Draft EIA Notification 2019

Draft for Internal discussion only
(To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Subsection (ii))
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
New Delhi, the -----, 2019
NOTIFICATION
S.O. _____- Whereas, the following notification which the Central Government proposes to
issue, 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) for imposing certain
restrictions and prohibition on the undertaking some projects or activities or expansion or
modernization of such existing projects or activities entailing capacity addition, in any part of
India, in supersession of the Environment Impact Assessment notification vide S.O. 1533 dated
the 14th September, 2006 and its subsequent amendments, is hereby published, as required
under sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, for the information
of the public likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft
notification shall be taken into consideration on or after the expiry of a period of sixty days
from the date on which copies of the Gazette containing this notification are made available to
the Public;
Any person interested in making any objections or suggestions on the proposal

contained in the draft notification may forward the same in writing for consideration of the
Central Government within the period so specified to the Secretary, Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh Road, Aliganj, New Delhi-
110 003, or send it to the e-mail address atmenong@cag.gov.inand sharath.kr@gov.in.
Draft Notification
Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment

and Forests vide number S.O. 1533 (E) dated the 14thSeptember, 2006 (hereinafter referred to
as the said notification), the Central Government imposed certain restrictions and prohibitions
on the undertaking of some projects or activities or expansion or modernization of such existing
projects or activities entailing capacity addition, in any part of India listed in Schedule to the
said notification unless prior Environmental Clearance (EC) has been accorded by the Central
Government or the State level Environmental Impact Assessment Authority or District level
Environmental Impact Assessment Authority, as the case may be, in accordance with the
procedure specified in the said notification;
And whereas, there were several amendments issued to the said notification from time to time
for streamlining the process, decentralization, implementation of the directions of
court/tribunal. Though the said notification has succeeded in realizing necessary environmental
safeguards by assessing the environmental impacts due to the proposed projects or activities
that require prior environmental clearance at the planning stage itself, the central government
deemed to make the process more transparent by implementing online system, standardization
of the process, etc.;
And whereas, the Central Government has constituted a Expert Committee with an objective
of integrating all amendment notifications, circulars and Office memoranda issued from time
to time; enabling provisions for online processing of applications, delegation to State Level
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Environmental Impact Assessment Authority; rationalization on regulation of the projects or

activities under the said notification; implementation of the directions of the courts/tribunal;
etc. After detailed deliberations, the committee suggested the following draft notification which
the Central Government proposes to issue 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,
read with clause (d) of sub-rule (3) or rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 and
in supersession of the notification number S.O. 1533 (E) dated the 14th September, 2006 read
with subsequent amendments, except in respect of things done or omitted to be done before
such supersession.
The Central Government hereby publishes this draft notification as required under sub rule (3)
of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, which shall on and-from the date of its
final publication require new projects or capacity addition listed in the Schedule to this
notification, to be undertaken in any part of India only after the same has been accorded prior
environment clearance by the Regulatory Authority concerned in accordance with the
requirements and procedure specified hereinafter in this notification.
1. Short title and commencement-
i. This notification may be called the Environmental Impact Assessment Notification,

2019.
ii. This notification shall come into force on the date of publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Application of the notification-
This notification is applicable to whole of India including territorial waters and exclusive
economic zone.
3. Definitions – In this notification, unless the context otherwise require:
(1) “Act” means the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986);
(2) “Appraisal” means the detailed scrutiny of the application in the prescribed form(s)
and all other documents like Final Environmental Impact Assessment report, outcome
of the public consultations including public hearing proceedings, Project Feasibility
Report submitted by the applicant to the regulatory authority concerned for grant of
environmental clearance, by the Expert Appraisal Committee or State level Expert
Appraisal Committee or Union Territory level Expert Appraisal Committee;
(3) “Baseline data” (BLD) means data depicting the pre-project environmental scenario
of the proposed project or activity at the site and immediate surroundings;
(4) “Border States” for the purpose of this notification are States including Union
Territories sharing the boundary with bordering countries of India.
(5) “Built-up area” for the purpose of this notification is the built up or covered area on
all the floors put together including its basement and other service areas, which are
proposed in the buildings or construction projects;
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(6) “Cluster” for the purpose of this notification is a group of mines when the distance
between the peripheries of one lease is less than 500 meters from the periphery of
other lease;
(7) “Critically Polluted Area” is the Industrial cluster or area as identified by the
Central Pollution Control Board from time to time;
(8) “Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Report” is the document that presents
project description, baseline scenario, anticipated environmental impacts, mitigation
measures, analysis of alternatives, environmental monitoring programme, project
benefits, environmental management plan, additional studies as per the Terms of
Reference prescribed by the regulatory authority in the generic structure specified in
the appendix to the notification. The EIA Report is prepared by the project proponent
through the Environmental consultant organisations which are accredited for a
particular sector and the category of project for that sector with the National
Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET) of Quality Council of
India (QCI) or any other agency as may be notified by the Ministry from time to time;
(9) “Draft EIA Report” is the EIA Report prepared for purpose of Public Consultation;
(10) “Final EIA Report” is the EIA Report by addressing the concerns raised by the
public during the public consultation, time bound action plan along with budgetary
provision for the commitments made therein by the project proponent for the purpose
of appraisal;
(11) “Environmental Management Plan (EMP)” report is the document prepared by the
project proponent that presents mitigation measures including implementation
schedule;
(12) “Expansion” for the purpose of this notification, means any increase in mine lease
area or length or numbers or generation capacity or culturable command area or
production capacity or throughput or project area or handling capacity or built-up
area, as applicable to the existing project or activity, resulting in capacity beyond the
limits specified for the concerned project or activity, in the schedule or environmental
clearance obtained earlier. Any capacity addition through modernization or change in
product mix or change in the process shall also be considered as expansion;
(13) “Expert Appraisal Committee” (EAC) is a committee of experts constituted for the
purpose of this notification at central level in the Ministry for environmental appraisal
of projects/activities referred to it and make recommendation;
(14) “State level Expert Appraisal Committee” (SEAC) is a committee of experts

constituted for the purpose of this notification at state level by the Ministry for
environmental appraisal of projects/activities referred to it and make
recommendation;
(15) “Union Territory level Expert Appraisal Committee” (UTEAC) is a committee of

experts constituted for the purpose of this notification at Union Territory level by the
Ministry for environmental appraisal of projects/activities referred to it and make
recommendation;
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(16) “State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) is the authority
constituted by the Central Government under sub-section (3) of section 3 of the
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986;
(17) “Union Territory level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (UTEIAA) is

the authority constituted by the Central Government under sub-section (3) of section
3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986;
(18) “Form” means forms appended to this notification;
(19) “Capital dredging” for the purpose of this notification is an infrequent process, and
means the removal of virgin material from the sea bed to create, or deepen, a shipping
channel in order to serve larger ships. This includes inside and outside the ports or
harbors and channels;
(20) “Maintenance dredging” for the purpose of this notification is the periodic removal
of shoals or sediments from existing navigational channels, berths, swinging
moorings etc in order to maintain an appropriate safe depth of water for navigation,
construction or operational purposes;
(21) “Medium Enterprises” means the project or activity as defined under Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 and its subsequent amendments;
(22) “Micro Enterprises” means the project or activity as defined under Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 and its subsequent amendments;
(23) “Ministry” for the purpose of this notification is Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change in the Government of India;
(24) “Mineral Beneficiation” means a process by which valuable constituents of ore are
concentrated by means of physical separation process;
(25) “Notified Industrial Estate” for the purpose of this notification is the Industrial
estate including parks, complexes, areas, export processing Zones (EPZs), Special
Economic Zones (SEZs), Biotech Parks, Leather Complexes which are notified by
the Central Government or State Government or Union Territory administration prior
to the 14th September, 2006 or which have obtained the prior environmental clearance
as mandated under the EIA Notification, 2006 or subsequent amendments.
(26) “Public Consultation” refers to the process by which the concerns of local affected
persons and others who have plausible stake in the environmental impacts of the
project or activity are ascertained with a view to taking into account all the material
concerns in the project or activity design as appropriate. The Public Consultation shall
ordinarily have two components comprising of:-
a. a public hearing at the site or in its close proximity, district wise in case of the project
area located in more than one district, to be carried out in the manner prescribed in
the notification, for ascertaining concerns of local affected persons;
b. inviting responses in writing from other concerned persons having a plausible stake
in the environmental aspects of the project or activity.
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(27) “Regulatory Authority” means the Central Government in the Ministry for matters
falling under Category ‘A’ and the State level Environment Impact Assessment
Authority (SEIAA) or Union Territory level Environment Impact Assessment
Authority (UTEIAA) for matters falling under Category ‘B1’ and Category “B2” in
the Schedule to this notification;
(28) “Secondary metallurgical processes” are the production processes that start with the
output of the ore reduction process, scrap, salvage and ingots as input to the industry
and its products are semi-finished products or finished products;
(29) “Schedule” means Schedule appended to this notification;
(30) “Scoping” refers to the process of determining the Terms of Reference (ToR) by the
regulatory authority for the preparation of an Environmental Impact Assessment
/Environment Management Report for the project or activity seeking prior
environmental clearance;
(31) “Small Enterprises” means the project or activity as defined under Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 and its subsequent amendments;
(32) “Standard Terms of Reference” means detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) issued
by the Ministry from time to time, for the preparation of an Environmental Impact
Assessment /Environment Management Report, in respect of the projects or activities
listed in the schedule;
(33) “Specific Terms of Reference” means project specific Terms of Reference (ToR)
prescribed by the Expert Appraisal Committee or State/Union Territory Level Expert
Appraisal Committee, as the case may be, for the preparation of an Environmental
Impact Assessment /Environment Management Report, in respect of the project or
activity for which prior environmental clearance is sought;
(34) State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) is a Board constituted under the Water
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974)
(35) Union Territory Pollution Control Committee (UTPCC) is a Board constituted under
the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974)
(36) Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is a Board constituted under the Water
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974)
(37) “Validity of prior Environmental Clearance” means the period from the date of
prior environmental clearance is granted by the regulatory authority, or may be
deemed by the applicant to have been granted under sub paragraph (3) of paragraph
17, to:-
a. completion of all construction activities in case of construction projects (item 8

of the Schedule) to which the application for prior environmental clearance
refers;
b. completion of all installation of plant and machinery including commencement

of production operations (other than item 8 of the schedule and mining projects)
to which the application for prior environmental clearance refers;
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c. the date of validity of mining lease in case of mining projects/ activity;
(38) “Protected Areas” are areas as notified under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
(53 of 1972) from time to time;
(39) Eco-sensitive areas or Eco-sensitive zones are area or zones as notified under sub-
section (2) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, from time to time.
4. Requirements of prior Environmental Clearance (EC):-
The new projects or activities listed in the schedule including expansion shall require prior
environmental clearance from the concerned regulatory authority before any construction
work, or preparation of land by the project management except for securing the land, is started
on the project or activity:
5. Categorization of projects and activities: -
(1) Based on the potential adverse social and environmental impacts including on health and
natural/man-made resources and spatial extent of these impacts, projects or activities are
categorized into three categories namely Category A, Category B1, and Category B2.
(2) All projects or activities included as Category ‘A’ in the Schedule shall require prior
environmental clearance from the Ministry.
(3) All projects or activities included as Category ‘B1’ and Category ‘B2’ in the Schedule
but excluding those which fulfill the General Conditions (GC) stipulated in the Schedule,
shall require prior environmental clearance from the SEIAA or UTEIAA, as the case may
be.
(4) All projects or activities included as Category ‘B1’ and Category ‘B2’ in the Schedule
which attract the General Conditions (GC) stipulated in the Schedule, shall require prior
environmental clearance from the Ministry as a Category ‘B1’ and Category ‘B2’.
(5) In the absence of a duly constituted SEIAA or UTEIAA, a Category ‘B1’ and Category
‘B2’ project shall be considered at the Ministry as a Category ‘B1’ and Category ‘B2’
project.
6. Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC):-
(1) The EAC shall consist of only professionals and experts fulfilling the following
eligibility criteria:
(a) Qualification: The person should have at least Post Graduate Degree in
Science/Commerce/Arts/Law/Business Administration or Graduate Degree in
Technology/Engineering/Architecture from the recognized University or
professional certification (C.A, C.S., CWA) or Service Academy (e.g. IAS/IFS).
(b) Age: Below 70 years as on date of nomination.
(c) Experience: 15 years of experience in the relevant fields given below:
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(i) Environment Quality: Experts in measurement, monitoring, analysis and

interpretation of data in relation to environmental quality.
(ii) Sectoral Project Management: Experts in Project Management or

Management of Process or Operations or Facilities in the sectors namely
mining, manufacturing, power generation, infrastructure including
environmental services.
(iii) Environmental Impact Assessment Process: Experts in conducting and

carrying out EIAs and preparation of EMPs and other Management plans and
who have wide expertise and knowledge of predictive techniques and tools
used in the EIA process.
(iv) Risk Assessment
(v) Life Science (Floral and Faunal Management) / Forestry and Wildlife
(vi) Environmental Economics with experience in project appraisal
(vii) Pollution prevention and mitigation
(viii) Public Administration or Management covering various developmental

sectors and environmental issues
(ix) Environmental laws
(2) The strength of the EAC shall not exceed 15 (fifteen) regular Members including
Chairman/Chairperson and Secretary. However, the Chairman/Chairperson may co-opt
an expert as the Member in a relevant field for a particular meeting of the Committee.
(3) The Chairman/Chairperson shall be an eminent person having experience in

environmental policy related issues, in management or in public administration dealing
with various developmental sectors.
(4) The Chairman/Chairperson shall nominate one of the members as the Vice Chairperson
who shall preside over the EAC in the absence of the Chairman /Chairperson.
(5) The maximum tenure of a Member, including Chairman/Chairperson, shall be for 2

(two) terms of 3 (three) years each or part thereof either in EAC or SEIAA/SEAC.
Chairman / Chairperson and member shall not serve simultaneously in more than one
authority/committee constituted under this notification.
(6) The tenure of Chairman/Chairperson and Members may not be curtailed prior to expiry
of the tenure without cause and proper enquiry by the Ministry.
(7) More than one Expert Appraisal Committees can be constituted as deemed fit by the
Ministry.
(8) The tenure of the Expert Appraisal Committee shall be three years.
(9) The authorised members of the EAC concerned may inspect any site connected with the
project or activity in respect of which the prior environmental clearance is sought for
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the purpose of scoping or appraisal with prior notice of at least seven days to the project
proponent who shall provide necessary cooperation for the inspection.
(10) The EAC shall function on the principle of collective responsibility. The Chairman /
Chairperson shall endeavor to reach a consensus in each case and if consensus cannot
be reached the view of the majority shall prevail.
(11) A representative of the Ministry, not below the rank of director or equivalent, shall assist
the Committee as its Secretary.
7. State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) or Union Territory

Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (UTEIAA): -
(1) The SEIAA or UTEIAA shall comprise of three Members including a

