Form 1 as per EIA Notification 22006006 for Durgam Earth Quarry of V.APPADURAI in Durgam Village, Arcot TalukTaluk,, Vellore District, Tamilnadu Application Form for Obtaining Environmental Clearance from State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Tamilnad FORM 1 (I) Basic information S. No Item Details 1 Name of the project/s Durgam Earth Quarry project 2 S.No. in the schedule 1 (a) Proposed capacity = 1690Cbm for a period of one year only. Area = 0.44.50 Ha Dimensions of the area Proposed capacity / area / length / Section L (m) W (m) D (m) tonnage to be handled / command 3 X1-Y1-AB 65 26 1 area / lease area / number of wells to be drilled Total cbm to be handled = 1690 Cbm (for one year only) It is shallow quarrying the Earth is clearly visible right from the surface hence No wells are proposed nor drilled. New/ Expansion/ Modernization It’s a new Project (Durgam Earth quarry) 4 5 Existing capacity / Area etc. This is new quarry Project. 6 Category-B (B2) Category of project i.e. `A’ or ‘B’ The applicant should be maintain 7.5M safety Does it attract the general condition? 7 Distance from all along the boundary. If yes, please specify. Does it attract the specific condition? 8 No it does not attracts specific condition. If yes, please specify. Location Plot/ Survey/ Khasra No. 347/3A, 3B, 358/1M, 1O Village Durgam 9 Taluk Arcot District Vellore State Tamilnadu Nearest railway station/ airport along Ammur Railway station - 20km 10 with distance in kms Chennai Airport – 195km Nearest Town, city, District Nearest Town : Arcot 7Km 11 Headquarters along with distance in Nearest City : Vellore -22km kms. District : Vellore -22km Village Panchayats, ZilaParis had, Village - Durgam Municipal Corporation, Local body Grama Panchyat - Durgam 12 (Complete postal addresses with Taluk - Arcot telephone nos. to be given) District - Vellore 13 Name of the applicant V.APPADURAI S/O VARADAPA 14 MUDALIYAR NO.35 BAJANAI KOIL ST, PATHIKARANPATTI, TIMIRI VILLAGE ARCOT TALUK VELLORE DISTRICT. Address for correspondence Name V.APPADURAI Designation (Owner/Partner/CEO) Proprietor S MUDALIYAR NO.35 BAJANAI KOIL ST, PATHIKARANPATTI, TIMIRI VILLAGE ARCOT TALUK VELLORE DISTRICT.. 15 632512 Pin code - E-mail Telephone No. +91 9751175001 Fax No. - Details of Alternative Sites examined, There is no alternative site examined. The project is 16 if any. Location of these sites should be shown on a topo sheet site specific. 17 There is no interlinked projects Interlinked Projects Whether separate application of 18 interlinked project has been Not applicable submitted? 19 Not applicable If yes, date of submission 20 If no, reason Not applicable involve (a) The project does not attract the Forest Whether the proposal s (Conservation) Act 1980. There is no Forestland involved within the quarry lease-applied area. approval/ clearance under: if yes, details of the same and their status to be given. (b) There is no wild life within the 10km radius from 21 (a) The Forest (Conservation) Act, applied area and does not fall under the Wildlife 1980? (protection) Act 1972. (b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972? (C) The project doesn’t attract the C.R.Z. (c) The C. R. Z. Notification, 1991? Notification, 1991. The applicant has obtained precise area communication from the collector Vellore vide Rc.No. 655/2013 (Mines) dated 16.06.2015 The mining plan was got approval by the Deputy Whether there is any Government Director, Department Geology and Mining Order/ Policy relevant/ relating to the Site 22 Director, Department of Geology and Mining, Vellore vide Rc.No. 655/2013 (Mines) dated 30.09.2015 No, It is a patta land, vide patta no.757,192. 23 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 to 24 (a) Name of the Court the project directly and indirectly. (b) Case No. (c) Orders/ directions of the Court, if any and its relevance with the proposed project. (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.) Information/Checklist Yes/ Details thereof (with approximate S. No confirmation No quantities/rates, wherever possible) with sources of information data Permanent or temporary The topography will be slightly changed change in land use, land cover after the quarrying of Earth as per the Mining or topography including plan, 1.1 increase in intensity of land Yes Earth formation is seen right from the surface use (with respect to local land to a depth of 1m. use plan) 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 total quarrying activity is proposed to carry out within the quarry lease applied area. Creation of new land uses? No 1.3 Hence, there is no proposal