ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN
Gravel Quarry– 1.00 Ha.
AT
Sy.no.283 Kakkiralapally Village Inavole Mandal Warangal Urabn District Telangana State
Represented by
M/s. R.R Gravels (Smt S.Latha – Proprietor) – 1.00 Ha. Gravel Quarry
M/s. R.R Gravels – Gravel Quarry- 1.00 Ha. EMP Report
1.0 Introduction
The report discusses the Management plan for mitigation of adverse Environmental impacts and increases the beneficial impacts due to mining.
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 induced 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 environmental 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.
M/s. R.R Gravels has applied for Gravel quarry with an extent of 1.00 Ha. at Sy.no. 483 of Kakkiralapally village, Inavole Mandal, Waranagl uraban district, Telangana State.
After careful examination by the Director of Mines & Geology, Hyderabad decided in principle to grant Gravel quarry lease area over an extent of 1.00 Ha. to M/s.R.R Gravels vide Notice No. 5989/Q1/WGl/2018, Dt.03.01.2019 for 5 years
It is proposed to conduct opencast semi mechanized mining of gravel with production capacity of 26,568 m3/annum (Peak Production) within the lease period.
1.1 Mining Technology
The gravel in the quarry lease area is exposed hill. Hence, it is proposed to quarry by open cast semi mechanized method, by developing the multiple benches of 6 m height with 6 m bench width. The development of the benches in the gravel will be maintained @600 safety slopes. No drilling is required for gravel.
1.2 Mine Location and its details
The proposed site is falling in, Sy.no.283 of Kakkiralapally village, Inavole Mandal, Warangal Uraban district, Telangana State.
Photographs of project site are enclosed as Annexure – 1.
The project location, salient features of the project and mine details are summarized as follows:
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Table 1.0 Project location and quarry details Project Name M/s. R.R Gravels, Gravel quarry, 1.00 Ha. Area 1.00 Ha. Location of quarry Sy.no. 283 of Kakkirapally village, Inavole Mandal, Warangal Urban district, Telangana State. Project cost Rs.25 lakhs Mineral of mine Gravel Quarry Proposed production 26,568 m3/annum (Peak Production) Method of mining Opencast semi mechanized method No.of working days 300 Water requirement 2.0 KLD Source of water Tankers from outside Manpower 16
Table 2.0 Salient features of the Project
Details Measurement
Nearest village Kakkiralapally, 2.20 km, SE
Road access Ramnagar to Inavole Road, 0.15 km, NW
Nearest Major Road Warangal to Khammam Road( SH-240), 6.8 km, E
Nearest town Inavole, 2.8km, N
Rail network Warangal Railway Station, 15 km
Nearest water source Borewell and tankers from outside
River/Stream Pond, 350m,W Akeru River,4.4 km, flowing from NNW to SSE
Ellanda Cheruvu,6.8 km, S Kakatiya Main Canal, 8.2 km, SSE
Forest boundary There are no reserved and protected forests are found within 10 km radius area.
Interstate Boundary There is no interstate boundary is located within 5 km radius
Nearest mines if any There are no mines are located within 500 m radius of the applied area
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Fig - 1.0 Topographical map of 10 km radius around the proposed Quarry
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Fig – 2.0: Satellite image showing the proposed Quarry
1.3 Regional Geology
The quarry lease area constitutes a part of granite and granitic gneissic terrain of Archean age. Pink grey coloured granites, pink Alkali-Feldspar granites are the important litho units in the area. Grano-Dolerites with baic enclaves of Supra –crystals like horneblende schists,Biotite schists also occupy the area. These rock types are exhibiting various landforms like domes, inselbergs, castle-koppies, whalebacks and linear ridges.
1.4 Local geology
The geological traverses on the outcrops and the exploratory quarrying were facilitated to have shape and size of the deposit in quarry lease area. The gravel deposit is occurring as in the form of weathered rock and small boulders above ground level.
The exposed gravel deposit is found to be irregular in shape, the volume of the deposit is computed by cross sectional area method by multiplying the cross sectional area with the proved depth up to RL 265m.
