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YELLANDU-P.O 507124 Dist.. A.P. Telephone GM: 08745-240044 Env. Manager: 08745-240329 Fax No. : 08745-240348

Ref.:-YLD/ ENV/ 11/2016-17/, ~ I Dt: 05-06-2016

To, The Director, Ministry of Environment and Forests &. Climate Change (MoEF &. CCl, RegionalOffice, (South Eastren Zone), i= & 2nd Floor, HDFCBuilding, No. 34. CatheralGarden Road, Nungambakam, CHENNAI- 600034.

Sir, Sub: - Half-Yearly Environmental Monitoring Report of 21 Incline Mine of Yellandu Area of S. C. Co. Ltd. - Reg. Ref: - MoEFletter No.J-11015/930/2007-IA.II(M),Dt.27th October 2008. -x-

With reference to the above, please find enclosed herewith the Half-yearly Environmental Monitoring Report for the period ending 30-09-2015 in respect of No 21 Incline Mine of Yellandu Area of the Collieries Co. Ltd.,Yellandu Area, Khammam ~strict, (A.P.)

~"" The report consists includes the status of implementation of Environmental clearance conditions and various control measurestaken by us during the said half-yearly period.

Thanking You,

------'I .... f-j',,~O""-!""':'~ '\5[61 THE SINGARENI COLLIERIES COMPANY LIMITED (A Government Company) Yellandu Area

PART-1

HALF YEARLY COMPLIANCE REPORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE CONDITIONS UPTO 31st March 2016

A. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PROJECT: 1 Name ofth~_Project : 21 In~~i_rl~LJl}derg_r:oundCoal Mine I _?_ _ 9_r::gan_i_?:Cition _:_T_b~_~ln_g_c:l_r:_~__rlLg_()_I!l~ri~s_Com2§nyLimit~_cl - I 3 Coalfield _ Q_()_~_~Y_?ILyall_~y_gS>_9lfield ------1 _1 I~p~~i_Mlrl_~ _ _~ I~~_rl(_)lo_gy ~5tei~~Y-$l:s~n~t~~lery fechl1_()lo_gywith U~Ds-- j 6 Environmental Clearance i A Letter No & date J-11015/930/?_0_Q?-I.II(M), dt 27,10,2008 i -_- ----~---l---~------__~ S_clnctioncapacity Peak: 0,65 MTPA I C Mining Lease Area [) _Q_~teof Public Hearing Location__2U~~_Project A _ _Yillag_~ _ .__~~~;!!i~~Ar~~&Regiono=am~am:ist"~1 B Tehasil ---_. ------C Khammam : Latitude : N6-rth-N 17° 34' 18" to 17°-37' 05" _~o~Jtud~ -- --:---East-E-806"1j;-39;'to-SOog; 17" _. -_ --_ --.-~------_.._- ----_ .. _-_- §_h~et : No, 65C/6 I()p() _ .._ .. _------_--_. - __~~_~r_e_?1_railwaystation __ ~ _?in_g~r~_r1U3_?_ijw?y$tation_on Dornaka! J'JJ3ar~§1_~i_~port __~__t:!Yd~~~g_?_Q______Nearest town Yeliandu

--_------_. -- ,------.---~--- -- ~gtj~g!l?~ylq@~C?~ll'!lines.~orn 08745 252093 ------_ ----_.-_--- 08745 240348 -- LJf_e()Lth~Project 18 Years _Ii __Q_§_!~of Opening 1946 B Total Life of the project as per 18 years EMP C Balance Life I,. 09 Years ------_------10 Seams 3 (no.s) j-~1~~~~!e~::::~:en~ 2 Nos Depth A Minimum Depth (m) 38m B Maximum Depth (m) 340m C I Present working depth (m) Reserves A I Total Geological Reserves 8,50 MT B I Total Extractable Reserves 8.50 MT _ Reserves already Extracted .• 2.698 Balance Reserves 5.802 -- - ... Coal production during last six 1 20 L. Tonnes months Land Requirement A I Total Requirement (Mine Take 745Ha lAr~a_) B I Forestland Involved C 1 Non~forestTand ---OTLand acquired so far - __ U~l.Irfag~ ~Lg_bt~2 StatLJ~ry_g_I~§~9nces A Ground Water Clearance Lr.No 204/T/~CCL/2007, dt 29-05-2008,()!Q\J'II_rL .._---- B Consent for Establishment Ref.No.55/PCB/CFE/RO-KTM/HO/2010/620,dt 31.05.2010 -_-- --~- .. ---- Consent for Operation APPCBNJA/KGM/55/HO/CFO/2012-3530, _QL?1-01-2012and is valid up to Decernber_?9J_7_·_ D Forest Clearance MoEF Lr No 8-260/85 Fry(Cons) dtd: 07.10.1986 GoMS No: 5 Energy (PRI) Dept. 20 years from 1.1.2015 to 31.12.2034 -1 _~inJ_I'l_g_~~9~_~ Q1h~_r-~_(§_P_~c;ify) ~~~;;:~34.dl16102008 . _=] R & R Involved

