Khursipar Iron Ore Mine

FORM-I (I) Basic Information Sr. Item Details No. 1. Name of the Project Khursipar Iron Ore Mine 2. S. No. in the Schedule 1 (a) 3. Proposed capacity/area/length/tonnage to Capacity – 35, 600 tons/annum be handled/command area/lease area/ Total Lease area : 4.37 Ha number of wells to be drilled Govt. revenue land - 4.37 Ha No. of bore holes: Reserve is as per exploration carried out by Century Cement, Baikunth, Raipur, and in the year 1983 for State Mining Corporation. Total 33 Core drilling were made during initial prospecting and all the logs were submitted during the first Mine Plan grant. However, in the existing 7 boreholes have been drilled conforming the requirements. 4. New/Expansion/Modernization Working Mine, Expansion 5. Existing Capacity/ Area etc. 35, 600 tons/ annum 6. Category of Project i.e., `A`or `B` Category B1 7. Does it attract general condition? If yes, It does not attract any general condition please specify. 8. Does it attract specific condition? If Yes, It does not attract any Specific condition please specify. 9. Location Plot/Survey/Khasara No. Survey Nos 165 and 132 Village Khursipar Tehsil Amgaon District State Maharashtra

10. Nearest Railway Station/ Airport along Railway station with distance in kms.  Gudma Railway station: Approx.3.66km, (N)  Gondia Railway station: Approx. 13.62Km(NW)  Gankhera Halt Railway station: App.10.21km (W)  Hirdamali Railway station: Approx.10.33Km (SW) Airports  Birsi Airport, Gondia is the nearest airport. It is 15.64 kms away. (N)  Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Hubert Enviro Care Systems Pvt Ltd Page 1

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airport, is located 132.15Km away. (W aerial) 11. Nearest Town, City, District Nearest town : Khursipar 1000m away Headquarters along with distance in kms. Amgaon is the nearest city. It is 9.07 kms away. Gondia is the District Headquarter. It is 13.21 kms away. (N) 12. Village Panchayats, Zilla Parishad, Grampanchayat Khursipar Taluka: Amgaon. Municipal Corporation, Local District: Gondia, Maharashtra. body(complete postal addresses with telephone nos. to be given) 13. Name of Applicant Lessee: Maharashtra State Mining Corporation Ltd.

14. Registered Address “Khanikarm Bhawan”, Plot No- 7, Ajani Chowk, Wardha Road, Nagpur-440015 (Maharashtra) 15. Address for correspondence: “Khanikarm Bhawan”, Plot No- 7, Ajani Chowk, Wardha Road, Nagpur-440015 (Maharashtra) Name P. Y. Tembhare Designation (Owner/Partner/CEO) General manager (Operations) Address “Khanikarm Bhawan”, Plot No- 7, Ajani Chowk, Wardha Road, Nagpur-440015 (Maharashtra) Pin Code 440015 E-mail [email protected] Telephone No. 0712-2253204 to 2253207 Fax. No. 0712-2253203 16. Details of Alternate Sites examined, if Quarrying is a site specific activity. It is any. carried out where it is available. No Location of there sites should be shown alternative site is required to be examined. on a Topo sheet Toposheet no: 64 C/3 17. Interlinked Projects No interlinked projects. Screening and sizing will be done at the bench surface or stack yard. 18. Whether separate application of No separate application is submitted. interlinked project has been submitted? 19. If yes, date of submission No information as per column 18 20. If no, reason Screening and sizing of the ore is carried out at the bench surface or stack yard which is located in the lease area. These are part of the mining activities and will be carried out in the lease area only.

