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2 STANDARD TEMPLATE FOR EVALUATION OF ALL PROJECTS/ ACTIVITIES S.No Information required Information to be furnished by the proponents 1 Name of the project or activity M/s. Stone Plus Colour granite Quarry 2 Name of the organization/owner. Sri Surya Devara Jogendra Dev- Proprietor 3 Address for communication Sri Surya Devara Jogendra Dev Plot No. 54, Ocean Drive, Sagar Nagar, Visakhapatnam Mobile No: , Telephone numbers Mobile No: , ID of the organization or contact person 6 Location of the Proposed project or activity Survey No. 115, Nowgam Village, Nandigam Mandal, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh 7 Appraisal Category (B2 or B1) B 2 8 Nearest habitation and distance from the Nowgam km -NE project or activity 9 Installed capacity / Production Capacities Opencast semi mechanized method for colour granite production of m 3 /annum. QL area is 5.0 ha. 10 Specify the Fuel (Coal / CNG / NA biomass/others) and quantity required 11 Details of Land use/land Cover The applied area is a rugged hill trending North South with slopes due west and east side. Due to rocky terrain of having granite rock with boulder formation in the entire area, does not cover vegetation except small bushes and scrubs. 12 Occupancy, ownership of the land in which Government land, In principle of the activity is proposed: application grant of quarry lease by (Government land / Private land / Forest land Department of Mines and Geology, /Revenue land /Temple land /leased land/ Government of Andhra Pradesh vide land belongs to other Department) Notice No /R1.1/2015, dated 13 If it is a Forest land, the following details shall be furnished: (Whether it is a Reserved forest / Protected forest/demarcated forest/ National NA

3 Parks/Sanctuaries/any land in possession of Forest Department.) (The village map with Sy. No. indicating nearest forest boundary line from the site shall be enclosed) 14 Total investment of the project/activity. Rs. 14 Lakhs a. Funds allocated for EMP (capital cost and Capital Cost - Rs Lakhs recurring cost per annum) 15 Brief description of the project with special reference to specific pollution and its control measures. 16 Compliance report on the following : Status of compliance of the conditions and environmental safeguards stipulated in the earlier clearance letters. Details of the court cases, if any, pending in any Court of Law against the project as well as any directions passed by the Court relating to the project directly or indirectly. Details of the notices, if any, given to the project under Section 5 of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986 and Section 18 of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, Whether the project attracts the provisions laid under the OM dt issued by the MoE&F, GOI, w.r.t. violation of EIA Notification, 2006 and its amendments there of? (Yes/ No) Recurring cost - Rs Lakhs/year Semi mechanized open cast mining with help of jackhammer, drilling. NA. QL area is 5.0 Ha, applying for environmental clearance as per Hon ble supreme court order and MoE&F office memorandum. No court case is pending. There is no notice received (QL area is 5.0 Ha). No. (QL Area: 5.0 Ha & Fresh quarry) Present stage and status of the Project: Fresh quarry 18 Name of the Consultant: M/s. Team Labs and Consultants, B115,116,117 & 509, Aditya Enclave, Ameerpet, Hyderabad

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6 M/S. STONE PLUS SURVEY NO: 115, NOWGAM VILLAGE, NANDIGAM MANDAL, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH 1. FORM 1 2. ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN 3. MINING PLAN (SEMI MECHANISED OPENCAST COLOUR GRANITE QUARRY-5.0 ha) SUBMITTED BY Sri Surya Devara Jogendra Dev Plot No. 54, Ocean Drive, Sagar Nagar, Visakhapatnam Mobile: , STUDIES AND DOCUMENTATION BY TEAM Labs and Consultants (MoE&F O.M. - S. NO: 25, List A-1) B-115 to 117 & 509, Annapurna Block, Aditya Enclave, Ameerpet, Hyderabad Phone: /616, Telefax: [email protected] SUBMITTED TO STATE LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY ANDHRA PRADESH GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

7 M/S. STONE PLUS SURVEY NO: 115, NOWGAM VILLAGE, NANDIGAM MANDAL, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH FORM 1 (SEMI MECHANISED OPENCAST COLOUR GRANITE QUARRY-5.0 ha) SUBMITTED BY Sri Surya Devara Jogendra Dev Plot No. 54, Ocean Drive, Sagar Nagar, Visakhapatnam Mobile: , STUDIES AND DOCUMENTATION BY TEAM Labs and Consultants (MoE&F O.M. - S. NO: 25, List A-1) B-115 to 117 & 509, Annapurna Block, Aditya Enclave, Ameerpet, Hyderabad Phone: /616, Telefax: [email protected] SUBMITTED TO STATE LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY ANDHRA PRADESH GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

8 Stone Plus APPENDIX I (See paragraph 6) FORM 1 (I) Basic Information S. No Item Details 1 Name of the Project/s M/s. Stone Plus 2 S. No in the Schedule 1(a) 3 Proposed capacity/area/length/tonnage to be handled/command area/lease area/number of wells to be drilled Form-1 Quarry lease area is 5.0 ha (Opencast semi mechanized method for colour granite production of m 3 /annum) Rs. 14 Lakhs. Capital cost proposed for project 4 New/Expansion/Modernization New 5 Existing Capacity/Area etc. NA. 6 Category of Project i.e 'A' or 'B' B (Lease area: 5.0 Ha) 7 Does it attract the general condition? If yes, please No specify 8 Does it attract the Specific condition? If yes, please No specify. 9 Location Plot/Survey/Khasra No. Sy. No. 115 Village Nowgam Tehsil Nandigam District Srikakulam State Andhra Pradesh. 10 Nearest railway station/airport along with distance in Railway Station: Tekkali kms - kms. SW 11 Nearest Town, City, District Headquarters along with Town: Tekkali kms SW distance in kms. District head quarters-srikakulam 56km -SW 12 Village Panchayats, Zilla Parishad, Municipal Corporation, Local body (complete postal address with telephone nos. to be given) Village Panchayat: Nowgam Zilla Parishad: Srikakulam 13 Name of the Applicant Sri Surya Devara Jogendra Dev 14 Registered Address Sri Surya Devara Jogendra Dev Plot No. 54, Ocean Drive, Sagar Nagar, Visakhapatnam Mobile: , Address for Correspondence: Name Designation(Owner/Partner/CEO) Address Sri Surya Devara Jogendra Dev Proprietor Sri Surya Devara Jogendra Dev F-1

9 Stone Plus Form-1 Plot No. 54, Ocean Drive, Sagar Nagar, Visakhapatnam Mobile: , Pin Code Telephone Number Mobile: , Fax No. Fax: Details of alternative Sites examined, if any. Location of these sites should be shown on a topo sheet. Village-District-State -NA Site specific project i.e. mining. 17 Interlinked Projects -NA- 18 Whether separate application of interlinked project has No been submitted? 19 If yes, date of submission - 20 If no, reason - 21 Whether the proposal involves approval/clearance No. under: if yes, details of the same and their status to be given. (a) The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980? (b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972? (c) The C.R.Z Notification, 1991? 22 Whether there is any Government Order/Policy Yes In principle of application relevant/relating to the site? grant of quarry lease by Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Andhra Pradesh vide Notice No /R1.1/2015, dated Forest land involved (hectares) Nil 24 Whether there is any location pending against the project and /or land in which the project is propose to be set up? (a)name of the Court, (b) Case No, (c) Orders/directions of the Court, if any and its relevance with the proposed project. No, There is no case pending against the project location. F-2

10 Stone Plus Form-1 (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.) S. No. Information/Checklist confirmation 1.1 Permanent or temporary change in land use, land cover or topography including increase in intensity of land use (with respect to local land use plan) Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities /rates, wherever possible) with source of information data NO The quarry lease area is 5.0 ha; the quarry lease applied area rugged hill trending North South with slopes due west and east side. Due to rocky terrain of having granite rock with boulder formation in the entire area, does not cover vegetation except small bushes and scrubs. Proposed method of mining is semi mechanized opencast method NO The land area is rugged hill. Lease granted by Department of Mines and Geology. 1.2 Clearance of existing land, vegetation and buildings? 1.3 Creation of new land uses? NO Waste land proposed for mining. 1.4 Pre-construction investigations e.g. bore houses, soil testing? YES Survey completed, based on the soil quality mine office cum rest shelter will be constructed temporarily. 1.5 Construction works? YES Construction activity involves infrastructure only with temporary structures. 1.6 Demolition works? NO 1.7 Temporary sites used for construction works or housing of construction workers? 1.8 Above ground buildings, structures or earthworks including linear structures, cut and fill or excavations 1.9 Underground works including mining or tunneling? NO Local villagers shall be employed, temporary rest shelter will be provided. YES Above ground building for the mine office only as temporary. No major excavation activity involved. NO The present method of mining is semi mechanized open cast method for colour granite Reclamation works? NO No reclamation is proposed in first five year period because the mining will be continued to further depths and reclamation could be possible only after completion of mining upto the proposed depths Dredging? NO 1.12 Offshore structures? NO F-3

11 Stone Plus Form Production and manufacturing processes? 1.14 Facilities for storage of goods or materials? 1.15 Facilities for treatment or disposal of solid waste or liquid effluents? 1.16 Facilities for long term housing of operational workers? 1.17 New road, rail or sea traffic during construction or operation? 1.18 New road, rail, air waterborne or other transport infrastructure including new or altered routes and stations, ports, airports etc? 1.19 Closure or diversion of existing transport routes or infrastructure leading to changes in traffic movements? 1.20 New or diverted transmission lines or pipelines? 1.21 Impoundment, damming, culverting, realignment or other changes to the hydrology of watercourses or aquifers? YES Semi-mechanized opencast method mining proposed to extract colour granite of m 3 /annum.(annexure I) YES Stock yard will be provided to store the mineral. YES During the first five years plan period m 3 of waste material will be generated. This waste shall be dumped in SE side of quarry lease area over an extent of 0.25 ha (Annexure IV) Liquid waste i.e. effluent from the domestic source shall be sent to septic tank followed by soak pit. NO Local villagers shall be employed on daily basis. NO Semi mechanized open cast mining with limited trucks for transportation of mineral. The number of truck trips will be three per day. NO NO NO NO The proposed method of mining is semi mechanized open cast on the rugged hill Stream crossings? NO 1.23 Abstraction or transfers of NO Water shall be drawn from local villages water form ground or surface for the purpose of domestic and water waters? sprinkling purpose Changes in water bodies or the NO land surface affecting drainage or run-off? 1.25 Transport of personnel or materials for construction, YES Local villagers shall be employed. Colour granite is sent away from the site, the F-4

