Report Part 1

Form-2

APPLICATION FOR PRIOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE

S. No.

Item

Details

Whether it is a violation case and application is being submitted under Notification No. S.O.804(E) dated 14.03.2017 ?	No
Details of Project:
(a)Name of the project(s)	Onshore Oil & Gas Development Drilling and Production in Mechaki Area covering Mechaki, Mechaki Extension, Baghjan and Tinsukia Extension PMLs in Tinsukia District of Assam.
(b)Name of the Company / Organisation	OIL INDIA LIMITED
(c)Registered Address	OIL INDIA LIMITED DULIAJAN District : Dibrugarh ,,Dibrugarh,Assam-786602
(d)Legal Status of the Company	Central PSU
(e)Joint Venture	No

Address for the correspondence:
(a)Name of the Applicant	Ajit Chandra Haloi
(b)Designation (Owner/ Partner/ CEO)	CGM(HSE)
(c)Address	Safety & Environment Department , Oil India Limited, Duliajan,,,Dibrugarh,Assam-786602
(d)Pin code	786602
(e)E-mail	safety@oilindia.in
(f)STD Code.	374(f)Telephone No.	2800542
(g)Fax No.	03742801796
(h)Copy of documents in support of the competence/authority of the person making this application to make application on behalf of the User Agency .	Annexure-Uploaded Copy of documents in support of the competence/authority

Category of the Project/Activity as per Schedule of EIA Notification,2006:
(a.I)Project/Activity	1(b) Offshore and onshore oil and gas exploration, development & production
Minor Activity	8(a) Building and Construction projects
(b)Category	A
(c)Proposal Number	IA/AS/IND2/97724/2007
(d)Master Proposal Number(Single Window)	SW/97717/2019
(e)EAC concerned (for category A Projects only)	Industrial Projects - 2
(f)Project Type	Expansion

Location of the Project:
(a)Plot/Survey/Khasra No.	Doomdooma
(b)Pincode	786151
(c)Bounded Latitudes (North)
From
Degree	27.583335
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	27.766670
Minutes
Second
(d)Bounded Longitudes (East)
From
Degree	95.433345
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	95.70000
Minutes
Second
(e)Survey of India Topo Sheet No.	83M/6, 83M/10
(f)Uploaded Topo Sheet File	Copy of Topo Sheet File
(g)Maximum Elevation Above Means Sea Level(AMSL)	156
(h)Uploaded (kml) File	Copy of Kml File
(i)Distance of Nearest HFL from the project boundary within the study area	0
(j)Seismic Zone	5

(a)Number of States in which Project will be Executed	1
(b)Main State of the project	Assam

Details of State of the project
S. No.	State Name	District Name	Tehsil Name	Village Name
NIL

Details of Terms of Reference (ToR)/EC:
(a)MoEF&CC / SEIAA File Number	J-11011/1260/2007-IA II(I)
(c)Date of Issue of TOR	29 Feb 2008
(f)Previous TOR Letter	Copy of Previous TOR letter
(b)Date of Apply of EC	24 Sep 2019
(c)Date of Issue of EC	02 Nov 2011
(d)Previous EC Letter	Copy of Previous EC letter

Details of Public Consultation:
(a)Whether the Project Exempted from Public Hearing?	Yes
(b)Reason	Public Hearing Happened in the block for earlier E
(c)Supporting Document	Copy of Supporting Document

Details of Project Configuration/Product:
Details Not Applicable

In case of Expansion / Modernisation / One Time Capacity Expansion (only for Coal Mining) / Expansion under Clause 7(ii) / Modernisation under Clause 7(ii) / Change of Product Mix under Clause 7(ii):
(a)Details of certified report on compliance of earlier environmental clearance condition
(i)Certified Compliance By	Regional
(ii)Details of Regional Office of MoEFCC / Zonal Office of CPCB / SPCB / UTPCC from which certified report on	Shillong
(iii)Letter No.	RO-NE/E/IA/AA/MI/59/169-71
(iv)Status of Compliance	Compiled
(v)Certified report on compliance of earlier environmental clearance conditions (Including Monitoring Report)	Copy of Certified Compliance Report
(vi)Date of site visit	Jun 7 2016 12:00AM
(b)Details of Capacity Expansion

