HALF YEARLY COMPLIANCE REPORT 14 15) ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE (CLINKER 2.48 MTPA TO 2.78 MTPA AND CEMENT 3.30 MTPA TO 3.90 MTPA)

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1 HALF YEARLY COMPLIANCE REPORT (Oct 14 Mar 15) ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE (CLINKER 2.48 MTPA TO 2.78 MTPA AND CEMENT 3.30 MTPA TO 3.90 MTPA) Letter No. F. No. J-11011/1180/2007- IA II (I) dated 11 th June, 2008 S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS A. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS: i. The company shall obtain necessary clearances / approval from the concerned Departments i.e. Indian Bureau of Mines, State Government, Ministry of Environment and Forests etc. for the linked mining component before undertaking any construction activity at the project site and a copy submitted to the Ministry and its Regional Office at Bhubaneswar Complied - Necessary clearances / approval are obtained from the concerned Departments i.e. Indian Bureau of Mines, State Government, Ministry of Environment and Forests etc. for the linked mining components. Linked up Limestone Mines vide Mellacheruvu Mine MoEF - EC No. J-11015/35/2001.IA.II (M) Dt and J-11015/8/2000.IA.II (M) Dt IBM - Mining Plan approval AP/NLG/MP/Lst-29/HYD, Dt (amalgamation of ML-1& ML-2) Industries & Commerce Dept. - Mining Lease grant G.O.No.298 Dt (amalgamation of ML-1 & ML-2). Yepalamadhavaram Mine MoEF - EC No. J-11015/37/2002.IA.II (M) Dt IBM - Mining Plan approval MS/AP/NLG/LST-230-SZ Dt Industries & Commerce Dept. - Mining Lease grant G.O.No.53 Dt Choutapalli Mine MoEF - EC No. J-11015/25/2006.IA.II (M) Dt and J-11015/576/2007.IA.II (M) dt IBM - Mining Plan approval No. AP/NLG/MP/LST-55/HYD, Dt (amalgamation of ML-1 & ML- 2) Industries & Commerce Dept. - Mining Lease grant G.O.No.328 Dt (amalgamation of ML-1& ML-2). Shale Mine MoEF-EC No. SEIAA/AP/NLG-76/ (M) Dt: IBM-Mining Plan approval Letter No. 8112/MS-NLG/11, Dt Industries & Commerce Dept. Mining Lease grant G.O.Ms.No.276 Dt Page 1 of 35

2 S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS ii. Continuous monitoring system to monitor gaseous emissions shall be provided and limit of SPM shall be controlled within 50 mg/nm 3 by installing adequate air pollution control system viz. Electrostatic precipitator (ESP), bag house, bag filters etc. and data submitted to the Ministry s Regional Office at Bangalore, A. P. Pollution Control Board (APPCB) and CPCB regularly. Photos showing online monitoring systems are presented in Annexure-1 Installed online Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS) for 14 stacks viz., 3 Nos. Kiln stacks, 3 Nos. Clinker Cooler ESP stacks, 3 Nos. Coal mill baghouse stacks, 5 Nos. Cement Mill baghouse stack) and are connected to TSPCB and CPCB server as well. 3 No. Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Systems (CAAQMS) are installed one each in downwind, upwind and Turbulent direction and the same are connected to TSPCB/CPCB servers. Adequate air pollution control systems are provided as detailed below to maintain SPM well within the prescribed limits. Raw mill & Kilns Clinker Coolers Limestone crusher, Coal mill & cement mills All transfer points Limestone dump hopper Limestone stacker : Reverse Air Bag House (RABH) : Electro Static Precipitator (ESP) : Bag Filters : Dust Collectors : Water spray system : water spray system Data being submitted to the MoEF RO at Bangalore, APPCB on regular basis. Stacks emission monitoring data from October 14 to March 15 is enclosed as Annexure-2 Page 2 of 35

