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L.loi"' ftrfiTaB r-:*.....1 IrEt. F€fi-fr i'm, l. ti:,ffiWs,r (t{Ea HrmR sI sq}Fq) Rashtriya tspat Nigam Limited iUKASIItvtl i16*ZfiiGl-iffit lewrvtffi I i Gre€I {A Gcvernment of lndia Undertaking) L_ir$j{q--J I I Bd6afse€l -'- il48 ) CINNo.U27109AP1982GOI003404 . Ref.No: GMM/6-55/20f 9/ Dt: r9.08.2019 (1) Ministry of (2) Additional Principal (3) The Chainnan Environment, Forest and Chief Conservator of Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Climate Change Forests (C), Board (APPCB) Govt. of India, Ministry of Environment, D.No. 33-26-14 D/2. Near Sunrise Indira ParyavaranBhavan, Forest and Climate Change, Hospital, Jorbagh Road, Regional Office (SE Zone), Pushpa Hotel Centre, New Delhi - 110 003 lst & 2nd floor Chalamal avari Street,Kasturibaipet, INDIA HEPC Building No. - 34 VIJAYAWADA _ 520 OlO Cathedral Garden Road- Nungambakkam, Chennai-600 034. iTmdfq q-ildq Dear Sir, frsq :- $vfiq {€crd ft44 RGts fiI relq df?rrdrd ErEr-d, aela + {r<et fr Tqt-flsr q-Et t :fil qrffifi :rdcTe-a + vrgtrowr *. swd ry{ . Sub:- Submission of Half Yearly Compliance on Environmental Clearance (EC) of Garbham Manganese 'Mine, Garbham of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. r<atlRer: cstd-wT rqtr rd:r rF-. E.c. order No. :J-1lots/375/2005-IA.rr(M), Dt. 04.10.2006. W cqr t srq ls€fq 5+crd F-rrfr RR-E fir 4etq ffif, cr{rf,, ?idq fi €Eqet fr 4 v-ut+rw rq$ t r.a-err 3{tt Erffim. %flI-d-d *. a-oa ilffitI 2019 t Eil 2019 trF qqtflT q-Etf crr Rqft-sr sgcrd-a Rslt, o; affi 2019 qstq-{ul aeqclFr qqr 46 EI fisrt ail u; Eq 20fi-19 * fr('c-qtq-{ur :dTrn v t I Enclosed please find a) Condition wise compliance report on Environmental Clearance (EC) pertaining to Garbham Manganese Mine, Garbham, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd., Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, for the Period January 2019 - June 2019, b) Seasonal monitoring report for the period summer 2019 and c) Environmental statement in Form-V for the vear 2018-19. si-sr qrrrdl ;r$ f+- ilfr 3lFfufld t fr(' tvoercc ftFdI fr' 3nfid 6-r G t, 1w+r a-fr c-std-{ur ry qlua qr s-{i q 3rfu T}rTq s-drdT s-{* rr mse mt I o Pluse xnd your reply to: O/o GM(Mines) & HOD Phones : +97897 -2275841 5i-rEEr_r,rzAt Room No.3B4, Main Admn Building. TelFax z +91891- ltl{tilvr t Ar IorI ultrto E-mail : [email protected] BRrO=:', Grams : 'UBEAM' ISTEEL Esrd rizil, AnruqguH-s3003, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Vlsakhapatnam - S30 0g1 Mobile : A NAVRATNA COMPANY !egd..Ottice: Visakhapatnam'Steel Project, Administrative Building, Visakhapatnam - S30 ogi, lNDlA. {*$-fr HIqigq , frrireqEqq Ytffi qfr*s{r, yflrqfrdr rr+r, ftrrsrgqq-530031, rrttl rr$q S€qt-d firFq frftrts &,, (qnn qr*'R +-1 3qsq) v Flashtriya lspat Nigam Limited UKAS {A Gcvernment of lndia Undertaking) CIN No. U27109AP1982COI003404 $&& Now that we are applying to MoEFCC, New Delhi for obtaining EC for enhanced capacity, it is requested to issue the necessary NOC for applying for fresh EC. q6 3ilqh srfi 3lBfrs + fr('cqd t I This is for your kind record. el;zrdrd Thanking you, er+fi-ql Yo u rs faithfully, :H"iT +-ilporBweTErdcq-qc\ {€crd Visakhapatnam Steel Plant ,'q Sy= dEE-{ fr+*(lvtotrammad Nimar) qdtl-f,/. Manager (Mines) TiETfl/EncI: 5T{t+narFR / As above. J o Pluse send your reply to: YIZ,JtlG O/o GM(Mines) & HOD Phones +91 891 -2275841, E -I: EEI_!. Room No.3B4, Main Admn Building. TelFax +91891- t^tl{lrtvl tr rI torl ul1t0 E-mail mineshq@viza gsteel:com ,UBEAM,. BRf DC,i ysrd Grams t'TEEL fuTrswrc ririT, ftslT'cqErTq- 5 3 00 3 I Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam - 530 031 Mobile A NAVRATNA ..MPANY -i30 ffi ffi l-ffi # ;iffi,,:ffiffi'l#:+,iffi:;?iliT, 031' rNDrA COMPLIANCE REPORT OF CONSITIONS STIPULATED IN ENVIROMNETAL Clearance By MOEF dtd.04.10.2006 n;. sprcrrtc coruotrrorus: All the conditions stipulated by the State Pollution Control Board in their Consent to establish shall be effectively implemented. Ans. Being complied. il. Top soil shall be stacked properly with proper slope with adequate safeguard and shall be backfilled for reclamation and rehabilitation of mined out area. Ans. Onty dump mining is carried out. Since that no fresh ground is broken, top soil is not generated. The mineral is not excavated to the fullest depth. Hence, back filling is not yet started. However, whenever top soil is excavated, it shall be stacked and re-used for growth of vegetation. ilt. Garland drains shall be constructed to arrest silt and sediment flows from soil, and mineral dumps. The water so collected shall be utilized for watering the mine area, roads, green belt development, etc. The drains shall be regularly desilted particularly.after monsoon and