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Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt. Ltd. STUDY PERIOD – DEC. 2013 TO FEB 2014 & DEC. 2017 TO Feb. 2018 NON FOREST LAND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN NAME OF THE MINE – NEW UMRANGSHU LIMESTONE MINE NEAR VILLAGE – NEW UMRANGSHU, TEHSIL- UMRAMGSHU DISTT – DIMA HASAO (N.C. HILLS), ASSAM LEASE AREA– 200.00 HECT, PROJECT COST – 260 LAC CATEGORY - “A” PURPOSE: Proposed Production -4,44,500 tonnes/annum (ROM) LESSEE EIA CONSULTANT M/s ASSAM MINERAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD M/s UDAIPUR MINTECH PVT. LTD. KHANIJ BHAWAN, BEHIND SAHJAHAN MARKET, 206, APEKSHA COMPLEX. SEC.-11 NEAR GANESH MANDIR, R.P. ROAD, DISPUR HIRAN MAGRI, UDAIPUR (RAJ.) – 313002 GUWAHATI- 781001, ASSAM Ph. 91-294-2489672 (Off.),+919414167672 (M) Ph. 91-361-2384078 (Off.) Email- [email protected] Email- [email protected] ACCREDITED BY NABET UNDER “A” CATEGORY FOR OPEN CAST MINES S.NO. 163 M/s Assam Mineral Development Corporation Ltd New Umrangshu Limestone Area 1 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt. Ltd. M/s Assam Mineral Development Corporation Ltd New Umrangshu Limestone Area 2 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt. Ltd. M/s Assam Mineral Development Corporation Ltd New Umrangshu Limestone Area 3 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt. Ltd. CONTENTS CHAPTER PARTICULARS PAGE NO. NO. COMPLIANCE TO TERM OF REFERENCE (TOR) 12-24 I INTRODUCTION 25-40 II PROJECT DESCRIPTION 41-59 III DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 60-137 IV ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 138-160 & MITIGATION MEASURES V ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES (TECHNOLOGY 161-161 & SITE) VI ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAM 162-166 VII ADDITIONAL STUDIES 167-178 VIII PROJECT BENEFITS 179-181 IX ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 182-205 X SUMMARY & CONCLUSION 203-206 XI DAMAGE ASSESSMENT, REMEDIATION PLAN 207-228 & NATURAL & COMMUNITY RESOURCE AUGMENTATION PLAN(NCRAP) XI CONSULTANTS ENGAGED 229-233 - QUESTIONNAIRE 234-271 - ANNEXURES M/s Assam Mineral Development Corporation Ltd New Umrangshu Limestone Area 4 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt. Ltd. INDEX S. NO. PARTICULAR PAGE NO. CHAPTER – I INTRODUCTION (22-33) 1.1 PURPOSE OF REPORT 22 1.2 PROJECT PROPONENT 23 1.3 BRIEF PROJECT DESCRIPTION 25 1.4 PRODUCTION DETAILS 26 1.5 LOCATION AND COMMUNICATION 27 1.6 OBJECTIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 28 PLAN 1.7 MARKET POTENTIAL 29 1.8 METHODOLOGY FOR EIA 29 1.9 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 30 1.10 TERMS OF REFERENCE 33 CHAPTER – II PROJECT DESCRIPTION (34-52) 2.1 BRIEF DESCRIPTION & NATURE OF PROJECT 34 2.2 NEED OF THE PROJECT 34 2.3 LOCATION OF THE PROJECT 34 2.4 TOPOGRAPHY, DRAINAGE PATTERN 34 2.5 DEMAND-SUPPLY GAP 35 2.6 DOMESTIC/EXPORT MARKET 35 2.7 GENERAL GEOLOGY & LOCAL GEOLOGY 36 2.8 ESTIMATION OF RESERVES & MINEABLE 40 RESERVES 2.9 PROPOSED METHOD OF MINING 44 2.10 EXTENT OF MECHANIZATION 45 2.11 QUANTUM OF DEVELOPMENT & TONNAGE OF 48 PRODUCTION 2.12 USE OF MINERALS 49 2.13 UTILITIES AND PROPOSED SITE FACILITIES 50 CHAPTER – III DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT (35-126) 3.1 GENERAL 53 3.2 STUDY AREA AT A GLANCE 54 3.3 TOPOGRAPHY 56 3.4 CLIMATIC CONDITION 58 3.5 PHYSIOGRAPHY 58 3.6 HUMAN SETTLEMENT 61 3.7 HYDROLOGICAL ASPECT 61 3.8 ATMOSPHERIC CONDITION 62 3.9 METEOROLOGY 62 3.10 AMBIENT AIR ENVIRONMENT 68 3.11 NOISE ENVIRONMENT 80 M/s Assam Mineral Development Corporation Ltd New Umrangshu Limestone Area 5 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt. Ltd. 3.12 SOIL ENVIRONMENT 85 3.13 WATER ENVIRONMENT 89 3.14 BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS 95 3.15 LAND ENVIRONMENT 111 3.16 SOCIO – ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 117 3.17 SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY 126 CHAPTER – IV ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS & MITIGATION MEASURES(129-147) 4.1 INTRODUCTION 129 4.2 TOPOGRAPHY & DRAINAGE 130 4.3 IMPACT ON CLIMATE 130 4.4 IMPACT ON AIR ENVIRONMENT 131 4.5 IMPACT ON NOISE LEVEL 140 4.6 IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY 140 4.7 IMPACT ON FLORA 142 4.8 IMPACT ON FAUNA 143 4.9 IMPACT ON LAND ENVIRONMENT 143 4.10 IMPACT ON SOIL 145 4.11 IMPACT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 145 4.12 STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT 146 ACTION PLAN CHAPTER –V ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES (TECHNOLOGY & SITE ) 5.1 SITE ALTERNATIVES 148 5.2 TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE 148 CHAPTER – VI ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME (149-153) 6.1 INTRODUCTION 149 6.2 PROPOSED SET UP 149 6.3 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT CELL 150 6.4 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 150 6.5 MONITORING SCHEDULE AND PARAMETERS 152 6.6 BUDGETARY PROVISION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 152 MANAGEMENT CHAPTER – VII ADDITIONAL STUDIES(154-165) 7.1 INTRODUCTION 154 7.2 PUBLIC CONSULTATION 154 7.3 RISK ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT 159 PLAN 7.4 CARE AND MAINTENANCE DURING TEMPORARY 162 DISCONTINUANCE 7.5 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT , R&R ACTION PLAN 164 7.6 DISASTER PREVENTION MEASURES 164 CHAPTER – VIII PROJECT BENEFITS(166-168) M/s Assam Mineral Development Corporation Ltd New Umrangshu Limestone Area 6 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt. Ltd. 8.1 INTRODUCTION 166 8.2 IMPROVEMENT IN SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE 166 8.3 IMPROVEMENT IN PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 166 8.4 HEALTH AND SAFETY 167 8.5 EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL 167 8.6 CONCLUSION 168 CHAPTER – IX ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN (169-191) 9.1 INTRODUCTION 169 9.2 LAND RECLAMATION 170 9.3 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES 172 9.4 NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES 174 9.5 WATER POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES 176 9.6 CONTROL MEASURES OF ECOLOGICAL FACTOR 177 9.7 STABILIZATION & VEGETATION OF DUMPS 178 9.8 TREATMENT & DISPOSAL OF WATER FROM MINE 180 9.9 SOIL CONSERVATION MEASURES 180 9.10 PROGRAMME OF AFFORESTATION 181 9.11 MEASURES FOR PROTECTING HISTORICAL 186 MONUMENTS & REHABILITATION 9.12 MEASURES TO IMPROVE SOCIAL – ECONOMIC 186 CONDITION 9.13 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES 188 9.14 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH 189 9.15 TRAINING AND HUMAN RESOURCES 190 DEVELOPMENT 9.16 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT CELL 191 CHAPTER – X SUMMARY & CONCLUSION(203-206) 10.1 INTRODUCTION 203 10.2 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 203 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES 10.3 DETAILS OF THE PROJECT 204 10.4 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 204 10.5 BUDGETARY PROVISION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 205 MANAGEMENT 10.6 GREENBELT DEVELOPMENT 206 10.7 RECOMMENDATION 206 CHAPTER-XI 11.0 ASSESSMENT OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE , 207 REMEDIATION PLAN AND NATURAL AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE AUGMENTATION PLAN 12.0 DISCLOSURE OF CONSULTANTS ENGAGED 229 M/s Assam Mineral Development Corporation Ltd New Umrangshu Limestone Area 7 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt. Ltd. LIST OF TABLES TABLE PARTICULAR PAGE NO. NO. 1.1 LIST OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS 24 