ANDHRA PRADESH POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

Regional Office, 1st Floor, Shankar Shopping Complex,Krishna Nagar Main Road, Kurnool – 518 002

K. RAVI KUMAR ., Phone No. 08518 - 235800.

Environmental Engineer. Fax No. 08518 – 233619
E-mail: ro_knl@yahoo.com

Lr. No.32-R-1140/PCB/RO/KNL/CFO & HWA/2008 Date: -05-2008

To
The Senior Environmental Engineer (CFO),
A.P. Pollution Control Board,
Board Office, Hyderabad.

Sir

Sub: PCB – RO – KNL - M/s. Panyam Cements & Mineral Industries, Ltd,
Kandikayapalli Lime stone Mine Ltd, Cement Nagar, Kurnool Dist. – Applications
for Water and Air Consents – Submission of inspection report – Regarding.

Ref: 1) CFO applications dt: 17-03-2008 Received on 24-03-2008

2) T.O.Lr.No.32-R-1037/PCB/RO/KNL/CFO/2007-1584, dt: 26-03-2008
3) Industry’s letter received on 26-04-2008 & 07-05-2008

The details of the industry and inspection report are submitted as below:

General Details:

1 Name and Address of the industry M/s. Panyam Cements & Mineral Industries,
Ltd, Kandikayapalli Lime stone Mine Ltd,
Cement Nagar, Kurnool Dist. 08522 –
249919
With Tel. No.
Panyamcements_purchase@yahoo.co.in
E-mail.
2 Status of Consent and HWA.
I Fresh / Renewal Earlier the industry applied for CFO of the
(Copy of CFE / CFO and HWA orders Board on 18-07-2006 and inspection report
shall be enclosed). of same was forwarded on 20-07-2006.
CFO orders were not issued to the unit till
date.
II Date of receipt of application / 24-03-2008 / 26-04-2008 & 07-05-2008
Additional information if any.
III Details of Consent Fee paid. The industry had paid CFO fee of Rs.
46,000/- towards air & water acts for the
(Period upto)
period of two years i.e., valid from April
2007 to March 2009

3. Project cost. Rs. 4.50 Crores

(including modification / expansion without
(as on 31-03-2007)
depreciation, as per balance sheet)
Total investment on pollution control Rs.0.5 Crore
measures and recurring cost and
percentage.
Latitude & E 78016’43” - E 078012’04”
Longitude N 150328” - N 15031’35”
Total Area of the plant: 464.786Ha.
Extent of Greenbelt 30.0 Ha.
 Surroundings of the Industry East : Hillock
West : Cement plant
North : Dry lands, railway track followed by
hillock
South : Hillock
4. Date of commissioning. 22-08-1958
5 Status of E.C
I Line of Activity as per EIA Notification. Mining activity (Limestone)
II Environmental Clearance order No. Not obtained as the unit was established during
and date the year 1958. The industry has proposed for
expansion of lime stone production for which
(Copy shall be enclosed). they have submitted an acknowledgement from
MoE&F which was filed for TORs.
III Violations of EIA Notification, If any. At present operating without having
Environmental Clearance.
6 I Inspection conducted by E.E & A.E.E-I
II Representative of Industry present Sri B. Krishnamoorthy, AGM(Q&C)
Sri K.Santosh Kumar, Advisor (Mining)
III Date of Inspection Sri P.J.Reddy, VP (Works)
Sri Nagaraju, D.G.M

CFO Details
7 Raw materials / Fuels required for production at Consented capacity per Day / Month.
Note : Should not be mentioned as “ enclosed with the application “
S.No Name of the Major Raw material / (Per day / Month / Year) for each
material used in the Activity product
1 Explosives 10 Tonnes for storage of 3 months

8 Products & By Products manufactured / Storage capacity of Petroleum products / Mining

capacity etc per Day / Month.
S.No Products / Line of Activity Consented capacity Applied
as per CFO order
(as per the
application)
1 Lime stone Mining --- 2,500 TPD

9 Water consumption.
I Source of water supply
(River / Bore wells / Public supply)
S. Purpose Quantity in KLD
no
1. Process (Dust suppression) ---
2. Washings ---
3. Boiler Feed ---
4 Industrial Cooling (Makeup) / 7.5
Humidification / Water spraying).
5 Gardening / Irrigation. 16.0
6 Others (to be specified) ---
7 Domestic 1.5
Total: 25.0
II. Status of Functioning of Water Meters ---
10 Waste Water Generation:
S.No Effluents Quantity in KLD
1. Process & Washings ---
(specify stream wise i.e., LTDS, HTDS, High
COD etc.--- brake up shall be given)
2 Boiler Blow Down - ---
3 Cooling Blow Down - ---
4 Softner regeneration ---
5 Domestic 1.0
Total: 1.0