2.0 Estimation of Geological Reserves The summary of the estimates is given in the following table.
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Table No. 3.0: Reserves Estimation
Category Geological Reserves Proved Reserves 1,76,230 Probable Reserves Nil Possible Reserves Nil Total 1,76,230
Total Reserves blocked under 7.5 m buffer Zone = 33,760 m3 Total Reserves Blocked under Slopes = 29,910 m3 Total Reserves blocked = 63,670 m3 Extraction of market grade reserves =1, 12,560 m3 100% Recovery (Proved) =1,12,560 m3
Life of the mine = Mineable reserves/Actual anticipated annual production = 1, 12,560/16,232=6.93 Years. (Say 7 Years)
3.0 Production Details
The year wise production details are summarized in the following Table 4.0.
Table - 4.0: Proposed Production Details Bench Height Year Surface area (m2) (m) Volume (m3) 1st Year 4428 6.0 26568 2nd year 2957 6.0 17742 3rd year 1768 6.0 10608 4th year 2786 6.0 16716 5th year 1588 6.0 9528 Total 13,527 81,162 Average 2705 16,232
4.0 Land use Pattern
The following table shows the Land Breakup for the next Five years of mining.
Table 6.0 Land use details S. No Purpose Extent (Ha) 1 Quarry area 0.718 2 Infrastructure 0.013 3 Green belt 0.075 Total 0.806
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5.0 Dumping Yard
No waste is anticipated from the mine
6.0 Environment Management Plan
The environment management plan is prepared with a view to facilitate effective environmental management of the project in general and implementation of the mitigation measures in particular. The EMP provides a delivery mechanism to address potential adverse impacts and to introduce standards of good practice to be adopted for all project works.
The anticipated impacts due to mining and allied activities are air, noise, land, water and socio-economic along with the mitigations to the extent possible are described in the following paragraphs.
6.1 Sources of Pollution and Control measures
The major sources of pollution are air and noise due to propose mine from transportation of material to the far places.
6.1.1 Air Pollution and its Mitigation
Anticipated Sources of Air Pollution Digging & Excavation (Dust, Non-fugitive) Loading & unloading and Transportation by vehicles (fugitive and line sources)
Air Quality Management Road - Regular repair (every 6 months) and Grading - Regular water sprinkling on haulage roads during dry conditions Trucks - Avoid overloading of trucks and unnecessary idling of vehicles Movement - Trucks to be covered with tarpaulin/plastic Enforcing speed limit (<25kmph) Plantation - Green belt development and avenue plantation
6.1.2 Noise pollution and its mitigation
Sources of Noise 1. Loaded trucks movement generates 80- 84 dB (A) (2-3 trucks short time stay at mine area) 2. Digging and excavation activities - 70 dB(A) (Only during day time) 4. Normal values when mining is not in operation (40-45 dB(A)
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Control Measures • Mining operations will be carried out during day time only and avoid inconvenience to the nearby habitations • The noise propagation values found to be less than the prescribed noise limits • Ear plugs will be provided to the noise prone areas • Vehicular maintenance will ensure less noise. • Usage of sharp teeth on the JCB will reduce noise during loading operations
6.1.3 Water Quality
The rainwater flows through the slopes of the area and drained off through nalas. The ground water depth in this belt is 15 m below from the surface and since the quarry depth is 14m (BGL) 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 will be pumped by using electric motor, if and when required, the mine drainage can be effectively managed and the pit kept dry to keep up the production schedule.
7.0 Water Requirement Table 7.0 : Water Requirement S.No. Water Usage Quantity (KLD) 1 Water sprinkling on haul 0.7 roads 2 Domestic 0.5 3 Green Belt 0.8 Total 2.0
8.0 Solid Waste, Land reclamation and soil conservation
No Waste is anticipated from the mine.
9.0 Manpower Requirement
Table 8.0 Employment Details S.No. Description Quantity 1 Mine Supervisor 1 2 Skilled Workers 5 3 Un-Skilled Workers 10 Total 16
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10.0 Occupational Safety and Health
Safety precautions as per Metalliferrous mines Regulations and Mine Rules and Act shall be taken. Minimum distance of 7.5m will be left all along the mine lease boundary. The mined out area will be kept out of bounds for public by providing fencing. Occupational Safety and Health to Control Exposure to Noise * Reducing the exposure time of workers to the higher noise levels * Smooth blasting techniques, special explosives and silent non-explosive demolishing agent will be used.
