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)	Proposed Onshore Oil & Gas Development & Production, EPS & Laying of Pipeline in Duarmara Block, Margherita, District-Tinsukia, Assam by M/s Oilmax Energy Private Limited.
(b)Name of the Company / Organisation	OILMAX ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED
(c)Registered Address	3-A,Omkar Esquare, Off Chunnabhatti Signal, Eastern Express Highway, Sion (E), Mumbai,,Tinsukia,Assam-400022
(d)Legal Status of the Company	Private
(e)Joint Venture	No

Address for the correspondence:
(a)Name of the Applicant	Rabi Bastia
(b)Designation (Owner/ Partner/ CEO)	President
(c)Address	3-A, Omkar Esquare, Off Chunnabhatti Signal, Eastern Express Highway, Sion East, Mumbai,,Pynursla,Mumbai (Suburban),Maharashtra-400022
(d)Pin code	400022
(e)E-mail	oilmaxenergy.ec@gmail.com
(f)STD Code.	22(f)Telephone No.	42441100
(g)Fax No.
(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
(b)Category	A
(c)Proposal Number	IA/AS/IND2/71746/2017
(d)Master Proposal Number(Single Window)	SW/100796/2019
(e)EAC concerned (for category A Projects only)	Industrial Projects - 2
(f)Project Type	Fresh EC

Location of the Project:
(a)Plot/Survey/Khasra No.	not applicable
(b)Pincode	786160
(c)Bounded Latitudes (North)
From
Degree	27.26
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	27.28
Minutes
Second
(d)Bounded Longitudes (East)
From
Degree	95.41
Minutes
Second
From
Degree	95.43
Minutes
Second
(e)Survey of India Topo Sheet No.	G46F10, G46F14
(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	2
(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(s) of the project
S. No.	State Name	District Name	Tehsil Name	Village Name
(1.)	Assam	Tinsukia	Margherita

Details of Terms of Reference (ToR):
(a)MoEF&CC / SEIAA File Number	IA-J-11011/575/2017-IA-II(I)
(b)Date of Apply of TOR	21 Dec 2017
(c)Date of Issue of TOR / Standard ToR	22 Feb 2018
(d)Previous TOR Letter	Copy of Previous TOR letter

Details of Public Consultation:
(a)Whether the Project Exempted from Public Hearing?	No
(b)Whether details of Public Hearing available?	Yes
(c)Whether Public hearing was presided over by an officer of the rank of Additional District Magistrate or above	Yes

7.1. Details of Public Hearing

S. No.

Details of Advertisement

Details of Public Hearing

Venue

Location Details

No. of People Attended

Issues Raised

Designation of Presiding Officer

Other Designation of Presiding Officer

(1.)

Date of Advertisement :	19 Dec 2018
Copy of advertisement :	Copy of Advertisement

Copy of Public Hearing :	Copy of Public Hearing
Date :	28 Jan 2019
Distance of Public Hearing Venue from the Proposed Project :	3

Community Hall, Dhekiajan, Raja Ali JFMC, Under Digboi Forest Division in Khal Gaon

State :	Assam
District :	Tinsukia
Tehsil :	Margherita
Village :	Dekiajan

119

Employment, Social responsibility

Others

Additional District Magistrate

Details of Project Configuration/Product:

8.1. Project Configuration
S. No.	Plant/Equipment/Facility	Configuration	Remarks
(1.)	Drilling rig equipment & facilities	1000 HP
(2.)	Drilling rig equipment & facilities	2000 HP

8.2. Product
S. No.	Product/Activity (Capacity/Area)	Quantity	Unit	Other Unit	Mode of Transport / Transmission of Product	Other Mode of Transport / Transmission of Product
(1.)	Facilities and wells	24.75	Hectares		Road

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):
Details Not Applicable

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	N/A
(iv)Valid Upto	N/A
(v)File No.	NA
(vi)Application No.	NA
(vii)Copy of Consent to operate valid as on date	NA

10.

Project Cost:
(a)Total Cost of the Project at current price level (in Crores)	120
(b) Funds Allocated for Environment Management (Capital) (in Crores)	4.15
(c) Funds Allocated Towards CER (Corporate Environment Responsibility) (in Crores)	2.4
(d) Funds Allocated for Environment Management Plan (EMP) (Recurring per Annum) (in Crores)	1.8

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	4
(b)Existing quantity of raw material/fuel	N/A
(c)Total quantity of raw material/fuel	4

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.)	FUEL	4	Kilo Litre per Day		Local	Road		10	Open Market		Copy of Linkage

14.

