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----t'STATE LEVEL ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITYCHHATTISGARHGovernment of lndiaMinistry of Environment and Forests1-Tilak Nagar,Shiv Mandir Chowk,Main Road AvantiVihar,No;-*,O(ISEAC-CG@To,M/s Fatharakundi Lime Stone Mine,Village-Pathrakundi,Tahsil-Tilda, District -Raipur (C.G.)E-m a ir : ruir r..ffi ,i,l!li;3-]Website - www.seiaacg.Raipur, Dateyf tl jl2a09Sub:Ref:Lime stone Mining - 5,000 Tonnes/Annum in rease area 7.044 ha of M/sPatharakundi Lime stone Mine at Khasra No. 314i2,31s/2, Viilage_Pathrakundi, Tahsir-Tirda, District -Raipur - Environment crearanceRegarding.Your application no. Nil, dated 2s/04/200g and subsequentcorrespondence ending dated ZS l0}ll00g.-0-0--l-he undersigned is directed^to_refer to your communications dated:;,"0"1:oou, azt06poae, izrotna and 2s/05/200e ,."[rioing the subjeJ r]rentionedIt is nctec that mine site is at Khasra No. 314/2,3 15/2, patwari F{alkaNo. -24, Viilaqe-pathrakundi, 'fahsir-Tirda, dJ;a-n"aipur (c G ) in non _ Forrestland' Nearest viriage pathrakundi is,1.5 1maway viilg"- pachr about 3.0 knr,chheriya about 4.g i

excavator/ioacter, tractor anC tripper woulcl be ernployecl for rnlning operalions'Water sprinkling on the haul. i-oad by tanker rnounteci on truck for dt-tst suppres:''ionwould be ensr.ired. During clrilling opei'ai.ion water urill be u:;ed iis flushing agent toreduce blowing of stone p"o*cut iritn .ir. 6500 trees wcuid be pianted in 3 ha area incoming five years. Garlancj drains ano ciieck dams uvculd be consiructed to pretretttsoil er"osicn during rainy season. 13lasiing would be resoi'teil in controlled Frannei'torit,gut" noise po]lutron. Tne person erirployed in drilling cperatian woi!! be wef;eqrippeo with ear plugs, glasses & glgrres. Totai cost cf the project is Rs' 50 lakhs'There are n0 National Parks. wilcl Life sanctuaries and BirclSanctuaries, Protected A.reas under the Wild Life (Pr:otection) Act, 1972, notifiedEco-Sensitive Area, critically Polluted Area as identified by cPCB, lnter-state borderwithin 10 km. As per upprould Mining Plan, no forest land is invoived in the acquiredsiie.The case was considered in the 4th,8th,gtn, 12th and 14lh meeting of5EAC, Chhattisgarh held on 03/05/2008, 30/0612008, 31/0712008, 1210912QO8 and23leglZAOB respectively. Project authority made the presentation befoi"e SEAC'Chhattisgarn in'Ath r"*ting on SOlOOiZggti. SEAC, Chhattisgarh in the 14th meetingheld on Isloglzooa decided to restrict the mining to 5000 tonnes per annum as perthe approved Progressive Mine Closure ptan. SgAC, Chhattisgarh considered thismining' activity as category '82' without requiring EIA and public hearing andrecommended for grani oi Environmental Clearance in 11'n meeting held on)lloijlioOe.-r'ro pun'iic consuttation/pubtic hearing is required as per para 7 (i) lllstage (3) (e)'Theproposal and recommendation of state Level Expert AppraisalCommittee, Chhattisgarh was considered in the 6th, Btn, gth and 10th meeting ofsEIAA, Chhattisgarh held on 03/1212008, rcrcUz}Og, 271a4120a9 and 2210912009*rp".iiu.ry. rne"SftAA, Chhattisgarh perused the information submitted by Projectaut'hority. After detailed deliberations, the SEIAA, Chhattisgarh inlOth meeting heldon 2210912009 decided to accept the recommendation of sEAC, Chhattisgarh togrant Environment Clearance. Acc_ordingly, SEIAA, Chhattisgarh hereby accordsEnvironmental Clearance for Lime StonJMining - 5,000 tonnes per annum subjectto strict compliance of the terms and conditions mentioned below:-A.il.iltSpecific ConditionsAfter exhausting the first mine pit and before starting mining operations in the;;;l pii: 1-""turition and ptantation works in the exhausted pit shall be carriedout, so as to ensure that reclamation, forest cover and vegetation are visibleduring the first year of mining operations in the next pit. This process wouldilirou,itirr the tasi pit is exhaust"d. Ro"quate rehabilitation of mined pit shall becompleted before any minerals bearing area is worked'Adequate buffer zone shall be maintained between two consecutive mineralbearing dePosits.Fugitive dust generation shall be controlled. Fugitive dust emission shall beretltively moriitored at locations of nearest human habitation (includingschools'and other public amenities located nearest to sources of dustgeneration as applicable) _andperiodic reports_shal! be submitted toLnn.ttirgttn fniiionmeni Conservation Boar!, Raipqr, Regional Office'ahh;tti6;rh Environment Conservation Board, Raipur, SEIAA, Chhattisgarh,,V