S. No.	Product/Activity (Capacity/Area)	Quantity From	Quantity To	Total	Unit	Other Unit	Mode of Transport / Transmission of Product	Other Mode of Transport / Transmission of Product
(1.)	18 wells and 4 production installations	6	18	24	Others	No of wells	Others	Well drilling

(c)Details of Configuration

S. No.	Plant / Equipment / Facility	Existing Configuration	Proposed Configuration	Final configuration after expansion	Remarks
(1.)	18 wells and 4 production installations	6	18	24

9.1.

Details of Consent to Operate
(i)Whether Consent to operate obtained ?	NA
(ii)Copies of all Consent to operate obtained since inception	NA
(iii)Date of Issue	12 Jul 2018
(iv)Valid Upto	31 Mar 2019
(v)File No.	S&E/E/20/1126
(vi)Application No.	S&E/E/20/1126
(vii)Copy of Consent to operate valid as on date	Copy of Consent to Operate

10.

Project Cost:
(a)Total Cost of the Project at current price level (in Crores)	4.16
(b) Funds Allocated for Environment Management (Capital) (in Crores)	0
(c) Funds Allocated Towards CER (Corporate Environment Responsibility) (in Crores)	0
(d) Funds Allocated for Environment Management Plan (EMP) (Recurring per Annum) (in Crores)	0.7

11.

Whether project attracts the General Condition specified in the Schedule of EIA Notification ?

12.

Whether project attract the Specific Condition specified in the Schedule of EIA Notification ?

13.

Raw Material / Fuel Requirement:
(a)Proposed quantity of raw material/fuel	3.5
(b)Existing quantity of raw material/fuel	0
(c)Total quantity of raw material/fuel	3.5

13.1. Raw Material / Fuel Profile
S. No.	Raw Material / Fuel	Quantity	Unit	Other Unit	Source (incase of Import. please specify country and Name of the port from which Raw Material / Fuel is received )	Mode of Transport	Other Mode of Transport	Distance of Source from Project Site (in Kilometres) (In case of import, distance from the port from which the raw material / fuel is received)	Type of Linkage	Other Type of Linkage	Uploaded Copy of Linkage
(1.)	diesel	3.5	Kilo Litre per Day		Local supplier	Road		50	Others	through supplier	Copy of Linkage

14.

Baseline Data :
(a)Period of Base Line Data Collection	FROM 05 Oct 2017 To 31 Dec 2017
(b)Season	Post-Monsoon

14.1. No. of ambient Air Quality (AAQ) monitoring locations : 8
S. No.	Criteria Pollutants	Other Criteria Pollutants	Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	98 Percentile Value	Prescribed Standard
(1.)	PM2.5		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	74	25	46.76	60
(2.)	SO2		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	9.30	4.20	6.26	80
(3.)	NOx		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	32.40	1.60	21.50	80
(4.)	PM10		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	142	52	87.21	100
(5.)	Others	CO	Mili Gram per Meter Cube	0.85	0.14	0.49	2

14.2. No. of Ground Water monitoring locations : 4
S. No.	Criteria Pollutants	Other Criteria Pollutants	Heavy Metal	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	Desirable Limit	Maximum Permissible Limit
(1.)	pH			Others	no unit	7.1	6.5	6.5	8.5
(2.)	TDS			mg/l		130	82	500	2000
(3.)	Fluoride			mg/l		0.1	0.1	1	1.5
(4.)	Heavy Metals		Cadmium	mg/l		0.001	0.001	0.003	0.003
(5.)	TSS			Others	Not analyzed	0	0	0	0
(6.)	Others	Total chromium		mg/l		0.01	0.01	0.05	0.05
(7.)	Total Hardness			mg/l		108	48	300	600
(8.)	Chlorides			mg/l		48	12	250	1000

