EIA Report for 15.26ha Jamli Choti & Arandi Falia Summary Manganese Mine SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Introductions The lease area was granted to M/s S. R. Ferro Alloys having office at 9, Siddeshwar Colony Jhabua (MP) for 30 years. M/s S. R. Ferro Alloys is a Partnership firm registered under company act. List of Partner is given below: 1. Shri Brajendra Sharma 2. Shri J. K. Singh 3. Shri Nilesh Upadhyay 4. Miss Ankita Sharma Shri Rajendra Singh Nayak is authorized for the concerned mining lease. The committee suggested Terms of References (‘ToR’) for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP) through its letter no. 452/PS-MS/ MPPCB/ SEAC/ TOR (192)/ 2015 Bhopal date 15/06/2015 by SEIAA/SEAC, which are incorporated in the EIA/EMP report at their respective places. Details of the project Table – 1 S. No. Particulars Details 1. Locations Village Jamli Choti & Arandi Falia Tehsil Jobat District Alirajpur State MP 2. Latitude 22o29’34.0” to 22o30’00.8” North Longitude 74o34’38.1” to 74o35’00.8”East 3. General ground level 379mRL 4. Elevation range Highest - 393m RL Lowest - 366m RL 5. Nearest National/ State Highway SH-39 - 2.25km - W 6. Nearest Railway Station Anas - 42.0 km 7. Nearest Airport Indore - 127.0km 8. Nearest Town Jobat - 8.50km 9. Nearest Tourist Place within 10km None radius. 10. Archaeological Important Place within None 10km radius. 11. Ecological Sensitive Areas (Wild Life None M/s S. R. Ferro Alloys, Jhabua (MP) Ex. 1 M/s CES, Bhopal EIA Report for 15.26ha Jamli Choti & Arandi Falia Summary Manganese Mine Sanctuaries) within 10km radius. 12. Nearest hill range within 10km radius None 13. Reserved / Protected Forest within Qila Jobat RF -0.75km - WSW 10km radius Jali RF - 2.25km - WSW Paneri RF - 6.50km - W Jameri RF - 5.25km – SE Siyalip PF - 6.75km – NE Chualiya PF - 9.25km - E 14. Nearest major city with 100000 None population within 10km radius 15. Nearest Town/City within 10km None radius 16. Nearest Village Jamli Choti - 0.20 km - WSW Arandi Falia - 0.40km - ESE 17. Nearest River with 10km radius Dohi River - 4.75 Km - SE 18. Nearest Nalla/pond Water Reservoir - 2.75km – SE Water Reservoir - 2.25km - S Nalla - 0.01km – W Nalla - 0.06km – SE 19. Other mines within 2km radius None 20. Industry within 10km radius None 21. Surrounding features within 500m East –agricultural land, nalla, village road South east- Nalla, agricultural land, habitation South – Agricultural land, South west – Agricultural land, Nalla West-Agricultural land, Nalla & Village North west- Agricultural land, Nalla North –Agricultural land & habitation Source: Field Survey Mining lease status The subject mine lease area is located in village –Jamli Choti and Arandi Falia, Taluka Jobat, Alirajpur District (M.P.). Land use of the area is defined as Govt. waste land. Mining Details Table – 2 S. No. Particulars Details 1 Type of Mine Open Cast 2 Mining Lease Area 15.26 ha 3. Mineable Area 1.60 ha 4. Existing Pits & Quarries 0.75 ha 5. Existing Dumps 0.10ha 6. Existing Infrastructure Nil 7. Existing road Nil 8. Existing garland drain, settling tank Nil M/s S. R. Ferro Alloys, Jhabua (MP) Ex. 2 M/s CES, Bhopal EIA Report for 15.26ha Jamli Choti & Arandi Falia Summary Manganese Mine 9. Mineral Storage Nil 10. Plantation Nil 11. Recoverable Reserve 163750.00 MT 12. Method of mining OTFM 13. Present depth of mining 1.5-6.0m 14. Ultimate Depth of Mining 11m bgl (355m MSL) 15. Ultimate Pit Slope 60-80o 16. Expected Life of Mines 7 years 17 Lease Period 30year 18 Thickness of lateritic soil Minimum 0.0m Maximum 0.25 m 19 Stripping Ratio 1 :0.58 to 1:0.93 20 Mode to transportation Road 21 Area to be covered under dumps in conceptual 1.01 ha period 22 Area covered under pit in conceptual period 1.4880 ha 23 Area to be reclaimed by conceptual period Nil 24 Area to be covered under plantation by 3.00 ha conceptual period 25 Area to covered under water reservoir 1.00 ha 26 Area to covered under Infrastructure 0.06 ha 27 Area to covered under road 0.10 ha 28 Area to covered under garland drain, settling 0.34 ha tank 29 MSL 393-366m 30 Ground water table Monsoon period 20m bgl (346m MSL) Dry month 25m bgl (341 m MSL) 31 Total production per day 127MT 32 Dumper requirement per day (24tonne 5 capacity) Source: Approved Mining Plan by IBM Mineable Reserves and Life of Mine Mining losses (Loss of mineral during loading, transportation and other handling operation=negligible) Although the proposals are given with OTFM ‘A’ category, keeping mineral importance and past mining activity experience the manual means of working will be on higher side hence the mineral loss will be negligible therefore not considered. Recoverable Reserves 121 = 163750MT (Manganese ore) Mine life estimated by taking mineable reserves