and Regional Office, Ministry of Environmen't & Forests, Government of lndia,Bhopat.iv Shelter belt i.e. wind break of 30 m width and consisting cf at least 5 tiersaround lease facing the human habitation/ agriculture iietO. 1if any in thevicinity) shall be raised.v. Adequate barrier (7.5 meter) of no mining zone all aiorrg the side(s) facingthe nallah (if any) passing through the leaie area or passing acijacerit to thelease slrall be demarcated and thick vegetation of native speiies'raised in thesaid barrier. Status of implementation shall be submitted to the Regionaloffice of the Ministry and SEIAA, chhattisgarh on half yearly basis.vi. lt shall be ensured that no silt originating due to mining activity is transportedto the surface water course running in ano around the lease aria.vii. Maintenance of village roads through which transportation of minerals areundertaken shall be carried out by the company regularly at its ownexpenses.viii. Project authority shall adopt rainwater-harvesting technique in the projectarea for recharge of ground water. The rainwater-harvesting technique shallbe incorporated right from the design stage of all structures. project authoriiyshall develop rainwater-harvesting struclures to harvest the rainwater forutilization in the lean season as well as to recharge the ground water table. Adetaited scheme for rainwater harvesting to rechaige thJground water aquifershall be prepared in consultation with Central Gr6und Water Authority/StateGround Water Board. A copy of the same shall be submitted within threemonths to the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board, Raipur,Regional office, chhattisgarh Environment conservation Board, Raipur,SEIAA, Chhattisgarh and Regional Office, Ministry of Environment & Forests,Government of lndia, Bhopal. Prior permission from the cornpetent authorityshall be obtained for extraction of ground water, if any.ix. Measures of prevention and control of soil erosion and management of siltshall be undertaken. Protection of dumps against erosion shall 6e carried outwith geo textile mating or other suitable material, and thick plantations ofnative trees and shrubs shall be carried out at the dump slopes. Dumps shallbe protected by retaining walls.x. Garland drain of appropriate size, gradient and length shall be constructed forboth mine pit and for waste dump and sump c-apacity shail be designeokeeping 50 % safety margin over and above peek sudden rainfall (Oasei on50 years data) and maximum discharge in the area adjoining the mine site.Sump capacity shall also provide adequate retention period -to allow propersettling of silt material. Sedimentation pits shall be constructed at the cornersof the garland drains and de-silted at regular intervals. Trenches I gairinosdrains shall be constructed at foot of dumps installed at regular intJrvals toarrest silt from 9ei!9carried out top water bodies. Adeguate number of CheckDams and Gully Plugs shall be constructed across seasonal / perennialn.allahs (if any) flowing through the mining lease area and silts arrested. Desiltingat regular intervals shall be caried out.xi' Ground water in the core zone shall be regularly monitored for contaminationand depletion due to mining activity and records maintained. The monitoringdata shall be submitted to the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board,Raipur, Regionar effice, chhattisgarh Environment conservation Board,ilrsE:$llbrll&t l,iE ttqE MiE&

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vi' Project authority shall take pi-oper action to conirol the noise pollution.fr/orkers shall be provided with ear plugs, muffs. The noise ievel shall notexceed the iirnits 75 dB (A) during the daytirne and 70 dB (A) during thenighttirne within the mine pi'emrses. Project authority shall take adequatemeasures fcr r:ontrol of noise level belcw 85 dB (A) in the work environment.Workers engaged in noisy areas shall be periodicatly examined to maintainaudiometric record and for treatment for any hearing loss including rotatingthem to non-noisy/ less noisy areas.vii. Project authority shall provide adequate facility for proper treatment ofindustrial effluent (if any), mine water and domestic effluent. Project authorityshall provide effluent treatment system. Treated/un-treated effluent coilectionpond shall be lined suitably to prevent seepage in to ground for avoidingground water contamination. All the effluent treatment system shall be kept ingood running condition all the time and failure (if any), shall be immediatelyrectified without delay otherurise similar alternate arrangement shall be made.Project authority shall ensure the treated effluent