SHREE DIGVIJAY CEMENT CO LTD.

, DIGVIJAYGRAM
Doc. No. : SDCCL – LR – 05
IMS LEGAL REGISTER Section No : 05
Edition No. : 01
Rev. No : 01
Environment Protection Act, 1986 and Rules, 1986 Eff Date : 10 November 2008
Page No. : 1 of 7

Approved By: Issued By :

1.0 SCOPE
An act to provide for the protection and improvement of environment and for matters
connected there with.

2.0 REQUIREMENTS

REF. ACTIVITY RESPONSIBILITY

Section SDCCL has to comply with the directions issued in writing by the Central FH (TECH) /
5, Government within a specified time as mentioned in the order. The HOD (QA/R&D)
directions may include.
Rule 4
- Closure, prohibition or regulation of any industry, operation or
process; or
- Stoppage or regulation of the supply of electricity, water or any other
service.
Section Discharge or emissions of environmental pollutants within the prescribed Concerned HOD
7, standards as given in various Schedules.
Rule 3
SCHEDULE I
Sr. No. Industry Parameter Standard
Rule 3, Cement Plants Not to exceed milligrammes per
Schedul (Total dust / plant normal cubic metre
e I, Sl. capacity)
10
200 tonnes per day All Sections (Total dust) 400
Greater than 200 tonnes All Sections 250
per day
The Central and State Pollution Control Boards may fix stringent standards, not exceeding 200
milligrammes per normal cubic metre for smaller plants and 150 milligrammes per normal
cubic metre for larger plants if the Industry is located in an area which, in their opinion, requires
more stringent standards.
Where continuous monitoring integrators are provided on dust emission lines, the integrated
average values over a period, to be fixed by the Central and State Boards but not exceeding 72
hours shall be considered instead of momentary dust emission values for conformity to
standards.
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Section SDCCL to furnish information to the prescribed agencies (Chief Inspector
9 of Factories, Inspector of Factories, GPCB) in the event of accident or
unforeseen event in which environmental pollutant(s) not conforming to
the prescribed standards are being discharged, or are likely to be
discharged into the environment.
Section Allow entry and inspection by any person empowered by the Central
10 Government into the industry, establishment at all reasonable times, for
the purpose of performing any of the function entrusted; or to ascertain
compliance with the provisions of the Act; or for seizing of any equipment,
plant, registers, records or documents in case there are reasons to HOD (QA/R&D)
believe that any provision of the Act is being contravened.
Section SDCCL to allow Central government or any official empowered by it, to
11, Rule take samples of air, water, soil or any other substance from the SDCCL
6 for the purpose of analysis.
Rule 14 SDCCL to submit an “Environmental Statement” every year, on or before
30th September to the GPCB in prescribed Format (Form V of above act)
in case Consent is required under the Water/Air Act or Authorisation
under the Hazardous Wastes (Management & Handling ) rules or both.
Rule 3, Standards/Guidelines for control of Noise Pollution from Stationary
Schedul Diesel Generator(DG) Sets.
e I, Sl. (A) Mandatory acoustic enclosure/acoustic treatment of room for
94 stationary DG sets
All DG Sets manufactured on or after January 01, 2005 up-to 1000 KVA
shall be provided with an Integral Acoustic Enclosure by the Manufacturer
so that the noise level is 75 dB at 1.0 meters from enclosure surface.
For all other DG Sets, Noise from the DG set should be controlled by
providing an acoustic enclosure on by treating the room acoustically. The
acoustic enclosure/acoustic treatment of the room should be designed for
minimum 25 dB(A). Insertion Loss or for meeting the ambient noise
standards, whichever is on the higher side(if the actual ambient noise is
on the higher side, it may not be possible to check the performance of the
acoustic enclosure/acoustic treatment. Under such circumstances the
performance may be checked for noise reduction up-to actual ambient
noise level, preferably, in the night time. The measurement for Insertion