12 Stone Plus operation or decommissioning? 1.26 Long-term dismantling or NO decommissioning or restoration works? 1.27 Ongoing activity during NO decommissioning which could have an impact on the environment? 1.28 Influx of people to an area in NO either temporarily or permanently? 1.29 Introduction of alien species? NO 1.30 Loss of native species or NO genetic diversity? 1.31 Any other actions? NO numbers of trips will be three per day. Form-1 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): S. No. Information/checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate Confirmation quantities /rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 2.1 Land especially undeveloped or agricultural land (ha) 2.2 Water (expected source & competing users) unit: KLD NO YES 2.3 Minerals (MT) NO The proposed quarry lease area of 5.0 ha is a hill converted for mining activity. 6.9 KLD, from nearby village or bore wells in the adjacent agricultural fields. Annexure-III. 2.4 Construction material stone, aggregates, sand/soil(expected source - MT) NA 2.5 Forests and timber (source MT) NO 2.6 Energy including electricity and fuels (source, competing users) Unit: fuel (MT), energy (MW) 2.7 Any other natural resources (use appropriate standard units) YES Proposed method of mining is semi mechanized opencast, power required for office maintenance shall be drawn from nearby village. Power connection is available upto quarry site for agricultural lands. NO F-5

13 Stone Plus Form-1 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. S. No. Information/Checklist confirmation Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 3.1 Use of substances or materials, which are hazardous (as per MSIHC rules) to human health or the environment (flora, fauna, and water supplies) NO There are no Hazardous substances or materials to human health or the environment. It is a colour granite quarry and it is a mineral. However smooth blasting is required for cutting the primary blocks with low explosive like gun powder and nondelay detonators and the same is enclosed in Annexure II. 3.2 Changes in occurrence of disease or affect disease vectors (e.g. insect or water borne diseases) NO It is a semi mechanized colour granite quarry and it is a mineral. 3.3 Affect the welfare of people e.g. by changing living conditions? 3.4 Vulnerable groups of people who could be affected by the project e.g. hospital patients, children, the elderly etc., YES NO 3.5 Any other causes NO The proposed project shall enhance the prospects of employment. Recruitment of the unskilled and semiskilled workers for the proposed project will be from the nearby villages The nearest village is Nowgam located at a distance of 1.0 km from the QL area in NE direction. The project shall not have any significant impact on vulnerable groups of people. F-6

14 Stone Plus Form-1 4. Production of solid wastes during construction or operation or decommissioning (MT/month) S. No. Information/Checklist confirmation 4.1 Soil, overburden or mine wastes 4.2 Municipal waste (domestic and or commercial wastes) 4.3 Hazardous wastes (as per Hazardous Waste Management Rules) 4.4 Other industrial process NO wastes 4.5 Surplus product NO 4.6 Sewage sludge or other NO sludge from effluent treatment 4.7 Construction or demolition NO wastes 4.8 Redundant machinery or NO equipment 4.9 Contaminated soils or other NO materials 4.10 Agricultural wastes NO 4.11 Other solid wastes NO Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data YES There is no overburden on the deposit. The waste consisting of top soil generated will be stocked in the dump yard of 2500 m 2 with a height of 12 m. NO NO Waste oil from equipment shall be sent to authorized recyclers. F-7

15 Stone Plus Form-1 5. Release of pollutants or any hazardous, toxic or noxious substances to air (Kg/hr) S. No. Information/Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate confirmation quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 5.1 Emissions from combustion of NO fossil fuels from stationary or mobile sources 5.2 Emissions from production processes 5.3 Emissions from materials handling including storage or transport 5.4 Emissions from construction activities including plant and equipment 5.5 Dust or odours from handling of materials including construction materials, sewage and waste 5.6 Emissions from incineration of waste 5.7 Emissions from burning of waste in open air (e.g. slash materials, construction debris) 5.8 Emissions from any other sources YES Semi mechanized opencast method mining and wet drilling is proposed to reduce the dust emissions. YES Dust may rise during mining, transportation of mineral and waste material. The dust emissions shall be mitigated by water spraying. NO YES Dust may rise during mining, transportation of mineral and waste material. The dust emissions shall be mitigated by water spraying. NO NO NO F-8

16 Stone Plus Form-1 6. Generation of Noise and Vibration, and Emissions of Light and Heat: S. No. Information/Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate confirmation quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data with source of information data 6.1 From operation of equipment e.g. engines, ventilation plant, crushers YES Noise is anticipated during mining activity from drilling equipment, smooth blasting and transport vehicles. NO 6.2 From industrial or similar processes 6.3 From construction or demolition NO 6.4 From blasting or piling YES Dust and noise may rise during blasting. However smooth blasting is proposed with low explosives, nondelay detonators, wet drilling and water sprinkling is proposed to reduce dust emissions. 6.5 From construction or operational traffic NO 6.6 From lighting or cooling systems NO 6.7 From any other sources NO The increased traffic shall not have any significant impact. The number of trips will be three per day. F-9

17 Stone Plus Form-1 7. Risks of contamination of land or water from releases of pollutants into the ground or into sewers, surface waters, groundwater, coastal waters or the sea: S. No. Information/Checklist confirmation Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 7.1 From handling, storage, use or spillage of hazardous materials 7.2 From discharge of sewage or other effluents to water or the land (expected mode and place of discharge) NO NO 7.3 By deposition of pollutants emitted to NO air into the land or into water 7.4 From any other sources NO 7.5 Is there a risk of long term build up of NO pollutants in the environment from these sources? The material excavated is Colour Granite and it is mineral. Waste material will be stocked in dump yard which consist of unused blocks and top soil. Septic Tank followed by soak pit shall be provided for temporary toilets. 8. Risk of accidents during construction or operation of the Project, which could affect human health or the environment S. No. Information/Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with confirmation approximate quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 8.1 From explosions, spillages, fires etc from storage, handling, use or production of hazardous substances NO 8.2 From any other causes NO 8.3 Could the project be affected by natural disasters causing Environmental damage (e.g. floods, earthquakes, landslides, Cloudburst etc)? NO The material excavated is Colour Granite and it is mineral. Waste material will be stocked in dump yard which consist of unused blocks and top soil. The proposed quarry lease area is a hill with a height of 18 m and quarrying proposed is semi mechanized open cast method. F-10

18 Stone Plus Form-1 9. Factors which should be considered (such as consequential development) which could lead to environmental effects or the potential for cumulative impacts with other existing or planned activities in the locality S. No. Information/Checklist confirmation Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 9.1 Lead to development of supporting facilities, ancillary development or development stimulated by the project which could have impact on the environment e.g.: Supporting infrastructure (roads, power supply, waste or waste water treatment, etc.) Housing development Extractive industries Supply industries Other 9.2 Lead to after-use of the site, which could have an impact on the environment YES The proposed project shall enhance the prospects of employment. Recruitment for the unskilled and semiskilled workers for the proposed project will be from the nearby villages. NO 9.3 Set a precedent for later developments NO 9.4 Have cumulative effects due to proximity to other existing or planned projects with similar effects NO The baseline environmental status of the surrounding areas is within the prescribed limits as observed from the secondary data. (III) Environmental Sensitivity S.No. Areas 1 Areas protected under international conventions, national or local legislation for their ecological, landscape, cultural or other related value 2 Areas which are important or sensitive for ecological reasons - Wetlands, watercourses or other water bodies, coastal zone, biospheres, mountains, forests. Name/ Identity NO Aerial distance (within 15 Km) Proposed project location boundary YES Banshadhara Main Canal E Pedda Kedari RF - 6.1km - SW Jadupalli RF km -NW Banapuram RF -8.0 km - NW F-11

19 Stone Plus Form-1 3 Areas used by protected, important or NO sensitive species of flora or fauna for breeding, nesting, foraging, resting, over wintering, migration. 4 Inland, coastal, marine or underground NO waters 5 State, National boundaries NO 6 Routes or facilities used by the public for NO access to recreation or other tourist, pilgrim areas 7 Defence installations NO 8 Densely populated or built-up area NO The project impact area has no urban or semi-urban area. The PIA consists of rural area with low agricultural activity. 9 Areas occupied by sensitive man-made land uses (hospitals, schools, places of worship, community facilities) 10 Areas containing important, high quality or scarce resources (ground water resources, surface resources, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, tourism, minerals) 11 Areas already subjected to pollution or environmental damage. (those where existing legal environmental standards are exceeded) 12 Areas susceptible to natural hazard which could cause the project to present environmental problems (earthquakes, subsidence, landslides, erosion, flooding or extreme or adverse climatic conditions) NO The PIA consists of community facilities in various villages, however no major impact is anticipated, as the mine is 1.0 Km away from the residential area. NO NO The area is undeveloped and consists of very few industries. NO F-12

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22 Stone Plus Annexure of Form-1 ANNEXURE I Site Location map of M/s. Stone Plus A-1

