Expansion of Aniali Rana Bordi Limestone Mining Project
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FINAL ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN OF EXPANSION OF ANIALI RANA BORDI LIMESTONE MINING PROJECT PROJECT CATEGORY: A (EXPANSION) LOCATION: NEAR VILLAGE: ANIALI TALUKA: RANAVAV, DISTRICT: PORBANDAR, STATE: GUJARAT TOTAL LEASE AREA-12.27 (Ha) PROPOSED PRODUCTION: 1, 75,000 TONS PER ANNUM BASELINE MONITORING PERIOD DECEMBER 2018- JANUARY 2019- FEBRUARY 2019 PROJECT PROPONENT M/s TATA CHEMICALS LIMITED Reg office: Bombay House, 24 Homi Mody Street, Mumbai-400001, Site office: PO.- Mithapur, Tehsil- Okhamandal, District-Devbhoomi Dwarka, Gujarat EIA CONSULTANT IN SITU ENVIRO CARE PVT. LTD. QCI/NABET Accredited & ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company NABET Certificate No. NABET/EIA/1821/RA0070 To, Date: 01.06.2021 The Member Secretary Expert Appraisal Committee Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh Road New Delhi-110003 Sub: Submission of final EIA/EMP report for grant of Environmental Clearance for Expansion of Aniali Rana Bordi Limestone Mining Project over an area of 12.27 Ha. near village-Aniali, Tehsil- Ranavav, District- Porbandar, State- Gujarat. Ref: Terms of Reference (ToR) awarded by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, with vide letter no- J-11015/100/2018-IA.II (M) dated 09-10-2018 Dear Sir, This is with above reference and mentioned subject that the Final EIA/EMP report has been prepared as per the generic structure prescribed in MoEF&CC notification S.O.1533(E) dated 14th September 2006. The report is submitted for your kind perusal and onwards needful action for grant of Environment Clearance. Thanking you, Paresh C. Tank General Manager-Corporate Affairs TATA Chemicals Limited Gujarat c TI'^-\ Trn Date 1110912017 Authority Letter This is to state that Sh. Paresh Tank will be the official correspondent from our side for carrying our Environmental clearance work of Limestone Mines. He also holds the authority to present himself before the appraisal committee at the time of presentations. He may sign the documents on behalf of Tata Chemicals Limited. Name - Sh. Paresh Tank Designation- General Manager- Corporate Affairs Phone number- 079-614061 05 Fax- 02892-223361 E, Mail - [email protected] Authorised by /7* (B B Kathpalia) VP- Manufacturing Tata Chemicals Limited Mithapur (Gujarat) IATA CHEMICALS UM]TED Mhhapur :16I :l4S Disrrid Devbhoomi Dwarka Gujarat Tel + 9l (02892) 665991 t 2I I I 4 Fax + 9l (028921 223361 www.ratachemica*com nrgirrctld Ofhcc Eomby tloure 24 tlomi Mody Stre€r Forr Mumbai lloo oor CtN : Uta2i9MHt939ptCOO2B93 tu I Scanned by CamScanner UNDERTAKING This EIA/EMP Report is prepared for obtaining Environment Clearance (EC) of Expansion of Aniali Rana Bordi Limestone Mining Project near village-Aniali, Tehsil- Ranavav, District- Porbandar, State- Gujarat with a mine lease area of 12.27 Ha for mining of Limestone mineral has been prepared as per the conditions laid down in Terms of Reference (ToR) prescribed by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, with vide letter no- J-11015/100/2018- IA.II (M) dated 09-10-2018. I, Paresh C. Tank, the authorised signatory for M/s TATA Chemicals