INDEX S. NO PARTICULAR PAGE NO. ADS REPLY 1 - 6 MOEFCC LETTER DATED 01.08.2019 7 - 9 ANNEXURE I REVISED PUBLIC HEARING ACTION PLAN 10 - 13 ANNEXURE II AUTHENTICATED WILDLIFE CONSERVATION PLAN 14 - 199 ANNEXURE III CLARIFICATION FROM EX PCCF 200 - 201 ANNEXURE IV NOC FROM CWLW REGARDING NO FOREST LAND IN MINING LEASE AREA 202 ANNEXURE V MINING LEASE DOCUMENTS 203 - 223 ANNEXURE VI EMP COST BREAKUP 224 - 225 ANNEXURE VII ROAD DIVERSION REPORT 226 - 383 ANNEXURE VIII WATER MANAGEMENT REPORT 384 - 420 ANNEXURE IX ROAD TRANSPORTATION MAP 421 ANNEXURE X EMP RESPONSIBILITY 422 - 424 i ADS REPLY Point No 1: The responses prepared for public hearing issues are generic. PP needs to submit the revised responses with timeline for achieving/overcoming the issues and associated year wise budget details. Reply: Public Hearing for the project was held on 22/07/2018 at 11:00 am at Village- Banari, Block Bishunpur, District: Gumla (Jharkhand). As per MoEF&CC OM dated 30.09.2020 & 20.10.2020, the company has considered this budget under EMP in place of Corporate Environment Responsibility. Revised public hearing action plan along with year wise physical targets in a time bound manner are enclosed as Annexure I. Point No 2: The conservation plans for wildlife was found not satisfactory. PP is required to revise the wildlife conservation plan with special emphasis on monitoring mechanism which are going to be implemented. Reply: Site specific wildlife conservation plan has been prepared for the project with budgetary allocation of Rs. 200 Lakh and same has been approved by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Wildlife and Chief Wildlife Warden vide letter no 1015 dated 11.06.2018. (Annexure II) Clarification has also received from Shri Pradeep Kumar, IFS, Ex PCCF, Wildlife & Chief Wildlife Warden, Jharkhand & Ex Chairman, Jharkhand Biodiversity Board. As per their letter, wildlife conservation plan has been prepared as per guidelines issued by the PCCF & Chief Wildlife Warden. (Annexure III ) Point No 3: PP submitted that the bauxite zone found within the matrix of laterite, so the PP proposed to carry out the mining of laterite as well. Thus, the committee asked the PP to submit the details of quantity of Laterite extraction as well as their impact on the environment. Furthermore, the details of total excavation and the usage of Laterite should also be included in the report. Furthermore, the mineralogical analysis for laterite mineral should be submitted from the IBM. Reply: The deposit in this area is superficial in nature with continuous boulders interspersed with soil & laterite. Details of total excavation of laterite: Since, the deposit in this area is surficial in nature only, mining will be done up to average 5m to 15m based on the lithology. As most of the land is Rayati land and opencast mechanized mining will be done by cutting and removal of soil & morrum, removal of lateritic OB and extraction of bauxite. Details of total excavation are given as under: S. No Particular Details (TPA) Bauxite 309277.8 1. ROM Quarry waste 131630.2 Total 440908.0 2. OB/ SB/ IB (Laterite) 946416.0 1 | Page Minerals & Minerals Ltd 1 ADS REPLY 3. Soil 773760.0 Total Excavation 2161084.0 Impact on Environment: - As most of the land is Rayati land this process will be adopted for concurrently restoration of the degraded land along with making rainwater harvesting pond. This will facilitate the recharge of ground water table as well as will provide water for agricultural activity to the surrounding villages. Thus, mining of lateritic OB or laterite will not create any adverse effect to the environment. Usage of Laterite: - This mining lease is granted by State Govt for captive consumption for bauxite mining only. Hence laterite will be excavated as overburden only. Initially, during the first year the excavated hard OB and quarry waste shall be temporarily dumped/stored separately on the non-mineralized area. From 2nd year onwards all excavated overburdens shall be used for concurrent back filling& soil will be used for reclamation by spreading. Concurrent backfilling will be carried out with laterite boulders (Site specific), morrum and soil will be used for spreading over it for reclamation, restoration and further agriculture over it by the landowners. Analysis report of laterite is given below: S. No Laterite Analysis Al2O3% %SiO2 %Fe2O3 1. 28.91 8.37 35.52 2. 25.23 17.77 35.53 3. 