14.3. No. of Surface Water monitoring locations : 4
S. No.	Criteria Pollutants	Other Criteria Pollutants	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	Classification of inland water body
(1.)	COD		mg/l		12	4	A
(2.)	Others	Total coliform	Others	MPN/100ml	110	23	B
(3.)	BOD		mg/l		2	2	A
(4.)	pH		Others	No unit	7.17	6.73	A
(5.)	DO		mg/l		8.8	7.7	A

14.4. No. of Ambient Noise monitoring locations : 10
S. No.	Parameter	Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	Prescribed Standard
(1.)	Leq(Day)	A-weighted decibels(dB(A))	56.5	52.4	55
(2.)	Leq(Night)	A-weighted decibels(dB(A))	45.3	40.5	45

14.5. No. of Soil Sample Monitored locations : 5
S. No.	Parameter	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value
(1.)	N(Nitrogen)	Milligram per Kilogram		425	230
(2.)	P(Phosphorus)	Milligram per Kilogram		3.5	3
(3.)	K(Potassium)	Milligram per Kilogram		50	14
(4.)	Electric Conductivity	Millisiemens per Centimetre		53	33
(5.)	pH	Others	no unit	5.42	4.75

14.6.

Details of Ground Water Table:
(a)Range of Water Table Pre-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 2 To 5
(b)Range of Water Table Post-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 1.68 To 4.5
(c)Whether Ground Water Intersection will be there ?	No

15. Details of Water Requirement (During Operation)
S. No.	Source	Source Other	Required Quantity (Kilolitre per Day (Kld))	Distance from Source	Copy of Permission from Competent Authority	Mode of Transport	Other Mode of Transport	Method of Water Withdrawal	Other Method of Water Withdrawal	Letter No.	Date of Issue	Permitted Quantity
(1.)	GroundWater		50	0	Copy of Permission Letter	modeOthers	well at site	Tube Well		S&E/E/93/281	25 Feb 2019	0

15.1.

(a)Whether Desalination is proposed

16. Waste Water Management(During Operation)
S. No.	Type/Source	Quantity of Waste Water Generated (Kilolitre per Day)	Treatment Capacity (Kilolitre per Day)	Treatment Method	Mode of Disposal	Other Mode of Disposal	Quantity of Treated Water Used in Recycling/Reuse (Kilolitre per Day)	Quantity of Discharged Water (Kilolitre per Day)
(1.)	Domestic Wastewater	8	8	Septic tank and soak pit	Others	Soak Pit	0	8
(2.)	Drilling and Wash wastewater	16.8	150	Effluent Treatment Plant	Discharge into Surface Water Body,Reuse within the Plant & Recycling		10	6.8

16.1.

(a)Total Waste Water Generation (Kilolitre per Day)	24.8
(b)Total Discharged Water (Kilolitre per Day)	14.8
(c)Total Reused Water (Kilolitre per Day)	10

17. Solid Waste Generation/Management
S. No.	Name of Waste	Item	Other Item	Quantity per Annum	Unit	Distance from Site(KM)	Mode of Transport	Other Mode of Transport	Mode of Disposal	Other Mode of Disposal
(1.)	Waste Drilling Mud	Industrial Waste		3072	Tons	0	Others	Disposed at HDPE lined pits within site	Others	Disposed at HDPE lined pits within site
(2.)	Drill cutting	Industrial Waste		1840	Tons	0	Others	Disposed at HDPE lined pits within site	Others	Disposed at HDPE lined pits within site

18.