Chairman/Chairperson and a Member-Secretary. The Member-Secretary shall be a
serving officer of the concerned State Government or Union Territory administration
familiar with environmental laws.
(2) The Chairman/Chairperson shall be an eminent person having experience in

environmental policy related issues, in management or in public administration dealing
with various developmental sectors. The qualification, age and experience shall be as
per the criteria given in 6(1).
(3) The maximum tenure of the Member, including Chairman/Chairperson, shall be for 2
(two) terms of 3 (three) years each or part thereof either in EAC or SEIAA or UTEIAA
or SEAC or UTEAC. Chairman / Chairperson and member should not simultaneously
in more than one authority/committee constituted under this notification.
(4) The tenure of Chairman/Chairperson and Members may not be curtailed prior to expiry
of the tenure without cause and proper enquiry by the concerned State / Union Territory.
(5) The State Government or Union Territory administration shall forward the names of the
Members and the Chairman to the Ministry, at least, before 45 days of expiry of the
tenure of existing authority and the Ministry shall constitute the SEIAA/ UTEIAA as an
authority for the purposes of this notification before expiry of the tenure of existing
authority.
(6) In case the State Government or Union Territory administration fails to forward the
names of the Members and the Chairman to the Ministry before 30 days of expiry of the
tenure of the existing authority, the Ministry shall constitute the SEIAA/UTEIAA as an
authority for the purposes of this notification, without referring to State Government or
wherever considered necessary and expedient may extend the tenure of existing
authority for a period not more than 3 months.
(7) All decisions of the SEIAA or UTEIAA shall be taken in a meeting and shall ordinarily
be unanimous. Provided that, in case a decision is taken by majority, the details of views,
for and against it, shall be clearly recorded in the minutes and a copy thereof sent to
Ministry.
8. State or Union Territory Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC or UTEAC):-
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(1) The qualification, age and experience of the SEAC/UTEAC shall as per the criteria
given in 6(1).
(2) The other criteria and functions of the SEAC/UTEAC shall as per the criteria given in
6(2) to 6(10).
(3) A representative of the State Government or Union Territory administration, not below
the rank of director or equivalent, shall assist the Committee as its Secretary in
SEAC/UTEAC.
(4) The SEAC/UTEAC shall be reconstituted after every three years through a gazette
notification by the Central Government.
(5) The State Government or Union Territory Administration shall forward the names of
the Members and the Chairman to the Ministry, at least, before 45 days of expiry of the
tenure of existing SEAC / UTEAC and the Ministry shall constitute the SEAC or
UTEAC for the purposes of this notification before expiry of the tenure of existing
committee.
(6) In case the State Government or Union Territory Administration fails to forward the
names of the Members and the Chairman to the Ministry before 30 days of expiry of the
tenure of the existing SEAC, the Ministry shall constitute the SEIAA as an authority for
the purposes of this notification without referring to State Government or wherever
considered necessary and expedient may extend the tenure of existing authority for a
period not more than 3 months.
(7) The Ministry may with the prior concurrence of the concerned State Governments or
the Union Territory Administration constitute one SEAC or UTEAC for more than one
State or Union Territory or more than one SEAC or UTEAC for one State or Union
Territory for reasons of administrative convenience, cost and expeditious disposal of
the proposals.
9. Standing Expert Committee
(1) A Standing Expert Committee shall be constituted by the Central Government under
sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 comprising
maximum of 10 members including chairman/chairperson and member-secretary.
(2) The standing committee shall undertake categorization or re-categorization of projects

or activities including any other tasks assigned to the committee by the Ministry from
time to time.
(3) The authorized members of standing expert committee may inspect any site connected
with any project or activity for the purpose of assessing the environmental impact
involved in the project/activity, with prior notice of at least seven days to the project
proponent by Central Government, who shall provide necessary cooperation for the
inspection
10. Stages in the Prior Environmental Clearance (EC) Process:-The environmental

clearance process will comprise of a maximum of five stages, all of which may not apply
to particular cases as set forth below in this notification. These five stages in sequential
order are:-
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Stage (1): Scoping
Stage (2): Preparation of Environmental Impact Assessment Report
Stage (3): Public Consultation
Stage (4): Appraisal
Stage (5): Grant or Rejection of prior environmental clearance
11. Process of application for prior environmental clearance:
The project proponent shall make application for the project or activity listed in the schedule,
seeking prior environmental clearance, through online portal developed by the Ministry, in the
respective forms given below, mentioned against each stage. No application made off-line
shall be entertained.
Stage / Forms Supplemented with Applicability
Purpose
Scoping Form-1 Prefeasibility report All projects or activities
except category B2 of the
schedule
No scoping is required for
category B2 projects /
activities
Public Simple i) At least 10 hard copies and an All projects or activities as
consultation letter equivalent number of soft mentioned at para12(24).
addressed (electronic) copies of the draft EIA
to Report prepared in English.
Concerned ii) At least 10 hard copies of
MS of summary of Environment Impact
SPCB / Assessment Report in English and in
UTPCC the official language of the State/UT
or local language.
Appraisal Form-1 Form-1A and pre-feasibility report All projects or activities
mentioned at column (5)
under item 8(a) and 8(b) of
the schedule
Form-1 Form-1M, Mining plan, District All mining of minerals with
Survey Report in case of mining of mining lease area less than 5
minor minerals, cluster certificate in hectare
case of cluster situation.
Form-1 EMP, Final Layout plan, Feasibility All projects or activities
Report under category B2
Form-II Final EIA Report, copy of Feasibility All other projects or
Report / Approved Mining Plan in activities except those
case of mining projects or activities, mentioned above in the
Copy of final layout plan, public column.
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hearing proceedings, In-principle

approval of Forest Clearance in case
of forest land involved in the project.
12. Scoping:-
(1) All projects or activities listed under Category “B2” of the schedule shall not require
Scoping.
(2) Sector specific Standard Terms of References developed by the Ministry from time to
time shall be displayed on the website of the Ministry.
(3) The above Standard Terms of References, on online, on acceptance of application

within 7 working days, shall be issued to the following projects or activities, without
referring to EAC/SEAC/ UTEAC by the Ministry or SEIAA or UTEIAA, as the case
may be:
(a) All Highway projects in Border States covered under entry (i) and (ii) of column
(3) and (4) against item 7(f) of the Schedule.
(b) All projects or activities proposed to be located in industrial estates or parks (item
7(c) of the Schedule) approved by the concerned authorities, and which are not
disallowed in such approvals.
(c) All expansion proposals of existing projects having earlier environmental

clearance.
Provided that EAC or SEAC or UTSEAC may recommend specific Terms of Reference to the
in addition to the Standard ToRs, if found necessary, for a project or activity within 30 days
from the acceptance of application.
(4) All new projects or activities other than specified in sub-paragraph (4) above, shall be
referred to the EAC or SEAC or UTEAC, by the Ministry or SEIAA or UTEIAA, as the
case may be, within 30 days from the date of application, for recommending the specific
Terms of Reference in addition to the Standard ToRs, if found necessary. In case, the
regulatory authority did not refer to the EAC/SEAC/UTEAC within 30 days of date of
application in Form-I, sector specific Standard ToR shall be issued, online, on 30th day,
by the regulatory authority.
(5) Applications for Terms of Reference may be rejected by the regulatory authority
concerned on the recommendation of the EAC or SEAC concerned at this stage itself.
In case of such rejection, the decision together with reasons for the same after due
personal hearing shall be communicated to the applicant in writing within sixty days of
the receipt of the application
(6) The project proponent shall prepare the EIA/EMP based on the sector specific Standard
ToRs as well as additional ToRs, if any, stipulated by the EAC/SEAC/UTEAC.
(7) The Terms of Reference for the projects or activities except for River valley and Hydro-
electric projects, issued by the regulatory authority concerned shall have the validity of
4 (four) years from the date of issue. In case of the River valley and Hydro-electric
projects the validity will be for 5 years.
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(8) In case of any change in the scope of the project or activity, for which the Terms of
Reference was prescribed by the regulatory authority, an application shall be made by
the project proponent, online, in Form-3 for amendment in Terms of Reference within
the validity of the Terms of Reference and before public consultation. All such
proposals may be referred to the EAC/SEAC/UTEAC, if required, within 30 days from
the date of application. However, the validity of the amended ToRs will be counted from
the date of issue of earlier ToRs.
13. Preparation of Environmental Impact Assessment Report:-
(1) Baseline data shall be collected as per the protocols specified in the sector specific EIA
Guidance manuals issued by the Ministry or as may be prescribed by the ministry or
Central Pollution Control Board from time to time.
(2) Baseline data shall be collected for one season other than monsoon for EIA Report in
respect of all projects or activities except river valley projects. However, the baseline
data of monsoon season shall also be required to be collected, in case of such
requirement being prescribed by the EAC/SEAC/UTEAC, as the case may be, while
granting the ToR.
(3) Baseline data shall be collected for one year including monsoon for EIA Report in
respect of river valley projects or activities.
(4) The collection and analysis of baseline data shall be carried through an environmental
laboratory duly notified under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
(5) Baseline data can be collected at any stage, irrespective of the application for the
scoping or the issue thereof. However, such baseline data shall not be older than three
years at the time of submission of the proposal for environmental clearance to the
Ministry/SEIAA/UTEIAA, as the case may be.
(6) Draft EIA report shall be prepared for the purpose of public consultation and Final EIA
Report for the purpose of appraisal.
(7) The accredited consultant organization along with the EIA Coordinator and Functional
Area Expert(s) involved in the preparation of EIA/EMP Report shall be accountable for
the contents / data provided therein in addition to the project proponent.
(8) No EIA shall be required for the projects or activities listed under category B2.
However, EMP shall be prepared and submitted along with the application for
environmental clearance at appraisal stage.
(9) In case of integrated and inter-liked projects or activities having multi-sectoral

components, shall prepare a common EIA Report, covering impact of each of the
component, in a comprehensive manner after obtaining Terms of Reference, from each
of the respective sectoral Expert Appraisal Committees. The project proponent can hold
common public consultation and prepare a final EIA
14. Public Consultation:
(1) All Category ‘A’ and Category “B1” projects or activities of new / expansion /
modernization proposals shall undertake Public Consultation;
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Provided, the public consultation is exempted for the following:-
a. modernization of irrigation projects (item 1(c) (ii)of the Schedule).
b. all projects or activities under item 3(a)(v), 4(d), 4(e), 5(a), 5(b), 5(d), 5(e), 5(f),
5(h), 7(d)(ii), 7(h) located within notified industrial estates or parks.
c. One time capacity expansion of mining projects up to 40% of the existing

production capacity without increase in the mining lease area, having prior
environmental clearance granted, subject to compliance of earlier environmental
clearance and transportation of coal/mineral by rail/conveyor/sea.
d. all projects or activities under item 8 of the schedule.
e. all Category ‘B2’ projects and activities.
f. all projects or activities concerning national defence and security or involving

other strategic considerations as determined by the Central Government.
g. all linear projects such as Highways or Expressways, Pipelines, etc., in border

States.
(2) The public consultation shall be carried as per the procedure given at Appendix-I.
(3) The public hearing shall be completed within a period of 30 (Thirty days from date of
receipt of the request letter from the Applicant. Therefore the SPCB or UTPCC
concerned shall sent the public hearing proceedings to the concerned regulatory
authority within 8 (eight) days of the completion of the public hearing. Simultaneously,
a copy will also be provided to the project proponent.
(4) In case the SPCB or UTPCC concerned does not undertake and complete the public
hearing within the specified period, and/or does not convey the proceedings of the
public hearing within the prescribed period directly to the regulatory authority
concerned as above, the regulatory authority shall engage another public agency or
authority which is not subordinate to the regulatory authority, to complete the process
within a further period of forty five days.
(5) If the SPCB or UTPCC fails to hold the public hearing within the stipulated 45 (forty
five) days, the regulatory authority shall engage any other agency or authority to
complete the process, as per procedure laid down in this Notification.
(6) If the public agency or authority nominated under the sub paragraph (4) above reports
to the regulatory authority concerned that owing to the local situation, it is not possible
to conduct the public hearing in a manner which will enable the views of the concerned
local persons to be freely expressed, it shall report the facts in detail to the concerned
regulatory authority, which may, after due consideration of the report and other reliable
information that it may have, decide that the public consultation in the case need not
include the public hearing.
15. Appraisal
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(1) The application submitted by the project proponent shall be scrutinized in office within
15 days from the date of its receipt by the concerned Regulatory Authority strictly with
reference to the ToR and the inadequacies noted shall be communicated online.
(2) The appraisal shall be made by EAC or SEAC or UTEAC concerned in a transparent
manner in a proceeding to which the applicant shall be invited for furnishing necessary
clarifications in person or through an authorized representative. The project proponent
may take assistance of the EIA Coordinator and Functional Area Expert(s) involved in
the preparation of EIA/EMP report during appraisal before the committee. On
conclusion of this proceeding, the Committee shall make categorical recommendations
to the regulatory authority concerned either for grant of prior environmental clearance
on stipulated terms and conditions, or rejection of the application for prior
environmental clearance, together with reasons for the same.
(3) Every application shall be placed before the EAC or SEAC or UTEAC and its appraisal
shall be completed by the committee within forty-five days of the receipt of application
in the prescribed form(s) and the recommendations of the EAC or SEAC or UTEAC
shall be placed before the competent authority for a final decision within the next fifteen
days.
(4) The applicant shall be informed at least 10 (ten) days prior to the scheduled date of the
EAC or SEAC or UTEAC meeting for considering the project proposal.
(5) The minutes of the EAC or SEAC or UTEAC meeting shall be finalised within 5
working days of the meeting and displayed on the website of the concerned regulatory
authority. In case the project or activity is recommended for grant of prior environmental
clearance, then the minutes shall clearly list out the specific environmental safeguards
and conditions. In case the recommendations are for rejection, the reasons for the same
shall also be explicitly stated.
16. Prior environmental clearance process for increase in the total production capacity
beyond the threshold limit prescribed in the environmental clearance granted earlier:
(1) All applications seeking prior environmental clearance for increase in the total
production capacity beyond the threshold limit prescribed in the environmental
clearance granted earlier shall be made as per the schematic presentation given below:
Intended for increase Applicati Requirement Requirement Requirement Whether Requirement
in production on in form of Scoping of EIA of EMP refer to of Public
capacity with respect through EAC / Consultation
to prior online SEAC /
environmental portal UTEAC
clearance granted
earlier
Upto 10% Form-2 No No Yes No No
10 to 25% Form-2 No No Yes Yes No
25 to 50% Form-2 No Yes Yes Yes No
More than 50% Form-2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Provided such increase in production capacity shall-
a) Achieved through de-bottlenecking or capacity utilization or quality input or increase in

working days or change in process or technology or change;
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b) One time capacity increase; and
c) Such proposals include change in product-mix, change in quantities within products or

