COMPLIANCE REPORT OF CONDITIONS MENTIONED IN ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE

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1 COMPLIANCE REPORT OF MENTIONED IN ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE [Letter No. : F.No. J 11011/363/2009 IA II(I) (copy attached as annexure A)] For period 1 st October 2017 to 31 st March 2018 Name of the unit: FORMICA LAMINATES (India) PVT. LTD. Location: block No. Block No.591/592, 6th K.M. Stone, Kalol-Vamaj Road, Village-Piyaj, Tal:Kalol, Gandhinagar Gujarat, India, T SR. A Specific conditions i) Effort shall be made to reduce RSPM level in the ambient air and time period action plan shall be submitted. At no time, the emission levels shall go beyond the prescribed standard. In the event of failure of any pollution control system adopted by the unit, the respective unit shall not be restarted until he control measures are rectified to achieve the desired efficiency. ii) Multi cyclone separator along with adequate stack height as per CPCB guideline shall be installed to control the particulate emissions from the thermic fluid heater. Adequate pollution control devices shall be provided to control particulate emissions from the process and conveyance of materials We have taken measures to reduce RSPM level in ambient air like Tar road from village road to plant main gate. RCC road within plant premises. (Please refer Annexure-1 for photographic proof) Regular cleaning is also being carried out to keep the road up to date. Regular (AAQM) ambient air quality monitoring is being carried out. Monitoring results are enclosed as Annexure-2. It clearly shows that parameters are conforming the prescribed limit. We have already provided multi cyclone separator followed by bag filter to Hot Water Generator to control particulate emission. Also we would like to inform you that, In the month of February 2018, we have changed all 110 filter bags; as preventive maintenance of air pollution control equipment attached to high pressure hot water generator which play major roll to control particulate matter emission from stack. (Please see the Annexure 3, Invoice copy of newly purchased bags) It may be noted that we do not have Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e

2 thermic fluid heater. Dust collector has been provided at our sanding and cutting process to control particulate emission. In addition to the above, we have covered the whole coal handling area and dust collector area by metal sheet constructed sheds. iii) The national ambient air quality emission standard issue by the ministry vide G.S.R. No. 826 (E) dated 16 th November 2009 shall be follow. iv) Scrubber shall be installed to control process emission at project site. In plant control measures for checking fugitive emissions shall be controlled by providing closed storage, closed handling & conveyance of chemicals / materials, multi cyclone separator and water sprinkling system. Dust suppression system including water sprinkling system shall be provided at loading and unloading areas to control dust emissions. Refer Annexure- 4 for photographic proof. We are following the national ambient air quality standard as per amendment dated 16 th November This can be seen from the attached monitoring report as Annexure-2 We have provided scrubber to control process emission through our Treater. Refer Annexure-5 for Scrubber installed at PF Treater. It may be noted that all the raw materials are in liquid form except melamine power and all these liquid raw materials are stored in the tanks and transferred in to the reactor through pipeline only through mechanical seal pumps. Refer Annexure-6 for Chemical storage area and close pipeline network for material transfer to manufacturing area. (our three major chemicals-formalin, phenol (Above ground tanks) and methanol (underground tank) stored and transfer to manufacturing facility by pipeline only) Melamine is in the powder form. It is also packed in paper bag and cannot leak through the bags. It is stored in covered storage area. At the time of loading of melamine, required personal protective equipment are issued to the workers to prevent exposure from fugitive emission if Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e

3 any. We have also in process of improved powdered chemical storage area in rack system. (please see the work place safe and environment friendly development as Annexure-7) It may be noted that pucca/tar road is provided to control dust emission at all around the plant premises. See the Annexure-1. v) For further control of fugitive emission, following steps shall be followed. 1. Closed handling system shall be provided for chemical. We have provided closed handling system for the transfer of chemicals. For small quantity chemical/additives also, we are using vacuum feeding system, so that leakage or transfer loss and environmental exposure can be avoided. 2. Reflux condenser shall be provided over reactor 3. System of leak detection and repair of pump/pipeline based on preventive maintenance See the Annexure-6 for close chemical handling system We have provided reflux condenser over reactors. Refer Annexure-8 We are regularly checking our all utilities and if found any defect or leakage, immediate repair is carried out on pipelines and pumps and other utilities. For gland leakage water recycling, we have constructed trench with collection pit and this trench collecting leaking water from pump gland to collecting pit and then and recycle this water in cooling tower. So that water wastage can be minimised. 4. The acids shall be taken from storage tanks to reactors through closed pipeline storage tanks shall be vented through trap receiver and condenser operated on chilled water. Catholic protection We have preventive maintenance plan for all machines and facilities. At regular prescribed interval, all machineries are being maintained. There is no use of any kind of acid in our industry. Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e