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21 Whether the proposal involves (a) The forest conservation Act is not Approval / clearance under: if yes, details applicable. (Forest area is deleted of the same and their status to be given. annexure enclosed ) (a) The Forest (Conservation) (b) Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary – 13.86Km – Act, 1980? west, south west. (b) The Wildlife (Protection) (c) Coastal area is far away and no clearance Act 1972? is required under this notification. (c) The C.R.Z. Notification, 1991? 22. Whether there is any Government There is no policy of govt. relating Order/Policy relevant/relating to the site? specifically to this site. The Lease order was granted to MSMC vides order No. MMN 2281/114370 (2948)/ IND- 9 dated 20th April 1983, while lease was executed vide letter dated 30th August 2015. As per section 8A (3) the mining leases granted before the commencement of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015 shall be deemed to have been granted for a period of fifty years. Thus Mining lease would expire on 29/08/2033 since mining operations started on 30/08/1983. Extension for mining lease for the period of 29/03/2024 to 30/03/2034 has been granted to MSMC vides MLV-B-579/2016 dated 19th July 2016 for an area of 4.37Ha. 23. Forest Land involved (hectares) No. 24. Whether there is any litigation pending No. against the products and/or land in which the project is propose to set up? (a) Name of the Court (b) Case. No. (c) Orders/Directions of the court, If any and its relevance with the proposed project.

(II) Activity

1. Construction, operation or decommissioning of the Project involving actions, which will cause physical changes in the locality (topography, land use, changes in water bodies, etc.)

Sr. Information/Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities/ No. Confirmation rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 1.1 Permanent or temporary Yes Pres End of 5 Hubert Enviro Care Systems Pvt Ltd Page 3

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change in land use, land 1 Mining pits 1.14 1.72 2.23 cover or topography 2 Storage for top 0 0.04 0.00 including increase in soil intensity of land use (with 3 Stacks 0.05 0.05 0.00 respect to local land use 4 Waste dump 0.2 0.34 0.00 plan). Infrastructure 5 (workshop, 0.003 0.003 0.00 administrative 6 Roads 0.09 0.09 0.05 7 Water body 0 0 1.24 8 Plantation 0.5 0.77 0.85 9 Area Unused 2.387 1.357 0.00 10 Total (govt. 4.37 4.37 4.37 revenue land) Present mining area (broken area or area under the pit) is 1.14 Ha. This will be expanded to 1.72 Ha towards the end of five years from now. The un utilized (or undisturbed or virgin area) as on today is 2.387 Ha. Part of this area will be utilized for expansion of the pit and other activities during the course of working during the five years. At the conceptual period 2.23 Ha will be excavated for mining activities. 1.2 Clearance of existing land, No No uprooting of trees or demolition of building is vegetation and building? required. 1.3 Creation of new land uses. No There is no creation of new land uses. (Rehabilitation of the mined out area may have different use like creation of horticultural or floricultural areas, water body etc. which are not there today). 1.4 Pre-construction No Not Applicable. (This is ongoing mining project. investigation e.g. bore Bore holes for the exploration process are ongoing holes, soil testing? process). 1.5 Construction works? Yes There is no permanent structure built within the lease. Site Office, rest shelter, stack yard and drinking points etc are of temporary nature. All the site services exist within lease area 1.6 Demolition Works? No Not required as it does not exist in core zone. 1.7 Temporary sites used for No No housing or construction works presently construction works or involved and the laborers deployed by nearby housing of construction villages. workers? 1.8 Above ground building, No There is Mines Office, first aid center, stores,

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structures or earthworks drinking points etc. There is no earth work involved including linear structures, (other than mining). Similarly there is no cut and fill cut and fill or excavations. work involved (other than mining). 1.9 Underground works No No underground work is involved as ore body is including mining or very shallow and almost outcropping at some places. tunneling? 1.10 Reclamation works? Yes Systematic reclamation plan (in the form of backfilling and plantation, creation of water body etc) will be organized towards the end of the mine.