11.0 House Keeping
Proper house keeping and cleanliness will be maintained in the infrastructure facilities. Wet mopping will be adopted to conserve water. Sign boards will be provided in the work areas and the road and building highlighting the safety and occupational aspects.
12.0 Transport Systems
The finished product is transported by road using road trucks. The lessee will deploy tippers to transport the waste blocks, unfinished and finished blocks from quarry site to yard and trucks to transport sized dimensional blocks from yard to destination. Cranes will do the loading of blocks. The materials while transporting do not pose any hazard. Sufficient parking facilities will be provided for vehicles loading and unloading of material. Safety signs will be displayed inside and outside the mine to avoid road accidents.
13.0 Afforestation Programme and Flora-fauna
Flora and Fauna Due to water stress conditions and edaphic factors the biomass cover is less. Tree coverage is less and mostly herbs and shrubs are dominating. The vegetation is very scarce. No plant species is found that is ecologically important (Rare, endangered, threatened etc.) restricted to this area. The loss of biomass can be compensated by providing ideal conditions (proper supervision, water, fertilizer etc.) for the proposed greenbelt. Other than domestic animals no ecologically important animals are reported in this area.
13.1 Proposed afforestation
The soil scraped from the surface will be stored temporarily along the edges of the mine till the complete extraction. This ensures proper preservation and utilization of the soil.
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Plan period No. of Plants Area (m2) 01st Year 30 150 02nd Year 30 150 03rd year 30 150 04th Year 30 150 05th Year 30 150 Total 150 750
13.2 Proposal for reclamation of land affected by mining
After working of mine, Pits will be backfilled by the waste from outside.
14.0 Environmental Greening Program
Environmental greening program is an important component of the Environment Management Plan and is an imperative requirement for any major industrial activity, as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Environment and forests, Govt. of India. Conceptualization, design and implementation of the proposed activity, taking into account the specific requirement of the proposed mining activity and the site conditions are presented.
Each year some of the part of the barrier zone will be subjected to afforestation and care will be taken to protect the sapling. Fruit growing trees are proposed to be planted.
Table 9.0 : List of suggested plant species for Green Belt No. Botanical name Local name Importance 1 Mangifera indica Mango Fruit 2 Azadirachta indica Vepa Religious and medicinal 3 Aegle marmelos Maaredu Religious and medicinal 4 Mimusops elengi Pogada Mythological 5 Syzygium cumini Neredu Medicinal 6 Leucaena leucocephala Subabul Fodder & Pulp
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15.0 Socio-economic Environment
The villages surrounding the lease area and the population of the villages are given in table below: Name of village Distance (km) Direction Population (Approx) Kakkiralapally 2.2 SE 2877 Ramnagar 2.7 SW 4701 Udutagudem 2.35 W 1670 Nagapuram 2.75 NW 2850 Inavole 2.8 N 7441 Ontimamidipally 3.8 N 1635
There will be no major impact on socio economic environment of the surrounding villages as the lease area is small and with the proposed development activities.
For the functioning of the mine approx. 16 manpower will be utilized and it will not have any significant impact on economy of the local people It will have indirect benefit to the people of Telangana in the form of collection of tax. Land allocated for road will be laid with avenue plantation along with lights which will be useful for the local people No impact due to influx of population/ labour because the mine is very small S.No. Activity Amount (Lakhs)
1 Sanitation and drinking water facilities 0.3 2 Providing school uniforms, Books & 0.2 scholarships to the nearby village school merit students 3 Medical Health check-up and Infrastructure Reported in EMP development is already mentioned in EMP Cost Total 0.5
16.0 Disaster Management Plan
The mining operation shall be carried out under the management control and direction of a qualified mines manager holding a Second class manager’s certificate of competency to manage a metalliferous mine granted by Director General of mines safety (DGMS). DGMS have been issuing a number of standing orders and circulars to be followed by the mine management in case of disaster, if any. Moreover mining staff would be sent to refresher courses from time to time to keep them abreast of the regulations. However following natural/ industrial hazards may occur during normal operation
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Slope failure at the mine faces Accident due to heavy equipment/machinery
In order to take care of above hazards/disasters, the following control shall be adopted:
All safety precautions and provisions of Metalliferous Mine regulation 1961 are strictly followed during all mining operations Checking and regular maintenance of garland drains and earthen bunds to avoid any inflow of surface water into mining area Entry of unauthorized persons shall be prohibited Fire fighting and first aid provisions in the mines office and mining Area; Provision of all the safety appliances such as safety boots, helmets, goggles etc. would be made available to the employees and regular check to ensure the use Training and refresher courses for all the employees working in the hazardous premises Working of mine as per approved plan, related amendments and other regulatory provisions Cleaning of mine faces shall be done regularly Suppression of dust on the haulage roads by providing water sprinkling.
