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Proceedings of the 87 th meeting of State Level Expert Appraisal Committee held on 10.01.2014 at 10.30 AM in the Committee Room, Guru Nanak Bhawan, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. The following were present in the meeting: S.NO. Name & Designation 1. Shri Anil Kumar Sondhi, Deptt. of Soil & Water Conservation, Punjab, SCO 92-94, Sector 17-D, Chandigarh. Member 2. Sh. Darshan Singh Jaidka, Chief Engineer (Retd), Department of Water Supply & Sanitaton, Pb, H. No. 316, Urban Estate, Phase-I, Patiala. Member 3. Dr. (Smt.) Jatinder Kaur Arora, Director, Punjab State Council for Science & Technology, Sector-26, Chandigarh. Member 4. Sh. Pawan Garg, Chief Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board Patiala. Secretary (SEAC) 5. Sh. Paramjit Singh, Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, R.O Batala. EE (R.O) Batala 6. Sh. Sukhdev Singh, Assistant Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, R.O. Amritsar AEE (R.O) Amritsar 7. Sh. Rantej Sharma, Assistant Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, R.O. Batala. AEE (R.O) Batala 8. Miss Divya Aggarwal, Assistant Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Patiala. AEE (SEAC) Patiala The following Officers of other departments were also present in the meeting: 1. Sh. Rajinder Oberoi, District Revenue Officer, Tarn Taran. 2. Sh. Resham Singh, Kanugo, District Revenue Office, Amritsar. 3. Sh. Harbhinder Singh, SDO, Drainage Department, Amritsar. 4. Sh. Surjit Singh, G.M D.I.C. Amritsar & Tarn Taran. 5. Sh. Jagdish Singh Gill, Sub-Divisional Soil Conservation Officer, Amritsar.

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Proceedings of the 87th meeting of State Level Expert Appraisal Committee held on 10.01.2014 at 10.30 AM in the Committee Room, Guru Nanak Bhawan, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

The following were present in the meeting:

S.NO. Name & Designation

1. Shri Anil Kumar Sondhi, Deptt. of Soil & Water Conservation, Punjab, SCO 92-94, Sector 17-D, Chandigarh.

Member

2. Sh. Darshan Singh Jaidka, Chief Engineer (Retd), Department of Water Supply & Sanitaton, Pb, H. No. 316, Urban Estate, Phase-I, Patiala.

Member

3. Dr. (Smt.) Jatinder Kaur Arora, Director, Punjab State Council for Science & Technology, Sector-26, Chandigarh.

Member

4. Sh. Pawan Garg, Chief Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board Patiala.

Secretary (SEAC)

5. Sh. Paramjit Singh, Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, R.O Batala.

EE (R.O) Batala

6. Sh. Sukhdev Singh, Assistant Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, R.O. Amritsar

AEE (R.O) Amritsar

7. Sh. Rantej Sharma, Assistant Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, R.O. Batala.

AEE (R.O) Batala

8. Miss Divya Aggarwal, Assistant Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Patiala.

AEE (SEAC) Patiala

The following Officers of other departments were also present in the meeting:

1. Sh. Rajinder Oberoi, District Revenue Officer, Tarn Taran.

2. Sh. Resham Singh, Kanugo, District Revenue Office, Amritsar.

3. Sh. Harbhinder Singh, SDO, Drainage Department, Amritsar.

4. Sh. Surjit Singh, G.M D.I.C. Amritsar & Tarn Taran.

5. Sh. Jagdish Singh Gill, Sub-Divisional Soil Conservation Officer, Amritsar.

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6. Sh. Gurinder Singh, Sub-Divisional Soil Conservation Officer, Tarn Taran.

7. Sh. Charanjit Singh, Deputy Divisional Forest Officer, Amritsar/Tarn Taran.

At the outset, the Secretary, State Level Expert Appraisal Committee

(SEAC) welcomed the members of the Committee in its 87th meeting. It was

informed that Dr. (Mrs) Neelima Jerath, Chairperson SEAC is unable to chair the

meeting due to indisposition and in her absence, Sh. Anil Kumar Sondhi, Member

(SEAC) will chair the meeting.

The Committee perused the applications randomly before formally

looking at the cases put up in the agenda and observed that in some of the

applications latitudes and longitudes mentioned by the applicants were not in order.

However, khasra numbers of mining sites mentioned in respective applications were

checked by the concerned Environmental Engineer who was deputed to prepare the

agenda and minutes and were found to be matching with respective lease

deeds/ownership documents, unless specified otherwise. The Committee decided to

base its decision on khasra numbers only.

Further, the Committee noted that certain information provided by the

project proponents in Form-1 (III) was not upto the mark. However, the Committee

observed that the present projects placed in the agenda had already been

categorized as B-2 as per Office Memorandum dated 24.06.2013 of MoEF, Govt. of

India. The Committee also noted that the stipulations mentioned in MoEF, Govt. of

India’s OM dated 24.12.2013. The Committee was of the opinion that the impact of

the present projects on these parameters would be minimal. Furthermore, in some

cases, 500 m radius maps for the mining sites were not upto the mark/proper. In

these cases, the Committee got verified the distance between two mining sites or

the distance among more than two mining sites from the concerned revenue

authorities and/or checked from ‘Aks Sajra’ plans submitted by the project

proponents to ascertain whether cluster was being formed or not, especially in cases

where the total mining area was between 5 to 25 hectares. In cases where the total

mining area in a potential cluster was less than 5 hectrares, the Committee relied on

the undertakings given by the project proponents. Thereafter, the agenda items

were discussed as under:

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Item No. 87.01 Confirmation of minutes of 86th meeting of SEAC held on 04.01.2014.

It was seen by the State Expert Appraisal Committee.

Item No. 87.02 Action taken report for the items considered in 80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd , 84th , 85th & 86th meeting of the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee.

It was seen by the State Expert Appraisal Committee.

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Item No. 87.03 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Sansara, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar by M/s Pawar Bricks Supply Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Pawar Bricks Supply Co., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Sansara, Tehsil- Ajnala,

Distt-Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide

office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Jasbir Singh, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Jasbir Singh, Partner of the promoter company presented the case before

the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 50 kanals

3 marlas for site 1 & 18 kanals for site 2, (3.33935 hectare) is located in

the revenue estate of Village-Sansara, Tehsil-Ajnala, Distt-Amritsar for

manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue estate of

Village Sansara, Tehsil-Ajnala, Distt-Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village

Site

Hadbast No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Sansara 1 304 2//13 (5-5), 18(8-0), 19/1(3-9),

19/2/2 (2-8), 22/1/1(1-12), 22/1/2(1-1), 22/2/1(0-2), 22/3/2(2-1), 22/3/1/1(2-9), 24/1/1(1-4), 24/2/1(6-4), 24/1/2(0-3), 24/2/2(0-9), 23(8-

0), 51//12(7-16)

10/6/2013 to

10/6/2015

Sansara 2 304, 22//16/2/2//(2-0), 22//17(8-0),

22//18/2(6-0), 22//18/1(2-0),

10/6/2013 to

10/6/2015

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No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Sansara, Tehsil-Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar is less

than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

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The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deed attested by notary for Site- 1 only, which was taken on

record by the committee.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.03) and that listed in the item no. 87.20 & 87.25 falling in revenue

estate of Village, Sansara, Tehsi-Ajnala, Distt-Amritsar, exceed 5 hectares, hence all

the mining sites marked on common Aks Sajra Plan duly singed by concerned

project proponents as well as by the revenue authorities clearly indicating the inter-

site distances between them is required.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

1. The project proponent has not submitted the lease deed attested by notary for Site-2.

2. Undertaking submitted by the Project Proponent regarding total mining area

& no excavation/borrowing site within a radius of 500 m is not correct as the

mining site in item no. 87.20 & 87.25 are also located in revenue estate of

Village-Sansara, Tehsil -Ajnala, Distt-Amritsar.

3. As the mining area of all the sites is more than 5.0 hectare, hence as per OM

dated 24.12.2013 of MoEF of Govt. of India mining plan is required to be

submitted.

4. All the mining sites in revenue estate of Village-Sansara, Tehsil -Ajnala, Distt-

Amritsar are to be marked on common Aks Sajra Plan, duly signed by the

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concerned project proponents as well as by the revenue authorities, clearly

indicating the inter-site distances between them.

5. Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

inter-site distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the inter-site distance is less than 1 Km.

Therefore, the committee decided that the concerned project

proponents of item no. 87.03 (present item), 87.20 & 87.25 be conveyed about

above observations and to present the case before the SEAC.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.04 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Kotli Saka, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar by M/s Quality Brick Udyog

The SEAC observed as under:-

1. M/s Quality Brick Udyog has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Village Kotli Saka, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar.

The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for

appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on 10.01.2014

and Sh. Baldev Krishan, Partner of the promoter company was present in the

said meeting.

3. Sh. Baldev Krishan, Partner of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in a total area

of 1.176 hectare (24 kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Kotli

Saka, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the

brick kiln located in the revenue estate of Village-Othian, Tehsil Ajnala,

District Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Kotli

Saka 1 199

10//16(8-0)17(8-

0)5(8-0)

07.09.2013 to

06.09.2015

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

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The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 1 m below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over notary attested lease deed of site, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

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Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 1.176

hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village Kotli Saka, Tehsil Ajnala, District

Amritsar subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions: i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period is

valid i.e. upto 06/09/2015 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 1m depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

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viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental

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clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the

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website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 1m below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

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xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.05 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Neshta, Sub-Tehsil Attari, Tehsil- Amritsar-II, District

Amritsar by M/s Rampal Brick Supply Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Rampal Brick Supply Co has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Neshta, Sub-Tehsil

Attari, Tehsil- Amritsar-II, District Amritsar. The project is covered under

category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013

categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of

the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Arvinder Singh Chamak, Partner of the promoter

company was present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Arvinder Singh Chamak, Partner of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 0.65 hectares is

located in the revenue estate of Village Kot Garewal, Tehsil Phillaur, Distt.

Jalandhar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue

estate of Village Pacca Pind (Attari), District Amritsar (Address of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Neshta 1 397 52//6/1(5-0), 52//7/1(4-08), 52//7/2(3-12), 42//22/2(3-02),

52/3/1(1-02), 42//17/1(2-09), 23(8-0), 16(5-16), 25(8-0), 22/1(4-18), 52//3/2(6-18), 4(8-0), 42//17/2 (5-11), 19(8-

0), 24(8-0)

2 years from the

date of starting mining activity

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter no. 1186 dtd 27/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Gurdaspur.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over notary attested lease deed and fresh photographs of mining site, which was

taken on record by the committee.

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To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 4.188

hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village Neshta, Sub-Tehsil Attari,

Tehsil- Amritsar-II, District Amritsar subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period of two years from the date of issue of environmental clearance or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 3 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

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vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said

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memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

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ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 3 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

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xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.06 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Marhana, Teh & Distt. Tarn Taran by M/s Sandhu Bricks

Industries

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Sandhu Bricks Industries, has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals

(brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Marhana, Teh & Distt. Tarn Taran.

The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for

appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on 10.01.2014

and Sh. Honey Garg, Prop on behalf of the promoter company was present in

the said meeting.He also submitted the authortity letter to present the case.

3. Sh. Honey Garg, Prop on behalf of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 2.058

hectare (42 kanals) is located in the revenue estate of Village Marhana,

Teh & Distt. Tarn Taran for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln

located in the revenue estate of village Marhana, Teh & Distt. Tarn

Taran.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast

No. Khasra No. Lease

Period

Marhana 1 Not

mentioned

39//10/1(3-0), 4(8-0), 7/2(6-12), 1/1 (4-16), 10/2(4-11), 40//5(8-0),

6(7-11), 39//1/2(3-4), 80//11(8-0), 20(8-0), 81//15/2(1-8), 15/1(6-12), 16(8-0), 86//5(8-0), 6(7-19), 11(7-4), 87//2/2(4-9), 3/2(4-13), 13/1(0-19), 80/21(8-0), 81//25(8-0), 87//1(8-0), 8(8-0), 9(8-0), 10 (8-10), 20//(23/1(1-3),

1/7/2013 to

2/7/2018

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22/3(2-13), 39/2(8-00,

3(8-0), 8(7-11), 9/1(4-13)

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6683 dated 25.09.2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-Tarn

Taran.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

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The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office

Memorandum dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab

Drainage Division, Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the

effect that the brick kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage

Division, Amritsar (Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.06) and that listed in the item no. 77.38 (discussed in 77th meeting

of SEAC) falling in revenue estate of Village Marhana, Teh & Distt. Tarn Taran is

3.626 hectares which is less than 5 hectares, hence the site is independent. It has

further been observed that in the lease deed it has been mentioned that mining will

be carried out in 42 kanals out of total area of 190 kanal 8 marlas, however the

project proponet has not mentioned the specific khasra nos. from where mining is to

be carried out.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.07 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Vanieke, Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Sarwan

Nath & Brothers

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Sarwan Nath & Brothers has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Vanieke, Tehsil Ajnala,

Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide

office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Ramesh Chander Kakkar, Prop of the promoter company

was present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Ramesh Chander Kakkar, Prop of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 0.809 hectare (16

kanals), is located in the revenue estate of Village Vanieke, Tehsil Ajnala,

Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the

revenue estate of village Chawinda Khurd, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar

(Address of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast

No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Vanieke 1 345 2//14(6-3), 13/1(3-6),

13/2(2-6), 19/1(8-0),

20(5-15)

15/8/2013 to 14/8/2015

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter no. 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over notary attested lease deed, which was taken on record by the committee.

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The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.06) and that listed in the item no. 87.59 falling in revenue estate of

Village Vanieke, Tehsil-Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar is 1.618 hectares which is less than 5

hectares, hence the site is independent.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 0.809

hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village Vanieke, Tehsil Ajnala, Distt.

Amritsar subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period is valid i.e. upto 14/08/2015 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 3 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

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vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

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xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the

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Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 3 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

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xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.08 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village

Dhand, District Tarn Taran by M/s Satish Kumar Bhalla.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Satish Kumar Bhalla has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Village Dhand, District Tarn Taran. The project

is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum dated

24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for

appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Satish Kumar Bhalla, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Satish Kumar Bhalla, Prop of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 0.882 hectare (48

kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Dhand, District Tarn Taran

for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue estate of

Village Dhand, District Tarn Taran (Address of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Dhand 1 34 23//1, 23//2/, 23//3, 23//4, 23//6/4, 23//7/1, 23//8, 23//9, 23//10/1, 23//12, 23//13/1, 23//14/1/1, 23//18/2/2, 24//5, 24//6/1, 85//22/2/3, 85//23/1, 85//23/2/1, 85//23/3/2/1, 96//2/3, 96//2//63, 96//3/1, 96//9, 96//12/1,

3 years from the date of the start of mining

activity.

