IN RESPECT OF BANABASPUR SAND BED FOR WINING OF RIVER SAND OVER AN AREA OF 17.18 ACRES OR 6.872 HECTARES IN VILLAGE- BANABASPUR, TAHASIL-TALCHER OF ANGUL DISTRICT, ODISHA PREPARED FOR & ON BEHALF OF TAHASILDAR, TALCHER DISTRICT-ANGUL, ODISHA APPENDIX 1 FORM – I (I) Basic Information SL.NO. ITEM DETAILS 1 Name of the Project/s Banabaspur sand Quarry (Singharha jor River) 2 SL. No. in the Schedule Project Activity 1(a) (i) Mining of Minerals. Propose Capacity/ area/ length/ Proposed Production Capacity – tonnage to be handled/command About 12500 Cum of Sand will be 3 area/ lease area/number or wells produced during the Plan Period to be drilled Total Lease Area- 17.18 Acres or 6.872 Ha 4 New/Expansion/Modernization New 5 Existing Capacity/Area etc. Not Applicable, since it is a new project. Category of Project i.e. 'A' or 'B' It is a category ‘B’ project. (<25 Ha all the minor mineral mining lease areas are considered as B2, as per 6 MoEF, GoI, Office Memorandum No. J-13012/12/2013-IA-II ( I), d a t e d : 24-12-2013). non coal mine lease) Does it attract the general 7 No Condition? If yes, please specify. 8 Does it attract the specific Condition? If yes, please specify No The applied area over 6.872 hectares is located in village- Banabaspur and is bounded by 20°59I15.3II N to Location 20°59I40.7II N and 85°02I22.0II E to 85°02I49.8II E. 9 Plot No.- 61, Khata No.- 106 Plot/Survey/Khasra No. Survey of India Topo Sheet No.: 73 H/1 (F45 T1) Village Banabaspur Tehsil Talcher District Angul State Odisha Nearest railway station/airport 10 Railway Station: Talcher- 25 Km along with distance in Kms. Airport: Bhubaneswar – 200 Km Nearest Town, city, District Town Talcher- 30 Km, District HQ, 11 Headquarters along with Angul- 30 Km distance in Kms. Village Panchayats, Zilla Parishad, 12 Municipal Corporation, Local Body (complete postal addresses with telephone nos. to be given) 13 Name of the Applicant Tahasildar, Talcher Registered Office P.O. Talcher, Dist- Angul, Odisha 14 Address for correspondence: Name Designation (Owner/partner/CEO) 15 Address Pin Code E-Mail [email protected] Telephone No. Fax No. Details of Alternative Sites 16 examined, if any. Location of these sites should be shown on a Topo Sheet 17 Interlinked Projects NIL Whether separate application of 18 Interlinked project has been Not Applicable. submitted? 19 If yes, date of submission Not Applicable. 20 If no. reason Not Applicable. Whether the proposal involves approval/clearance under: if yes, details of the same and their status to be given 21 (a) The Forest (Conservation) Not Applicable Act, 1980? (b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, Not Applicable 1972? (c) The C.R.Z. Notification, 1991? Whether there is any Government 22 NO Order/Policy relevant/relating to the site? 23 Forest Land involved (hectares) NIL Whether there is any litigation pending against the project and/or land in which the project is proposed to be set up? (a) Name of the Court No, There is n o litigation pending 24 against the project (b) Case No. (c) Orders/directions of the court, if 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, changes in water bodies, etc.) SL. No. Information/Checklist Details thereof (with approximate Yes /No confirmation quantities /rates, wherever possible) with source of information data Permanent or temporary Sand mining operations will change in land use, land eventually result in change in cover or topography topography for a temporary including increase in period because of excavation. intensity of land use (with However, there will be no change 1.1 respect to local land use Yes plan) in land use after operation as the land use of the mine lease area is of river bed, the sand will be replenished every year during the monsoon. The ultimate land use Clearance of existing Theof the lease mine area lease does area not will involve not be 1.2 land, vegetation and anychange. habitation, vegetation or buildings? No forest land. Therefore, no clearance is required. Creation of new land No The proposed mined out areas 1.3 uses? will gradually get filled up by river sands transported with water from upstream direction. Pre-construction The sand is exposed throughout 1.4 investigations e.g. bore the lease area in the river bed. No Houses, soil testing? No pre-mining investigations are required. Construction works? Development of approach road 1.5 Yes are proposed. Demolition works? There is no demolition work 1.6 No involved. Temporary sites used for construction works or housing No No such sites required. 1.7 of construction workers? Above ground buildings, structures or earthworks As described in 1.5 above. Yes 1.8 including linear structures, cut and fill or excavations Underground works 1.9 including mining or No Not Applicable. Tunneling? 