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The Collieries Company Limited (A Government Company) Area YELLANDU-P.O 507124 Khammam Dist.. A.P. Telephone GM: 08745-240044 Env. Manager: 08745-240329 Fax No. : 08745-240348

Ref.:-YLD/ ENV/ 09/ 2015-16/ Ibh Dt: 03-01-2016

To, The Director, Ministry of Environment and Forests & Climate Change (MoEF & CCl, RegionalOffice, (South Eastren Zone), 1st & 2nd Floor, HDFCBuilding, No. 34. CatheralGarden Road, Nungambakam, CHENNAI- 600034.

Sir, Sub: - Half-Yearly Environmental Monitoring Report of Jawahar Khani(JK-5) Open Cast Mine of Yellandu Area of S. C. Co. Ltd. - Reg Ref: - MoEFLetter NoJ-l1015/358/2006-I.A.II (M) Gal, Dated 18-05- 2009. -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 Jawahar Khani(JK-5) Open Cast Mine of Yellandu Area of Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd.,Yeliandu Area, , (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.

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. THE SINGARENI COLLIERIES COMPANY LIMITED (A Govt. Company) Yellandu Area PART -I A. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PROJECT:

1. Name of the Project : Jawahar Khani-5 Open Cast 2. Organization : The Singareni Collieries Company Limited 3. Coalfield · Godavari Valley Coal Field 4. Type of Mine · Opencast Mine 5. Technology · Shovel-Dumper Combination 6. Environmental Clearance A Letter No & date J-11015/358/2006-IAII(M), dt 18-05-2009 B. Sanctioned Capacity 2.00 MTPA J C. Mining Lease Area. 514.95 Ha D. Date of Public Hearing · 14.12.2007 7. Location of the Project

A Villages Sudimalla and Usirikayalapalli B. Tahasill Mandai · Yellandu C. District Khammam D. State · E. Latitude · North Latitude 17° 33' 59" to 17° 35' 25" F. Longitude · East Longitude 80° 18' 51" to 80° 19' 51" G. Topo Sheet 65 C/6 H. Nearest Railway Station Singareni Collieries () I. Nearest Airport · J. Nearest Town Khammam 8. Address for Correspondence A Name : D. Ramachander B. Designation : Additional General Manager C. Address · JK5 OCP, Yellandu, Khammam District, AP. D. PIN Code 507123 E. E-maillD Agtjkgrp_yld @scclmines.com F. Telephone No. 08745 240095 G. Fax No. 08745 240348 9. Life of the Project A Date of Opening 01-01-2012 B. Total Life of the project as per EMP 8 Years C. Balance Life 6 Years

1 ,.'..' .... 'Y'$:e ,; .: ,'.; ,;- 10. Seam's - ...._.. A. N9: of Seams Present · 5 B. Seams being worked 1 (Queen Seam)- I 11. Depth A. Minimum Depth · 35 mtrs .. ' '. B. Maximum Depth 120 mtrs C. Present working depth · 60 mtrs 12. Reserves A. Total Geological Reserves 26.30 MT B. Total Extractable Reserves · 23.67 MT C. Reserves already Extracted UG (Mt) 02.23 MT D. Reserves already Extracted OC 03.59 MT E. Balance Reserves 20.08 MT F. Coal production during last 6 months 0.401 MT 13. Over Burden A. TotalOB · 101.92 MCu Mtrs B. OB extracted since inception 22.87 MCu Mtrs C. OB removed in last 6 months 0.89 MCu Mtrs D. Stripping Ratio · 1:4.33 14. Top Soil A. Total Topsoil 2.77 MCu Mtrs B. Topsoil extracted since inception · 0.593 MCu Mtrs C. Topsoil removed in last six months 0.000 MCu Mtrs 15. Land Requirement A. Total Requirement 514.95 Ha B. Forestland Involved Nil C. Non-forestland 514.95 Ha 16. Activity wise Land Requirement AS per EMP Present Status A. Quarry (incl. Drains) 149.95 Ha 8.43 Ha Safe barrier ,road and drainage along B. 106.09 Ha 106.09 Ha quarry and dump yard. C. External OB dump . 247.03 Ha 24.50 Ha D. Service Buildings, CHP & Sub - . 4.46 Ha 4.46 Ha station E. Road diversion 7.41 Ha Nil F. Total 514.95 Ha 139.02 Ha 17. Statutory Clearances A. Mining Plan Approval Lr.No.13016/20/2007/PA-1Idtd: 23.07.2009 Lr.No.10881TISCCLl2006-07, dtd: Ground Water Clearance B. 04.08.2007 Consent No. 57/PCB/CFE/RO- C. Consent for Establishment KTM/HO/2011/915 ,dt 25.06.2011

