| Charter
on Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection Iron
and Steel
INTEGRATED
IRON & STEEL INDUSTRY
1.
Coke Oven Plants
- To
meet the parameters PLD (% leaking doors), PLL (%leaking lids),
PLO (% leaking off take), of the notified standards under
EPA within three years (by December 2005). Industry will submit
time bound action plan and PERT Chart along with the Bank
Guarantee for the implementation of the same.
- To
rebuild at least 40% of the coke oven batteries* in next 10
years (by December 2012).
2.
Steel Melting Shop
Fugitive emissions
To reduce 30% by March 2004 and 100% by March 2008 (including
installation of secondary de-dusting facilities).
3.
Blast Furnace
Direct
inject of reducing agents —— by June 2013.
4.
Solid Waste / Hazardous Waste Management
Utilization of Steel Melting Shop (SMS) / Blast Furnace (BF)
Slag as per the following schedule :
- By
2004 - 70%,
- By
2006 – 80% and
- By
2007 – 100%
Hazardous
Wastes
- Charge
of tar sludge / ETP sludge to Coke Oven by June 2003.
- Inventorization
of the Hazardous Waste as per Hazardous Waste (M&H) Rules,
1989 as amended in 2000 and implementation of the Rules by
Dec. 2003.
(tar sludge, acid sludge, waste lubricating oil and type fuel
falls in the category of Hazardous Waste)
5.
Water Conservation / Water Pollution
- To
reduce specific water consumption to 5 m3/t for long products
and 8 m3/t for flat products by December 2005.
- To
operate the CO-BP effluent treatment plant efficiently to
achieve the notified effluent discharge standards. - by July
2003
6.
Installation of Continuous stack monitoring system & its
calibration in major stacks and setting up of the online ambient
air quality monitoring stations by June 2005.
7.
To operate the existing pollution control equipment efficiently
and to keep proper record of run hours, failure time and efficiency
with immediate effect. Compliance report in this regard be submitted
to CPCB / SPCB every three months.
8.
To implement the recommendations of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
study sponsored by MoEF by December 2003.
9.
The industry will initiate the steps to adopt the following
clean technologies/measures to improve the performance of industry
towards production, energy and environment.
- Energy
recovery of top Blast Furnace (BF) gas.
- Use
of Tar-free runner linings.
- De-dusting
of Cast House at tap holes, runners, skimmers ladle and charging
points.
- Suppression
of fugitive emissions using nitrogen gas or other inert gas.
- To
study the possibility of slag and fly ash transportation back
to the abandoned mines, to fill up the cavities through empty
railway wagons while they return back to the mines and its
implementation.
- Processing
of the waste containing flux & ferrous wastes through
waste recycling plant.
- To
implement rainwater harvesting.
- Reduction
of Green House Gases by:
Reduction
in power consumption
Use
of by-products gases for power generation
Promotion
of Energy Optimisation Technology including energy audit
- To
set targets for Resource Conservation such as Raw material,
energy and water consumption to match International Standards.
- Up-gradation
in the monitoring and analysis facilities for air and water
pollutants. Also to impart elaborate training to the manpower
so that realistic data is obtained in the environmental monitoring
laboratories.
- To
Improve overall house keeping.
10.
Sponge Iron Plants
Inventorisation of sponge iron plants to be completed by SPCBs/CPCB
by June 2003 and units will be asked to install proper air pollution
control equipment by December 2003 to control primary and secondary
emissions.
*
As per rebuilding schedule submitted to CPCB/MoEF.
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