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Point wise replies for the clarifications raised by the EAC in the 169th meeting held on 6-7 April (Agenda No. 3.8) 1) Approval of fresh concurrence from Odisha CZMA in the name of TATA Steel Special Economic Zone Ltd for 15 MLD desalination plant. Ans. The Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority (OCZMA) has recommended the marine facilities for the sea water intake and outfall of 15 MLD Desalination plant By M/s Tata Steel Special Economic Zone Limited to MoEF&CC for grant of CRZ clearance under CRZ notification 2011 in its 29th meeting on 29.07.2017. The recommendation letter from OCZMA vide Letter No. 71/OCZMA dtd. 31.08.2017 is attached as Annexure – I. 2) Advised to get one season rapid survey for biodiversity including its conservation plan from recognized institute of repute. Ans. The rapid Biodiversity study for the multi-product SEZ/Industrial Park area By M/s Tata Steel Special Economic Zone Limited at Gopalpur in Ganjam district of Odisha has Been carried out By Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), a Centre of Excellence under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India. The detailed report is attached as Annexure II. Rapid Biodiversity study for the Proposed Industrial Park of M/s Tata Steel Special Economic Zone Limited at Gopalpur, Ganjam, Odisha Final Report Submitted to M/s Tata Steel Special Economic Zone Limited, Gopalpur, Odisha Project Investigators: Dr. Arun, P. R., Dr. Riddhika Kalle & Dr. Karunakaran, P.V. Project Staff: Mr. Prakash, L & Mr. Dibyendu Biswas Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore - 641108 August 2017 CONTENTS CONTENTS .................................................................................................................... II LIST OF TABLES & FIGURES ....................................................................................... III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................... V EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................... VI 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Present study ............................................................................................................................. 8 1.2 Study area ................................................................................................................................... 8 1.3 The Grasslands ........................................................................................................................ 10 1.4 Legislative framework .......................................................................................................... 10 2 METHODS ............................................................................................................ 11 2.1 Vegetation sampling ............................................................................................................ 11 2.2 Faunal sampling ..................................................................................................................... 14 3 RESULTS ............................................................................................................... 16 3.1 Floristic composition ............................................................................................................ 16 3.2 Economically important plants ......................................................................................... 19 3.3 Fruit yielding plants ............................................................................................................... 20 3.4 Ornamental plants ................................................................................................................. 20 3.5 Medicinal Plants ..................................................................................................................... 20 3.6 Phytosociology ........................................................................................................................ 21 3.6.1 Tree community structure .......................................................................................... 21 3.6.2 Shrub community structure ....................................................................................... 22 3.6.3 Herbaceous plant community structure ............................................................... 24 3.7 Invasive plants ......................................................................................................................... 29 3.8 Plants for Green belt ............................................................................................................. 30 3.9 Fauna .......................................................................................................................................... 31 3.9.1 Avifauna ............................................................................................................................ 31 3.9.2 Butterflies and Dragonflies ........................................................................................ 34 3.9.3 Other fauna ...................................................................................................................... 36 3.9.4 Fauna of Conservation importance ........................................................................ 37 4 DISCUSSION ........................................................................................................ 37 4.1 Management options ........................................................................................................... 38 5 CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................... 39 6 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................ 41 PLATES ......................................................................................................................... 46 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................... 62 [ii] LIST OF TABLES & FIGURES TABLES Table 1 Details of vegetation analysis conducted ...................................................................... 13 Table 2 Sampling methodology for different taxa .................................................................... 14 Table 3 Community structure of woodland vegetation (tree species) ............................... 21 Table 4 Community structure of shrub layer in the study area ............................................ 23 Table 5 Herbaceous community structure in the study area ................................................. 24 Table 6 Details of invasive species found in the study area ................................................... 29 Table 7 Plant species suggested for Green belts ....................................................................... 30 Table 8 Butterflies recorded from the proposed project site ................................................ 35 Table 9 Dragonflies recorded from the proposed project site ............................................. 36 FIGURES Figure 1 Study area map ........................................................................................................................ 9 Figure 2 Sampling grids and vegetation sampling points within the study area ......... 12 Figure 3 Overlaid grids and the point counts locations (A1-A72) ....................................... 15 Figure 4 Habit-wise composition of flowering plants .............................................................. 17 Figure 5 Ten most dominant families of flowering plants of the study area .................. 18 Figure 6 Dominant genus of the study area ................................................................................ 18 Figure 7 Abundance of birds recorded during point count surveys ................................... 32 Figure 8 Species richness of birds recorded during point count surveys ......................... 33 Figure 9. Proportion of bird species recorded from various families ................................. 34 [iii] APPENDICES Appendix 1 Checklist of the plant species recorded in the study area ............................ 62 Appendix 2 Geographic locations of Faunal Sampling points ............................................. 82 Appendix 3 Checklist of birds recorded from the study area .............................................. 83 Appendix 4 Checklist of other faunal species recorded from the study area ................ 87 PLATES PLATE 1 Some common tree species in the study area ......................................................... 46 PLATE 2 Some common fruit yielding species in the study area ........................................ 47 PLATE 3 Some common climbers in the study area ................................................................ 48 PLATE 4 Some common herbs in the study area ...................................................................... 49 PLATE 5 Some common hydrophytes in the study area ........................................................ 50 PLATE 6 Some dominant grass species in the study area ..................................................... 51 PLATE 7 Some common bird species in the study area ......................................................... 52 PLATE 8 Some commonbird species in the study area ..........................................................