Project - Minor Minerals (Other Than Sand) Sr. ABOUT THE PROPOSAL 1. Name of Lease Holder M/s. KARMANBHAI JODHABHAI RABARI (Partner) 2. Location address Mr. Karmanbhai Jodhabhai Rabari Survey No- 194 Paikee, Vill: Thoriyali, Ta: Sayla, Dist: Surendranagar-363430 3. Lease Area (Hectares) 1.96 Hectare 4. Ownership of Land (Govt./ Private The lease area is a government land. Land) 5. Status of Operation (New project Existing project since 2006. OR Existing project operating since ) 6. Status of Lease (Lease no., date of issue, lease period, date of application for lease renewal, etc.) Existing Lease: Lease Area: 1.96 Ha at Survey No- 194 Paikee, Vill: Thoriyali,, Tal: Sayla, Dist: Surendranagar Lease Issue Date: 3/7/2006 Lease Period: 10 years from issue date. 7. Name of mineral to mine Black Trap 8. Mineral Reserve (MT) As per technical data. 9. Rate of mining of mineral 27000 MT/Year(approx.) (MT/Month) 10. Life of Mine (Years) As per mining plan 11. Whether project involves forest No land?. If yes, status of application for diversion of forest land. 12. Applicability of the CRZ Notification, Not Applicable 2011 ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS 13. If located within 15 Km, aerial Name Distance (Km) distance of the lease area from the nearest: i. Water Body : Check Dam @ 28 km in SE direction. ii. National Park / Wildlife Sanctuary / Biosphere Reserve: iii. Reserve Forest / Protected Forest: iv. Human Habitation : Thoriyali Village Sayla City v. Railway Station : Vagadiya Railway Station Rajkot Airport Bandhavgarh National Park @ 72 km in W direction Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary @ 65 km in NE direction None -- 1 @ 1.22 km in NE direction @ 5.09 km in N direction @ 24 km in NW direction @ 74.59 km in NE direction vi. Road : NH 8B @63 km in w direction
vii. Notified / Protected None -- Archaeological sites : viii. Social infrastructures, e.g. C J Hospital school, hospital, historic / Primary School cultural / religious places, Shree Swaminarayan Temple @ 31 km in NE direction. @ 13 km in SW direction. @ 17 km in N direction. defence establishments, etc. : 14. Present land use of lease area Lease area is government non-agriculture land. 15. Geo-hydrological features The Map showing geological features is attached as per Annexure-1. 16. Predominant wind direction NE SW & SW NE 17. Endemic and endangered species of Lease area is barren land. There are no such precious flora and fauna, if any, in the area 18. Width and condition of access road (kutcha/ pucca) to the lease area. DETAILS ON MINING / EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES 19. Requirement of power supply and its source 20. Requirement of water supply and its source 21. Type of mining (Manual/ Semimechanized / Mechanised). 22. Equipments to be used (bulldozers, hydraulic excavators, JCB, scrapers, loaders, etc.) 23. of method of working with phasing of activities (sequence of mining operations) species of flora and fauna. Site is connected to 15 feet Kuchha Road which is connected to Village Road.These Village Road is connected to NH 8B in W direction. Electric power is not required for the operation. Approx. 50 Lit/Day High Speed Diesel will be require for running of drilling machinery and blasting operations. Requirement: Approx. 2.0 KLPD Source: For tree plantation and dust suppression: Stored water within the mine area Domestic: Tankers/ from bore well. Open Cast, Semi mechanized Excavator, Hydraulic Jack Hammer, Compressor, Trucks/Tippers The mining is carried out as per the mining plan. Opencast mining carried out in lease area. The overburden will be stocked separately. Ore/minerals will be stacked grade wise. 24. Explosives, detonators to be used Explosives class 2 of explosive rules1983, Ordinary and Non electric detonators, Safety fuse, Detonating Fuse. 25. of drilling, blasting Drilling is carried out by 65/100 diameter drill machine. Blasting is carried out twice in every 6 days. 26. Safety measures at the time of blasting Blasting in the open cast pit will be done only during day time at designated hours. Only competent Blasters will be appointed to handle explosives. Explosives will be stored in approved and license 2
27. of Over Burden (OB) removal and stacking 28. Height and width of benches and side slope 29. Depth of ground water table (Meters) 30. Maximum depth of working (Meters). Whether it will intersect ground water table? 31. Land use pattern of the lease area magazine as per Explosive Act/Rule. Explosives will be brought from magazine to blast site in licensed explosive van under the care of blasters. Sufficient warning signals will be given before blasting holes. Guards will be posted on all roads and paths at least 250 m distance to stop entry to danger zone during blasting hours. Controlled blasting will be practiced to control vibrations and flying fragments. Creation of wide green belt of dense foliage around the lease area and along the road side. Optimum charge will be used, while blasting near office complex/ infrastructure site. Overburden is removed during surface mining. It is not contaminated with toxic components. It is dumped in one part of exhausted mining site & preserved for back filling as top layer soil. 2 to 3 m height and 3 to 4 m width slope angle not than 45 degree from horizontal. Information sought from Central ground water board /GWRDC department As per mining plan. Sr. Land Use (Ha) 32. Man power requirement 08-10 Workers 33. of working days in a year Approx. 200 Days. 34. Time of working hours in a day 8 hours ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGAMENT PLAN 35. Measures proposed for protection of environmental attributes like land, water, air, human health, etc. 36. Measures for control of noise, vibration and fly rock problems due 1 Pits 1.79 2 Other unit lease area 3 Stone Crusher Plant 4 Internal road area 0.06 5 Loading unloading 0.07 6 Other(Built-up area) 0.04 Total 1.96 Please refer Annexure-2 (Environmental Management Plan) Control blasting will be carried out due to which fly rock will be flowed out 5 to 6 m above and spread/ 3