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter no. 6441 dated 18.09.2013,

1186 dated 27.9.2013 and 6683 dated 25.9.2013 have certified that

there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-Amritsar,

Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran respectively.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over copy of lease deed attested by notary and fresh photographs of mining site,

which was taken on record by the committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 0.882

hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village Dhand, Distt. Tarn Taran subject

to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period of three years from the date of issue of environmental clearance or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 3 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and

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unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

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xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were

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received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 3 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

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xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.09 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bhalaipur Purva, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Sham Trading Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Sham Trading Co has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bhalaipur Purva, Tehsil Baba Bakala,

Distt-Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide

office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Surinder Kumar Gupta, Partner of the promoter company

was present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Surinder Kumar Gupta, Partner of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 1.07065 hectare

(21 kanals 17 marlas), located in the revenue estate of Village Bhalaipur

Purva, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the

brick kiln located in the revenue estate of Village Bhalaipur Purva, Tehsil Baba

Bakala, Distt. Amritsar (Address of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Bhalaipur Purva

1 72 50//3/2/7-4 2 years from the date of starting mining activity

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter no. 6683 dtd 25/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt- Tarn

Taran.

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The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 4 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over notary attested lease deed, which was taken on record by the committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

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(Sub-Division- Baba Bakala) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of

1.07065 hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village Bhalaipur Purva, Tehsil

Baba Bakala, Distt-Amritsar, subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period of two years from the date of issue of environmental clearance or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 1 m depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

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ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

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General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

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x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 1m below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.10 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Ksail, Tehsil Jbhal Kalan, District Taran Taran by M/s

Sharma Brick Supply Co.

The SEAC observed as under:-

1. M/s Sharma Brick Supply Co.has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Ksail, Tehsil Jbhal Kalan,

District Taran Taran. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF

vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Ritesh Sharma, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Ritesh Sharma, Prop of the promoter company presented the case before

the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 1.176 hectare (24

kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Ksail, Tehsil Jbhal Kalan,

District Taran Taran for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the

revenue estate of Village Sarai Amanat Khan, District Tarn Taran (Address of

kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Ksail 1 29 146//16(8-0), 17(6-8), 147//19(4-0), 20(8-0)

1.10.2013 to 30.9.2016

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter no. 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt- Tarn

Taran.

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The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over notary attested lease deed, which was taken on record by the committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

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(Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 1.176

hectare (24 kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Ksail, Tehsil Jbhal Kalan,

District Taran Taran subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period is valid i.e. upto 30/09/2016 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 3 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

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ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

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General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

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x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 3 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.11 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of village Ibaan Khurd, Teh & Distt. Amritsar by M/s Surinderpal

Jain, BKO.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Surinderpal Jain, BKO has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of village Ibaan Khurd, Teh & Distt. Amritsar. The

project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2

for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Balbir Singh, Prop of the promoter company was present

in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Balbir Singh, Prop of the promoter company presented the case before

the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 3.92585 hectares

(30 kanals 13 marlas for site 1 & 6 acres approx for site 2), located in the

revenue estate of village Ibaan Khurd, Teh & Distt. Amritsar for

manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue estate of

village Guruwali, Tehsil & District Amritsar (Address of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast

No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Ibban

Khurd

1 274 18//24/2 (1-0), 25(8-0) 100(1-0) 101(1-0) 18//6/3(5-16), 18//7/3(2-9), 17/4(2-4) 23/2(4-4), 18//24/1(7-0)

15/9/2011 to

15/9/2014

Ibban

Khurd

2 274 21//6(8-0), 21//7/2(4-0), 22//2(7-11), 22//3/1(4-1), 22//4/1(0-19), 22//9/1(4-0), 22//9/2(4-0), 22//10/2(5-2), 22//10/1(2-18)

15/5/2012 to

15/5/2014

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter no. 6441 dated 18.09.2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Ibban Khurd, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar is less

than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 1 m below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary alongwith fresh photographs of both

of the mining sites, which was taken on record by the committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:-

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

inter-site distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so

as to ascertain that the inter-site distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.12 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of village

Raipur Khurd and Deriwal, Tehsil Baba Bakala, District Amritsar by M/s Swarn Brick Supply Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Swarn Brick Supply Co., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of village Raipur Khurd and

Deriwal, Tehsil Baba Bakala, District Amritsar. The project is covered under

category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013

categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the

project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Sunil Chopra, Prop of the promoter company was present

in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Sunil Chopra, Prop of the promoter company presented the case before

the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.372

hectares (8 kanals for site 1 & 20 kanals for site 2), located in the

revenue estate of village Raipur Khurd and Deriwal, Tehsil Baba Bakala,

District Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in

the revenue estate of village Jabbowal, Tehsil Baba Bakala, District

Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village Site Hadbast

No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Raipur

Khurd 1 92 16//25(7-12), 17//20m(7-0),21(8-

2), 18//1(7-2), 19//5(7-11)

1.5 years from the start of

mining activity

Deriwal 2 95 6//17/1(3-13), 23//2(3-18), 13(2-8), 14(7-18), 33/1(3-18), 24(7-16), 17/2(4-7), 16//3(8-0), 16//4/1(1-4), 4/2(6-16), 31//6/2(5-17), 7(7-7), 8(7-7),9(7-7), 10(6-12), 12/2(4-0), 13(8-0), 14(8-0), 15(8-0),16(8-0),17(8-

1.5 years from the start of mining activity

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0),18(8-0)

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Raipur Khurd and Deriwal, Tehsil-Baba

Bakala, Distt. Amritsar is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 1m below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds of both of the sites attested by notary, which was taken

on record by the committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office

Memorandum dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab

Drainage Division, Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the

effect that the brick kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage

Division, Amritsar (Sub-Division- Baba Bakala) will not change/obstruct the natural

course of drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

inter-site distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so

as to ascertain that the inter-site distance is less than 1 Km.

(ii) Photographs of the proposed mining site submitted by the project proponent

with the application were not proper.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.13 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Theriewal, Sub Tehsil Majitha, Distt. Amritsar by M/s

Tara Chand Nanda & Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Tara Chand Nanda & Co.has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Theriewal, Sub Tehsil

Majitha, Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The

MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of

brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under

EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Mukesh Nanda, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Mukesh Nanda, Prop of the promoter company presented the case before

the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 4.1 hectare (80

kanals 17 marlas), located in the revenue estate of Village Theriewal, Sub

Tehsil Majitha, Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln

located in the revenue estate of Village Talwandi Khuman, District Amritsar

(Address of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of Village

Site Hadbast No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Theriewal 1 220 2//18(3-0), 22//2 (6-9), 23(7-7),

24(8-0), 25(5-12), 26(2-0), 3//21(4-7), 6//5(7-8), 6(7-8), 11//11/2(4-13), 12//2(1-17), 12/3(2-6), 19(6-16), 20(8-0), 21/2/1(0-17), 11//21/2/2(1-5), 22/1(3-12)

11/9/2013

to 11/9/2018

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No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter no. 6585 dated 24.09.2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over notary attested lease deed and fresh photographs of mining site, which was

taken on record by the committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 4.1

hectare (80 kanals 17 marlas), located in the revenue estate of Village Theriewal,

Sub Tehsil Majitha, Distt. Amritsar subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period is valid i.e. upto 11/09/2018 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 3 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and

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unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

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xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were

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received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 3 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

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xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.14 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bulle Nangal, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar by M/s

Teran Teran Bricks & Tiles

The SEAC observed as under:-

1. M/s Teran Teran Bricks & Tiles has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bulle Nangal, Tehsil Baba

Bakala, Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF

vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Vinod Goyal, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Vinod Goyal, Partner of the promoter company presented the case before

the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 1.2 hectare (24

kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Bulle Nangal, Tehsil Baba

Bakala, Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in

the revenue estate of village Pheruman, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar

(Address of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast

No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Bulle

Nangal

1 11 16//6/2/=2-19, 7/2=2-16, 7/3=0-16, 14/2=(8-0), 15=7-14, 16=5-12, 25/3-9

Already expired

i.e. on 1/1/2013

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter no. 6585 dated 24.09.2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 4 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

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kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Sub-Division- Baba Bakala) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Lease period of mining site has already expired on 01/01/2013 and as such

the project proponent is required to submit fresh valid lease deed of the

proposed mining site.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.15 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Algon, Tehsil Patti, Tarn Taran by M/s Waryam Singh & Sons, BKO.

The SEAC observed as under:-

1. M/s Waryam Singh & Sons, BKO has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Algon, Tehsil Patti, Tarn

Taran. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office

memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as

category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated

14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Harmohinder Singh, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Harmohinder Singh, Prop of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 0.931 hectare (19

kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Algon, Tehsil Patti, Tarn

Taran for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue

estate of village Amarkot, Tehsil Patti, District Tarn Taran (Address of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of Village

Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Algon 1 95 208//5, 209//1, 209//2

Two years from 1/4/2013 for 12 kanals of land and Two years from the date of starting of mining activity for 7 kanals of land

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter no. 6683 dated 25.09.2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-Tarn

Taran.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over notary attested lease deed, which was taken on record by the committee.

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To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 0.931

hectare (19 kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Algon, Tehsil Patti, Tarn

Taran subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period of two years from the date of issue of environmental clearance or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 3 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

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vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said

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memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

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ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 3 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

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xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.16 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Ibban and Thatgarh, Tehsil & District Tarn Taran by M/s

Waryam Singh & Sons

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Waryam Singh & Sons., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Ibban and Thatgarh,

Tehsil & District Tarn Taran. The project is covered under category 1(a). The

MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of

brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under

EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Narinder Singh, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Narinder Singh, Prop of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.91

hectares (22 kanals 14 marlas for site 1 & 16 kanals for site 2), located

in the revenue estate of Village Ibban and Thatgarh, Tehsil & District

Tarn Taran for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the

revenue estate Village Fatahpur, Chabhal Road, District Tarn Taran

(Address of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village Site Had

bast

No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Ibban 1 --- 30//3(7-7),4(7-7),6(8-0) 25.04.2013 to

25.04.2015

Thathgarh 2 275 61//11(8-0), 12(8-0) 25.08.2013 to 25.08.2015

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dated 24.09.2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project filed an application

dated 10/01/2014 stating that earlier he had submitted two different lease

agreements. He has requested that agreement with Mr. Daya Singh S/o Sh. Kanhaya

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Singh, Village-Thathgarh, Chabhal Road, Distt-Tarn Taran bearing khasra no.

61/11(8-0), 12(8-0), 13(5-15), 18(4-16), 19/1 (7-0), 20/1(4-16), 62/15(8-0) (Total

46 kanal 1 marla, 2.32 hectares) may be considered with this application. For the

other agreement he shall be filling other application, which was taken on record by

the committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that: (i) The project proponent has not submitted lease deeds attested by Notary

Public. (ii) As per letter dated 10/01/2014 submitted by the project proponent the area

of site no. 2 has increased from 16 kanals to 46 kanals 1 marla. Hence,

revised lease deed is required to be submitted. Also the project proponent is

required to submit fresh application for obtaining Environmental Clearance.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to recommend to

SEIAA to reject the case of the project proponent due to above said observations.

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Item No.87.17 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Dullo Nangal, Tehsil Baba Bakala, District Amritsar by M/s Tangri Brothers.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Tangri Brothers., has applied for obtaining environmental clearance under

EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in

the revenue estate of Village Dullo Nangal, Tehsil Baba Bakala, District-

Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office

memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as

category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated

14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Tejwinder Singh, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Tejwinder Singh, Prop of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.13 hectares

(8 kanals for site 1, 6 kanals 7 marlas for site 2 & 8 kanals for site 3), located

in the revenue estate of Village Dullo Nangal, Tehsil Baba Bakala, District

Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue

estate of Village Dullo Nangal, Tehsil Baba Bakala, District Amritsar (Address

of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:

Name of Village

Site Hadbast No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Dullo Nanagal

1 9 21//24(8-0) Two years from April 2013

Dullo Nanagal

2 9 22//13(6-7) Two years from April 2012

Dullo Nanagal

3 Not mentioned

913(4-8), 914(3-12) Two years from April 2012

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter no. 6683 dated 25/09/2013

5749 dated 26/09/2013 have certified that there is no Wildlife

Sanctuary/National Park in Distt- Tarn Taran & Jalandhar respectively.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Dullo Nangal, Tehsil-Baba Bakala, Distt-

Amritsar is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 4 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Sub-Division- Baba Bakala) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

inter-site distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the inter-site distance is less than 1 Km.

(ii) The project proponent has not submitted photographs of the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.18 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Kaler Ghuman, Tehsil Baba Bakala, District Amritsar by M/s Guru Teg Bahadur Brick Kiln Industry

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Guru Teg Bahadur Brick Kiln Industry., has applied for obtaining

environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining

of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Kaler Ghuman,

Tehsil Baba Bakala, District Amritsar. The project is covered under category

1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the

mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal

under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Sanjeev Kumar, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Sanjeev Kumar, Prop of the promoter company presented the case before

the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 2.301

hectares (20 kanals for site 1 & 25 kanals 10 marlas for site 2), located

in the revenue estate of Village Kaler Ghuman, Tehsil Baba Bakala,

District Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in

the revenue estate of Village Dhianpur, Tehsil Baba Bakala, District

Amritsar (Address of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of Village

Site

Hadbast No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Kaler Ghuman

1 29 33/44/1=4-12, 33//4/2=2-15, 33//5=7-7, 33//6=8-0, 33//7/1=4-8

2/2/2012 to 1/2/2014

Kaler Ghuman

2 29 18//21/1/2(1-4), 18//21/2/2(1-15), 18//22/2(1-11), 19//24/1/1(0-4), 24//5m(4-0), 19//25/2(2-19), 24//5m(2-19), 24//4/2(4-18), 24//7(7-16), 25//2/1(3-13), 25//9/1/2(0-12),

23/3/2013 to 22/3/2015

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25//10/1(3-0), 24//6/1(0-18), 25//9/2(3-8), 24//6/1/2(4-16), 24//6/2(1-18), 19//24/2(3-7), 25//10/3(3-0), 25//10/2(2-0), 25//1(7-7)

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6685 dated 24.09.2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Kaler Ghuman, Tehsil-Baba Bakala, Distt.

Amritsar is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 4 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

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No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Sub-Division- Baba Bakala) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.18) and that listed in the item no. 87.49 falling in revenue estate of

Kaler Ghuman, Tehsil-Baba Bakala, Distt-Amritsar is 4.64 hectares which is less than

5 hectares, hence the site is independent. The SEAC further observed that lease

deed of site-1 is expiring on 01/02/2014.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) The project proponent has not submitted the lease deeds attested by Notary

Public.

(ii) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

inter-site distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the inter-site distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.19 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Sarangra, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar by M/s Guru

Hargobind sahib Bricks Udyog

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Guru Hargobind Sahib Bricks Udyog has applied for obtaining

environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining

of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Sarangra, Tehsil

Ajnala, District Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The

MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of

brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under

EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Baljit Singh, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Baljit Singh, Partner of the promoter company presented the case before

the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 0.7587 hectare

(15 kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Sarangra, Tehsil Ajnala,

District Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the

revenue estate of Village Sarangra, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar (Address of

kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Sarangra 1 174 94/R(13-14) 30.07.2013 to 29.07.2015

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter no. 6583 dtd 25/9/2013, 5749

dated 26.09.2013 have certified that there is no Wildlife

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Sanctuary/National Park in Distt- Tarn Taran and Jalandhar

respectively.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 2.5 ft approx.

below ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below

ground level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the

area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over notary attested lease deed and fresh photographs of mining site, which was

taken on record by the Committee.

