January 2017 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN for PROPOSED “RESTAURANT& LODGING” PROJECT AT Plot Bearing Gut No. 126/1, Mauje Murud, Tal. Dapoli, Dist.‐Ratnagiri Maharashtra PROPOSED BY Mr. Prabodh R. Joshi Rapid EIA, Commercial Project at Murud, Tal‐ Dapoli, Dist‐ Ratnagiri TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables .............................................................................. 4 List of Figures............................................................................. 5 CHAPTER 1 ..................................................................................... 6 INTRODUCTION............................................................................... 6 1.1 Preamble....................................................................................................... 6 1.1.1 Need of the Project ...................................................................................... 6 1.2 Project Location ........................................................................................... 6 1.3 STRUCTURE OF EIA REPORT.................................................................... 12 1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ........................................................................ 13 1.5 METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY ................................................................. 13 CHAPTER 2 ................................................................................... 15 2.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 15 2.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................ 15 2.2.1 Project Cost .............................................................................................. 17 2.2.2 Land Use .................................................................................................. 17 2.2.3 Built up Area ............................................................................................ 17 2.2.4 Accessibility............................................................................................. 17 2.2.5 Site Setting ............................................................................................... 18 2.3 PROJECT COMPONENTS ........................................................................... 21 2.3.1 Project layout and development concept ................................................. 21 2.3.2 Building and Tenement Statement ....................................................... 21 2.3.3 Car parking Arrangements ....................................................................... 24 2.4 PROJECT INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES PLANNED....................... 24 2.4.1 Water Supply .......................................................................................... 24 2.4.2 Sewerage System ..................................................................................... 26 2.4.3 Solid waste ............................................................................................... 29 2.4.4 Power supply............................................................................................ 29 2.4.5 Fire Fighting............................................................................................. 29 2.5 RAIN WATER HARVESTING...................................................................... 30 2.6 STORM WATER‐ COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL ...................................... 30 2.7 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF BUILDING PLANNING AND USE. 32 CHAPTER 3 ................................................................................... 33 BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY .............................................. 33 3.1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 33 3.2 SCOPE OF BASELINE STUDIES ............................................................... 33 3.3 AIR ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................. 36 3.3.1 Meteorology .............................................................................................. 36 3.3.2 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY ........................................................................... 38 3.4 NOISE ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................ 42 3.4.1 Methodology for Noise Monitoring ......................................................... 43 3.5 Water environment ................................................................................ 44 Surface Water Quality Analysis Methodology .................................................... 46 3.6 LAND ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................. 47 3.6.1 Geology and Geomorphology.................................................................... 47 3.6.2 Hydrogeology (GSDA, 2009) ................................................................ 50 3.7 SOIL ............................................................................................................ 51 3.8 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT .............................................................. 51 3.8.1 Ecology ..................................................................................................... 51 Mr. Probodh R. Joshi 1 Rapid EIA, Commercial Project at Murud, Tal‐ Dapoli, Dist‐ Ratnagiri 3.8.2 Terrestrial Ecology ................................................................................... 52 Monsoon qualitative evaluation: Ephemerals and herbaceous species......... 52 3.8.3 Faunal Studies........................................................................................... 53 CHAPTER 4 ................................................................................... 55 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IDENTIFICATION, PREDICTION AND ANALYSIS ................................................................................................... 55 4.1 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................... 55 4.2 POLLUTION SOURCES....................................................................................................................... 55 4.3 IMPACT IDENTIFICATION............................................................................................................. 56 4.3.1 Environmental aspects of Construction Operations............................... 57 4.3.2 Environmental Aspects of Building Planning and Use ........................... 57 4.4 LAND ENVRIONMENT....................................................................................................................... 57 4.5 WATER ENVIRONMENT.................................................................................................................. 61 4.6 ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT.................................................................................................... 64 4.7 AIR ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................................ 65 4.8 NOISE ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................................................................... 65 4.9 AESTHETICS............................................................................................................................................... 67 4.10 SOCIO‐ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT....................................................................................... 68 4.11 BUILDING MATERI AL........................................................................................................................ 68 4.12 ENERGY CONSERVATION .............................................................................................................. 69 4.13 TRAFFIC IMPACT................................................................................................................................... 69 4.14 IMPACT MATRIX .................................................................................................................................... 70 CHAPTER 5 ................................................................................... 73 SPECIFIC STUDIES.......................................................................... 73 5.1 TRAFFIC PATTERN AND DENSITY ....................................................................................... 73 5.2 IMPACT ON TRAFFIC ................................................................................ 75 5.2.1 Construction Phase ................................................................................... 75 5.2.2 Functional Phase ....................................................................................... 75 5.3 MITIGATION MEASURES.......................................................................... 76 5.3.1 Traffic Management Plan ......................................................................... 76 CHAPTER 6 ................................................................................... 78 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME ................................... 78 6.1 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME ...................................................... 78 6.2 MONITORING PLAN DURING CONSTRUCTION PHASE....................................... 78 6.3 AREAS OF CONCERN .......................................................................................................................... 79 6.4 GROUND AND SURFACE WATER QUALITY ..................................................................