WESTERN COALFIELDS LIMITED OFFICE OF THE SUB AREA MANAGER BALLARPUR SUB AREA

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2 WESTERN COALFELDS LMTED OFFCE OF THE SUB AREA MANAGER BALLARPUR SUB AREA Ref.No. WCL/BA/SAM/BSA/Cvl/ q 8 2. Date:- 5 / }8 To Add. Prncpal Chef Conservator of Forests, Mnstry of Envronment, Forests & Clmate Change, Regonal Offce (WCZ), Ground Floor, East Wng, New Secretarat Buldng, Cvl Lnes, Nagpur (M.S.) Subject :- Submsson of Sx monthly Envronment Complance report along wth soft copy (CD) n respect ofballarpur OC MNE, Ballarpur Area, WCL. Dear Sr, Enclosed herewth please fnd, Sx Monthly Envronment Complance report along wth soft copy (CD) n respect of BALLARPUR OC Mne for perod from Ol.04~207 to Thankng you. Copy to:- Your~,\~ ~" ~Sub Area Manager, Ballarpur Sub Area.Regonal Offcer, MPCB, Chandrapur 2.AGM, Ballarpur Area, WCL 3.GM(Envronment), WCL HQ, Cvl Lnes, Nagpur 4.GM(Envronment), CMPDL R -V, Nagpur 5.ANO(Envronment), Ballarpur Area, WCL

3 EC COMPLANCE REPORT OF BALLARPUR OCP {0.625 MTPA), EC REF NO.J05/7/203-A. {M) Dated, 30TH JANUARY 205 A. Specfc Condtons , j ~ , S. NO. Condton Status of Complance r : ) The maxmum producton from Compled and the producton doesn't exceed / mne at any gven tme shall not MTPA. exceed the lmt as prescrbed n ) ) v) EC ) - - _ The valdty of the EC s for the! Noted lfe of the mne or as specfed n EA notfcaton, 2006, whchever s earler! Mnng shall be carred out as per Mnng operaton s beng carred out as per statute by Statute at a safe dstance from the keepng a safe dstance.e 60 m from seasonal nallah seasonal nallah flowng wthn / wth d ue permsson from DGMS. close to the lease boundary. Top sol should be stacked properly wth proper slope at earmarked ste and should not be kept actve and shall be used for reclamaton and development of green belt. Top sol s beng stacked at separate dump No 8 Quantty: 2.28 Mm3 (tll date). Durng the ntal years t was carpeted over embankment and plantaton developed over t. / t v) The exstng OB dumps whch t wll be compled. have been bologcally reclamed At present there s no excavaton of fresh top sol. The top sol excavated n the recent past has been placed at Dump No 8 whch s proposed to be carpeted over the backflled area n a progressve manner. shall be montored and frequred Total plantaton on exstng OB Dump 2000 Nos stablzed wth plantaton usng natve speces. v) Dmenson of the retanng wall ;- N~:-; the exstng old OB dumps have bee~--- the toe ofthe dumps and OB : bologcally reclamed and stablzed wth natve benches wthn the mne to check ; speces, as such there s no sltaton & flow of run-off! sedments from these dumps. Hence, no toe wall s requred to check run off. However, a Gabon wall(length m Heght m) has been. : constructed along the Wardha rver as per the : drectons of Maharashtra Polluton Control Board. v) Drlls should be wet operated : Drlls are beng wet operated.

