Amendment Declaring Eco Sensitive Zone S.O. No. 2112(E) Lonar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2024] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2023/ VAISAKHA 13, 1945 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 3rd May, 2023 S.O. 2112(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clauses (v) and (xiv) of sub- sections (2) and (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, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification number S.O. 668(E), dated the st February, 2017, namely:- In the said notification, - (i) in paragraph 2, for sub-paragraph (1), the following sub-paragraph shall be substituted, namely:- “(i) The State Government shall, for the purposes of the Eco-sensitive Zone, prepare a Zonal Master Plan, in consultation with local people and adhering to the stipulations given in this notification for consideration, within a period of two years from the publication of this amendment notification”. (ii) in paragraph 4,- (a) for the heading ‘Monitoring Committee’, and entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:- “5. Monitoring Committee.- There shall be a committee to be known as Monitoring Committee constituted by the Central Government which shall comprise of the following persons specified in the Table below, namely:- Serial number Name of persons Designation (i) Collector, Buldana exofficio, Chairman; (ii) A representative of the Department of Environment, Government of Maharashtra. exofficio, Member; (iii) A representative of the Department of Revenue, Government of Maharashtra. exofficio, Member; (iv) Regional Officer, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. exofficio, Member; (v) One expert in the area of ecology and environment to be nominated by the State Government from time to time every three years. Member; (vi) A representative of a Non-Governmental Organisation working in the field of environment (including heritage conservation) to be nominated by the State Government from time to time every three years. Member; (vii) Senior Town Planner Officer, Buldana exofficio, Member; (viii) Deputy Conservator of Forests, Buldana (Territorial) exofficio, Member Secretary.” (b) For the heading, ‘Terms and Condition’, and entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:- “5A. Functions of the Monitoring Committee. – (1) The Monitoring Committee shall, based on the actual site- specific conditions scrutinise, the activities covered in the Schedule to the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forest, vide number S.O. 1553 (E), dated the 14 th September, 2006, and are falling in the Eco-sensitive Zone, except for the prohibited activities as specified in the Table under paragraph 4 thereof, and referred to the Central Government in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change or the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, as the case maybe, for prior environmental clearances under the provisions of the said notification. (2) The activities not covered in the Schedule to the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forests vide number S.O. 1533 (E), dated the 14 th September, 2006 and falling in the Eco-sensitive Zone, except for the prohibited activities as specified in the Table under paragraph 4 thereof, shall be scrutinised by the Monitoring Committee based on the actual site-specific conditions and referred to the concerned Regulatory Authorities. (3) The Member-Secretary of the Monitoring Committee or the concerned Collector or the concerned Deputy Conservator of Forests shall be competent to file complaint under section 19 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 against any person who contravenes the provisions of this notification. (4) The Monitoring Committee may invite representative or expert from concerned Department, representative from industry associations or concerned stakeholders to assist in its deliberations depending on the requirements on case to case basis. (5) The Monitoring Committee shall submit the annual action taken report of its activities for the period up to the 31 st March of every year by the 30 th June of that year to the Chief Wildlife Warden of the State in pro-forma specified in Annexure-IV, appended to this notification. (6) The Central Government may give such directions in writing, as it deems fit, to the Monitoring Committee for effective discharge of its functions. Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification number S.O. 668(E), dated the 21 st February, 2017. and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. MANOJ KUMAR VERMA