3 S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS iii. The company shall install adequate dust collection and extraction system to control fugitive dust emissions at various transfer points, raw mill handling (unloading, Raw mill & Kilns conveying, transporting, stacking), vehicular movement, bagging and packing areas etc. All the raw material stock piles shall be covered. A Clinker Coolers Limestone crusher, Coal mill & cement mills All transfer points : Bag Filters closed clinker stockpile system shall be Limestone dump hopper provided. All conveyers shall be covered with Limestone stackers GI sheets. Covered sheds for storage of raw materials and fully covered conveyers for transportation of materials shall be provided besides coal, cement, fly ash and clinker shall be equipment are designed for < 50 mg/nm 3. stored in silos. Pneumatic system shall be used for fly ash handling. Adequate air pollution control systems are installed. Dust collectors and extraction systems at various sections for controlling fugitive dust emissions are detailed below : Reverse Air Bag House (RABH) : Electro Static Precipitator (ESP) : Dust Collectors : Water spray system : Water spray system All transfer points and storage silos are provided with dust collection and extraction systems for effective control of fugitive emissions. All the installed pollution control The dust collected from the pollution control equipment is being recycled back into the process. Clinker is being stored in clinker storage tanks of capacity 1,10,000 tonnes & 30,000 tonnes to control fugitive emissions that might be caused due to clinker stock piles. Gypsum and additives are being stored in covered storage sheds with storage capacity of 5800 tonnes and 7400 tonnes respectively. Flyash is being stored in 5 silos with total capacity of about 3100 tonnes and pneumatic system is installed for flyash handling. Cement is being stored in 6 silos with total capacity of about 37,100 tonnes. All raw material transfer conveyor are covered with non-asbestos sheets. All roads and open area in the plant are cement concreted. Page 3 of 35

4 S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS iv. Secondary fugitive emissions from all the sources shall be controlled within the latest permissible limits issued by the Ministry and regularly monitored. Guidelines / Code of Practice issued by the CPCB shall be followed and data submitted to the Ministry s Regional Office at Bangalore, CPCB and APPCB. All transfer points and storage silos are provided with dust collection and extraction systems for effective control of fugitive emissions. Clinker is being stored in clinker storage tanks, Gypsum and additives are being stored in covered storage sheds, Flyash & cement is being stored in silos and raw material transfer conveyors are covered with GI sheets to avoid any secondary fugitive emissions. All roads and open areas in the plant area are cement concreted and vehicle movement is allowed only through specific routes for control of secondary fugitive dust emissions. Truck mounted vacuum cleaner and road sweepers are deployed and good housekeeping is being maintained for controlling secondary fugitive dust emissions. v. Asphalting/concreting of roads and water spray all around the stockyard and loading/ unloading areas in the cement plant shall be carried out to control fugitive emissions. Regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of SPM and RPM such as haul road, loading and unloading points, transfer points and other vulnerable areas. It shall be ensured that the ambient air quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board in this regard. Requisite data / information / monitoring data are being submitted to Regional Office, MoEF regularly. All roads and most of the open areas in the plant area are cement concreted and vehicle movement is allowed only through specific routes for controlling fugitive dust emissions. Bag filters are provided at all transfer points; storage silos and water spray system is provided for limestone dump hopper and stacker for dust suppression. Fixed water sprinklers for suppression of fugitive dust generated due to vehicular movement are installed at various critical roads in cement plant and mines. Fixed water sprinklers installed in cement plant is depicted in Annexure 8. Ambient air quality parameters are maintained well within the prescribed limits. Monitoring data from October 14 to March 15 is enclosed as Annexure-3. Page 4 of 35

