A3 Environment clearance from GOI MOEF from Pollution Angle

As per Notification dated 27-1-1994 as amended on 04/05/1994, 10/04/1997, 27/1/2000, 13/12/2000, 01/08/2001 and 21/11/2001 the procedure for obtaining Env. Clearance from pollution angle is given as under.

I. (a) Any person who desires to undertaken any new project or the expansion or modernization of any existing industry or project or the expansion or modernisation of any existing industry or project listed in schedule I shall submit an application to the Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi.

The application shall be made in the proforma specified in Schedule II of this notification and shall be accompanied by a project report which shall, Interalia, include an Environmental impact Assessment report/Environmental Management Plant prepared in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Central Government in the Ministry of Environment and Forests from time to time.

(b) cases rejected due to submission of insufficient or inadequate data and plans may be reviewed as and when submitted with complete data and plans. Submission of incomplete data or plans for the second time would itself be a sufficient reason for the Impact Assessment Agency to reject the case summarily.

II. In case of the following site-specific projects.

a) mining;
b) pit-head thermal power stations;
c) hydro-power, major irrigation projects and /or their combination including flood control;
d) ports and harbours (excluding minor ports)
e) prospecting and exploration of major minerals in areas above 500 ha., the project authorities will initiate the location of the project site to the Central Government in the ministry of Environmental and Forests while initiating any investigation and surveys. The Central
Government in the Ministry of Environment and forests will convey a decision regarding
suitability or otherwise of the proposed site within a maximum period of thirty days. The said
site clearance shall be granted for a sanctioned capacity and shall be valid for a period of
five years for commencing the construction, operation or mining.

III. a) the reports submitted with the application shall be evaluated and assessed by the Impact Assessment agency, and if deemed necessary it may consult a Committee of Experts, having a composition as specified in Schedule-III of this Notification. The impact
Assessment Agency(IAA) would be the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest. The
Committee of Experts mentioned above shall be constituted by the IAA or such other body
under the Central Government authorised by the IAA in this regard.
b) The said Committee of Experts shall have full right of entry and inspection of the site or, as the case may be, factory premises at any time prior to, during or after the commencement of the operations relating to the project.
c) The Impact Assessment Agency shall prepare a set of recommendation based on technical assessment of documents and data, furnished by the project authorities, supplemented by data collected during visits to sites or factories, if undertaken, and interaction with affected population and environmental groups, if necessary

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