EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EIA/EMP REPORT OF URTAN NORTH COKING COAL BLOCK SOHAGPUR COAL FIELD TEHSIL KOTMA, DISTRICT ANUPPUR, M.P. OF URTAN NORTH MINING CO. LTD. PO : KOTMA, DIST : ANUPPPUR-484334 M.P. ISSUE 01 REV. 0 OCTOBER, 2012 PREPARED BY: KALYANI LABORATORIES PVT. LTD., BHUBANESWAR 2011 - 12 Executive Summary of Draft EIA / EMP Report for Urtan North Coking Coal Block at Sohagpur Coal field, Dist. Anuppur, M.P. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This executive Summary presents a brief outline of Draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) & Environmental Management Plan (EMP) of the underground coal mining project M/s Urtan North Mining Co. Ltd which is a joint venture company of M/s Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSPL) and M/s Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd. (MIEL). 1. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PROJECT Mine lease area 475 Ha Washery area 8.8 Ha within mine lease Villages Baskhala, Baskhali, Thodha and Mauhari Taluka Kotma District and State Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh Land Category Private Land: 443.6214 Ha Gochar(Govt.) Land: 5.3816 Ha Other Revenue(Govt.) Land: 25.997 Ha Reserves Geological reserve : 69.823 MT Mineable reserve : 49.930 MT Extractable reserve : 25.721 MT Quality (Grade) of coal W – I to W – IV and E to F Rated capacity 0.6 Million tonnes per annum Distribution of production 1. Jindal Steel & Power Ltd’s – two thirds 2. Monnet Ispat & Power Ltd’s – one third Life of the mine 46 Years approximately Depth of working Below 282 m up to 454 m. Method of Mining Mechanised and semi-mechanised bord and pillar underground mining by Continuous Miner with shuttle cars as well as LHDs and SDLs with solid blasting method. Water requirement 550 cum/day (265 cum/day for drinking and 285 cum / day industrial water) | Executive Summary 1 2011 - 12 Executive Summary of Draft EIA / EMP Report for Urtan North Coking Coal Block at Sohagpur Coal field, Dist. Anuppur, M.P. Source of water Potable water will be met from bore well initially and later on from treated mine water; industrial water requirement will be met from mine sump and surface reservoir. Power requirement 10 MW Power source From 33 KV nearest sub station of Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board. Emergency arrangement from 1000 KVA and 500 KVA DG sets for ventilation and pumping and other essential services. Washery capacity 0.6 MTPA Technology Cyclone process and Flotation process for fines. Middling utilization For power generation Transportation Coal transport through 20 T dumpers to nearest railway sidings for onward dispatch through rail to end use plant. Sidings, in order of priority, at Harad railway station located about 20 Km Bijuri at 25 km by road (10.5 km, E aerially) End use plants are located in Raigarh, Patratu, and Angul Manpower 777 No. of working days 330 days/year (3 shifts of 8 hour each) Residential Colony For 50% of workforce; within block boundary Cost of the project Rs. 250 crores approximately 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 Urtan North Coking Coal block over an area of 475 Ha has been allotted to Urtan North Mining Company Limited, a joint venture company of M/s Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSPL) and M/s Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd. (MIEL), vide letter No. 13016/77/2008-CA-I dated 24th October, 2009 by Ministry of Coal. 2.2 This Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)/ Environmental Management Plan (EMP) report has been prepared for Urtan North Coking Coal block located in the eastern part of the Sohagpur Coalfield for a rated capacity of 0.6 MTPA along with | Executive Summary 2 2011 - 12 Executive Summary of Draft EIA / EMP Report for Urtan North Coking Coal Block at Sohagpur Coal field, Dist. Anuppur, M.P. 0.6 MTPA pit head coal washery in villages Baskhala, Baskhali, Thodha and Mauhari, Tehsil Kotma, District Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh to seek Environmental Clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. 2.3 Environmental clearance is a statutory requirement as per EIA notification dated 14th September 2006 and its amendments since the Coal Block and Coal Washery fall under Sl. No. 1(a) and 2 (b), respectively. In this connection The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) was approached with the Form-1, Pre-feasibility report on 12th October, 2011. The TOR was issued on 11th January, 2012. This EIA/EMP study has been conducted in line with the approved TOR for the purpose of environmental clearance. The report outlines the project specific issues related to environmental pollution and delineates mitigation measures to combat pollution. 