ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT in FORM-V (Under Rule-14, Environmental Protection Rules, 1986)
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ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT IN FORM-V (Under Rule-14, Environmental protection Rules, 1986) (2015-2016) FOR CLUSTER NO. – 9 (GROUP OF MINES) Kunustoria Area, Satgram Area and Sripur 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) Cluster No. – 9 (Group of mines) 2015-16 ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT FOR CLUSTER NO. – 9 (GROUP OF MINES) FOR THE YEAR: 2015-2016 CONTENTS SL NO. CHAPTER PARTICULARS PAGE NO. 1 CHAPTER-I INTRODUCTION 2-8 2 CHAPTER-II ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT FORM-V (PART A TO I) 9-23 LIST OF ANNEXURES ANNEXURE NO. PARTICULARS PAGE NO. I AMBIENT AIR QUALITY AND HEAVY METAL ANALYSIS 24-27 II NOISE LEVEL 28-31 III MINE AND GROUND WATER QUALITY REPORT 32-37 IV GROUNDWATER LEVEL REPORT 38 PLATES I LOCATION PLAN II PLAN SHOWING LOCATION OF MONITORING STATIONS 1 Environmental Statement (Form-V) Cluster No. – 9 (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. 9 was entrusted to CMPDI by GM (Environment), Eastern Coalfields Limited. 1.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: 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. 9 is one of the clusters for which EC has been granted vide letter no. J-11015/38/2011-IA-II.(M) dated 23rd January, 2015 for a combined peak capacity of 8.0 MTY and within a ML area of 7145.40 Ha. Cluster No. 9 is located in the south-central part of Raniganj Coalfield in the Burdwan district of West Bengal between latitudes 230, 34’, 55” N & 230, 34’, 55” N and longitudes 860, 59’, 05” E & 870, 07’, 50” E. The mines within the cluster are situated towards east of Asansol Township. Eastern Railway grand chord line traverses the cluster from east to west and G.T.Road runs along the cluster boundary on the north side. Damodar River forms the boundary of the cluster on the south. The mines are administratively under Satgram, Sripur and Kunustoria Areas of ECL. Location of cluster – 9 is shown in plate no. – 1. 2 Environmental Statement (Form-V) Cluster No. – 9 (Group of mines) 2015-16 The composition of the cluster is tabulated as under: Sl Name of the Mine Lease Normative Peak Mine No. Area Production Production Life (Ha) Capacity Capacity (Years) (MTY) (MTY) 1 Ratibati UG 249 0.09 0.12 > 40 2 Chapuikhas UG 412 0.05 0.06 > 50 Chapuikhas OC Patch (7 Ha) 0.15 0.15 1 3 Amritnagar UG 279 1.14 1.14 > 30 4 Tirat UG 214.5 0.06 0.08 > 10 5 Kuardih UG 615 0.05 0.07 > 10 Kuardih OC Patch (20 Ha) 0.30 0.40 2 6 Nimcha UG 890.2 0.31 0.40 > 50 Damalia OC Patch (5 Ha) 0.40 0.40 1 7 Ghusick UG 376 0.05 0.10 > 50 8 Kalipahari UG 299.5 0.05 0.10 > 50 Kalipahari OC Patch A (24 Ha) 0.16 0.22 2 Kalipahari OC Patch B (20 Ha) 0.15 0.20 2 Kalipahari OC Patch C (10 Ha) 0.15 0.15 1 Kalipahari OC Patch D (10 Ha) 0.15 0.15 1 9 Muslia UG 948 0.04 0.05 > 50 Muslia OC Patch (140 Ha) 0.40 0.55 5 10 New Ghusick UG 224 0.04 0.05 > 40 11 Jemehari UG 118 0.03 0.04 > 10 12 J K Nagar UG 1237 0.35 0.87 > 30 J K Nagar OC Patch (21 Ha) 0.30 0.40 3 Pure Searsole OC Patch (8 Ha) 0.12 0.12 1 Mallick Basti OC Patch (8 Ha) 0.26 0.26 1 13 Damra UG 249 0.04 0.06 > 10 14 Mahabir UG 241.2 0.02 0.03 > 25 Mahabir OC (26 Ha) 0.20 0.40 4 Narainkuri