number of products in the same category for which environmental clearance has been
granted.
(2) Prior environmental clearance for the proposals intended for increase in production
capacity with respect to prior environmental clearance granted earlier upto 10% shall be
issued, on acceptance of application by the regulatory authority.
(3) All such applications for prior environmental clearance for the proposals intended for
increase in production capacity with respect to prior environmental clearance granted
earlier from 10% to 50%, shall be considered by the EAC or SEAC or UTEAC
concerned, within 45 days from the date of application and apprised accordingly for
grant of prior environmental clearance.
17. Grant or Rejection of Prior Environmental Clearance (EC):
(1) The regulatory authority shall consider the recommendations of the EAC or SEAC or
UTEAC concerned and convey its decision to the applicant within forty five days of the
receipt of the recommendations of the EAC or SEAC or UTEAC concerned or in other
words within one hundred and five days of the receipt of the complete application with
requisite documents, except as provided below.
(2) The regulatory authority shall normally accept the recommendations of the EAC or
SEAC or UTEAC concerned. In cases where it disagrees with the recommendations of
the EAC or SEAC or UTEAC concerned, the regulatory authority shall request
reconsideration by the EAC or SEAC or UTEAC concerned within forty five days of
the receipt of the recommendations of the EAC or SEAC or UTEAC concerned while
stating the reasons for the disagreement. An intimation of this decision shall be
simultaneously conveyed to the applicant. The EAC or SEAC or UTEAC concerned,
in turn, shall consider the observations of the regulatory authority and furnish its views
on the same within a further period of forty-five days. The decision of the regulatory
authority after considering the views of the EAC or SEAC or UTEAC concerned shall
be final and conveyed to the applicant by the regulatory authority concerned within the
next thirty days.
(3) In the event that the decision of the regulatory authority is not communicated to the
applicant within the period specified in sub-paragraphs (1) or (2) above, as applicable,
the applicant may proceed as if the environment clearance sought for has been granted
or denied by the regulatory authority in terms of the final recommendations of the EAC
or SEAC or UTEAC concerned.
(4) On expiry of the period specified for decision by the regulatory authority under
paragraph (1) and (2) above, as applicable, the decision of the regulatory authority, and
the final recommendations of the EAC or SEAC or UTEAC concerned shall be public
documents.
(5) Clearances from other regulatory bodies or authorities shall not be required prior to
receipt of applications for prior environmental clearance of projects or activities, or
scoping, or appraisal, or decision by the regulatory authority concerned, unless any of
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these is sequentially dependent on such clearance either due to a requirement of law, or

for necessary technical reasons.
(6) Deliberate concealment and/or submission of false or misleading information or data

which is material to scoping or appraisal or decision on the application shall make the
application liable for rejection, and cancellation of prior environmental clearance
granted on that basis. Rejection of an application or cancellation of a prior
environmental clearance already granted, on such ground, shall be decided by the
regulatory authority, after giving a personal hearing to the applicant, and following the
principles of natural justice.
18. Amendment in Prior Environmental Clearance:
(1) Any change in the terms and conditions of prior environmental clearance, the project
proponent shall make an application online in Form-3, through the portal developed by
the Ministry, to the regulatory authority concerned. All such applications shall be
considered by the EAC or SEAC or UTEAC concerned, within 45 days from the date
of application and apprised accordingly for recommendation of amendment in prior
environmental clearance.
(2) Any shift in the project site location after conduct of public consultation or grant of prior
environmental clearance, will be deemed to be a new proposal and will be apprised
afresh as per the procedure prescribed provided that the EAC or SEAC or UTEAC
concerned is satisfied that the shift is so minor as to have no change in the EIA. On the
recommendation of the EAC/SEAC, the regulatory authority shall issue an amendment
in environmental clearance.
19. Validity of Environmental Clearance (EC):
(1) The validity of the prior environmental clearance shall be-
a) coterminous with the validity of mining lease in case of mining projects or activities;
b) 15 years for the river valley projects or activities under item 1(c)(i) or Irrigation projects
under item 1(c)(ii) or Nuclear Power Projects and processing of nuclear fuel under item
1(e);
c) 10 years for all other projects or activities.
(2) Such validity of the prior environmental clearance for the projects or activities except
mining, shall be:
a) treated as perpetual for the remaining life of the project/activity, where the project or
activity is implemented completely, within the period specified above;
b) be confined to the completed project/activity and only completed part is treated as

perpetual for the remaining life of the project/activity, where the project or activity is
implemented partially, within the period specified above;
(3) Such validity of the prior environmental clearance, in case of the mining projects is
subjected to commencement of mining operations within 10 years from the date of grant
of prior environmental clearance (in case of mining lease validity more than 10 years);
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(4) Such validity of the prior environmental clearance, in the case of Area Development
projects and Townships, shall be limited only to such activities as may be the
responsibility of the applicant as a developer.
(5) The projects or activities which are not implemented within the validity period shall
follow the procedure for environmental clearance as de-novo.
20. Post Environmental Clearance Monitoring:
(1) The project proponent shall prominently advertise, at his own cost, at least in two local
newspapers indicating that the project has been accorded environment clearance and the
details of website of regulatory authority where the copy of environmental clearance is
displayed; and also display the copy of the environmental clearance letter on the website
of the company, permanently;
(2) The regulatory authority shall also place the environmental clearance in the public
domain on portal developed by Ministry.
(3) The copies of the prior environmental clearance shall be submitted by the project
proponents to the following authorities within 30 days of grant of clearance, who in turn
has to display the same for 30 days from the date of receipt:-
(a) District Magistrate / District Collector / Deputy Commissioner/s;
(b) Zila Parishad or Municipal Corporation or Panchayats Union;
(c) District Industries Office;
(d) Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) / Panchayati Raj Institutions concerned /
Development authorities
(e) Concerned Regional Office of the Ministry
(f) Concerned Regional office of SPCB or UTPCC.
(4) It shall be mandatory for the project management to submit compliance reports in
respect of the stipulated prior environmental clearance conditions pertaining to previous
financial year by 30th June, every year, online through the portal developed by the
ministry, from the date of grant of environmental clearance till the life of the project, to
the regulatory authority concerned.
(5) All such compliance reports submitted by the project management shall be available on
the website of the regulatory authority concerned.
(6) The latest such compliance report shall also be displayed on the web site of the project
proponent.
(7) The compliance of environmental clearance conditions prescribed in respect of

Category “B” projects shall be carried out by the SPCB or UTPCC. The monitoring
report shall be uploaded on the web portal developed by the ministry within 15 days
from the date of inspection.
(8) The compliance of environmental clearance conditions prescribed in respect of

Category “A” projects shall be carried out by the Regional office of the Ministry or
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Regional Directorate of CPCB. The monitoring report shall be uploaded on the web
portal developed by the ministry within 15 days from the date of inspection.
21. Transferability of prior environmental clearance:
(1) A prior environmental clearance granted for a specific project or activity to an applicant
may be transferred during its validity to another legal person entitled to undertake the
project or activity on application by the transferor in Form-4, or by the transferee with
a written “no objection” by the transferor, to, and by the regulatory authority concerned,
on the same terms and conditions under which the prior environmental clearance was
initially granted, and for the same validity period. No reference to the EAC or SEAC or
UTEAC concerned is necessary in such cases.
(2) A environmental clearance granted for a specific project or activity may be split among
two or more legal persons entitled to undertake the project or activity and transferred
during its validity to another legal person(s) on application by the transferor in Form-4,
to, and by the regulatory authority concerned, on recommendation of the EAC or SEAC
or UTEAC, who shall prescribe the conditions for all the projects or activities split
among the two or more legal persons.
(3) The environmental clearances granted to two or more legal persons entitled to undertake
the projects or activities and these projects or activities are located in the contiguous
land may be amalgamated and transferred during its validity to another legal person
entitled to undertake the projects or activities on application by the transferee in Form-
4 with a written “no objection” by the transferor, to, and by the regulatory authority
concerned, on recommendation of the EAC or SEAC or UTEAC who shall prescribe
the conditions for the amalgamated environmental clearance.
(4) Where an allocation of coal block or mining lease for coal and other minerals is
cancelled in any legal proceeding, or by the Government in accordance with law, the
environmental clearance granted in respect of such project may be considered on
recommendation of the EAC or SEAC or UTEAC subject to the same validity period,
same mining lease area and production capacity, as was initially granted, to any other
person or successful bidder legally entitled to whom such project is subsequently
allocated. In all such cases, the successful bidder legally entitled to whom such project
is subsequently allocated shall make an application in Form-4 and obtaining of “no
objection” from either the holder of environment clearance or from the regulatory
authority concerned shall not be necessary.
22. Preparation of District Survey Report and monitoring procedure for Sand Mining or River
Bed Mining and Mining of other Minor Minerals:
(1) Ministry shall notify the prescribed procedure for preparation of District Survey Report
for sand mining or river bed mining and mining of other minor minerals from time to
time.
(2) Ministry shall notify the procedure for monitoring of sand mining or river bed mining
and mining of other minor minerals from time to time.
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23. Delegation of Power to Local Bodies for the projects/activities pertaining to Building
or construction:
Local bodies such as Municipalities, Development Authorities and District Panchayats, shall
stipulate environmental conditions while granting building permission, for the Building or
Construction projects with built-up area ≥20,000 sq. mtrs and<50,000 sq. mtrs and industrial
sheds, educational institutions, hospitals and hostels for educational institutions from built-up
area ≥ 20,000 sqm to <1,50,000 sq.m as specified in Notification S.O (E) 5733, dated the 14th
November, 2018.
24. Operation of EIA Notification, 2006, till disposal of pending cases:

From the date of final publication of this notification the Environmental Impact Assessment
(EIA) notification number S.O.1533 (E), dated the 14thSeptember, 2006 and subsequent
amendments are hereby superseded, except for the things done or omitted to be done before
such supersession to the extent in case of all applications made for prior environmental
clearance and pending on the date of final publication of this notification, the Central
Government may relax any one or all provisions of this notification, or continue operation of
some or all provisions of the 2006 notification, for a period not exceeding twenty four months
from the date of issue of this notification.
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SCHEDULE
(See paragraph 2 and 7)
LIST OF PROJECTS OR ACTIVITIES REQUIRING PRIOR ENVIRONMENTAL
CLEARANCE
Item Activity Category with threshold limit Conditions if any
A B1 B2
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1(a) Mining of Minerals >100 hectare of > 5 hectare and ≤ <5 hectare of General Conditions shall
(i) mining lease area 100 hectare of mining lease apply except:
mining lease area
(i) for project or activity of
area
mining under Category ‘B2’;
(ii) for River bed mining
projects on account of inter-
state boundary.
Note:
(1) Mineral prospecting is
exempted;
(2) Mining lease area includes
cluster situation
3) Any increase in mining
lease area and or production
capacity shall be treated as
expansion.
(4) Dump or overburden or
waste material excavation /
handling shall be considered
as mining.
1(a) Slurry pipelines All the projects -- --
(ii) (coal, lignite and
other ores) passing
through national
parks / sanctuaries /
coral reefs,
ecologically
sensitive areas.
1(b) Offshore and All projects -- Note: Oil & Gas Exploration
Onshore Oil & Gas shall be carried out as per the
Development and guidelines issued by the
Production Ministry from time to time.
(includes
infrastructure
facilities e.g. Gas
Collecting/Gathering
Station, Early
production Systems,
pipelines, etc).
1(c) River Valley > 75 megawatt ≤ 75 megawatt > -- General Condition shall apply
(i) projects hydroelectric 25 megawatt Note:-Category ‘B1’ river
power generation; hydroelectric valley projects falling in more
power than one State/Union Territory
generation; shall be appraised at the Central
Government Level.
1(c) Irrigation projects  50,000 hectare of >10,000 hectare > 2000 hectare General Condition shall apply
(ii) culturable and < 50,000 and < 10,000 Note:
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A B1 B2
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
command area hectare of hectare of 1. Change in irrigation
culturable culturable technology having
command area. command area. environmental benefits (e.g.
From flood irrigation to drip
irrigation etc.) by an existing
project, leading to increase in
culturable command area but
without increase in dam height
and submergence, will not
require amendment/ revision of
2. Minor Irrigation projects (≤
2000 hectare of culturable
command area) are exempted
from requirement of
3. The proposals pertaining to
medium irrigation projects (>
2000 and < 10,000 ha. of
cultarable command area)
required to prepare
Environmental Management
Plan (EMP).
1(d) Thermal power  500 megawatt > 5 megawatt -- General Condition shall apply.
plants (coal / lignite / and < 500
naptha & gas megawatt Note:
based); (coal/lignite/ (i)Thermal Power Plants up to
naptha & gas 15 megawatt, based on
based); biomass or non-hazardous
50 megawatt (all municipal solid waste using
other fuels).  5 megawatt auxiliary fuel such as coal,
and < 50 lignite / petroleum products up
megawatt (all to 15% are exempt.
other fuels
except biomass (ii)Thermal Power plants using
and municipal Waste Heat Recovery Boilers
solid non- (WHRB) without any auxiliary
hazardous fuel are exempted from
waste);
requirement of prior
>15 megawatt environmental clearance.
and <50
megawatt (using
municipal solid
non-hazardous
waste / biomass
as fuel).
1(e) Nuclear Power All projects -
Projects and
processing of
nuclear fuel
2(a) Coal washeries  1 million ton per <1million ton General Condition shall apply
annum throughput per annum Note: If Coal washery is located
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A B1 B2
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
of coal throughput of within mining lease area, the
coal proposal shall be appraised
together with the mining
proposal.
2(b) Mineral All projects Medium General Condition shall apply
Beneficiation enterprises Note:
involving physical 1) If Mineral Beneficiation
process only plant located within mining
lease area the proposal
shall be appraised together
with the mining proposal.
2) Micro and Small
1.0 million ton <1.0 million ton enterprises exempted from
Chemical processing per annum per annum requirement of prior
of ores/ concentrate throughput throughput environmental clearance.
2(c) Pellet plants/ All Projects Medium General Condition shall apply
agglomeration units enterprises Note.
Micro and Small enterprises
are exempted from requirement
of prior environmental
clearance.
3(a) Metallurgical
industries (ferrous
&non ferrous)
(i) Integrated Steel > 1 million ton per < 1 million ton General Conditions shall apply
Plants annum of crude per annum of
steel crude steel
(ii) Sponge Iron >0.5 million ton <0.5 million ton General Conditions shall apply
Plants per annum per annum
(iii) Non-ferrous All projects
smelting and
refining
(iv) Ferro Alloy >1.5 Lakh ton per ≤1.5 Lakh ton General Conditions shall apply
Plants annum per annum
(v) Secondary ≥20,000 ton per <20,000 ton per General Conditions shall apply.
metallurgical annum annum The recycling industrial units
industry (Toxic registered under Hazardous
metals) and Other Waste Rules, 2016
are exempted.
(vi) Secondary i)Units involving i) Units General Conditions shall not
metallurgical furnaces such as involving apply
industry (Non-toxic induction and furnaces such as i) Units involving furnaces
metals) electric arc induction and such as induction and electric
furnace with electric arc arc furnace with capacity upto
capacity more furnace with 1, 00,000 ton per annum are
than 1,50,000 ton capacity more exempted from requirement of
per annum than 1,00, 000 prior environmental clearance.
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A B1 B2
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
ton per annum to
ii) Units 1,50,000 ton per ii) Units involving furnaces
involving annum such as submerged arc furnace,
furnaces such as cupola, and other re-heating
submerged arc ii) Units furnaces with capacity upto
furnace, cupola involving 60,000 ton per annum are
and other re- furnaces such as exempted from requirement of
heating with submerged arc prior environmental clearance.
capacity more furnace, cupola,
than 1,00,000 ton and other re-
per annum heating furnaces iii) Standalone re-rolling mills
with capacity with a capacity upto 1, 50, 000
more than 60, ton per annum are exempted
000 ton per from requirement of prior
annum to environmental clearance
1,00,000 ton per
annum iii) Micro and small enterprises
are exempted from
iii) Standalone requirement of prior
re-rolling mills environmental clearance.
with a capacity
more than 1, 50,
000 ton per
annum.
iv) Medium
enterprises
3(b) (i) Cement Plants  1.0 million ton <1.0 million ton Medium General Condition shall apply
per annum per annum enterprises. Note:
production production 1. Fuel for cement industry
capacity except capacity may be coal, petcoke, mixture
plants with vertical of coal and petcoke and co-
shaft kiln. All cement processing of waste provided
plants with it meets the emission
vertical shaft standards.
kiln.
2. Change in product mix
Ordinary Portland Cement
(OPC), Portland Pozzolana
Cement (PPC), Portland Slag
Cement (PSC), Masonary
cement or any other type of
cement within the sanctioned
environmental clearance
capacity is permitted.
3. Micro and small enterprises

