Form 1 as per EIA Notification 2006 for Sivasailam Earth Quarry of Thiru.M.A.Savarimuthu, Sivasailam Village, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli district, Tamilnadu. Application Form for Obtaining Environmental Clearance from State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Tamil Nadu S. Item Details No 1 Name of the project/s Sivasailam Earth Quarry project 2 S. No. in the schedule 1 (a) Proposed capacity = 11,920m3 for a period of Eleven Months only. Area =1.40.0Ha. Dimensions of the area:- W D L Description (m) (m) Pit (m) nos. Avg (Avg) 3 I 90 40 1.0 Proposed II 100 35 0.8 capacity/area/length/ Conceptual tonnage to be handled / III 75 50 0.8 command area/lease area/number of wells to be IV 70 45 0.8 drilled It is open cast shallow quarrying the Earth is clearly visible right from the surface hence No wells are proposed not drilled. New/ Expansion/ It’s a new Project ( Sivasailam Earth quarry) 4 Modernization Existing capacity / Area etc. The proposed capacity is only for 1m depth for Block I and IV, 0.8m depth for Block-II and III from 5 existing ground level. The Total Geological reserve is about 11,920m3. Area = 1.40.0Ha. Category of project i.e. `A’ or 6 Category - B (B2) ‘B’ Does it attract the general 7 condition? If yes, please 7.5m safety distance from the adjacent patta lands. specify. Does it attract the specific 8 condition? If yes, please The project does not attract any specific condition. specify. Location Sivasailam village, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District. Plot/ Survey/ Khasra No. 37(P) Village Sivasailam 7 Taluk Ambasamudram District Tirunelveli State Tamilnadu Nearest railway station/ Alwarkurichi Railway station -2.8 km - NE 10 airport along with distance in Tuticorin Airport - 74.0km - SE km. Nearest Town, city, District Nearest Town: Ambasamudram - 13km - SE 11 Headquarters along with Nearest City : Tirunelveli – 38.0km - SE distance in kms. District : Tirunelveli - 38.0km – SE Village Panchayats, Zila Village Panchayat - Sivasailam Parishad, Municipal Panchyat Union - Kadayam Corporation, Local body Taluk - Ambasamudram 12 (Complete postal addresses District - Tirunelveli with telephone nos. to be given) 13 Name of the applicant Thiru.M.A.Savarimuthu, S/o. Maria Adaikalam Nadar, Registered Address No.4/342, Kamarajar Street, Melaamboor, Karuthapilaiyur, 14 Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District. Pincode -627418 Cell No. 9565913323 Address for correspondence Thiru.M.A.Savarimuthu, Designation Proprietor/Owner (Owner/Partner/CEO) S/o. Maria Adaikalam Nadar, Address No.4/342, Kamarajar Street, Melaamboor, Karuthapilaiyur, Ambasamudram Taluk, 15 Tirunelveli District. Pincode -627418 Cell No. 9565913323 Pin code 627418 E-mail [email protected] Telephone No. Cell No. 9565913323 Fax No. - Details of Alternative Sites examined, if any. Location of There is no alternative site examined. The project is 16 these sites should be shown site specific. on a Topo sheet 17 Interlinked Projects There is no interlinked projects Whether separate application As there is no interlinked project, no application 18 of interlinked project has been has been submitted submitted? If yes, date of submission As there is no interlinked project hence no 19 application has been submitted. 20 If no, reason The project involves Earth Quarry only. Whether the proposal involves approval/ clearance under: if (a) The project does not attract the Forest yes, details of the same and (Conservation) Act 1780. There is no Forestland their status to be given. involved within the quarry lease-applied area. (a) The Forest (Conservation) (b) There is no wild life within the 10km radius 21 Act, 1780? from applied area and does not fall under the (b) The Wildlife (Protection) Wildlife (protection) Act 1772. Act, 1772? (C) The project doesn’t attract the C.R.Z. (c) The C. R. Z. Notification, Notification, 1771. 1771? The applicant has obtained precise area communication from the District Collector, Tirunelveli vide (Rc.No. M2/12863/2014, dated 04.09.2015. 22 Whether there is any Government Order/ Policy The Mining Plan was got approval by the Assistant relevant/ relating to the site? Director, Department of Geology and Mining, Tirunelveli vide (Rc. No. M2/12863/2014, dated 02.11.2015.) 