OC Patch (60 Ha) 0.40 0.55 4 Egara OC Patch (19 Ha) 0.25 0.35 5 15 Narainkuri UGP 793 0.54 0.54 > 25 Total 7145.40 6.25 8.00 1. Ratibati UG At present one seam is being worked in the Mine, namely Bogra (R-VI) Seam. The method of mining adopted is Manual Bord & Pillar development in one panel and mechanized development in another panel. Total production during 2015 – 16 was 0.019 MT. The coal is dispatched to M.S. Railway Siding in J. K. Nagar 14-15 km away. 2. Chapuikhas UG & OC Patch At present (R-VI) Seam is being worked in the mine. The seam is being developed by manual Bord & Pillar method of mining. It is proposed to deploy SDLs in the near future. An opencast patch measuring 7 Ha is also proposed to be worked within the mine leasehold to prevent illegal mining. 3 Environmental Statement (Form-V) Cluster No. – 9 (Group of mines) 2015-16 The details of OC patch are given below: Sl No Name of Mine Area Mineable Volume of OB to be generated Life in (Ha) Reserves (MT) (Million M3) years 1 Chapuikhas OC Patch 7 0.15 1.8 1 The proposed OC patch will deploy shovel-dumper combination for coal and OB. Total production from UG mine during 2015 – 16 was 0.016 MT. The coal is dispatched to M.S. Railway Siding in J. K. Nagar 10 km away. 3. Amritnagar UG At present, Bogra (R-VI) seam is being worked in the mine. The method of mining adopted is Bord & Pillar. Mine is presently under development phase wherein coal is loaded into mine tubs by SDLs. Depillaring in conjunction with hydraulic stowing would be taken up in future subject to permission from DGMS for the purpose. Total production during 2015 – 16 was 0.086 MT. The coal is dispatched to Belbaid Railway Siding in J. K. Nagar 15-16 km away. 4. Tirat UG At present, there is no production from the mine. 5. Kuardih UG & OC Patch At present Ghusick – A(R-IXA) seam are being worked in the mine. The seam is being depillared by manual Bord & Pillar method of mining with stowing. It is proposed to deploy SDLs in the near future. Kuardih OC patch measuring 20 Ha has been identified for opencast mining, details of which, are given as under – Name of Mine Area Mineable Volume of OB to Life in Normative Peak (Ha) Reserves be generated years Capacity Capacity (MT) (Million M3) (MTY) (MTY) Kuardih OC Patch 20 0.6 3.6 2 0.30 0.40 The proposed OC patch will deploy shovel-dumper combination for coal and OB. Total production from UG mine during 2015 – 16 was 0.023 MT. The coal is dispatched to M.S. Railway Siding in J. K. Nagar 14-15 km away. 6. Nimcha UG and OC Patch Nimcha Colliery consists of two units- (i) Nimcha 3 & 4 pit, (ii) Amkola 7 & 8 pit. Gradient of the seams varies from 1 in 25 to 1 in 27. Coal seams are of Degree-II gassiness. At Nimcha unit, R-IX seam is split into R-IX Top and R-IX bottom seam. R-IX top is burnt. R- IX bottom is virgin. Present working seam of Nimcha unit is R-VIII. Bogra (R-VI) and Satgram (R-V) seams are virgin in this unit. At Amkola unit, R-IX combined is virgin. Present working seams are R-VIII and R-VII. A small Damalia OC patch measuring 5 Ha has been identified for opencast mining, details of which are given as under – Sl Name of Mine Area Mineable Volume of OB Life in No (Ha) Reserves to be years (MT) generated (Million M3) 1 Damalia OC Patch 5 0.40 1.7 1 The proposed OC patch will deploy shovel-dumper combination for coal and OB.