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, . .' ; ", , , " ;./L.'" ',: .. ;.,:, ,.;' ' . >,:'" .-" .: I' , . " 'APPCB/HYD/KOM1..lK-5/HO/CFO/2012:. ,, , , . 2291 dt 24-08-2012, valid up to 31-12~201'2, . Renewal of CFO applied for 'the period up to, 31-12-2015 was submitted vide 'this 'office D. Consent for Operation " :Ref. No. Yld/ENV/2012-13/03l72,. ". . dt 28-12~. . . . . : :,2012 ,APPCB, RO KGM Inward No. 2668, , dt 28-12-2012. The inspection of APPCB, for renewal of CFO was completed E. Forest Clearance Nil Lease was granted for 20 years from 15-4- F. Mining Lease · 2004 to 14.4.2024 vide GO.Ms.No 278 dtd: 23.10.2007 G. Others (Specify) · Nil R&R benefit paid to 1335 Members 18. R & R Involved identified from 638 Families for Rehabilitation

B. STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF MOEF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE CONDITIONS AS ON 30-09-2015

SPECIFIC CONDITIONS: Con Condition Status d. No. 1 Adequate safety measures shall be Adequate safety measures are being implemented for mining in areas where implemented as per DGMS conditions. underground mining has been undertaken. Prior permission of the DGMS shall be All the required permissions were obtained taken to undertake opencast mining in from the DGMS for working above the under areas where underground mining has been ground mining has been done. done. 2 The entire topsoil of 2.77 Mm3 shall be About 0.441 Mm3 top soil has been stocked stocked properly with proper slope at till now at the earmarked dump site adjoined earmarked site(s) and shall not be kept and OB is preserved to be dumped in the active and shall be entirely used for existing dump of JKOC abandoned. reclamation and development of qreen belt 3 No external OB dump shall be created for No separate external dump is created for the the project. The OB generated over the life project, about 21.27 M.Cu.m of OB removed of the project shall be partially dumped into since inception is dumped in the neighboring the voids of the neighboring JKOCP and JKOCP voids as envisaged in the EMP. the balance into the voids of the existing Soon after creation of the de-coaled area, project after extraction of coal the OB will be dumped in the voids of existing project only. 4 Catch drains and siltation ponds of Catch drains and 3 nos of siltation ponds of appropriate size shall be constructed to appropriate size were provided along the rise arrest silt and sedimentation flows from side of the quarry for arresting the silt and soil, OB and mineral dumps. The water so sedimentation flows from the dumps. These collected shall be utilized for watering the drains are being de-silted regularly before on mine area, roads, green belt development, set of monsoon. etc. The drains shall be regularly de-silted Garland drains of around 2.5 m X 2.5 m size, and maintained properly. 4.8 Km lenath with suitable qradlent was 3 ~" . '.:

. .' , ... , .. '. ,. -. .G~rt~nd drains'·of suitable. size, .gradient provided. and length and sump capacity. sMa'lIbe designed keeping ·50% safety margin over Adequate sump capacity is provided with and above the peak sudden rainfall and more than 100% safety margin over and maximum discharge in the area adjoining above the peak sudden rainfall and the. mine site, Sump capacity shall also maximum discharge in the area adjoining the provide for adequate retention period to mine site.' .. allow proper settling of silt material. 5 Dimension of the retaining wall at the toe of 2.5 m X 2.5 m X 5{)0 m toe wall was provided the dumps and OB benches within the at the toe of the dumps. The length of toe mine to check run-off and siltation shall be wall for the dumps is 4.80 krn, and a length based on the rainfall data of 2.00 km completed. Balance will be completed before monsoon, 6 Crushers at the existing Yellandu CHP and No Crushers are in operation at the existing that to be constructed at the pit head shall Yellandu CHP. be operated with high efficiency bag filters, The CHP at the mine was provided with one water sprinkling system shall be provided crusher of 500tph capacity, Adequate water to check fugitive emissions from crushing spraying arrangement is provided to control operations, conveyor system, haulage the dust emission at the crusher, discharge roads and transfer points points and along the conveyor belts. 2nos of 28 KL water sprinklers and one 10 KL water tanker are provided for dust suppression on haul roads and at CHP surroundings, 7 Drills shall be wet operated only. One drill is presently deployed in the mine and is provided with wet drilling provision, 8 Controlled blasting shall be practiced only Controlled blasting is being done using during daytime with use of delay NONELs to control the blast induced ground detonators. The mitigative measures for vibrations and to arrest the fly rocks. Blasting control of ground vibrations and to arrest is being done during daytime with approved the fly rocks and boulders shall be blast design parameters, implemented, 9 Afforestation shall cover a total area of not 545 ha backfilled area of JKOCP (adjacent less than 355.48 Ha which includes abandoned mine) was already planted with reclaimed topsoil dump (16.69ha), 1516093 plants, The plants (native species) backfilled area of JKOCP (216.40 ha), are being supplied by the SCCL owned backfilled area of JK5 (57.54 ha), along ML forestry Department headed by Advisor boundary, along roads and infrastructure, (Forestry) an IFS Officer deputed from the and undisturbed areas within the lease State Forest Department. 20 Ha dump (64,80 ha) by planting native species in plantation was done up to Sep 2014. consultation with the local DFO/Agriculture Department. The density of the trees shall be around 2500 plants per Ha.

10 A progressive mine closure plan shall be The Project has commenced recently and implemented by reclamation of quarry area reclamation after mine area will be done in a of 149.95 ha. of which an area of 57.54 ha phased manner as per EMP. The mine shall be backfilled and afforested by closure plan will be submitted in the year planting native plant species in consultation 2018. with the local DFO/Agriculture Department. The density of the trees shall be around 2500 plants per ha. The balance 92.41 ha of the de-coaled void left at the end of mine life, which is being converted into a water reservoir shall be gently sloped along the upper benches and stabilized with 4 <.

'~,:~--;.i,:::::.'_' '.• "_. ., . . . ..:;. ..,...... ~...:: "':'. . .. ":.;":' .. ' ..•.. .:.. .. pJanf~Hqn. $ifi1i1arly,the backfilled .quarry of. the· riE1ighboringJKOCP; ·\tVh~ein·OB from thepresent project is to ba.dumped :~.Ishall be: reclaimed with plantatton to an . extent of 216.40 ha. and the remaining 30.64 he}.of the void left at the end of this project ·shallb~ left as a water reservoir 11 Regular monitoring of ground water level Regular ground water: level monitoring is and quality shall be carried out by being done in 8 no of piezometric and 10 No establishinq a network of existing wells and of observation wells.. construction of new piezometers. The monitoring for quantity shall be done four The details are furnished at Point No 11 of times a year in pre-monsoon (May), Part-II. monsoon (August), post-monsoon (November), and winter (January) seasons The ground water level monitoring data is and for quality in May. Data thus collected being submitted to MoEF and CPCB on shall be submitted to the Ministry of quarterly basis. Environment & Forests and to the Central Pollution Control Board quarterly within one month of monitorino. 12 The company shall put up artificial ground From long term monitoring of piezometric water recharge measures for augmentation wells no significant impact on ground water of ground water resource. The project of the area observed. authorities shall meet water requirement of However, water supply arrangements were nearby village(s) in case the village wells made to meet water requirement of nearby go dry due to dewatering of mine. village and colony through pipe line from filter beds of 47 Level, JK Colony and 24 Colony. Presently, There are three water harvesting pits in JK 5 OC. 13 Besides carrying out regular periodic health Besides carrying out regular periodical check up of their workers, 10% of the examination, all EP operators and drivers workers identified from workforce engaged who are engaged in active mining operations in active mining operations shall be are being sent every year for eye refraction subjected to health check up for test and audiometric health check up by occupational diseases and hearing SCCL Doctors trained in PG course in impairment, if any, through an agency such Industrial Health, Director General of Factory as NIOH, Ahmedabad within a period of Advise and Labour Institute, Sion, Mumbai. one year and the results reported to this Ministry and to DGMS. 14 ETP shall also be provided to workshop ETP was provided at JK 5 OC work shop. and CHP wastewater. Mine discharge The treated water is being re-used for water shall be treated to prescribed plantation in workshop to the maximum standards before discharge into any natural extent before letting out to a drain. water course. 15 R & R of Yellandu town shall be not less R&R is being implemented as per the state than that based on norms prescribed in the R&R Policy as per GO Ms. No 68 of State National R & R policy. Government. 1359 persons from 638 families were identified and R&R benefits were disbursed. The structure valuation amount was deposited to the District Authorities and R&R centre is under preparation 16 A pre-mining survey of the socio-economic Pre-mining survey of Socio economic status status of the local Communities shall be of local communities was conducted and carried out based on the UNDP Human furnished in the EMP. The impact of R&R 5 , .

Dev~r<5limerit·!ridex and the impacf.ofR&R··· and CS~ a~tiv1:ttes:'ofth~.h1inewas :ca~ri~~;'f arid C;:$R initiatives shall be. m.onitored out dunng: 2013-1~ and the report 'is:! over the. life of project and reported the enclosed as, annexure. I «once every 5 years. 17 ;'For monitoring land use pattern and for Land use monitoring based on satellite post mining land use, a time series of land imageries was carried.in 2013 and the report use maps, based on satellite imaginary (on is enclosed as Annexure. ' a scale of 1.:5(00) 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 anyone particular season which is consistent in the time series), and the report submitted to MoEF and its Regional office at Bangalore once in 3 years. 18 A Final Mine closure plan along with details Final Mine closure plan will be submitted to of Corpus Fund shall be submitted to the the Ministry of Environment & Forests in Ministry of Environment & Forests 5 years 2018 (i.e. before 5 yrs of mine closure). in advance of final mine closure for approval.

General conditions: 1 No change in mining technology and scope No change in mining technology and scope of of working shall be made without prior working has been made. approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests 2 No change in the calendar plan including No change in the calendar plan including excavation, quantum of mineral coal and excavation, quantum of mineral coal and waste waste shall be made has been made. SI. Year Coal in Over burden in no Million Tons Million CU.m EMP Actu EMP Actual al 2015- 1 2.00 1.39 6.743 1.471 16 3 Four Ambient Air quality monitoring Four ambient air quality monitoring stations stations shall be established in the core were established in the core zone and four in zone as well as in the buffer zone for the buffer zone for monitoring SPM, RPM, S02, monitoring SPM, RPM,S02, Nox and Nox and heavy metals such as Hg, Pb, Cr, As heavy metals such as Hg, Pb, Cr, As, etc. etc in consultation with Regional office, AP Location of the stations shall be decided Pollution Control Board, Kothagudem. based on the meteorological data, The details of monitoring stations and topographical features and environmentally monitoring results furnished in Point no.8 of and ecologically sensitive targets in Part-II. consultation with the State Pollution control Board. 4 Fugitive dust emissions (SPM and RSPM Fugitive dust emissions through four Ambient and heavy metals such as Hg, Pb, Cr, As Air Quality Monitoring stations in the core zone etc) from all the sources shall be controlled are being monitored regularly and monitoring regularly monitored and data recorded results furnished in Point no.8 of Part-ll. properly. Water spraying arrangement on Water spraying arrangements are provided with haul roads, wagon loading and dump 2 nos. of 28 KL capacity water tankers @16 trucks (loading and unloading) points shall trips/day and one 10KL tanker @ 9trips /day for be provided and properly maintained. suppressing the dust on haul roads. Permanent Water spraying arrangement is being 6 "'~:' :. . .'.' .. , , . inta' .ed '

, 12 The funds earmarked for: .envirorimental ' The funds earmarked for the, environmental protection ,measures >$l1all be kept in safeguards are being kept in separate account separate account and shall not be diverted and will not be diverted for other purpose, ' for other purpose, Year-wise expenditure Year wise expenditure is being reported to the shall be reported to this, Ministry and Its Ministry and its Regional Office of MoEF,: ' Regional office at Banqalore. The' environmental protection expenditure incurred in the Project is furnished in Point no.13 of Part-ll, 13 The Regional office of this Ministry located Project Authority will extend full cooperation to at Bangalore shall monitor compliance of the office (s) of the regional office by furnishing the stipulated conditions. The project the requisite data I information I monitoring authorities shall extend full co-operation to reports. the office(s) of the Regional office by furnishing the requisite datal information/monitoring reports. 14 A copy of the clearance letter shall be A copy was submitted to Sudimalla Grama marked to concerned Panchayatl local Panchayat Office on 26.05.2009. NGO, if any, from whom any suggestion/representation has been received while processing the proposal.

15 State Pollution Control Board shall display Copies were submitted to concerned offices for a copy of the clearance letter at the displaying on 26.05.2009. Regional Office, District Industry Centre and Collector's office, Tahsildar's office for 30 days. 16 The project authorities shall advertise at Advertised in the following Daily News papers least in two local newspapers widely about the JK-5 OC of SCCL Environmental circulated around the project, one of which Clearance from Ministry of Environment and shall be in the vernacular language of the Forests, GOI, New Delhi. locality concerned within seven days of the The Hindu (English), dtd.08.06.2009 and clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental Eenadu (Telugu), dtd. 08.06.2009. clearance and a copy of the clearance The copy of EC letter and compliance status letter is available with the State Pollution was uploaded in SCCL website Control Board and may also be seen at the (www.scclmines.com) and regularly updated. website of the Ministry of Environment & Forests at http://envfor.nic.in. The The monitoring data of SPM, RSPM, S02 and compliance status shall also be uploaded NOx etc., was displayed at the entrance of the by the project authorities in their website project premises. and regularly updated at least once in six months so as to bring the same in the public domain. The monitoring data of SPM, RSPM, S02 and NOx etc., shall also be displayed at the entrance of the project premises and mines office and in corporate office.

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