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ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT IN FORM-V (Under Rule-14, Environmental protection Rules, 1986) (2015-2016) FOR CLUSTER NO. – 1 (GROUP OF MINES) Mugma Area Eastern Coalfields Limited Prepared at Regional Institute – I Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd. (A Subsidiary of Coal India Ltd.) G. T. Road (West End) Asansol - 713 304 CMPDI ISO 9001:2008 Company Environmental Statement (Form-V) for Cluster No. – 1 (Group of Mines) 2015-16 ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT FOR CLUSTER NO. – 1 (GROUP OF MINES) FOR THE YEAR: 2015-2016 CONTENTS SL NO. CHAPTER PARTICULARS PAGE NO. 1 CHAPTER-I INTRODUCTION 2-7 2 CHAPTER-II ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT FORM-V (PART A TO I) 8-18 LIST OF ANNEXURES ANNEXURE NO. PARTICULARS PAGE NO. I AMBIENT AIR QUALITY 19-22 II NOISE LEVEL 23-26 III MINE AND GROUND WATER QUALITY REPORT 27-33 IV GROUNDWATER LEVEL 34 PLATES I LOCATION PLAN II PLAN SHOWING LOCATION OF MONITORING STATIONS 1 Environmental Statement (Form-V) for Cluster No. – 1 (Group of Mines) 2015-16 CHAPTER – I INTRODUCTION 1.1 GENESIS: The Gazette Notification vide G.S.R No. 329 (E) dated13th March, 1992 and subsequently renamed to ‘Environmental Statement’ vide Ministry of Environment & Forests (MOEF), Govt. of India gazette notification No. G.S.R No. 386 (E) Dtd.22nd April’93 reads as follows. “Every person carrying on an industry, operation or process requiring consent under section 25 of the Water Act, 1974 or under section 21 of the Air Act, 1981 or both or authorisation under the Hazardous Waste Rules, 1989 issued under the Environmental Protection Act, 1986 shall submit an Environmental Audit Report for the year ending 31st March in Form V to the concerned State Pollution Control Board on or before the 30th day of September every year.” In compliance with the above, the work of Environmental Statement for Cluster No. 1 was entrusted to CMPDI by GM (Environment), Eastern Coalfields Limited. 1.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Overview of Cluster No. 1: Prior to 2014 – 15, a large number of taken over mines from pre – nationalization period, mostly underground mines, in the old coalfields of Raniganj and Jharia did not have environmental clearance from the MoEF&CC and were operating on the basis of “Consents’ received from the respective PCBs. It was felt that if these mines could be brought under the ambit of EC, several measures for environmental protection and pollution control could be put in place. However, the work of obtaining EC for such mines, individually, would have taken a lot of time. To circumvent the problem, it was mooted that since the environmental problems being faced were of regional nature and not confined to individual mines alone, cluster/groups of such mines could be identified for preparing cluster-wise integrated EIA & EMPs, addressing such environmental concerns comprehensively and ensuring effective co-ordination of environmental control measures within each cluster. 13 such clusters were identified in the Raniganj Coalfield of ECL and EC has been obtained on the cluster approach for 12 such clusters. Cluster of Mines No. 1 is one of the clusters for which EC has been granted vide letter no. J-11015/78/2011-IA-II.(M) dated 16thJanuary, 2015 for a combined peak capacity of 3.30 MTY and within a ML area of 3692 Ha. Cluster No. 1 is located in the western part of Raniganj Coalfield (west of Barakar River) in the Nirsa Block of Dhanbad district of Jharkhand between latitudes 230, 44’ N & 230, 49’ N and longitudes 860, 39’ E & 860, 46’, 30” E. The area is well connected by roads and railways. N.H. – 2 and Eastern Railway Grand Chord Line pass through the cluster. The mines are administratively under Mugma Area of ECL. The cluster is situated close to the DVC Hydel and Thermal Projects of Maithon. Location of cluster – 1 is shown in plate no. – 1. 