1.10 Reclamation works? No No reclamation work is required. 1.11 Dredging? No No dredging involved. 1.12 Offshore structures? No No offshore structure involved. Production and Open cast manual mining method 1.13 manufacturing processes? Yes will be adopted. The sand will be used for domestic purpose. Facilities for storage of goods 1.14 No Not required. and materials? Facilities for treatment or No waste will be generated. 1.15 No disposal of solid waste or Facilitiesliquid effluents? for long term There is no proposal for 1.16 housing of operational No construction of any captive workers? colony. New road, rail or sea traffic The quarry site is well connected during construction or by road. Internal mine roads will 1.17 operation? No be made for movement of trucks/tractors/tippers. New road, rail, air water borne or other transport 1.18 infrastructure including new Yes Approach Road to the lease area or altered routes and will be made. stations, ports, airports etc? Closure or diversion of existing transport routes or 1.19 infrastructure leading to No Not applicable. changes in traffic movements? New or diverted 1.20 transmission lines or No Not applicable. pipelines? Impoundment, damming. culverting, realignment or 1.21 other changes to the No Not applicable. hydrology of watercourses or aquifers? 1.22 Stream crossings? No Not applicable. Abstraction or transfers of No abstraction of water is 1.23 water from ground or No envisaged for quarrying activities surface water? as such as on date. Changes in water bodies or The proposed mined out areas the land surface affecting will gradually get filled up by 1.24 No drainage or run-off? river sands transported with water from upstream direction. Transport of personnel or The sand quarry would be under materials for construction, the charge of qualified operation or supervisors & non-supervisory decommissioning? staff residing at nearby local area. 1.25 Yes Local Persons employed from the nearby villages would be using their bicycle for commuting. Sand excavated from the quarry will be transported from by trucks. Long-term dismantling or Not envisaged. If so, all the entries 1.26 decommissioning or No to the quarry will be effectively restoration works? sealed off to avoid accident. Ongoing activity during Since most of the infrastructures decommissioning which created are temporary in nature, could have an impact on the there will be hardly any solid environment? waste generated during 1.27 No demolition of service building after cessation of mining activities and thus no major impact on environment is expected. Influx of people to an area in Since majority of workers either temporarily or will be from surrounding permanently? villages. Hardly any influx of people will take place due to direct or indirect employment 1.28 No opportunities. Only some highly skilled manpower will be brought on the rolls from outside for which temporary accommodation will be provided in nearby villages. Only native species of flora will be planted along the safety zone 1.29 Introduction of alien species? No of the river bank in the mining lease. Loss of native species or 1.30 No Not envisaged. genetic diversity? 1.31 Any other actions? No Not envisaged. 2. Use of Natural resources for construction or operation of the project (such as land, water, materials or energy, especially any resources which are non renewable or in short supply): Details thereof (with Information/checklist approximate quantities /rates, SL. No. Yes/No confirmation wherever possible) with source of information data. Land specially undeveloped The land is classified as govt. or agricultural land (ha) waste land and is not suitable for 2.1 Yes agriculture. The total lease area 17.18 Acres or 6.872 Ha is a river bed. Water (expected source & Total water requirement is 2.2 competing users) unit: KLD Yes approximately 1.5 KLD. The quantity is not so huge and will be sourced from nearby village. Minerals (MT) No mineral is to be used for the 2.3 No project activity. Construction material- stone, 2.4 aggregates, and /soil No Not envisaged. (expected source –MT) Forests and timber (source – 2.5 No No use envisaged. MT) Energy including electricity and fuels (source, competing Diesel will be used for vehicles 2.6 Yes users) Unit : fuel (MT), movement. energy (MW) Any other natural resources 2.7 (use appropriate standard No No other sources envisaged. units) 3. Use, storage, transport, handling or production of substances or materials, which could be harmful to human health or the environment or raise concerns about actual or perceived risks to human health.