ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 2018

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN For Proposed Road Metal Quarry Lease area over an extent of 2.5 Ha., In Sy.no.90(Govt Land) of Tirupatammapeta(V),Rowthulapudi (M), East Godavaari District. .

Submitted To District Expert Appraisal Committee (DEAC), District Environmental Impact Assessment Authority, East Godavari.

Submitted by M/s Sai Rama Stone Crusher Prop: Sri Tummalapalli Manikyam D.No.12-49,Challavari street,Chebrolu , Gollaprolu Mandal,, Andhrapradesh

Prepared by V.C.N.Rangaswamy Consultant Geologist & RQP Mobile: 9963774884

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INDEX

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT 1 2.0 DETAILS OF PROJECT 3 2.1 Project Description 4 2.2 NEED FOR THE PROJECT 4 2.3 TOPOGRAPHY 5 2.4 GEOLOGY 5 2.4.1 Regional Geology 5 2.5 Geological Reserves 5 3.0 PRODUCTION DETAILS 6 3.1 Quarrying Programme 6 3.2Land Usage details 6 3.3 Method of Quarrying Operations 7 3.4 SITE SERVICES 7 3.5 EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL 7 4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 8 4.1Air pollution management 8 4.2Noise Pollution management 9 4.3Water Pollution Management 10 4.4Green belt development 10 4.5Environmental Monitoring program 11 4.6Occupational health and safety 12 4.7Other management aspects 12 4.8Cost of Environmental Management Plan 13 5.0 CONCLUSION 15

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1.0 INTRODUCTION Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, lode, vein, (coal) seam or reef, which forms the mineralized horizon and package of economic interest to the miner. To gain access to the mineralized package within the lease area it is often necessary to mine through or remove to the side waste material which is not of immediate interest to the miner. The total movement of product and waste, which also includes the removal of soil in some cases, is referred to as the mining process. The report discusses the management plan for mitigation of adverse environmental impacts and increases the beneficial impacts due to mining of Road metal.

The environmental impacts can be categorized as either primary or secondary. Primary impacts are those, which are attributable directly to the project, secondary impacts are those, which are indirectly induc ed and typically include the associated investment and changed pattern of social and economic activities by the proposed action.

The objective of preparing environment management plan is to define effective measures to control and to mitigate the environm ental pollution. This report presents the environment management plan, detailing the environmentally sound technology and the measures needed to mitigate the anticipated environmental impacts due to the project.

1.1 IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT: M/s Sai Rama Stone Crusher,Prop:Sri Tummalapalli Manikyam,was granted quarry lease for Road Metal over an extent of 2.5 Ha in Sy .No.90 (Govt.Land) of Tirupatammapeta Village,Rowthulapudi Mandal,East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh State, by the Dy. Director of Mines & Geology,,vide Proceedings No.4973/Q1/2006 dated on 02-06-2015.

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The quarry lease deed was executed on 15.06.2015 by the Asst. Director of Mines & Geology,,vide Proceedings No.2596/Q1/2007 dated 15 - 06-2015.

It is proposed to conduct open cast semi mechanized method for quarrying Road Metal with the production capacity of 30,000 m3/Annum.

APPLICABILITY OF EIA NOTIFICATION & ACTS:

As per New EIA Notification Dated 14th Sept. 2006 and Its Amendments thereof, Environmental Clearance is required for all new mining projects. Environmental Management Plan is prepared as per EIA notification 2006 & Its Amendments thereof and submitted to District Level Environmental Impact Assessment Authority / District Expert Appraisal committee along with the Mining Plan for obtaining Environmental Clearance.

Clearance Requirements:

The project would need the following clearances:

 Environmental Clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government under EP Act.

 Consents under water and air acts from Andhra Pradesh State Pollution Control Board.

