No. J-11015/245/2011.IA-lI(M) Government of Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change IA-11 (Coal Mining) Division Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jorbagh Road, N Delhi-S Dated: 29th November, 2016

To, The General Manager (E&F) MIs Ltd, , District Burdwan () E-mail: envecl(yahoo.com

Sub: Cluster 11 (comprising of 11 mixed mines) with combined production capacity of 10.90 MTPA of MIs Eastern Coalfields Limited in ML area of 4218 ha in Coalfields, District Burdwan (West Bengal) - Amendment in EC - reg.

Sir, This is with reference to your letter No. ECL/ENV/EC/16/95 dated 02.02.2016 requesting this Ministry for amendment in EC dated 21.07.2015, and subsequent letters/emails dated 05.02.2016, 24.02.2016, 11.03.2016, 18.03.2016, 11.05.2016, 17.06.2016 and 23.06.2016 on the subject matter.

2. The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has considered the application. It is 21st noted that the proposal is for amendment in the EC granted on July, 2015 to Cluster 11 (comprising of 11 mixed mines) with the present combined production capacity of 10.90 MTPA (peak) of MIs Eastern Coalfields Limited in ML area of 4218 ha located in Raniganj Coalfields, District Burdwan (West Bengal) due to reassessment of production capacities of individual mines in the Cluster. The present status in this regard as contained in para 2 (vi) of the said EC is as under:-

ML Normative! Peak Life S. Area Name of Mine Mine UG/OC Capacity (MW) (Years) No (Ha) I Krishnanagar I UG 772 0.24 0.30 >25 2 Haripur Group of Mines UG+OC 1.99 2.27 >25 A Haripur 2 UG 0.60 0.78 >25 B Chora Block Incline 3 UG 4 0.99 0.99 >25 C Chora7,9& lOPit UG 853 D Bonbahal OC Patch (25 Ha)* 5 CC 0.40 0.50 3 Shankarpur I CL Jambad OC 6 OC Exhausted and being backfilled E Patch/ mine (52 Ha) 3 New Group of Mines 7 UG+OC 3.71 4.79 >25 A UG 0.11 0.14 >25 W Kenda OC Patch I Mine (49 742 B Ha)* OC 0.60 0.75 2 C New Kenda OC Mine (240 Ha)* OC 3.00 3.90 8 4 I Group of Mines 8 676 0.42 0.55 >25

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A Lower Kenda UG 0.13 0.17 >25 B Bahula UG 0.24 0.31 >25 C CL Jambad UG 0.051 0.07 >25 5 Siduli 9 UG 335 0.30 0.30 >25 6 10 UG 388 0.39 0.39 >25 7 Shankarpur Project 11 2.00# 2.30# A Shankarpur UG 1.161 1.33 >25 452 Shankarpur OC Patch/ mine B CC 2.00 (42 Ha)* 2.30 4 4218 9.05 10.90 * New proposed patches/mines (Area of the patch given in brackets); #Mining will be done in phased manner I

3.1 The proposal was considered by the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) in the Ministry for 51st 5th Thermal & Coal Mining Projects in its meeting held on February, 2016, 53rd meeting held in th March, 2016, 55 meeting held in May, 2016 and 58th meeting held on 23-24 June, 2016. 58th The EAC, after detailed deliberation in its EAC meeting held on 23-24 June, 2016 recommended for the desired amendment in the EC. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change hereby conveys amendment in the EC dated 21st July, 2015 to Cluster 11 (comprising of 11 mixed mines) with the combined production capacity revised to 8.20 MTPA of MIs Eastern Coalfields Limited in ML area of 4218 •ha located in Raniganj Coalfields, District Burdwan (West Bengal) under the provisions of the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 and subsequent amendments/circulths thereto subject to the compliance of the additional condition as below:

(i) The soil contamination through oil spillage/likage should either be bio-remediated using specific technology available in the market, or sent to s!ecured lahd fill facility authorized by the SPCB.

3.2 With the restructuring so proposed, the combined production capacity of the Cluster would be reduced from 10.90 MTPA to 8.20 MTPA with the mine lease area remaining the same, and other details as under:-

Existing Proposed ML S. Peak EC Life Name of Mine Mine UG/OC Area No Capadity Capacity (Years) (Ha) (Ml)') (MTY) I Krishnanagar I UG 772 0.30 0.05 >25 # Haripur Group of Mines UG+OC 2.27 1 2.30 2 Haripur 2 UG+OC 0.78 0.75 15 3 Chora Block Incline 3 UG 0.10 4 0.99 >25 4 Chora 7,9 & 10 Pit UG 853 0.15 5 Bonbahal OC Patch (25 Ha)* 5 OC 0.50 0.50 3 Exhausted Shankarpur / CL Jambad OC 6 6 OC and being 0.80 Patch/ mine (52 Ha) 6 backfilled 7 New Kenda Group of Mines 7 UG+OC 4.79 2.00 742 A New Kenda UG 0.14 0.05 >25

Amendment to EC of Cluster 11 of MIs ECL , Ii Page 2 of 3 Existing Proposed ML S. Peak EC Life Name of Mine Mine UG/OC Area No Capacity Capacity (Years) (Ha) (MTY) (MW) W Kenda OC Patch / Mine ( B 075 0.75 6 49 Ha)* New Kenda OC Mine (240 C OC 3.90 1.20 12 Ha)* 8 Bahula Group of Mines 8 0.55 0.45 >25 UG 0.17 0.15 >25 A Lower Kenda 676 B Bahula UG 0.31 0.25 >25 C CL Jambad UG 0.07 0.05 >25 9 Siduli 9 UG+OC 335 0.30 1.20 >25 10 Khandra 10 UG 388 0.39 0.20 >25 11 Shankarpur Project 11 2.30# 2.00# A Shankarpur UG 1.33 1.16 >25 452 Shankarpur OC Patch/ mine B OC 2.30 2.00 4 (42 Ha)* 4218 10.90 8.20 * New proposed patches/mines (Area of the patch given in brackets)# Mining will be done in phased manner

4. All other conditions stipulated in the EC granted vide letter No.J-11015/245/2011-IA.II (M) 21st July, 2015 shall remain unchanged. zovo A_~ (S. K. Srivastava) Scientist E

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The Secretary, Ministry of Coal, N Delhi The Secretary, Department of Environment & Forests, Government of West Bengal, Secretariat, Kolkata The Chief Conservator of Forests, Regional office (EZ), Ministry of Environment & Forests, A- 31, Chandrashekarpur, Bhubaneswar -751023 (Odisha) The The Member Secretary, West Bengal State Pollution Control Board, Paribesh Bhawan, bA, Block LA, Sector-Ill, Salt Lake City, Kolkata -98 The Member Secretary, CPCB, CBD-cum-Office Complex, East Arjun Nagar, Delhi -32 The Member-Secretary, Central Ground Water Authority, Ministry of Water Resources, Curzon Road Barracks, A-2, W-3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, N Delhi The Advisor, Coal India Ltd, SCOPE Minar, Core-I, 4th Floor, Vikas Marg, Laxmi Nagar, N Delhi The pistrict Collector, Burdwan, Government of West Bengal The IG (Wild life), Ministry of Environment and Forests, N Delhi Monitoring File 11. Guard File 12. Record File. 13. Notice Board

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