23 Stone Plus Annexure of Form-1 Quarry Lease boundary map of M/s. Stone Plus A-2

24 Stone Plus Annexure of Form Introduction M/s. Stone Plus proposes to conduct semi mechanized open cast method quarrying for Colour granite extraction in an area of 5.0 ha in Survey No. 115, Nowgam Village, Nandigam Mandal, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh. The Director, Mines & Geology, Hyderabad vide Notice No /R1.1/2015, dated decided in principle to grant Quarry Lease for Colour Granite for a period of 20 years. Mining Plan has been approved by Joint Director Department of Mines and geology vide Letter No. 1982/MP/TKL/2015 dated It is proposed to conduct semi mechanized open cast method quarrying for Colour granite production of m 3 /annum. Capital proposed for quarrying is Rs. 14 Lakhs. 2.0 Quarry Lease Area Location M/s. Stone Plus proposes to conduct semi mechanized open cast quarrying for maximum granite production of m 3 /Annum. The quarry lease area of 5.0 ha is located at Survey No. 115, Nowgam Village, Nandigam Mandal, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh. The quarry lease area falls in the Survey of India topo sheet no. 74 B/6 of Latitude 18 40'27.27"N and Longitude 84 16'31.70"E with an elevation of 39 m. The nearest village Nowgam located at a distance of 1.0 km from the QL area in NE direction. The nearest town is Tekkali located at a distance of 8.1 kms in SW direction. Nearest Railway station is Tekkali at a distance of 8.8 kms in SW direction. Naugam-Korlapudi road is passing at a distance of 250 m in west direction. NH-5 is passing at a distance of 2.7km in South east direction. Banshadhara Main Canal is flowing at a distance of 200 m in East direction. Pedda Kedari Reserved forest is at a distance of 6.1km in SW direction. Jadupalli Reserved forest is at a distance of 7.3 km in NW direction. Banapuram Reserved forest is at a distance of 8.0 km in NW direction. There is no State/national boundary national park, wildlife/bird sanctuary and critically polluted areas within 10km radius from the quarry lease area. Details of the mine lease area are presented in table A-1. The lease area is bounded by following Geo Co- Ordinates Boundary Point N. Latitude E. Longitude '27.1" 84 16'34.1" OS '26.8" 84 16'34.7" '27.8" 84 16'34.7" '27.7" 84 16'35.3" A-3

25 Stone Plus Annexure of Form '28.7" 84 16'35.4" '29.2" 84 16'34.9" '30.2" 84 16'34.2" '30.0" 84 16'34.0" ' 31.6" 84 16'29.0" ' 29.8" 84 16'28.9" '28.8" 84 16' 28.6" '26.5" 84 16'29.0" '26.3" 84 16'28.8" '24.7" 84 16'28.5" OS 18 40' 23.7" 84 16'28.3" '23.5" 84 16'28.7" '22.9" 84 16'29.2" OS ' 22.8" 84 16'30.6" '20.1" 84 16'32.4" '20.2" 84 16'32.7" '20.0" 84 16'33.8" '20.4" 84 16'34.4" '20.7" 84 16'34.2" ' 22.2" 84 16'34.9" '23.6" 84 16'35.2" '25.4" 84 16'33.8" Table A-1 Details of the Lease area State & District Mandal Village Sy. No./ Area in Ownership Plot No. hectares of occupancy Andhra Pradesh & Srikakulam Nandigam Nowgam Govt. Land 3.0 Exploration a) Already carried out: In this area the applicant has undertaken following prospecting work: 1. Preliminary study of the visual examination of granite texture, design and pattern. 2. In this area the colour granite are exposed to surface with high elevation. The rock is stretching to a length of 340 m as two different sheet rocks and an average width of 150 m only. The nearby Quarry Lease holders are excavating the blocks and are marketing. The area is a proven area and the subject area is an extrapolated of the same hill ranges. However, the applicant has to carry out detailed prospecting operations to study the economic viability of the dimensional blocks. 3. The applicant, to study the feasibility of the applied area, has collected 2 nos of sample and examined for their structural details, fabric, texture and mineral grains A-4

26 Stone Plus Annexure of Form-1 distribution and polish surface. The percentage of recovery is arrived to be about 15%. However the percentage of recovery is anticipated to be increased with respect to the depth and the technology to be used b) Future Programme of exploration: Since, the deposit is exposed of big boulders and the preliminary collections of samples and study of the rock proved to be of marketable grade, and also the presence of existing quarry adjacent to the subject area. No further exploration of the deposit is envisaged. The applicant wishes to carry out excavations and conduct regular quarrying operations in systematic manner. 4.0 Geological Reserves The reserves are computed basing on the available sub-surface lithology of the subject area and also excavations made in the existing quarries adjacent to the subject area by other lease holders. It reveals that the sheet rock is encountered from 20m depth and it extended further depths. However, thickness available upto 30m level is taken for computation of proved deposit and 10m each below the proved as probable and possible deposit. The proved deposit is considered as "Reserves" and the probable & possible deposit is considered as "Resources". Section wise calculation of black granite reserves are given in the following table. Rock Table A-2 Reserves Estimation Category Section Influence Sectional Volume in distance in m area in m 2 m 3 15% in m 3 85% in m 3 A B A x B (A x B)0.15 (A x B)0.85 Proved A - A B - B C - C D - D' E - E' Total Probable A - A B - B C - C D - D' E - E' Possible A - A B - B C - C D - D' A-5

27 Stone Plus Annexure of Form-1 E - E' Total Grand Total Total Reserves of Colour 15 % recovery = m 3 The reserves are blocked by the 7.5 barrier zone (1032m x 7.5m x 28m (average thickness) x 15% recovery factor) From pit slopes, the reserves blocked are 2% of the reserves blocked in buffer zone = m 3 = 650 m 3 Total Non-mineable reserves = m m 3 = m 3 Total reserves assessed - Non-mineable reserves = m m 3 = m Mineable reserves and life of the mine Total mineable reserves of m 3 are available in this QL area. The production is proposed to obtain m 3 per year. At this rate of production, the expected life of the mine is calculated as below. Life of the quarry: Mineable reserves/annual production = m 3 /12000 m 3 = years or say 15 years. 6.0 Quarrying Method The mining operations are carried out by open cast semi mechanization method by developing multiple benches of 6 m height. The removal of side burden consisting of soil, weathered rocks and fractured rocks is the general practice of the opening of the quarry. The side burden of soil will be removed with the help of excavators. The weathered material further loosened using blasting by utilizing gun powder as explosive. The loosed soil and weathered granite will be loaded in tippers and lifted to dump yard. 6.1 Separation of Large Primary Blocks of Mother Rock The primary cuts i.e. the lateral and horizontal cuts by diamond wire saw cuts through slaughter holes (A 50 m wire saw run gets around 600 sqm. Cut) and if situation permits by use of detonating cords a close spaced blast is performed (To leverage natural Joint). 10 m in length and 8 m in width and 6 m height Sizes are produced. The wire for Granite is made A-6

28 Stone Plus Annexure of Form-1 of the steel wire, sintered beds with plastics injected on the steel wire and between diamond beds in order to safeguard the steel wire from the abrasive components of granite (i.e Quartz, Feldspar, etc). The stationary diamond wire machines were born for three main purposes: Squaring and dressing of irregularly shaped blocks, preparing them for final processing in slabs and tiles. Making thickness of stone of certain width in order to utilize the best gangsaws and blocks cutter having maximum productions and profit from the processing machines. Perform automatic cuts of block into slabs of different thickness. The block can so be programmed to have a certain number of slabs each of prescribed thickness. 6.2 Sub Division of Large Primary Block Into Secondary Block (secondary Cuts) i. Once the primary blocks are dislodged from sheet rock depending up on the dislodged material secondary blocks are cut, fractures, block lines and penetrative cracks are carefully trimmed and removed by this way. ii. The commercial blocks will be trimmed so as that the sites form right angles to each other iii. The size of blocks could be formed from the ROM of this property will be in the following dimensional ranges. Gang saw sizes Cutter sizes Khandas Length : 190 to 380 cm 180 cm 70 cm Width : 140 to 200 cm 90 cm 40 cm Height : 120 to 170 cm 70 cm 40 m 6.3 Production of commercial blocks To give a regular shape, the removed blocks are dressed with cutting and polishing face, and the other direction perpendicular to it. For this purpose also Jack Hammer drills and feather wedges are widely used. Below sizes were produced in the ratio of 1:3 and also depending upon the recovery. 7.0 List of Machinery S. No. Type of Machinery Unit 01 Excavator 370 & Tippers 2 03 Jack Hammer Drills 8 A-7

29 Stone Plus Annexure of Form-1 04 Air Compressors 2 05 Water Pump 1 06 Tam rock 1 07 Wire-saw cutting machines 2 Minor Tools: Crowbars, heavy duty sledge hammers, pick axes, Spades etc., will be used. 8.0 Year wise Development and production for five years From the five year quarrying operations a volume of m 3 rock mass will be excavated out of which m 3 dimensional granite will be recovered. A total waste of m 3 has to be handled including the additional waste in the form of overburden soil. Year wise production and waste generation details are presented in table A-3 S. No Year Area in m 2 Table A-3 Year wise Granite Production and Waste generation Average Volume Volume of granite thickness in m 3 15 % in m in m 3 Volume of intercalated 85 % in m 3 1 I II III IV V Total Average Employment Potential Table A-4 Employment potential S. No Description Qualification Quantity 1 Manager Experience of more than 15 years in Granite Quarry operations. 2 Mines Supervisor SSLC, Experience in Granite mine for 10 years 1 3 Skilled Workers Workers with experience for more than 10 years in Granite Mines 4 Unskilled Workers For helping the Mines Manager and supervisor 10 5 Machine Operators IIT Qualified Person 2 6 Watch Man -- 1 Total A-8

30 Stone Plus Annexure of Form-1 ANNEXURE - II Drilling and Blasting Drilling and blasting plays vital role in determining the size and shape of rough blocks. Drilling Pattern is important in developing a working face and also preparing the rough blocks suitable for their use in appropriate processing units. There are no important places in and around the area, blasting will be carried with precautionary measures. Drilling Parameters i. Drill holes diameter: 74/Pmm ii. Depth and inclination of the blast holes: 3 meter in case of separation primary blocks depending on the block size. Then the drill-hole will be vertical. iii. Burden and Spacing: 1.5m X 3 m iv. Stemming and charging of the blast hole: The blast hole will be charged with 100 grams of explosives and filled with clan pills subsequently; the shot hole will be stemmed using brass stemming rods. v. Explosive type: (1) Slurry based explosives or Gun Powder. Broad Blasting parameter Drill-Hole patterns for primary and secondary smooth blasting. Uniform single line equidistant holes (line drilling) will be deployed for separation of blocks from mother rock. In the case of sheet rock the primary drilling will be in the form of equidistant vertical holes to take out blocks of Gang Saw. A-9