4 , lno. v)! Roads shall be metal topped and mechancal sweepers shall be / regularly deployed to mnmze clear the dust off the man approach and mneral transportaton roads. Water sprnklng (fxed and mst type, moble) shall be done regularly 3.00 km of nternal roads are black topped. Broomng s done regularly on nternal roads. 2 Nos. OfMo~le Water Tankers (Hred-! no. Of 4KL, Departmental- Of 20KL} are used for sprnklng on roads. Ran guns _are nstalled at approaches of Ralway Sdng, Coal stock yard etc. x) The company shall obt~n approval No groundwater s used for coal extracton. The ~f CGWA/ f CGWdB Regt?fnal 0!?ce area does not fall n any crtcally exploted area as 0~ ~se o gro~n water any ror er CGWA. / mnng operatons. P x) ~ransportaton n pt by t s beng followed - Dumpers, surface to sdng by Dumpers and loadng to sdng by Pay Loaders x) The producton shall be wthn the same Mnng Lease area The producton s contaned wthn the same mnng lease area. The depth of the vod shall be 35 Noted and wll be compled rn from the ground level and should be adequate for fshery purposa x) The OB shall be completely rehandled at the end of the mnng. The rest of the area wll be backflled upto the ground level and covered wth about a meter thck top sol and put to use. Noted and wll be compled. The backfllng s n progress. Out of Mm3 of OB excavated Mm3 has been accommodated n vod xv) xv) Approprate embankment shall The embankment constructed along the rver be provded along the sde of the boundary s of sutable dmensons and stablzed rver /nallah flowng near or wth plantaton so as to wthstand the peak flow adjacent to the mne. land prevent mne nundaton. / The CSR cost should be Rs Compled. 5/tonnes of coal produced whch/ should be adjusted as per the CSR works performed are as follows: annual nflaton. -- J

5 . Constructon of Vyamshala at Rajendra Prasad Ward Ballarpur 2. Constructon of Vyamshalaa Zakr Husan Ward Ballarpur 3. WBM road to Bamboo Cluster at Bamn vllage 4. Constructon of Sanskrt Bhavan at Ballarpur under CSR 5. Constructon of concrete road at ShvajNagar Ballarpur under CSR 6. Provdng and fxng 2.5 mtr hgh mas Tower at Ballarpur Nagar Prashad 7. Constructon of compound wall at Mount Fort school at Bamn under CSR 8. Constructon of dran at Vsapur / xv) Everybody n the core area Dust masks are provded to the workers operatn should be provded wth mask for n mne.. protecton aganst fugtve dust emssons xv) Dust mask to be provded to everyone workng n the mne area Dust masks are provded to the workers operatng n mne. xv) The supervsory staff should be perodcally responsble for ensurng compulsory regardng! wearng of dust mask n the core area. Compled., xx) People workng n the core area should be perodcally tested for the lung dseases and the burden of cost on account of workng n Every worker n the mne s examned n 5 years up to the age of 45; the workers who are above 50 years are subjected to perodc medcal

6 the coal mne area.! examnaton at two and a half years nterval.,! : , ! xx) The mnng area should be Wll be compled :' - f surrounded by green belt havng j' thck canopy of the tree cover. :, ! xx) The embankment constructed The embankment for protecton of mne workng!, along the boundary shall be of sutable dmensons - and crtcal has only been constructed wth 08 as per Statute, patches shall be strengthened by the embankment has been stablzed wth stone ptchng on the rver front sde and stablsed wth - plantaton. The backfllng s n progress. Out of plantaton so as to wthstand the Mm3 of OB excavated Mm3 has been peak water flow and prevent mne nundaton. accommodated n vod. The exstng embankment whch have been Bologcally reclamed and there after stablzed by plantaton of natve speces.e Shsham,Karanj, Neem, etc. x:x) There shall be no overflow of OB Compled. A Gabon wall(length _ 300 m Helght e-, nto the rver and nto the 3.00 m) has been constructed alonz the Wardha - agr:cul~ral fe!~ and m~ssve rver as per the drectons of Maha;ashtra Polluton l plantaton of natve speces shall, Control Board. be taken up n the area between the rver and the project. xx) There shall be no external OB Compled All the OB generated s backflled dumps. xxv) Catch drans and sltaton ponds Catch dran /garland dran of approprate sze have of approprate sze shall be constructed to arrest the slt and been constructed all around the quarry and OB sedment alows from sol, OB and dump to arrest slt and sedments nto natural mneral dumps. The water so collected shall be utlsed for water source ( (3.00 m +.75m)/2) x 2.00m. waterng the mne area, roads, These catch dran /garland dran are cleaned green belt development etc. The drans shall be regularly deslted before onset of every monsoon. The sump made at and mantaned properly, Garland the quarry floor s of sze 45 Mllon Gallon whch : drans (sze, gradent and length) and sump capacty shall be! collected all the slts & sedments form OB benches '! desg~ed keepng 50% safety! through X dranage. The sump capacty s margn over and above the peak sudden ranfall and maxmum adequate keepng the sudden ranfall. The water dscharge n the area adjonng the mne ste. Sump capacty shall also provde adequate retenton perod to allow proper thus collected n the sump gets adequate retenton tme to allow proper settng of

