Form 1 as per EIA Notification2006for Avaniapuram Rough Stone and Gravel Quarry of Thiru.K.Ravishankar, Avaniapuram village, Vandavasi Taluk, Tiruvannamalai District, Tamilnadu Application Form for Obtaining Environmental Clearance from State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) Tamilnadu FORM-1 (I) BASIC INFORMATION S. Item Details No Name of the project/s Avaniapuram Rough Stone and Gravel quarry 1 project. 2 S. No. in the schedule 1(a). 3 Proposed capacity/ Proposed capacity of 12,060m3 of Rough Stone area/length/tonnage to be and 5,880m3 of gravel formation for the period handled/command area/lease of eighteen months (18.05.2015 to 17.12.2016 area/number of wells to be drilled only. Area = 1.78.5Ha. Total dimension of the area: Ultimate Pit dimension (M) Pit No Length Width Depth(max) (max) in m (Avg) in m in (m) I 123 78 12 The command area=1.78.5Ha(effective quarrying area after leaving safety distance) It is a shallow open cast quarry. This is an Existing quarry operation. It is a Existing quarry operation applied for lease. 4 New/ Expansion/ Modernization (Avaniapuram Rough Stone and Gravel Quarry). Existing capacity/Area etc. The Geological resource of1,72,580m3 of Rough stone and 34,516m3 of gravel formation. The proposed capacity is about 12,060m3 of Rough Stone and 5,880m3 of gravel formation for 7m 5 below the Ground level. Afforestation has been proposed on all along the boundary barrier by planting trees. Area: 1.78.5Ha. 6 Category of project i.e. `A’ or ‘B’ Category – B2. Does it attract the general condition? The applicant should maintain 7.5m 10m and 7 If yes, please specify. 50m safety distance all along the boundary barrier. Does it attract the specify condition? 8 There is no any attract the specify condition If yes, please specify. Location Avaniapuram Village, Vandavasi Taluk, 9 Tiruvannamalai District. Plot/ Survey/ Khasra No. 17/2, 19/2, 19/3 and 20/2B2 Village Avaniapuram Taluk Vandavasi District Tiruvannamalai State Tamilnadu Nearest railway station/ airport Kalambur Railway station -20km–NW 10 along with distance in kms Chennnai Airport –130km-NE Nearest Town, city, District Town– Vandavasi - 23km–SE 11 Headquarters along with distance in Nearest City –Tiruvannamalai - 54km–SW kms District – Tiruvannamalai - 54km–SW Village Panchayats, ZilaParishad, VillagePanchayat –Avaniapuram Municipal Corporation, Local body Panchayat Union -Peranamallur 12 (complete postal addresses with Taluk –Vandavasi telephone nos. to be given) District –Tiruvannamalai 13 Name of the applicant Thiru.K.Ravishankar, S/o. Kothandan, Registered Address No.63, Pillayar Koil Street, 14 Pillanthi Village, Cheyyar Taluk, Tiruvannamalai District. Address for correspondence: - Name Thiru.K.Ravishankar, Designation (Owner/Partner/CEO) Proprietor / Owner S/o. Kothandan, No.63, Pillayar Koil Street, Address Pillanthi Village, 15 Cheyyar Taluk, Tiruvannamalai District. Pin Code Pin code– 604504 E-mail [email protected] Telephone No. Cell No.:9344006208 Fax No. - Details of Alternative Sites examined, There is no alternative sites are examined. The 16 if any. Location of these sites should project is site specific. be shown on a Topo sheet. 17 Interlinked Projects There is no interlinked project. Whether separate application of As there is no interlinked project, no 18 interlinked project has been application has been submitted. submitted? As there is no interlinked project, no 19 If yes, date of submission application has been submitted. The project involves Rough Stone and Gravel 20 If no, reason quarry only. Whether the proposal involves It is patta land registered in the name of the approval/ clearance under: if yes, applicant vide patta No.330. Please refer details of the same and their status annexure no IV. to be given. (a) Forest (Conservation) Act 1980. 21 (a) The Forest (Conservation) Act, (b) There is no wild life in the project site area 1980? under the Wildlife (protection) Act 1972. (b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, (C) The project area does not fall the C.R.Z 1972? Notification, 1991. (c) The C. R. Z. Notification, 1991? The precise area communication letter was issued from the District Collector Tiruvannamalai vide Rc.No.75/Mines/2015 Whether there is any Government dated 27.04.2015.(Enclosed as Annexure– I). 22 Order/ Policy relevant/ relating to The Mining Plan was got approval by the the site? Assistant Director, Department of Geology and Mining, Tiruvannamalai videRc.No. 97- 34/Mines/2015 dated 17.07.2015. 23 Forest land involved (hectares) No forest land is involved lease area. Whether there is any litigation pending against the project and/ or There is no court case pending, litigations land in which the project is propose to be set up? relating to the project directly and indirectly. 