Baseline Data :
(a)Period of Base Line Data Collection	FROM 01 Jan 2018 To 31 Mar 2018
(b)Season	Winter

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.)	PM10		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	50.1	22.8	49.8	100
(2.)	PM2.5		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	26.1	12.2	25.5	60
(3.)	SO2		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	6.5	5	6.4	80
(4.)	NOx		Micro Gram per Meter Cube	14.1	6.6	14.0	80

14.2. No. of Ground Water monitoring locations : 5
S. No.	Criteria Pollutants	Other Criteria Pollutants	Heavy Metal	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	Desirable Limit	Maximum Permissible Limit
(1.)	TSS			mg/l		0	0	0	0
(2.)	Total Hardness			mg/l		112	60	200	600
(3.)	Chlorides			mg/l		56	27	250	1000
(4.)	pH			NA		6.83	6.56	6.5	8.5
(5.)	TDS			mg/l		192	98	500	2000
(6.)	Fluoride			mg/l		0.51	0.18	1	1.5
(7.)	Heavy Metals		Lead	mg/l		0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001
(8.)	Others	Sulphate		mg/l		12	3	200	400

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.)	pH		NA		8.01	7.65	C
(2.)	DO		mg/l		6.4	4.1	C
(3.)	BOD		mg/l		3.1	2	C
(4.)	Others	TDS	mg/l		76	42	C
(5.)	COD		mg/l		21	12	C

14.4. No. of Ambient Noise monitoring locations : 8
S. No.	Parameter	Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value	Prescribed Standard
(1.)	Leq(Day)	A-weighted decibels(dB(A))	48.2	44.1	55
(2.)	Leq(Night)	A-weighted decibels(dB(A))	41.1	35.8	45

14.5. No. of Soil Sample Monitored locations : 5
S. No.	Parameter	Unit	Other Unit	Maximum Value	Minimum Value
(1.)	P(Phosphorus)	Kilogram per hectare		82.4	29.6
(2.)	K(Potassium)	Kilogram per hectare		367	196
(3.)	Electric Conductivity	Millisiemens per Centimetre		0.214	0.046
(4.)	pH			6.52	5.66
(5.)	N(Nitrogen)	Kilogram per hectare		378	253

14.6.

Details of Ground Water Table:
(a)Range of Water Table Pre-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 2 To 8
(b)Range of Water Table Post-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl))	From 1 To 6
(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.)	Others	Tanker supply	20	5	Copy of Permission Letter	Pipeline		Others	Tanker supply	xyz	01 Mar 2019	20

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	10	20	Modular STP	Others	Soak Pit	5	5
(2.)	Drilling and rig wash	4	5	Mobie ETP	Reuse within the Plant & Recycling		4

16.1.

(a)Total Waste Water Generation (Kilolitre per Day)	14
(b)Total Discharged Water (Kilolitre per Day)	5
(c)Total Reused Water (Kilolitre per Day)	9

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.)	Drill cuttings	Industrial Waste		250	Tons	1	Road		Authorized Recyclers

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	50.1	0.2	0.48	50.6	100
(2.)	PM2.5		Microgram per Meter Cube	26.1	0.2	0.0	26.2	60
(3.)	SO2		Microgram per Meter Cube	6.5	0.2	0.105	6.61	80
(4.)	NOx		Microgram per Meter Cube	14.1	0.2	0.39	14.5	80

18.2. Stack Details
S. No.	Source	Fuel	Stack Height(m)	Stack Diameter(m)	Pollutants	Other Pollutants	Emission (GLS)
(1.)	DG SET	HSD	18	0.52	SO2		0.106

19.

Power Requirement:
(a)Quantity (Kilo Volt Amps (kVA))	2000
(b)Source	DG
(c)Uploaded Copy of Agreement	Not Applicable
(d)Standby Arrangement (Details of DG Sets)	250 KVA X 1
(e)Stack Height (in m)	18

20.

Land Ownership Pattern:
(a)Forest Land (ha.)	9.3
(b)Private Land (ha.)	0
(c)Government Land (ha.)	15.45
(d)Revenue Land (ha.)	0
(e)Other Land (ha.)	0
Total Land (ha.)	24.75

21.

Present Land Use Breakup of the Study Area in Ha:
(a)Agriculture Area (ha.)	0
(b)Waste/Barren Land (ha.)	1595.92
(c)Grazing/ Community Land (ha.)	8812.68
(d)Surface Water Bodies (ha.)	1836.52
(e)Settlements (ha.)	2224.28
(f)Industrial (ha.)	0
(g)Forest (ha.)	14413.11
(h)Mangroves (ha.)	0
(i)Marine Area (ha.)	0
(j)Others (ha.) : Rail, Roads	2589.18
Total (ha.)	31471.690000000002

22. Land requirement for various activities
S. No.	Description of Activity / Facility / Plant / Others	Others	Land Requirement (ha.)	Remarks
(1.)	Main Plant		24.25
(2.)	Others	Drilling	0.5

Total (ha.)

