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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)
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.
b)
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)
Annual Environmental Statement in Form V (Rule 14 of Environment Protection Act 1986) is being submitted to respective State Pollution control Boards.

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
No.  of mines
Normative Capacity
Peak Capacity in MTPA
Lease Area
Status of Progress in 2012-13
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
3 0.36 0.45 1081 EIA study conducted and draft EMP prepared.
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.

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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