24 (a) Name of the Court (b) Case No. (c) Orders/ directions of the Court, if any and its relevance with the proposed project. I. Basic information 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.) Details thereof (with approximate Information/Checklist Yes S. No quantities/rates, wherever possible) with confirmation /No sources of information data The topography will be changed after the quarrying of Rough Stone and Gravel as per the Mining plan, Conventional Opencast method of semi mechanized mining with 5.0m vertical bench width of the bench is not less than bench height. The ultimate pit dimensions are given below. The depth of the quarry is restricted up to depth 7mbelow the ground level. Ultimate Pit dimension (M) Pit Length Width (Avg) Depth(ma No (max) in in m x) in (m) Permanent or temporary m change in land use, land cover or topography I 123 78 12 1.1 including increase in Yes Topography will change in respect to intensity of land use (with overburden excavation. However, measures respect to local land use will be implemented as per mining Plan. As plan) the area of the quarry remains the same, there will not be any increase in intensity of local land use. Area in use Present Sl. during the Area No Land Use quarrying (Hect) . period (Hect) 1. Quarrying Pit 0.60.0 0.95.0 2. Infrastructure Nil 0.01.0 3. Roads 0.01.0 0.01.0 4. Green Belt Nil 0.04.0 5. Unutilized 1.17.5 0.77.5 1.78.5 1.78.5 Total = There is no vegetation and building in this Clearance of existing land, project lease area, hence there is no 1.2 vegetation and building? No requirement of clearing the vegetation and building. There is an existing road leads to the quarry. This has 5m carriage way width. The total quarrying activity is proposed to carry out within the quarry lease area. Hence, there is no proposal for creating of new land uses. Temporary approach road within the project area will be form for the easy access of men and machinery which 1.3 Creation of new land uses? No will be well maintained. The excavated rough stone will be directly loaded into tipper to the needy crusher and Gravel to needy customers for road project and construction works for filling and leveling of low lying areas. The massive Charnockite formation is clearly Pre-construction inferred followed by the 2m (Avg) Gravel 1.4 investigations e.g. bore No formation, hence pre-construction houses, soil testing? investigation and soil testing is not proposed before quarrying operation. There will be no major civil works, other than the following infrastructure: office building, storeroom, toilet and first aid room 1.5 Construction works? Yes will be provided on permanent structures within the quarry lease area in the safety barrier. After the grant of lease. There are no existing building within the 1.6 Demolition works? No lease area hence no demolition work is involved. Temporary sites used for Sites service on permanent structure will be 1.7 construction works or Yes constructed only after grant of quarry lease housing of construction within 7.5m safety barrier. Aboveworkers? ground buildings, There are no tall buildings or linear structures or Earthworks structure found within the quarry site. There 1.8 No including linear structures, is no requirement of cutting and filling in the cut and fill or excavations site. Open cast method of semi mechanized Underground works including 1.9 No quarrying will be adopted. No underground mining or tunneling? mining or tunneling is proposed. There is no reclamation works is proposed. In the proposed mining plan only a maximum depth of 7m below the Ground level, has been envisaged as workable depth for safe & economic mining during the lease 1.10 Reclamation works? No period. Hence, after quarry reaches ultimate pit limit (for this lease period) of 7m depth below the Ground level, fencing will be constructed around the quarried pits to prevent inherent entry of the public and cattle. There is no such type of activities involved in 1.11 Dredging? No this opencast method of semi mechanized quarrying operation. There is no such type of activities involved; It 1.12 Offshore structures? No is an inland quarrying project. No production or manufacturing is involved in this Rough Stone and Gravel quarrying. Production and 1.13 No The Rough Stone and Gravel is liberated manufacturing processes? from the parent rock mass and transported to the needy crusher/other buyers. There is no proposal for storage of material within the quarry lease area. The Rough Facilities for storage of goods 1.14 No Stone and Gravel will be loaded directly to or materials? the tippers and transported to needy crusher/other buyers. The entire quarried Rough Stone and Gravel will be consumed.