28.16 20.21 30.70 Moreover, as per the analysis report, It reveals that the Al2O3% below 30% and Fe2O3 is above 30%. Which would be discarded as rejects and the same will utilized during concurrent back filling and reclamation. The formation of the laterite in this deposit is intercalated with morrum and is difficult for segregation during mining operations. This mining lease is granted by State Govt for captive consumption for Bauxite extraction only. Point No 4: PP reported that no forest land in the mine lease area and submitted the letter from Circle Officer, Bishunpur. However, the committee is of the view that circle officer not a responsible for providing the no forest land certificate. PP needs to submit certificate from the Competent Authority (PCCF and Chief Wildlife Warden) and the certificate should mention the name, designation, official seal of the person signing the certificate and letter number. 2 | Page Minerals & Minerals Ltd 2 ADS REPLY Reply: There is no forest land within mining lease area. NOC for the same has been obtained from PCCF and Chief Wildlife Warden vide letter no 889 dated 07.06.2021. Copy of same is enclosed as Annexure – IV. Point No 5: PP submitted that the total lease area granted by the State Government is 321.26 ha, out of which 130.01 ha is the total mining lease area for this current proposal. PP needs to submit the land use details for complete lease area (321.26 – 130.01 = 191.25 ha). Reply: Total actual Mining lease area is 321.26 Acre equivalent to 130.01 ha. Out of total mining lease area, 6.42 ha is GM land & remaining 123.59 ha land is Raiyati land. Lease documents are enclosed as Annexure - V. Point No 6: The environmental impact analysis on the total excavation is not properly addressed in the EIA report. PP needs to submit the details of total excavation and also redo the analysis. Reply Environmental impact analysis has been done considering total excavation which is as per under: S. No Particular Details (TPA) Bauxite 309277.8 1. ROM Quarry waste 131630.2 Total 440908.0 2. OB/ SB/ IB (Laterite) 946416.0 3. Soil 773760.0 Total Excavation 2161084.0 Point No 7: The funds allocated for CER is not as per the OM F. No. 22-65/2017-IA.III dated 1 st May 2018. So, the EIA report needs to be revised in terms of the CER and EMP. Reply As per MoEF&CC OM dated 30.09.2020 & 20.10.2020, the company has considered this budget under EMP in place of Corporate Environment Responsibility. Budget for Issues raised during public hearing has been updated and breakup of same is covered in Annexure I and breakup of EMP budget with activity wise is given as Annexure VI. Point No 8: PP submitted village Road is passing through the mine lease area and mentioned that the road will be diverted and alternative routes will made for accessing by the village people. PP needs to submit the plans with budgetary provision and safety procedure for the alternative route. Reply Total length of existing village road is approx. 1.2 km passing through the ML Area. Before commencement of Mining operations this existing road will be diverted along the eastern boundary of the mining lease. Certainly, we will take care the safety zone plantation for which we will be maintaining one service road all along the periphery towards maintenance of plantation (SZP). 3 | Page Minerals & Minerals Ltd 3 ADS REPLY The proposed diverted road will be constructed adjacent to this service road and partitioned off for villager’s access/ingress. Total budgetary allocation will be approx. Rs. 3.0 Crores. Detailed Report for Road diversion is annexed as Annexure – VII Point No 9: PP mentioned that water required will be fulfilled from the nearby mines and the details are not provided, so the same needs to be provided. Reply Total water requirement for this project will be 30 KLD which will be met initially in first year by the nearby mines i.e. Kujam-I & Kujam-II where we are having two big rain water harvested ponds of size 200mX150m and 250mX200m. The calculated water quantity is approx. 1.2 lac cum and 2.0 lac cum respectively. The mined out areas in the 1st year will be converted into rain water harvesting pond to cater the water requirement from 2nd year onwards. Once the rainwater harvested pond is made, provision for water recharge will be there. The report of Water Management system and Rainwater Recharge pit is enclosed as Annexure VIII. Point No 10: PP submitted that there will be significant cumulative effect on transport and infrastructure due to transportation of minerals, excavation and waste dumping from the mines in the region. The committee asked the PP to submit the details of nearby mines using common transport infrastructure. PP also required to submit adequacy of transport infrastructure. Reply Presently, this road is being used by our two mines namely Kujam-I and Kujam-II Bauxite mines which are almost 8km & 2km away from this lease area. The lease area / project area is located on Netarhat Plateau and is approachable from Lohardaga by 85 km all weather metaled road.