrigation, 68 KLD will be utilized for flushing purpose and

about 47 KLD will be discharged into sewer.The project proponent

has obtained NOC from Municipal Council, Dera Bassi vide letter no.

128 dated 23.01.2009 in this regard.

The total solid waste generation will be 500 Kg/day, which will be

segregated at source. The non-biodegradable component will be sold

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out to the recyclers and the remaining solid waste will be disposed off

in the dumping yard of the M.C Dera Bassi. The project proponent

has submitted a copy of NOC issued by Municipal Council, Dera Bassi

vide no. 128 dated 23.01.2009 regarding the above.

The total energy requirement for the project will be 2122 KW, which

will be taken from Punjab State Power Corporation Limited. The

project proponent has proposed to install 2 no. D.G. sets of capacity

750 KVA each as stand-by arrangements for power supply.

The total parking area will be in an area of 10552.6 sq.m, out of

1425.6 sq.m and 9127 sq.m.,respectively, will be provided in stilt

parking and basement parking.

The ambient air monitoring has been got done from M/s Eco Pro

Engineers Pvt Ltd and the analysis results indicate that the

concentration of various pollutants such as PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2 and

CO is within the prescribed standards. Also, ambient noise monitoring

has been got done from the said firm and the analysis results indicate

that the noise levels during day and night times, have been measured

as 53.8 dB(A) leq and 41.7 dB(A) leq, respectively, against the

prescribed standards of 55 and 45 dB(A) leq.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 44th meeting held on 26.03.2011

and the Committee decided as under:

i) The project proponent be requested not to carry out any further

construction activity at site till he obtains environmental clearance

required under EIA Notification dated 14.9.2006. The project

proponent be also requested to submit the latest photographs from all

the four sides showing the status of construction.

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ii) The project proponent be requested to get information regarding

classification of the area from the Department of Town & Country

Planning, Punjab, in which the site of the project is located, as per

Master Plan, within 7 days.

3. The decision taken by the Committee in its 44th meeting was conveyed to the

project proponent vide letter no. 1101 dated 04.04.2011

4. Subsequently, the project proponent vide letter dated 26.07.2011 has

submitted the reply in connection with letter no. 1101 dated 04.04.2011, the

details of which are as under:

Sr. No.

Observations of the SEAC Reply submitted by the project proponent

1. The project proponent be requested not to carry out any further construction activity at site till he obtains environmental clearance as required under EIA Notification dated 14.9.2006. The project proponent be also requested to submit the latest photographs from all the four sides showing the status of construction.

Submitted photographs taken from four sides, which show that the construction work has been started at site.

2. The project proponent be requested to get information regarding classification of the area from the Department of Town & Country Planning, Punjab, in which the site of the project is located, as per Master

The project proponent has not submitted information regarding classification of area. However, the project proponent has submitted a copy of letter issued by the Chief Town Planner, Punjab vide memo No. 5139 CTP (Pb) SP-46 dated 21.07.2011, addressed to the

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Plan, within 7 days.

project proponent, in which it has been mentioned that in the Master Plan of Dera Bassi it is clearly written that those proposed structures, which had been sanctioned by the Competent Authority, will remain the same in the Master Plan.

3. Status of CLU Submitted a copy of letter no. 1831 dated 11.12.2006 of M.C., Dera Bassi to the effect that permission for CLU in FEZ area within M.C. limits is not required.

5. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 50th meeting held on 12.8.2011,

which was attended by the following on behalf of the project proponent:

1. Wg. Cdr (Retd) Sh. Vijay Tyagi, Deputy General Manager of the promoter company

2. Sh. Sandeep Garg, Environmental Consultant of M/s Eco Laboratories and Consultants, Mohali.

Sh. Sandeep Garg, who is the Environmental Consultant

of the project proponent, presented the reply of the observations as under:

a) About 15-20% of the construction work has been completed and

further construction work has been stopped and the same will only be

started after obtaining environmental clearance under EIA Notification

dated 14.9.2006.

b) Submitted a copy of the Master Plan of Dera Bassi and the site of the

residential colony is located in the industrial zone as per the said

Master Plan. He further informed that the Chief Town Planner, Punjab

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vide memo No. 5139 CTP (Pb) SP-46 dated 21.07.2011, has informed

that in the Master Plan of Dera Bassi it is clearly written that those

proposed structures, which had been sanctioned by the Competent

Authority, will remain the same in the Master Plan.

c) The M.C., Dera Bassi vide letter no. 1831 dated 11.12.2006 has

informed that permission for CLU is not required in FEZ area within

M.C. limits.