31 Stone Plus Annexure of Form-1 ANNEXURE - III Water Requirement Water requirement for the project is mainly for Domestic source, maintaining the green belt and also for sprinkling on the haulage roads to mitigate dust emissions. The water shall be drawn from nearby villages. The water requirement of the project is presented in Table A-5. Table A-5 Water Requirement S. No Water Usage Quantity KLD 1 Wet drilling operation (On production 100 Ltr/1 m 3 ) Water sprinkling on haul 1Ltr/Sq.Mt (800 m 2 )+1/4 th for 1.4 waste dump 3 45 Ltr/Head (25No s) Green 0.2 KL for ha 2 times a day 0.4 Total 6.9 Site Services It is proposed to provide the site services like mine office and other statutory constructions like rest shelter, first aid, work shed and drinking water as required at the quarry lease area in Northeastern direction. Drinking water will be supplied to the workers from the borewell opened in the adjacent agricultural field or from nearby village. A-10

32 Stone Plus Annexure of Form-1 ANNEXURE IV Solid Wastes Generation and Management Plan It is proposed to produce around m 3 marketable granite in five years. Considering a recovery factor of 15%, to win possible m 3 of granite blocks, it will be necessary to handle approximately m 3 granite. Thus, 85% of waste amounting to m 3 will be generated over a period of five years. Such kind of waste will be dumped in dumping yard. Most of the solid waste will be disposed for road construction, back filling of mine excavation and some other general purpose. Solid waste generated year wise for first five years plan as below Table A-6. Table A-6 Solid waste generated year wise S. No. Year Total waste generated m 3 1 I Year II Year III Year IV Year V Year Total waste generated for five years Dump Area It is proposed to dump the solid waste in the southeastern end of the quarry lease area. The dumps will be maintained to a height of 12 m in an area of 2500 m 2 within quarry lease area. The dumps will be maintained with a height of 12 m and properly stabilized from the safety aspects. A-11

33 M/S. STONE PLUS SURVEY NO: 115, NOWGAM VILLAGE, NANDIGAM MANDAL, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN (SEMI MECHANISED OPENCAST COLOUR GRANITE QUARRY-5.0 ha) SUBMITTED BY Sri Surya Devara Jogendra Dev Plot No. 54, Ocean Drive, Sagar Nagar, Visakhapatnam Mobile: , STUDIES AND DOCUMENTATION BY TEAM Labs and Consultants (MoE&F O.M. - S. NO: 25, List A-1) B-115 to 117 & 509, Annapurna Block, Aditya Enclave, Ameerpet, Hyderabad Phone: /616, Telefax: [email protected] SUBMITTED TO STATE LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY ANDHRA PRADESH GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

34 CONTENTS Section Chapter Page No. 1.0 Introduction Granites and its uses Mining Method Mine Location Land use pattern of the lease area Geology Regional Geology Local Geology Brief description of litho units Exploration Estimation and Calculation of Geological Reserves Mineable Reserves and Life of the quarry Mining Separation of Large Primary Blocks From mother Rock Sub Division of Large Primary Block Into Secondary Block (Secondary Cuts) Production of Commercial Blocks List of Machinery Employment Potential Scheme development and production Mining Programme plan for five years Drilling & Blasting Blasting Parameters Drilling Parameters Site Services Water Requirement Environment Management Plan Sources of Pollution and Control Measures Air pollution and its control Noise pollution and its control Occupational Safety and Health Occupational Safety and Health to control exposure to noise Control Of Ground Vibrations & Fly Rocks Boulder Peak Particle Velocity Water Quality Management Water Resources Water Management Catchment Area Treatment Plan 1-22

35 17.0 Waste Management plan Dump Area Land Management Land Reclamation Soil Conservation Measures House Keeping Transport Systems Environmental Greening Program Socio-economic Environment Disaster Planning Environment Management Cell Post Project Monitoring Other Management Aspects Cost proposed for Environmental Protection Measures 1-28

36 List of Tables Section Description Page No 1.1 Details of the mine lease area Land use in the lease area Reserves Estimation Employment Potential Year wise Granite Production and Waste generation Water Requirement Peak Particle Velocity (V) Environment Management - Cost Estimate 1-29 List of Figures Section Description Page No 1.1 Location Map of M/s. Stone Plus quarry lease Quarry lease area sketch of M/s. Stone Plus 1-6

37 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN 1.0 Introduction This report discusses the management plan for mitigation/abatement of adverse environmental impacts and enhancement of beneficial impacts due to mining. The EMP has been designed within the framework of various legislative and regulatory requirements on environmental and socio-economic aspects. M/s. Stone Plus proposes to conduct semi mechanized open cast method quarrying for Colour granite extraction in an area of 5.0 ha in Survey No. 115, Nowgam Village, Nandigam Mandal, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh. The Director, Mines & Geology, Hyderabad vide Notice No /R1.1/2015, dated decided in principle to grant Quarry Lease for Colour Granite for a period of 20 years. Mining Plan has been approved by Joint Director Department of Mines and geology vide Letter No. 1982/MP/TKL/2015 dated It is proposed to conduct semi mechanized open cast method quarrying for Colour granite production of m 3 /annum. Capital proposed for quarrying is Rs. 14 Lakhs. M/s. Stone Plus is conscious of its environmental responsibility towards the society in minimizing the pollution load due to this project and accordingly decided to carry out the Environment Management Plan. The objective of preparing environment management plan is to delineate effective measures to control and to mitigate the environmental pollution. This report presents the environment management plan, detailing the environmentally sound technology and the measures needed to contain and mitigate the anticipated environmental impacts due to the project. 1.1 Granite and its uses Granite is a very common intrusive igneous rock. It is light-colored granulose plutonic rock composed of the minerals feldspar, quartz and biotite & muscovite mica. These minerals make granite white, pink, or light grey. Granite also contains small amounts of dark brown, dark-green, or black minerals, such as hornblende and biotite mica. Granite is very hard and dense. It can be readily cut into very large blocks and it takes an extremely high polish. The name granite is derived from the Latin word granum, which means grain, an obvious reference to the granular texture of granite. The average density of granite is between 2.65 and 2.75 g/cm 3, with a compressive strength of above 200 Mega Pascal (MPa). 1-1 Team Labs and Consultants

38 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan Uses Granite has been extensively used as a dimension stone and as flooring tiles in public and commercial buildings and monuments. With increasing amounts of acid rain in parts of the world, granite has begun to supplant marble as a monument material, since it is much more durable. Engineers have traditionally used polished granite surfaces to establish a plane of reference, since they are relatively impervious and inflexible. Granite tables are used extensively as a base for optical instruments due to granite's rigidity, high dimensional stability and excellent vibration characteristics. Rough-cut and polished granite is used in buildings, bridges, paving, monuments and many other exterior projects. Indoors, polished granite slabs and tiles are used in countertops, tile floors, stair treads and many other practical and decorative features. Presently, cut and polished granite slabs of 20 mm thickness are preferred for flooring, while tiles of 10 or 12 mm thickness are used for cladding. 1.2 Mining Method The mining operations are carried out by open cast semi mechanization method by developing multiple benches of 6 m height. The removal of side burden consisting of soil, weathered rocks and fractured rocks is the general practice of the opening of the quarry. The side burden of soil will be removed with the help of excavators. The weathered material further loosened using blasting by utilizing gun powder as explosive. The loosed soil and weathered granite will be loaded in tippers and lifted to dump yard. 1.3 Mine Location M/s. Stone Plus proposes to conduct semi mechanized open cast quarrying for maximum granite production of m 3 /Annum. The quarry lease area of 5.0 ha is located at Survey No. 115, Nowgam Village, Nandigam Mandal, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh. The quarry lease area falls in the Survey of India topo sheet no. 74 B/6 of Latitude 18 40'27.27"N and Longitude 84 16'31.70"E with an elevation of 39 m. The nearest village Nowgam located at a distance of 1.0 km from the QL area in NE direction. The nearest town is Tekkali located at a distance of 8.1 kms in SW direction. Nearest Railway station is Tekkali at a distance of 8.8 kms in SW direction. Naugam-Korlapudi road is passing at a distance of 250 m in west direction. NH-5 is passing at a distance of 2.7km in South east direction. Banshadhara Main 1-2 Team Labs and Consultants

39 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan Canal is flowing at a distance of 200 m in East direction. Pedda Kedari Reserved forest is at a distance of 6.1km in SW direction. Jadupalli Reserved forest is at a distance of 7.3 km in NW direction. Banapuram Reserved forest is at a distance of 8.0 km in NW direction. There is no State/national boundary national park, wildlife/bird sanctuary and critically polluted areas within 10km radius from the quarry lease area. Quarry lease location map is presented in figure 1.1. Details of the mine lease area are presented in table 1.1. The lease area is bounded by following Geo Co- Ordinates Boundary Point N. Latitude E. Longitude '27.1" 84 16'34.1" OS '26.8" 84 16'34.7" '27.8" 84 16'34.7" '27.7" 84 16'35.3" '28.7" 84 16'35.4" '29.2" 84 16'34.9" '30.2" 84 16'34.2" '30.0" 84 16'34.0" ' 31.6" 84 16'29.0" ' 29.8" 84 16'28.9" '28.8" 84 16' 28.6" '26.5" 84 16'29.0" '26.3" 84 16'28.8" '24.7" 84 16'28.5" OS 18 40' 23.7" 84 16'28.3" '23.5" 84 16'28.7" '22.9" 84 16'29.2" OS ' 22.8" 84 16'30.6" '20.1" 84 16'32.4" '20.2" 84 16'32.7" '20.0" 84 16'33.8" '20.4" 84 16'34.4" '20.7" 84 16'34.2" ' 22.2" 84 16'34.9" '23.6" 84 16'35.2" '25.4" 84 16'33.8" Table 1.1 Details of the Lease area State & District Mandal Village Sy. No./ Area in Ownership Plot No. hectares of occupancy Andhra Pradesh & Srikakulam Nandigam Nowgam Govt. Land 1-3 Team Labs and Consultants