B. COMPLIANCE STATUS OF EC CONDITIONS AS ON 31st March 2016 2 A. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS: ---_. -----_.---_..__ .. ------,_'---- _-_ .-----. Compliance status S.No Condition _. . - .._------_--- --_ ..--_------Mining shall not be carried in The mine take area of 21 incline is 745 Ha covered under Yellandu Mining lease forestland for which forestry and Yellandu Additional mining lease. clearance has not been obtained Forest clearance under the provisions of under the provisions of Fe Act, FC Act 1980 accorded for the forestland 1980. involved in respect of Yellandu mining lease vide MoEF letter no. 8-260/85- FTY(Cons) Gol, dated Jlh October 1986 and renewal of Yellandu additional mining lease vide MoEF letter No. F.No.8-54/91- FC(PC) Gol, MoEF FC Divn. Dated ?§.07.2QQ~fO_f underqround rniQi_rlg_: _ -- ---_._--_ ------_._---- _----,--,.,.------_._ (ii) Sufficient coal pillars will be left un• 150mtrs. Length coal pillars were left extracted around the Air shaft (with un-extracted around the Airshaft and the subsidence influence area) to Main incline entries, to protect any protect from any damage from damage from subsidence. subsidence, if any._ 125mtrs. Length of Solid pillars were (iii) Solid barriers shall be left below the roads falling within the blocks to left below the road falling with in the avoid any_damage to the road:_ mine take area to safeguard the ~()Clcj·__ Depression due to subsidence or low (iv) Depression due to subsidence resulting in water accumulating lying areas are being filled up regularly within low lying areas shall be filled and properly drained. Dewatering of up or drained out by cutting drains. old goaves of the upper seams shall be continued as long as the lower seam is worked to prevent the accumulation of large water bodies \ lover working area.

7 .. .. (v) While extracting the panels in the Before commencement of extraction lower seam, all the water bodies in panels in lower seam, all the water bodies the subsidence area shall be in the subsidence area if any, old goaved drained. Dewatering of old goaves out panels in the upper seams will be of the upper seams shall be dewatered and arrangements is being made pump out continuously to ensure continued as long as the lower seam free of water and all precautions under the is worked to prevent the provisions of Regulation 126 and 127 of accumulation of large water bodies Coal Mines Regulation, 1957 are being working area. taken. The permission from the Inspector of mines as per Reg.100 of Coal Mines RegulC)tion, _1~??_yvas_()p~~i_r1~SL_ (vi) Regular monitoring of subsidence Subsidence survey is being carried out movement on the surface over and during extraction of the caving panel around the working area and impact once in every month and after on natural drainage pattern, water completion of the extraction once 6 bodies, vegetation, structure, roads months till the movement ceases and surroundings should be completely in case of any observations I continued till movement ceases found depressions or cracks, they will completely. In case of observation of be effectively plugged with overburden any high rate of subsidence material from nearby open cast mines movement. Appropriate effective and plantation is being carried after corrective measures should be taken stabilization. to avoid the loss of life and material. Cracks should be effectively plugged with ballast and clayey soil/suitable material.

- _ (vii) Garland drains /surface drains (size, The pit entries such as airshaft and gradient and length) around the main incline and man way dip was safety areas such as mine shaft and designed minimum 1.5 mtrs above the low lying areas and sump capacity HFL of the area. Garland drains I

should be designed keeping I around the proposed depillaring panels 50%safety margin over an above the I and low lying areas if any will be peak sudden rainfall and maximum made. The sumps are designed discharge in the area adjoining the keeping the highest seepage mine sites. Sump capacity should calculations and retention time to settle also provide adequate retention the silt material. Adequate numbers of period to allow proper settling of silt the pumps were already provided to material. Sufficient number of pumps pump out mine water during peak of adequate capacity shall be rainfall. deployed to pump out mine water ~ __cj.~_rjr_l_gr:>~akrainfall. - - -_------(viii) Crushers at the CHP should be Effective water spraying arrangements operated with high efficiency bag were made at loading, unloading, filters, water sprinkling system transfer, conveyor and crushing points should be provided to check fugitive in the existing CHP. Mobile water emissions from crushing operations sprinklers are being used for sprinkling conveyor systems haulage roads, on haul roads. Coal transportation and transfer points etc. roads and permanent internal roads were black topped.