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To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of

0.7587 hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village Sarangra, Tehsil Ajnala,

District Amritsar subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period is valid i.e. upto 29/07/2015 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 2.5 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

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vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said

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memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

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ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 2.5 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

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xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.20 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Sainsara, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar by M/s Gumtala Bricks

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Gumtala Bricks has applied for obtaining environmental clearance under

EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in

the revenue estate of Village Sainsara, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar.The

project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2

for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Amarjit Mittal, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Amarjit Mittal, Partner of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.651

hectares (32 kanals 13 marlas), located in the revenue estate of Village

Sainsara, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in

the brick kiln located in the revenue estate of Village Sainsara, Tehsil

Ajnala, District Amritsar (Address of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village Site Hadbast

No.

Khasra No. Lease

Period

Sansara 1 304 143//14/2(1-02), 17/2(7-05), 24/1(3-13), 24/2(4-7), 143/13/2(7-05),

770/11, 149/1/2(6-09), 148/5(8-0)

01.09.2013 to 31.08.2018

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter no. 6583 dtd 25/9/2013, 1186

dated 27/09/2013 and 6683 dated 25/09/2013 have certified that there

is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt- Amritsar, Gurdaspur and

Tarn Taran respectively.

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The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.20) and that listed in the item no. 87.03 & 87.25 falling in revenue

estate of Village, Sansara, Tehsi-Ajnala, Distt-Amritsar, exceed 5 hectares, hence all

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the mining sites marked on common Aks Sajra Plan duly singed by concerned

project proponents as well as by the revenue authorities clearly indicating the inter-

site distances between them is required.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Undertaking submitted by the Project Proponent regarding total mining area

& no excavation/borrowing site within a radius of 500 m is not correct as the

mining site in item no. 87.03 & 87.25 are also located in revenue estate of

Village Sansara, Tehsil Ajnala, Distt-Amritsar.

(ii) As the mining area of all the sites is more than 5.0 hectare, hence as per OM

dated 24.12.2013 of MoEF of Govt. of India mining plan is required to be

submitted.

(iii) All the mining sites in revenue estate of Village-Sansara, Tehsil -Ajnala, Distt-

Amritsar are to be marked on common Aks Sajra Plan, duly signed by the

concerned project proponents as well as by the revenue authorities, clearly

indicating the inter-site distances between them is also required.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.21 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Ludhar, Tehsil & District Amritsar by M/s Gill Bricks Industry

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Gill Bricks Industry., has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Village Ludhar, Tehsil & District Amritsar. The

project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2

for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Sukhraj Singh, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Sukhpal Singh, Prop of the promoter company presented the case before

the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 2.43

hectares (32 kanals for site 1 & 16 kanals for site 2), located in the

revenue estate of Village Ludhar, Tehsil & District Amritsar for

manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue estate of

Village Ludhar, Tehsil & District Amritsar (Address of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of Village

Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Ludhar 1 289 25//12(8-0), 13(8-0), 19(8-

0), 18(8-0)

25.09.2013 to

24.09.2015

Ludhar 2 289 15//4(8-0), 7(8-0) 25.09.2013 to

24.09.2018

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter no. 6583 dtd 25/9/2013, 1186

dated 27/09/2013 and 6683 dated 25/09/2013 have certified that there

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is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt- Amritsar, Gurdaspur and

Tarn Taran respectively.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Ludhar, Tehsil and Distt. Amritsar is less than

1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 4 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.21) and that listed in the item no. 87.45 falling in revenue estate of

Village-Ludhar, Tehsil-Ajnala, Distt-Amritsar is 3.138 hectares which is less than 5

hectares, hence the mining sites are independent.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

inter-site distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the inter-site distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.22 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bhitewad and Manawala, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar by M/s Bhullar Brick Udyog

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Bhullar Brick Udyog., has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bhitewad and Manawala, Tehsil Ajnala,

District Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide

office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Naresh Kumar, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Naresh Kumar, Partner of the promoter company presented the case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.942

hectares (8 kanals for site 1, 22 kanals 8 marlas for site 2 & 8 kanals for

site 3), located in the revenue estate of Village Bhitewad and Manawala,

Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick

kiln located in the revenue estate of Village Bhitewad, Tehsil Ajnala,

District Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of Village

Site Hadbast

No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Bhitewad 1 192 63//1, 10/1 2 years from the start of mining.

Bhitewad 2 192 32//2(7-12), 32//3/1(3-7), 33//14(2-16), 33//17(7-16), 33//24/1(5-2), 33//25(7-4), 18//21/2(8-13), 18//22/1(2-8), 33//16(5-16), 37//5(7-12), 37//6(7-12)

2 years from the start of mining.

Manawal

a

3 -- 62//17 2 years from the start of mining.

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No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter no. 1186 dated 27/09/2013

and 6683 dated 25/09/2013 have certified that there is no Wildlife

Sanctuary/National Park in Distt- Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran

respectively.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Bhitewad and Village-Manawala, Tehsil-

Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

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The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.22) and that listed in the item no. 87.38 falling in revenue estate of

Village-Manawala, Tehsil-Ajnala, Distt-Amritsar is 0.04 hectares which is less than 5

hectares, hence the mining site is independent.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

inter-site distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the inter-site distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.23 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village

Sohian Kalan, Sub-Tehsil Majitha, District Amritsar by M/s United Brick Kiln Industries

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s United Brick Kiln Industries has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Sohian Kalan, Sub-Tehsil

Majitha, District Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The

MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of

brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under

EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Ramesh Kumar, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Ramesh Kumar, Prop of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 1.112 hectares

(22 kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Sohian Kalan, Sub-Tehsil

Majitha, District Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located

in the revenue estate of Village Bhaini Gillan, Fatehgarh Churian Road, District

Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast

No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Sohian

Kalan

1 --- 158//6/1, 158//7/1, 159//19/1, 159//23/1/1, 171//12/1, 171//16/2/2, 152//14/1

1.09.2013 to

31.08.2015

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter no. 6585 dated 24.09.2013

has certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

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The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

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kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 1.112

hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village Sohian Kalan, Sub-Tehsil-

Majitha, Distt-Amritsar subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period is valid i.e. upto 31/08/2015 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 3 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

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viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental

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clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the

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website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 3 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

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xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.24 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Umarpura, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar by M/s Jasra Brick Supply Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Jasra Brick Supply Co.has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Village Umarpura, Tehsil Ajnala, District

Amritsar The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office

memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as

category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated

14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Joginder Kumar, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Joginder Kumar, Partner of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 1.0695 hectares

(21 kanals 3 marlas), located in the revenue estate of Village Umarpura,

Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln

located in the revenue estate of Village Bhohian, Tehsil Ajnala, District

Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village Site Hadbast

No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Umarpura 1 207 15//24/2(2-8), 24/3(2-8), 26//11/1(3-6), 16//1(8-0), 2/1(2-

16), 9/3(2-7), 9/4(0-9), 10(8-0)

2 years from the start of mining.

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter no. 6585 dated 24/09/2013

has certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

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The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 1 m below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

Committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

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kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of

1.0695 hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village Umarpura, Tehsil Ajnala,

District Amritsar subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period of two years from the date of issue of environmental clearance or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 1m depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

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viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental

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clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the

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website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 1m below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

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xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.25 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Sainsara, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar by M/s Budh Singh Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Budh Singh Co., has applied for obtaining environmental clearance under

EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in

the revenue estate of Village Sainsara, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar. The

project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2

for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Ramesh Kumar, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Ramesh Kumar, Prop of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.343

hectare (26 kanals 11 marlas), located in the revenue estate of Village

Sainsara, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in

the brick kiln located in the revenue estate of Village Sainsara, Tehsil

Ajnala, District Amritsar

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village Site Hadbast

No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Sainsara 1 304 15//21/2(2-5), 16//25/2/1(0-7), 25/3(3-3), 25/4(0-13), 25//5(7-12), 15(0-17), 26//1/1(1-1), ½(4-2),

16//25/2/2(0-5), 25//6(6-6)

25.09.2013 to

24.09.2015

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

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The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.25) and that listed in the item no. 87.03 & 87.20 falling in revenue

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estate of Village, Sansara, Tehsi-Ajnala, Distt-Amritsar, exceed 5 hectares, hence all

the mining sites marked on common Aks Sajra Plan duly singed by concerned

project proponents as well as by the revenue authorities clearly indicating the inter-

site distances between them is required.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Undertaking submitted by the Project Proponent regarding total mining area

& no excavation/borrowing site within a radius of 500 m is not correct as the

mining site in item no. 87.20 & 87.25 are also located in revenue estate of

Village-Sansara, Tehsil -Ajnala, Distt-Amritsar.

(ii) As the mining area of all the sites is more than 5.0 hectare, hence as per OM

dated 24.12.2013 of MoEF of Govt. of India mining plan is required to be

submitted.

(iii) All the mining sites in revenue estate of Village-Sansara, Tehsil -Ajnala, Distt-

Amritsar are to be marked on common Aks Sajra Plan, duly signed by the

concerned project proponents as well as by the revenue authorities, clearly

indicating the inter-site distances between them is also required.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.26 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bhalojala, Tehsil Khadoor Sahib, Distt. Tarn Taran by M/s Modern Bricks Industry

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Modern Bricks Industry., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bhalojala, Tehsil Khadoor

Sahib, Distt. Tarn Taran The project is covered under category 1(a). The

MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of

brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under

EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Sureshpal, Prop of the promoter company was present in

the said meeting.

3. Sh. Sureshpal, Prop of the promoter company presented the case before the

SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 2.023

hectares (24 kanals at site 1 & 16 kanals at site 2), located in the

revenue estate of Village Bhalojala, Tehsil Khadoor Sahib, Distt. Tarn

Taran for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue

estate of Village Pheruman, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village Site Hadbast

No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Bhalojala 1 --- 17//2=8-0, 3=8-0, 9=8-0 6.8.2012 to 5.8.2014

Bhalojala 2 --- 20//19/2=0-12m, 27//16=7-8, 26//20/1=4-16, 20/2=3-4

2 years from the date of start of mining

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The project proponent has submitted an undertaking to the effect that

there is no boundary of National Park and Wildlife within a radius of 1

KM from the Boundary of mining site.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Bhalojala, Tehsil-Khadoor Sahib, Distt-Tarn

Taran is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 4 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.26) and that listed in the item no. 87.46 & 87.64 & that listed iin

the item no. 77.75 (discussed in 77th meeting of SEAC) falling in revenue estate of

Village, Bhalojala, Tehsil-Khadoor Sahib, Distt-Tarn Taran, exceeds 5 hectares,

hence all the mining sites marked on common Aks Sajra Plan duly singed by

concerned project proponents as well as by the revenue authorities clearly indicating

the inter-site distances between them is required.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

inter-site distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the inter-site distance is less than 1 Km.

(ii) Undertaking submitted by the Project Proponent regarding total mining area

& no excavation/borrowing site within a radius of 500 m is not correct as the

mining site in item no. 87.46 & 87.64 & 77.75 are also located in revenue

estate of Village- Bhalojala, Tehsil-Khadoor Sahib, Distt-Tarn Taran.

(iii) As the mining area of all the sites is more than 5.0 hectare, hence as per OM

dated 24.12.2013 of MoEF of Govt. of India mining plan is required to be

submitted.

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(iv) All the mining sites in revenue estate of Village- Bhalojala, Tehsil-Khadoor

Sahib, Distt-Tarn Taran are to be marked on common Aks Sajra Plan, duly

signed by the concerned project proponents as well as by the revenue

authorities, clearly indicating the inter-site distances between them is also

required.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.27 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Baba Bakala, Dhianpur, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Ganesh Bricks

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Ganesh Bricks., has applied for obtaining environmental clearance under

EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in

the revenue estate of Village Baba Bakala, Dhianpur, Tehsil Baba Bakala,

Distt. Amritsar.The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide

office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Amarjit Singh, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Amarjit Singh, Partner of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 2.984

hectares (8 kanals at site 1, 8 kanals at site 2, 28 kanals at site 3 & 15

kanals at site 4), located in the revenue estate of Village Baba Bakala,

Dhianpur, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks

in the brick kiln located in the revenue estate of Village Baba Bakala,

Distt. Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of Village

Site Hadbast

No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Baba Bakala

1 31 61//6/1(2-14), 7/1(4-0), 15(8-0), 60//22/1/1(3-11), 61//14(8-0), 61//16/1(1-4)

6.2.2012 to 5.2.2014

Dhianpur 2 30 34//13(6-10),14(8-0),16(7-12), 17(8-0), 12(2-18),

Already expired

Dhianpur 3 30 38//7(3-15), 11(7-12), 12(8-0), 13(8-0), 14(2-10), 18(8-7), 19(6-15), 20(7-12) 21(7-12), 22(2-12)

2 years from the date of start of

mining

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Dhianpur 4 30 21//12/2/1/1(0-15), 21//13/1(4-5), 21//14/1(2-19), 39//6/2(4-0), 36//24(9-14), 36//25(8-4), 39//4(7-11), 39//5(7-11), 39//6/1(4-0),39//7(8-0), 39//14(6-0), 39//17(7-5), 39//24/1(6-13)

2 years from February 2012

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6683 dated 25.09.2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-Tarn

Taran.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Dhianpur, Tehsil-Baba Bakala, Distt- Amritsar

is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 4 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

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No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a request letter in which it is mentioned that the application for obtaining

Environmental Clearance may be considered for site-3 and site-4. The project

proponent further requested that for rest of the two sites i.e. site-1 and site-2, the

project proponent will file separate application. The project proponent handed over

copy of lease deeds attested by notary for site-3 and site-4, which was taken on

record by the committee.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.27) and that listed in the item no. 87.52 & 87.39 falling in revenue

estate of Village, Baba Bakala and Village-Dhianpur, Tehsi-Baba Bakala, Distt-

Amritsar, exceeds 5 hectares at village-Dhianpur, hence all the mining sites marked

on common Aks Sajra Plan duly singed by concerned project proponents as well as

by the revenue authorities clearly indicating the inter-site distances between them is

required.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Sub-Division- Baba Bakala) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Undertaking submitted by the Project Proponent regarding total mining area

& no excavation/borrowing site within a radius of 500 m is not correct as the

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mining site in item no. 87.52 & 87.139 are also located in revenue estate of

Village- Baba Bakala and Village-Dhianpur, Tehsi-Baba Bakala, Distt-Amritsar,.

(ii) As the mining area of all the sites is more than 5.0 hectare, hence as per OM

dated 24.12.2013 of MoEF of Govt. of India mining plan is required to be

submitted.

(iii) All the mining sites in revenue estate of Village-Dhianpur, Tehsi-Baba Bakala,

Distt-Amritsar are to be marked on common Aks Sajra Plan, duly signed by

the concerned project proponents as well as by the revenue authorities,

clearly indicating the inter-site distances between them is also required.

