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DHUNKAPADA STONE QUARRY

Village Dhunkapada

Tahasil-Polasara

District- Ganjam

Odisha

Lease area - 7.27 Ha

Khata No- 1382

Plot No- 5896, 5897 & 5898

For & on behalf of

SMT LAXMI BHUYAN

At- Kendubadi, Po-Mandar PS-Polasara, Dist- Ganjam

Odisha

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Environment Management Plan of Dhunkapada Stone Quarry

1.0 Introduction

The stone quarry project, Dhunkapada Stone quarry over an area

17.968Acre or 7.27 Ha. situated in village Dhunkapada, Tahasil-Polasara of

Ganjam district Odisha. The mining plan has been approved by Sri K. Patnaik,

Dy Director Geology, south zone, Berhampur for a period from 2015-16 to

2019-20 (Five years) as per the provisions of OMMC(Ammendment ) Rule

2014. The Quarry at Dhunkapadais situated in Plot No- 5896, 5897 & 5898of

Khata No- 1382, Kissam-Pahad.

As per EIA Notification 2006 and subsequent amendment Environment

clearance is mandatory for mining of minerals. As per MoEF circular

15.01.2016 the minor mineral project below 25 Ha has been considered as B2

category and will be appraised based on Form 1, Pre-feasibility report and

Environment Management Plan. Environmental management involves functions that determine and

implement environmental policy. It involves identification of objectives,

adoption of appropriate mitigation measures, protection of ecosystem,

enhancement of quality of life for those affected and minimization of

environmental cost. Environmental Management Plan (EMP) will be

formulated with an objective to mitigate the adverse impact of any proposed

project. This includes an environmental policy on protection of environment

and public safety.

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1.0.1 Name and address of the holder of the Mining Lease :

Name of the Project Dhunkapada Stone Quarry

Applicant Smt. Laxmi Bhuyan

Address of the Applicant At- Kendubadi, Po- Mandar

Ps- Polasara, Dist- Ganjam,

Odisha

Granted On 09/12/2015

Period of Concession 2015-16 to 2019-20

1.0.2 Details of the Area :

Name of the Project Dhunkapada Stone Quarry

Area 17.968Acres / 7.27 Hectares

Village Dhunkapada

Tahasil Polasara, Ganjam District, Odisha.

Khata Number 1382

Plot Number 5896, 5897 & 5898

Kisam Pahad

Location Latitude – N19045’24.0” to N19045’31.0”N

Longitude – 84046’28.3” to E 84046’51.9”E

Toposheet E44A13

Accessibility Dhunkapada Stone quarry over an area 17.968Acre

or 7.27 Ha. situated in village Dhunkapada, Tahasil-

Polasara of Ganjam district Odisha of Smt. Laxmi

Bhuyan can be approached from Bhubaneswar the

state capital of Odisha covering a distance 160 Km.

The district head quarter, Chhatrapur is situated at

a distance of 70km.

Mthod of mining Open cast Semi Mechanized Method

Reserve Geological Reserve: 732600 Cu.m

Mineable Reserve: 347400 Cu.m Waste Generation 500 Cu.m

Water/Power Drinking water is made available from the tube

wells. There is no passing of power line adjacent to

lease area.

Man Power 13 no.s

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1.0.3 Location (map showing general location, specific location, project

boundary and project site layout)with co-ordinates.

Fig-1 showing general location of the project site

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Specific location of the project site with project boundary

1.0.4 Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting the

proposed site, particularly the environmental considerations gone

into should be highlighted :

No alternate site is considered, as this particular site has been carrying

out stone mining previously.

1.0.5 Details of Machineries to be used in Mining Operation

The machinery details required for mining of construction stone is given

below:

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Name of the Machine Capacity Nos. Main Purpose Remarks

Jack Hammer drill 32 mm 1 Drilling Hired

Truck/Tipper 10t 1 Waste/stone

transportation

Hired

Breaker 210T 1 Breaking of

ordinary stone

Hired

Drill rods & Hammer -- -- As required ---

Safety equipments such

as Helmets, Safety

shoes, goggles and

hand gloves.

-- As

required

Safety To be

Purchased

1.0.6 Detail of measurement of mining pit earlier excavation in the area

to be sanctioned and details of mineral concessions situated within

100m periphery of the area :

Not required as the source is declared as new source and there are no

other mines present within 500m periphery of the area.