Limited, affirm that all the data submitted and the information presented in this report are factually correct to the best of my knowledge. Thanking You, Paresh C. Tank General Manager-Corporate Affairs TATA Chemicals Limited Gujarat Expansion of Aniali Rana Bordi Limestone Mining Project Final EIA/EMP INDEX Cover Letter Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures List of Annexure List of Abbreviations Executive Summary in English Questionnaire S NO TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO CHAPTER-1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Preamble 1 1.2 General Information on Mining of Minerals 1 1.3 Description of lease area 1 1.4 Identification of Project & Project Proponent 2 1.4.1 Name of the Project 2 1.4.2 Identification of Project Proponents 2 1.4.3 Location of mine lease and study area 3 1.5 Brief Description of the Project 6 1.6 Mine Connectivity 8 1.7 Importance of Project 10 1.8 Scope of the Study 10 1.9 Compliance of TOR 11 CHAPTER-2: DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT 2.0 General 26 2.1 Description of the project 26 2.1.1 Lease hold area 27 2.1.2 Location details 31 M/s TATA CHEMICALS LIMITED Expansion of Aniali Rana Bordi Limestone Mining Project Final EIA/EMP 2.1.3 Need for the Project 37 2.1.4 Salient features of the project 37 2.1.5 Size/Magnitude of Operation 40 2.2 Geology 42 2.2.1 Topography 42 2.2.2 Regional Geology 42 2.2.3 Local Geology 42 2.2.4 Description of the rocks units within the lease area 43 2.3 General Features 44 2.3.1 Surface Drainage Pattern 44 2.3.2 Vegetation 44 2.3.3 Climate 44 2.3.4 Rainfall 44 2.4 Quality of Reserves 48 2.4.1 Method of Estimation of Reserve 48 2.5 Method of Mining 48 2.5.1 Existing method of mining 48 2.5.2 Proposed Method of Mining 48 2.5.3 Mining Equipment 50 2.5.4 Sorting of limestone 61 2.5.5 Proposed Rate of Production 61 2.6 Life of Mine 61 2.7 Details of Mining Process 61 2.7.1 Conceptual Mining Plan 61 2.7.2 Ultimate Pit Depth Limit 62 2.8 Waste Management 62 2.8.1 Overburden/Waste Management 63 2.9 Beneficiation/Processing 63 2.10 Site Facility 65 2.10.1 Mining Office 65 M/s TATA CHEMICALS LIMITED Expansion of Aniali Rana Bordi Limestone Mining Project Final EIA/EMP 2.10.2 Rest Shelter 65 2.10.3 Blasting Shelter 65 2.11 Utilities required 65 2.11.1 Power Supply 65 2.11.2 Workshop and Stores 65 2.11.3 Fuel Detail 65 2.11.4 Water Requirement 65 2.12 Waste Water generation 66 2.13 Mine Drainage 66 2.14 Storm Water 67 2.15 Employment Generation 67 2.16 Land Use Pattern (Present Vs Conceptual) 68 2.17 Break-up of areas in the mining lease 69 2.18 Reclamation and Rehabilitation of mined out area 72 CHAPTER-3: DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 3.0 General 73 3.1 Study Area & Study period 73 3.1.1 Methodology 73 3.2 Land Environment of the Study area 76 3.2.1 Land Use in Core Zone 76 3.2.2 Land Use in Buffer Zone 77 3.2.3 Seismicity of the area 80 3.2.4 Major environmental features in Study Area 80 3.3 Water Environment 81 3.3.1 Sampling frequency 81 3.3.2 Ground water 82 3.3.2.1 Ground water quality results and conclusion 86 3.3.3 Surface water 87 3.3.3.1 Surface water results and conclusion 90 3.4 Air Environment 90 M/s TATA CHEMICALS LIMITED Expansion of Aniali Rana Bordi