7 settlng of slt materal materals. The supernatant water s pumped out on surface & fed nto two nos of surface sedmentaton: / tank of sze m xll.50 m x 2.20 m for! / secondary treatment. The treated water from surface sedmentaton tank s used for waterng! / the mne area & green belt development t , ~ xv), Crushers at the CHP of adequate 06 nos of fxed sprnklers are nstalled at CHP., capacty for the expanson! / project shall be operated wth Concrete pavements are constructed at CHP.! hgh effcency bag flters, water sprnklng system shall be provded to check fugtve emssons from crushng operatons, conveyor system, haulage roads, transfer ponts, etc. xxv) ' The project authortes shall undertake regular reparng and tarrng of roads used for mneral transportaton. A 3 ter green bellt comprsng of a mx of natve speces shall be developed all along the major approach roads. xxv) Controlled blastng shall be practced wth use of delay detonators and only durng daytme. The mtgtave measures for control of ground vbratons and to arrest the fly rocks and boulders shall be mplemented - xxv) A progressve afforestaton plan Tre shall be mplemented coverng an area of ha at the end of mnng, whch ncludes reclamed External OB dump area (32.53 ha), nternal OB t wll be followed and compled. Co ntrolled blastng s beng practced to reduce gro und vbraton and arrest flyrocks. e plantaton done tll date: To ta! plantaton on OB Dump 2000 Nos ea ntaton :- ~ dump area (90.2 ha), along.. roads and green belt (0.50 ha) n Exstng townshp located outsde the ease by plantng natve speces n S. No. Year No. of plantaton Area ' consultaton wth local DFO. The densty of the trees shall be around 2500 plants/ha. Massve plantaton shall be carred out n ) 2) Ha 4.0

8 ' '.- ' /! open spaces n and around the mne and a 3 ter avenue plantaton along the man approach roads to mne. 3) Ha ;! 4) Ha '. 5) ! 3.50 Ha l 6) Ha!! 7) ha / Tota,4, Ha! Proposed Ha Speces - Only natve speces through state Forest Expert Agency. _ L ---+ _J xxx) / An estmated total of ~~ / All the OB generated s beng backflled. / / Mm3 of OB generated durng the. entre lfe of the mne. Out of whch Mm 3 of OB wll be dumped nto one nternal dump coverng an area ha of land wth heght upto ground level Montorng and management of reclamed dump stes shall contnue tll the vegetaton becomes self sustanng and complance status shall be submtted to MOEF and ts regonal Offce on yearly bass., ; ! xxx)! The proponent should prepare 'The restoraton & reclamaton plan for degraded / restoraton and reclamaton plan! area wll be n lne wth the approved EMP. for the degraded area. The land be used n a productve and, sustanable manner. j --J ' xxx) ; Compensatory ecologcal & t wll be followed and compled. ' / restoraton of waste land, other degraded land and OB dumps n, leu of breaskng open the land be carred out.!