3. PROJECT OUTLINE 3.1 There will be only underground mining activity within the applied mining lease area. Out of total lease area of 475 ha, disturbed area (including green belt and lawn plantation) will be only 22.98 Ha i.e. 4.83% of land and remaining 452.02 Ha of land i.e. 95.16% will remain undisturbed. The disturbed area within ML will comprise of facilities, inclines, settling pond, coal stack yard, colony, waste dump, magazine, green belt, roads, washery etc. 3.2 The Urtan North Coking Coal block is located in the eastern part of the Sohagpur Coalfield. The area is covered in the Survey of India Toposheet No. 64E/15(R.F.1:50000) and is located between latitude 23°14’31” and 23°16’20” N and longitude 81°58’48” and 82°01’17”E. The Urtan block earlier explored by MECL is located in south of Urtan North Coking Coal block. The location map of the site is given in Figure 1. 3.3 The detailed exploration of Urtan North Coking Coal block has established the presence of six persistent and regionally co relatable Seam viz. Seam-V, Index, IV, III, II and I in descending order, Seam V being the youngest while Seam I is the oldest Seam. Out of the six regionally co relatable coal horizons, Seam V is most promising as far as thickness and quality are concerned while Seam II & I, in general, do not attain mineable thickness and are of least significance. Hence Seam III has been considered as target Seam. Seam V splits at places into three sections viz. V (Top) V (Middle) & V (Bottom). 3.4 The Urtan coals are low moisture, medium volatile, medium rank and coking in nature. The coal is not devolatilised within the block. The quality of the seam having <35% ash content are found to vary between S-II to W-IV grade coal while that of >35 ash content variation is from E-F grade. | Executive Summary 3 2011 - 12 Executive Summary of Draft EIA / EMP Report for Urtan North Coking Coal Block at Sohagpur Coal field, Dist. Anuppur, M.P. Figure 1. Location Map | Executive Summary 1 2011 - 12 Executive Summary of Draft EIA / EMP Report for Urtan North Coking Coal Block at Sohagpur Coal field, Dist. Anuppur, M.P. 3.5 The entire block has been divided into four sectors viz. sector –I to IV for estimation of reserves. Seam wise, sector wise, thickness wise, grade wise, barrier wise, and UVM wise reserves have been estimated. A total of 48.680 million tonnes of proved and 21.147 million tonnes of indicated reserves have been estimated accounting for 69.827 million tonnes of total reserves. A total of 43.729 million tonnes of reserves of the sections of seam V have also been estimated as per new exercise of seam delineation. Thus, geological parameters of coal seams considered for reserve and mining based on geological report are as follows: Total block area = 475 Ha Total Net Geological reserve of the Coal Block = 69.827 MT Mineable reserves in the block = 49.930 MT Net extractable reserve of the Coal Block = 25.721 MT 3.6 The target is kept as 0.60 MTPA. The life of the mine will be 46 years. Additionally, there will be construction activities for 1 year prior to start of mine. 3.7 The mining at Urtan North Coking Coal block is proposed through fully mechanized as well as semi-mechanised system. The fully mechanized panel is equipped with Continuous Miner. No blasting is required with Continuous Miner. Blasting is required in semi-mechanised panel. It will give half of total production i.e., 0.30 MTPA. Total three panels are required for semi-mechanised mining panel. Only Permitted Explosive will be used in UG mining for solid blasting. It is proposed that all these three panels will be deployed with three nos. of LHDs in each panel to give annual output @ 0.10 MTPA from each panel. 3.8 The transportation of coal from the Urtan North Coking Coal block to the nearest railway siding at Harad (20 Km from the block) will be carried by 20T capacity dumpers. The front end loaders will be used for loading the wagons. Further the coal will be transported to the end use plants through rail. The middling will be transported to the Power plant. 3.9 A total of 98,545 cum(B), waste rock is generated during drivage of inclines and ventilation shaft which will be used for development of terrain near mine entries, office, workshop, roads, haulage ramp etc. The rest of waste produced during mining of coal will be stacked in selected space within the mine boundary. This surface dump has been proposed on the Southern side of the mine entry. The area of waste disposal site is 1.5 Ha and the height will be kept below 10m. | Executive Summary 1 2011 - 12 Executive Summary of Draft EIA / EMP Report for Urtan North Coking Coal Block at Sohagpur Coal field, Dist.