(APPENDIX-1, FORM-I PARAGRAPH-6) I. BASIC INFORMATION S. Item Details No. 1. Name of the Project/s : Fire Clay and China Clay mining project of Smt. Minati Ghosh 2. Sl. No. of the Schedule : Category ‘B’ of Activity 1(A) [<50 ha of Mining Lease area in respect of non-coal mine lease] 3. Proposed capacity / area / length / : a. Mine Lease Area : 9.4 hectare tonnage to be handled / command b. Production Capacity area / lease area / lease area / i. Fire Clay : 7314 TPA number of wells to be drilled ii. China Clay : 0 4. New / Expansion / Modernization : New 5. Existing Capacity / Area etc. : 9.4 Ha (New Project) 6. Category of Project i.e. ‘A’ or ‘B’ ‘B’ 7. Does it attract the general condition? No If yes please specify. 8. Does it attract the specific condition? No If yes please specify. 9. Location : Annex-2: Coordinate Map of the Project Site i. Plot/Survey/Khasra No. : 2439,2440,2446-2452,2474-2494,2501,2502,2508- 2510,2779,3121-3127,3134-3144,3520 ii. Village : Masra iii. P.S. : Rampurhat iv. District : Birbhum v. State : West Bengal 10. Nearest Railway Station / Airport : Aerial Facility Name Direction along with distance in kms. Distance Airport Netaji 181 km SE Subhas Chandra Railway Mallarpur 7.5 km SE Station 11. Nearest Town, city, District : Town Mallarpur 7 km SE Headquarters along with distance in City Mallarpur 7 km SE kms. District Suri 27 km SSW HQ 12. Village Panchayats, Zila Parishad, : SMT. MINATI GHOSH, R/O: LOCALITY: DUBRAJPUR ROAD, APPLICANT : 1 RABINDRA PALLY, SURI, DISTRICT: BIRBHUM, WEST BENGAL - E Environment Office: 607-611, Level-5, Shopprix Mall, : AG Consultant Sector-5, Vaishali, Ghaziabad-201010 P QCI-NABET Accredited: QCI/EIA/RA014/041 ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR 9.4 HA Fire Clay & China Clay Mining Project OF SMT. MINATI GHOSH located at near Masra village, P.S- Rampurhat, Suri, District- Birbhum in State of West Bengal S. Item Details No. Municipal Corporation, Local body Village: Masra (about 20m NNW Direction) (complete postal addresses with telephone nos. to be given) P.S: Rampurhat District: Birbhum 13. Name of the Applicant Smt. Minati Ghosh 14. Registered Address Smt. Minati Ghosh W/o.- Late Dwija Pada Ghosh Dubrajpur Road, Rabindra Pally, Suri, District- Birbhum West Bengal, Pin: 731101 15. Address for correspondence Smt. Minati Ghosh W/o.- Late Dwija Pada Ghosh Dubrajpur Road, Rabindra Pally, Suri, District- Birbhum West Bengal, Pin: 731101 Name Smt. Minati Ghosh Designation (Owner / Partner / CEO) Owner Address Smt. Minati Ghosh W/o.- Late Dwija Pada Ghosh Dubrajpur Road, Rabindra Pally, Suri, District- Birbhum West Bengal, Pin Code 731101 E-mail Telephone No. 9434132078 16. Details of alternative Sites examined, Specific mine block is allotted to Smt. Minati Ghosh if any Location of these sites should so, no alternative sites are considered. be shown on a topo sheet. 17. Interlinked Projects There is no Interlink Project involve to the site. 18. Whether separate application of Not Applicable interlinked project has been submitted? 19. If yes, date of submission Not Applicable 20. If no, reason Not Applicable 21. Whether the proposal involves Act. Approval Status SMT. MINATI GHOSH, R/O: LOCALITY: DUBRAJPUR ROAD, APPLICANT : 2 RABINDRA PALLY, SURI, DISTRICT: BIRBHUM, WEST BENGAL - Environment Office: 607-611, Level-5, Shopprix Mall, : AGE Consultant Sector-5, Vaishali, Ghaziabad-201010 P QCI-NABET Accredited: QCI/EIA/RA014/041 ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR 9.4 HA Fire Clay & China Clay Mining Project OF SMT. MINATI GHOSH located at near Masra village, P.S- Rampurhat, Suri, District- Birbhum in State of West Bengal S. Item Details No. approval / clearance under: if yes, Required details of the same and their status (i) The Forest No Within the mine to be given. (Conservation) lease area no forest (i) The Forest (Conservation) Act, Act, 1980 land is comming. 1980. Some RF and PF (ii) The wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 are coming within (iii) The C.R.Z. Notification, 1991 the study area. For that DFO certificate is attached as annex 5. (ii) The wildlife No No wildlife (Protection) sanctuary is coming Act, 1972 with the study area (iii) The C.R.Z. No The mine lease Notification, area is not coming 1991 under Costal Regulation Zone 22. Whether there is any Government There is no Government order /policy relevant Order / Policy relevant / relating to relating to this site till date. the site? 23. Forest Land involved (hectares) There is no forest land (Revenue/Reserve/Protected Forest) in the mine lease area of 9.4 hectare. 