17.0 Environment Management Cell
A Cell for Environmental Management within Mine lease area at the project level, will take the overall responsibility for co-ordination of the actions required for environmental management and mitigation, and for monitoring the progress of the proposed management plans and actions to be taken for the project. The Cell will be under the overall supervision of the Mine Manager, and responsible for monitoring of the implementation of the various actions which are to be executed by the agencies specified in the EMP. The Cell will be headed by Mine Manager with the help of a helper and a supervisor.
The EMC will prepare a formal report on environmental management and mitigation for the Environmental Engineer at the Mine, at six-monthly intervals. Reports on any urgent or significant issues may be prepared at shorter intervals. Apart from responsibilities listed above, the EMC will have the responsibility of the following:
Collection of water and air samples within and outside the work zone Analyzing the water and air samples Implementation of the control and protective measures Land reclamation and vegetation Co-ordination of the environment related activities Collection of the statistics of health of workers Green belt development Awareness and implementing safety programmes
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Monitor the progress of implementation of EMP
18.0 Post Project Monitoring The survey of air pollution comprises of the following monitoring aspects;
a. Ambient air quality survey b. 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 outside 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.
19.0 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 Act, 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 Forests and Climate Change, New Delhi and Central Pollution Control Boards
20.0 Cost proposed for Environment Management Plan
Capital Recurring Aspects Item Remarks cost (Rs.) cost (Rs.) Nose masks 15 No's - --- 18,000 Once a week. Air Rs. 25/- each Replaceable, and pollution cost can increase with time Road wetting @ 1 Ltr/ --- 60,000 Water tanker Sq.m. and waste dump cost @ one settling (1/4 of wetting tanker per day
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& wet drilling) - 5000 for 300 days Ltrs tank @ Rs. 250/- Plantation on road side 40,000 10,000 Re-plant the non- - 2m interval and buffer surviving plants, zone - 3m interval plus watering and maintenance protection from Greenbelt and Nursery 30,000 10,000 animals development Construction of small 30,000 10,000 Once in year, cost Water check dams incurred is to buy pollution sand bags and filling sand Maintenance of 20,000 10,000 Included in main Noise machinery suitably - Rs. cost pollution 5000 per 3 months PPE's like Ear muffs 30 10,000 5000 Once in three No’s- Rs. 25 each months Providing First aid kits - 10,000 8,000 Once in year, Occupational 2 No's and fire replace by Safety and extinguishers - 2 No's conducting Health periodical checkup Providing Personal 50,000 10,000 Safety shoe twice protective equipments in a year, helmets to all employees (hand once in three gloves @ Rs. 40, safety years and hand shoe @ Rs. 1200 and gloves thrice in a helmet @ Rs. 300) year Periodical medical 30,000 10,000 Once in a year checkup and supply of and supply of medicines medicines for every three months Infrastructure Road Repairs and 30,000 10,000 Once in a year lightening especially during monsoon Ambient air quality - 12,000 Environmental studies - Once in year Will be done monitoring month - 2 locations through MoE&F Water quality studies - - 8,000 recognized Once a year - 2 laboratories Locations
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Noise studies - Once in - 5,000 six months - 2 Locations Grand Total 2,50,000 1.86,000
Annexure – 1
Letter showing the details of 500 m radius from the proposed mine
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