Sr. Information/Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities rate, No. Confirmation wherever possible) with source of information data 1.11 Dredging? No It is not involved. 1.12 Offshore structure? No Not involved. 1.13 Production and No There is no manufacturing process in traditional manufacturing process? sense. Iron Ore obtained from the area is sold without beneficiation after screening and sizing. The scope of processing of Iron Ore to upgrade the quality is, therefore, practically limited to size reduction and screening. No further processing is involved. 1.14 Facilities for storage of No Iron ore is sorted at bench surfaces. Than the goods or materials? Fragmented Iron Ore is shifted to stack yard for breaking and sizing and removal of impurities and delivery of iron ore. 1.15 Facilities for treatment or No Build up of Dumps. No processing involved hence disposal of solid waste or no liquid effluents are generated. liquid effluents? 1.16 Facilities for long term No No housing for operational workers either for short housing of operational or long term is required. The operational worker will workers? be from nearby villages for which no housing, at the site is required. 1.17 New road, rail or sea traffic No Pits are already developed. Office is already during construction of constructed at the site. There is public road operation? (Dahegaon – Khursipar village road) passing through the lease area. This is being used for the transportation of finished material. No new road, rail or sea traffic is required to be constructed. 1.18 New road, rail, air No There are internal roads for transportation of ore waterborne or other and other such material. Ore will be transported by transport infrastructure the public road. It is the buyers’ or traders’ including new or altered responsibility to carry out this activity routes and station, ports, airports etc.? 1.19 Closure or diversion of No No closure or diversion of existing transport routs or Hubert Enviro Care Systems Pvt Ltd Page 5

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existing transport routes or infrastructure is required. infrastructure leading to changes in traffic movements? 1.20 New or diverted No There will not be any diversion of pipelines. transmission lines or Application for shifting of LT line/Electric Line pipelines? (Gut no 169) has been made. (it lies in forest area and does not require for immediate working) 1.21 Impoundment, damming, No Not required. culverting, realignment or other changes to the

Sr. Information/Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities No. Confirmation rate, wherever possible) with source of information data Hydrology of watercourses or aquifers? 1.22 Stream crossing? No There is no water course in the lease block. 1.23 Abstraction or transfers of No No abstraction or transfer of water from ground or water from ground or surface waters is required to carry out mining surface waters? operations 1.24 Changes in water bodies or No There is no water body in the lease area. The the land surface affecting natural drainage in the lease area will get affected. drainage or run-off. But it is purely local one and will not affect at all the overall network of streams in the area. Water bodies (static or dynamic) in the buffer zone will not get affected at all. 1.25 Transport of personnel or No Workers will come to the site of their own. There materials for construction, is no need to supply them the transport. No operation or construction work may be required for the mining decommissioning purpose. Material required for repair and maintenance of the plant will have to be transported at the site by tempo or truck. 1.26 Long-term dismantling or No No dismantling or restoration will be involved. decommissioning or restoration works? 1.27 Ongoing activity during No There is no decommissioning activity involved at decommissioning which the moment. could have an impact on the environment? 1.28 Influx of people to an area No There will be no influx of people to an area either in either temporarily or temporarily or permanently as no satellite project permanently? will come up. 1.29 Introduction of alien No None. species?

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1.30 Loss of native species or No There will not be any loss of native species or genetic diversity? genetic diversity will occur. The vegetation is scarce in the area and most of the surroundings are covered by farms comprises of soil. 1.31 Any other actions? No None.

2. Use of natural resources for construction or operation of project (such as land, water, materials or energy, especially any resources which are non-renewable or in short supply).

Sr. Information/Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities No. Confirmation rate, wherever possible) with source of information data 2.1 Land specially undeveloped No Lease area is not specifically used for any or agricultural (ha) purpose. Vegetation is scarce in the area and most of the surroundings are covered by farms comprises of soil. 2.2 Water (expected source & No Total water requirement for the project is 13000 competing users) unit KLD L/D sourced from nearby bore well/ tube well. Breakup of the same is given here: Sr. no purpose Requirement (LD) 1 Drinking 1000lt/Day and other 2 Dust 10000lt Suppressio n 3 Plantation 2000 lit Total 13000 lit