and maximum yearly production of minerals is 38000 MT per year. Total Mineable Reserve is 163750MT M/s S. R. Ferro Alloys, Jhabua (MP) Ex. 3 M/s CES, Bhopal EIA Report for 15.26ha Jamli Choti & Arandi Falia Summary Manganese Mine Thus first five year Production= 116827 MT Balance Reserves = 163750-116827= 46923MT Life 46923/38000= 1.23year Thus Total Mine Life = 5+1.23=6.23 say 7year The life of the mine is worked out on the basis of the production projected presently. This will change depending upon the market conditions as well as the increase in reserves after proposed exploration. Method of Mining It is a fresh case hence no mining activity has been carried out presently. Opencast other than fully mechanized method of mining has been proposed at location shown on 5 year development/ production plans and sections. HEMM will be deployed for excavation in OB and ore. Loading of OB will be done by loader cum excavator while of ore by manual means. Transportation will be done by dumpers. Sorting and sizing of ore will be done by manual means during the proposal period. Jigging of ore will be practiced of size more than 3mm and less than 25mm manually. Drilling and blasting will be carried out of dia 32mm of depth 1.5m. No deep hole drilling and blasting is proposed. Requirements for the project Land Requirement Total mining lease area is 15.26 Ha. The status of the land is given below: Table -3 District/ State Tehsil Village Khasara No Area Ownership Alirajpur (MP) Jobat Jamli Choti 255 13.13ha Govt. land Arandi Falia 249 2.13ha Govt. Land Source: Approved Mining Plan by IBM & P-II form Water Requirement Water requirement of the mining project is estimated 78.00kl per day respectively. Manpower Requirement Mining Engg./First class Mines manager 1, Geologist 1, Mines Foreman 1, Skilled 25, Semi Skilled 50, Unskilled 25 No. of working days 300. The statutory requirement in respect of miner’s health will be implemented as per rules Power Requirement No power will be required for mining process Extent of Mechanization Opencast OTFM mining method will be adopted with deployment of JCB, excavator cum loader shovel, Loader etc. 2.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT Baseline details M/s S. R. Ferro Alloys, Jhabua (MP) Ex. 4 M/s CES, Bhopal EIA Report for 15.26ha Jamli Choti & Arandi Falia Summary Manganese Mine During the study period, ambient air quality and noise level monitoring was done at 8 locations whereas, surface & ground water sampling was carried out at 4 & 8 locations respectively and soil sampling was done at 4 locations. Results for the same are summarized below: Biological environment Since there are no notified endangered species in the area, which may be affected due to the mining activities, therefore the biological environment will not have significant impact due to proposed activity. The impact on the biological environment due to amount of dust generation is minimised by well-developed green belt in and around mining lease area. Mitigation measure Extensive plantation is proposed around the mine site, which will serve not only as a sink for pollutant but also as a noise barrier. Afforestation on 3.0ha area with 6000numbers of trees is proposed. It is expected that with the adoption of these mitigative measures, the impact due to operation of the mine will be minimal on the terrestrial ecosystem. Proper control measures for less noise generation, control of silt containing discharge, safe mining practices shall be adopted. Proper handling of mineral and overburden will reduce fugitive emissions and hence minimal impact is expected on surrounding flora and fauna inclusive of agricultural species due to deposition of dust No transportation route should be selected which goes through wild life sanctuaries/parks Aerial light and horning activities should not be allowed in the night to create disturbance even for the domestic and non scheduled faunal elements. Individual tree guard will be erected for the protection of plants. Regular watering will be done throughout the year, expect in monsoon season. About 250 plants will be planted on both side of the existing unpaved road (320m) in single rows at plant spacing of 2.5m. Plants of large sized tree species will be planted at a spacing of 10m and between any two plants of large sized tree species, three (03) plants of small sized tree/shrub species, shrubs will be planted. The selection of species will depend on the availability of quality planting material. Following species will be planted both side of road: Large tree species: Mango, Neem, Jamun, Imli, Mahua, Gulmohar etc Small tree species: Karanj, Aonla, Amaltas, Bael, Sissoo, Kachnar etc 3.0 ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES Impact on Air Environment M/s S.