40 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan 1.4 Land use pattern of the lease area The applied area is a rugged hill trending North South with slopes due west and east side of the Q.L applied area. The quarry lease area is occupied by big boulders and sheet rock forming ridges. Due to rocky terrain of having granite rock with boulder formation in the entire area, does not cover vegetation except small bushes and scrubs. Table 1.2 Land use in Lease Area S. No Purpose Extent (Ha) 1 Area under quarrying Dump area Road Infrastructure(Office, rest shelter) Green belt Stock Yard Vacant Total Team Labs and Consultants

41 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan Fig 1.1 Location map of M/s. Stone Plus quarry lease 1-5 Team Labs and Consultants

42 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan Fig 1.2 Quarry Lease Area sketch of M/s. Stone Plus 1-6 Team Labs and Consultants

43 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan 2.0 Topography Topographically the applied area is a rugged hill trending North South with slopes due west and east side of the Q.L applied area. Pillar No.OS4 to the eastern side of the Quarry Lease applied area is taken as a bench mark of 33m. The highest R.L is 48m located at the northcentral part of the hill and the lowest altitude is 30 m. Thus, the area is having an altitudinal range of 18 m from the general ground level. The quarry lease area is occupied by big boulders and sheet rock forming ridges. Due to rocky terrain of having granite rock with boulder formation in the entire area, does not cover vegetation except small bushes and scrubs. There are no prominent streams and canals in the area. The precipitation follows the natural slopes and reaches major water tanks situated to the west of the area at a distance of 150 mts. The surrounding lands on Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western area being used for agriculture. 3.0 Regional Geology The region, forms a part of the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt - a unique entity in the Indian Geology. It is made up of rocks included in the Eastern Ghats Supergroup of Archaean age. Comprising a distinctive group of lithounits, the Eastern Ghats Supergroup represents one of the most deep-seated ensemble now exposed at the surface levels. The rocks of both sedimentary and igneous parentage formed in a mobile belt are highly metamorphosed in granulite facies and intensely deformed in multiple diastrophic episodes. The khondalite and its variants of the Khondalite Group and the different varieties of charnockite of the Charnockite Group comprise the predominant rock units. The khondalite, a sedimentary derivative, is quartz-garnet-sillimanite-graphite gneiss with well developed banding defined by the alignment of leucocratic and melanocratic constituent minerals. Charnockite, an igneous derivative, is bluish to gray massive crystalline rock with distinctive mineralogy. Hypersthene is characteristic of the varieties of charnockite ranging from basic to acidic. This assemblage of charnockite and khondalite is intruded by the later granites resulting in the formation of migmatite gneisses, banded gneisses etc. The final phase of igneous activity is represented by the emplacement of quartz and pegmatite veins. The mobile belt is divided into three longitudinal zones viz. the Western Charnockite Zone (WCZ), the Cental Khondalite Zone (CKZ) and the Eastern Migmatite Zone (EMZ). The EMZ is 1-7 Team Labs and Consultants

44 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan well developed in the Northern parts of the belt around Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam. 3.1 Local Geology The Quarry Lease applied area comprises of soil cover with underneath rock formation.. The area forms part of the Archean metamorphic belt of the Eastern Ghats occupied by Khondalite, Charnockie series of rocks and garnetiferous gneissic granites. The lithounits may be classified as Archean complex subject to granulite facies of metamorphism with later quartzo-felspathic injections resulting in migmatisation. The rock types exposed in the mandal are as follows Archeans - Quartz - Felspathic Gneiss/Granite Gneiss, Quatz-Felspar-Biotite -Garnet Gneiss Migmatite with inclusions of Charnockite, Pyroxene Granulite or Enclaves of Khondalite, Hypersthene Gneiss/Granite, Pyroxene Gneiss The rock types exposed are mainly hypersthene gneisses and charnockite series of rocks from acidic to basic, migmatites, quartzo-felspathic granite gneiss. The rock is melanocratic in colour and euigranular with medium to coarse grain texture. 3.2 Brief description of litho units The Migmatites and Migmatized Charnockite deposits are commercially known as "Srikakulam Blue". The Migmatite essentially consists of Blue Quartz and Bluish Homblends and Biotite. The rock displays Wavy Banding, pygmatic folding of bands, paleoso - Mesosom - Leucosom and Minimal Lineation. A number of parallel slips trending N-S, NNW-SSE and NNE- SSW cut across the way banding, pinching and displacing the bandings, which imparts additional beauty to the stone besides its Blue colour. The arrested enclaves of Charnockite (locally known as oil patches) and healed hairline fractures (known as white and coloured lines) cutting across the wavy banding are considered defects. The Colour Granite from this area is being exploited under the commercial name of "Lavender Blue". The lithounits are: Granite Granite : 0-6m as bouldery formation in the entire area of Q.L : Sheet rock formation of colour granite 1-8 Team Labs and Consultants

45 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan 4.0 Exploration a) Already carried out: In this area the applicant has undertaken following prospecting work: 1. Preliminary study of the visual examination of granite texture, design and pattern. 2. In this area the colour granite are exposed to surface with high elevation. The rock is stretching to a length of 340 m as two different sheet rocks and an average width of 150 m only. The nearby Quarry Lease holders are excavating the blocks and are marketing. The area is a proven area and the subject area is an extrapolated of the same hill ranges. However, the applicant has to carry out detailed prospecting operations to study the economic viability of the dimensional blocks. 3. The applicant, to study the feasibility of the applied area, has collected 2 nos of sample and examined for their structural details, fabric, texture and mineral grains distribution and polish surface. The percentage of recovery is arrived to be about 15%. However the percentage of recovery is anticipated to be increased with respect to the depth and the technology to be used. b) Future Programme of exploration: Since, the deposit is exposed of big boulders and the preliminary collections of samples and study of the rock proved to be of marketable grade, and also the presence of existing quarry adjacent to the subject area. No further exploration of the deposit is envisaged. The applicant wishes to carry out excavations and conduct regular quarrying operations in systematic manner. 5.0 Estimation and Calculation of Geological Reserves The reserves are computed basing on the available sub-surface lithology of the subject area and also excavations made in the existing quarries adjacent to the subject area by other lease holders. It reveals that the sheet rock is encountered from 20m depth and it extended further depths. However, thickness available upto 30m level is taken for computation of proved deposit and 10m each below the proved as probable and possible deposit. The proved deposit is considered as "Reserves" and the probable & possible deposit is considered as "Resources". Further, the percentage of recovery is a major parameter in arriving mineable deposit. In this area the 15% of recovery is considered leaving remaining percentage as waste which includes 1-9 Team Labs and Consultants

46 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan soil, bands of weather rock, fault rock, joint cracks etc, the calculations of colour granite are given below in Table 1.3 Category Section Proved Probable Possible Table 1.3 Reserves Estimation Influence Sectional Volume in distance in m area in m 2 m 3 Rock 15% in m 3 85% in m 3 A B A x B (A x B)0.15 (A x B)0.85 A - A B - B C - C D - D' E - E' Total A - A B - B C - C D - D' E - E' A - A B - B C - C D - D' E - E' Total Grand Total Total Reserves of Colour 15 % recovery = m 3 The reserves are blocked by the 7.5 barrier zone (1032m x 7.5m x 28m (average thickness) x 15% recovery factor) From pit slopes, the reserves blocked are 2% of the reserves blocked in buffer zone = m 3 = 650 m 3 Total Non-mineable reserves = m m 3 = m 3 Total reserves assessed - Non-mineable reserves = m m 3 = m Team Labs and Consultants

47 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan 5.1 Mineable Reserves and Life of the Quarry Total mineable reserves of m 3 are available in this QL area. The production is proposed to obtain m 3 per year. At this rate of production, the expected life of the mine is calculated as below. Life of the quarry: Mineable reserves/annual production = m 3 /12000 m 3 = years or say 15 years. 6.0 Mining The mining operations are carried out by open cast semi mechanization method by developing multiple benches of 6 m height. The removal of side burden consisting of soil, weathered rocks and fractured rocks is the general practice of the opening of the quarry. The side burden of soil will be removed with the help of excavators. The weathered material further loosened using blasting by utilizing gun powder as explosive. The loosed soil and weathered granite will be loaded in tippers and lifted to dump yard. 6.1 Separation of Large Primary Blocks of Mother Rock The primary cuts i.e. the lateral and horizontal cuts by diamond wire saw cuts through slaughter holes (A 50 m wire saw run gets around 600 sqm. Cut) and if situation permits by use of detonating cords a close spaced blast is performed (To leverage natural Joint). 10 m in length and 8 m in width and 6 m height Sizes are produced. The wire for Granite is made of the steel wire, sintered beds with plastics injected on the steel wire and between diamond beds in order to safeguard the steel wire from the abrasive components of granite (i.e Quartz, Feldspar, etc). The stationary diamond wire machines were born for three main purposes: Squaring and dressing of irregularly shaped blocks, preparing them for final processing in slabs and tiles. Making thickness of stone of certain width in order to utilize the best gangsaws and blocks cutter having maximum productions and profit from the processing machines. Perform automatic cuts of block into slabs of different thickness. The block can so be programmed to have a certain number of slabs each of prescribed thickness Team Labs and Consultants

48 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan 6.2 Sub Division of Large Primary Block Into Secondary Block (secondary Cuts) i. Once the primary blocks are dislodged from sheet rock depending up on the dislodged material secondary blocks are cut, fractures, block lines and penetrative cracks are carefully trimmed and removed by this way. ii. The commercial blocks will be trimmed so as that the sites form right angles to each other iii. The size of blocks could be formed from the ROM of this property will be in the following dimensional ranges. Gang saw sizes Cutter sizes Khandas Length : 190 to 380 cm 180 cm 70 cm Width : 140 to 200 cm 90 cm 40 cm Height : 120 to 170 cm 70 cm 40 cm 7.0 Production of commercial blocks To give a regular shape, the removed blocks are dressed with cutting and polishing face, and the other direction perpendicular to it. For this purpose also Jack Hammer drills and feather wedges are widely used. Below sizes were produced in the ratio of 1:3 and also depending upon the recovery. 8.0 List of Machinery S. No. Type of Machinery Unit 01 Excavator 370 & Tippers 2 03 Jack Hammer Drills 8 04 Air Compressors 2 05 Water Pump 1 06 Tam rock 1 07 Wire-saw cutting machines 2 Minor Tools: Crowbars, heavy duty sledge hammers, pick axes, Spades etc., will be used. 9.0 Employment Potential The applicant has proposed following employees at the mine site. Table 1.4 Employment potential S. No Description Qualification Quantity 1 Manager Experience of more than 15 years in Granite Quarry operations. 2 Mines Supervisor SSLC, Experience in Granite mine for 10 years Team Labs and Consultants