11 Out let – as per CFO order dt.---

Outlet No. Outlet Description Max Daily Discharge Point of Disposal

Nil Nil Nil Nil

12. a) ETP Details & Mode of Disposal:

I. Outlet No. 1
a. Stream Details: Nil

b. Treatment units details. ---

c. Point of disposal ---

ii. Outlet No. 2 :

a. Stream Details: ---
b. Treatment units details. ---
c. Point of disposal ---

iii. For Domestic waste water: Septic tank followed by soak pit

b) Standards as per CFO / Board Monitoring Data

CFE.
N.A ---

13 Water Cess
I Returns filed upto (Month & Year) 31-03-2008
II Assessment issued upto (Month & 30-09-2007
Year)
III Assessment paid upto (Month & Year) 30-09-2007
IV Assessment amount due (In Rs.) ---

14 Air pollution:
S.No. Source of Pollution Control equipment provided Flow rate Stack
( Boiler / Furnace / Kiln / in m3/hr. height in
Cupola / Incinerator / Mts -
Process emissions with above GL
Characteristics / Fugitive
emissions with
Characteristics / DG set )
Note:
Capacity should be
mentioned for each unit
1 Primary crusher / Secondary Water sprinklers --- ---
crusher /
2 Fugitive emissions due to
drilling, blasting &
transportation
Wet drinking & sequential --- ---
blasting, Water spraying on
haulage roads and green belt
developed all around the
haulage road.

15. Emissions from chimneys – as per CFE / CFO order dt.

Chimney Description of Chimney Quantity of Limiting Board Monitoring Data

No. Emissions Standard
at peak
flow
-- --- --- --- ---

16 Hazardous chemicals used and their storage facilities: The industry is having separate
magazine to store the explosives (Ammonium Nitrate ) – 10 Tonnes for 3 months storage

17 Inspection Officer’s Remarks:

M/s Panyan Cements & Mineral Industries Ltd (PCMIL) is operating Kandikayapally Lime
Stone Mine. It has three Mining leases comprising a total of 1425.90 hectares (3523.17
Acres) in Panyam Mandal, Nandyal (TQ), Kurnool Dist. The mine lease area partly falls
in Panyam Reserve Forest, Alamuru unassessed waste revenue area and Revenue land
covered in three mining leases. It was informed that due to administrative reasons, the
industry has surrendered parts of the leased area falling in the reserved forest while
applying for renewal of Mining lease. Consequence of these, at present the mine lease
area of PCMIL is reduced to 464.8 hectares. The details are as follows.
Lease Area Hectares
1 Reserve Forest of Panyam range
a) Bugganipalli Beat : 34.96
b) Konidedu Beat : 56.27
2 Alamur unassessed waste revenue land : 879.36
acres
3 Alamur Revenue area : 43.72
Total : 464.800
The mining operations started in the year 1958. it is a mechanized mine. The lime stone
deposits in the hillocks 1,2 and 3 has been completely mined out. At present the Mining is
going on in Hillocks 4 and 5. All the mine lease areas dates were expired and informed that
they are under the process of renewal of mine lease.
Mine Operation: At present the lime stone deposits in the Hillocks 4 and 5 is being
exploited by open cast mining method to feed the cement plant. The mine is operated in
three shifts. The lime stone is being mined in two benches upto 9 – 10 mtrs. height with a
working width of 30mtrs. To mine required quantity of lime stone and to remove
overburden deep hole blasting is being done once or maximum twice a week as per
requirement. For blasting various types of explosives are used namely Nitroglycerin
based explosive, slurry explosives and delay detonators and fuel oils mixed Ammonium
Nitrate.
Air pollution control measures :
Dust particles, which are normally generated during mining operations, become air borne,
thus leading to increase in SPM level in the ambient air. Another source of dust generation
is the transport of the material by trucks. In the existing mining activities adequate control
measures are being adopted.
• Water sprinkling on all haulage roads to control dust during transportation of lime stone
/ over burden.
• Over loading of dumpers with lime stone avoided to prevent spillage during
transportation.
• Provided permanent provision for sprinkling of water at primary and tertiary crusher
transfer points
• Wet drilling system is adopted to ensure dust free drilling operation.
Dust respirators are provided to all the persons working in the mining and crusher area to
reduce the danger of explosure to dust for long duration.
The industry had dumped the waste rock in the mined-out areas of 2nd, 3rd and 4th hillocks
by back filling method by which ecological balance is restored.
The issue of CFO Order of the Board may be considered by stipulating necessary
conditions.
 I Maintenance of ETP / APC : Satisfactory
II Records Maintained
• ETP Log Book. – N.A
• Stack Monitoring Report. ---
• Ambient Air Quality Monitoring report. : submitting third party monitoring reports
• Energy consumption records. ---
• Water meter readings. : ---
18 Compliance of the industry on CFE (Schedule- B) Conditions for Fresh CFO / Schedule
– B conditions for renewal.
S.
Condition Compliance
No.
-- --- : ---