are exempted from requirement
of prior environmental
clearance.
(ii) Standalone --  1.0 million ton 1. Stand-alone 1. Change in product mix
grinding units per annum grinding units up Ordinary Portland Cement
production to 1 million ton (OPC), Portland Pozzolana
capacity per annum Cement (PPC), Portland Slag
Cement (PSC), Masonary
2. All standalone cement or any other type of
grinding units in cement within the sanctioned
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A B1 B2
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
case of environmental clearance
transportation of capacity is permitted.
clinker and
finished product 2. Micro and small enterprises
proposed through are exempted from requirement
rail / sea mode. of prior EC.
3. Medium
enterprises.
3(c) Lead acid battery -- All projects -- General Condition shall apply
manufacturing
(excluding
assembling and
charging of lead acid
battery)
4(a) Petroleum refining All projects - -- --
industry
4(b) (i) Coke oven plants  0.8 million ton < 0.8 million ton General conditions shall apply
/ calcination plants per annum per annum
(ii) Coal tar -- All projects General conditions shall apply
processing units
4(c) Asbestos milling and All projects - - --
asbestos based
products
4(d) Chlor-alkali industry 300 ton per day (i) 300 ton per <300 ton per General as well as specific
production day production day production conditions shall apply
capacity if a unit capacity if a unit capacity if a unit No new Mercury Cell based
located outside the located within located within plants will be permitted and
notified industrial the notified the notified existing units converting to
estates. industrial industrial membrane cell technology are
estates. estates. exempted from the Notification
if provided there is no increase
in the production capacity.
(ii) <300 ton per
day and located
outside the
notified
industrial
estates.
4(e) Soda ash Industry All projects - - -
4(f) Skin/hide processing All projects located All projectsAll projects of General as well as specific
including tanning outside the notified located within
leather conditions shall apply
industry industrial estates. notified production
industrial without tanning
estates . and located
within the
notified
industrial
estates.
5(a) Chemical fertilizers 1. All projects 1. Single Super -- General condition shall apply.
and standalone except Single Super Phosphate
chemical fertilizer Phosphate including Note:
intermediate plants including sulphuric acid 1. Stand-alone Granulation of
such as Phosphoric Sulphuric acid. production. single super phosphate powder
acid, sulphuric acid, is exempted.
ammonia, etc.
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A B1 B2
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
2. Stand-alone 2. Stand-alone 2. Neem coating of fertilizers is
phosphoric acid, sulphuric acid exempted provided that the total
ammonia etc. production does not exceed the
sanctioned capacity in
environmental clearance plus
the weight of the coating
material used.
3. Fortification of fertilizers is
exempted provided that the
total production does not
exceed the sanctioned
capacity in environmental
clearance plus the weight of
the fortification material used.
5(b) Pesticides including All projects located All projects -- General conditions shall apply
insecticides; outside the notified located within
herbicides; industrial estates. the notified
weedicides; pest industrial
control; etc., and estates.
their specific
intermediates
(excluding
formulations)
5(c) Petro-chemical All projects - - -
complexes
(industries based on
processing of
petroleum fractions
& natural gas
5(d) Manmade fibers Viscose Staple Nylon and General Condition shall apply
manufacturing Fiber (VSF); Others Note: manufacturing of
Viscose Filament manmade fibers from
Yarn (VFY); and granules/ flakes/ chips are
Rayon exempted from requirement of
prior environmental clearance.
5(e) Petroleum products All projects located All projects Medium General as well as specific
and petrochemical outside the notified located within enterprises conditions shall apply.
based processing industrial estates. the notified
including production industrial Note:
of carbon black and estates. Manufacturing of products
electrode grade from polymer granules is
graphite(processes exempted from requirement of
other than cracking prior environmental clearance.
& reformation and
not covered under Micro and Small enterprises
the complexes) are exempted from
5(f) i) Dyes & dye All projects Projects General conditions shall not
intermediates except column proposed with apply
(5) zero liquid
discharge and
located within
the notified
industrial
estates.
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A B1 B2
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
All micro, small
and medium
enterprises
ii) Bulk drugs and All projects Projects General conditions shall not
intermediates except column proposed with apply.
excluding drug (5) zero liquid
formulations discharge and
located within
the notified
industrial
estates.
All micro, small

and medium
enterprises
iii) Synthetic rubbers All projects located All projects All micro, small General conditions shall apply
outside the notified located within and medium
industrial estates. the notified enterprises
industrial
estates.
iv) Basic organic All projects located All projects All medium General conditions shall apply.
chemicals, other outside the notified located within enterprises Manufacturing of Linear Alkyl
synthetic organic industrial estates. the notified Benzene Sulphonic
chemicals, chemical industrial Manufacturing Acid (LABSA) is exempted
intermediates, estates. of synthetic from requirement of prior
synthetic resins and resins / environmental clearance.
synthetic adhesives adhesives upto All micro and small enterprises
1000 ton per are exempted from requirement
annum. of prior environmental
clearance.
5(g) Distilleries and (i) Molasses based (i) Molasses (i) Country General Condition shall apply
molasses based distilleries  100 based Liquor (e.g.
manufacturing units kilo liter per day. distilleries <100 based on Country Liquor (e.g. based on
(e.g. Yeast) kilo liter per Mahuwa flower, Mahuwa flower, Cashew, etc.)
(ii) Molasses based day. Cashew, etc.) units up to capacity of 10 kilo
manufacturing units more than liter per day are not covered.
units (e.g. Yeast ) (ii) Molasses capacity of 10
100 ton per day based Yeast kilo liter per
manufacturing day.
(ii) Non-molasses units <100 ton
based distilleries  per day
200 kilo liter per
day (ii) Non- (ii) Expansion
molasses based of distilleries
distilleries < 200 within the
kilo liter per day premises,
having earlier
environmental
clearance and
for production
of ethanol to be
used as fuel for
blending only
5(h) Integrated paint - All projects Medium General Condition shall apply
industry enterprises
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A B1 B2
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Micro and Small enterprises
are exempted from
5(i) Pulp & Paper Pulp Paper Note: Paper manufacturing
Industry manufacturing and manufacturing from waste paper / ready pulp
Pulp & Paper from waste without deinking / bleaching /
manufacturing paper / ready decolorizing is exempted from
industry except pulp involving requirement of prior
from waste paper deinking environmental clearance.
/bleaching / de-
coloring.
5 (j) Sugar Industry -  5000 ton of - General Condition shall apply

cane per day
crushing
capacity
6(a) (i) Oil & gas -- --
transportation pipe All Projects
line (crude and
refinery/
petrochemical
products), passing
through national
parks
/sanctuaries/coral
reefs /ecologically
sensitive areas
(ii) LNG terminals, All projects General Condition shall apply.
Petroleum product
storages exceeding
threshold quantity as
per the Manufacture,
Storage and Import
of Hazardous
Chemical (MSIHC)
Rules, 1989 as
amended from time
time
7(a) Air Ports and All projects - Water - Note:
Heliports including including aerodromes Air strips which do not involve
terrestrial and water terrestrial airstrips, which are for bunkering / refueling facility
ports which are for commercial use and or Air Traffic Control, are
commercial use exempted from requirement of
Heliports which prior environmental clearance.
are for
commercial use
7(b) All ship breaking All projects - -- --
yards including ship
breaking units
7(c) Industrial estates/ i) If the area of If the area of the If the area of the General as well as specific
parks/ complexes/ proposed industrial industrial estate proposed conditions shall apply
areas, export estate is more than is less than 500 industrial estate
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A B1 B2
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
processing Zones 500 hectare and hectare and is more than 500 Note:
(EPZs), Special houses at least one houses at least hectare and does 1. Industrial Estate of area
Economic Zones category A or one category B not house below 500 hectare and not
(SEZs), Biotech category B1 project project or category A or B housing any industry of
Parks, Leather or activity listed in activity listed in project or category ‘A’ or ‘B’ project or
Complexes the schedule the schedule activity listed in activity listed in the schedule
the schedule does not require clearance.
ii) If area of the However, Industrial area
proposed industrial involving built up area > 20,
estate is less than 000 sq. meter and or
500 hectare and development area more than
houses at least one 50 hectare shall be treated as
category A project activity listed at 8(a) of the
or activity listed in schedule.
the schedule
7(d) (i) Common All integrated All facilities -- General Condition shall apply
hazardous waste, facilities having having land fill
Treatment, Storage incineration & only
and Disposal landfill or
Facilities (TSDFs) incineration alone
(ii) Common Bio- - All projects

Medical Waste
Treatment Facilities
7(e) Ports, harbors,  5 million ton per < 5 million ton General Condition shall apply.
breakwaters and annum of cargo per annum of Note:
capital dredging handling capacity cargo handling Maintenance dredging is
(inside and outside (excluding fishing capacity exempted from requirement of
the ports or harbors harbors) (excluding prior environmental clearance
and channels) fishing harbors)
ii)  30000 ton

per annum of
fish handling
capacity
7(f) Highways / i) New National i) All new State Note: width at toll plaza and
Expressways Highways / Highway junction improvement at
Expressways projects intersection of other roads
excluded from right of way
ii) Expansion/ ii) State
widening of Highway
existing National expansion
Highways with projects in hilly
more than 100 km terrain (above
involving right of 1,000 meter
way more than 70 above mean sea
m on existing level) and or
alignments or re- ecologically
alignment / by- sensitive areas.
passes
7(g) Aerial ropeways All projects --
located in
notified
ecologically
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A B1 B2
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
sensitive areas.
7(h) Common Effluent - All projects General Condition shall apply
Treatment Plants
(CETP) Note: CETPs proposed for
projects or activities which by
themselves do not require
environmental clearance are
exempted. If any of the existing
or proposed member units of
the said CETP produces or
proposes to produce any
product requiring
environmental clearance, then
the CETP shall need
environmental clearance
7(i) Common Municipal -- All projects -- General Condition shall apply
Solid Waste
Management
Facility
(CMSWMF)
involving land
filling and / or
incineration
8(a) Building and -- >1,50,000 sq. i) >20,000 sq. Note 1: The projects or
Construction mtrs. of built- mtrs. and activities namely industrial
projects and up area and or <1,50,000 sq. sheds, educational
Townships and Area covering total mtrs. of built- institutions, hospitals and
Development area of > 50 up area hostels for educational
projects hectare institutions upto 1,50,000
ii) Elevated Sq.m built up area shall not
roads or require environmental
standalone clearance.
flyovers of
involving built- Note 2: General Conditions
up area more shall not apply.
than 1,50,000
sq.m.
8(b) Industrial sheds, -- >1,50,000 sq. Note: - General Conditions

educational mtrs. of built- shall not apply.
institutions, up area
hospitals and hostels
for educational
institutions
Note:
All projects or activities, concerning national defence and security or involving other strategic
considerations, as determined by the Central Government shall be treated as Category A.
However, no information relating to such projects or activities shall be put in public domain.
The following cases shall not require prior environmental clearance, namely:-
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(i) Extraction of ordinary clay or sand, manually, by the Kumhars (Potter) to prepare earthen
pots, lamp, toys, etc. as per their customs.
(ii) Extraction of ordinary clay or sand, manually, by earthen tile makers who prepare earthen
tiles.
(iii) Removal of sand deposits on agricultural field after flood by farmers.
(iv) Customary extraction of sand and ordinary earth from sources situated in Gram Panchayat
for personal use or community work in village.
(v) Community works like de-silting of village ponds or tanks, construction of village roads,
ponds, bunds undertaken in Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment and
Guarantee Schemes, other Government sponsored schemes, and community efforts.
(vi) Dredging and de-silting of dams, reservoirs, weirs, barrages, river, and canals for the
purpose of their maintenance, upkeep and disaster management.
(vii) Traditional occupational work of sand by Vanjara and Oads in Gujarat vide notification
number GU/90(16)/MCR-2189(68)/5-CHH, dated the 14th February, 1990 of the
Government of Gujarat.
(viii) Digging of well for irrigation or drinking water.
(ix) Digging of foundation for buildings does not require EC.
(x) Excavation of ordinary earth or clay for plugging of any breach caused in canal, nala,
drain, water body, etc., to deal with any disaster or flood like situation upon orders of
District Collector or District Magistrate.
(xi) Activities declared by State Government under legislations or rules as non-mining activity
with concurrence of the Ministry, Government of India.
(xii) Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) Power projects; Solar thermal Power Plants; and development
of Solar Parks
(xiii) Research and Development Activities for the projects or activities listed in the schedule
carried out at laboratory scale and no commercial production is involved subject to
certificate from the CSIR laboratory.
General Condition (GC):

Any project or activity specified in Category ‘B1’ will be appraised at the Central Level,
if located in whole or in part within 5 km from the boundary of: (i) Protected Areas (ii)
Critically Polluted areas (iii) Eco-sensitive areas or Eco-sensitive zones and (iv) inter-State/UT
boundaries and international boundaries;
Provided that for River Valley Projects specified in item 1(c), Thermal Power Plants
specified in item 1(d), Industrial Estates/ parks/complexes/areas, export processing zones
(EPZ), Special Economic Zones (SEZs), biotech parks, leather complexes specified in item 7
(c) and common hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs) specified
in item 7 (d), the appraisal shall be made at Central level even if located within 10 km.
Provided further that the requirement regarding distance of 5 km or 10 km, as the case
may be, of the inter-State or UT boundaries can be reduced or completely done away with by
an agreement between the respective States or the Union Territories sharing the common
boundary in case the activity does not fall within 5 km or 10 km, as the case may be of the
areas mentioned at item (i), (ii), and (iii) above.
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Specific Conditions:
If any Industrial Estate/Complex / Export processing Zones /Special Economic

