APPLICATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR GRANITE BUILDING STONE QUARRY PROJECT (As per EIA Notification 2006 and amendments thereof) Form-IM, PFR & EMP Proponent/Applicant SRI. T. N. SOMAN Thekkedath House, Vayattuparamba P. O., Kannur District – 670 602 Contact No. 9447 519 602 / 9496 479 602 [email protected] Site at Survey No. : 292/1A Vellad Village, Taliparamba Taluk Kannur District, Kerala Quarry Area: 0.5607 Ha Non Forest - Private Land Prepared by NAZAR AHAMED K.V. Karuveetil House, Veliancode P.O., Malappuram 679 599, Kerala Phone : +91 9447177533 Email : [email protected] DMG/KERALA/RQP/7/2016 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Sl. No. DESCRIPTION Page No. I FORM – IM 4-7 II CHECKLIST FOR MINING PROJECTS 8-19 III QUESTIONNAIRE FOR MINING PROJECTS 20-22 IV PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT 1. Executive Summary 24 2. Introduction of the Project 26 3. Project Description 29 4. Site Analysis 34 5. Planning Brief 36 6. Proposed Infrastructures 37 7. Rehabilitation & Resettlement (R & R) Plan 39 8. Project Schedule & Cost Estimates 40 9. Analysis of the Proposal (Final Recommentation) 40 V ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN & CSR 1. Introduction of the Project/Proponent 43 2. Details of the Project 43 3. Baseline Environment 47 4. Environmental Management Plan Proposed 50 5. Safety in Blasting 55 6. Mine Closure Plan 56 7. Risk Assessment 58 8. Disaster Management Plan 59 9. Occupational Health & Safety 60 10. Environmental Monitoring Program 61 11. Social (Corporate) Responsibilty 64 12. Conslusion 65 2 Sl. No. DESCRIPTION Page No. ANNEXURE 1. Letter of Intent copy 67 2. 500 m Radius Certificate (other quarry details) 68 3. Mining Plan Approval Letter 69 4. Land Tax Copy 70 5. Possession Certificate 71 6. Village Affidavit 72 7. RQP Certificate copy 73 8. Photo ID Proof of Applicant 74 9. Kannur District Survey Report 75 REFERENCE (Following are attached in Mining Plan file) 1. Land Documents (Title Deed) Copy- Annexure 2 Pa ges 39-40 4. Photos of quarry - Annexure 3 Page 41 5. Monitoring Reports - Annexure 6-8 Pages 45-47 6. Flora and Fauna Report- Annexure 9 Pages 48-60 7. NABL Certificate – Annexure 10 page 61 8. Survey Sketch approved by village officer- Plate 2 Pages 64 9. Drawings/Plates- Plates pages 63-74 3 FORM 1 M Basic Information Sl No Item Details Sri. T. N. Soman Thekkedath House, Vayattuparama P.O. Name and Address of the Proponent Kannur District, Kerala – 670602, 9447 519 602 / 9496 479 602 [email protected] Survey No. 292/1A Vellad Village Taliparamba Taluk Location & other details Kannur District Kerala State 0.5607 Hectares Local body Name (Panchayath/ Naduvil Grama Panchayath Municipality/Corporation etc) Nearest Railway Station/Airport along Kannapuram station 25 km with distance in kms. Nearest Town, City, District Taliparamba Town is 21.5 km Headquarters along with distance. Kannur Headquarters is 42.5 km Status of the Applicant/Lessee Propreitor /Single Propreitor Firm Toposheet No. 48P/8NW 12°08'52.90"-12°08'55.33"N GPS coordinates 75°28'18.21"-75°28'21.06"E New/Expansion/Modernization New Existing Capacity/Area etc. New project Proposed Size of the Mining/Quarry area 0.5607 Ha Production Capacity of Mine/Quarry 8,000 TPA Period of Mining Lease 5 years Expected cost of the Project Rs. 5 lakhs Category of project B2 since less than 5Ha Form IM Page -4 Environmental Sensitivity: Sl. No. Areas Distance in kilometers (Aerial)/ details 1 Distance of project site from nearest rail Nearest bridge at 2.42 km NW on or road bridge over the concerned River, Taliparamba – Coorg Road on Rivulet, Nallah etc. Kuppam River 2 Distance from infrastructural facilities Railway line Southern Railway Line - 25 km W National Highway NH17 Edappally Panwel Road-17.50 km WS State Highway SH59(Malabar Hill Highway) Road - 3.3 km W Major District Road Anakuzhi Thermala Road, 0.3 Km N Any Other Road Karuvanchal-Naduvil Road, .3 KmNS Electric transmission line pole or No Major electric line in 300m tower Canal or check dam or reservoirs or Nothing in 500m radius lake or ponds In-take for drinking water pump Nothing in 500m radius house Intake for Irrigation canal pumps Nothing in 500m radius 3 Areas protected under international Western Ghat Boundary: 10.5 km E conventions, national or local legislation for their ecological, landscape, cultural or other related value 4 Areas which are important or sensitive Arabian Sea: 30.4 Km W for ecological reasons - Wetlands, Kuppam River: 4.1 km W watercourses or other water bodies, Palakkayam Thattu Hill: 5 km ES coastal zone, biospheres, mountains, Pazhassi Dam : 24Km SE forests 5 Areas used by protected, important or Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary : 17 sensitive species of flora or fauna for km E