1.0.7 Scheme of Plantation :

It has been proposed to plant 7.5 m width all along the quarry lease

boundary. Total 3.100 Acres of area proposed to be planted by 500 no of

saplings during plan period. Local species like Neem, Mahaneem, Karanja,

Banyan, Peepal, Arjun, Jackfruit & Mango etc. are proposed to be planted at

10m spacing.

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year No. of saplings

to be planted

Species of

plants to be

planted

Place of

Plantation

1st 60 Mango, Neem,

Mahaneem,

Banyan, peepal,

Arjun and

others as

suggested by

forest

department

In the alluvial

soil present on

the southern

side of the lease

hold and free

govt. lands with

proper

permission

from concerned

authorities.

2nd 60

3rd 60

4th 60

5th 60

Total 300

1.0.8 Details and approximate distance of National Park, Sanctuary,

Biodiversity area, Interstate boundary situated within periphery

of 10 Km from the area to be sanctioned :

No above mentioned features are present within 10Km radius from the

lease area.

1.0.9 Proposed annual production of minerals :

The proposed annual production is2500 Cum of sand.

Year ANNUAL PRODUCTION

2015-16 900

2016-17 900

2017-18 900

2018-19 900

2019-20 900

Total 4500

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1.0.10 Effect on Ground Water level due to mining operation and it’s

preventive measures :

As the proposed extraction will be done much above the ground

water table, hence no safety precautions are required for this

head.

1.0.11 Details of scheme of continuous reclamation and rehabilitation

of the land degradation due to mining operation :

Sl.No. Type Of Land Use At the end of 5 years

Area in Acre

1 Area under Excavation 3.706

2 Waste/stacking of stone 0.200

3 Road 0.150

4 Green belt Area 3.100

5 Un-utilized land 10.812

Total 5.058

1.0.12 Anticipated environmental impacts and control schemes :

a) Land use pattern and river course environment :

� Selection of mining site :

� Mining will be done in the lease hold inside the

safety zone.

b) Air quality monitoring :

� Monitoring :

� Time to time air monitoring will be done and

required steps will be taken.

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� Loading :

� Before loading, the sand will be moisturized by

sprinkling water on it to stop air pollution.

� Transport :

� Tractors / Tippers will be covered by Tarpaulins.

� Water will be sprinkled on approach roads for dust

suppression.

� Overloading will be restricted.

� Periodic maintenance of these vehicles will be

done.

� Plantation :

� Plantation on the safety zone of quarry lease

boundary. If required, avenue plantation in nearby

free govt. lands will be done with proper

permission from the concerned authorities.

c) Water quality management :

� Surface water quality management :

� As the mining activity is restricted to dry area,

hence no waste water will be generated during

extraction of sand.

� Groundwater quality management :

� Ground water table will not get punctured by any

means as the mining activity will be performed

much above it.

� Waste water management :

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� No waste water will be generated during

extraction of sand.

� However, if so happens, then septic tanks and soak

pits will be provided as per demand.

d) Noise management :

� Transported :

� All vehicles used for transportation should bear

PUC certificate.

� Minimum use of horns will be proposed.

� Adequate silencers will be provided in all diesel

engines of vehicles.

� Speed limit of 10Km/hr. will be regulated in village

area driving.

e) Green belt :

� Plantation :

� Plantation of suitable local species will be done in

outside of the lease hold as the lease area is river

bed.

� Avenue plantation will be done in nearby free govt.

lands with proper permission from the concerned

authorities, if required.

f) Solid waste management :

� No solid waste will be generated during mining

activity.

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Surface water : -

a) General :

NA

The mining practice will not affect any change or diversion of any

source of water in the area or any drainage pattern because the mining

will be restricted to much above the ground water table. However, an

additional 7.5m mining restricted zone has been proposed, so that the

perennial flow of the river will not be affected by the mining activity.

The mining activity has been proposed on the upstream side of the

river.

b) Chemical :

NA

c) Ground Water :

The ground water will not be affected due to mining activity as this will

not puncture the ground water table by any means and will be

conducted much above it.

