CLUSTER NO – 2, MUGMA AREA EC LETTER No: J-11015/37/2011-IA-II.(M) DATED: 16.01.2015
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EASTERN COALFIELDS LIMITED HALF YEARLY ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE COMPLIANCE REPORT H/Y ENDING MARCH, 2015 CLUSTER NO – 2, MUGMA AREA EC LETTER No: J-11015/37/2011-IA-II.(M) DATED: 16.01.2015 Name of the Area: Mugma (Jharkhand) Period: Half Yearly Report from 01st Sept 2014 to 31st Mar 2015 Specific Conditions Sl. EC Conditions Compliance No. 1. The maximum production from the Mine Peak EC Production April’15 mine at any given time Capacity (MTY) – June ‘15 shall not exceed the Kumardhubi UG 0.10 0.019741 limit as prescribed in the EC Barmuri OC 0.23 0.083412 Rajpura OC 0.12 0.069492 Total 0.45 0.172645 The maximum production from the mine has not exceeded the EC limit. 2. The validity of the EC is The EC will be valid for the life of the mine or as specified for the life of the mine or in EIA Notification, 2006, whichever is earlier. as specified in the EIA Notification, 2006, Mine Life of the Validity of EC whichever is earlier mine (Years) (Years) Kumardhubi UG 20 20 Barmuri OC 10 10 Rajpura OC 05 05 3. All safety measures It is being complied with. shall be taken as per CMR, 1957 & related Circulars. 4. The production shall be It is being complied with. within mining the same Mining Lease area. 5. Coal shall be As of now, the transport of coal is transported from mines transported by rail only. to nearby Mugma Central Pool Railway Siding in tipplers. Coal transportation from This is ensured that coal in tipplers is wet and covered with tarpaulin before leaving the mine. The loading of coal mine to siding should be into the railway wagons is being done by pay loaders. by conveyor belt. The Coal transportation from mines to siding through belt loading to siding by pay conveyors is not feasible because, loaders into railway 1. The capacity of these mines is very less, wagons. 2. Remaining life of OC mines is very short. 3. Belt conveyor has to cross over populated areas The loading in Siding is done by pay loaders into railway wagons. 6 Independent network of At present Kumardhubi Railway Siding is non-operational railway siding inside and coal from this cluster goes for dispatch to Central cluster be developed. Pool Railway Siding. As of now, the loaded trucks are Railway sidings should made wet with water and covered with tarpaulin sheets be constructed at the before leaving the mines for railway siding. Construction earliest and till then of a railway siding in the cluster is not economical, since proponent may use life of the mines under this cluster is short. mechanically covered trucks for transportation of coal. Sd/- GM (Mugma Area) 7 Three tier green belt Plantation is made by Jharkhand State Forest dept, shall be raised around Dhanbad division. In this cluster 130.4 Ha. Plantation has the railway sidings and already been done as per the practice of normal along the road sides to plantation. However from 15-16 we have requested to prevent dust and noise State Forest Deptt. for three tier plantation of 12.5 Ha. pollution. Land already identified in this regard. Depending on the availability of land three tier plantation have been made. 8 Stowing and depillaring As of now there is no plan for stowing and depillaring in shall be as per the Kumardhubi UG. The other two mines in the cluster are recommendations of the Opencast mines and the clause is not applicable. DGMS. 9 The proponent must The cluster does not contain any unstable area and is comply with the therefore not within the purview of the Raniganj Action Raniganj Action Plan. Plan. The unstable areas within the cluster will be brought under plantation after the population residing over these areas is rehabilitated under the Master Plan for Raniganj Coalfield to be implemented by ADDA. 10 Trees with deep rooted It is being complied with. system should be planted so as to prevent soil erosion. 11 Proponent should plant 12.5 Ha of land has been identified in Kumardhubi UG additional 10 Ha/year lease hold area to carry out plantation in 2015-16. over the next 10 years at various locations in the cluster. 12 River/Nallah shall be There is no siltation from the mines into river/nallahs. desilted and restored However cleaning of nallahs is an annual pre-monsoon back to functional state. activity in each mine of the cluster. 13 Wild life conservation There is no wild life in this cluster. The wildlife plan be prepared and conservation plan for Ranigaunj Coalfields has been submitted to the MoEF forwarded to Jharkhand State Govt. for vetting. & CC with the approval of the State Govt. 14 Proponent shall use CMPDI, Ranchi is regularly conducting satellite high resolution image of surveillance study of mega projects of ECL. CMPDI has all clusters for been assigned to conduct study through satellite evaluating land use, surveillance from 2015 for the mines under cluster 2 also. plantation etc. 15 Separate drainage Drainage pattern of the cluster is provided. pattern be provided. 