23 There is no forest land involved in this lease area. Forest land involved (hectares) Whether there is any litigation pending against the project and/ or land in which the project is propose to be set up? There is no court case pending, litigations relating 24 (a) Name of the Court to the project directly and indirectly. (b) Case No. (c) Orders/ directions of the Court, if any and its relevance with the proposed project. I. Basic information II. Activity 1. Construction operation or decommissioning of the project involving actions, which will cause physical changes in the locality (Topography, land use changes in water bodies, etc.) Details thereof (with approximate Information/Checklist Yes/ S. No quantities/rates, wherever possible) with confirmation No sources of information data Permanent or temporary The topography will be slightly changed change in land use, land after the quarrying of Earth as per the cover or topography Mining Plan, Earth formation is seen including increase in Yes 1.1 right from the surface to a depth of 1m intensity of land use (with depth for Block I and IV, 0.8m depth for respect to local land use Block-II and III from existing ground level plan) From existing ground level. Clearance of existing land, The quarry lease applied area is devoid of 1.2 vegetation and building? No vegetation’s, Human settlement and buildings hence clearance is redundant. The quarrying activity is proposed to carry out within the quarry lease applied area. Temporary approach road within 1.3 Creation of new land uses? No the area will be form for the easy access of men and vehicle which will be well maintained. The Earth deposits are clearly visible Pre-construction right from the surface hence pre- 1.4 investigations e.g. bore No construction investigation and soil houses, soil testing? testing is not proposed before quarrying operation. There will be no major civil work in this project involved. The infrastructure 1.5 Construction works? Yes facilities are proposed in the quarry site on semi-permanent structures. There is no existing building within the 1.6 Demolition works? No quarry lease applied area, hence no demolition work is involved. Temporary sites used for Sites service on semi-permanent construction works or 1.7 Yes structure will be constructed only after housing of construction grant of quarry lease. workers? There are no tall buildings or linear structure found in and around the quarry site. There is no requirement of Above ground buildings, cutting and filling in the site. The structures or Earthworks 1.8 No proposed quarry is to exploit Earth from including linear structures, consolidated sediments for 1m depth for cut and fill or excavations. Block I and IV, 0.8m depth for Block-II and III from existing ground level From existing ground level. Opencast manual method of shallow mining is proposed, without Underground works Machineries, No drilling or blasting is 1.9 including mining or No proposed for this type of Earth tunneling? quarrying, it is an ecofriendly quarrying operation The quarry operation is restricted up to a depth of 1m depth for Block I and IV, 0.8m depth for Block-II and III from existing ground level From existing Reclamation works? 1.10 No ground level. after removing the Earth there is no proposal for backfilling or reclamation. the quarried out lands will be facilitate the storage capacity of the tank There is no such type of activities 1.11 Dredging? No involved in this Opencast manual method of quarrying operation. There is no such type of activities 1.12 Offshore structures? No involved; It is an inland quarrying project. Production and No production and manufacturing is 1.13 No manufacturing processes? involved in the Earth Quarrying. There is no proposal for storage of material within the quarry lease applied area. The Earth will be loaded directly to Facilities for storage of the trucks / Lorries for transportation to 1.14 No goods or materials? the needy customers site for filling and leveling of low lying areas for road project and other infrastructure development work in and around the District There is no wastage encountered during the quarrying operation, the entire excavation will be used for filling and Facilities for treatment or leveling of low lying areas for road project 1.15 disposal of solid waste or No and other infrastructure development liquid effluents? work in and around the District. The Earth will not produce toxic effluence in the form of solid, liquid or gas. The proposed project is 1.40.0Ha for a period of Eleven Months only. The Facilities for long term required employees (9Nos.) are available 1.16 housing of operational No in the nearby villages, hence long term workers? housing of operational workers are not proposed. No new roads, rail or sea traffic is proposed during operation, the existing New road, rail or sea traffic road will be utilized for transportation of 1.17 during construction or No the Earth. operation? However, internal roads within the quarry lease applied area will be developed and maintained. New road, rail, air There is no such type of activities waterborne or other involved in this project. transport infrastructure 1.18 No Existing road will be utilized for the including new or altered transportation of Earth to the needy routes and stations, ports, Customers site. airports etc.? Closure or diversion of existing transport routes or The project will not cause any changes 1.19 infrastructure leading to No and hindrance in the existing traffic changes in traffic movements.