5 S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS vi. Efforts shall be made to reduce impact of the transport of the raw materials and end products on the surrounding environment including agricultural land. All the raw Flyash is transported in bulk tankers only. materials including fly ash shall be transported in the closed containers only and shall not be overloaded. Vehicular emissions shall be regularly monitored. Measures shall be taken for maintenance of vehicles used in mining operations and in transportation of mineral. vii. viii. Total water requirement for cement plant shall not exceed 1,260 m 3 /day. All the treated wastewater shall be recycled and reused in the process and/or for ash quenching, dust suppression, green belt development and other plant related activities etc. No process wastewater shall be discharged outside the factory premises and zero discharge shall be adopted. Permission for the drawl of 1,260 m 3 /day water shall be obtained from the concerned Department. To ensure and reduce impact of transport on the surrounding environment; raw materials and cement is transported mostly by rail and in trucks covered with tarpaulin. Transport vehicles are periodically checked for Pollution Under Control certificate from approved RTA agencies. Separate railway siding is commissioned in March 2012 from Mellacheruvu RS to our factory site to transport raw materials and cement. Over 99% of clinker is transported through rail; 40 45% of cement dispatch and coal receipts is also carried out by rail thereby reducing the impact on the surrounding environment caused by transportation activity. Dry process is used for manufacturing cement; hence there is no generation of process wastewater. Return water from cooling system is routed back to collection tank and recycled back into system. Domestic wastewater is treated in Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) and it is being used for greenbelt maintenance completely. The existing STP has been upgraded to Moving Bed Bio-Film reactor for better treatment of water. The same is depicted in Annexure - 4 Clearance obtained from the Central Ground Water Authority to draw ground water. Vide Lr.No.1465/Hg/S.T/96 dt to tap 1500 m 3 /day of ground water. Page 5 of 35

6 S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS ix. Existing Sewage treatment plant (STP) shall be used for the treatment of sewage from the colony and treated domestic effluent shall be used for green belt development within the plant premises. Domestic waste from colony and STP shall be segregated into biodegradable water. Commissioning of plant is completed in March and non-biodegradable. Bio- The same is depicted in Annexure - 4 degradable waste shall be composted and nonbiodegradable waste shall be land filled at identified sites. Effluent treatment plant (ETP) shall also be provided for workshop. x. All the bag filter dust, raw meal dust, coal dust, clinker dust and cement dust from pollution control devices shall be recycled and reused in the process and used for cement manufacturing. Sludge from domestic sources shall be used as manure for green belt development. Spent oil and batteries shall be sold to authorized recyclers / reprocessors only. xi. Efforts shall be made to use low grade lime, more fly ash and solid waste in the cement manufacturing. Sewage treatment plant (STP) treated wastewater is 100% used for greenbelt development within the plant premises. The existing STP has been upgraded to Moving Bed Bio-Film reactor for better treatment of Dust collected from pollution control equipments is 100% recycled and reused in the process for cement manufacturing. Sludge will be used for greenbelt development as and when generated. Spent oil is completely reused in cement plant equipment as lubricant and batteries are being sold to authorised recyclers/re-processors only. Low grade limestone is being used along-with high grade to ensure optimum utilization of the resources. All possible efforts are being made to use more fly ash in cement manufacturing. PPC production is about % of total cement production. Fly ash generated from the captive power plant is being 100% utilized in the cement plant. Page 6 of 35

7 S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS xii. An effort shall be made to use of high calorific hazardous waste in the cement kiln and necessary provision shall be made accordingly. As per the CPCB Guidelines on Co-processing in Cement/Power/Steel Feb 2010, We have installed & commissioned system for co-processing of liquid hazardous waste in cement kiln main burner in March The project cost was about 10 crores. Liquid hazardous waste (spent solvents) from pharmaceutical industries is being utilized as secondary fuel alongwith coal in our Cement Kilns system of Unit-II&III. Liquid HW handling system is presented in Annexure-5 and Liquid hazardous waste (spent solvents) utilized during October 14 March 15 is tabulated in xiii. xiv. All the fly ash shall be utilized as per Fly ash Notification, 1999 subsequently amended in As proposed, green belt shall be developed in at least 33 % area in and around the cement plant as per the CPCB guidelines to mitigate the effects of air emissions in consultation with local DFO. Annexure 6. Fly ash generated from the captive power plant is being 100% utilized in the cement plant. Greenbelt along the boundary of the cement plant and at open areas is being strengthened. We have started developing additional greenbelt area in phased manner and total greenbelt area developed at cement plant, colony and mines is about 69 ha. The species, which give better yield in this rocky area, are planted for better survival rate. In addition to existing greenbelt, an area of about 5.3 ha. has been developed under greenbelt with 5200 number of plantations during year Photos showing greenbelt developed in year is enclosed as Annexure-7. xv. All the recommendations made in the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for the Cement plants shall be implemented. Recommendations made in the CREP for cement plants are being followed. Compliance report is enclosed as Annexure-11. Page 7 of 35