to blasting 37. Plan for managing storm water. of garland drains to be provided 38. Plan for managing dust, noise, silt and other pollutants during mining activities reach within the 10 meter area within the premises. No fly rock will be spread/reached on outside of the lease premises as blasting is carried out at the depth of 15-20 meter. The blasting crew is trained and has enough knowledge about consequences of blast. Sufficient warning signals will be given before blasting holes. The blasting shall be carried out during favorable atmospheric condition and less human activity timings. Development of greenbelt along the periphery of the mine site. Guards will be posted on all roads and paths at least 250 m distance to stop entry to danger zone during blasting hours. Generally mining is not carried out during monsoon. Floor area of mine will be kept tapered to run off stormed water at lower level. Storm water will be stored at one deep corner of lower level lease area. Mine is dewatered by means of pumps after monsoon is over for its further reuse in water sprinkling, tree plantation & agriculture purpose. PLAN FOR MANAGING DUST To avoid the dust generation from the drilling operations, wet drilling method will be adopted. Controlled blasting techniques will be practiced. Overcharging of explosive material in blast holes will be avoided. Overburden material is stacked in one corner of exhausted mine at identified place. During loading & unloading, regular spraying of water will be carried out. Due to control blasting emission will be self setting within lease area Water spraying of haul roads and other roads at regular intervals. Provision of dust filters/mask to workers. Provisions of green belt all along the periphery of project site as well as along the road side leading to pucca road. PLAN FOR MANAGING NOISE DURING MINING ACTIVITIES Personal protective device i.e. earmuffs and earplugs will be provided to workers. 4
39. on transportation route & measures proposed for control of fugitive emission during transportation 40. Plan for post mining use / reclamation of pits. All vehicles which create high noise will be avoided. Creation of wide green belts of dense foliage between mine areas. The green belt with species of rich canopy around the lease area and along the roads will further reduce the noise level. Mining activity will be restricted to day time only. Conducting periodical medical check up of all workers for any noise related health problems. Proper training to personal to create awareness about adverse noise level effect. Planned noise monitoring at suitable location in the plant and outside location for proper effective remedial action. Installation of safety barriers in high risk location of internal road/transport corridors. Use of reflective marking on structure, traffic junction and other area with potential for accident Vehicle trips to be minimized to the extent possible by choosing correct sizing motor and pumps in excavation The trucks to be covered with tarpaulin sheets Loading to be done from lower height Water to be sprinkled along haulage roads Plantation to be carried out along the periphery Trucks to have valid PUC PPE to be provided Speed of vehicles shall be maintained Transportation road have enough capacity to transport mining activity. Condition of all trucks will be maintained and its maintenance will be done on regular basis. The abandoned mine site shall be made fully secured with wire fencing or any such methods to avoid falling of animals and loss of lives. Appropriate signage, security and protection measures shall be provided. Mine overburden had been kept on one side in such a way that top soil is preserved for use in further back filling with overburden and plantation overtop soil. The mine over burdens will be back filled fully in part of the mine sites to avoid heaps of such material on one hand and depression due to mining on other hand. The back filled material will be adequately compressed. The rest unfilled area will be adequately wire fenced. 5
41. Provision of fencing the pits in case of use as water reservoir. 42. Plan for green belt development, area of green belt, no. & types of species to be planted and budgetary outlay for the same Proper leveling and adequate plantation shall be done. Preferably locally predominant species shall be selected for plantation. Adequate slopes shall be maintained to ensure that the animal, people can come out without any problem if they reach by chance or fall in abandoned mine. The possibilities shall be explored to utilize the old mines for various purposes such as water reservoir, underground storage facility, solid waste disposal site, etc. that can be beneficiary to society. Mine site will be made fully secured with wire fencing or any such methods to avoid falling of animals and loss of lives. Appropriate signage, security and protection measures shall be provided. To improve the environment of the area it is proposed to the plant trees along periphery of the mine or other available area as per the direction of local authority. 6
ANNEXURE-1 GEOLOGY OF THE AREA HYDROLOGY OF THE AREA 7
ANNEXURE-2 Environment Management Plan Following sections describes the environment management plan proposed for Black Trap mining. Activity Mining of Black Trap Mining of Black Trap Transportation Development and Maintenance of Green belt Direct/indirect Employment Environmental Impact Air (fugitive Emission) Water Noise Air, Water, Land Air, Land Socioeconomic Mitigations To avoid the dust generation from the drilling operations, wet drilling methods will be adopted. Controlled blasting techniques will be done. Overburden material will be stacked at lower height & at identified place. Regular water sprinkling is carried out. Watering of haul roads and other roads at regular intervals. Regular water sprinkling & strengthening of road will be carried out to avoid dustiness due to vehicular transportation. Provision of dust filters/mask to workers. Provision of green belt all along the periphery of project site as well as along the road side leading to pucca road. In case of long transportation, the trucks after loading will be well covered. Speed of the vehicles should be maintained to the body level. Control blasting will be carried out under supervision. Proper maintenance of machinery, equipments and improvement on design of machines. Personal Protective devices i.e., earmuffs and earplugs will be provided to workers. All vehicles which create high noise will be avoided. Creation of wide green belts of dense foliage between mine areas and residential colonies. The greenbelt with species of rich canopy around the lease area and roads will further attenuate the noise levels. Mining activity will be restricted to day time only. Conducting periodical medical check up of all workers for any noise related health problems. Proper training to personnel to create awareness about adverse noise level effects. Domestic wastewater disposed into underground soak Pit System having capacity 4 m3. Ensure proper training to drivers for transportation and emergency actions Ensure provision of PPE s to truck drivers during transportation. Ensure development and maintenance of proper green belt proposed. Continue policy of local employment. 8