1.2 PRODUCTION DETAILS 26 1.3 PROJECT DETAILS 26 1.4 DATA GENERATION 30 2.1 LOCATION OF THE PROJECT 34 2.2 REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE 36 2.3 LOCAL STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE 38 2.4 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION 40 2.5 MEASURED MINERAL RESOURCES 41 2.6 RESERVE CALCULATION 41 2.7 PRESENTATION OF MINERAL LIMESTONE 44 RESOURCES 2.8 MINEABLE RESOURCES 44 2.9 OPERATING PARAMETERS 45 2.10 EQUIPMENT REQUIRED 46 2.11 BLASTING PARAMETERS 47 2.12 PRODUCTION & WASTE GENERATION 49 2.13 CHEMICAL SPECIFICATIONS 49 2.14 PEAK WATER REQUIREMENT 50 3.1 STUDY AREA AT A GLANCE 54 3.2 MEAN TEMPERATURE & RELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 RECORDS FROM IMD STATION 3.2A TEMPERATURE RECORDS AND RELATIVE 63 HUMIDITY AT MINE SITE 3.2B MEAN TEMPERATURE & RELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 (DEC. 2017 to FEB. 2018) 3.2C TABLE 3.2C: MEAN TEMPERATURE & RELATIVE 64 HUMIDITY (DEC. 2017 to FEB. 2018) 3.3 LOCATION OF AMBIENT AIR MONITORING 68 STATIONS 3.4 PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING VARIOUS AIR 70 QUALITY PARAMETERS 3.5 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY (PM10 24- HR CONC.) 71 3.6 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY (SOX 24- HR CONC.) 72 3.7 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY (NOX 24- HR CONC.) 73 3.8 COMPARISON OF AIR MONITORING RESULTS 74 3.8A AMBIENT AIR QUALITY (Dec. 2017 to Feb. 2018) 75 3.9 LOCATION OF NOISE MONITORING STATIONS 81 3.10 NOISE LEVEL WITHIN THE STUDY AREA 83 3.10A NOISE LEVEL WITHIN THE STUDY AREA 83 3.11 CPCB NOISE STANDARDS 84 3.12 TRAFFIC DENSITY 84 3.13 LOCATION OF SOIL MONITORING STATIONS 85 M/s Assam Mineral Development Corporation Ltd New Umrangshu Limestone Area 8 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt. Ltd. 3.14 SOIL SAMPLE ANALYSIS 88 3.14A SOIL ANALYSIS RESULTS 88 3.15 GROUND & SURFACE WATER SAMPLING 90 LOCATION 3.16 ANALYSIS RESULTS OF GROUND WATER SAMPLE 92 3.16A ANALYSIS RESULTS OF SURFACE WATER SAMPLE 93 3.17 ANALYSIS RESULTS OF SURFACE WATER SAMPLE 93 3.17A ANALYSIS RESULTS OF GROUND WATER SAMPLE 94 3.18 LIST OF PLANT SPECIES RECORDED IN THE 103 STUDY AREA 3.19 LIST OF MEDICINAL PLANTS SPECIES OBSERVED 106 IN THE STUDY AREA 3.20 LIST OF FAUNA SPECIES OBSERVED IN THE 107 STUDY AREA 3.21 LIST OF BIRD SPECIES OBSERVED IN THE STUDY 109 AREA 3.22 LAND USE PATTERN ON SATELLITE IMAGE 114 3.23 LAND USE PATTERN – PRE OPERATIONAL, 117 OPERATIONAL & POST OPERATIONAL PHASE 3.24 DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE 120 3.25 LITERATE AND ILLITERATE POPULATION 121 DETAILS 3.26 EMPLOYMENT PATTERN 123 3.27 MAIN WORKER EMPLOYMENT PATTERN 124 4.1 LAND USE PATTERN – PRE OPERATIONAL, 144 OPERATIONAL & POST OPERATIONAL PHASE 4.2 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT MATRIX 146 6.1 MONITORING SCHEDULE FOR 152 ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS 6.2 COST OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION MEASURES 153 7.1 MINUTES OF PUBLIC HEARING 155 8.1 EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL 168 9.1 LAND USE OF ML AT THE END OF LEASE 171 PERIOD 9.2 RECLAIMED LAND IN DIFFERENT STAGES 172 9.3 WASTE GENERATION DURING PLAN PERIOD 178 9.4 STAGE WISE PLANTATION PROGRAMME 181 9.5 SCHEDULE OF PLANTATION 182 9.6 BUDGETARY PROVISION FOR SOCIAL 188 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 10.1 PROJECT DETAILS 204 10.2 MONITORING SCHEDULE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 205 PARAMETERS 10.3 COST OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 205 MEASURES 11.1 PROGRESSIVE GREEN BELT DEVELOPMENT (HA) 220 11.2 COST PROVISION OF EMP 224 11.3 PROPOSED CSR ACTIVITIES 225 M/s Assam Mineral Development Corporation Ltd New Umrangshu Limestone Area 9 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt.