APPLICATION for OBTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE for QUARRYING SAVUDU at SURVEY NO. 431/1 (Part) Erwadi Village Kilakarai
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APPLICATION FOR OBTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR QUARRYING SAVUDU AT SURVEY NO. 431/1 (Part) Erwadi Village Kilakarai Taluk, Ramanathapuram District Over an area of 0.98.5 Hectares FOR Using in Filling Purpose of low lying area Lessee: B.Manikandan INDEX SL.NO DESCRIPTION PAGE 1 Executive summary 3 2 EC format 4 3 Copy of demand draft 6 4 Form-I 7 5 Approved letter from collector 18 6 Approved mining plan Encl –I 7 Pre-feasibility report Encl – II (1-17) 8 Consolidation of above documents in PDF – in CD Encl - III EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This project is for Quarrying of Savudu (Mining of Minor Minerals other than granite) in S.F.No. 431/1 (Part) of Erwadi Village, Kilakarai Taluk, Ramanathapuram District over an area of 0.98.5 Hectares by B.Manikandan. The mine application was meritoriously processed and the District Collector, Ramanathapuram passed an order vide Letter No.968/G&M.2/2015 dated 29.06.2016 to prepare a Mining Plan and obtain Environment clearance from the state level Environment Impact Assessment Authority. The Mining Plan submitted by the Applicant was approved by Assistant Director, Ramanathapuram dated 14.07.2016 vide Letter No. 968/G&M.2/2015 asking the applicant to seek EC from SEIAA. The excavated mineral Savudu is proposed to be utilized for filling and leveling of the low lying areas involved in projects like road projects, construction and other infrastructure development work in and around the district. Thiru. B.Manikandan has applied for Environmental Clearance for the proposed quarrying of Savudu from an extent of 0.98.5 Hectares in Erwadi Village, Kilakarai Taluk, Ramanathapuram District. SALIENT FEATURES: 1 Name of the Owner + Firm Thiru. B.Manikandan Location of the quarry S.F.No. 431/1 (Part) S/o.Boominathan, No.1/881, Shed Ibrahim Nagar, Bharathinagar, Ramanathapuram Taluk and District. Pin Code: 623503 3 Purpose of the application Quarrying of Savudu 4 Extent of quarry 0.98.5 Hectares 5 Land use planning a. Mining 0.98.5 Hectares b. Storage of topsoil over burden NIL c. Infrastructure road NIL d. Green belt NIL 6 Production 6,705 M3/ 5,364 M.T/ 1,073Tractor Loads 7 Top soil & overburden NIL 8 Method of mining Open–cast semi-mechanized method of mining 9 Life of mine 1 Year 10 Height and width of the bench Not involved in this mining activity since it is 1.0m below the ground level. 11 Source of water/quantity required Drinking Out Sourcing – 0.1 KLD Dust suppression/Green Belt Development Surface water/Out sourcing – 0.2 KLD 12 Waste water Not encountered in this mining activity Severage Through surface waters 13 APC measures Within controllable limit 14 Aerial distance of nearest habitation Erwadi – 2.5 kms 50 Families (NE) Anbu Nagar– 1.5 km 20 Families (SE) - - Siraikulam – 6.0km 10 Families (SW) 15 Aerial distance from reserve forest, sensitive areas, No Reserve Forest/sensitive areas/bird forest, bird sanctuary, wild life parks, Monuments sanctuary/wild life parks/monuments is within 10 kms. found nearby 16 Land ownership document Lease hold patta land 17 Land use classification Dry Patta land 18 Mining plan prepared by M. Valliappan RQP/MAS/156/2001/A Approved by Assistant Director, Dept of Geology & Mining, Ramanathapuram 19 Precise area statement approved by District Collector, Ramanathapuram 20 Nearby quarries Not available 21 Nearby lake/river/odai/channel etc., NIL 22 Latitude/longitude Latitude :09°11'59"N to 09°12'05"N Longitude : 78°42'06"E to 78°42'08"E 23 Toposheet No. 58 –K/12 24 Project cost Rs. 5,00,000 lakhs 25 EMP cost Rs. 85,000 Thousands 26 Water table 35 metres FORM – I (I) BASIC INFORMATION S.NO ITEM DETAILS 1 Name of the project Quarrying of Savudu 2 S.No. in the schedule I (a) 3 Proposed capacity/area/length/ tonnage to 6,705 M3 be handled/ command area/ lease area/ number of wells to be drilled 4 New/ expansion/ modernization New project, fresh lease 5 Existing capacity/ area etc., Not applicable, new project 6 Category of project i.e. ‘A’ or ‘B’ ‘B2’ category 7 Does it attract the general condition? If yes, No it doesn’t attract any items mentioned in the please specify general conditions. 8 Does it attract the specific condition? If yes, No it doesn’t attract any items mentioned in the please specify specific conditions. 9 Location Erwadi Plot/ survey/ khasra No. 431/1 (Part) Village Erwadi Tehsil Kilakarai District Ramanathapuram State Tamil Nadu 10 Nearest railway station/ airport along the Ramanathapuram RS – 23.0 kms NE distance in kms. Tuticorin Airport – 79.0 kms SW 11 Nearest town, city, district headquarters Town – Keelakarai – 10 kms NE along the distance in kms. City – Ramanathapuram – 23.5 kms NE District – Ramanathapuram – 23.5 kms NE 12 Village panchayats, zilla parishad, Village – Erwadi municipal corporation, local body (complete Panchayat – Erwadi postal addresses with telephone nos. to be Taluk – Kilakarai given) District – Ramanathapuram. 3 Name of the applicant Thiru.B.Manikandan 14 Registered address S/o.Boominathan, No.1/881, Shed Ibrahim Nagar, Bharathinagar, Ramanathapuram Taluk and District. Pin Code: 623503 15 Address of communication Same as above Name Thiru. B.Manikandan Designation Proprietor Address Same as above e-mail NIL Telephone no. - Fax no. NIL 16 Details of alternative sites examined, if any. There is no alternate site examined. The project is Location of these sites should be on a specific. toposheet 17 Interlinked projects No interlinked project with this 18 Whether separate application of interlinked No interlinked project with this project has been submitted 19 If yes, date of submission Not applicable 20 If no, reason Project site is specific. 21 Whether the proposal involves approval/ clearance under: if any details of the same and their status to be given a) The Forest (Conservation) Act, The project doesn’t attract the Forest 1980? (Conservation) Act, 1980. There is no forest land involved within the lease applied area. b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972? There is no wildlife in nearby areas from the project site under the wildlife protection act, 1972. c) The C.R.Z Notification, 1991? The project site is far away and more than 50 kms from high water line of Bay of Bengal. Hence, the project doesn’t attract C.R.Z Notification, 1991. 22 Whether there is any Government Order/ The Proponent has obtained precise area approval Policy relevant / relating to the site? letter from the district collector, Ramanathapuram vide . 968/G&M.2/2015 dated 29.06.2016 and Mining Plan was approved by Assistant Director, Ramanathapuram vide Letter No. 968/G&M.2/2015 dated 14.07.2016 23 Forest land involved (hectares) No forest land involved in this project. 24 Whether there is any litigation pending No litigation is pending with against the project. against the project and/ or land in which the project is proposed to be set up? a) Name of the court NIL b) Case no. NIL c) Orders/ directions of the court, if NIL any and its relevance with the proposed project. II) ACTIVITY 1. Construction, operation or decommissioning of the Project involving actions, which will cause physical changes in the locality (topography, land use, change in water bodies, etc.) S.No Information / Checklist Yes/ Details thereof (with approximate quantities/ Confirmation No rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 1.1 Permanent or temporary change in No The proposed project is to remove Savudu below land use, land cover or topography ground level. The depth of mining is 1.0meter. Thus including increase in intensity of the project site is done to ground level, So as to fit land use (with respect to local land for agriculture use plan) 1.2 Clearance of existing land, No The proposed quarry site 2 km away from any Vegetation and buildings? permanent structures like pumping schemes, bridges and there is no necessary for clearance of existing lands. 1.3 Creation of new land uses? No Not applicable 1.4 Pre-construction investigations No Not applicable e.g. bore houses, soil testing? 1.5 Construction works? No No scope of any construction work arises in the project. 1.6 Demolition works? No No scope of demolition work rise in this project. 1.7 Temporary sites used for No Laborers are the people from the nearby villages construction works or housing of construction workers? 1.8 Above ground buildings, structure No The project does not involve any construction of earthworks including linear process. structures, cut and fill or excavations. 1.9 Underground works including No The proposed quarrying is 1.0m below the ground mining or tunneling? level and excavated through open cast semi mechanized method. No room for underground mining or tunneling. 1.10 Reclamation works? No The proposal of this project is to remove Savudu, 1.0m below ground level and the land will be used for agricultural Purpose. 1.11 Dredging? No Not Applicable 1.12 Offshore structures? No Not Applicable 1.13 Production and manufacturing Yes Savudu mined by opencast semi mechanized processes? method will be transported to to the needy customers' site like road/construction projects, for filling and leveling of low lying areas and for other infrastructure development work in and around the District 1.14 Facilities for storage of goods or No No storage occurs as all excavated material is materials? loaded and transported to to the needy customers' site like road/construction projects, for filling and leveling of low lying areas and for other infrastructure development work in and around the District.