4 vi) vii) shall be provided to the underground solvent storage tanks. The gaseous emissions from DG set shall be dispersed through stack height as per CPCB guidelines. Acoustic enclosures shall be provided to the DG sets to mitigate the noise pollution. Fugitive emissions in the work zone environment, product, raw materials storage area etc. shall be regularly monitored and records shall be maintained. The emissions shall confirm to the limits imposed by GPCB. We have provided stack height as per CPCB guideline. (Refer Annexure-9 for DG set Stack height calculation as per CPCB guideline) Acoustic enclosure is also provided to the DG set to mitigate the noise pollution. We are periodically doing stack monitoring for DG as per our annual Environment Monitoring plan. Refer Annexure-10 for DG stack monitoring report from NABL approved agency, which shows that results are well within the prescribed limit. We are doing work zone monitoring as per our annual environment monitoring plan. We are practicing work zone environment as per Gujarat factories rules guideline and as per Form 37. The frequency of monitoring is once in six months. Please find the report showing satisfactory work environment as Annexure-11: Form no 37 as per GFR. Furthermore, We are having two different multi gas detectors for spot measurement of work place environment monitoring for non-routine work and detailed study of VOC level at work place.i.e. during work permit environment monitoring and for form no 37. By these machines, we can able to monitor oxygen level, CO level, lower explosive limit value and total VOC level. 1. VOC meter having monitoring range of 2000 ppm (industrial scientific make model no IBRID- MX6) 2. Another meter can measure LEL (lower explosive Limit), O2 (% of oxygen), CO (carbon monoxide) & H2S Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e

5 (Hydrogen Sulfide ) viii) The company shall upload the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions, including results of the monitored data on its website and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously to be sent to the Regional office of MOEF, the respective zonal office of CPCB and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board. The levels of PM 10, PM 2.5, SO 2, SO 2, NO x, & VOC s, (ambient levels) shall be monitored and displayed at a convenient location near the main gate of the company and at the important public places. ix) Solvent management shall be as follow, a. Reactor shall be connected to chilled brine condenser system b. Reactor and solvent handling pump shall have mechanical seals to prevent leakages c. The condensers shall be provided with sufficient HTA and residence time so to achieve more than 95% recovery d. Solvent shall store in a separate space specified with all safety measures - For LEL (range is 0-100%) measurement, we have considered CH4- Methane gas which has 5% lower explosive limit and this machine set at 50% of CH4 Lover explosive limit. So if 2.5% ELE is detected, it will start alarm. - For O2 (range 0-25%): 20.9 % v/v is set and if oxygen level less than 19%, it will give alarm - For CO (range ppm) : calibrated and alarm set limit is 300 ppm - For H2S gas (range ppm) : calibrated at set alarm at 50 ppm. We have already uploaded status of EC compliance on our website. We have also uploaded results of monitoring by pollution board on same link. See the attachment showing compliance on website as Annexure-12. Reactor has already been connected to cold water from cooling tower and also connected with Chillers unit. Refer Annexure-13. Reactor and solvent handling pumps are already have mechanical seals. Condensers are provided with sufficient HTA Methanol is stored in underground storage tank got the valid petroleum license for the same. Refer Annexure-14 for valid petroleum license for shifted location. We have already relocated Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e