Loss may be done at different points at 0.5 m from the acoustic
enclosure/room, and then averaged. HOD (DGPP)
The DG set should also be provided with proper exhaust muffler with
Insertion Loss of minimum 25 dB(A).
(B) Guidelines for the users of DG sets
01. The user should make effort to bring down the noise
levels due to the DG set; outside his premises, within the ambient
noise requirements by proper sitting and control measures.
02. The total sound power level of a DG set, at the user’s
end, shall be within 2 dB(A) of the total sound power level of the DG
set, at the manufacturing stage, as prescribed under (A).
03. Installation of a DG set must be strictly in compliance
with the recommendations of the DG set manufacturer.
A proper routing and preventing maintenance procedure for the DG set
should be set and followed in consultation with the DG set manufacturer
which would help prevent noise levels of the DG set from deteriorating
with use.
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CPCB Emission regulations Part IV: COINDS/26/1986-87 HOD (DGPP)
Std. SDCCL to ensure that the Stack height of DG Sets is 0.2 KVA
meters above the DG Room roof-top, where KVA is the capacity of
the DG Set (or the GPCB standards, whichever is stringent).
Emission Standards for Diesel Engines (engines rating more than HOD (DGPP)
0.8 MW) for power plant, generator set applications and other
requirements:
Note 1: Emission norms given for Category B area for Engines
commissioned before 01.07.2003.
- NOx (as NO2) at 15 % 02 dry basis, ppmv: 1100
- NMHC (as C) at 15% O2 mg/Nm3: 150
- PM at 15% O2 mg/Nm3 with HSD / LDO: 75
- PM at 15% O2 mg/Nm3 with LSHS / FO: 150
- CO at 15% O2 mg/Nm3: 150
Note 2: Sulphur content in fuel <2%
Note 3: Stack Height for DG Sets more than 0.8 MW and
commissioned after 01.07.2003 to be maximum of the following:
- 14Q0.3, where Q is the quantity if SO2 in kg/hour
- Minimum 6 m above the building where generator set is
installed
- 30 metres
Note 4: The standards shall be regulated by the State Pollution
Control Boards or Pollution Control Committees, as the case may
Rule 3, be.
Schedul Note 5: Individual units with engine ratings less than or equal to 800
e – I, Sl. KW are not covered by this notification.
96 Note 6: Only following liquid fuels viz. High Speed Diesel, Light
Diesel Oil, Low Sulphur Heavy Stock and Furnace Oil or liquid fuels
with equivalent specifications shall be used in these power plants
and generator sets.
Note 7: For expansion project, stack height of new generator sets
shall be as per total Sulphur Dioxide emission (including existing as
well as additional load).
Note 8: For multi engine plants, fuels shall be grouped in cluster to
get better plume rise and dispersion. Provision for any future
expansion should be made in planning stage itself.
Note 9: Particulate Matter, Non-Methane Hydrocarbon and percent
moisture (dry basis). Carbon Monoxide results -are to be
normalized to 250C, 1.01 Kilo Pascal (760 mm of mercury)
pressure and zero
Note 10: Measurement shall be performed at steady load
conditions of more than 85% of the rated load.
Note 11: Continuous monitoring of Oxides of Nitrogen shall be done
by the plants whose total engine capacity is more than 50 Mega
Waft. However, minimum once in six month monitoring for other
parameters shall be adopted by the plants.
Note 12: Prescribed methods to be adopted for measurement of
emission parameters.
Rule 3 Schedule IV – Standards for emission of smoke, FH (Per, Admn &
vapour etc. from motor vehicles. Mines)
Every motor vehicle shall be maintained in such condition and
shall be so driven that smoke, visible vapour, grit, sparks, ashes,
cinders or oily substance do not emit there from. The Driver or any
person in charge of the vehicle shall, upon demand, by any
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empowered officer submit the vehicle for testing for the purpose of
measuring the standard of smoke or the levels of other pollutants
or both.
Rule 3 Schedule VI Part A – General Standards for discharge FH (TECH) /
of effluents HOD (QA/R&D)
As per the following table or the Water Consent
conditions, whichever is more stringent.