49 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan 3 Skilled Workers Workers with experience for more than 10 years in Granite Mines 4 Unskilled Workers For helping the Mines Manager and supervisor 10 5 Machine Operators IIT Qualified Person 2 6 Watch Man -- 1 Total Scheme development and production It has been proposed to commence quarrying operation from the top of the hill at Northern side of the Q.L area in part lying between 48 R.L to 30 R.L Mining Programme plan for five years 1 st Year: The First year quarrying operations will be commenced from the top of the hill at the Northern end of the Q.L applied area by removing the surface boulders initially at 42m R.L and reaching the top of the hill at 48m R.L in the Q. L and reducing the floor level to 42 R.L. It is proposed to excavate an area of m 2 with an average thickness of 4.5 m. With 15% recovery a volume of 7425 m 3 saleable granite and waste of m 3 of rock mass will be removed. In the first year the production level is kept low as the mining operation involves making of approach road, development of mine etc. 2 nd year: The Second year quarrying operations will be started from R.L. 36m at the northern end of the quarry lease area and advances towards south along N-S flange of the hill side keeping the floor R.L intact throughout. It is proposed to excavate an area of m 2 with an average thickness of 4.5 m. A volume of m 3 of saleable granite is produced and a volume of m 3 of rock mass has to be handled as waste at 15% recovery. 3 rd year: The third year quarrying operations will be continued by commencing the operations at 36m R.L from northern side of the Q.L area and advance towards southern side of the hill. The excavations shall be made in between 42m - 36m R.L, keeping the floor level as 36m. An area of m 2 will be destructed to achieve a volume of m 3 of saleable granite with an average thickness of 4.5 m. A volume of m 3 of waste rock mass will be generated and dumped at the waste dump area. 4 th year: The fourth year quarrying operations will be commenced from the northern end at 30m R.L and continue towards southern side along the N-S trend hill. The excavations shall be made in between 36m - 30m R.L, keeping the floor level as 30m. An area of m 2 will be 1-13 Team Labs and Consultants

50 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan destructed to achieve a volume of m 3 of saleable granite with an average thickness of 4.5 m. A volume of m 3 of waste rock mass will be generated and dumped at the waste dump area. 5 th year: The fifth year quarrying operations will be continued from fourth year operations and advances further south of the hill keeping the floor R.L 30m intact. The excavations shall be made in between 36m - 30m R.L, keeping the floor level as 30m. An area of m 2 will be destructed to achieve a volume of m 3 of saleable granite with an average thickness of 4.5 m. A volume of m 3 of waste rock mass will be generated and dumped at the waste dump area. From the five year quarrying operations a volume of m 3 rock mass will be excavated out of which m 3 dimensional granite will be recovered. A total waste of m 3 has to be handled including the additional waste in the form of overburden soil. Year wise production and waste generation details are presented in table 1.5. S. No Year Area in m 2 Table 1.5 Year wise Granite Production and Waste generation Average Volume Volume of granite thickness in m 3 15 % in m in m 3 Volume of intercalated 85 % in m 3 1 I II III IV V Total Average Drilling & Blasting Drilling and blasting plays vital role in determining the size and shape of rough blocks. Drilling Pattern is important in developing a working face and also preparing the rough blocks suitable for their use in appropriate processing units. There are no important places in and around the area, blasting will be carried with precautionary measures Broad Blasting Parameters Drill-Hole patterns for primary and secondary smooth blasting. Uniform single line equidistant holes (line drilling) will be deployed for separation of blocks from mother rock. In 1-14 Team Labs and Consultants

51 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan the case of sheet rock the primary drilling will be in the form of equidistant vertical holes to take out blocks of Gang Saw Drilling Parameters i. Drill holes diameter: 74/P mm ii. iii. Depth and inclination of the blast holes: 3 meter in case of separation primary blocks depending on the block size. Then the drill-hole will be vertical. Burden and Spacing: 1.5m X 3 m iv. Stemming and charging of the blast hole: The blast hole will be charged with 100 grams of explosives and filled with clan pills subsequently; the shot hole will be stemmed. v. Explosive type: (1) Slurry based explosives or Gun Powder Site services It is proposed to provide the site services like mine office and other statutory constructions like rest shelter, first aid, work shed and drinking water as required at the quarry lease area in Northeastern direction. Drinking water will be supplied to the workers from the borewell opened in the adjacent agricultural field or from nearby village Water requirement Water requirement is mainly for drinking purpose, domestic purpose, green belt maintaining and for sprinkling on Mine haulage roads the water shall be drawn from nearby village. The domestic waste water shall be sent to septic tank followed by soak pit. Rainwater Catch Pond of 20 KL capacity will be provided to collect the storm water for reuse. This will ensure that the rainwater is effectively used and minimizes the drawl of ground water resources. The water requirement is presented in table 1.6. Table 1.6 Water Requirement S. No Water Usage Quantity KLD 1 Wet drilling operation (On production 100 Ltr/1 m 3 ) Water sprinkling on haul 1Ltr/Sq.Mt (800 m 2 )+1/4 th for 1.4 waste dump 3 45 Ltr/Head (25No s) Green 0.2 KL for ha 2 times a day 0.4 Total Team Labs and Consultants

52 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan 13.0 Environment Management Plan Environmental protection is an issue that no organization can neglect and hope to survive. The products of civilization are being dumped upon the environment to a degree that the environment finds difficult to assimilate. The key to the success of the integrated approach to pollution prevention and control is the management and operation of the organization. Effective committed management delivers a successful operation. As total commitment to the environment, not just for compliance with legal or regulatory compliance will be the essence of environment management. Many companies have recognized the benefits of implementing an effective environmental management system. Environmental management plan can be effectively implemented to mitigate the pollution levels by observing the following: a. Pollution will be prevented or reduced at the source b. Pollution that cannot be prevented will be recycled in an environmentally safe manner. c. Pollution that cannot be prevented or recycled will be treated in environmentally safe manner and d. Disposal and other releases into the environment will be used only as a last resort and will be conducted in an environmentally safe manner. The proposed project is granite mine. The mine owners are aware of the adverse impacts due to the mining activity and propose to initiate a number of measures for the environment protection within the mine area and in the surrounding areas. The company has a stated environmental policy of ensuring regulatory compliance with respect to the statutory laws and regulations and those periodically issued by the Ministry of Environment, GOI, New Delhi, CPCB, New Delhi and State Pollution Control Board Sources of Pollution and Control Measures The sources of pollution are air and noise from the proposed activity mainly from Mining, drilling, Blasting and transportation of mineral. Waste material generation, dumping and restoration Air pollution and its control The granite quarrying does not involve much dust formation. The dust would be generated during drilling, smooth blasting, quarrying and also during handling and transportation of the 1-16 Team Labs and Consultants

53 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan material. The dust anticipated at drilling place will be suppressed by putting cloth around the hole. Use of sharp drill pits for drilling holes and drills with water flushing systems (wet drilling) to reduce dust generation. Water spraying to be adopted at Faces/sites before and after blasting, Faces/sites while loading. Over charging of blast holes should be avoided. Personal protective equipments like nose mask and goggles etc will be provided to the workers. Regular water spraying on haul roads during transportation of mineral and waste by water sprinklers. Over loading of transport equipments should be avoided to prevent spillage. Also, measures such as covering tarpaulin over the loaded material will prevent spreading of dust particles from the trucks. Speed controls on vehicle movements to limited speed. Wind reduction control by plantation. Over burden dump has reached the optimum size, it will covered with top soil and water will spread on top soil and grass will be developed on the dump. Limiting the height and slope of the stockpiles can also reduce wind speed. Regular checking and maintenance of vehicles should be conducted and pollution under control certificate be obtained. Periodical monitoring of ambient air quality will helps to take steps to control the pollutants Noise pollution and its control The major source of noise pollution is due to drilling of drill holes, machinery, smooth blasting and vehicular movement. Blasting operations will be carried out only during daytime so as to avoid high noise intensity in night time. Noise barriers in the form of trees are provided to attenuate the noise levels and green belt of 3 m width shall be developed to mitigate propagation of noise. Protective equipment to reduce the noise levels like ear muffs and other protective devices will be provided to the staff working near noise generating sources like drill machine operators and dumper drivers. Training would be imparted to mine personnel to generate awareness about the damaging effects of noise. The transport activity shall be restricted to day time to reduce impact on habitation. The engines of the tractors shall be switched off during loading operation, and shall be periodically maintained to ensure low noise levels. Proper maintenance of the equipment will also reduce the noise Occupational Safety and Health Health and safety aspects of the mine will be taken care off as per the World Bank (WB) guidelines on open pit mining. The guidelines provide the detailed information on the aspects that are required to be taken into account for maintaining proper health and safety issues Team Labs and Consultants