(iv) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

inter-site distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the inter-site distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.28 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Wadali Guru, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar by M/s Central Brick Kiln Industries

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Central Brick Kiln Industries., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Wadali Guru, Tehsil &

Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide

office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Anil Kumar, Prop of the promoter company was present

in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Anil Kumar, Prop of the promoter company presented the case before the

SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.831

hectares (6 kanals 16 marlas for site 1 & 29 kanals & 8 marlas for site

2), located in the revenue estate of Village Wadali Guru, Tehsil & Distt.

Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the

revenue estate of Village Kot Khalsa, Distt. Amritsar

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village

Sit

e Hadbas

t No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Wadali

Guru

1 --- 56//8/1(1-0), 8/3/2(2-16),

8/2(3-0)

Already

expired

Wadali

Guru

2 --- 56//15/2(3-8), 56//6/2/2(4-16), 7/1/2(1-18), 14/1/1(0-16), 14/1/2(0-9), 15/1/1(0-10), 15/1/2(0-6), 13/2(5-12), 14/2(6-15), 17(4-4), 18/1(4-2)

3 years from the date of possession i.e. upto 16/9/2016

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No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 1m below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a request letter in which it is mentioned that the application for obtaining

Environmental Clearance may be considered for site-2 only. The project proponent

handed over copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by

the committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 1.487

hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village Wadali Guru, Tehsil and District

Amritsar subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:- i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period

is valid i.e. upto 16/09/2016 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 1 m depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

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vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

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xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the

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Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 1m below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

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xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.29 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Thanda, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar by M/s Darshan Singh &

Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

M/s Darshan Singh & Co.has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals

(brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Thanda, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar. The

project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum dated

24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal

of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

Sh. Pritpal Singh son of the owner of the brick kiln attended the

meeting, but without any authority letter. Hence in compliance to Office

Memorandum dated 25.02.2010 of the MoEF, the Committee did not allow him to

present the project proposal and decided to defer the case.

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Item No. 87.30 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Mehma Pandori, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Gagan Bricks Supply Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

M/s Gagan Bricks Supply Co., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals

(brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Mehma Pandori, Distt. Amritsar. The

project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum dated

24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal

of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

Sh. Ranbir Singh Son of the owner of the brick kiln attended the

meeting, but without authority letter. Hence in compliance to Office Memorandum

dated 25.02.2010 of the MoEF, the Committee did not allow him to present the

project proposal and decided to defer the case.

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Item No. 87.31 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bhakna Kalan, Sub Tehsil Attari, Distt. Amritsar by M/s

Guru Arjan Dev Bricks Udyog.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Guru Arjan Dev Bricks Udyog has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bhakna Kalan, Sub Tehsil

Attari, Distt. Amritsar.The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF

vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Jatinderpal Singh, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Jatinderpal Singh, Partner of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 0.8 hectares (16

kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Bhakna Kalan, Sub Tehsil

Attari, Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in

the revenue estate of Village Chak Mukand, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar (Address

of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Bhakna

Kalan

1 408 Killa No. 52/11, 8-0, 12,

8-0

2 years i.e. upto

26/9/2015

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The project proponent has submitted an undertaking to the effect that

there is no boundary of National Park and Wildlife within a radius of 1

KM from the Boundary of mining site.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

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To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.31) and that listed in the item no. 87.56 falling in revenue estate of

Bhakna Kalan, Sub-Tehsil-Attari, Distt-Amritsar is 2.023 hectares which is less than 5

hectares, hence mining site is independent.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 0.8

hectare and located in the revenue estate of Bhakna Kalan, Sub-Tehsil-Attari, Distt-

Amritsar subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period is valid i.e. upto 26/09/2015 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 3 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

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vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

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xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the

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Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 3 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

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xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.32 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Thathgarh and Vill. Ibban Kalan, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Parma Nand Faqir Chand

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Parma Nand Faqir Chand, has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Thathgarh and Vill. Ibban

Kalan, Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF

vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Gurjit Singh, Prop of the promoter company was present

in the said meeting.

Sh. Gurjit Singh, Prop of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.168

hectares (12 kanals 14 marlas for site 1 & 10 kanals 8 marlas for site 2),

located in the revenue estate of Village Thathgarh, Distt. Tarn Taran and

Vill. Ibban Kalan, Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick

kiln located in the revenue estate of Village Fatahpur, Distt. Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village

Sit

e

Hadbast

No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Thathgar

h

1 32 61//1(8-0), 4(4-14) 15/5/2013 to

14/5/2016

Ibban Kalan

2 275 30//8(8-0), ½(2-8) 30/4/2013 to 29/4/2016

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a request letter in which it is mentioned that the application for obtaining

Environmental Clearance may be considered for site-2. The project proponent

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further requested that for other site i.e. site-1 the project proponent will file

separate application. The project proponent handed over copy of lease deed

attested by notary for site-2, which was taken on record by the committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.32) and that listed in the item no. 87.16 falling in revenue estate of

village-Baba Bakala and village-Thathghar, Distt-Tarn Taran is 1.451 hectares at

village- Ibban Kalan, Distt-Amritsar is 1.674 hectares, which is less than 5 hectares,

hence sites are independent.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 0.526

hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village Ibban Kalan, District Amritsar

subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions: i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period

is valid i.e. upto 29/04/2016 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 3 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

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iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii)

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System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the

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respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 3 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

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xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.33 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bhullar, Thesil-Ajnala, Distt-Amritsar by M/s Tara Chand Khanna.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Tara Chand Khanna., has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bhullar, Tehsil Anjala, Distt. Amritsar.

The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office

memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as

category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated

14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Rupinder Singh, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Rupinder Singh, Partner of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.466

hectares (12 kanals at site 1, 8 kanals at site 2 & 9 kanals at site 3),

located in the revenue estate of Village Bhullar, Tehsil Anjala, Distt.

Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the

revenue estate of Village Bhullar, Tehsil Anjala, Distt. Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of Village

Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Bhullar 1 190 61//20-21 2 years i.e. upto 10/4/2014

Bhullar 2 --- 29//15/2(3-12), 16/1(3-12), 30//11(7-18), 12(2-3), 20(4-

10)

2 years i.e. upto 8/8/2015

Bhullar 3 --- 64//10-11 2 years i.e. upto 10/8/2014

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter 1186 dated 27.09.2013 & 6683

dated 25.09.2013 have certified that there is no Wildlife

Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-Gurdaspur and Distt-Tarn Taran

respectively.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Bhullar, Tehsil-Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar is less

than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3.5 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

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The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.33) and that listed in the item no. 87.38 falling in revenue estate of

Bhullar, Tehsil-Ajnala, Distt-Amritsar is 2.68 hectares which is less than 5 hectares,

hence mining site is independent.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

inter-site distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the inter-site distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.34 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Majitha, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar by M/s Karor Chand Ved Parkash

The SEAC observed as under:

M/s Karor Chand Ved Parkash., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals

(brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Majitha, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar. The

project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum dated

24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal

of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

No one from the project proponent attended the meeting.

The Committee, in compliance to office memorandum dated

25.02.2010 of the MoEF, decided to defer the case.

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Item No. 87.35 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Ratta Gudha Teh Patti, Distt. Tarn Taran by M/s Khalsa

Bricks Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Khalsa Bricks Co.has applied for obtaining environmental clearance under

EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in

the revenue estate of Village Ratta Gudha Teh Patti, Distt. Tarn Taran The

project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2

for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Mandeep Singh, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Mandeep Singh, Prop of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 1.686 hectares

(33 kanals 7 marlas), located in the revenue estate of Village Ratta Gudha

Teh Patti, Distt. Tarn Taran for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln

located in the revenue estate of Village Ratta Gudha Teh Patti, Distt. Tarn

Taran (Address of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Ratta Gudha

1 181 20/22/1(4-4), 20/18(8-0), 20/22/2(3-16), 20/23(8-0)

29.09.2013- 30.06.2018

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter no. 6683 dated 25.09.2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-Tarn

Taran.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

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To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 1.686

hectare and located in the revenue estate of village Ratta Gudha Teh Patti, Distt.

Tarn Taran subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period is valid i.e. upto 30/06/2018 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 3 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be

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carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

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xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

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viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 3 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

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xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.36 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Sham Nagar & Marri Khurd, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar by M/s MahalAksmi Brick Supply Co.

The SEAC observed as under:-

M/s MahalAksmi Brick Supply Co.., has applied for obtaining

environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of

minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Sham Nagar & Marri

Khurd, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The

MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Ravish Verma, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Ravish Verma, Partner of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.472

hectares (16 kanals at site 1 & 13 kanals 2 marlas at site 1), located in

the revenue estate of Village Sham Nagar & Marri Khurd, Tehsil & Distt.

Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the

revenue estate of Village Bal Kalan, Majitha Road, Tehsil & Distt.

Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village

Sit

e Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Sham

Nagar 1 223 21//25/3, 22/19,

21//21/1, 22//22/1

20/9/2013 to

19/9/2018

Marri

Khurd 2 221 13//10, 11, 12/1 20/9/2013 to

19/9/2018

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter 6585 dated 24.09.2013 & 1186

dated 27.09.2013 have certified that there is no Wildlife

Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-Amritsar and Distt-Gurdaspur.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village-Marri Khurd and Village-Sham Nagar, Distt.

Amritsar is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 1m ground

level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground level.

Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office

Memorandum dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar

Drainage Division, Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the

effect that the brick kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage

Division, Amritsar (Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

inter-site distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the inter-site distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.37 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Dhardheo, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Rajdhan Bricks Supply Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Rajdhan Bricks Supply Co., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Dhardheo, Tehsil Baba

Bakala, Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF

vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Tejinder Sandhu, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Tejinder Sandhu, Prop of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.416

hectares (28 kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Dhardheo,

Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the

brick kiln located in the revenue estate of VPO Rajdhan, Tehsil Baba

Bakala, Distt. Amritsar

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village

Sit

e Hadb

ast

No.

Khasra No. Lease

Period

Dhardheo 1 70 60//2/1 =7-4, 9//=6-0, 10/1=2-7, 60//7 = 8-0, 13/1=3-2, 14/1=3-9, 14/2/1=0-13, 15/1/1=4-16, 61//10/1=1-6, 16/1 = 1-4, 17/3=5-3, 25/5=1-0, 62//22/1=1-15, 60//8=8-0, 9//=2-0, 45//3/3=0-16, 4-2=4-14, 61//11/1=7-18, 61//18/1=2-0,

30/8/2012

to

29/8/2014

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123//25/2=3-12, 61//19/2-13, 25/4=0-12, 61//23/1 = 7-4, 62//21/5 =0-13, 61//23/2= 0-16, 24/1/=2-4, 24/2=2-16, 61//24/3=3-0, 25/1=3-12,

61//25/2= 4-0, 61//22=8-0

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter no. 6585 dtd 24/9/2013, 5749

dated 26/09/2013 and 6683 dated 25/09/2013 have certified that there

is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-Amritsar, Jalandhar and

Distt-Tarn Taran respectively.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 1 m below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

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No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deed attested by notary.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Sub-Division- Baba Bakala) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

The SEAC observed that in the lease deed it has been mentioned that

mining will be carried out in 28 kanals out of total area of 110 kanal 9 marlas.

However, the project proponet has not mentioned the specific khasra nos. from

where mining is to be carried out.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.38 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Manawala, Bhullar Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Mittal Bricks Manufacturing Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

M/s Mittal Bricks Manufacturing Co. has applied for obtaining

environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of

minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Manawala, Bhullar

Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The

MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Amit Sharma, Prop of the promoter company was present in

the said meeting.

Sh. Amit Sharma, Prop of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.239

hectares (10 kanals for site 1, 3 acres for site 2), located in the revenue

estate of Village Manawala & Village Bhullar Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar

for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue estate

of Village Manawala, Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village

Sit

e Hadbas

t No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Manawal

a

1 --- 73//5, 74//8/2(4-0), 74/1(6-0) 24.08.2013 to

24.08.2018

Bhullar 2 --- 45//23, 24, 25 24.08.2013 to 24.08.2018

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter 1186 dated 27.09.2013 and

6683 dated 25.09.2013 have certified that there is no Wildlife

Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-Gurdaspur and Distt-Tarn Taran.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Manawala and Village-Bhullar, Tehsil-Ajnala,

Distt. Amritsar is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.38) and that listed in the item no. 87.22 & 87.33 falling in revenue

estate of village-Manawala and village-Bhullar, Tehsil-Ajnala, Distt-Amritsar is 0.9105

hectares at village- Manawala and 2.68 hectares at village-Bhullar, which is less than

5 hectares, hence mining sites are independent.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

inter-site distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the inter-site distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.39 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Manan, Chabal Road, Distt. Tarn Taran by M/s Bhatia Bricks Supply Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Bhatia Bricks Supply Co., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals

(brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Manan, Chabal Road, Distt. Tarn Taran.

The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for

appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Satinderpreet Singh, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Satinderpreet Singh, Partner of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.942

hectares (10 kanals for site 1, 20 kanals 18 marlas for site 2 & 7 kanals

10 marlas for site 3), located in the revenue estate of Village Manan,

Chabal Road, Distt. Tarn Taran for manufacturing of bricks in the brick

kiln located in the revenue estate of Village Manan, Chabal Road, Distt.

Tarn Taran

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village

Sit

e Hadbas

t No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Manan 1 -- Khatoni No. 627-628(8-0) 2 years i.e.

upto 1/4/2015

Manan 2 43 132(8-0), 133(10-18), 11/1(0-18), 132/1(1-2)

2 years i.e. upto

19/4/2015

Manan 3 -- Khewat no. 267, 268, 269 2 years i.e. upto

31/3/2015

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No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dated 24.09.2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate Village Manan, Chabal Road, Distt. Tarn Taran is less

than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

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The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

inter-site distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the inter-site distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.40 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Kartarpur and Village Gaziwal, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Kamal Bricks Industry.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Kamal Bricks Industry., has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Village Kartarpur and Village Gaziwal, Tehsil

Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The

MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of

brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under

EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Kamaljit Singh, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Kamaljit Singh, Prop of the promoter company presented the case before

the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 2.3269

hectares (32 kanals for site 1 & 14 kanals for site 2), located in the

revenue estate of Village Kartarpur and Village Gaziwal, Tehsil Baba

Bakala, Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln

located in the revenue estate of Village Jhalari, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt.

Amritsar (Address of kiln).

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of Village

Site

Hadbast No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Kartarpur

1 56 Killa No. 32//13(3-0), 109//1(3-2), 17//9(8-0), 10(7-0), 12(8-0), 1(6-12), 2(7-11), 20//11(7-0), 20//9/1(3-16), 1/1(6-1), 2(8-0), 17//19(8-0), 22(7-7), 21//6(8-0), 20/1/2(0-19), 20//10(7-0), 17//20(7-0), 17//21(6-8), 17//11(7-0), 16//25(8-0), 21//5(7-7),

2 years i.e. upto 22/9/2015

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21//7/1(3-0), 7/2(5-0), 8//17/2/2(0-3) (32 Kanal out of above Killas)

Gaziwal 2 -- Killa No. 8//1(7-11), 8//2(7-4), 11//3(8-0), 11//14(8-0), 11//15/1(5-2), 11//15/2(1-19), 11//16/1(0-1) (14 Kanal out of above killas)

1.5 years i.e. upto 22/11/2014

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Kartarpur and village-Gaziwal, Tehsil-Baba

Bakala, Distt. Amritsar is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 4 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

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There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Sub-Division- Baba Bakala) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

The SEAC observed that in the lease deeds it has been mentioned that

mining will be carried out in 46 kanals out of total area of 181 kanal 3 marlas,

however the project proponet has not mentioned the specific khasra nos. from

where mining is to be carried out.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) The project proponent has not submitted the lease deeds attested by Notary

Public. Also, the khasra numbers from which mining is to be carried out (out

of total khasra numbers mentioned in the lease deed) have not been

mentioned in the lease deed.

