Application for Prior Environmental Clearance (Form – 1& Form
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Application for Prior Environmental Clearance (Form – 1& Form -2) For Proposed Road Metal Mine over an Extent of 0.7486 Hectares in Sy. No. Hill Block No.VII of Nadigadda Village H/o Dupadu Village, Tripuranthakam Mandal, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh. ___________________________________________________________ Submitted To State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority, A.P. Submitted By ________________________________________________________________________________ SRI B.VENKATA REDDY H.No.8-75, Nadigadda Village, H/o. Dupadu, Tripuranthakam Mandal, Prakasam District A.P. FORM 1 (I) Basic Information Sl.No. Item Details 1. Name of the project/s SRI B.VENKATA REDDY 0.7486 Ha. of Road Metal Mine 2. S.No. in the schedule 1 (a) 3. Proposed capacity /area/length/tonnage to be 0.7486 Ha. of Road Metal Mine with a handled/command area/lease area/number of wells to proposed production is 30475 be drilled. Cum/Year of Road Metal 4. New/Expansion/Modernization New 5. Existing Capacity/Area etc. 0.7486 Ha- New Mine 6. Category of Project i.e. ‘A’ or ‘B’ B2 7. Does it attract the general condition? If yes, please No specify. 8. Does it attract the specific condition? If yes, please No specify. 9. Location Plot/Survey/Khasra No. Sy. No: Hill Block no.VII Village Nadigadda village, Tehsil H/o. Dupadu village, District Tripuranthakam (M), State Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh. 10. Nearest railway station/airport along with distance in Donakonda Railway Station is 19 Km kms. from the ML area 11. Nearest Town, city, district Headquarters along with Nadigadda Vilage is located at a distance in kms. distance of 1.6 km from the applied area. 12. Village Panchayats, Zilla Parishad, Municipal B.VENKATA REDDY Corporation, Local body (complete postal addresses Lessee with telephone nos. to be given) S/o. Kasi Reddy H.No.8-75, Nadigadda Village, H/o. Dupadu, Tripuranthakam Mandal, Prakasam District Cell:9959889338 13. Name of the applicant B.VENKATA REDDY 14. Registered Address B.VENKATA REDDY Lessee S/o. Kasi Reddy H.No.8-75, Nadigadda Village, H/o. Dupadu, Tripuranthakam Mandal, Prakasam District Cell:9959889338 15. Address for correspondence: B.VENKATA REDDY Name Lessee Designation (Owner/Partner /CEO) S/o. Kasi Reddy Pin code H.No.8-75, E-mail Nadigadda Village, H/o. Dupadu, Telephone No. Tripuranthakam Mandal, Fax No. Prakasam District Cell:9959889338 16. Details of Alternative Sites examined, if any. Alternative sites available but lease Location of these sites should be shown on a topo granted in applied area. sheet. 17. Interlinked Projects Nil 18. Whether separate application of interlinked project Not Applicable has been submitted? 19. If yes, date of submission Nil 20. If no, reason This is a mining project and not having any interlinked projects 21. Whether the proposal involves approval/clearance under: if yes, details of the same and their status to be given. i. The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980? Nil ii. The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972? Nil iii. The C.R.Z. Notification, 1991? Nil 22. Whether there is any Government Order/Policy Cluster within 500 mtrs existing. relevant /relating to the site? Cluster order applicable. 23. Forest land involved (hectares) Nil 24. Whether there is any litigation pending against the No litigation about the project project and/or land in which the project is propose to be set up? a) Name of the Court b) Case No. c) Orders/directions of the Court, if 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, changes in water bodies, etc.) Details thereof (with approximate S.No. Information/Checklist confirmation Yes/No quantities /rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 1.1 Permanent or temporary change in land use, Yes The Quarry operations envisaged for land cover or topography including increase the proposed plan period & during the in intensity of land use (with respect to tenure of the lease period involves local land use plan) change in land use/topography covering an extent 0.7486 Ha. The Quarry lease area is located on a hill raised 30 M above Ground level with the quarry lease area with topo relief in West direction. The lowest RL 210 is and the highest RL is 240M The relief is 30 M. The proposed permanent/temporary change in land use or land cover for the ensuring Plan period is given in Mining Plan. 1.2 Clearance of existing land, vegetation and Yes There will be clearance of existing buildings? vegetation wherever required. And further preparatory works to be done. Around 25-30 medium sized plans will be cleared and remaining area is bushy and grassy. There are no existing buildings in the lease area and hence no proposal of clearance of existing buildings is made 1.3 Creation of new land uses? Yes The proposed Quarry activities will result in change/creation of new land use. The waste lands in this part of the region will be judiciously & scientifically explored & systematically worked so as to create a good Quarry methodology for proper utilization of the mineral deposits in view of Mineral Conservation and Development Rules apart from proper reclamation of the subject area for creation of new land use to suit the local requirement i.e. Afforestation of the Quarry lease area, development of infrastructure, roads & pits for storage of rain water & rain water harvesting measures. 