Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection Thermal Power Plants

Thermal Power Plants

• Implementation of Environmental Standards (emission & effluent) in non-compliant* Power Plants (31 & 27) – Submission of action plan : June 30, 2003
  – Placement of order for pollution control equipment : September, 2003
  – Installation & commission : December 31, 2005
  
  
• For existing thermal power plants, a feasibility study shall be carried out by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) to examine possibility to reduce the particulate matter emissions to 100 mg/Nm3. The studies shall also suggest the road map to meet 100 mg/Nm3 wherever found feasible. CEA shall submit the report by March 2004.
  
  
• New / expansion power projects to be accorded environmental clearance on or after 1.4.2003 shall meet the limit of 100 mg/Nm3 for particulate matter.
  
  
• Development of SO2 & NOx emission standards for coal based plants by Dec. 2003. – New / expansion power projects shall meet the limit of SO2 & NOx w.e.f 1.1.2005 – Existing power plants shall meet the limit of SO2 & NOx w.e.f. 1.1.2006
  
  
• Install/activate opacity meters/continuous monitoring systems in all the units by December 31, 2004 with proper calibration system.
  
  
• Development of guidelines / standards for mercury and other toxic heavy metals emissions by December 2003.
  
  
• Review of stack height requirement and guidelines for power plants based on micro meteorological data by June 2003.
  
  
• Implementation of use of beneficiated coal as per GOI Notification: Power plants will sign fuel supply agreement (FSA) to meet the requirement as per the matrix prepared by CEA for compliance of the notification as short term measure.
  
  Options/mechanism for setting up of coal washeries as a long term measure
  
• Coal India will set up its own washery
• State Electricity Board to set up its own washery
• Coal India to ask private entrepreneurs to set up washeries for CIL and taking washing charges
• SEBs to select a private entrepreneur to set up a washery near pit-head installation of coal beneficiation plant
• Power plants will indicate their requirement of abandoned coal mines for ash disposal & Coal India / MOC shall provide the list of abandoned mines by June 2003 to CEA
  
  
• Power plants will provide dry ash to the users outside the premises or uninterrupted access to the users within six months.
  
  
• Power Plants should provide dry flyash free of cost to the users.
  
  
• State P.W.Ds / construction & development agencies shall also adhere to the specifications / Schedules of CPWD for ash / ash based products utilisation. MoEF will take up the matter with State Governments.
  
  
• (i) New plants to be accorded environmental clearance on or after 1.04.2003 shall adopt dry flyash extraction or dry disposal system or Medium (35-40%) ash concentration slurry disposal system or Lean phase with hundred percent ash water re-circulation system depending upon site specific environmental situation.
  
  (ii) Existing plants shall adopt any of the systems mentioned in 13 (i) by December 2004.
  
  
• Flyash Mission shall prepare guidelines/manuals for flyash utilization by March 2004.
  
  
• New plants shall promote adoption of clean coal and clean power generation technologies
  
  * Units will submit bank guarantee to respective SPCB.