6 e. Proper earthing shall be provided in all the electrical equipment wherever solvent handling is done. f. Entire plant shall be flame proof. The solvent storage tanks shall be provided with breather valve to prevent losses x) The total ground water requirement shall not exceed 19.3 m 3 /day. Permission for the drawl of 19.3 m 3 /day ground water from central ground water authority/central ground water board (CGWA/CGWB) shall be obtained and copy to be submitted to the ministry s regional office at Bhopal within 3 months of issue of environment clearance methanol tank considering safe distance from production building. Please refer Annexure-15 for methanol storage area in plant layout as per PESO drawing and Annexure-16 for Photograph of methanol storage area. Earthing is provided to the underground tanks and it is also provided during unloading of the tanker into the tank. Flame proof electrical fittings are used wherever solvent handling is done. Refer Annexure-17 for display board having procedure to unload solvent with proper earthing. We have also provided earth point identification for all over plant location. Refer Annexure-18 for sample location for earth pit board. We are also doing periodic earth monitoring for all earth pits all over plant premises to check its continuity and desired resistance level. The solvent area and All flammable materials store area are flame proof. Electrical safety program is going on with respect to cable dressing and flame proof electrical filling. Refer Annexure-19 for electrical safety improvement done in plant premises. The solvent storage area tanks have breather valve to prevent losses. We have been granted Environmental Clearance for 19.3 m 3 /day ground water utilization. However, our actual water requirement is not more than 17 m 3 /day. We have already applied for ground water withdrawal permission for 40 m 3 /day including our proposed domestic water requirement. Please refer Annexure-20 for proof of application. As an alternate source of water to meet the expansion water requirement, we have received very creative and eco- Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e

7 xi) Effluent containing methanol, phenol, and formaldehyde shall be properly treated to meet the norms stipulated by the Gujarat Pollution Control board or under E(P) act whichever are more stringent. Waste water generated during distillation of resin shall be treated in the effluent treatment plant and finally evaporated in evaporator pond to maintain Zero discharge concept shall be strictly adopted. Domestic waste friendly proposal for piyaj gram w.r.t. Aadarsh gram yojana. Piyajgram panchayat ask us to initiate some project for used water disposal program for village as corporate social responsible company, and we had welcomed their very good proposal and accepted to use their village used water as our industrial water after required water treatment. Right now used water from village is collected in village oxidation pond. We have started receiving water by tanker and we are collecting and treating this water in our in-house treatment facility and started utilising this treated water for utility purpose. Agreement with the piyaj gram panchayat is attached at Annexure-21. Sewage recycling plant is already been constructed and commissioned in Sep Please see the attachment of finalised as built treatment scheme for Piyaj gram used water treatment and recycling facility in Formica premises as Annexure- 22. Refer Annexure-23 for Photographs showing latest photograph of new STP for piyaj village used water treatment. Industrial effluent is treated in effluent treatment plant and finally it is evaporated through evaporator, so that industry maintained zero discharge. Please find the circuit diagram of our existing ETP and STP as Annexure-24 We have also installed new close type of evaporation system to improve our effluent treatment scheme. Refer Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e

8 water shall be treated in septic tank followed by soak pit. Annexure-25 for the block diagram of single stage evaporator. New evaporator plant has been already been erected & commissioned in September Refer Annexure-26 for Photographs showing latest photograph of installed new industrial water management plant. xii) xiii) The company shall harvest rainwater from the roof tops of the buildings and storm water drains to recharge the ground water and use the same water for the process activities of the project to conserve fresh water. High calorific organic residues shall be sent to cement industry for burning in the kiln or disposed off to nearby TSDF site/incineration facility. We are treating our domestic water in our packaged type effluent treatment plant and that final treated water, we are using for gardening purpose. We are also planning for use the treated water to use in our utilities after further treating the treated STP water Trails are going on for recycling sewage water in utility purpose. Please find the flow diagram of our existing STP is as Annexure- 27. We have installed 1 no. HFM no. SFM Furaat modular unit. Rainwater engulfing in the plant premises will now captured through Furaat units by gravity. Our plant paved area/roads/open area, constructed in a such a way that, proper gradient is available to the newly constructed rain water structure. So that the rain water falling under plot area of plant shall be drained by natural gravity toward newly installed rain water harvesting structure and finally water goes to recharge well to effective rain water recharge. Pure, clean and filtered rainwater will now be harvested into dead well. Refer Annexure-28 for Rain water harvesting structure. We are member of common incineration facility of Saurastra Enviro Project Pvt. Ltd. For the disposal of high calorific residues. Refer Annexure-29 for membership certificate. xiv) The company shall obtain authorization We have obtained authorization for Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e

