ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION
The
impact on the environment due to coal mining activity is being
monitored constantly by the company and adequate measures for control
of Air, Water & Noise Pollution, Land degradation, Deforestation
etc. are being undertaken in accordance with the provisions of all
statutory norms, Acts, Rules on a regular basis by way of the following
Environment Protection Activities.
1) Afforestation and
Eco-friendly
Activities:
Afforestation/plantation
is a regular activity taken up every year in ECL. This year, plantation
of fruit bearing and medicinal species have been taken up as a
sustainable development activity opening up approach to
commercial bio-diversity and income generation of local
people. Against MoU Target of 10,500, the total number of trees/
sapling planted during the year 2012-13 is 50,950 Nos. in 25 Ha area.
2)
Environment Management Plan Monitoring by MOEF:
Monitoring
of EMP and EC conditions, as approved by MoEF, is being done on a
regular basis.
3)
Statutory Compliance of State Pollution Control Boards:
a)
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Consent for
discharge of water and emission of air is being taken for each coal
mine on regular basis from the State Pollution control Boards of West
Bengal & Jharkhand while maintaining the statutory provisions and
Rules & Water Pollution Act 1974, Air Pollution Act 1981 and the
Environment Protection Act 1986.
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b)
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Required Water Cess (including
arrears) based on consumption of water & demand note from SPCB is
being deposited by all the mines, with the respective State Pollution
control Boards, as per the Water Cess Act 1977. |
c)
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Annual Environmental Statement in Form V (Rule 14 of
Environment Protection Act 1986) is being submitted to respective State
Pollution control Boards.
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4) Observance
of World Environment Day:
World
Environment Day was observed on 5th June 2012 in ECL HQs, Sanctoria and
also in areas of ECL by hoisting Environment Flag & taking oath
along with tree plantation.
5)
Environmental Clearance of Cluster mines and new / expansion of
projects:
Cluster
No
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No. of mines
|
Normative Capacity
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Peak Capacity in MTPA
|
Lease Area
|
Status
of Progress in 2012-13
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1
|
11
|
2.70 |
3.30 |
3692 |
EMP document submitted to
Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board on 21-01-2013 for conducting
Public Hearing. |
2
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3 |
0.36 |
0.45 |
1081 |
EIA study conducted and draft
EMP prepared.
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3
|
3
|
3.33 |
3.97 |
1628 |
Revision of TOR made on
23-07-2012 and Data generation for EIA/EMP is being conducted. |
4
|
3
|
6.35 |
7.71 |
3353 |
Mohanpur OCP was deleted from
Cluster-4 by MoEF letter dated 19-03-2013 for separate consideration of
Mohanpur OCP. But revision of TOR is awaited. |
5
|
2
|
0.485 |
0.63 |
2970 |
EIA study conducted and draft
EMP prepared. |
6
|
9
|
1.453 |
2.25 |
4775 |
EMP document submitted to
Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board on 30-01-2013 for conducting
Public Hearing. |
7
|
4
|
0.58 |
0.74 |
2313 |
Draft EMP prepared. |
8
|
7
|
1.53 |
2.75 |
8281 |
Revision of TOR made on
20-07-2012 and Data generation for EIA/EMP is being conducted. |
9
|
15
|
6.25 |
8.00 |
7145.40 |
EMP document submitted to West
Bengal State Pollution Control Board, modification made as per SPCB and
submitted again to SPCB on 05-02-13 for conducting Public Hearing. |
10
|
19
|
7.70 |
7.70 |
6349 |
Data generation for EIA/EMP is
being conducted.
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11
|
11
|
9.10 |
9.90 |
4218 |
12
|
19
|
27.16 |
31.83 |
13167 |
Simlong Expansion OCP
|
1
|
2.00 |
2.30 |
327 |
EMP document submitted to
Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board on 05-02-13 for conducting
Public Hearing. |
5)
Status of
Air Pollution Control Facility:
Drilling,
blasting & transport of coal are the main cause of air pollution.
Design of the mining equipment is such that it produces less dust and
it is suppressed at the point of generation. Before starting the
drilling & cutting of coal, water spraying is done and blasting is
done scientifically with optimum quantity of explosive and in a
designed pattern so as to generate less dust, provides good
fragmentation, less ground vibration and less fumes. Spraying is done
before coal is transported out. The transfer points of coal transport
are fitted with static water sprinklers. All OCPs have adequate nos. of
Mobile Water Sprinklers through which haul roads are kept wet to
suppress the dust. Fixed type of water sprinklers is used in CHP,
Siding and other transfer points to suppress the dust.
6)
Status of monitoring facility of Air, Water and Noise pollution.
The
existing Environmental Laboratory at CMPDIL, RI-I, Asansol, which
monitors air, water and noise level data of ECL, is being expanded to
cater to additional monitoring requirements for matching the expansion
of production capacity in future. There will be modernization of the
existing facility with installation of PM 2.5 latest designed air
monitoring equipment to cater to the requirements of recent statutory
requirements of MoEF. This work is being carried out by CMPDIL with
financial assurance from ECL to bear annual expenditure of ` 451.24
lakhs towards monitoring of 111 mines of ECL (Previously only 33
mines). The same is scheduled to be completed in 2013-14.
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