2.3 Minerals (MT) No No mineral is required. The main ore body is extracted with the help compressed air operated rock breakers. 2.4 Construction material-stone, No All the structures (for rest shelter, stack yard, site aggregates, and /soil office etc) are already constructed. There will not (expected source-MT) be any new structure. 2.5 Forests and timber (source- No Not required. MT) 2.6 Energy including electricity Yes Diesel is required by tractors. About 40 to 50 lit. and fuels (source, competing /day May be required. users) unit: fuel (MT), (Electricity (230V) is required in site office or rest energy (MW) shelter and will be drawn from the local transformer managed by the Maharashtra State Electricity Board.)

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2.7 Any other natural resources No None (use appropriate standard units)

3.0 Use storage, transport, handling or production of substances or materials, which could be harmful to human health or the environment or raise concern about actual or perceived risk to human health

Sr. Information/Checklist Yes/No Details there of (with approximate quantities No. Confirmation rate, wherever possible) with source of information data 3.1 Use of substances or No Not required. materials, which are hazardous (as per MSIHC rules) to human health or the environment (flora, fauna, and water supplies) 3.2 Changes in occurrence of No All the environmental parameters will be within disease or affect disease control. We do not expect occurrence of disease. vectors (e.g. insect or water borne disease) 3.3 Affect the welfare or people No Direct employment will improve the living e.g. by changing living condition of nearby villagers. Welfare facilities conditions? will be made available to workers (and to certain extent for local villagers). 3.4 Vulnerable groups of people No None of the vulnerable groups of people will be who could be affected by the affected due to mining operation. project e.g. hospital patients, children the elderly etc. 3.5 Any other causes No None

4.0 Production of solid wastes during construction or operation or decommissioning (MT/month)

Sr. Information/Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities No. Confirmation rate, wherever possible) with source of information data 4.1 Soil, overburden or mine Yes Lease area is covered by lateritic soil. There is 1- wastes 2m soil in the area. It is good quality soil and will be stacked in the north western side of southern block for plantation purpose. The mine waste will be dumped at proposed place in the lease area. (south western side in northern block) 4.2 Municipal waste (domestic No The will not be any habitation in the applied area. and or commercial wastes) There is septic tank and soak pit provided for the site office and rest shelter. Hubert Enviro Care Systems Pvt Ltd Page 8

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4.3 Hazardous wastes (as per No There will be no production of hazardous waste. hazardous waste management rules) 4.4 Other industrial process No Mining activity will not produce any industrial wastes process waste.

4.5 Surplus product No There will not be any surplus production or bye product. 4.6 Sewage sludge or other No There will be no production of sludge. sludge from effluent treatment 4.7 Construction or demolition No No waste due to construction or demolition will wastes be produced. 4.8 Redundant machinery or No No redundant machineries will be stored at site if equipment it can’t be repaired will be sailed to scrapers. 4.9 Contaminated soils or other No No contaminated soils or other materials will be materials generated. 4.10 Agricultural wastes No No Agricultural wastes will be produced. 4.11 Other solid wastes No None

5.0 Release of pollutants or any hazardous, toxic or noxious substances to air (kg/hr)

Sr. Information/Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities No. Confirmation rate, wherever possible) with source of information data 5.1 Emissions from combustion Yes Main source of emission is due to burning of of fossil fuels from stationary diesel for operating JCB and operating vehicles for or mobile sources. transportation. There will be emission of gases from combustion of fuel used in the vehicles (JCB and tractors etc.) used for transporting mineral out of zone. However, emission will be of low magnitude. 5.2 Emission from production Yes Dust emission from open cast mining activity. processes 5.3 Emissions from materials Yes Dust emission from material handling during handling including storage or storage or transport. Gas emission through transport combustion of fuel used in the vehicles. 5.4 Emissions from construction No There is no processing plant. No construction activities including plant and activities are involved hence not applicable equipment 5.5 Dust or odours from No. There is not going to be any new construction handling materials including whatever sewage is generated will be treated in construction materials, septic tank followed by soak pit. sewage and waste.