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2.0 DETAILS OF PROJECT Table 2-1: Salient features

Description Details Site Location Survey No. 90,Tirupatammapeta Village, Rowthulapudi Mandal, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh State Production 30,000 m3/Annum Mine Lease Area 2.5 Hectares Nature of the Area Govt., Land Latitude & Longitude Latitude Longitude 17° 25' 03.62" N 82° 21' 44.62" E 17° 25' 00.10" N 82° 21' 47.09" E 17° 24' 58.44" N 82° 21' 41.92" E 17° 25' 03.78" N 82° 21' 37.99" E 17° 25' 04.53" N 82° 21' 39.88" E 17° 25' 02.73" N 82° 21' 41.35" E

Temperature variation 25-48oC Annual Rainfall 1,131mm Seismic Zone Zone-II (Least Active) Water level 40-55 M BGL Accessibility Road Connectivity Access Road -0.1km Due North, Mallampeta- Santapaidiapala Road-1kms Due South Rail Connectivity Railway Station –31km Port Kakinada Port– 50 km Nearest Rowthulapudi-4.4kms Due SE Hospital Rowthulapudi-4.4kms Due SE Neatest Habitant & Mallampeta– 0.9 km due NE,Santapaidipala-1.5 km Due NW Village Ampada-2.9km Due NW,Sakirevupalem-2.1km Due NW Nearest water body Gavariah Koneru-17.4 km Due SE Erra Koneru-16.3 km Due SE Pampa Reservoir – 15 kms Due South Yeleru Reservoir – 30 kms Due West Nearest Forest Santapaidipala Reserved Forest-2.5kms Due

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West,Raghavapatnam Reserved Forest-2.1 kms Due North Adjacent Mines Nil Historical Places Nil Method of Mining Opencast semi mechanized method

Figure 2.1 –Location Map

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2.1 Project Description The mine lease area of M M/s Sai Rama Stone Crusher,Prop:Sri Tummalapalli Manikyam,deals with the production of 30,000 Cum/Year(max) of Road metal over an extent of 2.5Ha., in Sy.No.90 (Govt.Land) of Tirupatammapeta Village,Rowthulapudi Mandal,East Godavari District,Andhra Pradesh State.The lease area will be worked by open cast semi – mechanized method.

Details of Approved Mining Plan, if any No Mining plan was approved earlier. The Present Mining Plan is for assessment of the quarry activity, Reserve Estimation, Proposed Method of Mining, Environment Management Plan including Reclamation and Rehabilitation measures to be adopted.

2.2 NEED FOR THE PROJECT In the present scenario, the Road Metal has good market in the country for export for construction of buildings, roads, dams etc. The available of 100% of Road Metal is useful. There won’t be any wastage.

2.3 TOPOGRAPHY Topographically the Quarry Lease area is a part of the hill with gentle slopes spreading all

the directions. Physically the Q.L area is occupied in tiny part of the hill covering SE part of

the hill. The highest elevation 170m at the north part of the Quarry lease area. The pillar No.

2 to the southeastern corner of the Q.L area is taken as bench mark of 114m. The highest

R.L is 170 m and the lowest is 114 m. Thus, the Quarry Lease area is having an altitudinal

range of 56m from the lowest level. The precipitation follows the natural slopes and joins

the Pampa river situated to the Southeast of the area at a distance of 1.20 kms from the Q.L

boundary.

2.4 GEOLOGY The district is underlain by Archaean crystallines, Gondwanas, Deccan Traps, Tertiaries and alluvial sediments. About 45% of the district is underlain by Gondwana formations, 40% is underlain by Alluvium and the rest is by Archaean crystalline rocks. The geological succession is given below. Geological Succession Age System Formation Lithology Recent - Sub- Alluvium Gravel, Sand, silt and Recent clay, Laterite Unconformity

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Mio-Pliocene Rajahmundry Conglomerate ferruginous, gritty, variegated, sandstone and clays Upper Cretaceous Upper Deccan Traps Basalt, inter trappean to Gondwana beds and intra Lower Eocene system trappean marl and shale Lower Cretaceous Lower Tirupathi Gritty and ferruginous to Gondwana Raghavapuram sandstone and clays Lower Triassic system Raghavapuram Sandstone, shale and Conglomerate Gollapalli Sandstone and shales Lower Chintalapudi Sandstone shale and Gondwana clays Unconformity Archaean Khondalites, Charnockites, Granites and Gneisses

Details of Prospecting /Quarry already carried -out

In this area the granite rock is exposed to surface as sheet formation with some boulders here and there. The lessee has made some trial pits for undertaking prospecting operations and to study the economic viability of the rock. The granite is available right from the surface with some soil cover.