Environmental mitigation measures to be taken :

� Water sprinkling will be done before loading making it moist.

� Water sprinkling during transportation over approach roads will be

done for suppression of dust.

� Development of green belt will be carried out to reduce dust pollution.

� Periodic maintenance of vehicles will be done to reduce water and noise

pollution.

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1.0.11 Provision for separate stacking of surface soil excavated from

mining operation and its utility:

No surface soil stack is required as no soil will be generated during extraction of sand.

So no provision for separate stacking of surface soil is required.

1.0.12 Details of social and economic up gradation of mining affected

area due to proposed project:

The impact on the social and economic condition of the local people will be positive,

as due to the mining activity, 2 personals will get direct employment and 11 personals will

get indirect employment.

1.0.13 Details of budgetary arrangement for environment management :

Total Rs 0.9 lakhs will be utilized annually for environment management and CSR activities.

Details are given as follows.

PROPOSED ACTION PLAN EXPENCES PER YEAR ( IN RS.)

Pollution control/ Dust suppression 20,000

Environment monitoring 20,000

CSR activities 25,000

Haul road repair 12,000

Miscellaneous 13,000

Total 90,000

1.0.14 Any other details to be submitted by mineral concession holder :

Change in Topography & Land Use pattern :

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There will be no change in topography. However, the change in land use

pattern will be temporary. Depressions will be created in the lease hold area

due to mining activity, which will be converted to water recharge pits during

conceptual periods. Hence the above said changes will be reclaimed after

mining.

1.0.15.1 Effect on Flora and Fauna :

Land degradation and deforestation happen due to mining activities which

have impact on Flora and Fauna.

The mining area is in Non-forest land i.e. sandy river bed, where presence of

Fauna is not at all seen. As such, there will be no adverse impact of the manual

mining activity on Fauna around the mining lease area.

No adverse impact will be envisaged on the existing aquatic fauna, if any, on

downstream side, as the mining confined to above water level and at all

touching / disturbing water table.

As the lease hold area is devoid of any trees, hence no there will be no chance

of uprooting any tree due to mining operation. Only some scrubs and bushes

will e uprooted.

There will be no significant impact on the biological diversity around 5 Km

radius of the site as there is none of them.

1.0.15.2 Effect on Climate :

There is no impact on the climate as the proposed mining will be adopt the

mitigation measure to control the pollution. Every step will be taken to

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control the pollution, which will cause no effect on microclimate regime. For

up gradation of the climatic condition, plantation will be done.

1.0.15.3 Noise pollution:

Noise is generated due to activity of machineries during mining. This will be

maintained by taking adequate measures for time to time maintenance of

these machines (Vehicles like Tractors and Tippers).

1.0.15.4 Accumulation of waste:

Waste (rejects) generated during plan period will be 500cu.m. No dump is

proposed as the total rejects will be utilized for the construction and

maintenance of haul road within the lease.

1.0.15.5 Visual impact:

There is no any visual impact in the vicinity.

1.0.15.6 Historical Monuments:

There is no place of tourist interest, historical or religious importance in the

vicinity.

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ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN

Environmental Management Plan (EMP) consists of a set of impact

mitigation, management, monitoring, waste minimization and institutional

measures to be taken during implementation and operation of the project to

eliminate the adverse environmental impacts or to reduce them to the

acceptable level. The EMP is required to ensure sustainable development as it

tries to ensure judicious utilization of non renewable resources and keep the

pollution level within permissible assimilative capacity of the area. The

assimilative capacity of the study area is the maximum amount of the

pollution load that can be discharged in the environment without affecting the

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designated use and is governed by dilution, dispersion and removal due to

natural physiochemical and biological process.

Mining of Construction stone has a direct impact on the land

topography, ambient air quality, drainage and water, soil and land use pattern.

The impact of mining on the surrounding environment include increase dust

emission during excavation of granite stone, squaring, sizing loading,

unloading and transportation activity. The ground water regime and surface

water quality may have some impact due to the mining process. To mitigate

such adverse impacts, appropriate remedial measures have been proposed.

An EMP is an implementation plan to mitigate and offset the adverse

environmental impacts of the project and to protect and where possible,

enhance the environment. EMP should be viewed as a legal commitment on

the part of the proponent to minimize environmental impacts. So

Environmental Management Plan (EMP), which will be an integral part of the

project for minimizing the adverse impacts and to ensure the sustainable

development of the area.