19 Compliance of the industry on EC Special conditions : The industry has not obtained
Environmental Clearance

S.
Condition Compliance
No.
1 --- : ---

20 Compliance of the industry on clarification sought dated:30-05-2005 by the Board Office

S.
Condition Compliance
No.
1 Compliance with reference to EIA : This is an oldest cement plant of over four
notification dt: 1994 and its amendments decades which was started the mining
activity in the year 1958. It was informed
that they are not under the purview of EIA
notification 1994. The industry has
proposed for expansion of lime stone
production for which they have submitted
an acknowledgement from MoE&F which
was filed for TORs.
2 Details of IBM approvals along with : The industry has submitted IBM approval
capacities for kandikaya lime stone mine over an
area of 355.87 Ha. in Sy.No.572/5, 592/2
& 631(P) in Alamuru village, Panyam(M),
Kurnool Dist.
3 Permitted mine area and production before : It was informed that at present the
EIA notification and present mine area industry is holding 464.80Ha. of
after EIA notification. permitted mine area. Before EIA
notification the industry had about
1426Ha of mine lease area. The
production details from 1986 – 2008 is
herewith enclosed for kind perusal.
4 EMP for mining area : It was informed that preparation of EMP
report for mining activity is under process
and it will be submitted as soon as it
completed.

21 Compliance of the industry on CREP Recommendations. : N.A

S.
CREP Recommendations Compliance
No.
--- ---
 (Signature of the Inspecting Officer)

22 Regional Officer’s Remarks:

I Compliance of the industry with
reference to Notifications under E(P)
Act & Rules.
a) Fly Ash Notification.
N.A
b) PLI Act Policy. N.A
c) Environmental Statement in
Form – V. ---

d) Other if any. ---

II Complaint / Legal action taken against No complaints received in this office during 2007-08
the industry.
III. Mitigation Measures (Where significant adverse effects are identified, description of the measures
to be taken to avoid, reduce or remedy those effects).
1. The industry had applied separately for mining activity on 30-11-2004 and the verification
submitted to the Board office on 13-12-2004. The Board sought clarification from industry on
21-03-2005. The industry had submitted the reply on 25-04-2005. Then, the Board has
requested the industry on 30-05-2005 to give technical presentation before the CFO
committee on 09-06-2005. Then, the industry in its letter dated: 08-06-2005 has requested the
Board to give 3 to 4 months time for giving a technical presentation. Again the industry has
applied for CFO of the Board on 18-07-2006 and verification report was submitted to Board
Office on 20-07-2006. Till date CFO orders were not issued to the unit. The unit is doing
mining activity without obtaining CFO of the Board and Environment Clearance. During
inspection, the representative of the industry informed that they have submitted application for
Environment Clearance for lime stone production from 0.6 to 3.0 MTPA and clinker production
from 0.45 to 2.0 MTPA (cement production from 0.5 to 2.25 MTPA). The copy of the
acknowledgement issued by the MoE&F on the covering letter is herewith enclosed.
2. The major source of pollution from the activity is blasting, transportation and crushing. The
industry is sprinkling water on the haulage roads using water tanker and has provided
enclosure to the crushers.
3. The industry has to do improve frequency of water sprinkling on the haulage roads and shall
develop the green belt in the mining area and along the haulage roads so as to suppress the
dust. Air pollution control equipment has to be provided to the primary and secondary
crushers.
4. The industry had not submitted application under Hazardous Waste Rules. The industry was
directed to submit the same.
23 Recommendation (Specific comment whether to issue consent or not). : The issue of CFO
to the mining unit may be considered upto 31-03-2009 on obtaining IBM approval for the total
mine lease area and Environment Clearance from MoE&F, GOI, New Delhi. duly stipulating
necessary conditions
This is submitted for favour of kind information and taking necessary action.

Check List for CFO Enclosures:

1. CFO application along with enclosures Y
2. CFE/ CFO order copy N
3. Effluents analysis report N
4. Stack Emissions analysis reports N
5. Ambient Analysis reports Y
6 Ground water monitoring reports N
Check List for HWA Enclosures:
1. Hazardous waste authorization application in Form-I. N
2 Analysis reports of the Hazardous Wastes (for individual streams). N
3 Details of Hazardous waste generated and their method of disposal. N
4 Details of hazardous waste sent to common TSDF, common incinerator during the N
previous year.
5 List of agencies to whom recyclable waste disposed along with quantities during N
the previous year..
Yours faithfully,

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER

- Copy submitted to the JCEE, APPCB, Zonal Office, Kurnool for favour of kind information and for
taking necessary action
- Copy submitted to the JCEE (Cess & Planning) APPCB, Board Office, Hyderabad for favour of kind
information and for taking necessary action (by e-mail also).