9 xv) xvi) for collection, storage and disposal of hazardous waste under the hazardous waste (management, handling and Transboundary movement) rules 2008 and its amendment time to time for management of hazardous wastes and prior permission form GPCB shall be obtained for disposal of solid / hazardous waste in the TSDF. The concerned company shall undertake measures for fire fighting facility in case of emergency. The company shall strictly comply with the rules and guidelines under manufacturing, storage and import of hazardous chemical rules, 1989 as amended time to time. Transportation of hazardous chemicals including phenol shall be as per the motor vehicle act ( MVA) Hazardous chemical shall be stored in tanks, drums, carboys etc. flame arrestors shall be provided on tank farm. Solvent transfer shall be done by pumps. collection, storage and disposal of hazardous waste under the hazardous waste (management handling and Transboundary movement) rule 2008 from GPCB. Refer Annexure-30 and Annexure-31 for valid CC&A and NOC respectively. Refer Annexure-29 for TSDF membership certificate. Detailed fire adequacy survey was carried for the entire promises and we have already installed adequate numbers of fire extinguishers as per adequacy study. We have also obtained fire adequacy certificate from local fire department. Furthermore we have installed fire hydrant network in entire premises. We have already constructed 200 KL fire hydrant reservoir for emergency management. Refer Annexure-32 for fire extinguisher, fire hydrant details and fire certificate. Being complied. We already have carried out risk assessment and prepared onsite emergency plan. Mock drills are being carried out at regular interval. Please see the fire drill photographs : Annexure 33 We are also providing TREM card during our hazardous waste transportation truck. Find the attached TREM card as Annexure- 34. Solvent is stored in underground storage tank and pumped by solvent pump only. It is close handling system. It also noted that, we have already shifted methanol tank safe distance from production building as per PESO guideline. Find the Annexure-14 and 15 of methanol storage tank. Other chemicals are stored in above ground tanks. (i.e. phenol and formalin as per Annexure- 6 We have changed MOC Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e

10 xvii) During transfer of, materials, spillages shall be avoided and drains be constructed to avoid mixing of accidental spillages with domestic wastewater and storm water drains. for other chemical storage tank considering their hazardous property and safety factors (PP tanks to SS tanks). All four tanks are already installed. It may be noted that, there is a closed system provided within the industry. Regular checking of any leakages/spillage is done. And no waste water is mixed with domestic waste water and storm water during rain. Hazardous waste is being stored in separate closed room, so there is no any chances for mixing of rain water with solid waste, Tarpaulin weather shed are being provided to management of used /discarded packaging material. xviii) The company shall undertake following waste minimization measures :- a. Metering and control of quantities of active ingredients to minimise waste. b. Reuse of by-product from the process as raw materials or as raw material substitutes in other processes. c. Use of automated filling to minimise spillage Dyke wall is considered for chemical storage yard, so there shall no mixing of rain water and spillage chemical. See the dyke wall structure in Annexure-6 -- Waste minimisation is our top most priority. It may be noted that, there is no active ingredients, but all are the raw material are added through pipelines except melamine. So that spillage and contaminations of area or soil or other means of waste generation are minimum. We are working on waste minimisation campaign from October 16 as Prayaas towards zero waste campaign. Refer Annexure-35 for waste minimisation project. Over and above we have also initiated five S housekeeping program to improve work place. Please see the posters for five S drive as Annexure-36. Right now we are in 3 rd stage of five S program. Not applicable as there is no generation of any kind of by product from the process. All the raw materials have been charged in the reactor through pipeline except Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e