for creating of new land uses. The Earth deposits are clearly visible right Pre-construction investigations from the surface hence pre-construction 1.4 e.g. bore houses, soil testing? No investigation and soil testing is not proposed before quarrying operation. There will be no major civil work in this project involved. The infrastructure facilities 1.5 Construction works? No are proposed in the quarry site on semi-permanent structures. There are no existing buildings within the Demolition works? No quarry lease applied area; hence no demolition 1.6 work is involved. Temporary sites used for Sites service on semi-permanent structure will 1.7 construction works or housing No be constructed only after grant of quarry lease. of construction workers? There are no tall buildings or linear structure Above ground buildings, found in and around the quarry site. There is structures or earth works 1.8 No no requirement of cutting and filling in the including linear structures, cut site. The proposed quarry is to exploit Earth and fill or excavations. from consolidated sediments for 1m only. Conventional open cast semi mechanized Underground works including 1.9 No quarrying will be adopted. No underground mining or tunneling? mining or tunneling is proposed. There is no proposal for backfilling reclamation. The quarrying operation is Reclamation works? restricted up to a depth of 1m from the ground 1.10 No profile, after removing the Earth up to a depth of 1m. The quarried out land will be leveled and used for agricultural purpose. 1.11 Dredging? No There is no such type of activities involved 1.12 Offshore structures? No There is no such type of activities involved No production or manufacturing is involved in Production and manufacturing 1.13 No the Earth quarrying. processes? There is no proposal for storage of material within the quarry lease applied area. The Earth will be loaded directly to the tipper Facilities for storage of goods transported to needy sites especially for the 1.14 or materials? No manufacturing of conventional brick for construction purpose. There is no wastage encountered during the quarrying operation, the entire excavation will Facilities for treatment or be used for for the manufacturing of 1.15 disposal of solid waste or No conventional brick for construction purpose. liquid effluents? The Earth will not produce toxic effluence in the form of solid, liquid or gas. The proposed project is 0.44.50 Ha for a period of one year only. The required employees Facilities for long term (8 Nos) are available in the nearby villages, 1.16 housing of operational No workers? hence long term housing of operational workers are not proposed. No new roads, rail or sea traffic is proposed during operation, the existing road will be New road, rail or sea traffic utilized for transportation of the Earth. 1.17 during construction or No operation? However, internal roads within the quarry lease applied area will be developed and maintained. New road, rail, air waterborne There is no such type of activities involved in or other transport infrastructure this project. 1.18 including new or altered routes No Existing road will be utilized for the and stations, ports, airports transportation of Earth to the needy sites etc.? Closure or diversion of existing transport routes or The project will not cause any changes and 1.19 infrastructure leading to No hindrance in the existing traffic movements. changes in traffic movements? New or diverted transmission The project does not involve diversion of 1.20 No lines or pipelines? transmission/pipe lines. Impoundment, damming, The quarrying operation is restricted up to a 1.21 culver ting, realignment or No depth of 1M. Ground water occurrence in this other changes to the hydrology area is at 25mts depth from ground profile. of watercourses or aquifers? Hence there is no damage for ground water hydrology or aquifers. There is no stream crossing within the quarry Stream crossings? No lease applied area. 1.22 Abstraction or transfers of The proposed quarrying does not require any 1.23 water form ground or surface No abstraction or transfer of water from the ground or surface water bodies. waters? The quarry operation is restricted up to a depth of 1M. Quarry operation will not affect Changes in water bodies or the land surface affecting drainage No the drainage pattern of the area. 1.24 or run-off? There is no change in water bodies or the land surface affected during run off. Transport of personnel or Sites service on semi-permanent structure will materials for construction, 1.25 No be constructed only after grant of quarry lease.