Compliance Report for Amendment in Environmental Clearance (EC) (14.03.2018) Accorded for Expansion of Gondegaon Extension OC, Nagpur Area, Dt. Nagpur Maharashtra. June 2018 Western Coalfields Limited Nagpur 1 Expansion of Gondegaon Extension OC Sub:- Extension in validity of EC accorded for Expansion of Gondegaon Extension OC Coal mine Project from 2.5 MTPA to 3.5 MTPA of Western Coalfields Limited within existing ML area of 917 Ha located in Gondegaon Village, Parseoni Tehsil, Nagpur District, Maharashtra under Clause 7(ii) of the EIA Notification, 2006 – Amendment reg. Ref:- 1. EC letter accorded by MoEF & CC vide letter no. J-11015/106/2009 - IA.II(M) dated 14-03-2018. 1.0 Background: The proposal for Expansion of Gondegaon Extension OC Coal mine Project from 2.5 MTPA to 3.5 MTPA by M/s. Western Coalfields Limited in an area of 917 ha located in village Gondegaon, Tehsil Parseoni, District Nagpur was submitted through online portal of MoEF & CC vide no. IA/MH/CMIN/71601/2017 dated 14-12-2017. Subsequently, the proposal was considered by the EAC (TP & C) in its 24th meeting held on 11-01-2018. Based on the recommendation of the EAC, MoEF & CC accorded EC for the subject project vide letter J-11015/106/2009-IA.II(M) dated 14-03-2018 for enhancement in production capacity from 2.5 MTPA to 3.5 MTPA in a total area of 917 ha (mine lease area 845.74 ha) for a period of one year subject to compliance of terms and conditions and environmental safeguards mentioned below: i. Mitigative measures to be undertaken to control dust and other fugitive emissions all along the roads by providing sufficient number of water sprinklers. Mist type mobile sprayers / sprinklers shall be deployed for the project. ii. Regular monitoring of the occupational and other health hazards of all employees including outsourced workers and the corrective action shall be ensured. Report in this regard is submitted to Regional Office of the Ministry. iii. Control blasting techniques should be adopted to control ground vibration and fly rocks. iv. Persons of nearby villages shall be given training for their livelihood and skill development. v. To ensure the health and welfare of nearby villages, regular medical camps shall be organized and report shall be submitted to the Regional Office of the Ministry. vi. Wind barrier wall / screen and vertical greenery system, green belt, dust suppression arrangement at railway siding to be installed. vii. Three tier multi-species green belt of not less than 7.5 m width should be developed all along the project to mitigate / check the dust pollution. Only native species to be used for plantation / greenbelt development. viii. In the view of the mining potential of the area and the prevailing environmental concerns, carrying capacity of riverine eco-system shall be studied through some expert agencies to assess impacts on the environmental components. ix. A mitigation plan based on the study to be submitted to the MoEF & CC Regional Office / SPCB and displayed on company’s website. 2 2.0 Point-wise Compliance i. Mitigative measures to be undertaken to control dust and other fugitive emissions all along the roads by providing sufficient number of water sprinklers. Mist type mobile sprayers / sprinklers shall be deployed for the project. Compliance: Control measures are in place to mitigate air pollution due to mining activities. The details of existing air pollution control measures are placed below: a) 10 nos of fixed sprinklers are in operation near weigh bridge, along coal transportation road and portable sprinklers around coal stock yards. b) 3 Nos of mobile tankers with 28 KL, 12 KL & 8KL respectively are deployed for dust suppression on haul roads, coal transportation roads etc. c) Coal transportation road of 8.6 km (approx.) is black topped with thick avenue plantation for containing fugitive emissions. d) Internal roads of 3 km (approx.) are concretized / black topped. e) 1 no. of mechanical sweeper is in operation. f) Till date 3,93,905 Nos of saplings are planted in the project area covering an area of 121 ha for air pollution control. g) All the trucks carrying coal outside the project are tarpaulin covered. h) 2 nos of CHPs in the mine are provided with enclosures, side claddings and sprinklers to contain air pollution. 