breeding, nesting, foraging, resting, over Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary 43 km SE wintering, migration Nagarahole National Park 72 Km, ES Form IM Page -5 Sl. No. Areas Distance in kilometers (Aerial)/ details 6 Inland, coastal, marine or underground Arabian Sea: 30.4 Km W waters 7 State, National boundaries Karnataka state boundary: 10.2 Km E 8 Routes or facilities used by the public for SH59(Malabar Hill Highway) Road - access to recreation or other tourist, 3.3 km W pilgrim areas Anakuzhi Thermala Road, 0.3 Km N 9 Defense installations None within 10 km radius area 10 Densely populated or built-up area, Nearest house is about 100 m away. distance from nearest human habitation Nearest major habitation (town) is Vayattuparamba – 1 km WN 11 Areas occupied by sensitive man-made St. Joseph Hospital at Karuvanchal – land uses (hospitals, schools, places of 4.25 km worship, community facilities) GHS School at Karuvanchal- 2.08 km St. Alphonso Church, Thermala – 1.5 km 12 Areas containing important, high quality The applied area consists of good or scarce resources (ground water reserves of granite building stone. resources, surface resources, forestry, There are no scarce resources such agriculture, fisheries, tourism, minerals) as water resource, forest, fishery or tourism spot in the applied mining area or in the vicinity of the project site. 13 Areas already subjected to pollution or There is no such area within 5 km environmental damage. (those where radius of the project site. existing legal environmental standards are exceeded) 14 Areas susceptible to natural hazard The applied area falls in Seismic which could cause the project to present Zone III, which is moderate risk environmental problems (earthquakes, area. Systematic mining will be subsidence, landslides, erosion, flooding carried out in the applied mining or extreme or adverse climatic area. conditions) Form IM Page -6 Sl. No. Areas Distance in kilometers (Aerial)/ details 15 Is proposed mining site located over or No. The applied mining area is in a near fissure / fracture for ground water slope of a hilly terrain. recharge 16 Whether the proposal involves approval or clearance under the following Regulations or Acts, namely:- (a) The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980; No, no forest in 100m radius (b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972; No, nothing in 5 km radius (c) The Coastal Regulation Zone The area does not fall under CRZ. Notification, 2011. If yes, details of the same and their status to be given. 17 Forest land involved (hectares) Nil. It is non forest private land. 18 Whether there is any litigation pending against the project and/or land in which the project is propose to be set up? (a) Name of the Court None. (b) Case No. (c) Orders or directions of the Court, if any, and its relevance with the proposed project. Form IM Page -7 CHECKLIST FOR MINING PROJECTS Page Sl.No. ITEM DESCRIPTION No. “B2” Category [Sr. No. 1(a)(i) of EIA 1. Category / Sub Category & Schedule Notification 2006 amendment dated 15.01.2016] Form IM Attached Questionnaire for Mining Projects Attached 2. Pre-Feasibility report Attached Environmental Management Plan Attached Whether the project site falls within No, The project site does not falls 3. ESZ-1 of WGEEP report or ESA of within ESZ-1 of WGEEP report or HLWG ESA of HLWG Copy of last sale/title deed attached in Mining Plan as annexure-2 pages 39-41 , land tax receipt(s), 4. Proof of ownership of land possession certificate(s) & village 70-72 affidavit for all survey numbers mentioned in the proposal are attached as annexure 4-6 5. Proof of authorized signatory Single owner Proprietary firm Cadastral map duly signed by Village 6. N. A. officer Recent Photographs of the project Attached in Mining Plan as 7. site annexure-3 page 41 Area survey plan approved by Village Attached in Mining plan as Plate 2 8. officer page 64. Panoramic view of the site / Google In PFR 30 image with date 9. 12°08'52.90"-12°08'55.33"N GPS readings of WGS 84 datum 75°28'18.21"-75°28'21.06"E Also Refer PFR 29 Distance of the mining area from the 10. House about 100 m away nearest human settlement Checklist Page -8 Page Sl.No. ITEM DESCRIPTION No. Dry land in applicant’s possession. Copies of Possession certificate(s), Right & Nature of land (as per Land tax receipt(s), & village 11. 70-72 records) affidavit for all survey numbers mentioned in the proposal are attached as annexure 4 - 6 Non-forest private land, Copy of Is the property forest land / govt. 12. village affidavit attached as 72 land / own land annexure 6. 13. Extent of land in hectares 0.5607 Hectares 14. Proposed production capacity 12,000 TPA 15. Expected life of mine (years) 19.15 years / Appying for 5 years 16. Ultimate depth of mining (in MSL) 85 m MSL Quantity of topsoil estimated to be 17.