(ii) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

inter-site distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the inter-site distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.41 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of VPO Boparai, Tehsil Patti, Distt. Tarn Taran by M/s Kissan

Bricks Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Kissan Bricks Co. has applied for obtaining environmental clearance under

EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in

the revenue estate of VPO Boparai, Tehsil Patti, Distt. Tarn Taran. The project

is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum dated

24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for

appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Mandeep Singh, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Mandeep Singh, Partner of the promoter company presented

the case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 2.175 hectares

(43 kanals), located in the revenue estate of VPO Boparai, Tehsil Patti, Distt.

Tarn Taran for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue

estate of Village Chuslewar, Tehsil Patti, Distt. Tarn Taran.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast

No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Boparai 1 155 26//20min (3-10), 26//20/3(2-9), 26//22(2-19), 27//10(8-0), 27//11min (1-0), 27//16(8-0), 27//17(8-0), 27//18(7-12), 26//21(1-10),

5 years i.e. upto 30/6/2018

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter no. 6683 dated 25.09.2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt- Tarn

Taran.

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The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

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kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 2.175

hectares and located in the revenue estate of VPO Boparai, Tehsil Patti, Distt. Tarn

Taran subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period is valid i.e. upto 30/06/2018 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 3 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

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viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental

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clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the

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website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 3 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

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xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.42 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Wadala Bhittewad, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Shiv Shankar Brick Co.,

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Shiv Shankar Brick Co., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Wadala Bhittewad, Distt.

Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office

memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as

category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated

14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Parmod Khurana, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

3. Sh. Parmod Khurana, Prop of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.719

hectares, (4 acres for site-1, 40 kanals for site-2) located in the revenue

estate of Vill. Wadala Bhittewad, Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of

bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue estate of Vill. Wadala

Bhittewad, Distt. Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease

Period

Wadala Bhittewa

d

1 354 27//3, 27//7, 27//8, 27//14, 37//25, 42//13, 42//14, 42//15, 42//16, 43//10, 43//12, 43//20, 43//22, 57//3, 57//8

5 years

Wadala Bhittewa

d

2 354 57//1/2, 10/1, 11, 58//5/1, 58//6, 58//14, 58//15

5 years

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Wadala Bhitewad, Distt. Amritsar is less than

1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

inter-site distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the inter-site distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.43 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Ghanshampur, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar by

M/s Tara Chand Dwarka Dass

The SEAC observed as under:-

1. M/s Tara Chand Dwarka Dass has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Ghanshampur, Tehsil

Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The

MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of

brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under

EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Jaswinder Singh, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Jaswinder Singh, Prop of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 1.618 hectares

(32 kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Ghanshampur, Tehsil

Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln

located in the revenue estate of Village Chananks, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt.

Amritsar

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village Site Hadbast

No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Ghanshampur 1 111 10//13=8-0, 10//17=2-9, 10//18=7-13, 10//19=8-0, 10//10/2=2-15, 10//11=7-10, 10//9=8-0, 10//12=3-0, 13//25/8=0-2, 16-2, 9//6/2=2-4, 9//6/4=0-9, 9//6/5=0-9,

9//1=8-0, 10//20/1=0-17

1/9/2013 to 31/8/2015

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No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter no. 6585 dated 24.09.2013

have certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 1m below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Sub-Division- Baba Bakala) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 1.618

hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village Ghanshampur, Tehsil-Baba

Bakala, Distt. Amritsar subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period is valid i.e. upto 31/08/2015 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 1m depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

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vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

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xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the

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Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 1m below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

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xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.44 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Kot

Khalsa, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar by M/s B.B. Gupta & Co.,

The SEAC observed as under:

M/s B.B. Gupta & Co.,has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals

(brick clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Kot Khalsa, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar. The

project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum dated

24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal

of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

Sh. Anil Kumar Gupta brother of the owner of the brick kiln

attended the meeting, but without any authority letter. Hence, in compliance to

Office Memorandum dated 25.02.2010 of the MoEF, the Committee did not allow

him to present the project proposal and decided to defer the case.

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Item No. 87.45 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Ludhar and Village Daddian, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar by M/s Bal Gram Udyog Samiti BKO.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Bal Gram Udyog Samiti BKO., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Ludhar and Village

Daddian, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar.The project is covered under category 1(a).

The MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining

of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under

EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Jasbir Singh, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Jasbir Singh, Partner of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 3.237

hectares (8 kanals for site 1, 8 kanals for site 2, 6 kanals for site 3, 24

kanals for site 4, 10 kanals for site 5 & 8 kanals for site 6), located in the

revenue estate of Village Ludhar and Village Daddian, Tehsil & Distt.

Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the

revenue estate of Village Ludhar, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of Village

Site Hadbast

No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Ludhar 1 -- 7//8(8-0) 25/9/2013 to 24/9/2015

Daddian 2 -- 3//17(8-0) 25/9/2013 to 24/9/2015

Ludhar 3 -- 7//23/1(2-0), 7//18

25/9/2013 to 24/9/2018

Daddian 4 -- 2//12, 19,20 25/9/2013 to 24/9/2018

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Daddian 5 -- 7//11(8-0), 20(2-0) 25/9/2013 to 24/9/2015

Daddian 6 -- 3//6(8-0), 25/9/2013 to 24/9/2015

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter no. 6585 dated 24.09.2013,

1186 dated 27.9.2013 and 6683 dated 25.9.2013 have certified that

there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-Amritsar,

Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran respectively.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Ludhar and Village Daddian, Tehsil & Distt.

Amritsar is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 4 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

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No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.45) and that listed in the item no. 87.21 falling in revenue estate of

Village Ludhar, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar is 3.138 hectares which is less than 5

hectares, hence mining sites are independent.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

intersite distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the intrersite distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.46 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Bhilojla, Tehsil Khdoor Sahib, Distt. Tarn Taran by M/s Ganesh Gram Udyog Samiti.

The SEAC observed as under:

M/s Ganesh Gram Udyog Samiti., has applied for obtaining

environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Bhilojla, Tehsil Khdoor Sahib, Distt.

Tarn Taran. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office

memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as

category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated

14.09.2006.

1. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Sanjeev Kumar, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Sanjeev Kumar, Partner of the promoter company presented

the case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.588

hectares (Site-1 is 8 Kanal, Site-2 is 7 Kanal 8 Marla and Site-3 is 16

Kanal as per agreement) located in the revenue estate of Vill. Bhilojla,

Tehsil Khdoor Sahib, Distt. Tarn Taran for manufacturing of bricks in the

brick kiln located in the revenue estate of Vill. Bhilojla, Tehsil Khdoor

Sahib, Distt. Tarn Taran

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village

Site

Hadbast

No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Bhilojla 1 -- 26//13=70, 26//12/2=1-0,

2 years i.e. upto 17/4/2015

Bhilojla 2 -- 26//23(7-8) 2 years i.e. upto 21/10/2014

Bhilojla 3 -- 26//7=8-0, 14=8-0 2 years i.e. upto 7/11/2013

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Vill. Bhilojla, Tehsil Khdoor Sahib, Distt. Tarn Taran is

less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 4 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.46) and that listed in the item no. 87.26 & 87.64 & that listed iin

the item no. 77.75 (discussed in 77th meeting of SEAC) falling in revenue estate of

Village, Bhalojala, Tehsil-Khadoor Sahib, Distt-Tarn Taran, exceed 5 hectares, hence

all the mining sites marked on common Aks Sajra Plan duly singed by concerned

project proponents as well as by the revenue authorities clearly indicating the inter-

site distances between them is required.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:-

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

intersite distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the intrersite distance is less than 1 Km.

(ii) Undertaking submitted by the Project Proponent regarding total mining area

& no excavation/borrowing site within a radius of 500 m is not correct as the

mining site in item no. 87.26 & 87.64 & 77.75 are also located in revenue

estate of Village- Bhalojala, Tehsil-Khadoor Sahib, Distt-Tarn Taran.

(iii) As the mining area of all the sites is more than 5.0 hectare, hence as per OM

dated 24.12.2013 of MoEF of Govt. of India mining plan is required to be

submitted.

(iv) All the mining sites in revenue estate of Village- Bhalojala, Tehsil-Khadoor

Sahib, Distt-Tarn Taran are to be marked on common Aks Sajra Plan, duly

signed by the concerned project proponents as well as by the revenue

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authorities, clearly indicating the inter-site distances between them is also

required.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.47 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Khappar Kheri, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar by M/s Gupta

Brick Kiln Industry

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Gupta Brick Kiln Industry., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Khappar Kheri, Tehsil &

Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide

office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on 10.01.2014

and Sh. Mangwinder Singh, Prop of the promoter company was present in the

said meeting.

Sh. Mangwinder Singh, Prop of the promoter company

presented the case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 2.994

hectares (16 kanals for site 1 & 43 kanals 4 marlas for site 2), located in

the revenue estate of Village Khappar Kheri, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar for

manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue estate of

Village Guru Ki Wadali, Baserke Road, Distt. Amritsar

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village Site Hadbast

No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Khappar

Kheri 1 358

Killa No. 35/11/2, 0-3, 20 min, 4-0, 21min, 2 Kanal, 20 min, 4-0, 21 min 6-0, 36/25/2, 7-12, 52/1/1, 2-13

26/9/2013 to 26/9/2016 for 1st 8 kanals of land & 26/9/2013 to 26/9/2018 for 2nd 8 kanals of land

Khappar

Kheri 2 272

Killa No. 45/4/3, 2-0, 14/2, 3-13, 15/2, 3-19, 17,9-18, 14/1, 4-7, 32/23, 8-0, 24,8-0, 45/4/1, 3-7, 45/7

26/9/2013 to 26/9/2016 for 1st 21 kanals 13 marlas of land & 25/9/2013 to 26/9/2019 for rest 21 kanals 11

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marlas of land

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The project proponent has submitted an undertaking to the effect that

there is no boundary of National Park and Wildlife within a radius of 1

KM from the Boundary of mining site.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a request letter in which it is mentioned that the application for obtaining

Environmental Clearance may be considered for site-2. The project proponent

handed over copy of lease deeds attested by notary for site-1 and site-2, which was

taken on record by the committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) The project proponent has not mentioned the date of expiry of lease period in

the lease deeds for specific khasra nos. i.e. lease period pertaining to specific

mining area and relevant khasra numbers.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.48 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Thakarpura and Vill. Aasal, Tehsil Patti, Distt. Tarn Taran by M/s Surinder Singh BKO.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Surinder Singh BKO.has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Thakarpura and Vill. Aasal, Tehsil Patti,

Distt. Tarn Taran. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide

office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Surinder Singh, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Surinder Singh, Partner of the promoter company presented

the case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 3.6

hectares, located in the revenue estate of Vill. Thakarpura and Vill.

Aasal, Tehsil Patti, Distt. Tarn Taran for manufacturing of bricks in the

brick kiln located in the revenue estate of Vill. Patti, Tehsil Patti, Distt.

Tarn Taran.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Thakkarp

ura 1 171 34/1(0-4), 34/2(4-5),

34/5/1(4-8), 34/3(7-16), 34/4(8-0)

2 years i.e. upto 24/9/2014

Assal 2 174 18/17(0-4), 18/18(8-0), 18/19(4-19)

2 years i.e. upto 24/9/2014

Thakkarp

ura 3 171 91(3-6) 2 years i.e. upto

24/9/2014

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Vill. Thakarpura and Vill. Aasal, Tehsil Patti, Distt.

Tarn Taran is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

intersite distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the intrersite distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.49 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Kaler Ghuman, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Aggarwal Construction Co. (BKO).

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Aggarwal Construction Co. (BKO) has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Kaler Ghuman, Tehsil

Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The

MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of

brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under

EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Vikas Gupta, Prop of the promoter company was present

in the said meeting.

Sh. Vikas Gupta, Prop of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 2.347

hectares (16 kanals for site 1, 12 kanals for site 2, 10 kanals 8 marlas for

site 3 & 8 kanals for site 4), located in the revenue estate of Village Kaler

Ghuman, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks

in the brick kiln located in the revenue estate of Village Kaler Ghuman,

Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Kaler

Ghuman 1 29 10/12/1(0-8), 12/2(3-

0), 12/3(4-12), 10/19(8-0)

2 years i.e. upto 27/6/2015

Kaler Ghuman

2 29 10/4/2(3-13), 10/7(6-5), 10/6(7-12), 10/4/1(1-2), 3/2/1(1-2)

25//11/2012 to 24/11/2014

Kaler Ghuman

3 29 25/4/1(5-14), 4/2(1-13), 25/5/1(4-1),

Upto 31/3/2015

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Kaler

Ghuman 4 --- 30/11(8-0) 2 years from the

start of mining activity

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013, 6683

dated 25.09.2013 and 5749 dated 26/09/2013 have certified that

there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-Amritsar, Tarn

Taran and Jalandhar Division.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Kaler Ghuman, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt.

Amritsar is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 4 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

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No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Sub-Division- Baba Bakala) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.49) and that listed in the item no. 87.18 falling in revenue estate of

Village Kaler Ghuman, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar is 4.648 hectares which is

less than 5 hectares, hence sites are independent.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

intersite distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the intrersite distance is less than 1 Km.

(ii) The project proponent has not mentioned the specific khasra nos. on lease

deeds from where mining is to be carried out.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.50 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Madh Bhelowal, Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Baba Budha Sahib Bricks Udyog Samiti.

The SEAC observed as under:

M/s Baba Budha Sahib Bricks Udyog Samiti.., has applied for

obtaining environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for

mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Madh Bhelowal,

Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF

vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

No one from the project proponent attended the meeting.

The Committee, in compliance to office memorandum dated

25.02.2010 of the MoEF, decided to defer the case.

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Item No. 87.51 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Mulla Chak, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar by M/s Balwant Rai Tarsem Lal.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Balwant Rai Tarsem Lal., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Mulla Chak, Tehsil &

Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide

office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Harmeet Singh son of Prop Smt. Narinder Kaur of the

promoter company was present in the said meeting with authority letter.

Sh. Harmeet Singh son of Prop Smt. Narinder Kaur of the

promoter company presented the case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.993

hectares (site 1 measuring 21 kanal 8 marla & site 2 measuring 18

kanal) located in the revenue estate of Village Mulla Chak, Tehsil & Distt.

Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the

revenue estate of Village O/o Gate Bhagtanwala, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village

Sit

e Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Mulla

Chak

1 376 33//6,7,14,15 2 years from the

start of mining

activities

Mulla

Chak 2 376 33//26,27 2 years from the

start of mining activities

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No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Mulla Chak, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar is less

than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

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The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by Notary Public, which was taken on record by

the Committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

intersite distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the intrersite distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case till

the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.52 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Baba Bakala and Village Dhianpur, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Kapurthala Brick Kiln

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Kapurthala Brick Kiln has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Village Baba Bakala and Village Dhianpur, Distt.

Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office

memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as

category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated

14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Rajan Sethi, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Rajan Sethi, Partner of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 2.582

hectares (6 kanals 7 marlas for site 1, 12 kanals for site 2, 12 kanals 10

marlas for site 3 & 20 kanals for site 4), located in the revenue estate of

Village Baba Bakala and Village Dhianpur, Distt. Amritsar for

manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue estate of

Village Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of Village

Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Baba Bakala

1 31 Khatoni No. 227/498 to 509 2 years from the start of the mining

Baba Bakala

2 31 66//1/1/2=1-4, 1/2/2=0-12, 2/1=3-4, 2/2=0-3, 2/3=3-12, 9/1/1=6-12, 9/2/2=0-7, 10/1=3-12, 10/2=4-0,

2 years from the start of the mining

Dhianpur 3 31 Khatoni No. 199/472-474 2 years from the start of the mining

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Dhianpur 4 31 11//1(7-12), 2(8-0), 3(8-0), 4(8-0), 5/1(6-18), 6/2(5-12), 7/2(4-8), 10//15/3(1-15), 16(9-2), 23(4-16), 24(7-14), 11//19(8-0), 20(7-12), 21(7-4), 22(7-11), 21//4/1/1(8-17), 21//25/2(4-0), 22//11(8-0), 22//19(8-0), 20(8-0), 21(8-0), 25//1/1(0-13), 25//2/1(0-13), 26//5/1(0-13), 32//21/2(2-12), 32//22(7-11), 23/1(2-2), 43//2(8-0), 43//9/1(3-7), 133(3-11), 178(3-4), 325(0-2), 32//19(6-6), 43//1/2(5-8), 43//10/1(2-5), 184(0-5), 9//21(8-0), 10//25(8-0), 11//7/1(3-8), 11//8(8-0), 9(8-0), 10/1(4-4), 21//6(8-7), 21//15(9-6), 21//16(8-0), 17/1(2-14), 24/2(4-0), 25/1(4-0), 22//2(7-12), 3(8-0), 5(8-0), 23//1(8-0), 190(0-11)

2 years from the start of the mining

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter 5749 dated 26.09.2013 & 6683

dated 25/09/2013 have certified that there is no Wildlife

Sanctuary/National Park in Jalandhar Division and Distt-Gurdaspur.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Baba Bakala and Village Dhianpur, Distt.

Amritsar is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 4 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

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Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.52) and that listed in the item no. 87.27 & 87.39 falling in revenue

estate of Village, Baba Bakala and Village-Dhianpur, Tehsi-Baba Bakala, Distt-

Amritsar, exceed 5 hectares at village-Dhianpur, hence all the mining sites marked

on common Aks Sajra Plan duly singed by concerned project proponents as well as

by the revenue authorities clearly indicating the inter-site distances between them is

required.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

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kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Sub-Division- Baba Bakala) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Undertaking submitted by the Project Proponent regarding total mining area

& no excavation/borrowing site within a radius of 500 m is not correct as the

mining site in item no. 87.27 & 87.139 are also located in revenue estate of

Village- Baba Bakala and Village-Dhianpur, Tehsi-Baba Bakala, Distt-Amritsar.

(ii) As the mining area of all the sites is more than 5.0 hectare, hence as per OM

dated 24.12.2013 of MoEF of Govt. of India mining plan is required to be

submitted.

(iii) All the mining sites in revenue estate of Village-Dhianpur, Tehsi-Baba Bakala,

Distt-Amritsar are to be marked on common Aks Sajra Plan, duly signed by

the concerned project proponents as well as by the revenue authorities,

clearly indicating the inter-site distances between them is also required.

(iv) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

intersite distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the intrersite distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.53 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Biharipur, Tehsil Khadur Sahib, Distt. Tarn Taran by M/s

Kehar Singh Mahar & Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Kehar Singh Mahar & Co.has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Biharipur, Tehsil Khadur

Sahib, Distt. Tarn Taran. The project is covered under category 1(a). The

MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of

brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under

EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Vishal Soni, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Vishal Soni, Partner of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 1.48 hectares (29

kanals 12 marlas), located in the revenue estate of Village Biharipur, Tehsil

Khadur Sahib, Distt. Tarn Taran for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln

located in the revenue estate of Village Biharipur, Tehsil Khadur Sahib, Distt.

Tarn Taran.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast

No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Biharipur 1 --- 271-6, 272-8, 275-8, 276-7 25/9/2013 to

30/6/2015

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter no. 5749 dated 26.09.2013 had

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Jalandhar

Division.

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The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 1m below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

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kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 1.4

hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village Biharipur, Tehsil-Khadoor Sahib,

Distt. Tarn Taran subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period is valid i.e. upto 30/06/2015 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 1m depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

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viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental

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clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the

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website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 1m below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance,

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environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.54 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Wadala Kalan, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Mela Ram Ram Saroop.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Mela Ram Ram Saroop has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Village Wadala Kalan, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt.

Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office

memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as

category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated

14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Vishal Sekhri, Prop of the promoter company was present

in the said meeting.

Sh. Vishal Sekhri, Prop of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.112

hectares (22 kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Wadala

Kalan, Tehsil Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in

the brick kiln located in the revenue estate of Village Kartarpur, G.T.

Road, Distt. Jalandhar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village

Site

Hadbas

t No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Wadala

Kalan

1 --- 86//17/1, 94//14/2, 15/1, 16,

17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 95//20/2, 21, 22/1, 22/1, 94//6/1, 97//16, 97//2/5, 98/1, 98//2/1, 7,9,10/1, 10/2, 11, 12, 14/1, 20, 102/1, 2/1, 102//2, 102//9, 102//10, 11/1, 11/2

27/9/2013 to

26/9/2016

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

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To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Sub-Division- Baba Bakala) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.54) and that listed in the item no. 77.34 (discussed in 77th meeting

of SEAC) falling in revenue estate of Village-Wadala Kalan, Tehsil-Baba Bakala, Distt-

Amritsar is 2.092 hectares which is less than 5 hectares, hence mining site is

independent.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

1. The project proponet has not mentioned the specific khasra nos. in lease

deed from where mining is to be carried out.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.55 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Ranike, Near Attari, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Mittal Bricks Industry.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Mittal Bricks Industry., has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Ranike, Near Attari, Distt. Amritsar. The

project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2

for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Amarjit Mittal, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Amarjit Mittal, Partner of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 2.4

hectares, located in the revenue estate of Vill. Ranike, Near Attari, Distt.

Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the

revenue estate of Vill. Ranike, Near Attari, Distt. Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village

Sit

e Hadbas

t No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Ranike 1 392-395 58/2=8-0, 19/2(6-09), 21 (4-18), 22(0-12)

1/9/2013 to 31/8/2018

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

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The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

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Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) The project proponet has not mentioned the specific khasra nos. in lease

deed from where mining is to be carried out.

(ii) The project proponent has not clearly mentioned the proposed mining

area from which mining is to be done, in the application Form as well as

lease deed.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.56 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Chuk Mukand and Village Bhakna Kalan, Sub Tehsil Attari, Distt. Amritsar by M/s R.B. Bricks Supply Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s R.B. Bricks Supply Co.., has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Village Chuk Mukand and Village Bhakna Kalan,

Sub Tehsil Attari, Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a).

The MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining

of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under

EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Rakesh Kumar, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Rakesh Kumar, Partner of the promoter company presented

the case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.821

hectares (24 kanals for site 1 & 12 kanals for site 2), located in the

revenue estate of Village Chuk Mukand and Village Bhakna Kalan, Sub

Tehsil Attari, Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln

located in the revenue estate of Village Rampura (Khasa), Distt. Amritsar

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Chuk Mukand

1 363 31//20(8-0), 31//16(4-0) 28/9/2013 to 27/9/2015

Bhakna Kalan

2 408 25/18(8-0), 25/19/1(6-8), 25//22/2 (6-4), 25//23(4-4), 26//2/1/2 (2-4), 26//9/2/1 (1-16), 26/12/1/1/1(0-5), 27//9/2 (0-19), 27//10/2 (3-9)

27/9/2013 to 26/3/2015

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013, 6683

dated 25.09.2013 and 5749 dated 26.09.2013 have certified that there

is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-Amritsar, Tarn Taran and

Jalandhar Division respectively.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Chuk Mukand and Village Bhakna Kalan, Sub

Tehsil Attari, Distt. Amritsar is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

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The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.56) and that listed in the item no. 87.31 falling in revenue estate of

Village-Bhakna Kalan, Sub-Tehsil-Attari, Distt-Amritsar is 2.023 hectares which is less

than 5 hectares, hence mining site is independent.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

intersite distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the intrersite distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.57 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Varpal Kalan, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Rajan Kumar Vaneet Kumar.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Rajan Kumar Vaneet Kumar has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Varpal Kalan, Distt.

Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office

memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as

category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated

14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Rajan Kumar, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Rajan Kumar, Partner of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 2.933

hectares (29 kanals for site 1, 9 kanals for site 2, 12 kanals for site 3 & 8

kanals for site 4), located in the revenue estate of Village Varpal Kalan,

Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the

revenue estate of Village Varpal Kalan, Distt. Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Varpal Kalan

1 266 117/4(8-0), 117/5(8-0), 117/6(7-16), 117/7(5-4),

Not mentioned

Varpal Kalan

2 266 88/19/1, 88/23/2 2 years from the start of the mining

Varpal Kalan

3 266 149/3/2, 149/8 Not mentioned

Varpal Kalan

4 266 100/17 Not mentioned

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No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The project proponent has submitted an undertaking to the effect that

there is no boundary of National Park and Wildlife within a radius of 1

KM from the Boundary of mining site.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Varpal Kalan, Distt. Amritsar is less than 1

km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

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The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.57) and that listed in the item no. 87.66 falling in revenue estate of

Village, Varpal Kalan, Distt-Amritsar, exceed 5 hectares, hence all the mining sites

marked on common Aks Sajra Plan duly singed by concerned project proponents as

well as by the revenue authorities clearly indicating the inter-site distances between

them is required.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

1. The project proponent has not mentioned the lease period in the lease deeds

for site-1, site-3 and site-4.

2. Undertaking submitted by the Project Proponent regarding total mining area

& no excavation/borrowing site within a radius of 500 m is not correct as the

mining site in item no. 87.66 are also located in revenue estate of Village-

Varpal Kalan, Distt-Amritsar.

3. As the mining area of all the sites is more than 5.0 hectare, hence as per OM

dated 24.12.2013 of MoEF of Govt. of India mining plan is required to be

submitted.

4. All the mining sites in revenue estate of Village-Varpal Kalan, Distt-Amritsar

are to be marked on common Aks Sajra Plan, duly signed by the concerned

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project proponents as well as by the revenue authorities, clearly indicating the

inter-site distances between them is also required.

(5) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

intersite distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the intrersite distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.58 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Johal,

Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar by M/s Riar Enterprises.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Riar Enterprises., has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Johal, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar. The project

is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum dated

24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for

appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Sheetal Bhalla, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Sheetal Bhalla, Prop of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 2.525

hectares, located in the revenue estate of Vill. Johal, Tehsil & Distt.

Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the

revenue estate of Vill. Wadala Veeram, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Johal 1 322 12//7(3-10) 15/1/2012 to 14/1/2015

Johal 2 322 8/11(8-0), 1/11/2013 to 1/1/2016

Johal 3 322 11//23(7-11), 11//21/3(2-9),

2 years from the start of mining

activity

Johal 4 322 Not mentioned in lease deed

2 years from the start of mining

activity

Johal 5 322 17//19(8-0), 17//23(8-0), 16//3/2/1(4-0)

2 years from the start of mining

activity

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No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Vill. Johal, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3.5 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

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The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) The project proponet has not mentioned the specific khasra nos. in lease

deed from where mining is to be carried out.

(ii) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

intersite distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the intrersite distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.59 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Vanieke, Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Aulakh

Bricks Supply Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Aulakh Bricks Supply Co has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Vanieke, Tehsil Ajnala,

Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide

office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Baljit Singh, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Baljit Singh, Partner of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 0.80 hectare (16

kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Vanieke, Tehsil Ajnala, Distt.

Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue

estate of Village Vanieke, Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Vanieke 1 345 20//1(4-0), 2(4-0), 23//21(8-0) 16/9/2013 to 15/9/2015

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter no. 6585 dated 24 .09.2013,

1186 dated 27.9.2013 and 5749 dated 26.9.2013 have certified that

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there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-Amritsar,

Gurdaspur and Jalandhar Division respectively.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over copy of lease deed attested by notary.

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To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.59) and that listed in the item no. 87.07 falling in revenue estate of

Village-Vanieke, Tehsil-Ajnala, Distt-Amritsar is 1.618 hectares which is less than 5

hectares, hence mining site is independent.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 0.80

hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village-Vanieke, Tehsil-Ajnala, Distt-

Amritsar subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period is valid i.e. upto 15/09/2015 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 3 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

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vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

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xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the

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Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 3 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

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xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.60 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Kotla Dhome, Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Dhan

Dhan Baba Deep Singh Ji BKO

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Dhan Dhan Baba Deep Singh Ji BKO has applied for obtaining

environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining

of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Kotla Dhome,

Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar.The project is covered under category 1(a). The

MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of

brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under

EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Rajiv Bhatia, Prop of the promoter company was present

in the said meeting.

Sh. Rajiv Bhatia, Prop of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 2.157 hectares

(42 kanals 13 marlas), located in the revenue estate of Village Kotla Dhome,

Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln

located in the revenue estate of Village Kotla Dhome, Tehsil Ajnala, Distt.

Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Kotla Dhome

1 321

Killa No. 34//20/2, (1-2), 35//16, (7-2), 17, (8-0), 18/1, (4-0), 24, (8-0), 25, (8-0), 41//5/1, (6-9)

24/9/2013 to 23/9/2018

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter no. 6585 dated 24.09.2013,

1186 dated 27.9.2013 and 6683 dated 25.9.2013 have certified that

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there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-Amritsar,

Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran respectively.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

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To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 2.157

hectares and located in the revenue estate of Village Kotla Doom, Tehsil-Ajnala,

Distt-Amritsar subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period is valid i.e. upto 23/09/2018 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 3 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air

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Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

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xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

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viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 3 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

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xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.61 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Kandiala and Sharli Mand, Teh. Patti, Distt. Tarn Taran

by M/s Parvinder Singh, BKO

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Parvinder Singh, BKO., has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Village Kandiala and Sharli Mand, Teh. Patti,

Distt. Tarn Tarn. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide

office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Parwinder Singh, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Parwinder Singh, Prop of the promoter company presented

the case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 2.046

hectares (5 kanals 10 marlas for site 1, 12 kanals 9 marlas for site 2,

14 kanals for site 3 & 8 kanals 10 marlas for site 4), located in the

revenue estate of Village Sharli Mand & Village Kandiala Tehsil Patti,

Distt. Tarn Taran for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in

the revenue estate of Village Kandiala, Tehsil Patti, Distt. Tarn Taran.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Sharli

Mand 1 260 82//17/1(3-0) 24/2

(2-10) 24.9.2013 to 24.9.2016

Sharli

Mand 2 260 82//17/2(4-0), 17/3 (1-

0) 82//18/1(1-16), 18/2(5-

15)

24.9.2013 to 24.9.2016

Sharli

Mand 3 260 62/4//(0-11), 5(7-11),

6/2 (4-0), 7(8-0), 14/1(4-9), 15/1(2-7)

24.9.2013 to 24.9.2018

Kandiala 4 260 6//6/2(3-10), 7(8-0) 24.9.2013 to

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24.9.2016

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter no. 6585 dated 24.09.2013,

5749 dated 26.09.2013 and 6683 dated 25.9.2013 have certified that

there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-Amritsar, Jalandhar

Division and Distt-Tarn Taran respectively.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Kandiala and Sharli Mand, Teh. Patti, Distt.