18.1. Air Quality Impact Prediction
S. No.	Criteria Pollutants	Other Criteria Pollutants	Unit	Baseline Concentration	Distance GLC	Incremental Concentration	Total GLC	Prescribed Standard
(1.)	PM10		Microgram per Meter Cube	86	1.9	0.010	86.01031	100
(2.)	SO2		Microgram per Meter Cube	5.9	1.9	0.7685	6.66851	80
(3.)	NOx		Microgram per Meter Cube	19.7	1.9	2.02417	21.724171	80
(4.)	Others(Specify)	Total Hydrocarbon	Microgram per Meter Cube	327	1.9	1.01	328.211	0
(5.)	PM2.5		Microgram per Meter Cube	47	0	0	47.00001	60

18.2. Stack Details
S. No.	Source	Fuel	Stack Height(m)	Stack Diameter(m)	Pollutants	Other Pollutants	Emission (GLS)
(1.)	DG set	Diesel	7	0.3	PM10		0.07
(2.)	DG set	Diesel	7	0.3	SO2		0.374
(3.)	Dg set	Diesel	7	0.3	NOx		1.836

19.

Power Requirement:
(a)Quantity (Kilo Volt Amps (kVA))	2500
(b)Source	Diesel Generator sets
(c)Uploaded Copy of Agreement	Not Applicable
(d)Standby Arrangement (Details of DG Sets)	one additional 1250 KVA
(e)Stack Height (in m)	7

20.

Land Ownership Pattern:
(a)Forest Land (ha.)	2.923
(b)Private Land (ha.)	0
(c)Government Land (ha.)	0
(d)Revenue Land (ha.)	0
(e)Other Land (ha.)	0
Total Land (ha.)	2.923

21.

Present Land Use Breakup of the Study Area in Ha:
(a)Agriculture Area (ha.)	17495
(b)Waste/Barren Land (ha.)	0
(c)Grazing/ Community Land (ha.)	0
(d)Surface Water Bodies (ha.)	5743
(e)Settlements (ha.)	6480
(f)Industrial (ha.)	7
(g)Forest (ha.)	6803
(h)Mangroves (ha.)	0
(i)Marine Area (ha.)	0
(j)Others (ha.) : Tea garden, road, railway	16934
Total (ha.)	53462

22. Land requirement for various activities
S. No.	Description of Activity / Facility / Plant / Others	Others	Land Requirement (ha.)	Remarks
(1.)	Others	drill area	2.923

Total (ha.)

2.923

23.

Ecological and Environmental Sensitivity (Within 10 Km):- WLS-Wild Life Sanctuaries; NPA-Notified Protected Area; ESAs-Eco Sensitive Areas; ESZs-Eco Sensitive Zones :

23.1. Details of Ecological Sensitivity :
S. No.	Details of Ecological Sensitivity	Name	Distance from the Project (Km)	Remarks
(1.)	WLS	Bherjan Borjan Podumoni WLS	14	No WLS within 10 km
(2.)	NPA	Dibru Saikhowa National Park	1.70	Wildlife clearance application for the wells and production facilities will be submitted
(3.)	ESAs	None	10	No ESA within 10 km
(4.)	Corridors	None	10	No corridors within 10 km
(5.)	Wildlife Corridors	None	10	No wildlife corridors within 10 km
(6.)	Critically Polluted Area	None	10	No critically polluted area within 10 km
(7.)	ESZs	ESZ of Dibru Saikhowa National Paek	0	Some wells and production facilities within the ESZ of Dibru Saikhowa National Park

23.2. Details of Environmental Sensitivity :
S. No.	Details of Environmental Sensitivity	Other Details of Environmental Sensitivity	Name	Distance from the Project (Km)	Remarks
(1.)	Forest		Mechaki Reserve Forest	0	two wells in forest land
(2.)	Archaeological Sites		None	10	No archaeological sites within 10 km
(3.)	Defence Installations		None	10	No major defense installations within 10 km

23.3.

(a)Whether Noc / Permission from the competent authority is required?	Yes
(i)Uploaded Noc / Permission from the competent authority	Copy of Noc / Permission from the competent authority
(b)Whether NBWL recommendation is required?	Yes
(i)Status of NBWL	NIL

24.