16 Sand stowing must be Presently, there is no depillaring at Kumardubi UG and used as recommended therefore sand stowing is not required.The other mines in by CMPDI. this cluster are opencast. Sd/- GM (Mugma Area) 17 Action plan for As depillaring with caving in UG below public property is prevention and not being made such an action plan is not required mitigation of subsidence presently. be prepared and implemented. 18 The OC patches to be It will be complied with. operated will be completely filled-up after exhaustion of reserves and reclaimed with plantation. 19 The OB shall be External OB created after issuance of EC will be completely re-handled completely rehandled. at the end of the mining. 20 There shall be no It will be complied with. residual OB dump after the mining. 21 After completion of It will be complied with. mining activities, the subsided areas shall be graded and planted upon. 22 Coal Extraction shall No depillaring activity & coal extraction is being carried also be optimised in out below habitation, H.T. Lines & beneath road, water areas where agricultural bodies in the Kumardhubi UG. production is continuing. Some pillars shall be left The Barmuri OC & Rajpura OC mines are Open cast below the agricultural mines. land. No depillaring & coal extraction should be carried out below habitation, H.T. Lines & beneath road, water bodies. 23 The land excavated Land excavated after mining are being backfilled after mining must be concurrently, which will be suitably reclaimed at later brought back to original stage as per provisions of Mine Closure Plan (MCP). No condition for Depillaring is being done at present. agricultural/plantation purpose. 24 Water discharged from Mine discharged water conforms to the discharge the mine should be as standards prescribed by CPCB. good as surface drinking water. 25 Final mine void 11.5 Ha It will be complied with as per Mine Closure Plan (MCP). and depth will not be more than 20 m. The void area will be converted into water body. The mine void should be used for pisciculture purpose Sd/- GM (Mugma Area) 26 Regular monitoring of Subsidence Monitoring is regularly done as per DGMS subsidence movement standards. No subsidence has been observed. on the surface over and around the working area and impact on natural drainage pattern, water bodies, vegetation, structure, roads, and surroundings shall be continued till movement ceases completely. In case of observation of any high rate of subsidence movement, appropriate effective corrective measures shall be taken to avoid loss of life and material. Cracks shall be effectively plugged with ballast and clayey soil/suitable material. 27 If subsidence is found Subsidence Monitoring is regularly done as per DGMS exceeding the permitted standards. No subsidence has been observed. limits, then the landowners shall be adequately compensated with mutual agreement of the landowners. 28 Water sprinkling system Water is sprayed at the loading, transfer points, haulage shall be provided to roads, etc to suppress dust emission in the area. Total check fugitive emissions length of coal transportation of the cluster, from coal from loading operations, depot to Central Pool railway siding considering only one conveyor system, haulage roads, transfer slab is 37.706 kms. The details of the cluster is given as: points, etc. Major Mine LENGTH OF ROAD (in Km) approach roads shall be Blacktoppe PC WB NH-2 TOTA black topped and d C M L properly maintained. Kumardhu 1.320 1 0.6 8.8 11.72 bi Rajpura Nil 2 2 10.87 14.87 OC 6 6 Barmuri 0.5 1 1.8 7.81 11.11 OC Total 1.82 4 4.4 27.48 37.70 6 6 29 The CSR cost should be An expenditure of Rs.8,22,507.30 has incurred for Rs 5 per Tonne of Coal development of playground & heightening of boundary produced which should wall including drainage system at JKR High School & be adjusted as per the Ginnia Devi Girls’ High School at Chirkunda in 2014-15. annual inflation. As per the revised CSR policy of Coal India Ltd. 2% of the average profit of preceding 3years is the norms for CSR expenditure in the entire ECL command areas. The total CSR expenditure of ECL for the year 2014-15 is 24.86 Sd/- GM (Mugma Area) crores which comes about Rs.6/ ton of Coal Production. 30 The mining in the The Mine Closure Plan as per guidelines of Ministry of existing mines should Coal has been approved by ECL Board in the 264th be phased out after Board meeting held on 24th Sept.