.' (ix) Drills should be wet operated . Before carrying out drilling operations i in under ground water spraying was \ done at drilling face and up to 50 n:trs I from drilling face. The water spraying I on the working face as per the provisions of Regulation 123 of coal I mines Regulation, 1957 are being I

... _. .. _ _ ;~~r~~~~ei~th~Owo~~~dflla~~s dUS~ (xi) A progressive a forestation plan shall A progressive a plantation plan has \ be prepared and implanted for the been prepared and envisaged in the undisturbed area and shall include EIA/EMP. The Company has separate I area brought under greenbelt Forestry department under the control development, areas along roads, of IFS Officer deputed from AP infrastructure, over surface where Forestry Department to implement a mining is being done below, along plantation plan into the action. The ML boundary an township outside details of progressive plantation are the lease areas, etc., by planting being furnished in the half yearly native species in consultation with monitoring reports submitted to the local DFO/Agriculture Regional Office, MoEF, Bangalore and Department. The density of the Regional Office A P Pollution Control trees should be around 2500 plants Board. Total plantation in an area of P~I_tL'!.~_ __ __._ _.__ _ 1_08Ha was carried in 21_jnc~~__._._ (xii) Conservation plan for endangered The project is expansion of existing species found in and around the mine and workings are restricted to project area shall be formulated in underground only. As such there will consultation with the State Forest not be any impact on the flora and and Wildlife departments. fauna. However conservation plan will be formulated and implemented, if reqljired. __. __._ -- . - (xiii) Regular monitoring of groundwater Phreatic surface levels in the area I level and quality should be carried around the project is being monitored out by establishing a network of four times a year using network of 5 exiting wells and construction of new existing observation wells and 4 peizometers. The monitoring of peizometers in the study area. The quantity should be done four times a monitoring data is being submitted to year In pre-monsoon (May), Regional Office Bangalore and Andhra Monsoon(August), Post-monsoon Pradesh Pollution control Board. The (November) and Winter (January) monitoring data is being submitting to seasons and for quality in May. Data MoEF and Central Pollution control thus collected should be submitted Board quarterly within one month of to the Ministry of Environment & the monitoring. I Forestry and to the Central Pollution Control Board quarterly within one month of the monitoring. (xiv) The company shall put up artificial The excess mine discharge water is groundwater recharge measures for being diverted to nearby poosapalli augmentation of groundwater tank/nallah for augmentation of ground resource. The project authorities water and rainwater harvesting should meet water requirement of structures are being taken up in the nearby village(s) in case the village colony. wells go dry due to dewatering of mine. (xv) The company shall obtain approval I Ground water clearance from Ground of CGWA/CGWB Regional office for l water Department Government of use of groundwater if any, for mining Andhra Pradesh was accorded vide operations. letter No. 2126/Hg.II(1)/07Dated I 11.04.2008. (xvi) Sewage treatment plant should be I Sewage treatment in existing colony is installed in the existing colony. ETP being carried out through septic tanks should also be provided for followed by soak pits. ETP is provided Workshop and CHP wastewater. and operating in the JK OC Base workshop. ------._----.- .,--,-- _..._------.._,. ------.-- (xvii) For monitoring Land use pattern and Land use pattern using satellite for post mining land use, a time imaginary of core and buffer zone will series of land use maps, based on be submitted to Regional Office the satellite imaginary (on a scale of Bangalore once in every three years. 1:5000) of the core zone and buffer zone, from the start of the project until end of mine life shall be prepared once in 3 years ( for any one particular season which is consistent in the time series), and the report submitted to MoEF and its R_egiol}_9Iofficeat Bang(;lIQIE:;...:_...__ _ _ . .__ _ _ (xviii) A final Mine Closure Plan along with A mine closer plan along with details of details of Corpus Fund should be corpus fund will be submitted to MoEF submitted to the Ministry of 5 years before the closure of the mine . ._l:~~~~i::?fi~aiO~~~~Sglo~~~~S~~~_.. _. . . _ . 2 B. GENERAL CONDITIONS ~---,. B. General Conditions. ------'W--I-~~::-a~e ;or~~~ng S~:~lhn~~gym:~~ No change in mining technology and scope of working will be made without prior approval of the Ministry of without prior approval of the MoEF. Environment & Forests . . ---._------, . _ .._-- -'---"'_-' (ii) No change in the Calendar plan No change in the Calendar plan including excavation, quantum of including excavation, quantum of mineral coal and waste shall be made. mineral coal. --_ .. --- _'--'_- (iii) Four Ambient Air quality monitoring Four ambient air quality monitoring stations shall be established in the stations namely at 21 incline (core core zone as well as in the buffer zone zone), Strut Pit CSP(Weigh Bridge) for monitoring of SPM, RPM, S02 and (N.W 2.0Km), Yellandu town (N• NOx, Hg and other heavy metals such E1.5Kms), Yellandu Area Workshop. as Pb, Cr, As, etc. Location of the (SE 0.5Km) and Polampalli village stations shall be decided based on the (South 2.0Km) in consultation with meteorological data, topographical Regional Officer, AP Pollution features and environmentally and Control Board, were ecologically sensitive targets in established considering the consultation with the State Pollution meteorological data. The monitoring Control Board. is being carried out regularly once in a fortnight for the parameters PM1O,PM25 , S02 and NOx through external agency having MoEF recognised laboratory. Fugitive dust emisSions (SPM, and Fugitive dust emissions and allied (iv) RSPM, Hg and other heavy metals) activities are being monitored from all the sources shall be controlled regularly at mines. regularly monitored and data recorded properly. Water spraying arrangements on haul roads, wagon loading, dump trucks (loading and unloading) points shall be provided and properly maintained. ------The data on Ambient air quality is (v) Data on Ambient Air quality (SPM, and RSPM, Hg and other heavy metals) being submitted regularly to RO - shall be regularly submitted to the KGM, MoEF Bangalore and APPCB. Ministry including its Regional office at Bangalore and to the State Pollution Control Board and the Central Control \ Board once in six months. Noise control measures such as (vi) Adequate measures shall be taken for plantation around the fan house and control of noise levels below 85 dB(A) mine take area, provision of evasee to in the work environment. Workers main mechanical ventilator, reduction of engaged in blasting and drilling height of fall in the bunkers operations, operation of HEMM, etc maintenance of machinery etc., are shall be provided with ear plugs/muffs. being taken up. All the active work force engaged on drilling, blasting, operation of machinery and nose prone areas are _ .. _._ _ _ _g_e_ingprovided with earEILlg~·__ __.__._. (vii) Industrial waste water (workshop and Mine seepage water is being wastewater from the mine) shall be collected in the under ground sumps properly collected, treated so as to of adequate capacity to settle the conform to the standards prescribed suspended solids and pumped out to under GSR 422 (E) dated 19th May the surface slow sand filters for 1993 and 3pt December 1993 or as further treatment to conform to the amended from time to time before prescribed standards. Oil and discharge. Oil and grease trap shall be grease trap has been established in installed before discharge of workshop the JKOC base workshop for effluents. treatment of washing effluents. The efficacy of the system is being monitored through fortnight sampling and analysis by external agency h~\Iing MoEF recognized lapQr~!_c?I"_'i.___ Vehicles are being tuned regularly I ("f;lj Vehicular emissions- shall be -kept + for control of emissions and ensured under control and regularly monitored. Vehicles used for transporting the coal is loaded optimally and covered mineral shall be covered with with tarpaulin. tarpaulins and optimally loaded.

