S.O.2215 (E) dated 07/06/2024- Amendment in EIA Notification 2006

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Herta fre T AT MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 7th June, 2024 S.0. 2215(E).— Whereas the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forest was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide number S.0. 1533 (E), dated the 14™ September, 2006, requires prior environmental clearance for the projects or activities specified under Schedule there of (hereinafter referred to as the said notification); And whereas the National Green Tribunal vide its order, dated the 12th February, 2020, in Original Application No. 55/2019 (WZ), (Gajubha Jesar Jadeja vs Union of India & Ors.), has, inter alia, observed that cold rolled stainless steel manufacturing industries require prior environment clearance; And whereas the Central Government, had taken a considered decision in line with the above said order of the National Green Tribunal to provide a window period for such cold rolled stainless manufacturing industries to obtain prior environmental clearance under the said notification; ‘And whereas a draft notification for making amendments in the said notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section(ii), vide number S.O. 5020(E), dated the 22nd November, 2023, inviting objections and suggestions from all the persons likely to be affected thereby, within a period of sixty days from the date on which copies of the Gazette containing the said draft notification were made available to the Public; ‘And whereas the objections and suggestions received in response to the said draft notification have been duly considered by the Central Government; Now, therefore, in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clause (v) of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), read with clause (d) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forests, number S.0.1533(E), dated the 14th September, 2006, namely: - In the said notification, in the Schedule- (a) after item 2(b) and entries relating thereto, the following item and entries shall be inserted, namely: - Project or Activity Category with threshold limit Conditions if any A B 2 Primary Processing “2(c) |Pellet plant - All standalone pellet plant| General condition shall apply™; irrespective of capacity (b) for item 3 and entries relating thereto, the following item and entries shall be substituted, namely:- Project or Activity Category with threshold limit Conditions if any A B “3 Materials Production 3(a) |Metallurgical |(a) Primary - General Condition shall industries metallurgical apply. (ferrous & industry-All projects nonferrous) (b) Sponge iron Note: manufacturing > Sponge iron manufacturing (i) The recycling industrial 200TPD <200TPD (<0.06 Million Tonnes Per| units registered under (>0.06MTPA) Annum-MTPA) following rules are exempted, namely:- (a) the Hazardous and metallurgical Other Wastes industry: (Management and (i) Toxic metals (Lead, Cadmium, fizgil::;fi;hlgles Cadmium, Arsenic |producing units with capacity - Mercury, Chromium) |< 0.02MTPA (b) the E-Waste producing units with (Management) Rules, capacity > 2016; 0.02MTPA ii) Processes involving melting of| Eno)ntoxic metals ¢ ¢ (9) the Battery Waste Management Rules, furnace Bl . . 1. Solidor |>0.03 = 0.06 (ii). The following thermal liquid fuel ~ [MTPA to< |MTPA | PoWer plants setup within 0.06 MTPA. metallurgical industries are ) exempted, namely:- 2. Gas fuel or|> 0.06 So012 | @ plantsorunits, other clectricity |[MTPA to< |MTPA than power 0.12 MTPA plants referred to in the item 1(d); (b) thermal power plants based on municipal solid waste (non- hazardous). iii) Processes involving only heating of]| nontoxic metals with pickling Fuelin the [Category B2 |Category furnace Bl 1. Solid or >0.06 >0.12 liquid fuel MTPA to < [MTPA 0.12 MTPA 2. Gas fuel or [>0.12 >0.18 electricity MTPA to < [MTPA 0.18 MTPA (iii). The Standalone rolling or re-rolling or extrusion or piercing or forging or drawing units not involving any type of melting or pickling are exempted”. Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, vide number S.O. 1533(E), dated the 14th September, 2006 and was last amended vide the notification number S.O. 3840(E), dated the 30th August, 2023. and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delni-110054. maNo) szevizie” KUMAR VRMA S5