State Level Environment Impact Assessment …

1 1 State Level Environment Impact Assessment authority Madhya Pradesh Government of India Ministry of Environment & Forests Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board E 5. Arera Colony Bhopal 4620 16 visit us Tel:0755 2466970 No:254/EPCO SEIAA/09 Date:26/09/09 To, M/s J P Agarwal H I G 1, Housing Board Colony, P O Kanti Sub: Prior Environmental clearance to M/s J P Agarwal, Marble mine ha. Khasra nos. 149(P), 150 (P) & 151 (P) at village Khadra, Teh Bahoriband, Distt Katni Case This has reference to your application Nil dated 10/12/08 and subsequent letter date 08/01/09, 22/01/09 & 05/06/09 seeking prior environmental clearance for the above project under the EIA Notification, 2006. The proposal has been appraised as per prescribed procedure in the light of provisions under the EIA Notification, 2006 on the basis of the mandatory documents enclosed with the application viz.

2 , the Form I mining plan EIA, EMP and the additional clarifications furnished in response to the observations of the Expert Appraisal Committee constituted by the competent authority in it meetings held on 31/01/09 and 24/07/09. 2. It has been noted that the proposal is for marble mining at production capacity 75000 TPA. The mining lease area is ha. which is a government revenue land. Out of total lease area of ha. mining will be carried out in ha. only. An area of ha. will be for infrastructure, ha. for roads, ha. will be utilized for green belt during lease period. The lease area is undulating having gentle slope towards north & south River Suhar flows at a distance of Km from the lease area. There are no Wildlife Sanctuaries, National Parks, Tiger / Elephant Reserves, Heritage sites etc.

3 Within 10 km of the lease boundary. No relocation and rehabilitation of population will be involved. The mineable reserves are 1150000 MT. At proposed rate of production life of the mine will be about 16 years. Method of mining will be carried out by mechanical open cast method. Water requirement will be 12 KLD, which will be met through mine water & tanker water. Solid waste of about 298500 million m 3 will be generated during the first five year period of the mine. Public hearing was conducted on 21/05/2009. 3. The project has been considered in accordance with the provisions of the EIA notification issued by the Ministry of Environment & Forests vide 1533 (E), dated September 14, 2006. 4. Based on the information submitted by you, as at Para 2 above and others, the State Level Environment Impact Assessment authority (SEIAA) hereby accords environmental clearance to the above project under the provisions of ElA notification dated September 14, 2006, subject to the compliance of the following Specific and General conditions.

4 A. Specific conditions (i) No two pits shall be simultaneously worked before the first is exhausted and reclamation work completed, no mineral bearing area shall be worked. (ii) After exhausting the first mine pit and before starting mining operations in the next pit, reclamation and plantation works in the exhausted pit shall be completed so as to ensure that reclamation, forest cover and vegetation are visible during the first year of mining operations in the next pit. This process will follow till the last pit is exhausted. Adequate rehabilitation of mined pit shall be completed before any new ore bearing area is worked for expansion. (iii) Adequate buffer zone shall be maintained between two consecutive mineral bearing (iv) Blast vibrations study shall be conducted and submitted to the Ministry within six months.

5 The study shall also provide measures for prevention of blasting associated Impact on nearby houses and agricultural fields. (v) Need based Assessment for the near by villages shall be conducted to study economic measures which can help in upliftment of poor sections of society. Company shall provide separate budget for community development activities. (vi) Land use pattern of the nearby villages shall be studied, including common property resources available for conversion into productive land. Action plan for abatement and compensation for damage to agricultural land/ common property land (if any) in the nearby villages, due to mining activity shall be submitted to the Regional office of the Ministry within six months. Annual status of implementation of the plan and expenditure thereon shall be reported to the Regional Office of the Ministry.

6 (vii) Maintenance of village roads through which transportation of minerals are undertaken shall be carried out by the company regularly at its own expenses. The roads shall be black topped. (viii) Rain water harvesting shall be undertaken to recharge the ground water source. Status of implementation shall be submitted to the Regional Office of the Ministry within six months and thereafter every year from the next consequent year. (ix) Measures for prevention and control of soil erosion and management of silt shall be undertaken. Protection of dumps against erosion shall be carried out with geo textile matting or other suitable material, and thick plantations of native trees and shrubs shall be carried out at the dump slopes. Dumps shall be protected by retaining walls.

7 (x) Trenches / garland drains shall be constructed at foot of dumps and coco filters installed at regular intervals to arrest silt from being carried to water bodies. Adequate number of Check Dams and Gully Plugs shall be constructed across4 seasonal/perennial nallahs (if any) flowing through the ML area and silts arrested. De silting at regular intervals shall be carried out. Garland drain of appropriate size, gradient and length shall be constructed for both mine pit and for waste dump and sump capacity shall be designed keeping 50% safety margin over and above peak sudden rainfall (based on 50 years data) and maximum discharge in the area adjoining the mine site. Sump capacity shall also provide adequate retention period to allow proper settling of silt material.

8 Sedimentation pits shall be constructed at the corners of the garland drains and de silted at regular intervals. (xi) Ground and surface water (if any) in and near the core zone (within km of the lease) shall be regularly monitored for contamination and depletion due to mining activity and records maintained. The monitoring data shall be submitted to the Regional Office of the Ministry regularly. Further, monitoring points shall be located between the mine and drainage in the direction of flow of ground water shall be set up and records maintained. (xii) Cultivable waste land within 5 km radius of the lease shall be identified and developed into productive land and made available to villages. Status of implementation shall be submitted to the Regional office of the Ministry within three months from start of production.

9 (xiii) Fugitive dust generation shall be controlled. Fugitive dust emission shall be regularly monitored at locations of nearest human habitation (including schools and other public amenities located nearest to sources of dust generation as applicable) and records submitted to the Regional Office of the Ministry regularly. (xiv) Baseline data for air quality shall be maintained and RSPM Level in air quality in the nearby human habitation (villages) shall also be monitored along with other (xv) Transportation of minerals shall be done by covering the trucks with tarpaulin or other suitable mechanism so that no spillage of mineral / dust takes place. (xvi) Occupational health and safety measures for the workers including identification of work related health hazards, training on malaria eradication, HIV, and health effects on exposure to mineral dust etc.

10 Shall be carried out. Periodic monitoring for exposure to respirable mineral dust on the workers shall be conducted and records maintained including health records of the workers. Awareness programme for workers on Impact of mining on their health and precautionary measures like use of personal equipments etc. shall be carried out periodically. Review of Impact of various health measures undertaken shall be conducted followed by follow up action wherever required. (xvii) The project proponent will ensure following action to be taken, as committed during public hearing. i. Fencing of the mining lease area. ii. Employment to local labour. iii. Earplugs shall be provided to labours iv. Sprinkling of water to check dust pollution. (xviii) Top soil / solid waste shall be stacked properly with proper slope and adequate safeguards and shall be utilized for backfilling (wherever applicable) for reclamation and rehabilitation of mined out area.