Project No: AESPL/EIA/10/CRZ/076 Environmental Impact Assessment Report Proposed Golf Resort at Village Tiracol, Goa 1 201 & ebruary 2017 Summer by F Baseline Monitoring: Monitoring: Baseline Leading Hotels Limited in Confirmatory monitoring March - 2017 Environmental Consultant: Aditya Environmental Services Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai QCI- NABET Accredited EIA Consultant www.aespl.co.in Environmental Impact Assessment Proposed Golf Resort at Village Tiracol, Goa Declarations TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN This is to confirm that we have checked the EIA report prepared by M/s Aditya Environmental Services Pvt Ltd for our proposed Golf Resort project at Village Tiracol located in Goa. We also confirm that the data/information related to our project is correct as per our understanding of the project requirements at the moment. We also wish to state that the Material on Record submitted earlier to the SEAC/ SEIAA as part of the clearance process remains unchanged as per directive of the Honourable National Green Tribunal (NGT) vide order no. 135/2015 dated 29th Nov 2016. We also confirm that Environmental Management Plan included as a part of EIA report, will be implemented. Date : Place : For Leading Hotels Ltd Environmental Consultant Aditya Environmental Services Page I Pvt. Ltd. Environmental Impact Assessment Proposed Golf Resort at Village Tiracol, Goa Declarations Declaration by Experts contributing to the EIA ‘Proposed Golf Resort at Village Tiracol, Goa’ by Leading Hotels Limited. TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN This is to confirm that the EIA/EMP for the project “Golf Resort at Village Tiracol , Goa “ by M/s Leading Hotels Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, has been prepared by me in the capacity of EIA Coordinator. The Standard ToRs as prescribed by MoEFCC vide Notification dated 10th April 2015 and the additional ToRs prescribed by EAC vide No. letter no. F. No. 21-8/2016-IA-III dated, 19th January 2017 have been complied with, in preparing the EIA/EMP. A point wise compliance to the ToRs prescribed as above has been presented in Chapter 1, Sr. No. 1.5.4. We also confirm that the EIA prepared is based on factual data and all due diligence has been followed in preparing the same. Date : 03/02/2017 Place : Mumbai Name: Dr Shobha Kamat Name of the EIA Consultant Organization: Aditya Environmental Service Pvt. Ltd. NABET Certificate No. & Issue Date: NABET S.N. (3) as per QCI website. Signature & Date: 2nd March, 2017 Period of involvement: Since 2011 Contact information: 02042127500 E-mail: [email protected] Environmental Consultant Aditya Environmental Services Page II Pvt. Ltd. Environmental Impact Assessment Proposed Golf Resort at Village Tiracol, Goa Declarations Functional Area Experts: S.N. Functional Name of the Involvement Signature & Date Areas Expert/s (Period& Task**) 1 AP* Rajiv Aundhe since January 2011 2 WP* Rajiv Aundhe since January 2011 3 SHW* Rajiv Aundhe since January 2011 4 SE* Anju Chawhan since January 2011 Bela Pharate (Team Member) 5 EB* NK Shendye since January 2011 6 HG* RM Badve since January 2011 7 GS* NPS Varde since January 2011 8 AQ* Sudhir Verma since January 2011 9 NV* Rajiv Aundhe for since January 2011 Noise 10 LU* Bela Pharate since January 2011 11 RH* D.K. Joshi since January 2011 NOTE : (*) Full forms of abbreviations given on Next Page (**) Tasks for each Functional Area Expert given on Next Page Environmental Consultant Aditya Environmental Services Page III Pvt. Ltd. Environmental Impact Assessment Proposed Golf Resort at Village Tiracol, Goa Declarations S.N. Functional Complete Name of the Tasks Area Code Functional Areas 1 AP Air Pollution Prevention, Assessing baseline ambient air quality, stack Monitoring & Control emission, possible impacts and control measures 2 WP Water Pollution Assessing baseline surface/ ground water Prevention, Control & quality, stack emission, possible impacts and Prediction of Impacts control measures 3 SHW Solid Waste and Assessing solid/hazardous waste generation, Hazardous Waste treatment and disposal Management 4 SE Socio-Economics Assessing baseline Socioeconomic, demographic situation, impacts and CSR plan/ measures for upliftment 5 EB Ecology and Biodiversity Assessing baseline biodiversity situation in study area, impacts and Biodiversity management plans 6 HG Hydrology, ground Assessing baseline hydrogeological situation in Water & Water study area, impacts and management plans Conservation 7 GS Geology & Soil Assessing baseline geological situation in study area, impacts and management plans 8 AQ Meteorology, Air Quality Assessing nature and scale of impacts on Modeling & Prediction ambient air quality through modelling and management plans 9 NV Noise/ Vibration Assessing baseline ambient noise quality, possible sources, impacts and control measures 10 LU Land Use Assessing baseline Land use Land cover possible impacts and control measures 11 RH Risk Assessment & Assessing safety meausres taken up by Hazard Management company modelling to assess scale of impacts, disaster management and control measures Environmental Consultant Aditya Environmental Services Page IV Pvt. 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Environmental Impact Assessment Proposed Golf Resort at Village Tiracol, Goa Index Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 PURPOSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) REPORT ...................................................................... 1 1.2 IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT & PROJECT PROPONENT .......................................................................................... 1 1.2.1 Project Proponent ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2.2 Operator for the Proposed Facility ................................................................................................ 2 1.2.3 Consultants to the Project ............................................................................................................. 2 1.3 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF NATURE, SIZE, LOCATION OF THE PROJECT & ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE COUNTRY, REGION .......... 2 1.3.1 Green Nature of the Project .......................................................................................................... 2 1.3.2 Location of the Project .................................................................................................................. 3 1.3.3 Importance of the Project to the Country, Region ........................................................................ 3 1.3.4 Status of Key Approvals ................................................................................................................. 4 1.3.5 Scope of the EIA Study ................................................................................................................... 5 1.4 METHODOLOGY OF EIA ................................................................................................................................ 6 1.4.1 Baseline Environmental Studies .................................................................................................... 6 1.4.2 Impact Assessment Matrix ............................................................................................................ 8 1.4.3 Environmental Management Plan ................................................................................................. 8 1.5 REGULATORY SCOPING & ITS COMPLIANCE ....................................................................................................... 8 1.5.1 Sequence to Environmental Clearance granted by Goa SEIAA ...................................................... 9 1.5.2 Status of Litigations ....................................................................................................................... 9 1.5.3 Procedure for Environmental Clearance following the NGT Order ............................................. 10 1.5.4 Terms of Reference for EIA Studies ............................................................................................. 11 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................................... 17 2.1 TYPE OF PROJECT ....................................................................................................................................... 17 2.2 NEED FOR THE PROJECT .............................................................................................................................. 17 2.2.1 Tourism Industry in India ............................................................................................................. 17 2.2.2 Tourism Industry in Goa .............................................................................................................. 18 2.2.3 Sports Tourism - a Growing Phenomenon in the Tourism Industry ............................................ 18 2.2.4 Golf Tourism- World scenario ...................................................................................................... 18 2.2.5 Golf Tourism in Asia and South East Asia .................................................................................... 19 2.2.6 Relevance of the above findings in context of this Project ......................................................... 20 2.2.7 Government of India Policy for Promotion of Golf Tourism ........................................................ 20 2.2.8 Summary and conclusions ..........................................................................................................