Tarn Tarn is less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

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After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

intersite distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the intrersite distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.62 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of VPO Booh, Tehsil Patti, Tarn Taran by M/s Luxmi Singla Brick Kiln

Gram Udyog Samiti

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Luxmi Singla Brick Kiln Gram Udyog Samiti has applied for obtaining

environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining

of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of VPO Booh, Tehsil Patti,

Tarn Taran. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office

memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as

category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated

14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Nittu Goyal, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Nittu Goyal, Partner of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 2.4 hectares (48

kanals), located in the revenue estate of VPO Booh, Tehsil Patti, Tarn Taran

for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue estate of

Village Dhattal, Tehsil & Distt. Tarn Taran

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Booh 1 188 55//6(8-0) 7(8-0) 13(8-0) 14(8-0) 15(8-0) 16(8-

0)

26.9.2013 to

25.9.2018

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The project proponent has submitted an undertaking to the effect that

there is no boundary of National Park and Wildlife within a radius of 1

KM from the Boundary of mining site.

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The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

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Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 2.4

hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village Booh, Tehsil-Patti, Distt. Tarn

Taran subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period is valid i.e. upto 25/09/2018 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 3 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

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vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said

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memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

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ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 3 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

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xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.63 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bhagwan, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar by M/s Baba Budha

Sahib Brick Kiln

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Baba Budha Sahib Brick Kiln has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bhagwan, Tehsil & Distt.

Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office

memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as

category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated

14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Anil Kumar Gupta, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Anil Kumar Gupta, Prop of the promoter company presented the

case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 1.2 hectares (24

kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Bhagwan, Tehsil & Distt.

Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue

estate of Village Sangatpura, Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Bhagwan 1 326 55//25(10-7)68//5(8-0), 68//6/2(4-0), (1-

13)

Upto 30.6.2014

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The project proponent has submitted an undertaking to the effect that

there is no boundary of National Park and Wildlife within a radius of 1

KM from the Boundary of mining site.

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The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

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Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 1.2

hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village Bhagwan, Distt. Amritsar subject

to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period for which lease period is valid i.e. upto 30/06/2014 or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 3 feet depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

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vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said

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memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

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ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 3 feet below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

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xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.64 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bhalojla, Teh. Khadoor Sahib, Distt. Tarn Taran by M/s Sat Kartar Brick Industry, Bhalojla, Amritsar.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Sat Kartar Brick Industry, Bhalojla, Amritsar., has applied for obtaining

environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining

of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Bhalojla, Teh.

Khadoor Sahib, Distt. Tarn Taran. The project is covered under category

1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the

mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project

proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Satinderpal, Prop of the promoter company was present

in the said meeting.

Sh. Satinderpal, Prop of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 1.062

hectares (21 kanals), located in the revenue estate of Village Bhalojla,

Teh. Khadoor Sahib, Distt. Tarn Tarn for manufacturing of bricks in the

brick kiln located in the revenue estate of Village Bhalojla, Teh. Khadoor

Sahib, Distt. Tarn Taran.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village

Site

Hadbast

No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Bhalojala 1 161 107//2(8-13), 3(8-0),

4(8-0)

10/10/2013 to June,

2015 (21 K 0 M for 2.5

yrs)

(3 K 13 M for 2 yrs)

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The project proponent has submitted an undertaking to the effect that

there is no boundary of National Park and Wildlife within a radius of 1

KM from the Boundary of mining site.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 4 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deed attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

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The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.64) and that listed in the item no. 87.26 & 87.46 & that listed iin

the item no. 77.75 (discussed in 77th meeting of SEAC) falling in revenue estate of

Village, Bhalojala, Tehsil-Khadoor Sahib, Distt-Tarn Taran, exceed 5 hectares, hence

all the mining sites marked on common Aks Sajra Plan duly singed by concerned

project proponents as well as by the revenue authorities clearly indicating the inter-

site distances between them is required.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:-

(i) The mining area is not clear in lease deed as specific khasra nos. are not

mentioned from where mining is to be carried out.

(ii) Undertaking submitted by the Project Proponent regarding total mining area

& no excavation/borrowing site within a radius of 500 m is not correct as the

mining site in item no. 87.26 & 87.46 & 77.75 are also located in revenue

estate of Village- Bhalojala, Tehsil-Khadoor Sahib, Distt-Tarn Taran.

(iii) As the mining area of all the sites is more than 5.0 hectare, hence as per OM

dated 24.12.2013 of MoEF of Govt. of India mining plan is required to be

submitted.

(iv) All the mining sites in revenue estate of Village- Bhalojala, Tehsil-Khadoor

Sahib, Distt-Tarn Taran are to be marked on common Aks Sajra Plan, duly

signed by the concerned project proponents as well as by the revenue

authorities, clearly indicating the inter-site distances between them is also

required.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.65 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Mallu Nangal, Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar by M/s Narula Brick Supply Co.

The SEAC observed as under:

1. M/s Narula Brick Supply Co., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Mallu Nangal, Tehsil

Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF

vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Paramjit Singh, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Paramjit Singh, Partner of the promoter company presented

the case before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 0.75

hectares (8 kanals for site-1), 7 Kanal for site-2 located in the revenue

estate of Village Mallu Nangal, Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar for

manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln located in the revenue estate of

Village Mallu Nangal, Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village

Site

Hadbast

No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Mallu

Nangal

1 --- 9//25 3 years from the start

of the mining

Mallu

Nangal 2 --- 31//12/2,12/3,31//12

/1/2 3 years from the start

of the mining

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The project proponent has submitted an undertaking to the effect that

there is no boundary of National Park and Wildlife within a radius of 1

KM from the Boundary of mining site.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Mallu Nangal, Tehsil Ajnala, Distt. Amritsar is

less than 1 km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3.5 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

intersite distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the intrersite distance is less than 1 Km.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.66 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Varpal, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar by M/s Uttam Brick & Tiles BKO

The SEAC observed as under:

M/s Uttam Brick & Tiles BKO., has applied for obtaining environmental clearance

under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick

clay) in the revenue estate of Village Varpal, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar. The

project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2

for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Amit Goenka, Partner of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Amit Goenka, Partner of the promoter company presented the case before the

SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 2.1025

hectares (20 kanals 7 marlas for site 1, 13 kanals 14 marlas for site 2 &

8 kanals for site 3), located in the revenue estate of Village Varpal,

Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar for manufacturing of bricks in the brick kiln

located in the revenue estate of Village Varpal, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of Village

Site Hadbast No. Khasra No. Lease Period

Varpal 1 266 131//6(8-0), 7(6-15), 13/1/1(2-0)13/1/2/1(2-0),

13/1/2/2(1-12)

2 years from the start of the mining

Varpal 2 266 157//7/2(2-15), 8/1(5-11), 8/2(2-4), 15/1(3-4)

11.7.2013 to 10.7.2015

Varpal 3 266 157//23(8-0) 2 years from the start of the mining

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The project proponent has submitted an undertaking to the effect that

there is no boundary of National Park and Wildlife within a radius of 1

KM from the Boundary of mining site.

The distance between all the sites of the present item located in the

revenue estate of Village Varpal, Tehsil & Distt. Amritsar is less than 1

km.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

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During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a copy of lease deeds attested by notary, which was taken on record by the

committee.

The SEAC observed that the area of the mining sites located in the

present item (87.66) and that listed in the item no. 87.57 falling in revenue estate of

Village, Varpal Kalan, Distt-Amritsar, exceed 5 hectares, hence all the mining sites

marked on common Aks Sajra Plan duly singed by concerned project proponents as

well as by the revenue authorities clearly indicating the inter-site distances between

them is required.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Amritsar Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Amritsar) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After discussion the Committee observed that:

(i) Undertaking submitted by the Project Proponent regarding total mining area

& no excavation/borrowing site within a radius of 500 m is not correct as the

mining site in item no. 87.57 are also located in revenue estate of Village-

Varpal Kalan, Distt-Amritsar.

(ii) As the mining area of all the sites is more than 5.0 hectare, hence as per OM

dated 24.12.2013 of MoEF of Govt. of India mining plan is required to be

submitted.

(iii) All the mining sites in revenue estate of Village-Varpal Kalan, Distt-Amritsar

are to be marked on common Aks Sajra Plan, duly signed by the concerned

project proponents as well as by the revenue authorities, clearly indicating

the inter-site distances between them is also required.

(i) Single Aks Sajra plan of the proposed mining sites of present item showing

intersite distance is required to be submitted by the project proponent so as

to ascertain that the intrersite distance is less than 1 Km.

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After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits the above said information.

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Item No. 87.67 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Khojkipur, Tehsil -Khadoor Sahib, Distt-Tarn Taran by M/s Khera Sandhu Bricks Samiti.

During meeting Sh. Harish Gupta Son of Partner of the project

Sh. Surinder Kumar Gupta informed that the case for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals

(brick clay) has already been considered during 53rd meeting of SEIAA held on

25/11/2013 and the Environmental Clearance under EIA notification dated

14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) has been obtained by the

project proponent.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to drop the case.

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Item No. 87.68 Application for environmental clearance under EIA

notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Bahadur Nagar, Tehsil Patti, Distt. Taran Taran by M/s Baba Bhai Jharu Sahid Brick Industries, Vill. Bahadur Nagar, Distt. Taran Taran.

The SEAC observed as under:

M/s Baba Bhai Jharu Sahid Brick Industries, has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor

minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Vill. Bahadur Nagar, Tehsil Patti,

Distt. Taran Taran Vill. Bahadur Nagar, Distt. Taran Taran. The project is

covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum dated

24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for

appraisal of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Gurpreet Singh, Prop of the promoter company was

present in the said meeting.

Sh. Gurpreet Singh, Prop of the promoter company presented the case before the

SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out 1.983 hectares

(39 Kanal 4 marlas for site-1), located in the revenue estate of Vill. Bahadur

Nagar, Tehsil Patti, Distt. Taran Taran for manufacturing of bricks in the brick

kiln located in the revenue estate of Vill. Bahadur Nagar, Tehsil Patti, Distt.

Taran Taran.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of which

are as under:-

Name of

Village

Site Hadbast

No.

Khasra No. Lease Period

Bahadur

Nagar 1 198 46//20/1 (2-8), 46//20/2 (5-

12), 46//21 (8-0), 46//22 (8-0), 45//16 (7-12), 45//25 (7-

12)

Not applicable, i.e. owned land of owner

of Brick Kiln.

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

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The Divisional Forest Officers vide letter no. 6585 dated 24.09.2013

have certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 1 m below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Bari Doab Drainage Division,

Amritsar has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

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kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Bari Doab Drainage Division, Amritsar

(Distt. Tarn Taran) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

The Deputy Divisional Forest Officer present in the meeting also

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park within a radius of 1 km

from boundary of all the mining sites.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee observed that the project

proponent has provided adequate and satisfactory clarifications of the observations

raised by it. Therefore, the Committee decided to forward the case to the SEIAA

with the recommendation to grant Environmental Clearance to the project proponent

for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) for the above site having total area of 1.983

hectare and located in the revenue estate of Village Bahadur Nagar, Distt. Taran

Taran subject to the following conditions.

Specific conditions:

i) The environmental clearance will be valid for a period of five years from the date of issue of Environmental Clearance or completion of excavation of brick earth upto 1m depth, whichever is reached earlier, as per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006 as amended subsequently, for mining of minor minerals in the aforesaid location and khasra numbers.

ii) The project proponent shall ensure that the mining shall be carried out as per the EMP prepared and as per the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 / other Acts/rules related with mining of minor minerals. It shall be ensured that no mining shall be carried out during the monsoon season.

iii) Effective safeguard measures shall be taken by project proponent to ensure that the ambient air quality levels at various locations are within permissible limit as prescribed by MoEF/PPCB.

iv) The project proponent shall ensure that wherever deployment of labour attracts the Mines Act, the provision thereof shall be strictly followed.

v) The project proponent shall undertake plantation/afforestation work by planting the native species in the nearby area adjacent to mine lease.

vi) The project proponent shall ensure that effective safeguard measures, such as regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in critical areas prone to air pollution and having high levels of particulate matter such as loading and unloading point and all transfer points. Extensive water sprinkling shall be carried out on the approach roads. It should be ensured that the Ambient Air Quality parameters conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board/MoEF in this regard.

vii) The project proponent shall obtain necessary prior permission of the competent authorities for withdrawal of requisite quantity of water (surface water and groundwater), if any, required for the project.

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viii) Vehicular emissions shall be kept under control and regularly monitored. The mineral transportation shall be carried out through covered trucks/trollies only and the vehicles carrying the mineral shall not be overloaded.

ix) No drilling and blasting operation shall be carried out.

x) Periodical medical examination of the workers engaged in the project shall be carried out and records maintained. For the purpose, schedule of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xi) Provision shall be made for the housing of construction labour within the site with all necessary infrastructure and facilities such as fuel for cooking, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

xii) The critical parameters such as RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) and NOX in the ambient air within the impact zone shall be monitored periodically. Further, quality of discharged water shall also be monitored [(TDS, DO, PH, Faecal Coliform and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)]. The monitored data shall be uploaded on the website of the company as well as displayed on a display board at the project site at a suitable location near the main gate of the Company and website of mining department i.e. www. pbindustries.gov.in in public domain. The Circular No. J-20012/1/2006-IA.II(M) dated 27.05.2009 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is available on the website of the Ministry www.envfor.nic.in shall also be referred in this regard for its compliance.

xiii) The project proponent shall submit within 3 months their policy towards Corporate Environment Responsibility which should inter-alia address (i) Standard operating process/ procedure to bring into focus any infringement/deviation/violation of environmental or forest norms/ conditions, (ii) Hierarchical system or Administrative order of the company to deal with environmental issues and ensuring compliance of EC conditions and (iii) System of reporting of non compliance/violation of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or stakeholders or shareholders.

xiv) Vehicles hired to be used for transportation of mined material should be in good condition and should conform to applicable air and noise emission standards.

xv) Ambient noise levels should conform to prescribed standards both during day and night. Incremental pollution loads on the ambient air and noise quality should be closely monitored.

xvi) The Risk assessment and disaster management plan should be prepared.

xvii) The project proponent shall ensure that the compensation to the private land owner (s) for the mined area shall be made as per the prevalent policy of the State Govt.

xviii) The project proponent shall obtain permission from the National Board of Wild Life, if required as per guidelines laid down in Office Memoranum No. 6-10/2011/WL dated 19.12.2012 of Govt. of India and in case the said memorandum is applicable in the case, the promoter company shall not carry out any mining activity at site till the said permission is obtained and the copy of the same be submitted to the SEIAA, Punjab. The grant of environmental

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clearance does not necessarily imply that wildlife clearance shall be granted to the project and the proposal for grant of wildlife clearance will be considered by the respective authorities on merits.