After detailed deliberations in the matter, the SEAC observed

that the site of the project is surrounded by the industrial zone as per the

Master Plan of Dera Bassi, as such, any type of industry can come up in the

said area, but the project proponent has not made any provision of providing

15 m wide green belt as per the stipulation laid down in the notification No.

3/6/07/STE(4)/2274 dated 25.7.2008 of the Govt. of Punjab, Deptt. of

Science, Technology, Environment & Non-conventional Energy. Moreover,

the project proponent has made construction at about 15-20' from the

boundary of the project site, thus, the project proponent is not in a position

to provide 15m wide green belt, wherever, the same is required.

Sh. Vijay Tyagi, Deputy General Manager of the promoter

company requested the Committee for one month time period for submission

of revised layout plan showing a provision of 15m green belt as per the

stipulation laid down in the notification No. 3/6/07/STE(4)/2274 dated

25.7.2008 of the Govt. of Punjab, Deptt. of Science, Technology,

Environment & Non-conventional Energy wherever, the same is required.

The Committee agreed to accept the request of the

representative of the project proponent and decided to defer the case till the

reply of the aforesaid observation is received. The decision of the Committee

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was conveyed to the project proponent vide letter no. 3604 dated

30.08.2011.

6. Thereafter, the project proponent vide letter no. 000995 dated 02.02.2012

has submitted the reply in connection with letter no. 3604 dated 30.08.2011

of the SEAC containing the following facts:

(i) The NOC was granted by the Punjab Pollution Control Board vide

letter no. MHL/colony/86/2008/4810 dated 15.12.2008 subject to

certain conditions and following additional conditions:

The project proponent will provide a buffer of 15 m wide green

belt of broad leaved trees towards the red category industries

i.e. M/s Shakti Roll Cold Strips (P) Ltd., and M/s Hansa Tubes

(P) Ltd., as proposed in the revised layout plan submitted by

the promoter.

The project proponent shall submit the amended layout plan of

the project duly approved by the Competent Authority within

three months as per the above condition leaving necessary

green buffer and project proponent shall undertake the

construction only as per amended layout plan leaving the

necessary green buffer.

(ii) The Punjab Pollution Control Board while renewing the NOC on

17.09.2010 has waived off aforesaid both conditions keeping in view

of the facts that the site of the project is located in the mixed land use

area.

(iii) The Department of Town & Country Planning is not ready to change

the approved layout plan since the same was approved when the site

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of the project was falling in industrial mixed zone. However, the

Department of Town & Country Planning on 27.07.2010 had amended

the Master Plan of Dera Bassi and now the site of the project is

located in the Industrial General Zone as per the said Master Plan.

7. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 56th meeting held on

27.02.2012, which was attended by Wg. Cdr (Retd) Sh. Vijay Tyagi, Deputy

General Manager of the promoter company and he informed that:

a) Three sides of the project site is surrounded by the residential project

namely “Parsvnath Greens” to be developed in the revenue estate of

Vill. Sadhe Majra, Tehsil Dera Bassi, Distt. Mohali by M/s Parsvnath

Developers Ltd.

b) There are 2 red category air polluting industries namely M/s Shakti

Roll Cold Strips (P) Ltd., and M/s Hansa Tubes (P) Ltd., at a distance

of 55 m and 97 m, respectively from the 4th side of the project site.

Therefore, on that side, the construction of some portion of the

building block will not be done to have space for providing 15 m wide

green belt of broad leaf trees due to which the built up area will

reduce from 44780 sqm to 41744 sqm. He submitted an undertaking

in writing in this regard and the same was taken on record by the

Committee. He also submitted a copy of layout plan showing provision

of 15m wide green belt.

c) About 2% (Rs.70 Lacs) of the total project cost will be spent in 5

years in a phased manner for social activities in the area. The

Director, Project Manager and Project Coordinator will be responsible

for implementation of CSR.

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d) About Rs.58 lacs will be spent for implementation of EMP and

Rs.8Lacs per annum will be spent on account of recurring cost of EMP.