1.4 Pre-construction investigations e.g. bore Yes The area has been studied for houses, soil testing? estimation of road metal reserves by Geological Mapping. Accordingly reserves have been calculated & Mine Plan Prepared & approved vide Lr No.2142/MP/RM/MRKP/2018 Dt:02.07.2018 1.5 Construction works? No Since this is a New quarry, temporary make shift structures for mines office, rest shelter, first aid station, sanitation etc., are proposed on non-mineralized areas of Quarry lease. 1.6 Demolition works? No No demolition works involved 1.7 Temporary sites used for construction works No Nil or housing of construction workers? 1.8 Above ground buildings, structures or No Nil earthworks including linear structures, cut and fill or excavations 1.9 Underground works including mining or No Nil tunneling? 1.10 Reclamation works? Yes As the Quarry activities are expected to continue further & only a small portion of the lease area is exposed for Quarry, proposed reclamation programme involves only Afforestation works and other Environmental Protection measures like, retaining walls, and toe drains etc., during the first plan period. 1.11 Dredging? No Nil 1.12 Offshore structures? No Nil 1.13 Production and manufacturing processes? Yes About 30475 (max) Cum/Year of Road metal will be extracted by Open cast semi mechanized method like site preparation, Bench formation, Drilling, Blasting, Excavation Etc. 1.14 Facilities for storage of goods or materials? No The road metal is transported directly to requirements of the user industry/buyers for shipment. 1.15 Facilities for treatment or disposal of solid Yes There will be no liquid effluent waste or liquid effluents? generated from the proposed Quarry activities. Hence no treatment is proposed. Externally dumps are to be stabilized with afforestation. The quarry pit shall also help in storage/ collection of rain water. 1.16 Facilities for long term housing of No Nil- No separate township is proposed operational workers? for the mining project. 1.17 New road, rail or sea traffic during Yes Haul roads will be constructed in the construction or operation? lease area. No new rail network or sea route is proposed for the mining project. 1.18 New road, rail, air waterborne or other Yes Approach road for the mine lease from transport infrastructure including new or the foothill will be constructed. altered routes and stations, ports, airports No other major road, rail, air or etc? waterborne transport network is envisaged for the mining project. 1.19 Closure or diversion of existing transport No No such diversions are envisaged. But routes or infrastructure leading to changes in for mineral transportation the existing traffic movements? transport route will be utilized additional traffic of 2-3 trucks/hour will increase 1.20 New or diverted transmission lines or No No such diversions are envisaged. pipelines? 1.21 Impoundment, damming, culverting, No -- realignment or other changes to the hydrology of watercourses or aquifers? 1.22 Stream crossings? No No streams exist 1.23 Abstraction or transfers of water form No Part of the water required for the ground or surface waters? mining activities will be sourced from local villages 1.24 Changes in water bodies or the land surface No The rainwater constitutes the drainage affecting drainage or run-off? system of the area. Except this no other perennial watercourses exist in this area. 1.25 Transport of personnel or materials for Yes The mined out minerals will be construction, operation or decommissioning? transported to consumers by trucks directly manually. 1.26 Long-term dismantling or decommissioning No No dismantling works are envisaged. or restoration works? 1.27 Ongoing activity during decommissioning Yes Temporary change in land use pattern which could have an impact on the occurs. The existing scanty vegetative environment? land will be converted into lush green cover. 1.28 Influx of people to an area in either No No major influx is envisaged due to temporarily or permanently? the mining project, as the total manpower required during operational stage will be only 11 including labour & will be met from the local area only. 1.29 Introduction of alien species? No Nil 1.30 Loss of native species or genetic diversity? No -- 1.31 Any other actions? No --- 2.