(1) A "no-mining barrier zone" measuring 7.5 seconds stiall be kept all along the boundaries of the offshore production lease and the lessee shall not carry out any mining operations within this zone. This would provide a 15 seconds barrier between two consecutive lease blocks within the offshore area to ensure safe operations.
(2) The licencee or lessee shall intimate the geographical coordinates of mining exploration or production area to Chief Hydrographer to the Government of India for publishing on Navigational charts and issue of navarea warning for safety of mariners at s e a ] at least fifteen days before commencing mining exploration or production.
(3) In order to protect the maritime activities near the seashore, the holder of a production lease shall neither carry out any mining operation nor dump the waste material within a distance of one nautical mile from the low tide line of the sea shore.
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