CMPDI/FORM-I/MCL/2017-18/FEB-18/58/01 Form-I Application for Prior Environmental Clearance for Coal Mining Project of SIARMAL OPEN CAST PROJECT Mining Lease Area (in Ha) Capacity (MTY) 2290.45 50.0 BASUNDHARA AREA IB VALLEY COALFIELD MAHANADI COALFIELDS LIMITED February 2018 Prepared by REGIONAL INSTITUTE – VII CENTRAL MINE PLANNING & DESIGN INSTITUTE LIMITED (A Subsidiary of Coal India Limited) BHUBANESWAR-751013, ODISHA. Accreditation Number: NABET/EIA/01/12/002 Dt. Jan 31, 2012. CMPDI Application for Prior Environmental Clearance (EC) (Increase in Production Capacity) FORM 1 [As per MoEF, Notification dtd.14th September 2006 With subsequent amendment vide notification dt.01.12.2009] (I) Basic Information Sl. Item Details No. 1 Name of the Project/s Siarmal Opencast Project 2 S. No. in the schedule 1 (a) 3 Proposed capacity/ area/ length/ Proposed Capacity 50.0 Mty tonnage to be handled/ command Mining lease area : 2290.45 Ha area/ lease area/ number of wells Total area requirement : 2580.45 Ha to be drilled 4 New/ Expansion/ Modernization New 5 Existing Capacity/ Area etc. NA 6 Category of Project i.e. ‘A’ or ‘B’ A 7 Does it attract the general No condition? If yes, please specify. 8 Does it attract the specific NA condition? If yes, please specify. 9 Location IB valley Coalfields, Odisha Village(s) Siarmal, Jhupurunga, Tumlia, Ratansara, Gopalpur and Kulda. Tehsil Himgir District Sundergarh State Odisha 10 Nearest railway station/ airport Himgir station : 35 km along with distance in Kms. Jharsuguda Airport : 75 km 11 Nearest Town, city, District Himgir – 35 km Job No.706124 Form-I, Page - 1 CMPDI Sl. Item Details No. Headquarters along with distance Sundergarh – 46 km in Kms. 12 Village Panchayats, Zilla Parishad, Smt. Khemashila Majhi, Sarpanch -Siarmal Municipal Corporation, Local Body Village, Jhupurunga Village, Ratansara & (complete postal addresses with Gopalpur Village telephone Nos. to be given) Ph- 9938819553 Address : P.O. Gopalpur, Pin- 770024 and Smt. Kumuda Pradhan, Sarpanch - Tumlia Village. Ph - 9437311787 Address: P.O. Gopalpur, Pin- 770024 Sundergarh Zilla Parishad : Office of the Collector cum District Magistrate, Collectrate, Sundargarh, At/Po-Sundargarh, PIN-770001, Dist.Sundargarh, Phone : 06622-272265 13 Name of the applicant H.L.Soni, Project Officer, Siarmal OCP 14 Registered Address Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, Office of the General Manager, B-G Area, P.O. Basundhara, Dist: Sundergarh, Odisha, PIN- 770076 15 Address for correspondence: G.M. (Environment & Forest), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, P.O. Jagruti Vihar, Burla, Dist, Sambalpur, Odisha, PIN- 768020 Name Dr. A.K.Samantary Designation (Owner/ Partner/ CEO) G.M (Environment & Forest) Pin Code 768020 E-Mail [email protected] Telephone No. 0663-2542084 Fax No. 0663- 2542257 & 2542844 16 Details of alternative sites This is a site specific project. examined, if any, location of these sites should be shown on a topo Job No.706124 Form-I, Page - 2 CMPDI Sl. Item Details No. sheet. 17 Interlinked Projects No 18 Whether separate application of NA interlinked project has been submitted? 19 If yes, date of submission NA 20 If no, reason Independent Project 21 Whether the proposal involves Total forest area = 349.709 Ha approval/ clearance under: if yes, details of the same and their status to be given. (a) The Forest (Conservation) Act, (a) Forest application under process. Pillar 1980? posting & DGPS Survey work in progress. (b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, (b) Not applicable. 1972? (c) The C.R.Z. Notification, 1991? (c) Not applicable. 22 Whether there is any Government Not applicable. Order/ Policy relevant/ relating to the site? 23 Forest land involved (hectares) 349.709 Ha 24 Whether there is any litigation Nil pending against the project and/ or land in which the project is proposed to be set up? (a) Name of the Court (b) Case No. (c) Orders/ directions of the Court, if any and its relevance with the proposed project. I hereby given undertaking that the data and information given in the application and enclosures are true to the best of my knowledge and belief and I am aware that if any part of Job No.706124 Form-I, Page - 3 CMPDI the data and information submitted is found to be false or misleading at any stage, the project will be rejected and clearance give, if any to the project will be revoked at our risk and cost. (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 / Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, No. confirmation wherever possible) with source of information data 1.1 Permanent or temporary Yes Details of land : change in land use, land (in Ha) cover or topography Sl. Particulars Total for including increase in No. 50.0 Mty intensity of land use (with 1. Forest 