2 Environmental Statement (Form-V) for Cluster No. – 1 (Group of Mines) 2015-16 Sl No. Name of the Mine Lease Normative Peak Life Area Production Production (Years) (Ha) Capacity Capacity (MTY) (MTY) 1 Hariajam UG 316 0.11 0.14 > 25 2 Badjna UG 676 0.05 0.10 > 25 3 Chapapur-II UG 480 0.15 0.20 > 25 Chapapur OC Patch (14 Ha) 0.86 0.86 1 4 Khoodia UG 186 0.05 0.10 > 25 Khoodia OC Patch (18 Ha) 0.10 0.10 1 5 Lakhimata UG 217 0.08 0.10 > 25 Lakhimata OC Patch (19 Ha) 0.30 0.40 8 6 Shampur-B UG 368 0.09 0.10 > 25 Shampur-B (Sangamahal) OC Patch (33 Ha) 0.15 0.20 3 7 Mandman UG 345 0.07 0.10 > 25 8 Nirsha OC Patch 147 0.09 0.10 11 9 Shampur-A UG 491 0.05 0.10 > 25 Shampur-A OC Patch 0.12 0.12 2 10 Gopinathpur UG 157 0.05 0.10 > 25 Gopinathpur OC Patch 0.10 0.10 5 11 Kapasara UG 309 0.10 0.15 > 25 Kapasara OC Patch (24 Ha) 0.16 0.23 5 Total 3692 2.70 3.30 1. Hariajam UG In Hariajam UG mine, extraction of coal is being carried out in two seams, namely Brindabanpur (BP) seam and Gopinathpur (GP) Seam. The methods of mining adopted in the two seams are Development of panels by Bord& Pillar method. SDLs have been deployed for loading of coal. Transportation of coal is effected by means of tugger and main haulages. 2. Badjna UG In Badjna UG mine, extraction of coal is being carried out in two seams, namely Brindabanpur (BP) seam and Kalimati (KM) Seam. The methods of mining adopted in the two seams are Development of panels by Bord& Pillar method. Loading of coal into mine tubs is carried out both manually and by deploymewnt of SDLs. Transportation of coal is effected by means of tugger and main haulages. Coal from the underground coal face is hauled from the tugger haulages to feed the main surface haulage, which hauls the loaded coal tubs up ro the surface. 3. Chapapur – II UG & OC Patch In Chapapur-II UG mine, extraction of coal is being carried out in two seams, namely Mehtadih seam and Kalimati (KM) Seam. In K.M seam, depillaring operation is under progress with caving, whereas, development of pillars is under progress in Metadih Seam. Loading of coal into mine tubs is carried out both manually and by deploymewnt of SDL. Transportation of coal is effected by means of tugger and main haulages. Coal from the underground coal face is hauled from the tugger haulages/endless haulages to feed the main surface haulage, which hauls the loaded coal tubs up to the surface. 3 Environmental Statement (Form-V) for Cluster No. – 1 (Group of Mines) 2015-16 An OC patch has been proposed to be worked by adopting shovel-dumper combination of opencast mining. The entire OC patch falls within the existing leasehold of the mine. Some salient features of the proposed OC patch are: Name of Patch/Mine Area Mineable Volume of Normative Peak Life (Ha) Reserves OB to be Production Production in (MT) generated Capacity Capacity years (Million M3) (MTY) (MTY) Chapapur-II OC Patch 14.0 0.86 2.4 0.86 0.86 1 4. Khoodia UG & OC Patch In Khoodia UG mine, extraction of coal is being carried out BP Seam. The UG unit is currently in development phase. In future, further development work shall be done in the top section of BP Seam and in some portion of MS (Mugma Special) Seam. Loading of coal into mine tubs is carried out by deployment of two SDLs. Transportation of coal is effected by means of tugger and main haulages. Coal from the underground coal face is hauled from the tugger haulages to feed the main surface haulage, which hauls the loaded coal tubs up to the surface. An OC patch has been proposed to be worked by adopting shovel-dumper combination of opencast mining within the existing leasehold of the mine. Some salient features of the proposed OC patch are: Name of OC Area Mineable Volume of OB to Normative Peak Production Life Patch Reserves be generated Production Capacity in years Capacity Khoodia OC Patch 18Ha 0.125 MT 3.4 Million M3 0.1 MTY 0.1MTY 1 5. Lakhimata UG & OC Patch In Lakhimata UG mine, extraction of coal is being carried out in two seams, namely Mugma Special (MS) seam and Mehtadih Seam. The methods of mining adopted in the two seams are Development of panels by Bord& Pillar method. Loading of coal into mine tubs is carried out by deploymewnt of SDLs. Transportation of coal is effected by means of tugger and main haulages. Coal from the underground coal face is hauled from the tugger haulages/endless haulages to feed the main surface haulage, which hauls the loaded coal tubs up to the surface. An OC patch has been proposed to be worked by adopting shovel-dumper combination of opencast mining. The entire OC patch falls within the existing leasehold of the mine. Some salient features of the proposed OC patch are: Name of Patch/Mine Area Mineable Volume of Normative Peak Life (Ha) Reserves OB to be Production Production in (MT) generated Capacity Capacity years (Million M3) (MTY) (MTY) Lakhimata OC Patch 19.0 2.24 9.30 0.30 0.40 8 6. Shampur – B UG & OC Patch In Shampur-B UG mine, extraction of coal is being carried out in GP Seam. The UG unit is currently in development phase and getting its coal output from two Districts namely East Section and West Section.