APPLICATION FOR OBTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR QUARRYING BRICK EARTH AT SURVEY NOS. 109/3 & 109/5 Eraiyur Village Thiruvallur Taluk & District Over an area of 1.99.5 Hectares FOR Using in Brick Manufacturing Lessee: K.Shanthi INDEX SL.NO DESCRIPTION PAGE 1 Executive summary 3 2 EC format 4 3 Copy of demand draft 6 4 Form-I 7 5 Approved letter from collector 18 6 Approved mining plan Encl –I 7 Pre-feasibility report Encl – II (1-17) 8 Consolidation of above documents in PDF – in CD Encl - III EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This project is for Quarrying of Brick Earth (Mining of Minor Minerals other than granite) in S.F.No.109/3 & 109/5 of Eraiyur Village, Thiruvallur Taluk & District over an area of 1.99.5 Hectares by Tmt.K.Shanthi . The mine application was meritoriously processed and the District Collector, Thiruvallur passed an order vide Letter No. 201/2014/G&M-2 dated 15.10.2015 to prepare a Mining Plan and obtain Environment clearance from the state level Environment Impact Assessment Authority. The Mining Plan submitted by the Applicant was approved by Deputy Director, Tiruvallur dated 08.01.2016 vide Letter No. 201/2014/G&M-2 asking the applicant to seek EC from SEIAA. The excavated mineral Brick earth is proposed to be utilized for the manufacturing of Bricks in applicant's own country brick unit. Proponent Tmt.K.Shanthi has applied for Environmental Clearance for the proposed quarrying of brick earth from an extent of 1.99.5 Hectares in Eraiyur Village, Thiruvallur Taluk & District. SALIENT FEATURES: 1 Name of the Owner + Firm Tmt.K.Shanthi M/s.Sri Bagavathi Amman Bricks 2 Location of the quarry S.F.No.109/3 & 109/5 Eraiyur Village, Thiruvallur Taluk & District 3 Purpose of the application Quarrying of Brick earth 4 Extent of quarry 1.99.5 Hectares 5 Land use planning a. Mining 1.99.5 Hectares b. Storage of topsoil over burden NIL c. Infrastructure road NIL d. Green belt NIL 6 Production 14,070 M3/ 11256 Metric Tonnes/ 2251 Tractor Loads 7 Top soil & overburden NIL 8 Method of mining Open–cast semi-mechanized method of mining 9 Life of mine 1 year 10 Height and width of the bench Not involved in this mining activity since it is 1metre below the ground level. 11 Source of water/quantity required Drinking Out Sourcing – 0.1 KLD Dust suppression/Green Belt Development Surface water/Out sourcing – 0.2 KLD 12 Waste water Not encountered in this mining activity Severage Through surface waters 13 APC measures Within controllable limit 14 Aerial distance of nearest habitation Monnavedu – 1.0 kms 70 Families (N) Eraiyur – 1.0 km 60 Families (S) sithampakkam – 0.5 kms 50 Families (E) Seeyanjeri – 2.0 kms 60 Families (W) 15 Aerial distance from reserve forest, sensitive areas, No Reserve Forest is found nearby forest, bird sanctuary, wild life parks, Monuments within 10 kms. 16 Land ownership document Lease hold patta land 17 Land use classification Dry Patta land 18 Mining plan prepared by M. Valliappan RQP/MAS/156/2001/A Approved by Deputy Director, Dept of Geology & Mining, Tiruvallur 19 Precise area statement approved by District Collector, Tiruvallur 20 Nearby quarries Not available 21 Nearby lake/river/odai/channel etc., There is dry water body found 1.5km away 22 Latitude/longitude LATITUDE : 13°12'36"N to 13°12'44"N LONGITUDE : 79°55'54"E to 79°56'00"E 23 Toposheet No. 57 O/ 16 24 Project cost Rs. 7,50,000 25 EMP cost Rs. 85,000 26 Water table 30 metres FORM – I (I) BASIC INFORMATION S.NO ITEM DETAILS 1 Name of the project Quarrying of Brick Earth 2 S.No. in the schedule I (a) 3 Proposed capacity/area/length/ tonnage to 14,070 M3 be handled/ command area/ lease area/ number of wells to be drilled 4 New/ expansion/ modernization New project, fresh lease 5 Existing capacity/ area etc., Not applicable, new project 6 Category of project i.e. ‘A’ or ‘B’ ‘B2’ category 7 Does it attract the general condition? If yes, No it doesn’t attract any items mentioned in the please specify general conditions. 8 Does it attract the specific condition? If yes, No it doesn’t attract any items mentioned in the please specify specific conditions. 