-"- - Environment monitoring is being (ix) Environmental laboratory shall be established with adequate number conducted regularly through and type of pollution monitoring and Environment Protection Training and Research Institute(EPTRI), analysis equipment in consultation with and particulate matter of the State Pollution control Board size PMlO , PM 2.5jJg/m3 S02 jJg/m3 and ,N02 jJg/m3 are being monitored by EPTRI, which was recognized by the MoEF. 6 (x) Personal working in dusty areas shall Personnel working in dusty areas wear protective respiratory devices and are being provided dust respirators they shall also be provided with and adopting job rotation practice. adequate training and information on Training and information on safety safety and health aspects. and health aspects are being given Occupational health surveillance through internal safety organization programme of the workers shall be and Mine Vocational Training undertaken periodically to observe any Centers. Occupational health contractions due to exposure to dust surveillance is being carried out and to take corrective measures if periodically through periodical needed. Medical Examinations (PME) once in every 5 years. Every year 1/5 of the total manpower are being covered under PME and the details are being furnished in half yearly monitoring report~: _ (xi) A separate environmental An area Environmental Department management cell with suitable qualified with qualified Environmental Officer personnel shall be set up under the is functioning under the control of control of a senior executive, who will General Manager of the Area to report directly to the Head of the monitor the environmental Company. safeguards. Apart from this, Environmental Management Committee is being formulated with multi disciplinary team under the project Officer functioning as a chairman of EMC . . _. _._,,'._. ------_ - --- (xii) The funds earmarked for The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures environmental protection measures shall be kept in separate account and will be kept in separate account and shall not be diverted for other purpose. will be diverted for environmental Year wise expenditure shall be related works only Year wise reported to this ministry and its expenditure is being submitted to the Regional Office at Bangalore. Ministry and its Regional Office at Barlgalore. (xiii) The Regional office of the Ministry Complied. located at Bangalore shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities shall extend full cooperation to the office(s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data/information/monitoring ______E~P_

7 (xvi) The project authorities shall advertise! The advertisement was given on I at least in two local newspapers widely 18.11.2008 in Deccan Chronicle circulated around the project, one of (English daily) and vartha (Telugu which shall be in the vernacular Daily) widely circulated around the language of the locality concerned project

! within seven days of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and may also be seen at the website of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at

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