349.709 respect to local land use plan) 2. Non-forest 1940.745 Mining lease area (1+2) 2290.45 Rehabilitation and residential 210.0 colony Diversion of Sundargarh- 28.0 Raigarh Road Rail link from the project site to 52.0 Jharsuguda Out side Mining lease area Total land 2580.45 The land use will undergo progressive changes involving quarrying, transportation, etc. At the end of mine life the proposed land use area will be same as pre-mining land use. Post mining land use will consists of reclamation area, water body, dip side slope, plantation area, built-up area, undisturbed area, etc. 1.2 Clearance of existing Yes This is a new project which requires environmental clearance land, vegetation and for 50.0 Mty production with a total land of 2580.45 Ha buildings? including 349.709 Ha of forest land. 1.3 Creation of new land Yes Tentatively, the post mining land use pattern will consists of uses? plantation area, water body. Dip side slope and haul road, undisturbed area and built-up area. Details of post-mining land use will be dealt in EIA-EMP. 1.4 Pre-construction No Not Applicable. Job No.706124 Form-I, Page - 4 CMPDI Sl. Information / Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, No. confirmation wherever possible) with source of information data investigations e.g. bore holes, soil testing? 1.5 Construction works? Yes Residential buildings, service buildings (i.e. Project Office, Managers Office, Statutory buildings, workshop, etc.) and necessary Infrastructure will be constructed. In addition to the above STP, ETP community building, magazine house etc. will also be constructed. 1.6 Demolition works? No It is a new mine no demolition is required. 1.7 Temporary sites used for Yes Temporary sites will be constructed. construction works or housing of construction workers? 1.8 Above ground buildings, Yes Residential buildings and service buildings are to be structures or earthworks constructed. including linear structures, cut and fill or excavations 1.9 Underground works No This is an opencast mining. including mining or tunneling? 1.10 Reclamation works? No Not Applicable. 1.11 Dredging? No Not Applicable. 1.12 Offshore structures? No Not Applicable. 1.13 Production and manu- Yes Coal shall be excavated by facturing processes? 1. Shovel and dumper combination. 2. Surface miner. 3. Front end loader and dumper for coal. 1.14 Facilities for store of Yes The storage of goods and materials are done as follows : goods or materials? OB = Backfilling Coal = Stockyard Store = For storing materials like lubricant, batteries, etc. Explosive = Magazine house 1.15 Facilities for treatment or Yes (i) 2269.69 Mm3 OB will be generated during the mine life. disposal of solid waste or The mine life is 38 years. , backfilling in Basundhara liquid effluents? West OCP is 77.18 Mm3, backfilling in own quarry is 2007.79 Mm3, external dump is 183.21 Mm3 and the remaining 1.51 Mm3 OB used in embankment. (ii) Provisions for ETP has been provided for treatment of workshop effluent & mine discharge water. (iii) Provisions for STP have been provided for residential colony and service buildings. 1.16 Facilities for long-term Yes All the residential quarters will be permanent type and of housing of operational standard specification. workers? 1.17 New road, rail or sea Yes Colony road = 17.5 km, Haul road = 5.0 km, traffic during construction Approach road from mine to colony = 2.0 km or operation? Approach road to project = 2.0 km Approach road to magazine = 1.0 km Provision of rail linkage has been provided for coal transportation. There will be no sea traffic. 1.18 New road, rail, air Yes Colony road = 17.5 km, Haul road = 5.0 km, waterborne or other Approach road from mine to colony = 2.0 km transport infrastructure Approach road to project = 2.0 km including new or altered Approach road to magazine = 1.0 km routes and stations, Provision of rail linkage has been provided for coal ports, airports etc.? transportation. There will be no sea traffic. Job No.706124 Form-I, Page - 5 CMPDI Sl. Information / Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, No. confirmation wherever possible) with source of information data 1.19 Closure or diversion of Yes Diversion of State Highway Sundergarh to Raigarh is existing transport routes proposed. or infrastructure leading to changes in traffic movements? 1.20 New or diverted Yes This project will receive power at 33 KV by double circuit transmission lines or overhead line from 220/ 33 KV sub-station of MCL at pipelines? Garjanbahal. 1.21 Impoundment, damming, Yes Diversion of Chattanjhor located in the eastern boundary of culverting, realignment or the boundary of the project. other changes to the Proposed to construct an embankment along the Basundhara hydrology of water- river, Telendra Nalla and Chattanjhor.