8 S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS xvi. Permission and Recommendations of the concerned Department regarding impact of cement plant on the Yepalamadhavaram ecosensitive area located at 1.60 km shall be obtained. Measures shall also be taken to prevent impact of particulate emissions / fugitive emissions, if any from the proposed plant on the Yepalamadhavaram eco-sensitive area. Further, Conservation Plan for the conservation of wild fauna in consultation with the State Forest Department shall be prepared and implemented. B. GENERAL CONDITIONS: i. The project authority shall adhere to the stipulations made by Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) and State Government. ii. No further expansion or modification of the plant shall be carried out without prior approval of this Ministry. Government of Andhra Pradesh, Forest Department has issued Flora & Fauna Certificate (Rc. No. 565/2008/S5, dated ) stating that there are no endangered flora and fauna species found in the vicinity of Yepalamadhavaram Forest Block and My Home Industries Ltd. Standards stipulated by Telangana State Pollution Control Board (APPCB) are being followed Will be followed. Page 8 of 35

9 S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS iii. The gaseous and particulate matter emissions from various units shall conform to the standards prescribed by the T.N. Pollution Control Board. At no time, the particulate emissions from the cement plant shall exceed APPCB limit. Interlocking facility shall be provided in the pollution control equipment so that in the event of the pollution control equipment not working, the respective unit(s) is shut down automatically. Particulate matter emissions from various units are conforming to the prescribed standard of 50 mg/nm 3 by the Andhra Pradesh Control Board. The particulate emissions from the cement plant are confirming to 50 mg/nm 3. Continuous online stack monitoring equipment is installed for all 14 major stacks viz. Kilns RABH stacks, Clinker Cooler ESP, Coal mill Bagfilter, Cement Mill Bagfilters and Captive Thermal Power Plant ESP stacks. Particulate emissions from the stacks are maintained well within the prescribed limits. Interlocking facilities are provided for all major pollution control equipment such that in the event of the pollution control equipment not working, the respective unit(s) is shut down automatically. iv. One ambient air quality monitoring station shall be installed in downwind direction. Ambient air quality including ambient noise levels shall not exceed the standards stipulated under EPA or by the State authorities. Monitoring of ambient air quality and stack emissions shall be carried out regularly in consultation with APPCB and report submitted to the APPCB quarterly and to the Ministry s Regional Office at Bangalore half-yearly. Stacks emission monitoring data from October 14 to March 15 is enclosed as Annexure-2 3 Nos. Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System (CAAQMS) are installed in predominant upwind, downwind direction and turbulent direction. Ambient air quality and ambient noise levels are being maintained well within the prescribed standards. 4 Ambient air quality monitored stations are recognized at the periphery of the plant and monitoring is done on regular basis. Ambient air quality, ambient noise levels and stack monitoring are being done on monthly basis. Ambient air quality at core zone and buffer zone is being monitored on monthly ba sis. Monitoring data for the period October 14 to March 15 is enclosed as Annexure 3. Page 9 of 35