maintained properly Garland drain (size, gradient and length) ,frrit U" constructed for both mine pit and for waste dump and sump capacity shall be designed keeping 50% safety margin over and above peak sudden rainfall (based on 50 years data) and maximum discharge in the area adjoining the mine site. Sump capacity shall also provide adequate retention period to allow proper settling of silt material. Sedimentation pits shall be constructed at the comers of the garland drains and destilted at regular intervals. Ans.The garland drains of length 1.4 kms. encompassing the dump mining section and Overburden dumps area are being maintained on North-East and on Eastern side of the working lease. The floor of the garland drain is gently sloped. They are de-silted and properly maintained from time to time.The drains avoid flow of silt from overburden dumps. Old water logged pit and nalah pit have large and sufficient sump capacity. The waters are allowed to settte without being disturbed. A small capacity pump is installed in the water logged pit to quench mine roads and green . belt regularly. lv. Controlled blasting shall not be undertaken. Ans.No blasting is being done. Plantation shall be raised in an area of 10 ha including a green belt of adequate width by planting the native species around the ML area, roads, OB dump sites etc. in consultation with the local DFO / Agriculture Department. The density of the trees shall be around 2000 plants per ha. - Ci."r -2- of the above area' 245'99 Ans. Total mining lease area is 254.545 Hectares out not disturbed by Hectares is not acquired (no surface rights) and hence used for mining and mining activity. The remaining 18.55 Hectares is being green belt is developed by for other allied activities, in which 11.33 Ha of dump mining is planting 3700 Nos. of trees and saplings. As and when the complete.Theareashallbeprogressive|ybroughtunderafforestation. Hence, the density of trees ln the Mining Lease area,there are 46,162plants/trees. is around 4117 plants per Hectares' conservation measures to augment vl. The project authority shall implement suitable Regional Director' ground water resources in the area in consultation with the Central Ground Water Board. main winter logged pit (irrigation Ans.Water is conserved by coursing rain water to has installed a pump for pond). The state Government irrigation department for irrigating around irrigating lands of adjacent villages. The water is used 192 Acres of Patta lands which belong to outsiders' quality shall be carried out by vil. Regular monitoring of ground water level and new piezometers during establishing a network o1 existing wells and constructing out four times in a year pre- the mining operation. The monitoring shall be carried monsoon(April-May),monsoon(August),pot-monsoon(November)andwinter MoEF, Central (January) and the data thus collected may be sent regularly to Ground water Board' Ground water Authority and Regional Director, central year is being done: THE reports are Ans. Regular seasonal monitoring, four times a submitted regularlY. shall be obtained for drawal of vlil. prior permission from the competent authority ground water, if anY. Ans.Permission shall be bbtained' and regularly monitored. Measures lx. Vehicular emission shall be kept under control mining operations and in shall be taken for maintenance of vehicles used in with a tarpaulin and shall ' transportation of mineral. The vehicles shall be covered not be ov.erloaded. within limits' The vehiclesused for Ans. Vehicular emissions were tested and found transportationoforebeyondminingleasearecoveredwithtarpaulin. for the colony, ETP shall also be provided xl sewage treatment plant shall be installed operations' for workshop and wastewater generated from mining Also allthe Mining Ans. Mining colony is not existing, hence not applicable. operationsare drYProcesses. cr shall be submitted to xii A Final Mine closure Plan, along with details of corpus Fund, closure for the Ministry of Environment & Forests 5 years in advance of finbl mine approval. towards progressive Ans.Bank guarantee is deposited to lndian Bureau of Mines (Rupees One crores mine closure plan foi a total amount of Rs. 1,38,56,0001- per 27 of MCDR, thirty eight lakhs sixty six thousand only) as stated as rule 2017. The bank guarantees are valid up lo 07 'tO'2O22' 1 GF\ .1 \t ''i-\E1,rrE t\ }T$JXB 1r-t A,l'r'rt'-'" L,r,rrr f,l,.iii A'* t',*)'rnUunrre $lnr EHAl.1 F.lNLIV;f IGAF B. Generalconditions: i) No. change in mining technology and scope of working shall be made without prior app;roval of the Ministry of Environment & forests. Ans. Not changed. ii) No change in the calendar plan inctuding excavation, quantum of mineral iron ore and waste shall be made.