24. Whether there is any litigation There is no litigation pending against this project. pending against the project and/or land in which the project is propose to be set up? (a) Name of the court (b) Case No. (c) Orders / directions of Court, if any and its relevance with the proposed project. SMT. MINATI GHOSH, R/O: LOCALITY: DUBRAJPUR ROAD, APPLICANT : 3 RABINDRA PALLY, SURI, DISTRICT: BIRBHUM, WEST BENGAL - Environment Office: 607-611, Level-5, Shopprix Mall, : AGE Consultant Sector-5, Vaishali, Ghaziabad-201010 P QCI-NABET Accredited: QCI/EIA/RA014/041 ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR 9.4 HA Fire Clay & China Clay Mining Project OF SMT. MINATI GHOSH located at near Masra village, P.S- Rampurhat, Suri, District- Birbhum in State of West Bengal 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.) Sl. Information / Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, wherever No. Checklist possible) with source of information data. confirmation 1.1 Permanent or Yes Existing Land use Conceptual temporary change land use for 5 years land use in land use, land Area under cover or Mining 1.06 3.47 4.53 topography Ove Burden including increase Dump 0.44 0.0 0.44 in intensity of land Mineral Storage 0.25 0.30 055 use (with respect Infrastructure 0.0024 0.0 0.0024 to local land use Roads 0.1 0.0 0.1 plan) Green Belt 0.0 1.63 1.63 Unused Land 7.5 4.0 2.1 Total Land 9.4 9.4 9.4 1.2 Clearance of No Existing Land Pvt. Waste Land existing land, Vegetation Permanent vegetation vegetation and is less prominent buildings? Buildings Mine lease area is free from construction activity. 1.3 Creation of new Yes The mining activity will result in pits; therefore, land use of ML area land uses? change. However, at the end of mine life, 0.7815 Ha will be undisturbed land, 0.0024 Ha will be infrastructure and 1.63 Ha will be green belt. 1.4 Pre-Construction No Pre-construction investigation has not been done. In the applied investigations e.g. lease area, the mineral china clay & fire clay is exposed in the pits & bore houses, soil old trenches. testing? 1.5 Construction No No construction activities are proposed. works? SMT. MINATI GHOSH, R/O: LOCALITY: DUBRAJPUR ROAD, APPLICANT : 4 RABINDRA PALLY, SURI, DISTRICT: BIRBHUM, WEST BENGAL - Environment Office: 607-611, Level-5, Shopprix Mall, : AGE Consultant Sector-5, Vaishali, Ghaziabad-201010 P QCI-NABET Accredited: QCI/EIA/RA014/041 ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR 9.4 HA Fire Clay & China Clay Mining Project OF SMT. MINATI GHOSH located at near Masra village, P.S- Rampurhat, Suri, District- Birbhum in State of West Bengal Sl. Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, wherever Information / Yes/No No. Checklist possible) with source of information data. confirmation 1.6 Demolition works? No No demolition activities are proposed. 1.7 Temporary sites Yes As this is a mining project, not much construction is involved. Local used for labour will be employed for construction of mining office and rest construction or shelter. They will go back to their home after day’s work. Hence no housing of temporary housing sites for workers will be constructed. Only rest construction shelter will be constructed in the lease area. works? 1.8 Above ground Yes One small labor shed is proposed in the area. buildings, structures, cut or fill or excavations 1.9 Underground No Proposed mining activity will be done in open cast method. No works including underground works are proposed. mining or tunneling? 1.10 Reclamation No No reclamation has been proposed works? 1.11 Dredging? No No dredging will be done. 1.12 Offshore No As the mine lease area is not falling under coastal zone thus no Structures? offshore structure will be proposed. 1.13 Production and Yes Proposed rate of production is Fire clay- 7341 metric ton/yr. manufacturing processes? 1.14 Facilities for Yes Storage of mineral will be done in 0.55 ha land. storage of goods or materials? 1.15 Facilities for Yes Total over burden generated in the next five years will be 6757 metric treatment or ton. Solid waste will be disposed on dump yard. Septic tank and soak disposal of solid pit will be used for workers during the operation phase. waste or liquid effluents? 1.16 Facilities for long No No housing facility will be provided to the workers as mining term housing of operation will only be done during day hours and workers will be operational hired from nearby villages namely Masra, Kastogar. workers? 1.17 New road, rail or yes Construction Phase As this is a mining sea trafficking project so, no during SMT. MINATI GHOSH, R/O: LOCALITY: DUBRAJPUR ROAD, APPLICANT : 5 RABINDRA PALLY, SURI, DISTRICT: BIRBHUM, WEST BENGAL - Environment Office: 607-611, Level-5, Shopprix Mall, : AGE Consultant Sector-5, Vaishali, Ghaziabad-201010 P QCI-NABET Accredited: QCI/EIA/RA014/041 ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR 9.4 HA Fire Clay & China Clay Mining Project OF SMT.