11 d. Use of close feed system into batch reactors e. Venting equipment through vapour recovery system melamine. Refer Annexure-6 (page 2) Point noted and we have Feed system through close pipelines in reactors. Refer Annexure-6 (page 2) New Scrubber installed at phenolic treater exhaust to control any vapour control. Refer Annexure-5. f. Use of high pressure hoses for equipment cleaning to reduce waste water generation. xix) The unit shall make the arrangement for protection of possible fire hazards during manufacturing process in material handling. Fire fighting system shall be as per the OISD 117 norms. xx) Usage of PPEs by all employees/workers shall be ensured Being complied. We are using high pressure hoses for equipment cleaning. Detailed fire adequacy survey was carried for the entire promises and we have already installed adequate numbers of fire extinguishers as per adequacy study. We have also obtained fire adequacy certificate from local fire department. Furthermore we have installed fire hydrant network in entire premises. We have already constructed 200 KL fire hydrant reservoir for emergency management. Refer Annexure-32 for fire extinguisher, fire hydrant details and fire certificate. We have detailed PPEs SOP and policy and we are complying the same. xxi) Occupational health surveillance of the workers shall be done on a regular basis and records maintained as per factories act. Being Complied. New OHC (Occupational Health Centre) block for employee and contingent workers at our site is already constructed. See the annexure-37 for OHC room We have made agreement with visiting factory medical officer for OHC function and occupational surveillance. See the attached Annexure-38 for visiting doctor agreement. Annual medical camp at site by Govt. Medical Officer is being organized regularly. For this financial year , we have planned medical champ in the month of May Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e

12 Medical check-up and health record is maintained for all employee as per Gujarat factories rules Required first aid boxes are also provided. xxii) Green belt shall be developed in 8800m 2 out of total area of m 2. We doing occupational monitoring as per Gujarat factories rules (form no 37). Please refer Annexure-11. Complied. We have already planted about 780 trees within the premises in the from the month of Dec 14 to till date. See the attached annexure 39 xxiii) Provision shall be made for the housing for the construction labour with the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile sewage treatment plant, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. the housing may be removed after the completion of the project. All the construction wastes shall be managed so that there is no impact on the surrounding environment. B General condition i) The project authorities shall strictly adhere to the stipulation made by the Gujarat pollution control board ii) No further expansion or modification in the plant shall be carried out without prior approval of the ministry of environment and forests. In case of deviations or alteration in the project proposal from those submitted to the ministry for clearance, a fresh reference shall be made to the ministry to assess the adequacy of conditions imposed and to add additional environment protection measures required, If any. Ours is an existing project and during the construction stage for the proposed expansion, we generally hired contractor who provide us required quantity of labours. We provide all kind of facilities to them within their working hours. They utilize all our existing facilities like drinking water, sanitation, etc. The construction waste generally use in filling of low lying areas within the premises. Point noted and being complied. Point noted. For the production capacity expansion, we have applied for environmental clearance under category 5(f)- Synthetic organic chemicals industry (dyes & dye intermediates; bulk drugs and intermediates excluding drug formulations; synthetic rubbers; basic organic chemicals, other synthetic organic chemicals and chemical intermediates). The proposed expansion is to be carried out in existing land premises. Public hearing was completed in may Please refer Annexure-40 for Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e

13 Chronology of the project. Our plant was also visited by Regional Officer- MOEF, Bhopal on 25 July 2015 and final report was submitted to MOEF. Our final presentation in MOEF for expansion of resin plant was completed on 1 st of April 2016 and subsequently our proposed expansion projects has already been recommended for Environmental Clearance by Expert Appraisal Committee. Please refer Annexure-41. iii) The location of the ambient air quality monitoring stations shall be decided in consultation with the state pollution control board (SPCB) and it shall be ensured that at least once stations in installed in upwind and downwind direction as well as where maximum ground level concentrations are anticipated. iv) The overall noise level in and around the plant area shall kept well within the standards by providing noise control measures including acoustic hoods, silencers, encloses etc. on all source of noise generation. The ambient noise levels shall conform to the standards prescribed under Environment (protection) Act 1986 Rules, 1989 viz 75dB (day time and 70dB (night time) v) Training shall be imparted to all employees on safety and health aspects of chemicals handling. pre- employment and routine medical examinations for all employees shall be undertaken on we have already obtained consent to establish (NOC) and (CCA) consolidated consent and authorization from state pollution control board for laminate sheet expansion project (without exceeding resin production capacity) Find the attached Annexure-30 and Annexure-31 for valid CCA and NOC. We have carried out environmental monitoring through NABL approved agency for financial year as per environment monitoring plan. Please refer Annexure-42 for the latest monitoring reports which show that all parameters are well within the prescribed limit. Noise Monitoring has been carried out with the premises at appropriate locations through the NABL approved laboratory. It is compulsory to use personal protective equipment for the workers working in this area. We have developed large greenbelt area within the premises which reduce the ambient noise effect to surrounding area. Latest noise monitoring report is enclosed as Annexure-43. Induction training, ISO implementation, Five S, SOP training, job specific training and other health safety and environment related training is carried out on regular basis. Pre-employment and periodic Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e