The SEAC deliberated upon the matter and looked into the

details of the layout plan meticulously and noticed that it is not clear as to

whether the boundary of this project is abutting to the boundary of the

project namely “Parsvnath Greens” to be developed in the revenue estate of

Village Sadhe Majra, Tehsil Dera Bassi, Distt. Mohali by M/s Parsvnath

Developers Ltd on three sides or there is some gap pertaining to 'Industrial

General Zone' in which an industrial plant can come up in future.

Furthermore, the project proponent has already carried out 15-20%

construction work of the project and there is need to check as to whether

there is sufficient space for providing 15m wide green belt of broad leaf trees

on the side touching to the 'Industrial General Zone' and on the side where

air polluting industries are existing within a radius of 100 m from the project

site. Therefore, there is a need to get the submission of the project

proponent verified from the Punjab Pollution Control Board to arrive at

logical end.

After detailed deliberations in the matter, the Committee

decided to get a detailed report from Punjab Pollution Control Board, within

10 days, regarding the following points before taking any further action in

the matter:

1. Layout plan showing all the air polluting industries including all other

features, within a radius of 500 m from the periphery of the project

site and their distance from the periphery of the project site.

2. Whether the boundary of the project namely “Parsvnath Greens” to be

developed in the revenue estate of Village Sadhe Majra, Tehsil Dera

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Bassi, Distt. Mohali by M/s Parsvnath Developers Ltd is abutting to the

boundary of 'Rosewood Green Housing' or there is some gap and the

land use of the said gap as per the notified Master Plan of Dera Bassi.

Besides, present actual activities going on the said gap.

3. Land use as per notified Master Plan of Dera Bassi adjoining to the

project site on all the sides.

4. Whether there is sufficient space to provide green belt on the side of

the project which is either abutting to the 'Industrial General Zone' or

where there are existing air polluting industrial unit within a radius of

100m from the project site.

It was also decided to inform the project proponent in this

regard. The decision of the Committee was conveyed to the project

proponent vide letter No. 12226 dated 15.03.2012.

9. The Punjab Pollution Control Board vide letter no. 3179 dated 24.05.2012

has informed that the site of the project was visited on 07.04.2012 by the

Officer of the Regional Office of the Punjab Pollution Control Board at Mohali

and reported that:

(i) There are 4 units namely as M/s Hansa Tubes Pvt Ltd., M/s KSI

Medicare, M/s Crop Care and M/s Amrit Rice Mills within a distance of

500 m. During the visit, distances were checked and it was observed

that the distances from the boundary walls of M/s Hansa Tubes Pvt

Ltd. is approx 96.3m, M/s KSI Medicare is approx. 118.5m, M/s Crop

Care is approx. 172.4 m and M/s Amrit Rice Mills is approx. 311.4 m,

respectively, from the nearest boundary of the project. However, the

distances of sources of air pollution of these industries are more than

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100m. Furthermore, M/s Shakti Roll Cold Strips Pvt Ltd., which was

within 100m from the project site, had been dismantled.

(ii) There is a gap between this project and the project namely

“Parsvnath Greens” and there are few houses constructed in this gap.

However, the land use of the gap as per the master plan of Dera Bassi

can be verified from DTP, SAS Nagar. Few existing houses are built in

the gap, however, no new construction activities are being carried out

in the said gap.

(iii) Land use as per the master plan of Dera Bassi adjoining to the project

site on all sides can be verified from DTP, SAS Nagar. The

representative of the project informed that they had obtained a

certificate from the CTP, Punjab issued vide its letter dated

21/07/2011 mentioning that in the Master Plan of Dera Bassi it is

clearly written that those proposed structures, which have been

sanctioned by the Competent Authority, they will remain in the Master

Plan as those are already shown. Moreover, as per notification no.

6312 CTP (Pb)/SP-421 dated 11/08/2009, it has been incorporated

that “Where statutory master plan has been notified under the Punjab

Regional and Town Planning and Development Act, 1995 (Amended)

2006, if any new residential, commercial, mixed land use or any other

development/construction comes up as per the earmarked zone there

is no need to keep any additional distance from the existing industry

from the environment point of view because these factors have

already been taken care of while earmarking the different land use

zones in the master plan”.

(iv) The project proponent has sufficient space to provide green belt on

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the side of the project, which is abutting to the industry namely M/s

Hansa Tubes Pvt Ltd, which is within 100 m from the boundary of

project to the boundary of the industry, however, the source of

pollution is at a distance of more than 100 m. The representative of

the project informed that they will not construct few blocks so as to

provide green buffer towards the industry.

