Amendment Notification S.O. No. 5702(E) Declaring Eco Sensitive Zone Cotigaon Wildlife Sanctuary, Goa

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 5470] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2022/AGRAHAYANA 16, 1944 817267/2022/ESZ MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 7th December, 2022 S.O. 5702(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), clause (v) and clause (xiv) of sub- section (2) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), read with sub-rule (4) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide S.O. number 608(E), dated the 24 th February, 2015, namely:- In the said notification,- (I.) in paragraph 2, in sub-paragraph (1), for the words, “Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India”, the words “Competent Authority of the State Government for its effective implementation” shall be substituted; (II.) in paragraph 3, in sub-paragraph (11), for the words and letters, “Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, the SESZMC”, the words “Competent Authority of the State Government, the SESZMC” shall be substituted; (III.) in paragraph 5, in sub-paragraph (3), for the words, “Central Government in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change”, the words “Central Government or the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, as the case may be” shall be substituted. Note : The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification S.O. number 608 (E), dated the 24 th February, 2015. and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. 817267/2022/ESZ