14 vi) vii) regular basis. Training to all employees on handling of chemical shall be imparted. The company shall also comply with all the environment protection measures and safeguard proposed in the project report submitted to ministry. All the recommendations made in the EIA/EMP in respect of environment management, risk mitigation measures and public hearing relating to the project shall be implemented. The company will take all the relevant measures for improving the socioeconomic conditions of the surrounding area. CSR activities will be undertaken by involving local villages and administration. employment check-up and health record is being maintained for all employees. Right now we are working on EHS related program called Protect and 10 golden rules. Which covers all EHS aspects of manufacturing facility. Please see the protect program ad 10 golden rules details as Annexure 44 We are ISO 9001:2015 (i.e. QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM) and ISO 14001:2015 (ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM) company. Furthermore; we are happy to inform you that, our product is also complied with GREEN GUARD certifications. See the attached Annexures 45 for ISO certificates Complied. Please find the CSR activity done in last six month and proposal for coming future as per Annexure-46 Highlights of the works: Water management program Rode surfacing and community awareness program for health and hygiene We are working on some for special child home support along with GPCB guidance. viii) ix) The company shall undertake ecodevelopment measures including community welfare measures in the project area for the overall improvement of the environment A separate environment management cell equipped with full-fledged laboratory facilities shall be set up to carry out the environment management and monitoring functions. Complied. Refer Annexure-46. We have appointed qualified HSE expert to handle environment, industrial health and safety management. We have included all the required facility for the environment management in our technical laboratory which is being used for the product and raw material testing. Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e

15 x) The company shall earmark adequate fund to implement the conditions stipulated by the ministry of environment and forest as well as the state government along with the implementation schedule for all the conditions stipulated herein. The funds so earmarked for environment management /pollution control measures shall not be diverted for any other purpose. xi) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the project proponent to concerned panchayat, Zilaparisad /municipal corporation, urban local body and the local NGO, if any, from who suggestions representations, If any were received while processing the proposal. xii) The project proponent shall also submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environment clearance conditions including results of monitored data ( both in hard copies as well as by e- mail) to the respective regional office of MoEF, the respective Zonal office of CPCB and Gujarat pollution control board. A copy of the environment clearance and six monthly compliance status report shall be posted on the website of the company. xiii) The environment statement for each financial year ending 31 st march in form V- as is mandate shall be submitted to concerned state pollution control board as prescribed under the environment (protection) rules 1986, as amended subsequently shall also be put on the website for the company along with the status of compliance of environment clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the respective regional office of MoEF by . Same laboratory is being utilized for the environment management and monitoring facility. Complied. Complied Compiled, earlier compliance report was sent in the month of July 2014, March 2015, Aug 2015, March 2016., Nov 2016 April2017 Sep 2017 and now this report is up to March 2018 See the covering letter of last EC compliance report as Annexure-47. Complied. We regularly submit environment statement for each financial year ending 31 st march in form V to state pollution control board. Please see the last environment statement submitted to GPCB as Annexure-48. For year Environment statement, we are in process of submitting the same and will submit the office copy in next EC Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e

16 xiv) xv) The project proponent shall inform the public that the project has been accorded environment clearance by the ministry and copies of the clearance latter are available with the SPCB/committee and may also be seen at website of the ministry at This shall be advertised within seven days from the date of issue of the clearance letter, at least in two local newspapers that are widely circulated in the region of which one shall be in the vernacular language of locality concerned and a copy of the same shall be forwarded to the concerned regional office of the ministry. The project authorities shall inform the regional office as well as ministry, the date of financial closer and final approval of project by the concerned authorities and the date of start of project. compliance report. Complied. Please find Annexure-49 for the board resolution passed at the meeting of Board of Directors of Fletcher Building Ltd., New Zealand on dated 18 September 2012 approving the acquisition of HPL manufacturing assets being Plant, Land & Building. Also find the attachment as Annexure-50 for the term Loan sanctioned by HSBC Ltd to fund our capacity expansion project. Production has been started on 01/09/2010 *** Environment Clearance Compliance Report : 1 st April 2017 to 30 th Sep P a g e