Form 1 As Per EIA Notification 2006 for Ponnai Rough Stone Quarry of Thiru.D.Rajendran Ponnai Village, Katpadi Taluk, Vellore District, Tamilnadu
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Form 1 as per EIA Notification 2006 for Ponnai Rough Stone Quarry of Thiru.D.Rajendran Ponnai Village, Katpadi Taluk, Vellore District, Tamilnadu Application Form for Obtaining Environmental Clearance from State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) Tamilnadu FORM 1 (I) BASIC INFORMATION S. Item Details No 1 Name of the project/s Ponnai Rough Stone quarry project. 2 S. No. in the schedule 1(a). 3 Proposed capacity/ Proposed capacity of Rough stone area/length/tonnage to be 56,025m3 for a period of Sixty two months handled/command area/lease (Five year and two months) only (16.06.2016 area/number of wells to be drilled to 15.08.2021). Area =1.00.0Ha . Total dimension of the area: Ultimate Pit dimension (M) Pit No Length Width Depth(max) in (Max) in (Avg) in (m) m m I 83 70 10m (5 above ground level and 5m below ground level) The command area =0.58.0Ha (effective quarrying area after leaving safety distance) It is a shallow open cast quarry. This is an existing pit, hence no wells are proposed not drilled. It is an existing quarry lease area. (Ponnai 4 New/ Expansion/ Modernization Rough stone Quarry). The Geological resource of Rough stone in proposed site is 76,520m3 (Rough stone). Mineable Reserves is estimated at 61,985m3(Rough stone).The proposed capacity is about 56,025m3 (Rough stone) 5 Existing capacity/Area etc. for 10m(5m Above Ground level 5mbelow Ground level) depth. This Topsoil will be safely removed and preserved all along the boundary development barrier for afforestation and Green belt development. Area :1.00.0Ha 6 Category of project i.e. `A’ or ‘B’ Category – B2. Does it attract the general condition? If The applicant should maintain 7.5msafety 7 yes, please specify. distance all along the boundary barrier. Does it attract the specify condition? If There is no any attract the specify condition 8 yes, please specify. Location Ponnai Village, Katpadi Taluk, Vellore 9 District. Plot/ Survey/ Khasra No. 705 (Part-1) Village Ponnai Taluk Katpadi District Vellore State Tamilnadu Nearest railway station/ airport along Arakkonam Railway station -19km–S 10 with distance in kms Chennai Airport-98kms-SE Nearest Town, city, District Town – Katpadi –22.0km - SW 11 Headquarters along with distance in Nearest City–Vellore – 27.5km - SW kms District –Vellore – 27.5km - SW Village Panchayats, Zila Parishad, Village Panchayat –Ponnai Municipal Corporation, Local body Panchayat Union – Sholinghur 12 (complete postal addresses with Taluk –Katpadi telephone nos. to be given) District – Vellore 13 Name of the applicant Thiru.D.Rajendran S/o. Duraisamy, Registered Address No.109, South Vanniyar Street, Sholinghur, 14 Walajah Taluk, Vellore District. Pincode–635710. Address for correspondence: Name Thiru.D.Rajendran Designation (Owner/Partner/CEO) Proprietor / Owner S/o. Duraisamy, No.109, South Vanniyar Street, Sholinghur, Address Walajah Taluk, 15 Vellore District. Pincode–635710. Pin Code 635710. E-mail [email protected] Telephone No. 9159258111. Fax No. - Details of Alternative Sites examined, There is no alternative sites are examined. 16 if any. Location of these sites should The project is site specific. be shown on a Topo sheet. Interlinked Projects 17 There is no interlinked project. Whether separate application of As there is no interlinked project, no 18 interlinked project has been application has been submitted. submitted? As there is no interlinked project, no 19 If yes, date of submission application has been submitted. The project involves Rough stone quarry 20 If no, reason only. Whether the proposal involves approval/ clearance under: if yes, It is Government land the applicant has details of the same and their status to obtained tender from the Government be given. Please refer annexure no -IA (a) Forest (Conservation) Act 1980. 21 (a) The Forest (Conservation) Act, (b) There is no wild life in the project site 1980? area under the Wildlife (protection) Act (b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972? 1972. (c) The C. R. Z. Notification, 1991? (C) The project area does not fall the C.R.Z Notification, 1991. The letter was issued from the District Collector Vellore District vide Rc.No.219/2015 (Mines) dated 31.05.2016 Whether there is any Government (Enclosed as Annexure – I). 22 Order/ Policy relevant/ relating to the The Mining Plan was got approval by the site? Assistant Director, Department of Geology and Mining, Vellore vide Rc.No. 219/2015(Mines) dated 08.12.2016. 