There are various sources of pollution during the mining and allied activities.

These includes drilling, block cutting, sizing and dressing, dumping, loading

and unloading, transportation etc which are having direct impact on the

environment.

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ENVIRONMENT MONITORING PLAN

2.1 Introduction:

Regular monitoring of the environmental parameters is of immense

importance to maintain the environmental conditions as monitoring plays an

important role in management. Hence environmentalists and policy makers

can make changes in pollution control equipments and environment policy to

save the environment.

The main objectives of monitoring area as follows:

1. Very effectiveness of planning decisions

2. Measure effectiveness of operational procedures

3. Conform statutory and corporate compliance

4. Identify unexpected changes

2.2 Environmental Monitoring Cell:

A centralized Environmental Monitoring Cell will be established for

monitoring of important environmental parameters which are of immense

importance to access the status of environment during mine operation. The

routine monitoring program will be implemented under project

monitoring as per CPCB & MoEF & CC guidelines. Officer not below the

rank of Manager will be responsible of environmental management cell

and execution of environmental monitoring program.

2.3 Environmental Parameters

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Environmental monitoring Program will be conducted once in season

except Monsoon. Various parameters which will be taken into account are

as follows.

ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS AND FREQUENCY

Sl. No. Potential

Impact

Parameters for

monitoring

Frequency of monitoring

1 Air Emission PM10, PM2.5, SO2,

NOX & CO

As per CPCB / MoEF & CC

requirements i.e. 24 hourly

monitoring for one month in

each season except monsoon

season.

2 Noise Spot Noise level

recording

Leq(Day)

Leq(Night)

Leq(Dn)

Periodic / As per CPCB norms

i.e. Once in season (1 – hourly)

3 Water Quality As per drinking

water standards

Once in season except

Monsoon

4 Soil Quality Analyzed as

CPCB method

Once in season except

Monsoon

5 Health Total health

parameters

Initial Medical Examination

(IME) and periodic medical

examination – once in five

years as per Mines Rules, 1955.

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Sl. No. Description Frequency Of Monitoring

1 Ambient Air Quality in and

around Mines

One sample after 24 hours

continuous monitoring will be done

twice a week in every year during

mining period or as per norms of

SPCB, Odisha

2 Water Quality Annually once for 2 surface water

samples during mining period or as

per norms of SPCB, Odisha & MoEF

for various parameters

3 Noise Level Monitoring Once in every year for 24 hours

during mining period or as per

norms of SPCB, Odisha & MoEF.

SUMMARY

Fugitive emission in the form of dust shall be generated during handling and

loading ofsand. The adequate preventive measures will be adopted to contain

the various pollutants within permissible limits. Plantation development will

be carried out in the mine premises, along the approach roads, around Govt.

buildings, schools. It will prove an effective pollution mitigate technique, and

help avoid soil erosion during monsoon season. Employment opportunities

will be provided to the local villagers to improve their live hood.

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FINAL RECOMMENDATION

Post-Project Environmental Monitoring is an essential tool in

Environmental Management Program to check the environmental quality

status through monitoring of environmental parameters as per frequency and

method recommended by CPCB. It helps environmentalist and policy makers

to maintain the status of the green environment. It will help sustainable

growth through clean mining activity.

The environmental cell will co-ordinate all monitoring program,

Environmental awareness Program, Training and its importance in proposed

project at site. Half-yearly report will be submitted on June and January of

each year to the regional office of MoEF / CC, Odisha. Objective of the entire

process will be to improve environment and reduce the impact of project

activities on Our Environment.

In course of mining there will be no generation of waste. As every year during

rainy season there will replenishment of the excavated portion, there will be

no need of closure procedure. The total operation shall be carried out with

ease & minimum risk of the workers. The excavation of river sand will not

only generate royalty for the Government but also keep the river bed from

filling up and the carrying capacity of the river will be intact to mitigate the

floods.

The proposed Environmental Management Plan will keep the area in a safe

environment with negligible impact on the environment. The Plantation will

substantiate the impact due to the mining activity.

The Lessee shall pay 5 % of the royalty to the authority towards environment

management fund.

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