ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT in FORM-V (Under Rule-14, Environmental Protection Rules, 1986)
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ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT IN FORM-V (Under Rule-14, Environmental protection Rules, 1986) (2015-2016) FOR CLUSTER NO. – 12 (GROUP OF MINES) Pandaveswar, Sonepur Bazari, Jhanjra and Bankola Area Eastern Coalfields Limited Prepared at Regional Institute – I Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd. (A Subsidiary of Coal India Ltd.) G. T. Road (West End) Asansol - 713 304 CMPDI ISO 9001:2008 Company Environmental Statement for Cluster No. – 12 for the year 2015-16 ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT FOR CLUSTER NO. – 12 (GROUP OF MINES) FOR THE YEAR: 2015-2016 CONTENTS SL NO. CHAPTER PARTICULARS PAGE NO. 1 CHAPTER-I INTRODUCTION 2 – 11 2 CHAPTER-II ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT FORM-V (PART A TO I) 12 – 29 LIST OF ANNEXURES ANNEXURE NO. PARTICULARS PAGE NO. I AMBIENT AIR QUALITY AND HEAVY METAL ANALYSIS 30 – 34 II NOISE LEVEL 35 – 40 III MINE AND GROUND WATER QUALITY REPORT 41 – 49 IV GROUNDWATER LEVEL 50 PLATES I LOCATION PLAN II PLAN SHOWING LOCATION OF MONITORING STATIONS 1 Environmental Statement for Cluster No. – 12 for the year 2015-16 CHAPTER – I INTRODUCTION 1.1 GENESIS: The Gazette Notification vide G.S.R No. 329 (E) dated13th March, 1992 and subsequently renamed to ‘Environmental Statement’ vide Ministry of Environment & Forests (MOEF), Govt. of India gazette notification No. G.S.R No. 386 (E) Dtd.22nd April’93 reads as follows. “Every person carrying on an industry, operation or process requiring consent under section 25 of the Water Act, 1974 or under section 21 of the Air Act, 1981 or both or authorisation under the Hazardous Waste Rules, 1989 issued under the Environmental Protection Act, 1986 shall submit an Environmental Audit Report for the year ending 31st March in Form V to the concerned State Pollution Control Board on or before the 30th day of September every year.” In compliance with the above, the work of Environmental Statement for Cluster No. 12 was entrusted to CMPDI by GM (Environment), Eastern Coalfields Limited. 1.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Prior to 2014 – 15, a large number of taken over mines from pre – nationalization period, mostly underground mines, in the old coalfields of Raniganj and Jharia did not have environmental clearance from the MoEF&CC and were operating on the basis of ‘Consents’ received from the respective PCBs. It was felt that if these mines could be brought under the ambit of EC, several measures for environmental protection and pollution control could be put in place. However, the work of obtaining EC for such mines, individually, would have taken a lot of time. To circumvent the problem, it was mooted that since the environmental problems being faced were of regional nature and not confined to individual mines alone, cluster/groups of such mines could be identified for preparing cluster-wise integrated EIA & EMPs, addressing such environmental concerns comprehensively and ensuring effective co-ordination of environmental control measures within each cluster. 13 such clusters were identified in the Raniganj Coalfield of ECL and EC has been obtained on the cluster approach for 12 such clusters. Cluster of Mines No. 2 is one of the clusters for which EC has been granted vide letter no. J-11015/76/2011-IA-II.(M) dated 9th February, 2015 for a combined peak capacity of 31.83 MTY and within a ML area of 14047 Ha. In the meanwhile, a re-assessment of mine capacities has been carried out for the cluster while keeping the overall cluster capacity and area unchanged. This re- assessment / rationalization has been done based on present condition and capability of the mines for achieving optimum production levels. The re-organization of UG and OC mining has been planned with due regard to environment. Hence, the amended EC was awarded vide letter no. J-11015/76/2011-IA-II.(M) dated 3rd March, 2016. However, this report is being prepared on the basis of earlier EC granted on 9th February, 2015. 