S.O.2500 (E) dated 01/06/2022-Constitution of SEIAA/SEAC Himachal Pradesh

Che Gazette of India .3 -81.0e1.-31.-01062022-236198 FETETT EXTRAORDINARY AT [—HvE 3—I9-80E (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2373] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2022/JYAISHTHA 11, 1944 qateer, o A SerETy TREd AT TATHATTATE, FIAHT Fowr, waqrerey, former, AT w3e-171013 3659 G1/2022 (] 2. sferRor, AT weer % stewer fT waew, Tros & g6 AT % webrer 1 arte & i af & srftrgem § fRfAfde 1 frfer sm e AT Y (arfe), (Tartaor fasmre) sfta fasme sl wataror famm fam, AT €, ey i Sta-grame, Rurert femmaer srer AT wRer arf¥rrar (Tadie), (%) iR, A wRer o wedudt, fRurae we ¥ Aeae AT weed, 9@ awwdarar ST &; 3 et & & F1E oY, Pt of oo % searaes % forg goradt dard seTe Far § Av wteer Eall 1.9, 3m$T3-1/4/2022—3$T.111] MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 1st June, 2022 S.0. 2500(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 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) of the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forests, vide number S.0.1533(E), dated the 14th September, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the said notification), the Central Government hereby constitutes the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Himachal Pradesh (hereinafter referred to as the Authority, Himachal Pradesh) consisting of the following persons, namely:- 14 IShri Arvind Mehta, IAS (Retd.) Chairman [E-1 Maharani Bagh, New Delhi (India) IHFRI, Conifer Campus, Panthaghati, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh-| 2k IDirector, Department of Environment, Science and Technology,| Member-Secretary iGovernment of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla-171001 2. The Chairman and Members of the Authority, Himachal Pradesh shall hold office for a term of three years from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette. 4 _ THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] 3. The Authority, Himachal Pradesh shall exercise such powers and follow such procedures as specified in the said notification. 4. The Authority, Himachal Pradesh shall take its decision on the recommendations of the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee, constituted under paragraph 5. 54 For the purposes of assisting the Authority, Himachal Pradesh, the Central Government, in consultation with the State Government of Himachal Pradesh, hereby constitutes the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (hereinafter referred to as the SEAC, Himachal Pradesh) consisting of the following Members, namely:- 1. |Dr. Sandeep Bhatnagar, IAS (Retd.), House No. 45, Sector-4, Chandigarh Chairman 2. [Dr. Satish Kumar Bhardwaj, Prof. and Head, Department of Environment] Member Science, College of Forestry, Dr. Y.S Parmar University of Horticulture and| [Forestry, Nauni-173230, Distt. Solan, Himachal Pradesh 3. |Dr. Harish Sharma, Member [Principal Scientific Officer (Retd.), Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board, VPO Fagu, Shimla. Himachal Pradesh (Retd.) Professor ((Environmental Science) Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences,) (College of Basic Science Himachal Pradesh, Agriculture University, Palampur-| 5. |Dr. Ashwani Tapwal, Member Scientist E, Forestry and Bio-resource, Himalayan Forest Research Institute,| IConifer Campus, Panthaghati, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 6. [Dr. Ranbir Singh Rana, Member IPrincipal Scientist, (Agronomy) Centre for Geo-informatics Research and [Training, CSK Palampur, Himachal Pradesh |Addl. Director, Department of Environment, Science and Technology and Chief| 6. The Chairman and Members of SEAC, Himachal Pradesh shall hold office for a term of three years from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette. 7. The SEAC, Himachal Pradesh shall exercise such powers and follow such procedures as specified in the said notification. 8. The SEAC, Himachal Pradesh shall function on the principle of collective responsibility and the Chairman shall endeavour to reach a consensus in each case, and if consensus cannot be reached, the view of the majority shall prevail. 9. In order to avoid any conflict of interest — (a) the Chairman and Member of the Authority, Himachal Pradesh and SEAC, Himachal Pradesh shall declare as to which consulting organisation they have been associated with and also the project proponents; (b) the Chairman and Member of the Authority, Himachal Pradesh and SEAC, Himachal Pradesh 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, Himachal Pradesh and SEAC, Himachal Pradesh during their tenure; and (c) if in the preceding five years, the Chairman or any of the Members of the Authority, Himachal Pradesh and SEAC, Himachal Pradesh have provided consultancy services or conducted Environment Impact Assessment studies for any project proponent, in that event they shall recuse themselves from the meeting of the Authority, Himachal Pradesh and SEAC, Himachal Pradesh in the process of appraisal of any project being proposed by such proponents. 10. The Government of Himachal Pradesh shall notify an agency to act as Secretariat for the Authority, Himachal Pradesh and SEAC, Himachal Pradesh and the Secretariat shall provide all financial and logistic support including accommodation, transportation and such other facilities in respect of all their statutory functions. 11. The siting fee, travelling allowances and dearness allowances to the Chairman and Member of the Authority, Himachal Pradesh and SEAC, Himachal Pradesh shall be paid as per the rules of the State Government of Himachal Pradesh. and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. worum _ VERMA