The lessee has collected samples and examined for their texture, mineral grains distribution and hardness. The percentage of recovery is about 95%. The 5% waste is normally weathered granite which is not suitable as a stone metal and the material contaminated with soil.

2.4.1 Regional Geology The quarry lease area constitutes a part of Granite and Granitic Gneissic terrain of Archean age.Pink and grey Coloured Granites,Pink Alkali -Feldspar Granites are the important litho units in the area.Grano -Diorites with basic enclaves of Supra-Crystals like Horneblemde Schists,Biotite Schists aso occupy the area.These rock types are exhibiting various landforms like Domes,Whalebacks and Linear Ridges.

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2.5 Geological Reserves

2.5.1 Geometry of the Deposit Geological traverses in the quarry lease applied area. The study of exposures in the quarry facilitated to access the shape and size of the deposit. The Road Metal deposit is occurring as in the form of sheet rock above ground level. Recovery of Mineral

Road Metal =95% Waste = 5% 2.5.2 Method for estimation of reserves

Details are discussed in quarry plan in pg. no.08 to 10

2.5.3 Categorization of Reserves

As no detailed exploration is conducted by boreholes, only explored resources are considered as proved reserves. Hence, G1 (Proved) scale category as (111) code. No resources are considered under G2 (Probable) as (121)& G3 (Possible) as (122) scale of exploration.

2.5.4 Total Geological Reserves

Details are discussed in quarry plan in pg. no.09 to 10

2.5.5 Total Mineable Reserves

Life of the Quarry

Life of the Quarry = total mineable reserves/ Annual production rate

= 4,22,713Cu.m /30,000 Cu.m.

= 14.09 or 14.0 years

3.0 PRODUCTION DETAILS Production Schedule It is proposed to produce 134933.m. of Road Metal aggregates during next five years plan period with an average annual production of 30,000 cu.m.

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Benches of 6 M height will be developed during the plan period in depth of previous year workings successively.

3.1 Quarrying Programme for the next five years Year wise production is discussed in Quarry plan in page no.13.

Stack Yard : Temporary stocks will be maintained on day to day basis, entire ROM will be cleared within days (i.e. 4 to 5 days).

3.2 Land Usage details

Land Use Pattern of the quarry area during the next 5 years will be as follows. AREA Hectares Broken 1.37 Active Mine Area To be Broken 0.00 TOTAL 1.37 7.5 M wide safety zone 0.61 Existing Nil Dumps Proposed 0.02 Infrastructure (Mines Office & Site Services) Outside the ML Area Roads 0.02 Undisturbed Area 1.09 TOTAL AREA 2.50

3.3 Method of Quarrying Operations

The Road Metal in the quarry lease area is exposed on the surface with sheet. Hence, it is proposed to quarry the sheet by open cast, Semi Mechanized method, by developing benches of 6 M height. With shallow drilling and blasting.

3.3.1 Drilling

Drill holes of 3.0 -5.0 M depth will be drilled in a staggered pattern at 3 m interval:

Drill hole Diameter 100 mm up to 5.5 M long.

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 Depth and Inclination of drill hole: The holes are drilles in staggered pattern with 15° inclinations from vertical.

 Explosive Type: Detonator Fuse / Anfo with detonators

3.4 SITE SERVICES Temporary Office,Rest Rooms,First Aid Room,Shelters,Water for drinking will be provided out side the quarry premises on makes shift arrangement.

3.5 EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL The mining activity is providing the job facilities to the local people.

Table 3-2 : Man power requirement S. No. Category No. of Persons 1. Mines Manager 1 2. Mine Supervisor 1 3. Skilled Workers 3 4. Semi Skilled Workers 3 5. Un-skilled 8

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4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

Mining of Road metal involves using heavy machinery and impacts the surrounding environment. In order to reduce the impact, we assessed the possible impacts on surrounding environment and suggested possible preventive measures by categorizing as Air, Noise and Water. The details of the possible causes and measures taken to reduce them are as follows. In addition to these measures a green belt will also be developed to remedy the biomass loss occurring due to the mining process.