Zones/Biotech Parks / Leather Complex with homogeneous type of industries such as Items
4(d), 4(f), 5(e), 5(f), or those Industrial estates with pre-defined set of activities (not necessarily
homogeneous, obtains prior environmental clearance, individual industries including proposed
industrial housing within such estates /complexes will not be required to take prior
environmental clearance, so long as the Terms and Conditions for the industrial estate/complex
are complied with (Such estates/complexes must have a clearly identified management with
the legal responsibility of ensuring adherence to the Terms and Conditions of prior
environmental clearance, who may be held responsible for violation of the same throughout the
life of the complex/estate).
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APPENDIX-I
Procedure of Public Consultation
(1) The applicant shall make a request to the Member Secretary of the SPCB or UTPCC, in
whose jurisdiction the project is located, to arrange the public hearing.
(2) In case the project site is covering more than one District or State / Union Territory, the
applicant shall make separate requests to each concerned SPCB or UTPCC for holding
the public hearing as per the procedure.
(3) The applicant shall arrange to forward copies, one hard and one soft, of the above draft
EIA Report along with the Summary of draft EIA Report to the following authorities or
offices, within whose jurisdiction the project will be located:-
(a) District Magistrate / District Collector / Deputy Commissioner/s
(b) Zila Parishad or Municipal Corporation or Panchayats Union
(c) District Industries Office
(d) Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) / PRIs concerned / Development authorities
(e) Concerned Regional Office of the Ministry
(f) Concerned Regional office of SPCB or UTPCC.
(4) On receiving the draft EIA report, the above-mentioned authorities, shall make it
available for inspection electronically or otherwise to the public during normal office
hours till the Public Hearing is over.
(5) The public hearing shall be arranged in a systematic, time bound and transparent manner
ensuring widest possible public participation at, or in close proximity to, the site(s), by
the SPCB or UTPCC concerned in the specified manner and forward the proceedings to
the regulatory authority concerned within 30 (thirty) days of a request to the effect from
the applicant.
(6) The Member-Secretary of the concerned SPCB or UTPCC shall finalize the date, time
and exact venue for the conduct of public hearing within 7(seven) days of the date of
receipt of application with the consent of officer preside over the public hearing, and
advertise the same in one major National Daily and one Regional vernacular Daily /
Official State Language. A minimum notice period of 15 (fifteen) days shall be provided
to the public for furnishing their responses.
(7) The advertisement shall also inform the public about the places or offices where the
public could access the draft EIA Report and the Summary EIA Report before the public
hearing. In places where the newspapers do not reach, the Competent Authority should
arrange to inform the local public about the public hearing by other means such as by
way of beating of drums as well as advertisement / announcement on radio / television.
(8) No postponement of the date, time, venue of the public hearing shall be undertaken,
unless some untoward emergency situation occurs and then only on the recommendation
of the concerned District Magistrate / District Collector / Deputy Commissioner, the
postponement shall be notified to the public through the same National and Regional
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vernacular dailies and also prominently displayed at all the identified offices by the
concerned SPCB or Union Territory Pollution Control Committee.
(9) In the above exceptional circumstances, fresh date, time and venue for the public
consultation shall be decided by the Member-Secretary of the concerned SPCB or
UTPCC only in consultation with the District Magistrate / District Collector / Deputy
Commissioner and notify afresh, as per procedure under sub-para(6) above.
(10) The District Magistrate / District Collector / Deputy Commissioner or his or her
representative not below the rank of an Additional District Magistrate in case of
Category “A” projects and Sub-divisional magistrate in case of Category “B”
projects/activity assisted by a representative of SPCB or UTPCC, shall supervise and
preside over the entire public hearing process.
(11) The SPCB or UTPCC shall arrange videography of the entire proceedings. A copy of
the videotape or a CD shall be enclosed with the public hearing proceedings while
forwarding it to the Regulatory Authority concerned.
(12) The attendance of all those who are present at the venue shall be noted and annexed
with the final proceedings.
(13) There shall be no quorum required for attendance for starting the proceedings.
(14) A representative of the applicant shall initiate the proceedings with a presentation on
the project and the Summary EIA report.
(15) Person present at the venue shall be granted the opportunity to seek information or
clarifications on the project from the applicant. The summary of the public hearing
proceedings accurately reflecting all the views and concerns expressed shall be recorded
by the representative of the SPCB or UTPCC and read over to the audience at the end
of the proceedings explaining the contents in the local / vernacular language and the
agreed minutes shall be signed by the District Magistrate / District Collector / Deputy
Commissioner / Sub-divisional Magistrate or his or her representative, who has chaired,
on the same day and forwarded to the SPCB/UTPCC concerned.
(16) A Statement of the issues raised by the public and the comments of the applicant shall
also be prepared in the local language or the Official State Language, as the case may
be, and in English and annexed to the proceedings.
(17) The proceedings of the public hearing shall be conspicuously displayed at the office of
the Panchyats within whose jurisdiction the project is located, office of the concerned
Zila Parishad, District Magistrate / District Collector / Deputy Commissioner, and the
SPCB or UTPCC. The SPCB or UTPCC shall also display the proceedings on its
website for general information. Comments, if any, on the proceedings which may be
sent directly to the concerned regulatory authorities and the applicant concerned.
(18) For obtaining responses in writing from other concerned persons having a plausible
stake in the environmental aspects of the project or activity, the concerned SPCB or the
UTPCC shall invite responses from such concerned persons by placing on their website
the Summary EIA report prepared in the format given in Appendix IIIA by the applicant
along with a copy of the application in the prescribed form, within seven days of the
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receipt of a written request for arranging the public hearing. Confidential information
including non-disclosable or legally privileged information involving Intellectual
Property Right, source specified in the application shall not be placed on the web site.
The regulatory authority concerned may also use other appropriate media for ensuring
wide publicity about the project or activity. The regulatory authority shall, however,
make available on a written request from any concerned person the Draft EIA report for
inspection at a notified place during normal office hours till the date of the public
hearing. All the responses received as part of this public consultation process shall be
forwarded to the applicant through the quickest available means.
(19) After completion of the public consultation, the applicant shall address all the material
environmental concerns expressed during this process, and make appropriate changes
in the draft EIA Report. The final EIA report, so prepared, shall be submitted by the
applicant to the concerned regulatory authority for appraisal.
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Appendix-II
(See paragraph 11)
FORM-1
1 Details of Project or activity
a. Name of the project or activity :
b. Name of the Company / Organisation :
c. Registered Address :
d. Legal Status of the Company :
e. Joint Venture (Yes/No) :
If Yes,
(i) No. of Joint Venture (JV) Partners (Multiple Entries Allowed) :
Name of the JV Share of the JV Address of the JV Email Id of JV Mobile No. of JV
Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner
2 Address for the correspondence

a Name of the applicant :
b Designation (Owner / Partner / CEO) :
c. Address
d Postal Index Code
e e-mail ID
f. Mobile No.
g. Fax No.
3 Category of the Project/Activity as per Schedule of EIA Notification,2006
a. Project / Activity (Item number in the schedule)
b. Category (A/B1/B2) :
If B1 or B2
Reason for application at Central Level :
If Others
c. Please Specify :
d. New / Expansion of existing projects or activities :
4 Location of the Project
a. Plot / Survey / Khasra No. :
b. Village :
c. Tehsil :
d. District
e. State
f. Pin Code
g. Bounded Latitudes (North)
From :
To :
h. Bounded Longitudes(East)
From :
To :
i. Survey of India Topo Sheet No. :
j. Upload Topo Sheet File (Upload pdf only) :
k. Maximum Elevation Above Means Sea Level(AMSL) :
l. Upload (kml) File (Upload kml only) :
m. Distance of nearest Highest Flood Level (HFL) from the project boundary within the study area :
n. Seismic Zone (Zone: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5) :
o Nearest railway station :
p Distance from nearest railway station (in Km) :
q Nearest Airport :
r Distance from nearest Airport :
s Nearest town/city/District head quarter (Specify) :
t Distance from nearest town/city/District head quarter (in Km)
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u Village Panchayats, Zila Parishad, Municipal Corporation, Local Body (Complete postal
Address with pin code and Telephone Number
5 Whether project is executed in multiple States (Yes / No)?
If Yes
a. Number of States in which project or activity will be executed
(e.g. 1,2,3,4,5,6)
b. Main State of the Project
c. Other State (Multiple Entries Allowed)
(If the project to be executed, does not belong to any state, then state category could be selected
as 'Other')
State District Tehsil Village
6 Details of alternative sites

A Details of alternative sites examined (multiple entries allowed)
Alternative Village District State Bounded Latitudes Bounded
site (North) Longitudes(East)
From To From To
B Upload location of alternative site shown on the Topo Sheet

7 Details of Project Configuration / Product (Multiple Entries Allowed)
a. Whether the project is new (Yes/No?)
c. Product :
Product / Activity (Capacity / Quantity Unit Mode of Transport / Transmission of
Area) Product / by-product
- Unit:- (Tons per Annum(TPA), Mega Watt(MW), Hectares(ha), Kilo Litre per Day(KLD), Tons Crushed
per Day(TCD), Cubic Meter per Day, Kilometers(Km), Million Liters per Day(MLD), Others)
- Mode of Transport/Transmission of Product (Road, Rail, Conveyor Belt, Pipe Conveyor, Arial Ropeway,
combination of two or three modes, Others)
8 If Expansion of existing projects or activities
a. Details of environmental clearance granted earlier
(i) Date of issue of environmental clearance :
(ii) MoEFCC / SEIAA/DEIAA File Number
(iii) Upload EC Letter
c. Details of Capacity Expansion (Multiple Entries Allowed)
Product/Activity Quantity Quantity To Unit Mode of Transport / Transmission
(Capacity/Area) From of Product / by-product
- Unit:- (Tons per Annum(TPA), Mega Watt(MW), Hectares(ha), Kilo Litre per Day(KLD), Tons
Crushed per Day(TCD), Cubic Meter per Day, Kilometers(Km), Million Liters per Day(MLD),
Others)
- Mode of Transport/Transmission of Product/by-product (Road, Rail, Conveyor Belt, Pipe Conveyor,
Arial Ropeway,combination of two or three modes, Others)
9 Total Cost of the Project at current price level (in Lakhs) :
10 Whether project attracts the General Condition specified in the Schedule of EIA Notification :
(Yes/No)?
If Yes (provide name of WL/CPA/ESA/Inter-state boundary / International boundary and
distance from the project)
a. Protected Area Notified Under the Wild Life(Protection) Act,1972 :
b. Critically Polluted Areas as identified by the Central Pollution Control Board from time to time :
c. Notified Eco-Sensitive Areas / Eco-sensitive Zone :
d. Inter-State Boundaries and International Boundaries :
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11 Whether projects attract the Specific Condition specified in the Schedule of EIA Notification :
(Yes/No)?
If Yes, provided details thereof
12. Whether the proposal involves approval/ clearance under:
if yes, details of the same and their status to be given.
a The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980? (Yes/No)
b The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972? (Yes/No)
C The C.R.Z. Notification 1991/2011? (Yes/No)
13 Ecological and Environmental Sensitivity (Within 10 Km):-
a. Details of Ecological Sensitivity
Details of Ecological Name Distance from the Remarks
Sensitivity Project (Km)
- Details of Ecological Sensitivity: - (Critically Polluted Area, Wildlife specied, Notified protect
area, eco-sensitive area, eco-sensitive zone, Corridors, Wildlife Corridors)
b. Whether NBWL recommendation is required (Yes/No)?
c. Details of Environmental Sensitivity
Details of Environmental Sensitivity Name / Aerial Distance from Remarks
identity the Project (Km)
Areas protected under international conventions, national or
local legislation for their ecological, landscape, cultural or
other related value
Areas which are important or sensitive for ecological reasons
- Wetlands, watercourses or other water bodies, coastal zone,
biospheres, mountains, forests
Areas used by protected, important or sensitive species of
flora or fauna for breeding, nesting, foraging, resting, over
wintering, migration
Inland, coastal, marine or underground waters
State, National boundaries
Routes or facilities used by the public for access to recreation
or other tourist, pilgrim areas
Defence installations
Densely populated or built-up area
Areas occupied by sensitive man-made land uses (hospitals,
schools, places of worship, community facilities)
Areas containing important, high quality or scarce
resources(ground water resources, surface resources, forestry,
agriculture, fisheries, tourism, minerals)
Areas already subjected to pollution or environmental
damage. (those where existing legal environmental standards
are exceeded)
Areas susceptible to natural hazard which could cause the
project to present environmental problems
(earthquakes, subsidence, landslides, erosion, flooding or
extreme or adverse climatic conditions)
d. Whether NoC / Permission from the competent authority in respect of above are required (Yes/No)?
14 Whether Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) is involved (Yes/No)
15 Whether the Project / Activity attracts the provisions of CRZ (Yes/No)?
If yes, CRZ Classification: (CRZ I (A), CRZ I(B), CRZ II, CRZ III, CRZ IV (A), CRZ IV(B))
16 Construction, operation or decommissioning of the Project involving actions, which will cause physical changes
in the locality (topography, land use, changes in water bodies, etc.)
Information/Checklist confirmation Yes Details thereof (with
/No approximate quantities /rates,
wherever possible) with source of
information data
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Permanent or temporary change in land use, land cover or topography including

increase in intensity of land use (with respect to local land use plan)
Clearance of existing land, vegetation and buildings?

Creation of new land uses?
Pre-construction investigations e.g. bore holes, soil testing?
Construction works?
Demolition works?
Temporary sites used for construction works or housing of construction
workers?
Above ground buildings, structures orearthworks including linear structures,
cut andfill or excavations
Underground works including mining or tunneling?
Reclamation works?
Dredging?
Offshore structures?
Production and manufacturing processes?
Facilities for storage of goods or materials?
Facilities for treatment or disposal of solid waste or liquid effluents?
Facilities for long term housing of operational workers?
New road, rail or sea traffic during construction or operation?
New road, rail, air waterborne or other transport infrastructure including new or
altered routes and stations, ports, airports etc?
Closure or diversion of existing transport routes or infrastructure leading to
changes in trafficmovements?
New or diverted transmission lines or pipelines?
Impoundment, damming, culverting, realignment or other changes to the
hydrology of watercourses or aquifers?
Stream crossings?
Abstraction or transfers of water form ground or surface waters?
Changes in water bodies or the land surface affecting drainage or run-off?
Transport of personnel or materials for construction, operation or
decommissioning?
Long-term dismantling or decommissioning or restoration works?
Ongoing activity during decommissioning which could have an impact on the
environment?
Influx of people to an area in either temporarily or permanently?
Introduction of alien species?
Loss of native species or genetic diversity?
Any other actions?
17 Use, storage, transport, handling or production of substances or materials, which could be harmful to human
health or the environment or raise concerns about actual or perceived risks to human health
Details thereof (with
approximate quantities/rates,
Information/Checklist confirmation Yes wherever possible) with source
/No of information data
Use of substances or materials, which are hazardous (as per MSIHC rules) to human
health or the environment (flora, fauna, and water supplies)
Changes in occurrence of disease or affect disease vectors (e.g. insect or water
borne diseases)
Affect the welfare of people e.g. by changing living conditions?
Vulnerable groups of people who could be affected by the project e.g. hospital
patients, children, the elderly etc.,
Any other causes
18 Release of pollutants or any hazardous, toxic or noxious substances to air (Kg/hr)
Information/Checklist confirmation Yes Details thereof (with
/ No approximate quantities/rates,
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wherever possible) with

source of information data
Emissions from combustion of fossil fuels from stationary or mobile sources
Emissions from production processes

Emissions from materials handling including storage or transport
Emissions from construction activities including plant and equipment
Dust or odours from handling of materials including construction materials,
sewage and waste
Emissions from incineration of waste
Emissions from burning of waste in open air (e.g. slash materials, construction
debris)
Emissions from any other sources
19 Generation of Noise and Vibration, and Emissions of Light and Heat:

Yes Details thereof (with approximate
Information/Checklist confirmation / No quantities/rates, wherever possible)
with source of information data with
source of information data
From operation of equipment e.g. engines, ventilation plant, crushers
From industrial or similar processes
From construction or demolition
From blasting or piling
From construction or operational traffic
From lighting or cooling systems
From any other sources
19 Risks of contamination of land or water from releases of pollutants into the ground or into sewers, surface
waters, groundwater, coastal waters or the sea:
Details thereof (with
approximate quantities/rates,
Information/Checklist confirmation Yes/ wherever possible) with source
No of information data
From handling, storage, use or spillage of hazardous materials
From discharge of sewage or other effluents to water or the land
(expected mode and place of discharge)
By deposition of pollutants emitted to air into the land or into water
From any other sources
Is there a risk of long term build up of pollutants in the environment from
these sources?
20 Risk of accidents during construction or operation of the Project, which could affect human health or the
environment
Information/Checklist confirmation Yes/ Details thereof (with
No approximate quantities/rates,
wherever possible) with source
of information data
From explosions, spillages, fires etc from storage, handling, use or
production of hazardous substances
From any other causes
Could the project be affected by natural disasters causing environmental
damage (e.g. floods, earthquakes, landslides, cloudburst etc)?
21 Factors which should be considered (such as consequential development) which could lead to environmental
effects or the potential for cumulative impacts with other existing or planned activities in the locality
Information/Checklist confirmation Yes Details thereof (with approximate
/No quantities/rates, wherever
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possible) with source of

information data
Lead to development of supportive facilities, ancillary development or
developmentstimulated by the project which could have impact on the
environment e.g.: Supportive infrastructure (roads, power supply, waste or
waste water treatment, etc.) ; housing development; industries in supply
chain and downstream; any other
Lead to after-use of the site, which could have an impact on the
environment
Set a precedent for later developments
Have cumulative effects due to proximity to other existing or planned
projects with similar effects
22 Whether any Court Cases pending on the project or activity (Yes/No); If yes, provide details
23 Whether direction issued under Environment (Protection) Act / Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution)) Act / Water
(Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act (Yes/No; If yes, provide details
23 Documents to be attached
a Upload Copy of Pre-Feasibility Report (Upload pdf only)
b Upload Copy of Layout Plan (Upload pdf only)
c. Upload Cover Letter duly signed by the project proponent or authorized person (Upload pdf only)
d. Upload a copy of authorization duly signed by the project proponent in support of the person
making this application on behalf of the User Agency (Upload pdf only)
24 Undertaking
a. I hereby give undertaking that the data and information given in the application and enclosures are true to be
best of my knowledge and belief and I am aware that if any part of the data and information found to be false
or misleading at any stage,the project will be rejected and clearance given,if any to the project will be revoked
at our risk and cost. In addition to above,I hereby give undertaking that no activity / construction / expansion
has since been taken up
b. Name :
c. Designation :
d. Company :
e. Address :
NOTE:
1. The project involving clearances under Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2019 shall submit with the application a
CRZ map duly demarcated by one of the authorized agencies, showing the project activities, w.r.t. C.R.Z (at the stage of ToR)
and the recommendations of the State Coastal Zone Management Authority (at the stage of EC). Simultaneous action shall
also be taken to obtain the requisite clearance under the provisions of the C.R.Z. Notification, 2019 for the activities to be
located in the CRZ.
2. The project to be located within 10 km of the National Parks, Sanctuaries, Biosphere Reserves, Migratory Corridors
of Wild Animals, the project proponent shall submit the map duly authenticated by Chief Wildlife Warden showing these
features vis-à-vis the project location and the recommendation or comments of the Chief Wildlife Warden thereon (at the
stage of prior EC).
3. All correspondence with the Ministry including submission of application for scoping / prior Environmental
Clearance, subsequent clarification, as may be required from time to time, participation in the EAC Meeting on behalf of the
project proponent shall be made by the authorized signatory only. The authorized signatory should also submit a document
in support of his claim of being an authorized signatory for the specific project.
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APPENDIX – II
(See paragraph 11)
FORM-1A
(Only for building or construction projects listed under item 8 of the schedule)
CHECK LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
(Project proponents are required to provide full information and wherever necessary
attach explanatory notes with the Form and submit along with proposed environmental
management plan & monitoring programme)
Sl Item Details
1 LAND ENVIRONMENT
1.1 Will the existing landuse get significantly altered from the project that is not consistent with the
surroundings?
(Proposed landuse must conform to the approved Master Plan / Development Plan of the area. Change of
landuse if any and the statutory approval from the competent authority be submitted)
1.2 List out all the major project requirements in terms of the land area, built up area, water consumption, power
requirement, connectivity, community facilities, parking needs etc.
1.3 What are the likely impacts of the proposed activity on the existing facilities adjacent to the proposed site?
(Such as open spaces, community facilities, details of the existing landuse, disturbance to the local ecology).
1.4 Will there be any significant land disturbance resulting in erosion, subsidence & instability? (Details of soil
type, slope analysis, vulnerability to subsidence, seismicity etc may be given).
1.5 Will the proposal involve alteration of natural drainage systems? (Give details on a contour map showing
the natural drainage near the proposed project site)
1.6 What are the quantities of earthwork involved in the construction activity-cutting, filling, reclamation etc.
(Give details of the quantities of earthwork involved, transport of fill materials from outside the site etc.)
1.7 Give details regarding water supply, waste handling etc during the construction period
1.8 Will the low lying areas & wetlands get altered? (Provide details of how low lying and wetlands are getting
modified from the proposed activity)
1.9 Whether construction debris & waste during construction cause health hazard? (Give quantities of various
types of wastes generated during construction including the construction labour and the means of disposal)
2 WATER ENVIRONMENT
2.1 Give the total quantity of water requirement for the proposed project with the breakup of requirements for
various uses. How will the water requirement met? State the sources & quantities and furnish a water balance
statement
2.2 What is the capacity (dependable flow or yield) of the proposed source of water?
2.3 What is the quality of water required, in case, the supply is not from a municipal source? (Provide physical,
chemical, biological characteristics with class of water quality)
2.4 How much of the water requirement can be met from the recycling of treated wastewater? (Give the details
of quantities, sources and usage)
2.5 Will there be diversion of water from other users? (Please assess the impacts of the project on other existing
uses and quantities of consumption)
2.6 What is the incremental pollution load from wastewater generated from the proposed activity? (Give details
of the quantities and composition of wastewater generated from the proposed activity)
2.7 Give details of the water requirements met from water harvesting? Furnish details of the facilities created
2.8 What would be the impact of the land use changes occurring due to the proposed project on the runoff
characteristics (quantitative as well as qualitative) of the area in the post construction phase on a long term
basis? Would it aggravate the problems of flooding or water logging in any way?
2.9 What are the impacts of the proposal on the ground water? (Will there be tapping of ground water; give the
details of ground water table, recharging capacity, and approvals obtained from competent authority, if any)
2.10 What precautions/measures are taken to prevent the run-off from construction activities polluting land &
aquifers? (Give details of quantities and the measures taken to avoid the adverse impacts)
2.11 How is the storm water from within the site managed?(State the provisions made to avoid flooding of the
area, details of the drainage facilities provided along with a site layout indication contour levels)
2.12 Will the deployment of construction labourers particularly in the peak period lead to unsanitary conditions
around the project site (Justify with proper explanation)
2.13 What on-site facilities are provided for the collection, treatment & safe disposal of sewage? (Give details of
the quantities of wastewater generation, treatment capacities with technology & facilities for recycling and
disposal)
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2.14 Give details of dual plumbing system if treated waste used is used for flushing of toilets or any other use.
3 VEGETATION
3.1 Is there any threat of the project to the biodiversity? (Give a description of the local ecosystem with it’s
unique features, if any)
3.2 Will the construction involve extensive clearing or modification of vegetation? (Provide a detailed account
of the trees & vegetation affected by the project)
3.3 What are the measures proposed to be taken to minimize the likely impacts on important site features (Give
details of proposal for tree plantation, landscaping, creation of water bodies etc along with a layout plan to
an appropriate scale)
4 FAUNA
4.1 Is there likely to be any displacement of fauna- both terrestrial and aquatic or creation of barriers for their
movement? Provide the details
4.2 Any direct or indirect impacts on the avifauna of the area? Provide details
4.3 Prescribe measures such as corridors, fish ladders etc to mitigate adverse impacts on fauna.
5 AIR ENVIRONMENT
5.1 Will the project increase atmospheric concentration of gases & result in heat islands? (Give details of
background air quality levels with predicted values based on dispersion models taking into account the
increased traffic generation as a result of the proposed constructions)
5.2 What are the impacts on generation of dust, smoke, odorous fumes or other hazardous gases? Give details
in relation to all the meteorological parameters
5.3 Will the proposal create shortage of parking space for vehicles? Furnish details of the present level of
transport infrastructure and measures proposed for improvement including the traffic management at the
entry & exit to the project site
5.4 Provide details of the movement patterns with internal roads, bicycle tracks, pedestrian pathways, footpaths
etc., with areas under each category
5.5 Will there be significant increase in traffic noise & vibrations? Give details of the sources and the measures
proposed for mitigation of the above
5.6 What will be the impact of DG sets & other equipment on noise levels & vibration in & ambient air quality
around the project site? Provide details
6 AESTHETICS
6.1 Will the proposed constructions in any way result in the obstruction of a view, scenic amenity or landscapes?
Are these considerations taken into account by the proponents?
6.2 Will there be any adverse impacts from new constructions on the existing structures? What are the
considerations taken into account?
6.3 Whether there are any local considerations of urban form & urban design influencing the design criteria?
They may be explicitly spelt out
6.4 Are there any anthropological or archaeological sites or artefacts nearby? State if any other significant
features in the vicinity of the proposed site have been considered
7 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS
7.1 Will the proposal result in any changes to the demographic structure of local population? Provide the
details
7.2 Give details of the existing social infrastructure around the proposed project
7.3 Will the project cause adverse effects on local communities, disturbance to sacred sites or other cultural
values? What are the safeguards proposed?
8 BUILDING MATERIALS
8.1 May involve the use of building materials with high-embodied energy. Are the construction materials
produced with energy efficient processes? (Give details of energy conservation measures in the selection of
building materials and their energy efficiency)
8.2 Transport and handling of materials during construction may result in pollution, noise & public nuisance.
What measures are taken to minimize the impacts?
8.3 Are recycled materials used in roads and structures? State the extent of savings achieved?
8.4 Give details of the methods of collection, segregation & disposal of the garbage generated during the
operation phases of the project.
9 ENERGY CONSERVATION
9.1 Give details of the power requirements, source of supply, backup source etc. What is the energy consumption
assumed per square foot of built-up area? How have you tried to minimize energy consumption?
9.2 What type of, and capacity of, power back-up to you plan to provide?
9.3 What are the characteristics of the glass you plan to use? Provide specifications of its characteristics related
to both short wave and long wave radiation?
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9.4 What passive solar architectural features are being used in the building? Illustrate the applications made in
the proposed project
9.5 Does the layout of streets & buildings maximise the potential for solar energy devices? Have you considered
the use of street lighting, emergency lighting and solar hot water systems for use in the building complex?
Substantiate with details
9.6 Is shading effectively used to reduce cooling/heating loads? What principles have been used to maximize
the shading of Walls on the East and the West and the Roof? How much energy saving has been effected?
9.7 Do the structures use energy-efficient space conditioning, lighting and mechanical systems? Provide
technical details. Provide details of the transformers and motor efficiencies, lighting intensity and air-
conditioning load assumptions? Are you using CFC and HCFC free chillers? Provide specifications
9.8 What are the likely effects of the building activity in altering the micro-climates? Provide a self assessment
on the likely impacts of the proposed construction on creation of heat island & inversion effects?
9.9 What are the thermal characteristics of the building envelope? (a) roof; (b) external walls; and (c)
fenestration? Give details of the material used and the U-values or the R values of the individual components.
9.10 What precautions & safety measures are proposed against fire hazards? Furnish details of emergency plans.
9.11 If you are using glass as wall material provides details and specifications including emissivity and thermal
characteristics.
9.12 What is the rate of air infiltration into the building? Provide details of how you are mitigating the effects of
infiltration.
9.13 To what extent the non-conventional energy technologies are utilised in the overall energy consumption?
Provide details of the renewable energy technologies used.
10 Environment Management Plan
The Environment Management Plan would consist of all mitigation measures for each item wise activity to
be undertaken during the construction, operation and the entire life cycle to minimize adverse environmental
impacts as a result of the activities of the project. It would also delineate the environmental monitoring plan
for compliance of various environmental regulations. It will state the steps to be taken in case of emergency
such as accidents at the site including fire
Sl Item Details
A Panoramic view of the project site and the vicinity Upload as PDF
B Site location Upload as PDF
C surrounding features of the proposed site (within 500 meters) Upload as PDF
D Site (indicating levels & contours) to appropriate scales (If not available attach only conceptual plans) Upload as PDF
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APPENDIX-III
(See paragraph 7)
FORM 1M
APPLICATION FOR MINING OF MINOR MINERALS UNDER CATEGORY ‘B2’
1 Details of Mining Lease or letter of intent
Area of Mining Lease
Upload Letter of Intent (Upload pdf only)
Validity of Mining Lease
2 Details of Mining Plan
Approval Letter No.
Date of Approval
Upload Approved Letter (Upload pdf only)
Approved Mining Lease Area
Approved Capacity
3 Details of beneficiation (including crushing / screening/others)
Whether it is proposed to install crusher within the mining lease area (Yes/No)?
If yes,
No. of crushers
Details of crusher (Multiple entries allowed)
Crusher ID Capacity (in TPH) Remarks
4 Whether it is proposed to install beneficiation plant / Coal washery within the mining lease area
(Yes/No)?
If yes,
Beneficiation / washing Technology
Capacity
5 Technical details
Total Geological Reserves (Million Ton)
Mineable Reserves (Million Ton)
Extractable Reserves(Million Ton)
Percent of Extraction (%)
Grade of Coal /Ore /Mineral
Stripping Ratio
Mining Method (Opencast / Underground /Mixed (Opencast + Underground) /Adit
Life of Mine (Years)
Total quantity of Over Burden excavated during the life of the mine in million cubic meters
Quantity of Topsoil excavated during the entire life of the mine (in Million Cubic meter)
Quantity of Topsoil proposed for utilization for reclamation during the entire life of the mine (in Million
Cubic meter)
Quantity of Topsoil proposed for utilization for other activities during the entire life of the mine (in
Million Cubic meter)
6 Details of final void (Opencast Only)
Area (in Hectare)
Depth (in meter)
Volume (in Million Cubic meter)
Distance from Major Surface water body viz. River, Pond, lake, Seasonal Nallha
In case of River Bed mining PP needs to provide the width of the river bed on which mining is to be
carry out
Recommendation of Sub Divisional Committee needs to be uploaded by PP
7 Mode of transportation of minor mineral (Road, Rail, Conveyor Belt, Pipe Conveyor, Arial Ropeway, :
8 Project Cost :
a. Total Cost of the Project at current price level (in Lakhs) :
b. Funds allocated for environment measures (Capital) (in Lakhs) :
c. Funds allocated towards CER (Corporate Environment Responsibility) (in Lakhs) :
d. Funds allocated for environment measures (recurring per Annum) (in Lakhs) :
9 Whether the proposal involves approval/ clearance under: if yes, details of the same and their status to be given.
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a The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980? (Yes/No)