54 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan The workers continuously exposed to dust will be provided with protective devices like dust mask to prevent respiratory disorders. The workers continuously exposed to a high noise will be provided with ear muffs/ earplugs. Green belt in and around the mining area will be developed to attenuate noise and dust impact. The blasting carried out in the mine area will be carefully planned and executed under the supervision of a responsible officer, to avoid any accidents. Provisions of rest shelter for mine workers with facility of drinking water supply for the employees will be provided by the project authority. The standard of the drinking water will be per WHO guidelines. Periodical training programme to inform the employees about their task, associated risk, and safe working practices will be undertaken. Conduct of mock drill, Safe storage & handling of explosives. Training will also include information on accident prevention, proper control and maintenance of equipment and safe material handling practices. Awareness on safety and ensure using of personal protective equipments (PPE) by workers. Regular maintenance and testing of equipments will be done. A regular monitoring of the Occupational Health and Safety will reduce the chances of accidents in the mine. Records of job related accidents and illness should be maintained. This information will be reviewed and evaluated to improve the effectiveness of Environmental Health and Safety programme. Occupational Safety and Health to Control Dust Inhalation Very little dust is expected to be generated during mining and does not affect the environment. However while drilling, wet drilling will be practiced. It is a small scale mining activity and not much vehicular movement is expected. All the above precautions would be adopted to prevent dust generation at site and to be dispersed in the outside environment. However, for the safety of workers at site, engaged at the strategic locations/dust generation points like drills, loading & unloading points dust masks would be provided. Dust masks would prevent inhalation of RSPM thereby reducing the risk of lung diseases and other respiratory disorders. Regular health monitoring of workers will be carried out Occupational Safety and Health to Control Exposure to Noise Blasting will be done using non delay detonators to reduce vibrations, and the amount of explosive used will also be less at a time. There will not be heavy earth moving machinery 1-18 Team Labs and Consultants

55 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan which may create some noise pollution. Thus the vibration and noise will be well controlled within permissible limits. To protect the workers from exposure to high levels of noise, following measures would be adopted: Provision of protective devices like ear muffs/ear plugs to workers who cannot be isolated from the source of high intensity noise, e.g. blasting; Reducing the exposure time of workers to the higher noise levels by shift management. Smooth blasting techniques, special explosives and silent non-explosive demolishing agent will be used. Muffed blasting and use of Milli-second detonators will help in reducing the noise pollution Control of Ground Vibration & Fly Rock generation In this area the applicant proposes to deploy blasting with less quantity of non-explosives. There will not be any impact on surroundings, as there are less blasting and intended to use low power explosives in this mine. It is a small scale mine and only limited No. of holes are blasted. Ground vibrations due to blasting and its impact on various mine structures, should be studied in details when the mine becomes operational, especially the charge per delay factor. General measures to reduce ground vibration & fly rocks resulting from blasting are given below: Blasting should be carried out in the daytime, as during the night time the sound intensity becomes higher; Blasting should not be carried out when strong winds are blowing towards the inhabited areas; Maximum permissible charge per delay should be decided on the basis of the distance of structure to be protected from the blasting. The number of rows in a blast should not be more than four so that fly rock generation and ground vibration is reduced. Peak particle velocity or ground vibrations for safety of nearby structures and residential buildings should be well within 12.5 mm/sec; To contain fly rocks, stemming column should not be less than the burden of the hole, 1-19 Team Labs and Consultants

56 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan and the blasting area should be muffled; Each blast should be carefully planned, checked, and executed under the supervision of a responsible officer. Blasting data/observations should be recorded; and As per the mining plan, in order to ensure slope stabilization, controlled production blasting shall be adopted to avoid tension cracks and back breaks. Such cracks may get filled with water, which reduces the stability of excavated slopes and the angle of slopes Peak Particle Velocity The vibrations are measured as per the assessment criteria given under Bureau of Indian Standard, IS: (Reaffirmed 2003)- Criteria for Safety and Design of Structures Subject to Underground Blasts. Per the assessment criteria, the value of particle velocity may be computed from the following expression: V = K1 [Q 2/3 /R] 1.25 Where V = Particle velocity in mm/sec K1 = Constant which may be normally taken as 880 for soil, weathered or soft rock and 1400 for hard rock. Q = Charge per delay (kg), and R = Distance (m) from blast point Based on the above equation, the particle velocities at different distances (1.5 m, 2 m, 2.59 m, 2.82 m, 10 m, 50 m, 100 m, 150 m and 200 m) are calculated considering K1 as 880 for soft rocks and 1400 for hard rocks. As per the Standard, for safety of structures from threshold damage, the ground particle velocity should not exceed the following: Soil, Weathered or Soft rock 70 mm/sec Hard Rock 100 mm/sec The results are presented in the Table 1.7 below for the maximum charge S. No Constant (K1) Charge Per Delay Table 1.7 Peak Particle Velocity (V) Peak Particle Velocity (V) mm/second Distance from the Blasting (R in meters) Q= 0.2Kg Team Labs and Consultants

57 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan Q= 0.2Kg It is clear that with Q = 0.2 kg charge per day shall result in ground particle velocity is 70 mm/sec in soft rock within a distance of 2.59 m while in the hard rock the ground particle velocity is 100 mm/sec shall be within 2.82 m. There shall not be any structure with in 3 m of the quarry area, and it may be, concluded that the ground vibrations generated by blasting during the mining operations will not likely to effect the structures proposed in the vicinity of > 3 m from the point of blast. Concrete structures like office, store etc should not be proposed within the core mine area. These structures otherwise will be affected by the ground vibrations Water Quality Management The operation of the mine will not generate any appreciable quantity of liquid waste. The ground water table in this belt is at 30m -35 m below form the surface and the quarrying operations will be carried out on the top of hill which is about 18 m height from ground level. Hence neither ground water table nor the general surface drainage pattern is affected. However during rainy months, there is a possibility of wet conditions developing in the working pit this will be minimized, if not altogether eliminated, by adopting simple techniques like digging trenches all round to drain off rainwater and preventing surface run off from entering and flooding working pit. The water from the pits will be pumped by deploying suitable pumps, if and when required, the mine drainage can be effectively managed and the pit kept dry to keep up the production schedule Water Resources In this area water table is at greater depth of 30 m -35 m BGL. There are no wells or springs in the area. Hence there will not be adverse effect on ground water due to quarrying. The daily water requirement for the mine operations would be approximately 6.9 KLD. Water sprinkling on mine haulage roads etc shall consume 1.4 KLD. Wet drilling operations consume about 4.0 KLD. For green belt development water consumption is about 0.4 KLD. Domestic purpose is about 1.1 KLD. The drinking water is to be sourced from nearby village through tankers and rainwater collected will be used for sprinkling, green belt development and etc. The generation of wastewater from domestic sources is expected to be approximately 0.9 KLD, which will be sent to septic tank followed by soak pit Team Labs and Consultants

58 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan 16.2 Water Management Following measures will be adopted to mitigate the impact on the water resources: The blasting activities will have to take care on the sinkholes, cracks and fissures in the site activities. During excavation and drilling activities effort must be taken to avoid face collapse at these cracks and fissures. To prevent surface water contamination by oil/grease, leak proof containers shall be used for storage and transportation of oil/grease. The floors of oil/grease handling area will be kept effectively impervious. To prevent degradation and maintain the water quality during rainy season, adequate control measures should be adopted to check the mine run-off into the natural streams Catchment Area Treatment Plan A catchment area treatment plan has been developed keeping in mind the results of the hydrology/ hydrogeology of the area and the climate data. As there are no perennial water sources running on or through the site, the mine water discharge is limited to the monsoon season only. To keep water from entering the mine during this period, a garland drain will be developed along the mine s top bench, which will bend to guide the water to the nearest natural surface drain. In terms of water quality, good mining practices are planned, additionally the natural state of surrounding areas, should ensure that rain water run-off from the mine does not contain any toxic elements. As the site has no overburden, potential discharge of sediments is quite limited and any residual particles which are washed down will be captured by a sump located at the lowest bench. The sump will be cleaned regularly and discharge water monitored consistently. If required, based on monitoring, an additional catch pit can be located at the main garland drain. The sump proposed in the bottom bench will be designed based on the peak discharge and will be expanded over a period of time to accommodate the increasing quantum of water discharge. Presently, the capacity of the sump is designed to hold the entire quantum of peak discharge water for more than 10 minutes. The garland drain shall be provided surrounding the mine area. Garland drain and siltation pond need to be constructed of appropriate size to arrest silt and 1-22 Team Labs and Consultants

59 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan sediment flows from soil and mineral dumps. The water so collected will be utilised for watering the mine area, roads, green belt development etc. The drain should be regularly desilted and maintained. The garland drain (size, gradient and length) and sump capacity will be designed keeping 50% safety margin over and above the peak sudden rainfall and maximum discharge in the area adjoining the mine site. Sump capacity should also provide adequate retention period to provide proper settling of silt material. The surface water around the mine, and infrastructure will be regularly tested and appropriate control measures adopted in case of any pollutant is detected above the prescribed limits Waste Management plan It is proposed to produce around m 3 marketable granite in five years. Considering a recovery factor of 15%, to win possible m 3 of granite blocks, it will be necessary to handle approximately m 3 granite. Thus, 85% of waste amounting to m 3 will be generated over a period of five years. Such kind of waste will be dumped in dumping yard. Most of the solid waste will be disposed for road construction, back filling of mine excavation and some other general purpose Dump Area It is proposed to dump the solid waste in the southeastern end of the quarry lease area. The dumps will be maintained to a height of 12 m in an area of 2500 m 2 within quarry lease area. The dumps will be maintained with a height of 12 m and properly stabilized from the safety aspects Land Management Land degradation is one of the major adverse impacts of opencast mining in the form of excavated voids and also in the form of waste dumps. Land reclamation plan must be implemented simultaneously with the mining activities Land Reclamation No reclamation is proposed in first five year period because the mining will be continued to further depths and reclamation could be possible only after completion of mining upto the proposed depths Soil Conservation Measures Major portion of overburden removed is a mixture of soil and weathered granite boulders. Top soil, if any will be properly stacked at earmarked dump site with adequate measures and 1-23 Team Labs and Consultants