10. The project proponent vide letter dated 10.07.2012 has submitted a copy of

letter no. 1048-DTP (S) /MP-1 dated 20.06.2012 issued by DTP, Mohali, in

which it has been mentioned that:

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ns/ fJzv;Noh fwe; ftZu g?Id/ jB . y;ok Bzpo 222, 240, 241, 250 ns/ 251 48

whNo gog'iav o'v, rohB ns/ fJzv;Noh fwe; i'aB ftZu g?Id/ jB . fJ; b?Iv :{ia

ebk;hfce/;aB ;oNhfce/N B{z G'I tos'I spdhbh ;oNhfce/N Bk ;wfMnk ikt/" .

11. The project proponent was requested by the SEAC vide letter no. 3159 dated

17.07.2012 to attend its 62nd meeting on 21.07.2012, which was attended

by Wg. Cdr (Retd) Sh. Vijay Tyagi, Deputy General Manager of the promoter

company and he informed that as per amendments made by the Department

of Town & Country Planning, Punjab in the Master Plan of Dera Bassi vide

Notification dated 22.12.2011, the site of the project is located in the

'Industrial Mixed Zone' and in the layout plan a provision for providing 15m

wide green belt of broad leaf trees has been made towards existing air

polluting industries. However, there is no need to provide any green belt of

15 m wide green belt of broad leaf trees towards other sides since that sides

are abutting to the 'Industrial Mixed Zone' since as per bye-laws of the

Master Plan of Dera Bassi if residential is coming near the existing red

category industry in the 'Industrial Mixed Zone', then promoter of residential

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development shall provide 15m green buffer and if in the said Zone a new

red category industry is coming near residential, the promoter of new

industry shall provide 15 m green buffer. He also stated that the promoter

company is complying with the provisions of Office Memorandum dated

07.02.2012 of the Ministry of Environment & Forests, for high rise buildings

since the necessary NOC from the Fire Station Dera Bassi has already been

obtained vide No. 183 dated 24.12.2008, width of the approach road is 18m

against the minimum requirement of 15m as the height of the building is

22.5m and the site of the project is located at a distance of 3 km from the

Fire Station.

The Committee also observed that the project proponent has already

completed the construction of the project, which is a violation of the provisions of

EIA notification dated 14.9.2006. Therefore, in compliance to Office Memorandum

dated 16.11.2010 of the Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi, the project

proponent is required to submit a resolution to the effect that the violation of the

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for starting construction activity without

obtaining environmental clearance under EIA notification is not intentional and will

not be repeated in future. The Committee further observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it, therefore, the Committee awarded 'Silver Grading' to the project

proposal and in light of aforesaid resolution, decided to forward the case to the

SEIAA, with the recommendation to grant environmental clearance to the project

proponent for construction of a residential complex in an area of 3.92 acres(for

construction of three blocks of 6 floors + ground floor each and club house having

build up area of 44,780 sqm.) in the revenue estate of Village Sadhe Majra, Tehsil

Dera Bassi , Distt S.A.S. Nagar, subject to the following conditions in addition to the

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proposed measures. It was also decided to recommend to SEIAA to send the case

to the Govt. of Punjab, Department of Science, Technology & Environment for

initiating action under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 due to start of

construction work of their project without obtaining environmental clearance under

EIA notification dated 14.09.2006.

PART A – Specific conditions

I. Construction Phase

I. “Consent to establish” shall be obtained from Punjab Pollution Control Board under Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and a copy of the same shall be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority before the start of any construction work at site.

II. All required sanitary and hygienic measures should be in place before starting construction activities and to be maintained throughout the construction phase.

III. A first aid room will be provided in the project both during construction and operation phase of the project.

IV. All the topsoil excavated during construction activities should be stored for use in horticulture / landscape development within the project site.

V. Disposal of muck during construction phase should not create any adverse effect on the neighboring communities and be disposed off after taking the necessary precautions for general safety and health aspects of people with the approval of competent authority.

VI. Construction spoils, including bituminous material and other hazardous material, must not be allowed to contaminate watercourses and the dump sites for such material must be secured, so that they should not leach into the ground water.

VII. The diesel generator sets to be used during construction phase should be of low sulphur diesel type and should conform to the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 prescribed for air and noise emission standards.