quality within standardprescribed by Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of lndia.viii. Any liquid effluent what so ever generated from industrial and mining activitiesshall not be discharged into the river or any surface water bodies under anycircumstances, and it shall be reused wholly in the process/plantation. All theindustrial effluent generated shall be re-circulated/reused after propertreatment. Project authority shall provide septic tank and soak pit fortreatment of domestic effluent generated. The un-treated/treated domesticeffluent shall not be discharge into the river or any surface water bodies. Thetreated domestic effluent shall be used for plantation purpose after properdisinfection. The concept of zero discharge shall be maintained all the timeexcept during monsoon. Arrangements shall be made that effluents and stormwater do not get mixed.ix. Project authority shall provide adequate measuring arrangements for themeasurement of water utilized in different categories and effluent generated.x. Personal working in dusty areas shall be provided with protective respiratorydevices and they shall also be imparted adequate training and information onsafety and health aspects.xi. Occupational Health Surveillance of the workers should be done on a regularbasis and records maintained as per the factories Act and records shall bemaintained properly for at-least 30-40 years.xii. Provisions shall be made for the housing the labourers within the site with allnecessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets,mobile srP, safe drinking water, medical health care, cleche etc. Thehousing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after thecompletion of the project.xiii. Project authority shall establish an environmental management cell tocarryout function relating to' environmental management under thesupervision of senior executive who would directly report to the head oforganization. A full-fledged laboratory with gualified technical/scientific staffsto monitor the influent, effluent, ground water, surface water, soil and ambientair quality etc. shall be provided.xiv. Adequate funds shall be allocated for undertaking CSR activities (commgnitywelfare, environmental development activities apart from committede$br*dlLi63J'lftk&ry

plantation) and in any case it shall not be less than R, 0t lakh per year with10% annual increase in subsequent years. Need based assessment of thenear by villages shall be conducted- t6 riuJy e-conomic measures which canhelp in up-liftment of poor section or society.'oetaits of activities shall also besubmitted to chhattisgarh Environment conservation Board, Raipur, RegionatOffice, Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board, Raipur, SEIAA,Chhattisgarh and Regional ,OTg*,fr,f,niriry of Environmuni,- a Forests,Government of lndia, -Bhopal The funds earmarked for the environmentprotection measures shall not be diverted for other purpose and year-wiseexpenditure should be reported to the chnattisgarrr "'Eirvironmentconservation Board, Raipur, Regionar office, chhattisgarh Environmentconservation Board, Raipur, sEiAA, chhattisgarh and Regionar office,Ministry of Environment h Forests, cou.rnrnlnt of rndia, Bhopar. pipeddrinking water, school, development of p"rirr.rund for catle feed andmedicar facirities etc. as desired by Gram rJncnayat(s) shail be provided.xv' The issuance of this environmental clearance does not convey any propertyrights in either real or personal property, * "ny.".lusive privileges, nor doesnot authorize any injury to private. nlop.rty or rny invasion of personal rights,nor any infringement of Central, State'or L'ocal taws or regulations.xvi' sElM' chhattisgarh reserves the right to amend/cancel any of the conditionsand add new conditions and make rirrtner itringent the emission/effluent limitas and when deemed necessary in the interes"t of .nuiron*uni.i piot..tion,change in the project profile -or non-satirir.tow implementation of thestipulated conditions etc.xvii' Project authority shall ensure the generation of employment in the localareas' recruitment shall be done by inviting applications first from the localresidents of the chhattisgarh State. rn crie -J non-availability of suitablecandidates for certain posi in the first .ttu*pt, the project proponent may callthe applications as second call not oniy' iro* local residents of theChhattisgarh State but also from other State.xviii' The Project authority shall advertise in at least two local newspapers widelycircurated in the region around tne prorect, onu or which shail be in thevernacular