Limestone Mining Project Final EIA/EMP 3.4.1 Site specific meteorological data 90 3.4.2 Secondary Data Collected from IMD 92 3.4.3 Wind Pattern 92 3.4.4 Temperature 96 3.4.5 Relative Humidity 97 3.4.6 Ambient Air Quality 97 3.4.6.1 Selection Criteria for Monitoring Location 98 3.4.6.2 Baseline Scenario 105 3.4.6.3 Mineralogical composition of PM10 110 3.5 Noise Environment 111 3.5.1 Noise Level in the Study Area 111 3.5.2 Sources of Noise 111 3.5.3 Ambient Noise Standards 114 3.5.4 Baseline Scenario 114 3.6 Soil Characteristics 115 3.6.1 Methodology 117 3.6.2 Results of analysis of the soil 120 3.7 Biological Environment 120 3.7.1 Objectives of Ecological Studies 120 3.7.2 Biogeography and Physiographic of the study area 120 3.7.3 Sampling Methodology of Study 121 3.7.4 Terrestrial Environment 121 3.7.4.1 Core Zone 121 3.7.4.2 Buffer Zone 121 3.7.5 Aquatic Biological Environment 125 3.7.6 Rare, endangered and threatened species (RET) of the Study Area 126 3.7.7 Ecologically Sensitive Areas 127 3.7.8 Biological Environment of Barda Wildlife Sanctuary 127 3.7.8.0 General 127 3.7.8.1 Location of Barda Wildlife Sanctuary 127 M/s TATA CHEMICALS LIMITED Expansion of Aniali Rana Bordi Limestone Mining Project Final EIA/EMP 3.7.8.2 Physiography 127 3.7.8.3 Forest type of this sanctuary 128 3.7.8.4 Floral species in the Barda Wildlife Sanctuary 128 3.7.8.5 Medicinal Plants found in the sanctuary 128 3.7.8.6 Faunal species present in the Barda Wildlife Sanctuary 129 3.7.8.7 Importance of Barda Wildlife Sanctuary 136 3.8 Socio-Economic Environment 137 3.8.1 Objectives 137 3.8.2 Methodology adopted for the study 137 3.8.3 Concepts & Definition 137 3.8.4(a) Description of the District 138 3.8.4(b) Description of the Study Area 140 3.8.4.1 Core Zone 140 3.8.4.2 Buffer Zone 140 3.8.5 Demographic Profile of the study area based on 2011 Census data 141 3.8.5.1 Population of the study area 142 3.8.5.2 Social Structure 143 3.8.5.3 Literacy 144 3.8.5.4 Illiteracy 144 3.8.6 Occupational structure 148 3.8.6.1 Total workers 148 3.8.6.1.1 Cultivators 148 3.8.6.1.2 Agricultural Laborers 148 3.8.6.1.3 Household Industry Laborers 149 3.8.6.1.4 Other Workers 149 3.8.6.2 Non workers 149 3.8.7 Infrastructural Facilities and Amenities in the Study Area 154 3.8.8 Conclusion 161 3.8.9 Measures adopted by M/s TATA Chemicals Limited for the development of 161 the social structure CHAPTER-4: ANTICIPATED IMPACTS & MITIGATION MEASURES M/s TATA CHEMICALS LIMITED Expansion of Aniali Rana Bordi Limestone Mining Project Final EIA/EMP 4.0 General 162 4.0.1 Impact Assessment Methodology 162 4.1 Land Environment 163 4.1.1 Change in Land use Pattern 163 4.1.2 Impact on Soil Environment 165 4.1.3 Top Soil Management 165 4.1.4 Conceptual Reclamation and Rehabilitation of the mined-out area 165 4.2 Water Environment 166 4.2.1 Wastewater Generation, Treatment & Disposal 167 4.2.2 Proposed Mitigation Measures for Water Resources 168 4.3 Impact on Air Quality 168 4.3.1 Emissions Details 168 4.3.2 Meteorological Data 169 4.3.3 Frame work of Computation & Model details 171 4.3.4 Model Results 171 4.3.4.1 Results of PM10GLC concentration 172 4.3.4.2 Result of PM2.5GLC concentration 174 4.3.4.3 Result of NO2GLC concentration 176 4.3.4.4 Result of SO2GLC concentration