10 S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS v. The company must harvest the rainwater from the rooftops and storm water drains to recharge the ground water and use the same water for the various activities of the project to conserve fresh water. Sumps are constructed in the Mine area and in the cement plant for harvesting rainwater. Rainwater collected in the sumps are utilized for power plant, cement plant, greenbelt and for water spraying. vi. vii. viii. ix. The company shall undertake eco-development measures including community welfare measures in the project area. The overall noise levels in and around the plant area shall be kept well within the standards (85 dba) by providing noise control measures including acoustic hoods, silencers, enclosures etc. on all sources of noise generation. The ambient noise levels shall conform to the standards prescribed under Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986 Rules, 1989 viz. 75 dba (day time) and 70 dba (night time). All recommendations made in the Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) for cement plants shall be implemented. Proper house keeping shall be taken up. Regular annual medical examination of all the employees shall be carried out from the occupational health point of view and records maintained. MHIL has spent about lakhs on welfare activities in the near villages till March 2015 during year The noise levels are being monitored and efforts are being made to maintain the noise levels within the prescribed limits. Silencers are provided to all the Clinker Cooler fans of Unit-I, Unit-II & Unit-III to maintain the noise level well within the prescribed limits. Ambient noise level monitoring data for the period Oct 14 to March 15 is enclosed as Annexure 3(e). Efforts are being made to follow the CREP guidelines pertaining to cement plants. Compliance report enclosed as Annexure-11. Truck mounted vacuum cleaner and road sweepers are deployed and good housekeeping is being maintained. Photos of truck mounted vacuum cleaning machine, road sweeping machines are enclosed as Annexure-8 for your reference. Page 10 of 35

11 S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS x. A separate environmental management cell to carry out various management and monitoring functions shall be set up under the control of Senior Executive. Environmental management cell is already in place. Environmental Policy of the company was published on 10 th Dec MHIL implemented Environmental Management System (EMS) and certified as per ISO 14001:2004 in June MHIL Environmental Policy and ISO certificate is presented in Annexure-9. World Environment Day 2014 was celebrated at MHIL to create environmental awareness. Photos showing WED 2014 celebration is presented in Annexure-10. The award ceremonies of the above mentioned awards are depicted in Annexure 12. xi. As proposed, Rs Crores and Rs Crores shall be earmarked towards capital cost and environment pollution control measures respectively and used to implement the conditions stipulated by the Ministry of Environment and Forests as well as the State Government. The funds so provided shall not be diverted for any other purpose. xii. The Regional Office of this Ministry at Bangalore / CPCB / APPCB shall monitor the stipulated conditions. A six monthly compliance report and the monitored data alongwith statistical interpretation shall be submitted to them regularly. The proposed capital expenditure was totally utilized for environmental equipment and pollution control measures. During the year 2014 MHIL has spent Rs.468 lakhs toward recurring expenditure and Rs Lakhs towards non-recurring expenditure of pollution control system and maintenance. Requisite data / information / monitoring data are being submitted to Regional Office, MOEF regularly on basis. Page 11 of 35

12 S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS xiii. The Project Authorities shall inform the Required information was communicated. Regional Office as well as the Ministry, the date of financial closure and final approval of the project by the concerned authorities and the date of commencing the land development work. xiv. The Project Proponent shall inform the public Communicated to the Ministry of Environment and Forests vide our Lr. No. MHIL/S&E/2007- that the project has been accorded 08/34, dated 07 th July environmental clearance by the Ministry and copies of the clearance letter are available with the A.P. Pollution Control Board / Committee and may also be seen at Website of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at This should 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 the locality concerned and a copy of the same shall be forwarded to the Regional office at Bangalore. Page 12 of 35

13 Annexure 1(a) Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station and CEMS [CEMS1, CEMS2, Upwind direction and Turbulent direction(colony) connected to CPCB server] Page 13 of 35

14 Annexure 1(b) Continuous Emission Monitoring System Page 14 of 35

15 Annexure 1 (c) Overview of locations of CAAQM stations with respect to Cement Plant Page 15 of 35

16 Annexure 2 Stack emission monitoring data (SPM in mg/nm 3 ) Oct 14 Mar 15 LOCATION Oct -14 Nov-14 Dec-14 Jan-15 Feb-15 Mar-15 Min Max Avg KILN - I RABH COAL MILL - I BF COOLER - I ESP CEMENT MILL - IA BF CEMENT MILL - I BF KILN - II RABH COAL MILL - II BF COOLER - II ESP CEMENT MILL - II BF LS CRUSHER - II BF KILN - III RABH COAL MILL - III BF COOLER - III ESP CEMENT MILL - IV BF CEMENT MILL - V BF LS CRUSHER - III BF Page 16 of 35