9 xxx) The mnng should be phased out There s no extra external dump. All OB excavated! n sustanable manner. No extra s beng accommodated n decoaled vod. The '., OB dumps are permtted entre OB excavated s beng used for backfllng of l the decoaled Area progressvely. : ! xxx) No groundwater shall be used for mnng operatons. No groundwater s used for coal extracton. he area does not fall n any crtcally exploted area as per f CGWA. xxxv) Of the total quarry area of72 3 There s no external dump. All OB excavated s ha the backflled quarry area of beng accommodated n decoaled vod. The entre! l 90.2 ha shall be reclamed wth OB excavated s beng used for backfllng of the! plantaton and a vod of ha decoaled Area progressvely. Out of Mm3 of ' at a a depth of 40 m whch s OB excavated Mm3 has been proposed to be converted nto a accommodated n vod. wter body shall be gently sloped and the upper benches shall be The exstng embankment whch have been terraced and stablsed wth Bologcally reclamed and there after stablzed by plantaton/afforestaton by plantaton of natve speces.e Shsham,Karanj, plantng natve plant speces n Neem, etc. consulaton wth the local DFO. J Densty shall be 2500 plants per ha. ;, ---4 ~ xxxv) Regular montorng of GW level The groundwater level montorng s beng carred and qualty shall be carred out out by CMPDL, 4 tmes a year n pre-monsoon by establshng a network of (May), Monsoon (August), Post-monsoon exstng wells and constructon of (November) and Wnter (January) seasons and for new pezometers Montorng qualty once n a year. shall be done 4 tmes a year. Data s submtted to MOEF and CPCB quarterly wth n one month of montorng. xxxv) The company shall put up artfcal GW recharge measures for augmentaton of Gw resource n case montorng ndcates a declne n water table. l xxxv The nearby vllages have no shortage of water, however regular supply of water s ensured n case of scarcty. ;, ~ ~ ~ STP shall be nstalled n exstmg STP s proposed to be nstalled n One ETP ) / colony. ETP shall also be provded s provded wth a capacty of 75 cum /day for work ;! for workshop and CH P [ wastewater. l shop ;;;; ;- B~~j cl!,s carryng out PM E ~ f Per~dj ~al health check-up of mne workers a re ) workers, lo% of the workers dentfed from workforce carred out once n S years wth the purpose of engaged n actve mnng detectng occupatonal dseases & hearng opertaons shall be subjected to

10 health check up for occupatonal dseases and hearng mparment. mparment. Every worker n the mne s examned n 5 years- up to the age of 45; the workers who are above SO years are subjected to perodc medcal examnaton at two and a half years nterval --~ xxxx Land oustees shall be Entre land has been acqured and R & R has been! compensated as per the norms already settled No house oustees nvolved lad out R & R polcy of CL or Natonal R&R polcy whchever s hgher Total Land acqured physcally= 55.8 ha Employment provded=24 nos.! Total land compensaton pad= Rs x) x) ~ontorng land use pattern Compled. ~-nd for post mnng land use, a tme seres of land use maps, based on satellte magery( on a 'scale of : 5000) of core zone and buffer zone, from start of project untl end shall be prepared once n 3 years and report should be submtted to MoEFCC and ts concerned Regonal authorty A detaled fnal mne closure plan A progressve mne closure s beng mplemented. along wth detals of Corpus fund shall be submtted to MoEFCC wthn 6 months of Total backflled area on surface ha (Partal) Envronmental clearance Progressve backfllng area ha(partal) Progressve balance ncludng nterest as on s Rs: escrow account No '.... _,.,,,, ,, x) The project authortes shall n The CSR actvtes are undertaken after

11 consultaton wth the panchayats of the local vllages and admnstraton dentfy socoeconomc and welfare measures under CSR to be carred out over the balance lfe of the mne. consulaton wth the local people. The detals of ~SR actvtes undertaken tll date are as follows:. Constructon of Vyamshala at Rajendra Prasad Ward Ballarpur 2. Constructon of Vyamshalaat Zakr Husan Ward Ballarpur 3. WBM road to Bamboo Cluster at Bamn vllage 4. Constructon of Sanskrt Bhavan at Ballarpur under CSR 5. Constructon of concrete road at ShvajNagar Ballarpur under CSR 6. Provdng and fxng 2.5 mtr hgh mas Tower at Ballarpur Nagar Prashad 7. Constructon of compound wall at Mount Fort school at Bamn under CSR 8. Constructon of dran at Vsapur xl) Corporate Envronment responsblty: a) The company shall have a well Compled lad down Envronment polcy approved by the Board of Drectors b) The Envronment polcy shall : prescrbe for standard operatng t s beng followed process/procedures to brng nto focus any nfrngement/devaton/volaton/ of the envronmental or Forest / norms/condtons

12 c) The herarchal system or admnstratve order of the company to deal wth envronmental ssues and for ensurng complance wth the envronmental clearance condtons shall be furnshed At HQ, WCL- The cell s headed by GM (Env) reportng to Drector (Techncal). The team comprses of mult-dscplnary traned executve. At Area level - Area General Manager heads the Envronment Department & asssted by GM (oprn), ANO(Envt) & a management tranee of Envronment dscplne. At Unt Level- Envronment Management Cell s headed by Sub-Area Manager and s asssted by Mne Manager and Project Nodal Offcer (Env) at unt level d) to have proper checks and balances, the company shall have t s beng followed a well lad down system of reportng of noncomplances/volatons of envronmental norms to the Board of Drectors of the company and/or shareholders or j stake holders at large. L _.>:

13 B. General Condtons. ~ r _s_. _N_O_. _..._c_o_n_d t_ o. _n.... Status o_f~ompl!~~~~ -- ) No change n Mnng : No change n Mnng technology envsaged technology and scope of J workng shall be made wthout pror approval of the MOEF&CC > ) ) No change n calendar plan of Noted producton for quantum of mneral coal shall be made > Four ambent ar qualty montorng statons shall be establshed n the core zone as wel as n the buffer zone for PM 0, PM 2.5, S02 and NOX. Four ambent ar qualty montorng statons are - ()Manager Offce - Ballarpur UG () Premses of SAM offce ()Substaton - Ballarpur OC (v) Flter Plant/ Colony and t s n consultaton wth MPCB, Chandrapur. t s beng montored by CMPDL regularly. Montorng reports for the perod to enclosed as Annexure - B. v) Data on ambent ar qualty t s beng montored by CMPDL regularly. montorng and heavy metals such as Hg, As, N, Cd, Cr tc - shall be regularly submtted to Mnstry ncludng ts concerned Regonal offce and to SPCB and CPCB once n 6 months. v) Adequate measures shall be Adequate measures are taken for control of Nose taken for control of nose levels polluton. Workers engaged n blastng and drllng below 85 dba n the work operatons, operaton of HEMM, etc are provded envronment. Workers wth ear plugs/muffs engaged wth blastng and drllng operatons, operaton of HEMM etc shall be provded wth ear plugs/muffs f v) ndustral wastewater (workshop and WW from mne) shall be properly collected, treated so as to conform the prescrbed standards Lv)-Lh~~]~~ ~ mss~~~ sh~h be For proper treatment of ndustral wastewater-one ETP of capacty 75 cum/day has been provded n the workshop and 2 nos of Sedmentaton tank of sze 27.SOm x,.som x 2.20m have been constructed near the mne for treatment of mne pumped out water. The qualty of dscharge s beng montored so as to ensure complance of prescrbed norms before dschargng. Ol and grease traps nstalled at the WETP. Coal transportaton vehcles are covered

14 ; '. v) Monto~~~-~f~~;~~~;;e~tal qualty parameters shall be carred out through establshment of adequate /. ' ; number and type of polluton montorng and analyss f equpment n consultaton j! wth the SPCB abd data : : analysed through a lab recognsed under EPA rules, : l / x) Personnel workng n dusty Protectve respratory devces are provded to areas shall wear protectve workmen exposed to dust area. Workers are also respratory devces and they regularly gven tranng on safety and health aspects shall also be provded wth at VTC (ths s the statutory requrement under adequate tranng and. mnes safety act). Perodcal medcal examnnaton! nformaton on safety and of every worker s beng done every fve years n health aspects. our area hosptal to detect any dsease so that the approprate acton can be taken up at project le~ L L used for transportng the mneral shall be covered wth tarpaulns and optmally loaded certfcate for all lght & passenger vehcles are taken. : Montorng of envronmental qualty parameters s done by CMPDL, Nagpur. There s a full fledged NABL accredted Env. Laboratory of CMPDL. The Montorng s done through ths laboratory at fortnghtly nterval Mne has procured a portable testng kt for feld montorng of ph, TDS etc. x) Occupatonal health / t was submtted that every worker n mne was!. [survellance programme of the examned once n 5 years upto the age of 45 years;! workers shall be taken the workers who are above 50 years are subjected! İ perodcally to observe any top perodcal medcal examnaton at two and a contractons due to exposure half years as per law. / to dust and to take correctve As per the records avalable, no notfable (as measures, f needed and specfed n the Mne's Rules, 985) dsease has records mantaned thereof. been dentfed tll date. _,, ; A seperate envronmental At HQ. WCL- The cell s headed by GM (Env) management cell wth sutable reportng to Drector (Techncal). The team. qualfed personnel shall be comprses of mult-dscplnary traned executve. setup under the control of At Area level - Area General Manager heads the Senor Executve, who wll Envronment Department asssted by GM (oprn), report drectly to the Head of ANO(Envt) & a Management Tranee of the company. Envronment dscplne.! At Unt L~vel- Envronment Management Cell s headed by Sub-Area Manager and asssted by Mne Manager, Project Nodal Offcer (Env) at unt level x) : The funds earmarked for ; The funds earmarked for envronment protecton envronmental protecton measures are kept n seperate account and t s not measures shall be kept n! used for any other purpose. Expendture statement seperate account and shall not s shown n every sx monthly complance report be dverted for other purpose. sent to MoEF&CC, Delh and Bhopal. Year wse expendture shall be reported to the Mnstry and ts concerned RO