4.1 Air pollution management

In the process of mining heavy machinery such as excavators, Tippers, etc are used. These result in air pollution at various stages, which are stated as follows

1. Particulate matter generation from the mining process,

2. Particulate matter generation due to hauling, loading & unloading of mined road metal

3. NOx & Sox generation form the consumption of fossil fuels in heavy machinery and transportation vehicles.

4.1.1 Measures taken to reduce pollution

During mining: Particulate matter generation during mining is mainly from drilling holes which can be controlled by covering the drill holes with cloth.

Transportation:

a. To minimize the particulate mixing in air during hauling the vehicles are never overloaded and covered with a tarpal

b. The particulate generation from the vehicular movement is suppressed by sprinkling water twice a day and conducting regular road repairs

Additionally the proposed green belt would act as sinks for particulate matter.

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4.2 Noise Pollution management

The major source of noise pollution is due to

i. Drilling,

ii. Blasting and

iii. Vehicular movements.

Regular maintenance of noise generating units (repairing, greasing and minimiza- tion vibrations) will be taken to minimize noise levels. Du ring blasting operations the noise level may increase (short time exposures). Blasting will be carried out during daytime to avoid noise intensity to the sur- rounding people at night time.

Personal protective equipment like earplugs and other protective devices will be provided to workers those who are working near by the noise generating sources (drill machine operators). But as with distance away from the mining operations, the noise levels will reduce and the anticipated noise levels falls below the day and night residential standard limits set by CPCB (day Leq 55 and night Leq 45 dB(A)).

Dense vegetation is planned at the periphery of the lease area to minimize the impact of blasting in the surrounding environment.

4.3 Water Pollution Management

The ground water table in this belt is 20 m below from the surface and since the quarry depth will not reach upto this depth in the near future flooding by ground water is not anticipated. However, during rainy months, there is a possibility of wet conditions developing in the working pit. This will be minimized if not altogether eliminated by adopting simple techniques like digging trenches all round to drain off rainwater and preventing surface run off from entering and flooding working pit. The water fro m the will be pumped by deploying suitable pumps, if and when required, the mine drainage can be effectively managed and the pit kept dry to keep up the production schedule.

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4.4 Green belt development

The whole area is occupied by scattered sparse vegetat ion of thorny trees and small bushes. In the quarry lease area no wild animals are witnessed as per the statements collected from the local population, since 50 years. There will be loss of biomass due to clearing of existing vegetation, but will be compensated by the given afforestation plan.

As the site is near to human settlement other than domestic animals no important wild life is found that need to take special attention. However due to planned development of green belt, the area attracts more avifa una and also gives shelter to other domestic animals.

Table 4-1: Proposed Green belt & corresponding water requirement

S.No Purpose Water Requirement in KLD 1 Domestic 0.6 2 Sprinkling Purpose 1.6 3 Plantation and Others 0.8 Total 3.0 AFFORESTATION

 Every year 20 saplings consists of Neem, Eucalyptus etc. at 6m interval in an area of 610 m2 .  A thorny fence shall be provided to guard the trees from the cows and goats.  The shelterbelt will contain species, which act as windbreakers so that the environment within the mine is contained.  Diseased and dead plants will be uprooted and replaced by fresh saplings.Regular monitoring on survival rate and remedial action will be done in an organized and planned manner.

Table 4-2 : Suggested trees for green belt

Planned Location of Year Type of Plants Remarks Plantation Plantation In village or Neem, II year (2017 – 18) 20 50% of road sides Eucalyptus survival is Neem, envisaged. III year (2017 – 18) 20 In village or Eucalyptus

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road sides In village or Neem, IV year (2017 – 18) 20 road sides Eucalyptus In village or Neem, V year (2017 – 18) 20 road sides Eucalyptus Total 80

4.5 Environmental Monitoring program

The survey of air pollution comprises of the following monitoring aspects;

i. Ambient air quality survey

ii. Noise Level Monitoring

Ambient air quality and noise level Monitoring will be carried out at minimum three stations, one station within mine site and two stations nearby residential areas out- side the mine. Parameters like suspended particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen carbon monoxide and lead will be monitored. The frequency of monitoring is preferably once in three months on 24 hour basis. The samples will be collected in accordance with the procedures given by CPCB.