Forest Land:
Whether any Forest Land involved?	Yes
(a)Forests Clearance Status	Forest Clearance Under Process(Stage-I)
(i)MoEFCC file number	FP/AS/MIN/23331/2016
(ii)Area applied	2.253
Forests Clearance Application Pending with	-1
(b)Legal Status of Forest Land	Reserved

25.

Tree Cutting:
(a)No. of Trees Cut for the Project (if Forest Land not Involved)	Not Applicable
(b)Details of Tree Cutting and Planting of Trees	Not Applicable

26.

Land Acquisition Status:
(a)Acquired Land(Ha)	0
(b)Land yet to be acquired(Ha)	82
(c)Status of Land acquisition if not acquired	In process

27.

Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R):
(a)No. of Villages	0
(b)No. of Households	0
(c)No. of PDFs (Project Displaced Families)	0
(d)No. of PAFs (Project Affected Families)	0
(e)Funds Allocated for R&R(in INR) (in Lacs)	0
(f)Status of R&R	Yet To Start

28.

Details of Presence of Schedule-I Species:
(a)Whether there is Presence of Schedule-I Species ?	Yes
(i)Details of Schedule-I Species	13 Schedule I species
(b)Whether conservation plan for Schedule-I Species has been prepared ?	Yes
(i)Uploaded copy of conservation plan	Copy of conservation plan
(ii)Fund Provision made	0
(iii)Period of Implementation	Within the drilling and production period
(c)Whether conservation plan for Schedule-I Species has been approved by competent authority ?	No

29.

Details of Presence of Water Bodies in Core Area:
(a)Whether there is Presence of Water Bodies in Core Area ?	No
(b)Whether there is Diversion Required ?	No
(c)Whether permission has been obtained from competent authority ?	No

30.

Details of Presence of Water Bodies in Buffer Area:
(a)Whether there is Presence of Water Bodies in Buffer Area ?	Yes
(i)Details of Water Bodies in Buffer Area	Dangori River
(ii)Direction of Water Bodies in Buffer Area	North West
(iii)Distance of Water Bodies in Buffer Area	0.7

31.

Manpower Requirement:
(a)Permanent Employment-During Construction	0
(b)Permanent Employment-During Operation	0
(c)Temporary Employment- During Construction	0
(d)Temporary Employment- During Operation	0
(e)No. of working days	120
(f)Total Manpower	0

32.

Green Belt in Ha:
(a)Uploaded Green Belt plan	Copy of Green Belt Plan

S. No.	Description	Existing	Proposed	Total
(1.)	Total Area of Green Belt	0	0	0
(2.)	Percentage of Total Project Area	0	0	0
(3.)	No. of Plants	0	0	0
(4.)	Funds Allocated	0	0	0

33. Project Benefits
S. No.	Type of Project Benefits	Details of Project Benefits
(1.)	Financial	Provision of more royalty to Assam Government and more cess to Govt. of India Energy security for the country
(2.)	Social	Provision of more employment opportunity to local people Development of infrastructure (roads, culverts, bridges, schools etc.) in the area Increase in business opportunity for the local people Programs related to livelihood generation, health improvement as per OIL’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes.

34. CRZ Specific Details : Not Applicable

35. Sector Specific Details : NOT APPLICABLE

35. Sector Specific Details For Industrial Projects - 2

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Item

Details

S. No.

Item

Details

36.

Details of Court Cases:
(a)Whether there is any Court Cases pending against the project and/or land in which the project is proposed to be set up ?	No

37.

Details of Direction Issued under Environment (Protection) Act / Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution)) Act / Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act:
(a)Whether any Direction issued under EPA Act/Air Act/Water Act ?	No

38.