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VIII. Vehicles hired for bringing construction material to the site and other machinery to be used during construction should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

IX. Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored during construction phase.

X. Fly ash should be used as construction material in the construction as per the provisions of Fly Ash Notification of September, 1999 and as amended on August, 2003 (This condition is applicable only if the project is within 100 Km of Thermal Power Station).

XI. Ready mixed concrete should be used in building construction as far as possible.

XII. Water demand during construction should be reduced by use of premixed concrete, curing agents and other best practices.

XIII. Separation of drinking water supply and treated sewage supply should be done by the use of different colours.

XIV. Adequate steps shall be taken to conserve energy by limiting the use of glass, provision of proper thermal insulation and taking measures as prescribed under the Energy Conservation Building Code.

XV. The approval of competent authority shall be obtained for structural safety of the buildings due to earthquakes, adequacy of fire fighting equipments etc. as per National Building Code including protection measures from lightning.

XVI. Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, disposal of waste water & solid waste in an environmentally sound manner, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

II. Operation Phase

I. The installation of sewage treatment plant (STP) and adequacy of disposal system should be certified by Punjab Pollution Control Board and a report in this regard should be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests/State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority before the project is commissioned for operation. The discharge of treated sewage shall

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conform to the norms and standards prescribed by Punjab Pollution Control Board for such discharges. The project proponent shall discharge not more than 47 KLD of treated wastewater into sewer .

II. The project proponent shall provide electromagnetic flow meter at the outlet of the water supply, outlet of the STP and any pipeline to be used for re-using the treated wastewater back into the system for flushing and for horticulture purpose/green etc. and shall maintain a record of readings of each such meter on daily basis.

III. Adequate & appropriate pollution control measures should be provided to control fugitive emissions to be emitted within the commercial complex.

IV. Adequate treatment facility for drinking water shall be provided, if required.

V. Rainwater harvesting for roof run-off should be implemented. Before recharging the roof run-off, pretreatment must be done to remove suspended matter, oil and grease. However, no run off from gardens/green area/roads/pavements shall be connected with the ground water recharging system.

VI. The solid waste generated should be properly collected and segregated. The recyclable solid waste shall be sold out to the authorized vendors and inerts shall be sent to disposal facility. The Bio-degradable solid waste shall be adequately treated as per the scheme submitted by the project proponent. Prior approval of competent authority should be obtained, if required.

VII. Hazardous waste/E-waste should be disposed off as per Rules applicable and with the necessary approval of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

VIII. The green belt design along the periphery of the plot shall achieve attenuation factor conforming to the day and night noise standards prescribed for residential land use. The open spaces inside the plot should be suitably landscaped and covered with vegetation of indigenous species/variety.

IX. The project proponent should take adequate and appropriate measures to contain the ambient air quality with in the prescribed standards. The proposal regarding mitigation measures to be taken at site should be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests/ State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority within three months.

X. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air quality, noise and water quality should be periodically monitored after commissioning of the project.

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XI. Application of solar energy should be incorporated for illumination of common areas, lighting for gardens and street lighting in addition to provision for solar water heating.

XII. Traffic congestion near the entry and exit points from the roads adjoining the proposed project site must be avoided. Parking should be fully internalized and no public space should be utilized.

XIII. A report on the energy conservation measures conforming to energy conservation norms finalized by Bureau of Energy Efficiency should be prepared incorporating details about machinery of air conditioning, lifts, lighting, building materials, R & U Factors etc. and submitted to the respective Regional office of MoEF, the Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB/SEIAA in three months time.

XIV. Environment Management Cell shall be formed during operation phase which will supervise and monitor the environment related aspects of the project.

PART B – General Conditions :

i) This environmental clearance will be valid for a period of five years from the date of its issue or till the completion of the project, whichever is earlier.

ii) The environmental safeguards contained in the application of the promoter / mentioned during the presentation before State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority/State Expert Appraisal Committee should be implemented in letter and spirit.

iii) The entire cost of the environmental management plan (i.e. capital cost as well as recurring cost) will continue to be borne by the project proponent until the responsibility of environmental management plan is transferred to the occupier/residents society under proper MOU after obtaining prior permission of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

iv) The project proponent shall also submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by mail) to the respective Regional office of MoEF, the Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB/SEIAA.