23 Forest land involved (hectares) No forest land is involved lease area. Whether there is any litigation pending against the project and/ or land in There is no court case pending, litigations which the project is propose to be set relating to the project directly and indirectly. up? 24 (a) Name of the Court (b) Case No. (c) Orders/ directions of the Court, if any and its relevance with the proposed project. 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.) Details thereof (with approximate Information/Checklist Yes/ S. No quantities/rates, wherever possible) with confirmation No sources of information data The topography will be changed after the quarrying of Rough stone as per the Mining plan, Conventional Open cast Semi Mechanized Mining with 5.0 meter vertical bench with a bench width of 5.0 meter is being proposed. The ultimate pit dimensions are given below. The depth of the quarry is restricted up to depth 10m (5m Above Ground level and 5mBelow Ground level). Ultimate Pit dimension (M) Pit No Length Width Depth(max) in (Max) in (Avg) in (m) m m I 83 70 10m (5 above ground level Permanent or temporary and 5m below ground level) change in land use, land cover or topography including 1.1 Yes Topography will change in respect to increase in intensity of land overburden excavation. However, measures use (with respect to local land will be implemented as per mining Plan. As the use plan) area of the quarry remains the same, there will not be any increase in intensity of local land use. Present Area in use Sl. Area during the Land Use No. (Hect) quarrying period (Hect) 1. Quarrying Pit 0.06.0 0.58.0 2. Infrastructure Nil 0.01.0 3. Roads 0.01.0 0.01.0 4. Green Belt Nil 0.12.0 5. Unutilized 0.93.0 0.28.0 Total = 1.00.0 1.00.0 There is no vegetation and building in this Clearance of existing land, project lease area, hence there is no 1.2 vegetation and building? No requirement of clearing the vegetation and building. There is an existing road leads to the quarry. This has 5mts carriage way width. The total quarrying activity is proposed to carry out within the quarry lease area. Hence, there is no proposal for creating of new land uses. Temporary approach road within the 1.3 Creation of new land uses? No project area will be form for the easy access of men and machinery which will be well maintained. The tippers will transport the rough stones to the needy customers by existing road. The Rough stone is clearly visible by the Pre-construction existing pit,hence pre-construction 1.4 investigations e.g. bore No investigation and soil testing is not proposed houses, soil testing? before quarrying operation. There will be no major civil works, other than the following infrastructure: office building, storeroom, toilet and first aid room will be 1.5 Construction works? Yes provided on permanent structures within the quarry lease area in the safety barrier. After the grant of lease. There are no existing building within the 1.6 Demolition works? No leasearea hence no demolition work is involved. Temporary sites used for Sites service on permanent structure will be 1.7 construction works or Yes constructed only after grant of quarry lease housing of construction within 7.5m safety barrier. workers? Above ground buildings, There are no tall buildings or linear structure structures or earth works 1.8 No found within the quarry site. There is no including linear structures, requirement of cutting and filling in the site. cut and fill or excavations Conventional open cast semi mechanized quarrying operation involves Shallow jack Underground works including 1.9 No hammer drilling, slurry blasting will be mining or tunneling? adopted. No underground mining or tunneling is proposed. There is no reclamation works is proposed. In the proposed mining plan only 10m (5m Above Ground level and 5m below Ground level) depth has been envisaged as workable depth for safe & economic mining during the 1.10 Reclamation works? No lease period. Hence, after quarry reaches ultimate pit limit (for this lease period) of 10m depth, fencing will be constructed around the quarried pits to prevent inherent entry of the public and cattle. There is no such type of activities involved in 1.11 Dredging? No this opencast quarrying operation. There is no such type of activities involved; It 1.12 Offshore structures? No is an inland quarrying project. No production or manufacturing is involved in Production and thisRough stone quarrying. The Rough stone 1.22 No manufacturing processes? is liberated from the parent rock mass and transported to the needy customers/other Thereroad project is no. proposal for storage of material Facilities for storage of goods within the quarry lease area. The Rough stone 1.14 No or materials? will be loaded directly to the tippers and tr ansported to needy customers/other buyers. The entire quarried Rough stonewill be consumed. The anticipated waste will be very negligible the entire Rough stone irrespective of size has a good commercial market at present market scenario.