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5.6 Emissions from incineration No No incineration of waste will be carried. of waste. 5.7 Emissions from burning of No There will no burning of waste in open air. Hence waste in open air (e.g. slash no emission. material, construction debris) 5.8 Emissions from any other No None sources

6.0 Generation of Noise and vibration, and emissions of Light and heat

Sr. Information/Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities No. Confirmation rate, wherever possible) with source of information data 6.1 From operation of equipment By various activities involved at the mines like e.g. engines, ventilation Yes loosening, excavation, loading, transport etc. plant, crushers 6.2 From industrial or similar Yes No processing of mineral is carried out except processes manual sorting and sizing. 6.3 From construction or No No equipment for construction or demolition will demolition be involved. 6.4 From blasting or piling No No blasting will be carried out. Ore will be extracted using compressed air operated rock breakers. 6.5 From construction or Yes Processed material (after manual screening and operational traffic sizing) will be transported by the tractors. Noise will be generated during the transport activity. 6.6 From lighting or cooling No There will be no lighting or cooling system. systems 6.7 From any other sources No None.

7.0 Risks of contamination of land or water from release of pollutants into the ground or into sewers, surface waters, groundwater, coastal wasters or the sea

Sr. Information/Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities No. Confirmation rate, wherever possible) with source of information data 7.1 From handling, storage, use No Not applicable. or spillage of hazardous materials 7.2 From discharge of sewage or No There is no discharge of effluents or waste water. other effluents to water or There is septic tank and soak pit arrangement for the land (expected mode and the office and rest shelter. No mineral processing place of discharge) and hence no discharge of effluents. 7.3 By deposition of pollutants Yes In buffer zone, transport vehicles emission may emitted to air into the land or contaminate air but pollutant level in air will be

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into water very less and much within permissible limits. There will be almost nil deposition of pollutants emitted to air into the land or into the water. . 7.4 From any other sources No None. 7.5 Is there a risk of long term No The proportion of dust and gas generation is very build up of pollutant in the less and its impact will be nullified by natural environment from these turbulent air (besides precautions being taken). sources? There will not be any risk of long term built up of pollutants in the environment.

8.0 Risk of accidents during construction or operation of the project, which could affect human or the environment

Sr. Information/Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities No. Confirmation rate, wherever possible) with source of information data 8.1 From explosion, spillages, No. No blasting is carried out at the site. Material is fires etc from storage, extracted using compressed air operated rock handling, use or production breakers. of hazardous substances 8.2 From any other causes No. Diesel will be used by tractors. Fire may take places due to unsafe storage, handling and use of diesel. 8.3 Could the project be affected No. The location of site is such that it will not be by natural disasters causing affected by earthquake (zone II) (least active), environmental damage (e.g. floods (much above HFL (Bag river is floods, earthquakes, 11.93Kmaway from lease area), landslides (being landslides, could burst etc)? shallow in nature) Cloud Bursts (not prone, based on history of climate). Thus site is free from all the natural disasters.

9.0 Factor which should be considered (such as consequential development) which could lead to environmental effects or the potential for cumulative impact with other existing or planned activities in the locality.

Sr. Information/Checklist Yes/N Details thereof (with approximate quantities No. Confirmation o rate, wherever possible) with source of information data 9.1 Lead to development of Yes. Iron is the world's most commonly used metal - supporting utilities, ancillary steel, of which iron ore is the key ingredient, development or development representing almost 95% of all metal used per stimulated by the project year. It is used primarily in structural engineering which could have impact on applications and in maritime purposes, the environment e.g.: automobiles, and general industrial applications Supporting infrastructure (machinery). Sustenance of these industries (roads, power supply, waste or depends upon the availability of suitable quality of Hubert Enviro Care Systems Pvt Ltd Page 11

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waste water treatment, etc) Iron ore. Housing development Extractive industries Supply industries Other 9.2 Lead to after use of the site, No. There will be only change in the land profile of which could have an impact on the area. An attempt will be made to restore the the environment land to much better use and better aesthetic value. (May be in the form of creation of water body, horticultural garden, creation of planned forest/ garden etc. Expert from the concerned field will be consulted for the purpose).