v) Officials from the Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority / State Level Expert Appraisal Committee / Punjab Pollution Control Board who would be monitoring the implementation of environmental safeguards should be given full cooperation, facilities and documents / data by the project

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proponents during their inspection. A complete set of all the documents submitted to State Environment Impact Assessment Authority should be forwarded to the CCF, Regional Office of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh/State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

vi) In the case of any change(s) in the scope of the project, the project would require a fresh appraisal by State Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

vii) Separate distribution pipelines be laid down for use of treated effluent / raw water for horticultural/gardening purposes with different colour coding.

viii) All other statutory clearances such as the approvals for storage of diesel from Chief Controller of Explosives, Fire Department, Civil Aviation Department, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 etc. shall be obtained, by project proponents from the competent authorities including Punjab Pollution Control Board and from other statutory bodies as applicable.

ix) The project proponent should advertise in at least two local newspapers widely circulated in the region, one of which shall be in the vernacular language informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and copies of clearance letters are available with the Punjab Pollution Control Board. The advertisement should be made within seven days from the day of issue of the clearance letter and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Chandigarh.

x) These stipulations would be enforced among others under the provisions of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, the Public Liability (Insurance) Act, 1991 and EIA Notification, 2006.

xi) Environmental clearance is subject to final order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the matter of Goa Foundation Vs. Union of India in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 460 of 2004 as may be applicable to this project and decisions of any competent court, to the extent applicable.

xii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zilla Parishad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban local body and the local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions / representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

xiii) The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions, including results of monitored data on their website and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional

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Office of MoEF, the respective Zonal Office of CPCB and the SPCB. The criteria pollutant levels namely; PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NOx , CO, Pb, Ozone (ambient air as well as stack emissions) shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location near the main gate of the company in the public domain.

xiv) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan and Corporate Social Responsibility.

xv) The project proponent shall construct proper drainage system for the surface run-off and no sewerage system will be connected with the storm water drain.

xvi) The allotment letter to the individuals must contain the proposal regarding use of treated wastewater for flushing purpose and horticulture within their premises.

xvii) The project proponent shall comply with the conditions imposed by the Central Ground Water Authority, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India, in the permission granted vide letter no. 1624 dated 10.02.2010 and shall abstract not more than 460 KLD of groundwater.

xviii) The project proponent shall comply with the conditions imposed by the Department of Town & Country Planning in the permission for CLU granted vide Memo No.466 CTP (Pb)/SP-432 dated 28.01.2005.

xix) The project proponent shall provide 15 m wide green belt of broad leaved trees towards the side where the air polluting industries are existing within a radius of 100 m from the periphery of the project site, as shown in the layout plan submitted by the promoter company.

xx) Fixtures for showers, toilet flushing and drinking should be of low flow either by use of aerators or pressure reducing devices or sensor based control in commercial area and the residents will also be motivated to adopt the said technique in their residential houses.

xxi) The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority reserves the right to add additional safeguards/ measures subsequently, if found necessary, and to take action including revoking of the environmental clearance under the provisions of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, to ensure effective implementation of the suggested safeguards/ measures in a time bound and satisfactory manner.

xxii) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

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Item No. 62.08: Application for obtaining environmental clearance for establishment of cement grinding unit of capacity 150 TPD by M/s Surya Industries in the revenue estate of at Sadiq Road, Faridkot, Distt- Faridkot.

The SEAC observed that:

1. M/s Surya Industries has applied for obtaining environmental clearance as

required under EIA Notification for establishment of a cement grinding plant

of capacity 150 TPD in the revenue estate of Sadiq Road, Faridkot, Distt.

Faridkot. The project of the promoter pertains to category 'B' and it falls

under category 3 (b) of the Schedule appended to the said Notification.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 49th meeting held on 18.7.2011,

wherein, the SEAC decided to categorise the project into B1 category and

finalized the 'Terms of Reference' (TOR), which were conveyed to the project

proponent vide letter No. 32194 dated 04.08.2011 for preparation of rapid

EIA report and EMP.

3. Now, the project proponent vide letter no. S1.06/279 dated 30.06.2012 has

submitted the rapid EIA report.

4. The project proponent was requested by the SEAC vide letter no. 3179 dated

17.07.2012 to attend its 62nd meeting on 21.07.2012.

