S.O.1198(E) dated 17/03/2022- Constituion of SEIAA/SEAC Tripura

Che Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY TR &y PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1158] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2022/PHALGUNA 26, 1943 7% faeeft, 17 =, 2022 TEF AT T AT FgT AT §) F AT F TS TqT TATALOT FATAT FRerreor sferwor S o 1855 GI/2022 (&) [EEiEEE A FrT-799046 FRATEET, A, srear, Brqer-799022 9. |stadmFEry, TIET; o A=) Y T T AT FAAT AT AT TR O AL TEAT ATTAFAT € AT AGHT FT AT ATTATHT ZRIT MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 17th March, 2022 S.0. 1198(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) and in pursuance of the notification of the Government of India, in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forests, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, part II, vide number S.0.1533(E), dated the 14® September, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the said notification), the Central Government hereby constitutes the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Tripura (hereinafter referred to as the Authority, Tripura) comprising of the following persons, namely:- 1. | Dr. Jaharlal Saha, Chairman; Dhaleswar, P.P. Dhaleswar Road No. 15, Agartala, Tripura-799007 2. | Dr. Sabyasachi Dasgupta, Member:; Associate Professor, Deptt of Forestry & Biodiversity, Tripura University (A Central University), Suryamaninagar, Agartala, 3. | Director, Department of Science, Technology & Environment, | Member Secretary. Govemnment of Tripura. 2. The Chairman and Members of the Authority, Tripura shall hold office for a term of three years from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette. 3. The Authority, Tripura shall exercise such powers and follow such procedures as specified in the said notification. 4. The Authority, Tripura shall take its decision on the recommendations of the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee, Tripura constituted under paragraph 5 of this order. 5. For the purpose of assisting the Authority, Tripura, the Central Government, in consultation with the Government of Tripura, hereby constitutes the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (hereinafter referred to as SEAC), Tripura comprising of the following persons, namely:- 1. |Dr. Umesh Mishra, Chairman; Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Agartala, Jirania, West, Tripura — 799046 Associate Professor & Head, Department of Geography and Disaster Management, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, Agartala, Tripura - 3. | Dr. Sukhen Chandra Das, Member; Assistant Professor, College of Agriculture, Government of Tripura 4. | Shri Swapan Kumar Das, Chief Engineer Rural Development Member:; Department, Government of Tripura, P.N. Complex, Agartala, West Tripura — 799006 5. | Dr. Saikat Das Sharma, Member; Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Dasaratha Dev Memorial College, Khowai, Tripura 6. |Dr. Thiru Selvan, Member Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry and Biodiversity, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, Agartala, Tripura-799022 7. | Dr. Samrat Goswami, Member; Assistant Professor (Stage-II), Department of Rural Studies Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, Agartala, Tripura-799022 8. |Dr. Shaon Ray Chaudhuri, Member; Professor, Department of Microbiology, Tripura University, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tripura Institute of Technology, Narsingarh, Agartala, West Tripura. 10. |Dr. Biswajit Lahiri, Member; Associate professor, Department of Extension and Social Sciences, College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Lembucherra, Agartala, Scientist-C, Tripura State Pollution Control Board 6. The Chairman and Members of SEAC, Tripura shall hold office for a term of three years from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette. 7. The SEAC, Tripura shall exercise such powers and follow such procedures as specified in the said notification. 8. The SEAC, Tripura shall function on the principle of collective responsibility and the Chairman shall endeavour to reach a consensus in each case, and where no consensus is made, the view of the majority shall prevail. 9. In order to avoid any conflict of interest — (a) the Chairman and Members of the Authority, Tripura and SEAC, Tripura shall declare as to which consulting organisation they have been associated with and also the project proponents; (b) the Chairman and Members of the Authority, Tripura and SEAC, Tripura shall not undertake any consultation or associate with preparation of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Environment Management Plan for a project, which is to be appraised by the Authority, Tripura and SEAC, Tripura during their tenure; and (c) where in the preceding five years, the Chairman or any of the Members of the Authority, Tripura and SEAC, Tripura have provided consultancy service or conducted EIA study for any project proponent, in that case he shall recuse himself from the meeting of the Authority, Tripura and SEAC, Tripura in the process of appraisal of any project being proposed by such proponent. 10. The Government of Tripura shall notify an agency to act as Secretariat for the Authority, Tripura and SEAC, Tripura and the Secretariat shall provide all financial and logistic support including accommodation, transportation and such other facility in respect of all his statutory functions. 11. The sitting fee, travelling allowance and dearness allowance to the Chairman and Members of the Authority, Tripura and SEAC, Tripura shall be paid in accordance with the rules of the Government of Tripura. [F. No. IA3-1/2/2021-IA III] and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. ALOK KUMAR 2