3 Fig:1 Photographs of existing air pollution control measures Sweeping Machine CHP Mobile Water Sprinkler on Coal Transport Road Mobile Water Sprinklers on haul road Avenue Plantation along Coal Transport Road Crusher point Plantation Plantation over OB Dumps 4 Portable Water Sprinklers around Coal Stockyard Tarpaulin Covered Trucks Proposed additional measures for control of Dust Menace: In view of the increase in production of 1 MTPA as accorded in EC (2.5 MTPA to 3.5 MTPA) additions measures are proposed to augment the existing air pollution control measures: a) Installation of Comprehensive mist sprinkler system for dust suppression for strengthening of air pollution control in crushers, along conveyors belt, transfer points, bunkers of 2 CHPs estimated to cost Rs. 60 lakhs (approx.) and expected to commissioned by March’ 2019. b) Proposal for strengthening of existing dust suppression into chemical dust suppressant system through use of Mgcl2 is under consideration. c) Further to eliminate air pollution due to coal transportation by road, the main consumer i.e. M/s.MAHAGENCO has planned to take coal from the Gondegaon OC along with coal from neighboring opencast projects namely Bhanegaon OC & Singhori OC through Pipe Conveyor to their thermal power plants at Koradi and Khaparkhera. The work is being awarded by MAHAGENCO. WCL will arrange to provide its acquired land to the maximum extent for the construction of the pipe conveyor system and the expected timeline is 24 months. The route plan is shown below: Fig 2.: Route Plan Showing Route Plan for Transportation of coal through conveyor system. 5 ii. Regular monitoring of the occupational and other health hazards of all employees including outsourced workers and the corrective action shall be ensured. Report in this regard is submitted to Regional Office of the Ministry. Compliance: As per the statutory requirements, in Gondegaon OC following the DGMS guidelines, Initial Medical Examination (IME) is carried out for all the employees (including HoE/Outsourced) working in the mine and subsequent to that, Periodical Medical Examination (PME) is carried out for every 5 years and remedial action taken accordingly. The reports of same are submitted to the DGMS and henceforth the same will be submitted to Regional Office, MoEF & CC along with half yearly compliance report. iii. Control blasting techniques should be adopted to control ground vibration and fly rocks. Compliance: In Gondegaon OC, controlled blasting with delay detonation as per DGMS guidelines is carried out to control ground vibration and fly rocks and same will be continued during the balance life of the mine. iv. Persons of nearby villages shall be given training for their livelihood and skill development. Compliance: In WCL, PAPs (Project affected persons), persons nearby are provided with skill development training and conducts Entrepreneurship development programs on regular basis at vocational training centers of WCL. The details of Training Programmes conducted HRD Deptt., WCL during the year 2017-18 are given in the below mentioned table. 6 Table 1. Skill Development Programmes TRAINING NAME OF THE NO. OF RURAL S.No STATE PROJECT DAYS MALE FEMALE SC ST OBC PROVIDER PROGRAMME PARTICIPANTS YOUTH STI / PRC SKILL DATA ENTRY 1 MP UDAN 20 DAYS 35 25 10 6 10 19 35 DEV CENTRE OPERATOR STI / PRC SKILL NURSING 2 MP AAROGYA 20 DAYS 67 67 21 9 37 67 DEV CENTRE ASSISTANT STI / PRC SKILL PARAMEDICAL 3 MP AAROGYA 20 DAYS 66 66 25 18 23 66 DEV CENTRE ASSISTANT MACHINE OPERATOR 04 4 MAH UDAN CIPET 40 34 6 9 5 18 40 INJETION MONTHS MOULDING MACHINE 04 5 MAH UDAN CIPET OPERATOR - BLOW 30 22 8 7 3 12 30 MONTHS BOULDING MACHINE OPERATOR - 04 6 MAH UDAN CIPET 40 28 12 12 4 16 40 INJECTION MONTHS MOULDING MACHINE OPERATOR 04 7 MAH UDAN CIPET 30 26 4 6 4 11 30 PLASTIC MONTHS EXTRUSION PLASTIC PROCESSING 04 8 MAH UDAN CIPET 75 61 14 18 7 32 75 MACHINE MONTHS OPERATOR 383 196 187 104 60 168 383 INITIAL TRAINING 1 MP UDAN GVTC, KANHAN AS PER VT 18 DAYS 35 35 4 15 13 35 RULE1966 INITIAL TRAINING GVTC, 2 MAH UDAN AS PER VT 18 DAYS 81 81 0 0 0 81 PATHAKHERA RULE1966 INITIAL TRAINING 3 MP UDAN GVTC, PENCH AS PER VT 18 DAYS 214 214 20 43 31 214 RULE1966 Table 1. Skill Development Programmes TRAINING NAME OF THE NO. OF RURAL S.No STATE PROJECT DAYS MALE FEMALE SC ST OBC PROVIDER PROGRAMME PARTICIPANTS YOUTH INITIAL TRAINING 4 MAH UDAN GVTC STAFF AS PER VT 48 DAYS 40 40 12 4 18 40 RULE1966 INITIAL TRAINING GVTC WANI 5 MAH UDAN AS PER VT 18 DAYS 321 321 4 6 35 321 NORTH RULE1966 INITIAL TRAINING 6 MAH UDAN SDC KAMPTEE AS PER VT 18 DAYS 458 458 76 71 202 458 RULE1966 INITIAL TRAINING GVTC, 7 MAH UDAN AS PER VT 18 DAYS 339 339 116 115 108 339 BALLARPUR RULE1966 INITIAL TRAINING GVTC, 8 MAH UDAN AS PER VT 18 DAYS 293 293 79 53 148 293 CHANDRAPUR RULE1966 INITIAL TRAINING 9 MAH UDAN GVTC, MAJRI AS PER VT 18 DAYS 506 506 71 55 295 506 RULE1966 INITIAL TRAINING 10 MAH UDAN GVTC, UMRER AS PER VT 18 DAYS 788 788 0 0 0 788 RULE1966 INITIAL TRAINING 11 MAH UDAN GVTC, WANI AS PER VT 18 DAYS 800 800 40 30 10 800 RULE1966 3875 3875 0 422 392 860 3875 8 v.