APPLICATION OF ADITYANA-NAVILINE-“A” LIMESTONE MINING PROJECT FOR TERMS OF REFERENCE Survey Number 5/6-P Village Adityana Tehsil Ranavav District Porbandar State Gujarat Production Capacity 100000 TPA Lease Area 9.21 Ha Category of Project ‘A’ Project Cost Rs. 2.27 Crore Name of Project Proponent: M/s Tata Chemicals Limited Regd.Address: Bombay House 24, Homimody Street, Fort Mumbai, District Mumbai, Maharashtra Works- Ranavav Quarries, P.O. Ranavav, Taluka- Ranavav, District- Porbandar, Gujarat-360550 Email: [email protected] Mobile: 9990416608 PREPARED BY POLLUTION AND ECOLOGY CONTROL SERVICES (ACCREDITED BY QCI/NABET, S. No. 119, Rev. 55 (A) July 11, 2017) Nagpur Office: Near Dhantoli Police Station, Dhantoli, Nagpur-440012 Delhi Office: 455, 4th Floor, Aggarwal Metro Heights, Netaji Subhash Place, Pitampura, New Delhi-110034 E-mail: [email protected], Ph: 011-47565882 PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT OF ADITYANA-NAVILINE-“A” LIMESTONE MINING PROJECT FOR TERMS OF REFERENCE Survey Number 5/6-P Village Adityana Tehsil Ranavav District Porbandar State Gujarat Production Capacity 100000 TPA Lease Area 9.21 Ha Category of Project ‘A’ Project Cost Rs. 2.27 Crore Name of Project Proponent: M/s Tata Chemicals Limited Regd.Address: Bombay House 24, Homimody Street, Fort Mumbai, District Mumbai, Maharashtra Works- Ranavav Quarries, P.O. Ranavav, Taluka- Ranavav, District- Porbandar, Gujarat-360550 Email: [email protected] Mobile: 9990416608 PREPARED BY POLLUTION AND ECOLOGY CONTROL SERVICES (ACCREDITED BY QCI/NABET, S. No. 119, Rev. 55 (A) July 11, 2017) Nagpur Office: Near Dhantoli Police Station, Dhantoli, Nagpur-440012 Delhi Office: 455, 4th Floor, Aggarwal Metro Heights, Netaji Subhash Place, Pitampura, New Delhi-110034 E-mail: [email protected], Ph: 011-47565882 1 1.0 Executive Summary The proposed mining lease area is situated near Village Adityana, Tehsil Ranavav, District Porbandar, State Gujarat. The mining lease area covering 9.21 hectares with Survey No 5/6 consists of non-forest waste land. The mining lease for Limestone over 9.21 hectares was granted in favor of M/s Tata Chemicals Limited vide order no MCR/1580 (T-84)G QI-109/CHH dated 08.09.1982 issued by Government of Gujarat, Industries, Mines and Power Department, Gandhinagar. This further executed for a period 20 years with effect from 17.01.1983 to 16.01.2003. Before expiry of the lease deed, the first application for renewal was applied on dated 06/09/2002 in Form J for period of 20 years i.e. 17.01.1983 to 16.01.2023. However, due to amendment in Section 8A (5) of the MMDR Amendment Act, 2015, Lease period of the captive leases are deemed to be extended for fifty years from the initial date of grant i.e.16.01.2033. In this regard, the district geologist has written the letter to Commissioner of Geology & Mining, Gujarat for the lease period deemed extension to 16.01.2033 vide letter no. G.PO/ML/Renew/26/Lease-extension/5763 dated 27.10.2015. The above mining lease has been discontinued since 1990-91 due to its proximity to the Barda Wild Life Sanctuary and pending to Environment Clearance. This mining lease used to fall within Eco Sensitive Zone of Barda Wildlife Sanctuary as per MoEF & CC draft Notification No. S.O.2991(E) dated 2/11/2015. Recently the MoEF & CC have notified the final ESZ vide notification No. S.O.1365 (E) date 28/04/2017 where in this mining lease has been kept outside of ESZ boundary and mining outside ESZ is not a restricted activity. Now the company is in process to get environment clearance for which this Mining Plan is basic document. (Lease document is attached as Additional Documents). The aforesaid mine lease area measuring 9.21 ha is for extraction of Limestone. The proposal in the mining plan was made for the year 2004-05 to 2008-09. The increasing in production capacity and changing the mining operations from manually to semi mechanized operation. The annual production is targeted at 100000 TPA. Semi mechanized mining method is proposed to be adopted to mine out the minerals. The ROM will be sent to the TCL’s nearby registered sizing yards for manual sizing before dispatching it to the Soda Ash Plant. ROM may also be sent to TCL’s crushing cum screening unit in other lease area in the same village. The sized (+50 to - 100mm) limestone directly dispatched to Soda Ash plant at Mithapur, at about 165 km away by conventional trucks of 17 tonnes capacity on contact basis. The cost of the project is Rs 2.27 Crores. Approved mine plan is attached as Additional Documents. This mining project falls under Category “A” Project or activity 1(a) as per EIA Notifications 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013 and its subsequent amendments. 