If Yes, Details along with status of the clearance
b The Wildlife (Protection)Act, 1972? (Yes/No)
C The C.R.Z. Notification 1991/2011? (Yes/No)
16 Details of EIA Consultant
a. Have you hired Consultant for preparing EMP (Yes/No)? :
b If No, Reason for not engaging the Consultant
c If Yes, Accreditation No.; Name of the EIA Consultant; Address; Contact Number; e-mail Id;
Sector of accreditation; Validity of Accreditation] and Upload Certificate of Accreditation
certified by QCI/NABET (Upload pdf Only)
a. Upload Copy of Approved Mining Plan (Upload pdf only)
b Upload copy of District Survey Report (for mining of minor minerals only)
c Upload copy of Replenishment Study Report & Baseline Survey data (for river sand mining
proposals only)
d Upload cluster certificate issued by the Depart of Mines and Geology or Revenue Department,
as applicable
e Upload Additional File, if any (Upload pdf only)
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APPENDIX-IV
(See paragraph-7)
FORM-2
APPLICATION FOR PRIOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE
1 Details of Project Auto fill from Form-1
2 Address for the correspondence Auto fill from Form-1
3 Category of the Project/Activity as per Schedule Auto fill from Form-1
4 Location of the Project Auto fill from Form-1
5 Whether project is executed in multiple States Auto fill from Form-1
6 Details of Terms of Reference (ToR) [Except for category B2 project/activity]
a. Date of issue of ToR / Standard ToR
b. MoEF&CC / SEIAA File No.
c. Upload ToR letter (PDF only)
7 Details of Public Consultation
a. If the Project Exempted from Public Hearing, provide reasons
b. Date of Advertisement of Public Hearing
c Copy of advertisement in English (Upload PDF only) :
d. Whether Public hearing was presided over by an officer of the rank as stipulated in the :
Appendix-I (Yes/No)?
e. Designation of Presiding Officer
f. Copy of duly signed Proceedings of Public Hearing (Upload pdf only) :
g. Date of Public Hearing :
h. Venue of Public Hearing: Village, Tehsil, District, State :
i. Distance of Public Hearing Venue from the Proposed Project (km) :
j. No. of people attended :
k. If the multiple public hearings conducted, Pl provide details of each PH
8 Details of Project Configuration / Product (Multiple Entries Allowed)
a. Whether the project is New (Yes/No?)
b. Project Configuration
Description of Plant / Equipment / Facility Configuration Remarks if any
c. Product/by-product :
Product / by-product Activity (Capacity / Quantity Unit Mode of Transport / Transmission of
Area) Product / by-product
9 If Expansion of existing projects or activities
(i) Date of issue of environmental clearance :
(ii) MoEFCC / SEIAA File Number
(iii) Upload EC Letter
b. Details of certified report on compliance of earlier environmental clearance conditions
(i) Details of Regional Office of MoEFCC / Zonal Office of CPCB / SPCB / UTPCC from :
which certified report on compliance of earlier environmental clearance conditions
obtained & Letter No
(ii) Date of site visit & Status of Compliance :
(iii) Certified report on compliance of earlier environmental clearance conditions (Including :
Monitoring Report) (Upload pdf only)
c. Details of Consent to Operate
(i) Date of issue
(ii) Valid up to
(iii) Upload Copy of Consent to operate valid as on date (Upload pdf only)
d. Details of Capacity Expansion (Multiple Entries Allowed)
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Product/by-product Activity Quantity Quantity To Unit Mode of Transport / Transmission

(Capacity/Area) From of Product/by-product
- Mode of Transport/Transmission of Product (Road, Rail, Conveyor Belt, Pipe Conveyor, Arial
Ropeway,combination of two or three modes, Others)
e. Details of Configuration (Multiple Entries Allowed)
Description of Plant / Existing Proposed Final configuration Remarks if
Equipment / Facility Configuration Configuration after expansion any
10 Project Cost
a. Total Cost of the Project at current price level (in Lakhs) :
b. Funds Allocated for Environment Management (Capital) (in Lakhs) :
c. Funds Allocated Towards CER (Corporate Environment Responsibility) (in Lakhs) :
d. Funds Allocated for Environment Management Plan (EMP) (Recurring per Annum) (in Lakhs) :
11 Whether project attracts the General Condition specified in the Schedule of EIA Notification Auto fill
(Yes/No)? from Form-1
12 Whether projects attract the Specific Condition specified in the Schedule of EIA Notification Auto fill
(Yes/No)? from Form-1
13 Raw Material / Fuel Requirement (Multiple Entries Allowed)
a. Details of Raw Material / Fuel Requirement
Raw Material / Quantity per Unit Source (incase Mode of Distance of Source Type of
Fuel Annum of Import, Transpo from Project Site (in Linkage
please specify rt Kilo meters) (Linkage / Fuel
country and (In case of import, Supply
Name of the distance from the port Agreement / e-
port from from which the raw auction / MoU /
which Raw material / fuel is LOA / Captive /
Material / Fuel received Open market /
is received) Others)
In case of expansion proposals, total requirement of raw material / fuel shall be given
- Unit:- (Tons per Annum(TPA), Mega Watt(MW), Hectares(ha), Kilo Litre per Day(KLD), Tons Crushed per
Day(TCD), Cubic Meter per Day, Kilometers(Km), Million Liters per Day(MLD), Others)
b. Upload copy of Linkage / Fuel Supply Agreement / e-auction / Memorandum of :
Understanding / Letter of Allocation / Captive source / others.
14 Baseline Data (Air / Water / Noise / Soil / Ground water table/ Others)
a. Period of Base Line Data Collection [From (DD/MM/YYYY): To (DD/MM/YYYY)]
b. Season (Summer / Pre-monsoon / Post-monsoon / Winter) :
c. No. of Ambient Air Quality (AAQ) Monitoring Locations :
d. Details of AAQ Monitoring (Multiple Entries Allowed)
Criteria Pollutants Unit Maximum Minimum 98 Percentile Prescribed
Value Value Value Standard
- Criteria Pollutants: - (PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NOx, Others parameters specific to sector)
- Unit: - (Micro Gram per Meter Cube,Nano Gram per Meter Cube, Mili Gram per Meter Cube, NA)
e. No. of Ground Water Monitoring Locations :
f. Details of Ground Water Monitoring (Multiple Entries Allowed)
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Criteria Pollutants: - (pH, TSS, TDS, Total Hardness, Chlorides, Fluoride, Heavy Metals, other parameters specific
to the sector); Unit :- (mg/l, NA)
g. No. of Surface Water Monitoring Locations :
h. Details of Ground Water Monitoring (Multiple Entries Allowed)
Parameter :- (pH, DO, BOD, COD, Others parameters specific to the sector) ; Unit :- (mg/l, NA)
i. No. of Ambient Noise Monitoring Locations :
j. Details of Noise Monitoring (Multiple Entries Allowed)
Parameter Unit Maximum Minimum 98 Percentile Prescribed
Parameter:- (Leq(Day), Leq(Night)) ; Unit :- (A-weighted decibels(dB(A))

k. No. of Soil Monitoring Locations (Multiple Entries Allowed) :
Parameter Unit Maximum Minimum 98 Percentile
Value Value Value
Parameter :- (pH, N(Nitrogen), P(Phosphorus), K(Potassium), Electric Conductivity)

Unit :- (Millisiemens per Centimeter, Milligram per Litre, Percent, Centimeter per Second, Milli equivalents per
100 Gram, Milligram per Kilogram, Parts per Million, Kilogram per hectare, Others)
l Ground Water Table
i Range of Water Table Pre-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl)): From:--- To:----
ii Range of Water Table Post-Monsoon Season (Meters Below Ground Level (m bgl)): From:--- To:----
iii Whether Ground Water Intersection will be there (Yes / No)? :
If Yes, Letter No; Date of issue; and Upload Copy of Central Ground Water Authority Letter
(Upload pdf only)
15 Details of Water Requirement (During Operation)(Multiple Entries Allowed)
a Source Quantity in Method of water Distance from Source Mode of
KLD withdrawal Transport
Source: Surface /Ground Water /Sea /Others ; Mode of Transportation: Pipeline /Canal /Others ; Method of
water withdrawal: Barrage / Weir / Intake well / Jackwell / Tube well / Open well / Others
b. Letter No.; date of issue; permitted quantity; Upload Copy of Permission from Competent Authority (Upload
pdf only)
c. Whether Desalination is proposed (Yes/ No) :
If Yes, (i) Desalination capacity (KLD); (ii) Quality of Brine (KLD; Mode of Disposal of
brine
16 Waste Water Management (During Operation)
Type / Quantity of Treatment Treatmen Mode of Quantity of Treated Quantity of
Source Waste Water Capacity t Method Disposal Water Used in Discharged Water
Generated (Kilo (Kilo Litre Recycling / Reuse (Kilo litre per day)
Litre per Day) per Day) (Kilo litre per Day)
17 Solid Waste Generation Management(Multiple Entries Allowed)

Item Quantity per Unit Distance from Mode of Transport Mode of Disposal
Annum Site
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- Item:- (Industrial waste, Municipal Solid waste, Fly ash, Bottom Ash, Hazardous Waste (as per Hazardous
and Other Waste Management Rules 2016),E Waste, Bio-Medical waste, Construction & Demolition waste,
Plastic Waste, Others)
- Unit:- (Tons,Kiloliter)
- Mode of Disposal:- (Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility(TSDF),Authorized Re-
cyclers,Landfills,Sanitary Landfills,Others)
18 Air Quality Impact Prediction (Multiple Entries Allowed)
Criteria Unit Baseline Minimum Incremental Total GLC Prescribed
Pollutants Concentration Value Concentration Standard
Parameter:- (PM10, PM, SO2, NOx, Others parameters specific to the sector; Unit :- (microgram per m3, NA)
19 Power Requirement [Quantity (Kilo Volt Amps (KVA)); Source; Upload Copy of Agreement (Upload pdf only);
Standby Arrangement (Details of DG Sets); Stack Height (in m)
20 Land Ownership Pattern (Prior to the project proposal) in Ha [Forest land; Private land; Government Land; Revenue
land; Other Land; Total Land]
21 Present Land Use breakup in Ha [Agriculture Area; Waste/Barren Area; Grazing/ Community Area; Surface Water
bodies; Settlements; Industrial; Forest; Mangroves; Marine area; Others (Specify); and Total]
22 Land requirement for various activities (Multiple entries allowed) in Ha :
Description of Activity / Facility / Plant / Others Land requirement Remarks
Green belt
Total
- Activity / Facility / Plant / Others include: Main Plant, Township, Greenbelt, Ash pond, Quarry area, OB dump
Area, Safety zone, Tailing pond, Landfill, Water reservoir, De-salination plant, Area for solid waste management,
Built-up area, others
23 Ecological and Environmental Sensitivity (Within 10 Km) Auto fill from Form-1
a Upload NBWL recommendation in PDF if appliable
b. Details of Environmental Sensitivity Auto fill from Form-1
c. NoC / Permission from the competent authority if applicable (upload in PDF)
24 Whether any Forest Land involved (Yes/No)?
a If Yes, Forests Clearance Status (In-Principle(Stage-I) Approval Obtained / Final (Stage-II) Approval
Obtained / Forest Clearance Under Process(Stage-I) / Forest Clearance Under Process(Stage-II) /
Application for Forest Clearance yet to be Submitted)
b If In-Principle (Stage-I) Approval Obtained [MoEFCC file number; Date of In-Principle (Stage-I)
approval; Area diverted; and Upload FC Letter (Upload pdf only)]
c. If Final (Stage-II) Approval Obtained [) MoEFCC file number; Date of Final Approval; Area diverted;
and ) Upload FC Letter(Upload pdf only):
d If Forest Clearance under process (Stage-I) [MoEFCC file number; Area applied]
e If Forest Clearance under process (Stage-II) [MoEFCC file number; Area applied]
f. Legal Status of Forest Land (Reserved, Protected, Private, Village, Others- please specify)
25 Tree Cutting, if any [No. of Trees Cut for the Project (if Forestland not involved); and Details of Tree Cutting
and Planting of Trees (Upload pdf Only)
26 Land Acquisition Status [Acquired Land; Land yet to be acquired; Status of Land acquisition if not acquired]
27 Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R), if any [No. of Villages; No. of Households; No. of PDFs (Project
Displaced Families); No. of PAFs (Project Affected Families); Funds Allocated for R&R; Status of R&R
(Completed / In-progress / Yet to start)]
28 Whether there is Presence of Schedule-I Species (Yes/No)?:
a If yes, Details of Schedule-I Species; Details of conservation plan for Schedule-I Species [Upload
conservation plan (Upload only PDF); Fund Provision made; Period of Implementation]
b. Details of approval of conservation plan for Schedule-I Species by competent authority [Upload copy
of approval (Upload PDF Only); Letter Number; Date of issue; Recommendations if any]:
29 If Presence of Water Bodies in Core Area, :
a. If yes, Details of Water Bodies in Core Area:
b. If diversion is required: Details of diversion required; Details of study conducted
c. Details of permission obtained from competent authority: Letter No.; Date of issue; Recommendations
if any; and Upload copy of permission (Upload PDF Only).
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30 If the Presence of Water Bodies in Buffer Area: Details of Water Bodies in Buffer Area; Direction of Water
Bodies in Buffer Area (North / South / East / West / North East / North West / South East / South West);
Distance of Water Bodies in Buffer Area (kilo meters):
31 Manpower Requirement: Permanent/Temporary employment during construction / Operation; Total Manpower
32 Green Belt in Ha
a. In case of new projects: Total Area of Green Belt; Percentage of Total Project Area; No. of Plants to
be Planted; Funds Allocated for Plantation; Upload Green Belt Plan (Upload PDF Only):
b. In case of expansion / modernization / change in product mix etc.
i. Description Existing Proposed Total
Total Area of Green Belt
Percentage of Total Project
Area
No. of Plants
Funds Allocated
ii. Upload Green Belt Plan (Upload PDF Only)
33 Project Benefit (Multiple entry allowed)
Type of Project Benefits Details of Project Benefit
(Project benefits shall include environmental, social and others)