Following were present in the meeting on behalf of the project

proponent:

(i) Sh. Prem Kumar, Partner of project proponent

(ii) Sh. Sital Singh of M/s CPTL Envirotech Consultants, Chandigarh

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Due to paucity of time, the case could not be discussed by the SEAC,

as such, it was decided to defer the case to its next meeting with the consent of the

project proponent.

Item No. 62.09 Application for obtaining Environmental Clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for developing

a residential complex namely “Trishla City” in the

revenue estate of Village Nabha Sahib, Tehsil

Derabassi, SAS Nagar, Punjab by M/s Trishla Buildtech

Pvt. Ltd.,

The SEAC observed that:

2. M/s Trishla Buildtech Pvt. Ltd., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance as required under the EIA notification dated 14/9/2006 for

developing a residential complex namely “Trishla City” in the revenue estate

of Village Nabha Sahib, Tehsil Derabassi, District SAS Nagar, Punjab. The

project is covered under category 8 (a) of the Schedule appended to the said

EIA notification.

3. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 59th meeting held on

20.05.2012, which was attended by the following on behalf of the project

proponent.

(i) Mr Harish Gupta, Managing Director of the promoter company.

(ii) Mr A.K. Ummat, Environment Consultant of the promoter company.

The Committee observed that the project proponent is

required to submit certain information / data before making presentation for

appraisal of the project proposal. The decision of the SEAC was conveyed to

the project proponent vide letter no. 2385 dated 01.06.2012.

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3. The project proponent has submitted the reply of the observations of the

SEAC, the details of which are as under:

Sr. No.

Observations of the SEAC Reply submitted by the project proponent

1. Details of Environmental Management Plan in respect of following points:

a) All mitigation measures for each item-wise activity to be undertaken during the construction, operation and the entire life cycle to minimize adverse environmental impacts as a result of the activities of the project.

Submitted.

b) Compliance of various environmental regulations

Not Submitted.

c) Steps to be taken in case of emergency such as accidents at the site including fire.

Submitted.

d) For how long period the project proponent will be responsible for implementation of EMP and the name of the person(s) responsible for implementation of EMP.

During construction phase Sh. Harish Gupta, M.D. will be responsible. During operation phase either the Municipal Council or the Resident Welfare Association will be responsible. A clause in this regard has been inserted in the sale agreement of the flats.

e) Capital & recurring cost for the EMP per year and the details of funds for the same.

Submitted.

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f) Name of the individual persons / organization, who will be responsible for implementation of EMP after the elapse of the period for which the project proponent is responsible.

Sh. Harish Gupta, M.D.

2. Permission of CGWA for abstraction of groundwater.

Yet to be obtained from CGWA.

3. Approved layout plan of the project showing the following:

i) Solid waste storage area.

ii) Parking space

iii) RWH and water recharge pits

iv) Fire fighting equipment layout

Vii) First aid room viii) Location of Tubewells

i) Marked.

ii) Marked.

iii) Marked.

iv) Marked.

v) Marked.

vi) Marked.

4. Corporate Social Responsibility indicating various activities to be undertaken, provisions of funds for the same, the period for which the same is to be implemented and the person(s) responsible for the implementation of the same.

Submitted, but the name of the person responsible for implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility has not been intimated.

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5. Permission of PSPCL for power connection.

Permission from PSPCL for power connection has been applied for.

6. Whether the height of building tower is more than 15m or not, if yes i) Whether the permission

from fire department has been obtained

(ii) At how far distance the fire station is located from the project site

(iii) What is minimum width of the road.

i) Submitted.

ii) At a distance of 2-3 km from the site.

iii) 40 feet.

4. The project proponent was requested by the SEAC vide letter no. 3180 dated

17.07.2012 to attend its 62nd meeting on 21.07.2012. Sh. Sital Singh of M/s

CPTL Envirotech Consultants, Chandigarh attended the said meeting on

21.07.2012.

The Committee observed that the project proponent has not

submitted the reply of its following observations of 59th meeting held on

20.05.2012, as such, the appraisal of the project proposal can not be done till the

project proponent submits the reply of the said observations:

1. Compliance of various environmental regulations as regards to EMP.

2. Permission of CGWA for abstraction of groundwater

3. Period for which the Corporate Social Responsibility is to be

implemented and the person(s) responsible for the implementation of

the same.

4. Permission of PSPCL for power connection.

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The environmental consultant of the promoter company

requested the Committee to give 10 days to submit the reply of its observations.