Sr. Information/Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities No. Confirmation rate, wherever possible) with source of information data 9.3 Set a precedent for later No. The mine further needs exploration which is developments unexplored till date with respect to grade wise estimation. 9.4 Have cumulative effects due No. There are iron ore and quartz mines in amgaon to proximity to other existing and . Mangaon iron ore mine is or planned project with 1.7Km away from lease area in south west similar effects direction. There is national highway between this two mines which at a distance of 1.0Km in the same direction. Another iron ore mine is 6.06Km away in Dhobitola village There will be hardly any cumulative effect due to proximity.

(III) Environmental sensitivity Sr. Areas Name/ Aerial distance (with 10-km) proposed project No. Identity location boundary 1 Areas protected under Yes Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary – 13.86Km – west, international conventions, south west national or local legislation for their ecological, landscape, cultural or other related value 2 Areas which are important or Yes Bag River ~ 11.93Km - East sensitive of ecological Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary – 13.86Km – west, reasons- wetlands, water south west courses or other water bodies, coastal zone, biospheres,mountains,forests 3 Areas used by protected, No. None important or sensitive species of flora or fauna for 4 Inland, coastal, marine or Yes. Bag River ~ 11.93Km - East Hubert Enviro Care Systems Pvt Ltd Page 12

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underground waters Coastal boundary is more than 500Km away. 5 State, national boundaries Yes. Madhya Pradesh State boundary – 11.48Km (East) State boundary – 28.00Km (South East) 6 Routes or facilities used by Yes Dahegaon – Khursipar Village Road is passing the public for access to through buffer zone between surveys no 165 and recreation or other tourist, 137. pilgrim areas Amgaon – Gondia road passes 770m away in the south west. 7 Defense installations No. None 8 Densely populated or built- Yes. Densely populated settlement is 600m away. up area 9 Areas occupied by sensitive Yes There are few village dispensaries. Hospitals and man Made land uses Schools, temples etc within 10 km radius of the (hospitals, schools, places of mine site but not in core zone. worship, community facilities) 10 Areas containing important, Yes There is river, wildlife sanctuary within 15Km high quality or scarce zone. resources (ground water Gondia District is rich in mineral resources. There resources, surface resources, are iron ore mines in near vicinity. forestry, agriculture, There are scares agricultural lands. fisheries, tourism, minerals) 11 Areas already subjected to No. None. pollution or environmental damage.(those where existing legal environmental standards are exceeded) 12 Areas susceptible to natural No. 1. Project area falls in earthquake zone hazard which could cause the II(least active). Thus there may not be project to present chances of earthquake. environmental problems 2. This is the case if open cast mining. (earthquakes, subsidence, There will not be any case of subsidence. landslides, erosion, flooding 3. The pit is shallow. Maximum depth will or extreme or adverse be 3m. There will be benches formed in it climatic conditions) with safe bench and pit parameters. There will be least chances of landslide. 4. The nearest river is more than 11 kms away. The mine site is much above the HFL of the river. There will not be any chances of flooding. 5. As per the past records there are least chances of extreme or adverse climatic conditions.

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“I hereby given undertaking that the data and information given in the application and enclosures are true to the best of my knowledge and belief and I am a aware that if any of the data and information submitted is found to be false or misleading at any stage, the project will be rejected and clearance give, if any to the project will be revoked at our risk and cost.

Date:

Place: Nagpur

P.Y. Tembhare General Manager (Operations) (Project Proponent/ Authorized Signatory) Maharashtra State Mining Corporation Ltd. Khanikarm Bhawan, Plot no. 7, Ajni chowk, Wardha Road, Nagpur - 440015

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