GRANITE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT RULES, 1999

CHAPTER IV

MINING PLAN

12. Mining Plan as a pre-requisite to the grant of lease.- No lease shall be granted or renewed by the State Government unless there is a mining plan duly approved by the State Government or any person authorised in this behalf by that Government for the development of the granite deposit in the area concerned.

13. Mining plan to be prepared by a recognised person.- (1) No mining plan shall be approved unless it is prepared by a qualified person recognised in this behalf by the State Government or any person authorised by that Government or by a recognised person under rule 22B of the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960.

(2) No person shall be granted recognition for the purposes of sub-rule (1) by the State Government or any person authorised by that Government unless he holds -

(i) a degree in mining engineering or a post-graduate degree in geology granted by a university established or incorporated by or under an Act of Parliament or any institution recognised by the University Grants Commission established under section 4 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 ( 3 of 1956) or any qualification equivalent thereto; and

(ii) professional experience of five years of working in a supervisory capacity in the field of mining or mineral administration after obtaining a degree or qualification required under clause ( i ).

14. Grant of recognition by State Government.- (1) Any person possessing the qualifications and experience required under sub-rule (2) of rule 13 may apply for recognition to the competent authority designated by the State Government for this purpose.

(2) The competent authority after making such enquiry as it deems fit, may grant or refuse to grant recognition and where recognition is refused, the competent authority shall record reasons in writing and communicate the same to the applicant.

(3) A recognition shall be granted for an initial period of ten years and may be renewed for further periods not exceeding ten years at a time:

Provided that the competent authority may refuse to renew recognition for reasons to be recorded in writing after giving an opportunity of hearing to the person concerned.

15. Approval and submission of mining plan.- On receipt of the application for grant of mining lease for undertaking mining operations for granite, the State Government shall take decision to grant precise area for the said purpose and communicate such decision to the applicant and on receipt of the communication from the State Government of the precise area to be granted, the applicant shall submit a mining plan within a period of three months from the date on which such communication is received or such other period as may be allowed by the State Government for approval and the said mining plan shall incorporate -

(i) the plan of the precise area showing the nature and extent of the granite body; spot or spots where the excavation is to be done in the first year and its extent; a detailed cross-section and detailed plan of spots of excavation based on the prospecting data gathered by the applicant; a tentative scheme of mining for the first five years of the lease;

(ii) details of the geology and lithology of the precise area including granite reserves of the area;

(iii) the extent of manual mining or mining by the use of machinery and mechanical devices on the precise area;

(iv) the plan of the precise area showing natural water courses, limits of reserved and other forest areas and density of trees, if any, assessment of impact of mining activity on forest, land surface and environment including air and water pollution; details of scheme for restoration of the area by afforestation, land reclamation, use of pollution control devices and of such other measures as may be directed by the Central or the State Government from time to time;

(v) annual programme and plan for excavation on the precise area from year to year for five years;

(vi) any other matter which the State Government or any person so authorised may require the applicant to provide in the mining plan.