S.O.3752 (E) dated 20/10/2020-Amendment in EIA Notification, 2006

Che Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY TR &y PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3325] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020/ASVINA 30, 1942 7% faeeft, 20 s, 2020 AT IE, DRI WRGHR, TAEReT (Axew) g9, 1986 & AW 5 & Sutd (4) & @rer ufed 5116 GI)2020 (1) e — [, & ®—11013 / 30 / 2007 3T 11(1)] MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 20th October, 2020 S.0. 3752(E).—WHEREAS, the Central Government in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forests, in exercise of its powers under sub-section (1) and clause (v) of sub-section (2) of section (3) of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 has published the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the said notification) vide number S.0.1533 (E), dated the 14th September, 2006, mandating prior Environmental Clearance from the Central Government in the Ministry of Environment and Forests for matters falling under Category ‘A’ in the Schedule and at State level the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority for matters falling under Category ‘B’ in the said Schedule; AND WHEREAS, the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority and State Level Expert Appraisal Committees shall be constituted by the Central Government under sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for a fixed term of three years; AND WHEREAS, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is in the receipt of representations for extension of tenure of the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority and State Level Expert Appraisal Committees, beyond three years in certain situation like pandemic COVID 19, for uninterrupted dealing the matters under Category “B” proposals; AND WHEREAS, the Central Government deems it necessary to extend the tenure of the existing State Environment Impact Assessment Authority and State Level Expert Appraisal Committees, in exceptional circumstances; Now, therefore, in exercise of the 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 sub-rule (4) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the Central Government after having dispensed with the requirement of notice under clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the said rules, in public interest, hereby makes the following further amendments in the EIA Notification, 2006, namely:- In the said notification, - (i) in paragraph 3, in sub-paragraph (6), in the proviso, for the words “six months”, the words “twelve months” shall be substituted. (ii) in paragraph 5, in sub-paragraph (c), in the proviso, for the words “six months”, the words “twelve months” shall be substituted. (iii) in the APPENDIX VI, in item 7, in the proviso, for the words “six months”, the words “twelve months” shall be substituted. ARVIND KUMAR NAUTIYAL, Jt. Secy. Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 1533 (E), dated the 14th September, 2006 and was last amended vide notification number S.O. 3636(E), dated the 15th October, 2020. % feeft, 22 s, 2020 BT ARG FAT FLAT. 1533(37) TG 14 RITRR, 2006 & IFTAR H, ARA & 919, AR, AT [, . S—11013 /30 / 2007 ST 11(1)] NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 22nd October, 2020 S.0. 3753(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, number S.O. 1533(E), dated the 14th September, 2006, the Central Government hereby makes the following further 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 number S.O. 850(E), dated the 17th March, 2017, namely:- In the said notification, - @) in paragraph 2A, for the figures, letters and word “16th September, 2020™, the figures, letters and word “16th March, 2021 or till the constitution of new Authority, Maharashtra, whichever is earlier.”, shall be substituted. (ii) in paragraph 8A, for the figures, letters and word “16th September, 2020”, the figures, letters and word “16th March, 2021 or till the constitution of new SEACs, Maharashtra, whichever is earlier.”, shall be substituted. ARVIND NAUTIYAL, Jt. Secy. Note:- The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 850 (E), dated the 17th March, 2017 and subsequently amended vide number S.O. 4040(E), dated the 12th December, 2017 and vide number S.O. 1788(E), dated the Sth June, 2020. Explanatory Memorandum: By making amendments in paragraph 2A and paragraph 8A by substituting “16th September, 2020 as the “16th March, 2021, the interest of no person shall be adversely affected. and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.