General conditions:

i) No change in mining technology and scope of work should be made without prior approval of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

ii) Data on ambient air quality RSPM (Particulate matter with size less than 10micron i.e., PM10) & NOx should be regularly submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests including its Regional office located at Chandigarh and the Punjab Pollution Control Board / Central Pollution Control Board once in six months.

iii) Personnel working in dusty areas should wear protective respiratory devices and they should also be provided with adequate training and information on safety and health aspects. Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

iv) The funds earmarked for environmental protection measures should be kept in separate account and should not be diverted for any other purpose. Year wise expenditure should be reported to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office located at Chandigarh.

v) The Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh shall monitor compliance of the stipulated conditions. The project authorities should extend full cooperation to the officer (s) of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data / information / monitoring reports.

vi) The project proponent shall submit six monthly reports on the status of compliance of the stipulated environmental clearance conditions including results of monitored data (both in hard copies as well as by e-mail) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, its Regional Office Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board. The proponent shall upload the status of compliance of the environmental clearance conditions, including results of monitored data on the websites referred in para A (xii) and shall update the same periodically. It shall simultaneously be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh, the respective Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Board.

vii) A copy of the clearance letter shall be sent by the proponent to concerned Panchayat, Zila Parisad/ Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Body and the Local NGO, if any, from whom suggestions/ representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal. The clearance letter shall also be put on the website of the Company by the proponent.

viii) The State Pollution Control Board should display a copy of the clearance letter at the Regional office, District Industries Centre and the Collector’s office/ Tehsildar’s.

ix) The environmental statement for each financial year ending 31st March in Form-V as is mandated to be submitted by the project proponent to the concerned State Pollution Control Board as prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, as amended subsequently, shall also be put on the

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website of the company along with the status of compliance of environmental clearance conditions and shall also be sent to the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Chandigarh by e-mail.

x) The project proponent shall adhere to the commitments made in the Environment Management Plan.

xi) The project proponent should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the vernacular language of the locality concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located at Chandigarh.

xii) The MoEF/SEIAA or any other competent authority may alter/modify the above conditions or stipulate any further condition in the interest of environment protection.

xiii) The Ministry may cancel the environmental clearance granted to this project under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006, if, at any stage of the validity of this environmental clearance, it is found/ come to the knowledge of this Ministry that the project proponent has deliberately concealed and/or submitted false or misleading information or inadequate data for obtaining the environmental clearance.

xiv) The depth of the mining shall not exceed 1m below ground level and shall terminate atleast 2 m above the ground water table at site, whichever situation is reached first.

xv) The project proponent shall ensure that the excavation of brick earth does not alter the natural drainage pattern of the area and a distance of atleast 100m shall be maintained from any nearest choe and a distance of atleast 30 m shall be maintained from any nearest water body.

xvi) The project proponent shall ensure that excavated pit is restored for useful purposes.

xvii) The project proponent shall make appropriate fencing all around the excavated pit to prevent any mishap.

xviii) The project proponent shall ensure that a berm is left from the boundary of adjoining field having a width equal to atleast half the depth of proposed excavation.

xix) The project proponent shall ensure that no civil structure is allowed to come up/exists within a distance of 15 m from the periphery of excavation area.

xx) The project proponent shall properly demarcate the mining lease area.

xxi) Any appeal against this environmental clearance shall lie with the National Green Tribunal, if preferred, within a period of 30 days as prescribed under Section 16 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

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xxii) The project proponent will ensure that mining activity will be started only after obtaining environmental clearance & meeting other statutory condition/requirement. In case, it comes into the notice of MOEF/ SEIAA that mining has been carried out prior to obtaining environmental clearance, environmental clearance granted to the project proponent is liable to be revoked and legal proceedings would be initiated against the project proponent under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Item No. 87.69 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Jamalpur, Butter Sivian Teh. Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar and Village Bolewal, Tehsil Batala, Distt

Gurdaspur by M/s Ganesh Brick Kiln.

The SEAC observed as under:

M/s Ganesh Brick Kiln., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals

(brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Jamalpur, Butter Sivian Teh. Baba

Bakala, Distt. Amritsar and Village Bolewal, Tehsil Batala, Distt Gurdaspur. The

project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum dated

24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal

of the project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

2. The case was considered by the SEAC in its 87th meeting held on

10.01.2014 and Sh. Rajan Sethi, Partner of the promoter company was present in

the said meeting.

3. Sh. Rajan Sethi, Partner of the promoter company presented the case

before the SEAC as under:

The mining of minor minerals (brick clay) will be carried out in 3.237

hectares (8 kanals at site 1, 16 kanals at site 2, 8 kanals at site 3 & 32

kanals at site 4), located in the revenue estate of Village Jamalpur,

Butter Sivian Teh. Baba Bakala, Distt. Amritsar and village-Bolewal,

Tehsil-Batala, Distt-Gurdaspur for manufacturing of bricks in the brick

kiln located in the revenue estate of Village Kamoke, Tehsil Baba Bakala,

Distt. Amritsar.

The mining of brick clay will be carried out at one site, the details of

which are as under:

Name of

Village

Sit

e Hadbas

t No.

Khasra No. Lease

Period

Jamalpur 1 57 16//12(7-18), 10//2/2(2-0),2/1/2(2-0), 17//(5-7), 18(7-7), 19(4-2), 10//17//(2-0), 10//2/1/1(4-0), 10//13(8-0), 11(5-13), 16/1(3-12), 14/1(1-7), 14/2(0-15), 14/3(0-12), 14/4(4-16), 14/5(0-11), 22//23/1(1-4),

Two years from the start of mining activity.

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22//10/4(0-8), 10//3(8-0), 17//13/2(1-6), 22//22/1(5-8), 22//10/6(1-12), 10//15/3(1-15), 10//15/5(2-8), 22//23/2(1-4), 22//10/3(0-8), 10//16/2(3-2), 10//15/2(0-10), 10//4/1(1-16), 100(3-2), 7//22/21(0-2), 8//22/1(1-14), 23/1(2-19), 8//18(3-10), 24/2(0-18), 10//7/2(2-4), 8/1(4-0), 8/2(4-0), 9//6(5-8), 22/8/4(1-8), 10/1(3-12), 22//10/7(1-4), 10//15/4(2-12), 8//22/2(1-0), 23/2(4-0), 10//15/1(0-7), 10//9(8-0)

Butter

Sevian

2 57 26//22/2=7-5,48//2/=4-0,48//4/1=3-8,48//6=7-16,48//7=7-15,14=8-0

Two years from the start of mining activity.

Jamalpur 3 57 10//3(8-0) Two years from the start of mining activity.

Bolewal,

Tehsil-

Batala,

Distt

Gurdasp

ur

4 --- 25//239(0-6), 25//24(0-

16),39//3(5-12),4/1(3-8),4/1(3-

8),4/3(0-4),5(1-16),40//10(0-

14),40//11(6-6),39//6(7-11),7(8-

0),14(8-0),39//8(8-0)

1/2/2012 to 31/1/2014

No other brick earth mining operations will be carried out within a

radius of 500 m from both the proposed mining sites.

The Divisional Forest Officer vide letter 6585 dtd 24/9/2013 has

certified that there is no Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park in Distt-

Amritsar.

The excavation at the mining site will be done only up to 3.5 ft below

ground level and water table of area is about 20-30 m below ground

level. Therefore, the mining will not affect the hydrology of the area.

The borrowing/excavation of brick earth will not affect/alter the natural

drainage pattern of the area and the same is not near to any natural

drain/river etc.

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The mining of the brick earth will be done manually or with the

excavator only.

Regular sprinkling of water will be done to suppress the dust emissions

likely to be generated from movement of vehicles and excavation

activities.

The water will only be used for drinking purposes and no

temporary/permanent residential facility will be provided at the site,

since the temporary residential facility is existing at the site of brick

kiln.

All the vehicles will be maintained properly so as to ensure that there is

no significant increase in the ambient noise levels and air pollution in

the area due to the movement of vehicles and vehicles to be used for

excavation of the brick earth.

There is no permanent civil structure within a radius of 15 m from the

periphery of mining site.

No mining activity has been started at the proposed site, so far and the

excavation of the brick earth will be carried out only after obtaining

environmental clearance under the EIA notification dated 14/09/2006.

After mining the site will be again used for agricultural activities.

The Environment Management Plan has been prepared and the same

will be implemented for mitigation and prevention of pollution from the

mining sites.

During meeting the representative of the project proponent handed

over a request letter in which it is mentioned that the application for obtaining

Environmental Clearance may be considered for site-4 only. The project proponent

further requested that for rest of three sites i.e. site-1, site-2 and site-3, the project

proponent will file separate application. The project proponent handed over copy of

lease deed attested by notary for site-4, which was taken on record by the

committee.

To satisfy the compliance of guideline 4 (a) (iv) of Office Memorandum

dated 24.06.2013 issued by MoEF, Executive Engineer, Gurdaspur Drainage Division,

Gurdaspur has given a mining area verification certificate to the effect that the brick

kiln mining sites falling in his jurisdiction of Gurdaspur Drainage Division, Gurdaspur

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(Distt- Gurdaspur) will not change/obstruct the natural course of

drains/choes/beins/river of the area.

After discussion the Committee observed that the lease period for

mining site-4 is expiring on 31/01/2014.

After detailed deliberations, the Committee decided to defer the case

till the project proponent submits fresh lease deed or lease deed with extended

validity.

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Item No. 87.70 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Lal Kalan and Village Ghulal, Tehsil Samrala, Distt. Ludhiana by M/s Jorawar B.K.O.

The SEAC observed as under:

M/s Jorawar B.K.O., has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals

(brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Lal Kalan and Village Ghulal, Tehsil

Samrala, Distt. Ludhiana.The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF

vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

No one from the project proponent attended the meeting.

The Committee, in compliance to office memorandum dated

25.02.2010 of the MoEF, decided to defer the case.

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Item No. 87.71 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Khatra & Village Khaira, Tehsil & Distt. Ludhiana by M/s Jorawar Bricks Co, Vill. Khaira, Tehsil Samrala, Distt. Ludhiana

The SEAC observed as under:

M/s Jorawar Bricks Co, has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals

(brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Khatra & Village Khaira, Tehsil & Distt.

Ludhiana and Vill. Khaira, Tehsil Samrala, Distt. Ludhiana.The project is covered

under category 1(a). The MoEF vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013

categorized the mining of brick earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the

project proposal under EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006.

No one from the project proponent attended the meeting.

The Committee, in compliance to office memorandum dated

25.02.2010 of the MoEF, decided to defer the case.

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Item No. 87.72 Application for environmental clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals (brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Mehdudan & Village Madpur, Tehsil Samrala, Distt. Ludhiana by M/s Jorawar Bricks Kiln

The SEAC observed as under:

M/s Jorawar Bricks Kiln, has applied for obtaining environmental

clearance under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 for mining of minor minerals

(brick clay) in the revenue estate of Village Mehdudan & Village Madpur, Tehsil

Samrala, Distt. Ludhiana. The project is covered under category 1(a). The MoEF

vide office memorandum dated 24.06.2013 categorized the mining of brick

earth/clay as category B-2 for appraisal of the project proposal under EIA

Notification dated 14.09.2006.

No one from the project proponent attended the meeting.

The Committee, in compliance to office memorandum dated

25.02.2010 of the MoEF, decided to defer the case.

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Item No.: 87.73 to 87.139

Due to paucity of time, the above noted cases could not be taken up in

the SEAC meeting held on 10.01.2014. As such, the Committee decided to defer the

same for the next meeting as and when scheduled in respect of Amritsar Zone.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

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STATE EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE, PUNJAB Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India

O/O Punjab Pollution Control Board, Vatavaran Bhawan, Nabha Road,

Patiala – 147 001 Telefax:- 0175-2216980

No. SEAC/CEE/ Dated

To

1. Dr.(Smt.) Neelima Jerath, Executive Director, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Sector 26, Chandigarh.

Chairperson (SEAC)

2. Shri Anil Kumar Sondhi, Flat No. 3, Block-A, Multitech Towers, Sector-91, Mohali

Member (SEAC)

3. Shri Harbax Singh, Chief Town Planner (Retd.), H.No.2917, Sector-42C, Chandigarh-160036

Member (SEAC)

4. Prof. P. Thareja, Head, Department of Mineral & Metallurgical Engineering, PEC University of Technology # 701, PEC University of Technology Campus, Chandigarh.

Member (SEAC)

5. Shri Darshan Singh Jaidka, Chief Engineer (Retd.) Department of Water Supply & Sanitation, Pb. H.No.316, Urban Estate, Phase-I, Patiala.

Member (SEAC)

6. Dr.(Smt.) Jatinder Kaur Arora, Director, Punjab State Council for Science & Technology, Sector 26, Chandigarh.

Member (SEAC)

7. Er. Malvinder Singh, FIE, Chief Environmental Engineer (Retd.), Punjab Pollution Control Board, Patiala. # 10, Gill Enclave, Near Hira Nagar, Patiala

Member (SEAC)

8. Dr. Satwinder Singh Marwaha, Chief Executive Officer, Punjab Biotechnology Incubator, SCO 7-8, Top Floor, Phase-V, SAS Nagar (Mohali) – 160 059

Member (SEAC)

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9. Dr. Vineet Kumar, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee-247667

Member (SEAC)

10. Dr. R.M. Mathur, Scientist 'F' Head Chemical Recovery, Environmental Management & Biotechnology, Post Box no.174, Paper Mill Board, Himmat Nagar, Saharanpur- 247 001 (U.P.)

Member (SEAC)

Subject: Proceedings of the 87th meeting of State Level Expert Appraisal Committee held on 10.01.2014 at 10.30 AM in the Committee Room, Guru Nanak Bhawan, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

Enclosed, please find herewith, a copy of the proceedings of the 87th

meeting of State Level Expert Appraisal Committee held on 10.01.2014 at 10.30 AM

in in the Committee Room, Guru Nanak Bhawan, Guru Nanak Dev University,

Amritsar for your information please.

DA: As above. Secretary (SEAC)

Endst. No. Dated:

A copy of the above is forwarded to the following for information &

necessary action:-

1. Sh. A.S. Dogra, IFS (Retd.), Former Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Punjab, Currently Consultant, Forestry & Natural Resource Management, Chairman, State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, # 256,

Sector 37-A, Chandigarh- 160 036.

2. Sh. F. Lal Kansal, Chief Engineer (Retd.) and Ex-Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Patiala, Member State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

3. The Member Secretary, State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority O/o Punjab Pollution Control Board, Patiala.

DA/As above

Secretary (SEAC)