17 Annexure 2 Graphical Representation of emissions from various stacks in Cement Plant Oct 14 Mar 15 Page 17 of 35

18 Annexure 3 (a) Ambient Air Quality in [PM10] µg/m 3 Oct 14 Mar 15 PM10 Oct -14 Nov-14 Dec-14 Jan-15 Feb-15 Mar-15 Min Max Avg Cement Plant Main Gate Colony Premises Shale Mine Near Choutapalli Mine Office Mellacheruvu Mines CPP-II Mellacheruvu Village Choutapalli Village Mattampalli Village Venkataramapuram Village Raghunathapalem Village Jaggutanda Village Yepalamadhavaram Village Bakkamanthulagudem Village Mallareddygudem Village Page 18 of 35

19 Annexure 3 (b) Ambient Air Quality [PM2.5] in µg/m 3 Oct 14 Mar 15 PM2.5 Oct -14 Nov-14 Dec-14 Jan-15 Feb-15 Mar-15 Min Max Avg Cement Plant Main Gate Colony Premises Shale Mine Near Choutapalli Mine Office Mellacheruvu Mines CPP-II Mellacheruvu Village Choutapalli Village Mattampalli Village Venkataramapuram Village Raghunathapalem Village Jaggutanda Village Yepalamadhavaram Village Bakkamanthulagudem Village Mallareddygudem Village Page 19 of 35

20 Annexure 3 (c) Ambient Air Quality [SO2] in µg/m 3 Oct 14 Mar 15 PM SO2 Oct -14 Nov-14 Dec-14 Jan-15 Feb-15 Mar-15 Min Max Avg Cement Plant Main Gate Colony Premises Shale Mine Near Choutapalli Mine Office Mellacheruvu Mines CPP-II Mellacheruvu Village Choutapalli Village Mattampalli Village Venkataramapuram Village Raghunathapalem Village Jaggutanda Village Yepalamadhavaram Village Bakkamanthulagudem Village Mallareddygudem Village Page 20 of 35

21 Annexure 3 (d) Ambient Air Quality [NOx] in µg/m 3 Oct 14 Mar 15 PM NOx Oct -14 Nov-14 Dec-14 Jan-15 Feb-15 Mar-15 Min Max Avg Cement Plant Main Gate Colony Premises Shale Mine Near Choutapalli Mine Office Mellacheruvu Mines CPP-II Mellacheruvu Village Choutapalli Village Mattampalli Village Venkataramapuram Village Raghunathapalem Village Jaggutanda Village Yepalamadhavaram Village Bakkamanthulagudem Village Mallareddygudem Village Page 21 of 35

22 Annexure 3 (e) Ambient Noise Levels Oct 14 Mar 15 Location February (Winter) Ld Ln Ldn Mellacheruvu Village Choutapalli Village Mattampalli Village Yepalamadhavaram Village Venkataramapuram Village Mallareddygudem Village Bakkamanthulagudem Village Page 22 of 35

23 Annexure 4(a) Sewage Treatment Plant Page 23 of 35

24 Annexure 4(b) Sewage Treatment Plant Treated Water Analysis Oct 14 Mar 15 Parameters Min Max Avg ph Oil & Grease TS TDS BOD for 3 days COD Chloride Sulphates Page 24 of 35

25 Annexure 5 Co-Processing of Liquid Hazardous Waste Storage system Page 25 of 35

26 Annexure 6 Utilization of Liquid Hazardous Waste for Co-Processing in Cement Kiln Oct 14 Mar 15 Month Qty Utilized (tonnes) Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Total Page 26 of 35

27 Annexure 7 Greenbelt Development Year [Upto March 2015] (Peripheral plantation -North side of plant boundary) Page 27 of 35

28 Annexure -8 Photos Of Truck Mounted Vacuum Cleaning Machine, Road Sweeping Machines Page 28 of 35

29 Fixed Water Sprinklers Installed at Cement Plant Main Gate to suppress fugitive dust emissions due to vehicular movement Page 29 of 35