The Committee agreed to accept the request of the environmental consultant and

decided to defer the case till the project proponent submits proper reply of its

observations.

Item no. 62.10: Application for obtaining Environmental Clearance under EIA Notification dated 14.9.2006 for construction of a housing complex in the revenue estate of Village Mullanpur, Tehsil Kharar, District SAS Nagar by M/s Curo India Pvt. Ltd (Old Name M/s Dynamic Continental Pvt. Ltd).

The SEAC observed that:

1. M/s Dynamic Continental (P) Ltd. had applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification for establishment of Hotel Complex at

Mullanpur, Tehsil Kharar, District Ropar and the case was considered by the

SEAC in its 46th meeting held on 24.4.2011, wherein, the representative of

the project proponent informed that the name of the company had been

changed from M/s Dynamic Continental Pvt. Ltd to M/s Curo India Pvt. Ltd.

2. Accordingly, M/s Curo India Pvt. Ltd. had applied for obtaining environmental

clearance as required under the EIA notification dated 14/9/2006 for

establishment of Hotel Complex namely “Curo North Square” at Mullanpur,

Tehsil Kharar, District SAS Nagar. This case was last considered by the SEAC

in its 56th meeting held on 27.02.2012 and the decision of the Committee

was conveyed to the project proponent vide letter no. 12221 dated

14.03.2012.

3. Now, M/s Curo India Pvt. Ltd., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006 for construction of a

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group housing complex in the revenue estate of Village Mullanpur, Tehsil

Kharar, District SAS Nagar. The project proponent has informed that the

earlier proposal of the promoter company for construction of a hotel complex

namely 'Curo North Square' is not feasible due to some circumstances, as

such, the promoter has planned to construct group housing complex at the

same site. The project is covered under category 8 (a) of the said

notification.

4. The project proponent was requested by the SEAC vide letter No. 3187 dated

17.07.2012 to attend its 62nd meeting on 21.07.2012.

The promoter Company vide letter dated 20.07.2012 requested to

defer the case to the next meeting of the Committee.

The Committee looked into the details of the application and observed

that the project proponent is required to submit the following information / data

before making presentation for appraisal of the project proposal.

i) Layout plan/Building plan duly approved by the Competent Authority.

ii) Photographs from all the four sides showing the construction status.

iii) 500 meter radius map of the area from periphery of project site clearly

indicating the various industries (specifically red category industries) and

structures lying in the area.

iv) Approved layout plan of the project showing the following:

Solid waste storage area. Location of STP Green belt

Parking space RWH and water recharge pits Fire fighting equipment layout

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First aid room Location of Tubewells

v) Permission of the Competent Authority for: a) Water & sewerage connection b) Collection of Solid waste c) Use of Ground Water

vi) Water balance chart for summer, rainy and winter seasons indicating critical requirements.

vii) Availability of adequate land for use of treated sewage and plantation.

viii) Analysis reports of ambient air, ground water and noise levels from NABL /

MoEF accredited laboratories.

ix) Quantification of energy to be saved and renewable devices to be used and permission of PSPCL for power connection.

x) Drawing showing plumbing systems for use of fresh, treated and hot water

xi) Construction Schedule(PERT/CPM chart)

xi) Affidavits for ;

Constitution of Environment Monitoring Cell Use of ready mix concrete or use of fly ash during construction. To provide Fire Fighting System To provide wind breaking curtains and water sprinkling system to

minimize dust emissions. To provide adequate safety measures for the construction workers during

the construction phase.

xii) NOC of fire department indicating at how far distance the fire station is located from the project site

xiii) What is minimum width of the approach road to the project site.

xiv) Environmental Management Plan indicating the following:

a) Compliance of various environmental regulations

c) Steps to be taken in case of emergency such as accidents at the site including fire.

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d) For how long period the project proponent will be responsible for implementation of EMP and the name of the person(s) responsible for implementation of EMP.

e) Capital & recurring cost for the EMP per year and the details of funds for the same.

f) Name of the individual persons / organization, who will be responsible for implementation of EMP after the lapse of the period for which the project proponent is responsible.

xv) Corporate Social Responsibility indicating various activities to be undertaken, provisions of funds for the same, the period for which the same is to be implemented and the person(s) responsible for the implementation of the same.

After detailed deliberations, the SEAC decided to defer the case till

the project proponent submits proper reply of above noted observations.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

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