SR. INLAND LAND

PARAMETER UOM
NO. DISCHARGE DISCHARGE
01 Colour and odour All effort should be All effort should
made to remove be made to
colour and odour as remove colour
far as practicable and odour as
far as
practicable
02 Suspends Solids Max. mg/l 100 200
03 Particulate size of suspended solids micron IS Shall pass 850 --
sieve
04 PH 5.5 to 9.0 5.5 to 9.0
0
05 Temperature C Shall not be more -
than 5 degree C from
the receiving water
06 Oil and Grease Max. mg/l 10 10
07 Total Residual Chlorine Max. mg/l 1.0 -
08 Ammoniacal Nitrogen (as N), Max. mg/l 50 -
09 Total Kjeldahl nitrogen (as NH3) Max. mg/l 100 -
10 Free Ammonia (as NH3) Max. mg/l 5.0 -
11 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (5 mg/l 30 100
days) 20 Deg. C. Max.
12 Chemical Oxygen Demand Max. mg/l 250 -
13 Arsenic (as As) Max. mg/l 0.2 0.2
14 Mercury (as Hg) Max. mg/l 0.01 -
15 Lead (as Pb) Max. mg/l 0.1 -
16 Cadmium (as Cd) Max. mg/l 2.0 -
17 Hexavalent chromium (as Cr+6) Max. mg/l 0.1 -
18 Total Chromium (as Cr) Max. mg/l 2.0 -
19 Copper (as Cu) Max. mg/l 3.0 -
20 Zinc (as Zn) Max. mg/l 5.0 -
21 Selenium (as Sc.) Max. mg/l 0.05 -
22 Nickel (as Ni) Max. mg/l 3.0 -
23 Cyanide (as CN) Max. mg/l 0.2 0.2
24 Fluoride (as F) Max. mg/l 2.0 -
25 Dissolved Phosphates (as P) Max. mg/l 5.0 -
26 Sulphide ( as S) Max. mg/l 2.0 -
27 Bio -assay test 90% survival of fish 90% survival of
after 96 hours in fish after 96
100% effluent. hours in 100%
effluent.
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SR. INLAND LAND

PARAMETER UOM
NO. DISCHARGE DISCHARGE
28 Manganese (as Mn) mg/l 2.0 -
29 Iron (as Fe) mg/l 3.0 -
30 Nitrate Nitrogen Mg/l 10.0 -
31 Phenolic compounds (as C6H5OH) mg / l 1.0 -
max.
32 Vanadium (as V) mg/ l max. 0.2 -

Rule 3A, General Emission Standards:

Schedul As per the following standards or Consent conditions, whichever is
e – VI, more stringent:
FH (TECH) /
Part D Sl. 1 – Particulate Matter: Max 150 mg/Nm3
HOD (QA/R&D)
Rule 3B Schedule VII - National Ambient Air Quality Standards
As per the following table or the Water Consent conditions, whichever
is more stringent.

Pollutant TIME CONCETRATION IN AMBIENT AIR METHOD OF

WEIGHTED MEASUREMENT
AVERAGE
INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL, SENSITIVE
AREA RURAL & AREA
OTHER AREA
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sulphur Annual 80 g /m3 60 g /m3 15 g /m3 1. Improved West
Dioxide (SO2) Average * and Gake
Method
24 hours ** 120 g /m3 80 g /m3 30 g /m3 2. Jacob Method
Oxides of Annual 80 g /m3 60 g /m3 15 g /m3 1. Jacob &
Nitrogen as Average Hochheeiser
NO2 Method
24 hours ** 120 g /m3 80 g /m3 30 g /m3 2. Gase Phase
Chemiluminesce
ne
Suspended Annual 360 g /m3 140 g /m3 70 g /m3 Average flow rate
Particulate Average * 200 g /m3 100 g /m3 not less than 1.1
Matter(SPM) 24 hours ** 500 g /m3 m3/minute
Respirable Annual 120 g /m3 60 g /m3 50 g /m3
Particulate Average * 150 g /m3 100 g /m3 75 g /m3
Matter (Size 24 hours **
less than 10
um) (RPM)
Lead (Pb) Annual 1.0 g /m3 0.75 g /m3 0.50 g /m3-AAS Method
Average * 1.5 g /m3 1.00 g /m3 after
24 hours ** 0.75 g /m3 sampling using
EPM 2000 or
equivalent filter
paper.
Carbon 8 hours** 5.0 mg /m3 2.0 mg /m3 1.0 mg /m3 Non dispersive
Monoxide (CO) 1 hour 10.0 mg /m3 4.0 mg / m3 2.0 mg / m3 infrared
spectroscopy.
* Arithmetic mean of minimum 104 measurements in a year twice a week 24 Hourly at uniform interval.
** 24 Hourly / 8 Hourly values should be met 98% of time in a year. However 2% of the time, it may
exceed but not on two consecutive days.
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REF. ACTIVITY RESPONSIBILITY