9 Location Eraiyur Plot/ survey/ khasra No. 109/3 & 109/5 Village Eraiyur Tehsil Tiruvallur District Tiruvallur State Tamil Nadu 10 Nearest railway station/ airport along the Puttlur H RS – 10 kms SE distance in kms. Chennai Airport – 35.5 kms SE 11 Nearest town, city, district headquarters Town – Tiruvallur –8.5 kms along the distance in kms. City – Thiruvallur – 8.5 kms District – Tiruvallur – 8.5 kms 12 Village panchayats, zilla parishad, Village – Eraiyur municipal corporation, local body (complete Panchayat – Eraiyur postal addresses with telephone nos. to be Taluk – Tiruvallur given) District – Tiruvallur 13 Name of the applicant K.Shanthi 14 Registered address M/s.Sri Bagavathi Amman Bricks, Kilambakkam Village, Tiruvallur Taluk and District, Pincode: 602025, 15 Address of communication Same as above Name K.Shanthi Designation Proprietor Address Same as above e-mail NIL Telephone no. - Fax no. NIL 16 Details of alternative sites examined, if any. There is no alternate site examined. The project is Location of these sites should be on a specific. toposheet 17 Interlinked projects No interlinked project with this 18 Whether separate application of interlinked No interlinked project with this project has been submitted 19 If yes, date of submission Not applicable 20 If no, reason Project site is specific. 21 Whether the proposal involves approval/ clearance under: if any details of the same and their status to be given a) The Forest (Conservation) Act, The project doesn’t attract the Forest 1980? (Conservation) Act, 1980. There is no forest land involved within the lease applied area. b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972? There is no wildlife in nearby areas from the project site under the wildlife protection act, 1972. c) The C.R.Z Notification, 1991? The project site is far away and more than 50 kms from high water line of Bay of Bengal. Hence, the project doesn’t attract C.R.Z Notification, 1991. 22 Whether there is any Government Order/ The Proponent has obtained precise area Policy relevant / relating to the site? approval letter from the District collector, Tiruvallur vide 201/2014/G&M-2 dated 15.10.2015 . Mining Plan was approved by Assistant Director, Tiruvallur vide Letter No.201/2014/G&M-2 Dt. 08.01.2016 23 Forest land involved (hectares) No forest land involved in this project. 24 Whether there is any litigation pending No litigation is pending with against the project. against the project and/ or land in which the project is proposed to be set up? a) Name of the court NIL b) Case no. NIL c) Orders/ directions of the court, if NIL 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, change in water bodies, etc.) S.No Information / Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities/ Confirmation rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 1.1 Permanent or temporary No The proposed project is to remove Brick earth change in land use, land cover below ground level. The depth of mining is 1.0 or topography including metre. Thus the project site is done to ground increase in intensity of land use level, So as to fit for agriculture (with respect to local land use plan) 1.2 Clearance of existing land, No The proposed quarry site 2 km away from any Vegetation and buildings? permanent structures like pumping schemes, bridges and there is no necessary for clearance of existing lands. 1.3 Creation of new land uses? No Not applicable 1.4 Pre construction investigations No Not applicable e.g. bore houses, soil testing? 1.5 Construction works? No No scope of any construction work arises in the project. 1.6 Demolition works? No No scope of demolition work rise in this project. 1.7 Temporary sites used for No Laborers are the people from the nearby villages construction works or housing of construction workers? 1.8 Above ground buildings, No The project does not involve any construction structure of earthworks process. including linear structures, cut and fill or excavations. 1.9 Underground works including No The proposed quarrying is 1.0 m below the ground mining or tunneling? level and excavated through open cast semi mechanized method. No room for underground mining or tunneling. 1.1 Reclamation works? No The proposal of this project is to remove Brick Earth 1.0 m below ground level and the land will be used for agricultural Purpose. 1.11 Dredging? No Not Applicable 1.12 Offshore structures? No Not Applicable 1.13 Production and manufacturing Yes Brick Earth mined by opencast semi mechanized processes? method will be transported to applicant's Chamber unit. 1.14 Facilities for storage of goods No No storage occurs as all excavated material is or materials? loaded and transported to Chamber unit. 1.15 Facilities for treatment or No No disposal of solid waste or liquid effluents disposal of solid waste or liquid involved in this proposal. effluents? 1.16 Facilities for Long term housing No Workers are from nearby village and no need for of operational workers? any housing. 1.17 New road,rail or sea traffic No Not Applicable during construction operation? 1.18 New road, rail, air waterborne No No such infrastructure is needed.