THERMAL POWER PLANT EMISSION STANDARDS. Generation Pollutant Units INDIAN REGULATIONS WORLD BANK capacity. Emission Limit Generation Capacity mgiNm 50 210 MW or more Matter Generation Capacity ‘mg/Nm* 350 # Particulate mg/Nm* [Not Specified} 2000 Dioxide Oxides of mg/Nm* [Not Specified] _750 Nitrogen INDIAN REGULATIONS [CPCB/MOEF] _____ WORTD BANK Generation capacity Stack Height Limit [Meters] Generation Capacity 500 MW or more 275 Generation Capacity 200/210 MW and 220 above to less than 500 MW Less than 200/210 MW H= 14 (Q), Where Q is emission rate of SO, in Kg/hr & His stack heiglSource Parameters Units INDIAN REGULATIONS WORLD BANK {CPCB/MOEF] Pollutants Time-weighted average industrial Areas | Resident [Plant Complex} | & other [Near by Villages] ‘Suspended Particulate Matter | Annual Average™ git’ 360 140 80 (SPM) 24 hours" ugim’ 500. 200 100 Respirable Particulate Matier | Annual Average” git: 120 60 50 (RPM) (size less than 10 [24 hours" gim: 150 100 = microns) ‘Sulphur Dioxide (SO,) ‘Annual Average [ugh 80 60 80 24 hours" git: 7120 80 300 ‘Oxides of Nitrogen as ‘Annual Average” “agin 80 60 400 (NOx) 24 hours" gi’ 120 80 200, Lead (Pb) ‘Annual Average gin 10 O75. = 24 hours" gi’ 15 1.00 = Carbon Monoxide (CO) Shours™ mg/m 50 20 = “hour mgi m: 100 40) = “Ammonia “Annual Average™ maim on On = 24 hours™ ‘mg/m Of 04 = ‘Annual Arithmetic mean of minimum 104 measurements in a year taken twice a week : 24 hourly at uniform interval, ‘24 hourlyi8 hourly values should be met 98% of the time ina year. However, 2% of a the time, it may exceed but not on two consecutive days.D) AMBIENT NOISE LEVELS | Receptor | Unit_[ INDIAN REGULATIONS [CPCB/MOFF] Receptor WORLD BANK 06.00 to 21.00 hrs 21.00 to 6.00 hrs 07.00 to 22.00 hrs | 22.00 to 7.00 hrs Night Equivalent, Day Equivalent, | Night Equivalent, Ln Ld Ln dBA) 75 70 35 45 dB(A) 65 35 70 70 ‘Commercial Residential | dB(A) 35 4B Silence zone | dB(A) 30 40 Note : The following as per Indian Regulation, Competent Aull * Mixed categories of areas should be declared as one of the four above mentioned categories by the Competent Authority and the correspondii standards shall apply. ig of crackers s| be banned in these zones. % ce zone: areas upto 100 m around such premises as hospitals, educational institutions and courts. The silence zones are to be declared by - Use of vehicular horns, loudspeakers and but |bINDIAN REGULATIONS [CPCB/MOEF] WORLD BANK Parameters Units Concentration not to exceed ‘Concentration not to exeeed pH = 6.5-8.5 6.0-9.0 =| ‘Temp. Deg. C_| Not more than 5° Centigrade. Higher than intake Not more than 3° Centigrade Free available Chiorine my = ‘Suspended solids ‘mg/l Oil & Grease ‘mg/l mg/l mg/l mg/l Chromium [Total] mgit Phosphate mil = E) LIQUID EFFLUENTS Souree Parameters INDIAN REGULATIONS [CPCB/MOEF] Concentration not to exceed Condenser Cooling Water 6.5-8.5 ‘Not more than 5° Centigrade Higher than intake Boiler blow down 100 20 10 ‘mg/l | Tron [Total] 1.0 mg/l | Other corrosive inhibiting [Limit to be established on ease by case basis by Central Board in case material of union territories and state boards in case of states Cooling Tower Blow down | mgil_| Free available Chlorine 05: ‘mg/_| Zine 10. ‘mg/__[ Chromium 02 mg/l | Phosphate 5.0. Pond Effluent mg/l_| pH 65-85 mg/l | Suspended solids 100 uleLimgi [Oi & Grease 20 1 Indian National Ambient Air Quality Standards [Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF] Pollutants Time- Concentration in ambient air Method of measurement weighted Industrial Residential, Sensitive average Areas «Rural &other Areas Areas ‘SulphurDioxide (SO) Annual 80 ug/m* 60 ugim* 15 ugim® Improved West and Geake Method Average” - Ultraviolet Fluorescence 24hours“* 120 g/m? 80 gim® | 30 gim® Oxides of Nitrogen as Annual 80 yigim* GO gim* 15 ygim® - Jacob & Hochheiser Modified (Na-Arsenite) Method (NOx) Average* 24 hours* 120 ugim* 80 ugim® 30 ugim® - Gas Phase Chemiluminescence ‘Suspended Annual 360 ugim* 140 ugim® 70 ugim* - High Volume Sampling, (Average flow rate not less than Patticulate Matter Average” 4.1 m3/minute), (SPM) 24hours** 500 yg/m® 200 ug/m* 100 gi’ RespirableParticulate Annual 120 ug/m* 60 ugim* 50 ugim® - Respirable particulate matter sampler Matter (RPM) (size Average” Jess than 10 microns) 24hours** 150 ug/m® 100 ygim® 75 gim® Lead (Pb) Annual 1.0 ugim* 0.75 ygim* 0.50 g/m’ - ASS Method after sampling using EPM 2000 or Average" 24 hours** | 1.5 ygim! 1.00 ygim* Ammoniat Annual 0.1 mg/m* 0.1 mg/m* Average" 24hours* 0.4 mg/m 0.4 mgim* CarbonMonoxide Bhours** 5.0 mg/m* 2.0 mgim® = Non Dispersive Infra Red (NDIR) (coy ‘hour | 10.0 mgim® | 4.0 mgim* Spectroscopy uy Annual Arithmetic mean of minimum 104 measurements in a year taken twice a week 24 hourly at uniform interval. a 24 hourly/6 hourly values should be met 96% of the time in a year. However, 2% of the time, it may exceed but not ‘on two consecutive days. 1, National Ambient Air Quality Standards : 2. The level of air quality necessary with an adequate margin of safety, to protect the public health, vegetation and property.3. Whenever and wherever two consecutives values exceeds the limit specified above for the respective category, it would be considered adequate reason to institute regular/continous monitoring and further investigations cA