2 Environmental Statement for Cluster No. – 12 for the year 2015-16 The composition of the cluster is tabulated as under: Sl Name of the Mine Lease Normative Peak Life No. Area Production Production (Years) (Ha) Capacity Capacity (MTY) (MTY) 1 Pandaveswar UG 483 0.14 0.18 20 Pandaveswar OC Mine (170 Ha)** 1.20 1.50 6 2 Dalurband OC & UG 902 0.25 0.33 > 50 3 Manderboni UG 467 0.13 0.17 13 4 South Samla UG 558 0.08 0.11 30 Purushottampur OC Patch (66 Ha) 1.00 1.30 4 5 Madhaipur UG 622 0.16 0.21 28 Madhaipur OC Patch (64 Ha)** 0.60 0.80 4 6 Nutandanga UG 543 0.10 0.12 20 7 Kendra UG 459 0.06 0.10 > 25 8 Samla UG 676 0.10 0.12 > 25 Samla OC Mine (146 Ha)** 0.60 0.80 5 9 Sonepur Bazari OC* 2405 8.00 8.00 > 25 Integrated Coal Washery (8.0 MTY, 15 Ha)** - - > 25 10 Kumardihi B UG* 355 0.20 0.42 > 25 Nakrakonda B OC* (96 Ha) 1.00 1.50 4 Nakrakonda B OC (Extension) (27 Ha) 0.54 0.54 1 Kumardihi B OC Patch (8 Ha)** 0.10 0.14 4 11 Nakrakonda UG* 287 0.90 1.20 > 25 12 Jhanjra UG* Expansion proposed 1520 3.50 3.50 > 25 13 Tilaboni UG* 869 1.86 2.14 > 25 14 Shyamsundarpur UG* 533 0.50 0.90 > 25 15 Bankola UG* 830 0.40 0.57 > 25 Bankola OC Patch (7 Ha)** 0.20 0.26 2 16 Kottadih UG & OC* 770 3.00 4.00 > 25 17 Kumardihi A UG* 457 1.00 1.20 > 25 Kumardihi A OC Patch (8 Ha)** 0.20 0.26 3 18 Manderboni Extension/ Rangamati A UGP** 817 0.855 0.983 > 25 19 Madhaipur Extension / Rangamati B UGP** 494 0.48 0.48 > 25 Total 14047 27.16 31.83 The cluster is located in the eastern part of Raniganj Coalfield in Burdwan district of West Bengal between latitudes 230, 37’, 30” N & 230, 45’ N and longitudes 870, 11’, 35” E & 870, 21’, 30” E. It is situated at about 30 kms from Asansol, 10 kms from Durgapur and about 14 kms towards North – East of Raniganj Township. The area is well connected by roads and railways. Andal-Sainthia Loop Line of the Eastern Railway passes through the Cluster. The Suri-Raniganj road passes through the cluster and directly connects the Cluster with the NH-2 and Panagarh-Moregram Highway. The mines of the cluster are spread over 4 Areas (Administrative Blocks) of ECL, namely, Pandaveswar Area, SonepurBazari Area, Jhanjra Area and Bankola Area. Location of cluster – 12 is shown in plate no. – 1. 3 Environmental Statement for Cluster No. – 12 for the year 2015-16 1. Pandaveswar UG & OC In Pandaveswar UG mine, extraction of coal is being carried out in three seams, namely R- VI, R-V and R-IV (B) seams. The methods of mining adopted in the three seams are Bord & Pillar method in following pattern: • R-VI Seam is being depillared in conjunction with stowing, where coal tubs are loaded manually. • R-V and R-IV (B) seams are being developed by use of SDLs. Loaded tubs are transported belowground by combination of tugger and endless haulages to feed the winding system for final transport to the surface. The OC patch would extract the developed and virgin reserves of top three seams, namely R-VIII, R-VII and R-VII (A&B) seams. The conventional shovel dumper system of mining has been proposed to be followed for coal production and over burden removal. The entire operation relating to coal extraction and OB removal shall be outsourced. Total production during 2015 – 16 was 0.102 MT. 2. Dalurband UG & OC At present, there is no production from the mine. 3. Manderboni UG In Manderboni UG mine, extraction of coal is being carried out in two seams, namely R-IV and R-VI. The methods of mining adopted in the two seams are depillaring with hydraulic sand stowing. Coal loading is being done by the use of SDLs. Transportation of coal is effected by means of tugger and endless haulages. Coal from the underground coal face is hauled by combination of endless and tugger haulages to feed the winding system through which coal tubs are raised up to the surface. Total production during 2015 – 16 was 0.060 MT. 4. South Samla UG & proposed OC Patch At present, R-III/II seam is being worked in the UG mine by Bord and Pillar method of mining with use of SDLs. The mine is currently under development phase. Transportation of coal is effected by means of tugger and endless haulages. Coal from the underground coal face is hauled by combination of endless and tugger haulages to feed the winding system through which coal tubs are raised up to the surface. The proposed patch would extract the developed and virgin reserves of top three seams, namely R-VIII, R-VII and R-VII (A&B) seams. The conventional shovel dumper system of mining has been proposed to be followed for coal production and over burden removal. The entire operation relating to coal extraction and OB removal shall be outsourced. Total production during 2015 – 16 was 0.034 MT. 5. Madhaipur UG & proposed OC Patch At present, R-III/II seam is being worked in the UG mine by Bord and Pillar method of mining with use of SDLs. At present pillars are being developed in one panel whereas depillaring with sand stowing has also been taken up in already developed panels.