4.6 Occupational health and safety

Health and safety aspects of the mine will be taken care off as per the World Bank (WB) guidelines on open pit mining. The guidelines provide the detailed information on the aspects that are required to be taken into account for maintaining proper health and safety issues. The workers continuously exposed to dust will be provided with some protective devices like dust mask to prevent respiratory disorders. The workers continu ously exposed to a high noise will be provided with ear muffs/ earplugs. Green belt in and around the mining area will be developed to attenuate noise and dust impact. The blasting carried out in the mine area will be carefully planned and executed under the supervision of a responsible officer, to avoid any accidents. Drinking water supply for the employees will be

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provided by the project authority. The standard of the drinking water will be per WHO guidelines.

Periodical training programme to inform the employees about their task, associated risk, and safe working practices will be undertaken. Training will also include information on accident prevention, proper control and maintenance of equipment and safe material handling practices.

A regular monitoring of the Occupational Health and Safety will reduce the chances of accidents in the mine. Records of job related accidents and illness should be maintained. This information will be reviewed and evaluated to improve the effectiveness of Environmental Heal th and Safety programme.

4.7 Other management aspects

Records will be maintained for the analysis of ambient air quality and noise levels. These records are not only required for the perusal of the Pollution Control Board authorities. The management will maintain the records as per the hazardous waste regulations and EPA regulations and apply for the annual consents for air and water, and renewal of authorization for the storage of hazardous waste as per the Hazardous Waste (Handling & Management) Rules, 1989. The records of hazardous waste manifest will be maintained. The format of the same is enclosed in appendix.

The mine shall obtain the consent for operation (CFO) as required under section 25/26 of the Water act, 1974 and under section 21/22 of Air A ct, 1981, before trial production and commissioning from the State Pollution Control Board. The CFO will be renewed each year by the management. The mine will submit environmental statement every year before September 30. The management ensures that it will comply with all the directions and regulations issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi, State and Centre Pollution Control Boards.

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The Consent for Establishment & Consent for Operation will be displayed in a conspicuous location for reference to the inspecting authorities of different departments. 4.8 Cost of Environmental Management Plan The total project cost is Rs.25 Lakhs and an amount of Rs. 2.5 lakhs per annum towards environmental action plan and the details of the same are given below.

EMP Budget: S. DESCRIPTION ITEM CAPITAL COST RECURRING NO. IN RS. COST IN RS. 1 Air pollution Dust masks 20 nos. Nil 2,000 Dust Suppression 35,000 20000 Plantation in Mine lease area and buffer zone 60,000 35000 2 Water pollution Construction of garland drains 45,000 25,000 Construction of retaining wall for waste dump 50,000 20,000 3 Noise Pollution Maintenance of machinery suitably Nil 30,000 Ear plugs (20 nos.) (working near Noise zone) Nil 3000 4 Environmental Ambient Air Quality Monitoring monitoring (PM10 & PM2.5) Nil 25,000 Noise level 5 Occupational health 60,000 50,000 Total 2,50 ,000 2,10,000

5.0 CONCLUSION The Road Metal project of M/s Sai Rama Stone Crusher,Prop:Sri Tummalapalli Manikyam, was granted quarry lease for Road Metal over an extent of 2.5 Hectares in Sy. No. 90(Govt.,Land) of Tirupatammapeta Village,Rowthulapudi Mandal, East Godavari District ,Andhra Pradesh State will be environmental compatible to the surrounding due to the high standards of pollution control measures to be adopted during the operational phase. Environmental Management Plan will help minimize adverse impacts on the environment. Where impacts occur, immediate action must be taken to reduce the escalation of effects associated with these impacts. To ensure the relevance of this document to the specific mine development stage, it needs to be reviewed throughout all phases. Hence, it is requested that necessary Environmental Clearance may be accorded for implementation of the project.

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