24.75

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.)	Critically Polluted Area	Nil	0	Not applicable
(2.)	NPA	Nil	0	Not applicable
(3.)	ESZs	Nil	0	Not applicable
(4.)	WLS	Nil	0	Not applicable
(5.)	ESAs	Nil	0	Not applicable
(6.)	Wildlife Corridors	Nil	0	Not applicable
(7.)	Corridors	Nil	0	Not applicable

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.)	Archaeological Sites		Nil	0	Not applicable
(2.)	Forest		Dekiajan Forest	0	Reserve Forest within Duarmara block area
(3.)	Defence Installations		Nil	0	Not applicable

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?	No

24.

Forest Land:
Whether any Forest Land involved?	No

25.

Tree Cutting:
(a)No. of Trees Cut for the Project (if Forest Land not Involved)	0
(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)	24.75
(c)Status of Land acquisition if not acquired	Ongoing

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	In-Progress

28.

Details of Presence of Schedule-I Species:
(a)Whether there is Presence of Schedule-I Species ?	No
(b)Whether conservation plan for Schedule-I Species has been prepared ?	No
(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 ?	Yes
(i)Details of Water Bodies in Core Area	DoomDooma River
(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	Dehing River
(ii)Direction of Water Bodies in Buffer Area	South
(iii)Distance of Water Bodies in Buffer Area	10

31.

Manpower Requirement:
(a)Permanent Employment-During Construction	5
(b)Permanent Employment-During Operation	20
(c)Temporary Employment- During Construction	100
(d)Temporary Employment- During Operation	25
(e)No. of working days	365
(f)Total Manpower	150

32.

Green Belt in Ha:
(a)Total Area of Green Belt	0.8
(b)Percentage of Total Project Area	3.23
(c)No. of Plants to be Planted	100
(d)Funds Allocated for Plantation	50000
(e)Uploaded Green Belt plan	Copy of Green Belt Plan

33. Project Benefits
S. No.	Type of Project Benefits	Details of Project Benefits
(1.)	Social	employment

34. CRZ Specific Details : Not Applicable

35. Sector Specific Details : NOT APPLICABLE

35. Sector Specific Details For Industrial Projects - 2

S. No.

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/1619/RA0048
(ii)Name of the EIA Consultant	ABC Techno Labs India Pvt. Ltd.
(iii)Address	400, 13th Street, SIDCO Industrial Estate (North Phase) Ambattur – 600 098
(iv)Mobile No.	8420642002
(v)Landline No.	0442616112
(vi)Email Id	abc@abctechnolab.com
(vii)Category of Accreditation	A
(viii)Sector of Accreditation	Industrial Projects - 2
(ix)Validity of Accreditation	25 May 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/clarify the following:- - As per the ToR dated 22/2/2018, 9 well were proposed to be drilled in the said Block. It is shown as nine in the proposal for EC (Form-2). - Present status of the proposal dated 16/2/2018 for diversion of 9.3 ha of forest land involved under the project. Also, in view of the said forest land, entry at column 23.3 & 24 are not consistent. - Land acquisition status for 22.5 ha of the proposed project area.	31 Mar 2019
2.	NA	The correction have been made as per the instruction received	17 Apr 2019
3.	NA	In view of the present land acquisition status for 24.75 ha of land, please inform about any allotment of the said land in your name. Entry at item no.27(f) of Form-2 is also not clear. All the details mentioned in Form-2 need to be rechecked and confirmed.	28 Apr 2019
4.	NA	The correction have been made as per the instruction received	14 May 2019

Additional Detail Sought:
Sno.	ADS Letter	Remarks	Date of ADS
1.	ADS Reply Letter	FC stage-I along with letter is attached.	02 Jan 2024
2.	NA	FC-I to be submitted for consideration.	18 Dec 2020
3.	ADS Reply Letter	FRA	15 Dec 2020
4.	NA	The information submitted by the PP vide ADS letter dated 05.03.2020 which are incomplete. PP once again requested to submit the details as sought by the Ministry vide dated 19.09.2019 immediately for further necessary action. 'Stage-1 forest clearance shall be submitted for the forest area involved under the project as per the provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. No drilling/installation of associated facilities shall be carried out in forest areas without prior permission from the concerned regulatory authority. Project Proponent may be requested through the online portal of the Ministry to submit the details of the Stage-1 forest clearance, for further action into the matter.	17 Mar 2020
5.	ADS Reply Letter	NA	05 Mar 2020
6.	NA	'Stage-1 forest clearance shall be submitted for the forest area involved under the project as per the provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. No drilling/installation of associated facilities shall be carried out in forest areas without prior permission from the concerned regulatory authority. Project Proponent may be requested through the online portal of the Ministry to submit the details of the Stage-1 forest clearance, for further action into the matter.	19 Sep 2019

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	Rabi Bastia
Designation	President
Name of Company (Applicant Name should not be given here)	OILMAX ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED
Address	3-A,Omkar Esquare, Off Chunnabhatti Signal, Eastern Express Highway, Sion (E), Mumbai