1.1 Salient features of the project 2 Project Name ADITYANA-NAVILINE-“A” LIMESTONE MINING PROJECT (Survey No 5/6-P ) Proposed By: M/s TATA Chemicals Ltd Location of Mine Site Village : Adityana Tehsil : Ranavav District : Porbandar State : Gujarat Latitude & Longitude Pillar Name Latitude Longitude 1. 21°42'51.129" 69°43'9" 2. 21°42'50.789" 69°43'10.492" 3. 21°42'49.04" 69°43'11.266" 4. 21°42'48.569" 69°43'13.035" 5. 21°42'47.122" 69°43'15.998" 6. 21°42'47.821" 69°43'17.161" 7. 21°42'45.057" 69°43'18.599" 8. 21°42'44.527" 69°43'20.743" 9. 21°42'48.086" 69°43'24.352" 10. 21°42'46.173" 69°43'24.967" 11. 21°42'44.254" 69°43'26.755" 12. 21°42'45.367" 69°43'27.494" 13. 21°42'43.833" 69°43'29.378" 14. 21°42'41.256" 69°43'29.763" 15. 21°42'39.419" 69°43'28.915" 16. 21°42'38.72" 69°43'27.648" 17. 21°42'42.971" 69°43'25.714" 18. 21°42'38.772" 69°43'14.897" Topo-sheet number 41G/10 Minerals of mine Limestone Total Mineable reserves 662440 Tonnes Life of mine 6.6 years Proposed production of 100000 TPA minerals Method of mining Semi Mechanized Opencast method No of working days 300 Water demand Total water requirement is about 20.0 KLD = (3.0 KLD (Drinking & Domestic Uses) + 7.5 KLD (Plantation) + 9.5 KLD (Dust Suppression). Sources of water Drinking water and water for other purposes is brought from nearby villages by water tanker. Man power 29 Nearest railway station Ranavav Railway Station is about 2.0 km in South direction from 3 the project site. Nearest State Highway/ NH-8E is about 2.0 km in SW direction National highway SH-27 is about 5.0 km in East direction Nearest airport Porbandar Airport is about 10 km in SW direction from the project site. Seismic zone Seismic Zone III, as per seismic zone map of India 1.2 Proposed Planning Mining method - Semi Mechanized opencast Estimated Project Cost - Rs. 2.27 Crores Production - 100000 TPA 1.3 Conclusion The production of mineral will benefit the State in the form of Royalty and dead rent. Apart from this, the project will generate direct and indirect employments from the nearby villages. Also, the mine owner will conduct medical camps at regular intervals in the nearby villages and will also develop much needed infrastructure like toilets, school furniture, water tankers, etc. 2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION 2.1 Identification of Project and Project Proponent The proposed mining lease area is situated near Village Adityana, Tehsil Ranavav, District Porbandar, State Gujarat. The mining lease area covering 9.21 hectares with Survey No 5/6 consists of non-forest waste land. The mining lease for Limestone over 9.21 hectares was granted in favor of M/s Tata Chemicals Limited vide order no MCR/1580 (T-84)G QI-109/CHH dated 08.09.1982 issued by Government of Gujarat, Industries, Mines and Power Department, Gandhinagar. This further executed for a period 20 years with effect from 17.01.1983 to 16.01.2003. Before expiry of the lease deed, the first application for renewal was applied on dated 06/09/2002 in Form J for period of 20 years i.e. 17.01.1983 to 16.01.2023. However, due to amendment in Section 8A (5) of the MMDR Amendment Act, 2015, Lease period of the captive leases are deemed to be extended for fifty years from the initial date of grant i.e.16.01.2033. (Lease document is attached as Additional Documents). The aforesaid mine lease area measuring 9.21 ha is for extraction of Limestone. The annual production is targeted at 100000 TPA. Semi mechanized open cast mining method is proposed to be adopted to mine out the minerals. The ROM will be sent to the TCL’s nearby registered sizing yards for manual sizing before dispatching it to the Soda Ash Plant. ROM may also be sent to TCL’s crushing cum screening unit in other lease area in the same village. The sized (+50 to - 100mm) limestone directly dispatched to Soda Ash plant at Mithapur, at about 165 km away by conventional trucks of 17 tonnes capacity on contact basis. The cost of the project is Rs 2.27 Crore. 4 2.2 Brief Information about the Project: The proposed Adityana-Naviline-“A” Limestone Mining project is spread over an area of 9.21 ha. It is situated in Village Adityana, Tehsil Ranavav, District Porbandar, Gujarat. The method of mining to be adopted as Semi mechanized open cast mining.