30 Annexure-9 MHIL Environmental Policy & ISO Certification Page 30 of 35

31 Annexure-10 World Environment Day 2014 Celebration at MHIL Site Page 31 of 35

32 Annexure-11 Compliance Report on Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS 1 Cement Plants, which are not complying with notified standards, Complying with notified standards of SPM 50 mg/nm 3 shall do the following to meet the standards; Augmentation of existing Air Pollution Control Devices - by July 2003 Replacement of existing Air Pollution Control Devices - by July Cement Plants located in critically polluted or urban areas Not applicable located in rural area (including 5 km distance outside urban boundary) will meet 100 mg/ Nm3 limit or particulate matter by December 2004 and continue working to reduce the emission of particulate matter to 50 mg/nm3. 3 The new cement kilns to be accorded NOC/Environmental Clearance w.e.f will meet the limit of 50 mg/nm3 for particulate matter emissions. Complied Kiln emission are controlled through RABH system to meet the standard of SPM 50 mg/nm 3 4 CPCB will evolve load based standards by December CPCB and NCBM will evolve SO2 and NOx emission standards by June Standards will be followed they are stipulated by CPCB / MoEF Page 32 of 35

33 S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS 6 The Cement industries will control fugitive emissions from all the CPCB Environmental Guidelines for Prevention and Control raw material and products storage and transfer points by December of Fugitive Emissions from Cement Plants are being However, the feasibility for the control of fugitive emissions followed from limestone and coal storage areas will be decided by the All transfer points and storage silos are provided with National Task Force (NTF). The NTF shall submit its dust collection and extraction systems for effective recommendations within three months. control of fugitive emissions. All the installed pollution control equipment are designed for < 50 mg/nm 3. The dust collected from the pollution control equipment is being recycled back into the process. Clinker is being stored in clinker storage tanks of capacity 1,10,000 tonnes & 30,000 tonnes to control fugitive emissions. Gypsum and additives are being stored in covered storage sheds with storage capacity of 5800 tonnes and 7400 tonnes respectively. Flyash is being stored in 5 silos with total capacity of about 3100 tonnes and pneumatic system for flyash handling. Cement is being stored in 6 silos with total capacity of about 37,100 tonnes All raw material transfer conveyor are covered with GI sheet. Truck mounted vacuum cleaner and road sweeper are deployed and good housekeeping is being maintained for 7 CPCB, NCBM, BIS and Oil refineries will jointly prepare the policy on use of petroleum cokes as fuel in cement kiln by July controlling secondary fugitive dust emissions Page 33 of 35

34 S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS 8 After performance evaluation of various types of continuous monitoring equipment and feedback from the industries and equipment manufactures, NTF will decide feasible unit operations/ sections for installation of continuous monitoring equipment. The industry will install the continuous monitoring systems (CMS) by December 2003 Installed online Continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) for 14 stacks 3 Nos. Kiln RABH stacks, 3 Nos. Clinker Cooler ESP stacks, 3 Nos. Coal mill stacks, 5 Nos. Cement Mill stacks and are connected to APPCB server. 3 No. Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System (CAAQMS) installed in downwind, upwind direction and Turbulent direction are connected to TSPCB/CPCB servers. 9 Tripping in kiln ESP to be minimized by July 2003 as per the ESPs are replaced with RABH for all Kilns. No tripping is recommendations of NTF. 10 Industries will submit the target date to enhance the utilization of waste material by April, NCBM will carry out a study on hazardous waste utilization in cement kiln by December envisaged Flyash generated from thermal power plant and gypsum from fertilizer units are being utilised in cement manufacturing process. Flyash is being utilized since year 2002 in manufacturing PPC. Year Fly Ash consumption Gypsum Consumption (MT) (%) (MT) (%) Page 34 of 35

35 S. No CONDITION COMPLIANCE STATUS 12 Cement industries will carry out feasibility study and submit target dates to CPCB for co-generation of power by July MHIL installed & commissioned system for co-processing of liquid hazardous waste in cement kiln main burner during March The project cost was about 10 crores. Liquid hazardous waste (spent solvents) from pharmaceutical industries is being utilized as secondary fuel alongwith coal in our Cement Kilns system of Unit-II&III. The consumption of alternate fuel for the period October 14 March 15 is presented in Annexure 6. Page 35 of 35