Rule 3, Expansion or modernization of any activity (if pollution load is to
Rule 5 exceed the existing one) or a new project listed in Schedule I of
THE ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT NOTIFICATION
(regarding EIA of Development Projects dated January 27, 1994
and subsequently in September 2006) shall not be undertaken in
any part of India unless it has been accorded Environmental
Clearance by the State EIA Authority / Central Government / MoEF
in accordance with the procedure specified in the above mentioned
Notification.
Sl. 20 - Mining Project (major minerals) with leases more than
5 Hectares and Sl. 27 – Cement features in Schedule I.
Section SDCCL shall approach the mining department, State Government
23 of Gujarat if expansion of the mine involves lease area less than
5 hectares of land.
Section If SDCCL desires to undertake expansion or modernisation
1 of EIA involving more than 50 crores, shall have to seek environmental
Notificati clearance for a proposed expansion / modernisation activity if the
on resultant pollution load is to exceed the existing levels. The
company shall submit an application to the secretary, ministry of
environment and forest, New Delhi. The application shall be
accompanied by project report which shall, inter alias include an
Environment Impact Assessment Report / Environment
Management Plan prepared in accordance with the guidelines
issued by the Central Government in the ministry of Environment
and Forest from time to time.
SDCCL may approach the GPCB for certifying whether the
proposed modernisation / activity is likely to exceed the existing
pollution load or not. If it is certify that no increase is likely to occur
in the existing pollution load due to the proposed expansion or
modernisation, the company will not be required to seek
environmental clearance, but a copy of such certificate issued by
the State Pollution Control Board will have to be submitted to the
IAA for information.
Section In case of the expansion is proposed for mining area, the company
2 of EIA shall intimate the location of the project site to the ministry of
Notificati Environment and Forest while initiating any investigations and
on surveys.
The Central Government in the ministry of Environment and Forest
will convey a decision regarding suitability of otherwise of the
propose site within a maximum period of One Hundred Twenty
days. The said site clearance shall be guaranteed for a sanction
capacity and shall be valid for a period of 05 Years.
Guidelines for Environment Impact Assessment
As a comprehensive EIA report normally takes atlas one year for its
preparation, the company may furnish rapid EIA report to the IAA
based on one season data (other than monsoon) , and examination
of the comprehensive EIA report may be submitted later if so asked
by the IAA. The requirement of EIA can be dispensed with by the
IAA, in case of project, which are unlikely to cause significant
impacts on the environment. In such cases, the company will have
to furnish full justification for such exemption, for submission of EIA.
where such exemption is granted, the company may be asked to
furnish such additional information as may be required
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Procedures for Project Evaluation

The IAA upon evaluation of the data would specify an insufficiency
or inadequacy to the project proponent within 120 days from the
date of submission of the proposal. The project would be reviewed
as and when submitted alongwith the requisite data. It should be
noted that submission of inadequate data for the second time would
mean rejection of the project summarily.
Section The IAA may also recommended the need for a public hearing
2 of EIA within 30 days, from the date of receipt of the proposal. However, at
Notificati least one months notice, published in at least two news papers,
on 1994 would be required for such a public hearing.
After obtaining the ‘Consent to Establish’ and then the
‘Environmental Clearance’ the project authorities can begin work
related to the setting-up of the project.
The project proponent is required to submit a half yearly
compliance report indicating effective implementation of the
recommendations and conditions, subject to which the
“Environmental Clearance “ has been granted by the IAA.
NOTIFICATIONS OF THE CENTRAL GROUND WATER For information only
Section
AUTHORITY, NEW DELHI FOR RAIN WATER HARVESTING IN since Sikka is not a
5
NOTIFIED AREAS: Notified Area by the
The CGWA has been formed under the provisions of EPA and CGWA
Industries / Establishments in Notified Areas have to adopt ROOF
TOP RAIN WATER HARVESTING and GROUND WATER
RECHARGING structure as per the details available from
http://cgwb.gov.in.
Supreme Court Order dated 14.10.2003 in case of Writ Petition FH (TECH) /
Suprem
No. 657 of 1995. HOD (QA/R&D)
e Court
The Honorable Supreme Court of India has desired that On Line
Directiv
Data be displayed in front of the Factory Gate relevant information
e
for Hazardous Wastes and Chemicals used in the Factory.
1. The industry shall display on-line-data outside the main factory gate
indicating the quantity and nature of hazardous chemicals used in
the plant, water and air emissions and solid wastes generated
within the factory premises.
2. The minimum size of display board shall be 6 feet by 4 feet
and the following details shall be displayed. (Details on use of
hazardous chemicals and generation of hazardous waste).