Details of EIA Consultant:
(a)Have you hired Consultant for preparing document?	Yes
(i)Accreditation No.	NABET/EIA/1618/RA 0055
(ii)Name of the EIA Consultant	ERM India Pvt. Ltd.
(iii)Address	Building 10, Tower A, 4th Floor, DLF Cyber City Gurgaon 122002
(iv)Mobile No.	981006161
(v)Landline No.	0124417030
(vi)Email Id	subir.gupta@erm.com
(vii)Category of Accreditation	A
(viii)Sector of Accreditation	Industrial Projects - 2
(ix)Validity of Accreditation	31 Oct 2019
(x)Uploaded Certificate of Accreditation certified by QCI/NABET	Copy of Certificate of Accreditation

39.

Documents to be Attached:
(a)Uploaded Copy of EIA/EMP Report	Copy of EIA/EMP Copy of EIA/EMP(Annexures) Copy of EIA/EMP(Plans/Figures)
(b)Uploaded Copy of Risk Assessment Report	Copy of Risk Assessment
(c)Uploaded Copy of Feasibility Report/ Detailed Project Report(DPR) /Detailed Engineering Report /Detailed Conceptual Plan /Approved Mining Plan	Copy of Feasibility Report/ Detailed Project Report(DPR) /Detailed Engineering Report /Detailed Conceptual Plan /Approved Mining Plan
(d)Uploaded Copy of Final Layout Plan	Copy of Final Layout Plan
(e)Uploaded Cover Letter	Copy of Cover Letter
(f)Uploaded Copy of documents in support of the competence/authority of the person making this application to make application on behalf of the User Agency	Copy of documents in support of the competence/authority of the person making this application to make application on behalf of the User Agency
(g)Uploaded Additional File	Copy of Additional File
(h)Uploaded Proposal Presentation (To be given in EAC meeting)	NA

Essential Detail Sought:
Sno.	EDS Letter	Remarks	Date of EDS
1.	NA	- Please inform about EC status for the existing exploration/development of drilling wells (6 nos) and the compliance status thereof. Details in this regard need to be mentioned in column 6 of Form-2. - Proposal for Forest and Wildlife Clearance. - Proposal to be submitted for ground water withdrawal of 50 cum/day.	23 Mar 2019
2.	NA	The correction have been made as per the instruction received	10 Apr 2019
3.	NA	On examination of your reply dated 28/3/2019, following are the observations:- - Proposal for Wildlife clearance and ground water withdrawal has not been submitted so far. - Entry at column 24 of Form-2 still shows 'Proposal for forest clearance yet to be submitted'. - Total land required of 82 ha is yet to be acquired. - Ministry's Regional Office vide letter dated 5/7/2016, has asked for action taken report on their observations during site visit on 7-14 June, 2016. Follow up action in this regard.	19 Apr 2019
4.	NA	The correction have been made as per the instruction received	08 May 2019
5.	NA	It is to inform that our observations relate to the project envisaged for the present and the details mentioned in Form-2. Neither total land of 82 ha has been acquired, nor application has been submitted to CGWB/CGWA for ground water withdrawal of 50 cum/day. Please confirm whether drilling of wells is permitted in the ESZ of DS National Park. For clarification, if any, matter may be discussed with us in the Ministry along with the project layout to facilitate further consideration of the proposal.	18 May 2019
6.	NA	The correction have been made as per the instruction received	24 Sep 2019

Additional Detail Sought : NIL

Undertaking

I hereby give undertaking that the data and information given in the application and enclosures are true to be best of my knowledge and belief. And I am aware that if any part of the data and information found to be false or misleading at any stage, the project will be rejected and clearance given, if any to the project will be revoked at our risk and cost. In addition to above, I hereby give undertaking that no activity/ construction/ expansion has since been taken up.

Name of Applicant	Ajit Chandra Haloi
Designation	CGM(HSE)
Name of Company (Applicant Name should not be given here)	OIL INDIA LIMITED
Address	OIL INDIA LIMITED DULIAJAN District : Dibrugarh