15 ' reported to the Mnstry and ts concerned RO xo The.project-authortes shall Compled Enclosed as Annexure - ''A" j advertse at least n 2 local newspapers wdely crculated around the project, one of whch shall be n the vernacular language of localty concerned wthn 7 days of the;. clearance letter nformng that ; the project has been accorded, envronmental clearance and a : copy of EC s avalable at SPCB and may also be seen at webste of MoEFCC xv) A copy of EC letter shall be! The envronment clearance copy has been sent to marked to concern panchayat but no suggeston has been receved Panchayat/zla parshad, Enclosed as Annexure C Muncpal Corporaton or Urban local body and local NGO, f any, from whom any suggeston./representaton has been receved whle processng the proposal. A copy pf EC letter shall also Noted. be dsplayed on webste of the : concerned SPCB. The EC letter > " , xv) shall also be dsplayed at Regonal Offce, dstrct. ndustry sector and Collector's : Offce/Tehsldar's Offce for 30 days. -x-v-)_--+_t_h_e-clearance letter shall be The clearance letter has been uploaded on webste uploaded on the company's : of Western Coalfelds Lmted webste. The complance The complance report s beng uploaded Webste status of the stpulated lnk to access EC s envronmental clearance! condtons shall also be! uploaded by the project authortes on ther webste and updated at least once every sx months so as to brng the same n publc.dornan.the montorng data of envronmental qualty parameter and crtcal sectoral parameters shall also, be dsplayed at the entrance of the project premses and mne:. -!

16 _ The proponent s requred to Noted and wll be followed obtan all necessary clearances that may be requred before : the start ~f pe~~~~: -, The Mnstry or any other Noted competent authorty may l, stpulate any further condton. for envronmental protecton --! The proponent shall setup an The Envronmental Audt Cell proposed for the, Envronment Audt Cell wth project comprses of: responsblty and. Area Nodal Offcer [Env], Ballarpur Area. l accountablty to ensure Area Safety Offcer, Ballarpur Area 'l mplementaton of all EC 3. Area Survey Offcer, Ballarpur Area. condtons. 0 r --- Concealng factual data or Noted submsson of false/fabrcated data and falure to comply wth any of the condtons mentoned above may result n wthdrawal of ths clearance and may attract acton under ~the provsons of EPA, 986. _ ~~~-J The above condtons wll be Noted and wll be followed enforced nter-ala, under the provsons of the Water (Preventon & Control of Polluton) Act, 974, the Ar (Preventon & Control of Polluton) Act, 98, The envronment (Protecton_ Act, 986 and the Publc Lablty nsurance Act, 99 along wth ther amendments and! Rules. The proponent shall, ensure to undertake and : provde for the costs ncurred for takng up remedal measures n case of sol contamnaton, contamnaton --!_ of groundwater and surface water, and coccupatonal and other dseases due to the

17 .. ' '.' mnng operatons ;Any appeal aganst ths EC Noted / shall le wth the NGT, f preferred, wth n a perod of,! 30 days as prescrbed under : secton 6 of NGT Act, 200 : ; 3 ~ Ths EC supersedes the earher Noted EC, vde letter no. Letter J- J 05/45/2007-lA.(M) / dated for, O.SOMTPA,... A~&,, Asst. Manager t C)/ Nodal Offcer Ballarpur OCM ~ Sub Area Manager, Ballarpur