language of the locality .on..r"i'*iinin seven days from the dateof this crearance retter, informing n"t in" pioject has been accordedenvironmental clearance and copiei of clearanc! t"tt"1- are available with thechhattisgarh Environment conservation Board and may also seen at websiteof the Ministry of Environment and Forests at www.envfor.nic.in and websiteof SEIAA, Chhattisgarh at www.seiaacg.org.xix' Half yearly report on the status of implementation of the stipulated conditions,monitoring data along with statistical inieriretation and environmentsafeguards shall be suohitteo to the_ chhattisgairr Environment conseryationBoard, Raipur, Regionar office, chhattisgirh Environment conservationBoard, Raipur, sEroA, chhattisg,af .;F _Regionar office, Ministry ofEnvironment & Forests, Government of lndia, Bhofial.xx' Regional office of the Ministrv of Environment and Forests at Bhopal wouldmonitor the implementation or tn" stipulated tonoitionr. A complete set ofdocuments incruding Environment' rmpact Assessment Report andEnvironment Management Plfl along with in" additional informationsubmitted from time io time sha, be rorv#roeJ io inu Regionar office for theuuse during monitoring.f::lAitr*clucn*r,.ir&V" p

xxi' The project authorities shall inform the Regional Office as welt as the SEIAA,Chhattisgarh regarding the date of financill closure anci final approval of theproject by the concerned authorities and the dates of start of recommissioningof mine.xxii' Full cooperation shall be extended to the Scientists/Officers from the SEIAA,chhattisgarh, Mlnistry of Environment & Forests, Government oflndia/Regional office, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government oflndia, Bhopal/the CPCB/the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board,who would be monitoring the compliance of environment status.xxiii. The environment clearance accorded shall be valid for a period of 5 years forcommissioning of mine operations.xxiv' ln case of any deviation or alteration in the proposed project from thosesubmitted to this SEIAA, Chhattisgarh for clearance, a fresh reference shouldbe made to the sElAA, chhaitisgarh to assess the adequacy of thecondition(s) imposed and to add addltional environment protectibn measuresrequired, if any. No further expansion or modifications in the mine should becarried out without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment and Forests,Government of lndia/SElAA, Chhattisgarh.xxv' The project authorities must strictly adhere to the stipulations made by theChhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board qCfCAy and the StateGovernment.xxvi' fhe above stipulations would be enforced among others under the Water(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974: the Air (prevention andControl of Pollution) Act, 1981, the Environment (protection) act, 19g6 andrules there under, Hazardous wastes (Management, Handting and rransBoundary Movement) Rules, 2008 and its am6ncments, the puotic Liabilitylnsurance Act, 1991 and its amendments.xxvii' Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the NationalEnvironment Appellate Authori$, if preferred, within 30 days as freicribedunder section 1 1 of the Nationai Enuiron*"ni npfettate Act. 1997.xxviii' Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board shall display a copy of theclearance lefter at the concerned Regional Office, Diskict Trade andlndustries Centre and Collector's office I tlnsitoars office for 30 oavi.-Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter.%StateFor & on behalf ofState Level Environment lmpactAssessment Authority, ChhattisgarhQ*fu'"Meniber SecretaryE$ |uthority, Chhattisgarh4,aipur (C.G )E1*.4n1 rjrE *rE Mic.docVIII

.t3d7Endt. No. /SEAC-CG/ EC/ Mining /Ryp/23l09Raipur, DateZ 7l/cZA09Copy to:-IFSecretary, Department of Environment, MantralayaChhattisgarh, Raipur-492 001.The Secretary, Department of Mining, Mantralaya Chhattisgarh,Raipur-492 001.3.4.5.o.7.The chairman, centrar poilution contror Board, parivesh Bhawan,cBD-cum-office comprex, East Arjun Nagar, Derhi - 100 032.The chairman, chhattisgarh Environment conservation Board, 1-Tilak Nagar, Shiv Mandii chowk, Main Road Avanti Vihar, Raipur(CG)District Collector, District - Raipur, ChhattisgarhDirector, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of lndia,Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.The Chief Conservator of Forests (C) Regional Office (WZ),Ministry of Environment & Forests, Kendriya Frryruron Bhawan,Link Road No.-3, E-5, Arera Colony, Bhopai()''/, t' '"'J:&"Hf[t'ffi;Ji[llnattissa rnElJUrt*etLi@sldEMin &IX