60 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan the same will be used for reclamation and rehabilitation of the mined out areas. Topsoil will not used for refilling, but may be sparingly used for plantation purpose. To prevent soil erosion and wash-off of dump-fines from freshly excavated benches and dumps following measures shall be adopted: Garland drains will be provided around the mine wherever required to arrest any soil from the mine area being carried away by the rain water; Toe drains with suitable baffles will be provided all along the toe of the soil dumps to arrest any soil from the dump slopes being carried away by the rain water; Loose material slopes will be covered by mineation by making contour trenches at 5 m interval to check soil erosion both due to wind and rain; Retaining walls (concrete or local stone) will be provided, around the stockpile or wherever required, to support the benches or any loose material as well as to arrest sliding of loose debris House Keeping Proper housekeeping and cleanliness will be maintained in the infrastructure facilities. Wet mopping will be adopted to conserve water. Sign boards will be provided in the work areas and the road and building highlighting the safety and occupational aspects Transport Systems Naugam-Korlapudi road is passing at a distance of 250 m in west direction. NH-5 is passing at a distance of 2.7km in South east direction. Nearest Railway station is Tekkali at a distance of 8.8 kms in SW direction. The finished product and waste material is transported by road using trucks of 17 Tons capacity. The number of trips will be approximately three per day for transportation of mineral and the trucks are covered with tarpaulin. The lessee will deploy two tippers to transport the finished product, waste blocks, unfinished and finished blocks from quarry site to yard and trucks to transport sized dimensional blocks from yard to destination. Cranes will do the loading of blocks. The materials while transporting do not pose any hazard. Sufficient parking facilities will be provided for vehicles loading and unloading of material. Safety signs will be displayed inside and outside the mine to avoid road accidents Environmental Greening Program Environmental greening program is an important component of the Environment 1-24 Team Labs and Consultants

61 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan Management Plan and is an imperative requirement for sink of air pollutants including noise as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Environment and forests, Govt. of India. Conceptualization, design and implementation of the proposed activity, taking into account the specific requirement of the proposed mining activity and the site conditions are presented. Green cover in mining area not only help in reducing pollution level, but also improves the ecological conditions and prevent soil erosion to great extent. It further improves the aesthetics and beneficially influences the microclimate of the surrounding. During the plan period, plantation will be done along the western buffer zone of the area with about 100 plants over an area of 375 m 2. The environmental greening program as designed comprises the location and development of a shelterbelt and Afforestation in about Hectares. The shelterbelt will contain species, which act as windbreakers so that the environment within the mine is contained; the planting of different species in rows is envisaged in general in the greenbelt. A dedicated cell in the mine should be established for post plantation care, which include, regular watering, manuring, protective measures etc. Diseased and dead plants should be uprooted and replaced by fresh saplings. Regular monitoring on survival rate and remedial action should be done in an organized and planned manner Socio-economic Environment The project provides an opportunity for the local people to get employment directly or indirectly and helps in the upliftment of the socioeconomic status of the area. The proposed project would generate an employment of 25. The local inhabitants of the area live in the villages surrounding the mine area and their main occupation is Agriculture. In a small way they rear cattle and sheep for sustenance. The mining activity in this belt will benefit the locals both directly and indirectly. The direct beneficiaries will be those who get employed in the mines as skilled and un-skilled workers. The indirect beneficiaries will be those who open small business to sell goods required by the residents whose Per Capita income will be enhanced by the mining activity, and thereby their purchasing power. In the long run a lot of social good is expected in the comparatively backward area when the inhabitants will be able to send their children to school. The change, though slow, is bound to be perceptible. The management will involve in social activities of stakeholders/surrounding community by planning the betterment of neighboring social conditions through awareness and welfare 1-25 Team Labs and Consultants

62 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan programs to ensure an improved relation, useful in the long run. Many of the beneficiaries of such programs will include own employees as well. The goodwill of the local populace can never be ignored. It is proposed to supply drinking water and medical facilities to the villagers. The management will also support for vocational training and assistance in utilizing government programs. The channels employed may vary either through direct contact or by means of local organizations. Another important facet of social environment identified by the project proponents is a green appearance; hence the management will develop a green belt towards aesthetic beautification as the same is necessary to be considered as a responsible, social neighbour Disaster Planning The mining operation shall be carried out under the management control and direction of a qualified mines manager holding a Second class manager s certificate of competency to manage a metalliferous mine granted by Director General of mines safety (DGMS). DGMS have been issuing a number of standing orders and circulars to be followed by the mine management in case of disaster, if any. Moreover mining staff would be sent to refresher courses from time to time to keep them abreast of the regulations. However following natural/ quarrying hazards may occur during normal operation Slope failure at the mine faces; Accident due to explosives; Accident due to heavy equipment/machinery; Sabotage in case of magazine; and Accidents due to fly rocks and boulders. In order to take care of above hazards/disasters, the following control shall be adopted: All safety precautions and provisions of Metalliferous Mine regulation 1961 are strictly followed during all mining operations; Checking and regular maintenance of garland drains and earthen bunds to avoid any inflow of surface water into mining area; Entry of unauthorized persons shall be prohibited; Fire fighting and first aid provisions in the mines office and mining Area; Provision of all the safety appliances such as safety boots, helmets, dust masks, ear mufflers, goggles etc. would be made available to the employees and regular check to 1-26 Team Labs and Consultants

63 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan ensure the use; Training and refresher courses for all the employees working in the hazardous premises; Working of mine as per approved plan, related amendments and other regulatory provisions; Cleaning of mine faces shall be done regularly; Handling of explosives, charging and blasting shall be carried out by competent persons only; Provision of magazine at safe place with fencing and necessary security arrangement; Suppression of dust on the haulage roads by providing water sprinkling Environment Management Cell A Cell for Environmental Management within Mine lease area at the project level, will take the overall responsibility for co-ordination of the actions required for environmental management and mitigation, and for monitoring the progress of the proposed management plans and actions to be taken for the project. The Cell will be under the overall supervision of the Mine Manager, and responsible for monitoring of the implementation of the various actions which are to be executed by the agencies specified in the EMP. The Cell will be headed by Mine Manager and the other members of the cell that will include a Horticulturist. The EMC will prepare a formal report on environmental management and mitigation for the Environmental issues at the Mine, at six-monthly intervals. Reports on any urgent or significant issues may be prepared at shorter intervals. Apart from responsibilities listed above, the EMC will have the responsibility of the following: Collection of water and air samples within and outside the work zone; Analyzing the water and air samples; Implementation of the control and protective measures; Land reclamation and vegetation; Co-ordination of the environment related activities; Collection of the statistics of health of workers; Green belt development; Awareness and implementing safety programmes; and Monitor the progress of implementation of EMP Post Project Monitoring 1-27 Team Labs and Consultants

64 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan The survey of post project monitoring comprises of the following monitoring aspects; a. Ambient air quality survey b. Noise Level Monitoring c. Water quality monitoring Ambient air quality and noise level Monitoring will be carried out at minimum two stations, one station within mine site and one station nearby residential areas outside the mine. Parameters like particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen carbon monoxide and lead will be monitored in case of ambient air quality. Water quality monitoring will be carried out in the mine working area, sump and nearby village. The frequency of monitoring is preferably once in three months on 24 hour basis. The samples will be collected in accordance with the procedures given by CPCB Other Management Aspects Records will be maintained for the analysis of ambient air quality, noise levels and water quality. These records are not only required for the perusal of the Pollution Control Board authorities to take preventive action against the environmental pollution. The management will maintain the records as per the hazardous waste regulations and EPA regulations and apply for the annual consents for air and water, and renewal of authorization for the storage of hazardous waste as per the Hazardous Waste (Handling & Management) Rules, The records of hazardous waste manifest will be maintained. The mine will obtain the consent for establishment (CFE) and consent for operation (CFO) from State Pollution Control Board as required under section 25/26 of the Water act, 1974 and under section 21/22 of Air Act, 1981, before commissioning and production as directed by the Hon ble Supreme Court of India. The CFO will be renewed each year by the management in consultation with SPCB. The mine will submit environmental statement every year before September 30. The management ensures that it will comply with all the directions and regulations issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi, State and Central Pollution Control Boards. The Consent for Establishment, Consent for Operation will be displayed in a conspicuous location for the information of the inspecting authorities of different departments Cost proposed for Environmental Protection Measures The cost estimate of environment management is presented in table Team Labs and Consultants

65 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan Sl no Description 1 Air pollution Table 1.8 Environment Management - Cost Estimate Item Capital cost (Rs.) Recurring cost (Rs.) Nose masks 25 No's Cloth for drillers 10 no's 1.0m each. Gunny bags for covering the surface of jackhammer holes Road 1 Ltr/800 Sq. m. and waste dump settling (1/4 of wetting) Ltrs tank Plantation on road side - 3m interval and buffer zone - 3m interval plus maintenance Remarks Once a week. Replaceable, and cost can increase with time Issued quarterly Sub Total Water pollution Construction of garland drains - Rs per 25m De-silting operations - Rs. 350 per 25m Construction of check dams - Rs. 600 per 25m Construction of retaining wall for waste dump in slope side - Rs per 25m Sub Total Noise pollution Maintenance of machinery suitably - Rs per 3 months PPE's like Ear muffs - Rs. 15 each Sub Total As and when needed, Lump sum. Water tanker one tankers per day for 300 days Re-plant the nonsurviving plants, watering and protection from animals Once only for the lease period/life of mine Yearly and manual operations Once in year, cost incurred is to buy sand bags and filling sand Cost of construction of wall around the dip side of the dump Included in main cost Once in six months 1-29 Team Labs and Consultants

66 Stone Plus Environment Management Plan 4 5 Occupational Safety and Health Providing First aid kits - 2 No's and fire extinguishers - 2 No's Providing Personal protective equipments to all employees (hand Rs. 30, safety Rs and Rs. 100) Training and awareness programs on risk factors during emergencies by the experts Periodical medical checkup and supply of medicines - Rs. 600 per head Sub Total Ambient air quality studies - Once in six months locations Environmental monitoring Water quality studies - Once a year - 2 Locations Noise studies - Once in six months - 2 Locations Vibration studies - Once in year - 1 locations Sub Total Grand Total Once in year, replace by conducting periodical checkup Safety shoe twice in a year, helmets once in three years and hand gloves thrice in a year Once in six months and create sign boards about the risk and safety precautions regularly Once in a year and supply of medicines for every three months Will be done through MoEF&CC/NABL recognised laboratories 1-30 Team Labs and Consultants

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115 M/S. STONE PLUS SURVEY NO: 115, NOWGAM VILLAGE, NANDIGAM MANDAL, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH Studies and Documentation by: Team Labs and Consultants (An ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company) (MoE&F O.M. - S. NO: 25, List A-1) B-115 to 117 & 509, Annapurna Block, Aditya Enclave, Ameerpet, Hyderabad Tel: , Fax: [email protected]