34 If the Project / Activity attracts the provisions of CRZ Notification
a CRZ Classification (CRZ I (A), CRZ I(B), CRZ II, CRZ III, CRZ IV (A), CRZ IV(B)); Location type(Non-
Eroding Coast, Low and Medium Eroding Coast, High Eroding Coast); Details of Mangroves Land Involved, if
any; Area of Mangroves Land (hectare)
b If EIA (Terrestrial) Studies were carried out: Summary Details of EIA (Terrestrial) Studies; Upload
Recommendation made in EIAs (Upload pdf only); Period of Study from (EIA Terrestrial); Period of Study to
EIA (Terrestrial) including reasons if not carried
c If EIA (Marine) Studies were carried out: Summary Details of EIA (Marine) Studies; Upload Recommendation
made in EIAs (Upload PDF only); Period of Study from (EIA Marine); Period of Study to EIA (Marine) including
reasons if not carried
d Disaster Management Plan/National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (if Applicable)
e Type of Project: (Resort/Buildings/civic amenities, Coastal Roads/Roads on Stilt, Pipelines from Thermal power
Blow Down, Marine Disposal of Treated Effluent, Facility for Storage of Goods/Chemicals, Offshore structures,
Desalination Plant, Mining of Rare Earth/Atomic Minerals, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lighthouse, Wind Mills,
Others)
f If Resort/Buildings/civic amenities: Agency Name for Preparing CRZ Maps; Total Area/Built-up Area (hectare);
Height of Structure; FSI Ratio; The governing Town Planning Rules/Regulations; Details of Provision of Car
Parking Area
g If Coastal Roads/Roads on stilt: Agency Name for Preparing CRZ Maps; Area of Land Reclamation; Estimated
Quantity of Muck/Earth for Reclamation; Carrying Capacity of Traffic
h If Pipelines from Thermal Power Blow Down: Agency Name for Preparing CRZ Maps; Length of Pipeline;
Length Traversing CRZ Area; Depth of Excavation; Width of Excavation; Length of Pipeline from Seashore to
Deep Sea; Depth of Outfall Point from Surface of Sea Water; Temperature of effluent above Ambient at Disposal
Point
i If Marine Disposal of Treated Effluent: Agency Name for Preparing CRZ Maps; Location of Intake/Outfall; Depth
of Outfall Point; Length of Pipeline; Length Traversing CRZ Area; Depth of Excavation; Width of Excavation;
Length of Pipeline from Seashore to Deep Sea/Creek; Depth of Outfall Point from Surface of Sea Water; Depth
of Water at Disposal Point; Type of Disposal
j If Facility for Storage of Goods/Chemicals: Agency Name for Preparing CRZ Maps; Name and Type of Chemical;
End use of the Chemical; No. of Tanks for Storage; Capacity of tanks
k If offshore structures: Agency Name for Preparing CRZ Maps; Exploration or Development; Depth of Sea Bed;
No. of Rigs/Platform; Details of Group Gathering Stations
l If Desalination Plant: Agency Name for Preparing CRZ Maps; Capacity of Desalination; Total Brine Generation;
Temperature of Effluent above Ambient at Disposal Point; Ambient Salinity; Disposal Point
m If Mining of Rare Earth/Atomic Minerals: Agency Name for Preparing CRZ Maps; Capacity of Mining;
Volume/Area to be mined; Type of Mineral to be Extracted; End use of the Mineral
n If Sewage Treatment Plants: Agency Name for Preparing CRZ Maps; Capacity; Total Area of Construction;
Compliance of effluent parameters as laid down by CPCB/SPCB/other authorized agency; If discharge is in sea
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water/creek (Distance of Marine Outfall Point from Shore/from the tidal river bank; Depth of Outfall Point from
Sea Water Surface; Depth of Sea at Outfall Point)
o If Lighthouse: Agency Name for Preparing CRZ Maps; Total Area of Construction; Height of the Structure
p If Wind Mill: Agency Name for Preparing CRZ Maps; Capacity (MW); Transmission Lines: (Overhead,
Underground); Diameter of Windmill; Length of Blade; Speed of Rotation; Height of the Structure
q If others: Agency Name for Preparing CRZ Maps; Please Specify with salient features; Upload relevant Document
(Upload pdf only)
r Distance of Project (In Meters) from LTL/HTL to be stated
i Clause of CRZ Notification Under which the Project is a Permissible/Regulated Activity
ii If CRZ Map Indicating HTL, LTL Demarcation in 1:4000 Scales Prepared: Distance of Project (in meters)
from HTL to be Stated & Upload Maps(kml File); Distance of Project(in meters) from LTL to be Stated &
Upload Maps(kml File)
iii If Project Layout Superimposed on CRZ Map 1:4000 Scales: upload kml file
iv If CRZ Map 1:25000 Covering 7 km Radius Around Project Site Prepared: upload kml file
v If CRZ Map Indicating CRZ-I,II,III and IV including other notified ESAs has been prepared: upload kml
file
vi If NOC from State Pollution Control Boards Obtained: Upload Copy of NOC (Upload pdf only)
s Details of Rain Water Harvesting System
t Recommendation of State Coastal Zone Management Authority: State the Conditions Imposed ; Social and
Environmental Issues and Mitigations Measures Suggested Including but not Limited to R&R, Water, Air,
Hazardous Wastes, Ecological aspects, etc. (Brief Details to be Provided); Upload Copy of CZMA (Upload pdf
Only)
35 Sector Specific Details
I In case of mining proposals:
a No. of Mineral to be Mined (Multiple Entries Allowed) :
Minerals To be Mined Major or Minor Mineral
b Mine Capacity in ROM (Run of Mine)

c Upload 500 meters Cluster Certificate from State Mines and Geology in case of minor minerals (Upload pdf
Only)
d Mining Plan: Approval Letter No.; Date of Approval; Upload Approved Letter (Upload pdf only); Approved
Mining Lease Area; Approved Capacity
e Technical Details: Total Geological Reserves (Million Ton); Mineable Reserves (Million Ton); Extractable
Reserves(Million Ton); Percent of Extraction(%);Grade of Coal /Ore /Mineral; Stripping Ratio; Category of
Gaseousness (Only for Coal Mining, Others may write Not applicable); Average Gradient(Degree); Maximum
Thickness of Seams(meters) (Only for Coal Mining, Others may write Not applicable); Mining Method
(Opencast / Underground /Mixed(Opencast + Underground) /Adit; Life of Mine (Years)
f Details of beneficiation (including crushing / screening/others): If proposed to install crusher within the mining
lease area: No. of crushers and Details of crusher (Multiple entries allowed)
Crusher ID Capacity (in TPH) Remarks
g If proposed to install beneficiation plant / Coal washery within the mining lease area: Beneficiation / washing
Technology; Capacity
h Details of Seams if applicable: No. of seams; Thickness of seams to be worked on; Maximum Thickness of
Seams(meters)
i Details of Mining Lease: Upload Letter of Intent (Upload pdf only); Date of Execution of Mining Lease with
Reference Number ; Validity of Mining Lease; Upload Copy of Executed Lease deed valid as on Date (Upload
pdf only)
j OB (Over Burden) Management (Only if Mining Method: Opencast)
i Details of External Dumps: No. of OB Dumps; Total Area (in Hectare); Height (in meter); Quantity (in
Million Cubic meter); No. of year back fill up
ii Details of Internal Dump: No. of OB Dumps; Total Area (in Hectare); Height (in meter); Quantity (in
k Details of Topsoil Management: Quantity of Topsoil excavated during the entire life of the mine (in Million
Cubic meter); Quantity of Topsoil proposed for utilization for reclamation during the entire life of the mine (in
Million Cubic meter); Quantity of Topsoil proposed for utilization for other activities during the entire life of
the mine (in Million Cubic meter)
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l Detail of Final Mine Void(Only if Mining Method: Opencast): Area (in Hectare); Depth (in meter); Volume (in
m Details of Quarry(Only if Mining Method: Opencast): Final Void of (hectare); At a Depth of (meter which is
proposed to be converted into a Water Body.); Total Quarry Area (ha)
n Details of Transportation: In Pit/Underground to Surface; Surface to Siding/Loading; Transportation / Conveyor
Details
o Details of Land Usage (Pre-Mining)
Land Use Within ML Area (ha) Outside ML Area (ha) Total
Agriculture Land
Forest Land
Waste Land
Grazing Land
Surface Water Bodies
Settlements
Others(Specify)
p Details of Land Usage (Post-Mining)
Land Use Plantation Water Body Public Use Others
Excavation / quarry
Top Soil Storage
External OB dumps
Internal OB dumps
Roads
Built Up Area (Colony/Office)
Green Belt
Virgin Area
Other
Total
q Details of Reclamation(Only if Mining Method: Opencast)Total Afforestation Plan shall be Implemented
Covering of Mining. This will include: External OB Dump(in hectare); Internal Dump(in hectare); Quarry(in
hectare); Safety Zone(in hectare); Final Void of (hectare); At a Depth of (meter which is proposed to be
converted into a Water Body.); Density of Tree Plantation per ha (in no.); Others in ha (such as Excavation Area
along ML Boundary, along Roads and Infrastructure, Embankment Area and in Township Located outside the
Lease etc.); and Total afforestation plant (in hectare)
r Status of Progressive Mining Closure Plan (For Expansion Projects only): Implementation of Various Activities
as per Approved Progressive Mine Closure Plan(in Bar Chart) (pdf) (Upload pdf only); Any Deviation from the
Approved Progressive Mine Closure Plan; Total Area Excavated(in hectare); Total Area Backfilled after
Excavation(in hectare); Total Area Reclaimed (in hectare)
s Actual Coal/Ore Productionvis-a-vissanctioned capacity Since inception (Multiple Entries
Allowed)
Financial Sanctioned Capacity Sanctioned Sanctioned capacity Actual Excess Production Beyond the
Year as per EC (MTPA) capacity as as per approved Productio EC / CTO / Mining Plan
per CTO Mining Plan n Sanctioned Capacity (MTPA)
II In case of proposal is for Thermal Project (including captive power plant and Waste Heat Recovery Plant)
a Specifications of the Plant: Technology proposed (Supercritical, Sub-Critical, CFBC, AFBC, PFBC, IGCC,
Incineration, Pyrolysis, Gasification, Bio-methanation, Others); Plant Load Factor (%);Steam Rate/Flow Rate;
Boiler Temperature; Boiler Pressure; Type of Stack (Single flue / Bi-flue / Tri-Flue); No. of Stacks
Stack ID Stack height Stack Diameter at Exit velocity of Exit temperature of
(m) exit (m) stack gas (m/s) stack gas (°C)
b Details of fuel linkage (please specify if multiple linkages are involved): Type of linkage (Linkage / Fuel Supply
Agreement / e-auction / MoU / LOA / Captive / Open market / Others); Quantity of linkage granted; Date of
Linkage; Duration of linkage
c Details of Transportation of fuel
Details / Mode Distance (km) Quantity (TPA)
Rail
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Road
Pipeline
Conveyor
Other mode (Please specify)
d Details of Fuel Characteristics: Gross Calorific Value (Kcal/Kg); Ash content (%);Sulphur Content (%);
Moisture (%);Mercury (mg/kg); Fixed Carbon (%);Volatile Matter (%)
e Details of Cooling system: Type of cooling system: Air cooled/Water cooled; Type of draft: Natural
draft/Forced draft; Type of air circulation: Parallel flow/ Counter flow; Cycles of Cooling (COC): Water
requirement for cooling (m3/day); Boiler blow down temperature
III In case of proposal is for River Valley & Hydroelectric Project
a Sub Sector: (Multipurpose Project / Hydroelectric Project / Irrigation project)
b Name of the River:
c If Cumulative Impact Assessment and Carrying Capacity Study of River Basin Carried Out: Status of
Cumulative Impact Assessment and Carrying Capacity Study of River Basin; If Recommended, Details of
Cumulative Impact Assessment and Carrying Capacity Study of River Basin and Upload Relevant Document
(Upload pdf only)
c Type of Project: (Construction of Dam Barrage / Run of the River / Lift Irrigation Scheme)
d Dam Height (meter) and Dam Length if applicable
e Total Submergence Area (hectare); Details of Gross Command Area (GCA) (hectare); Details of Irrigable
Command Area (ICA) (hectare); Details of Culturable Command Area (CCA) (hectare); Total Command
Area (hectare)
f Powerhouse Installed Capacity: Type of Powerhouse: (Underground / Surface); Capacity (megawatts); No. of
Tunnels; No. of Units; Bank of River: (Left /Right / Both)
g Generation of Electricity Annually: Quantity of Generation of Electricity Annually (in Giga Watt
Hours(GWh)); Machine Availability (%);Cost of Electricity Generation (in INR); Internal Rate of Return
(%);Year of achievement of Internal Rate of Return; Water availability at various percentages
Percentage Water availability (Cusecs) Dependable year Remarks
At 50%
At 75%
At 90%
h Catchment Area Treatment Plan (Upload PDF)
i Muck Management Plan: Upload Muck Management Plan in PDF; Total Excavation Muck (Cubic Meter);
Utilized for Construction (Cubic Meter); No. of Muck Disposal sites; Total Muck Disposal Area (Ha)
j Fishery Development and Management Plan: Upload Fishery Development and Management Plan in PDF; No.
of Fingerlings; No. of Fish Species; Name of the umbrella Fish Species (Scientific Name)
k Status of Environmental Flow
Season Average Inflow (in Million Cubic Meter) Percent of Flow
Lean
Non-Lean
Monsoon
Non-Monsoon
l Free Flow Stretch(km)
m Approval of Central Water Commission: Approval Reference No.; Date of Approval; Upload Copy of Approval
(Upload pdf only)
o Approval of Central Electricity Authority: Approval Reference No.; Date of Approval; Upload Copy of
Approval (Upload pdf only)
p Details of Coffer Dam (upstream) if applicable: Quantity of the material (m3); Length of the dam (m); Quantity
of muck to be used (m3); Quantity of borrow material to be used (m3); Decommissioning plan (upload in PDF)
q Details of Coffer Dam (downstream) if applicable: Quantity of the material (m3); Length of the dam (m);
Quantity of muck to be used (m3); Quantity of borrow material to be used (m3); Decommissioning plan (upload
in PDF)
IV In case of the proposal is Infrastructure projects or activity
a Details of Building Construction: Maximum Height of the Building (Meters); Total No. of Flats to be Build;
No. of Buildings; Total plot area (sqm); Total built up area (sqm)
b Foreshore Facilities and/or Marine Disposal, if applicable: Details thereof
c If Project Involves Foreshore Activities and/or marine Disposal: Type of Cargo; Quantity of Cargo; Control
Measures of Cargo; Dust Control Measures; Quantum; Quantity of Dredging (Cubic meter per day); Type of
Dredging (Capital, Maintenance); Disposal of Dredge Material; Details of Outfall Diffusers; No. of Dilution
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Expected; Distance at which the outlet will Reach Ambient Parameters; Details of Monitoring at outfall; Upload
Shoreline Study (Upload pdf only); Copy of NoC from PCB in case of Marine Disposal(Upload pdf only)
d Rain Water Harvesting: No. of Storage; Capacity; No. of Recharge Pits; Capacity
e Parking: Details of 4-Wheeler/ 2-Wheeler Parking
f Energy Saving Measures: Source/Mode; Percentage; Quantity
g Other Details: Details of impact on Water Bodies and Drainage patters of catchment area, if any; Details of
Traffic Density Impact Assessment and Modelling Study(Upload pdf Only); In case of Underground Tunnel
projects below the Forest Land – Subsidence Impact Study report(Upload pdf Only)
h Type of Industries to be established with Industrial Estate as per their category A/B
Sl. No Type of Industry No. of Units Category A/B
i Length of the alignment in case of highway projects

j Details Bridges/ROB/Interchanges, Flyovers, Vehicle Underpass and Pedestrian Underpass (in case of Highway
Projects): Total No. of Bridges; Total No. of ROB; Total No. of Interchanges; Total No. of Flyovers; Total
No. of Vehicle Underpass; Total No of Pedestrian Underpass; Details of other utilities rail and road corridors
36 Details of Court Cases if any (any Court Cases pending against the project and/or land in which the project is proposed
to be set up): Name of the Court; Case No.; Orders/Directions of the court,if any and its relevance with the proposed
project; Case Details; Upload Court Order if any (Upload pdf Only)
37 Details of direction issued under Environment (Protection) Act / Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution)) Act / Water
(Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, if any: Details of directions issued: Upload copy of directions; Compliance
status of the directions
38 Details of EIA Consultant: Accreditation No.; Name of the EIA Consultant; Address; Contact No.; E-mail Id; Category
of Accreditation (Eligible for Category A / Eligible for Category B); Sector of Accreditation; Validity of Accreditation;
Upload Certificate of Accreditation certified by QCI/NABET (Upload pdf Only)
I If Project Type is New / Expansion / Modernization / one-time capacity expansion for coal mining:
a. Upload Copy of EIA/EMP Report
b. Upload Copy of Risk Assessment Report
c. Upload Copy of Feasibility Report/ Detailed Project Report(DPR) /Detailed Engineering Report
/Detailed Conceptual Plan / Approved Mining Plan (in case of Mining proposals) (Upload pdf
only)
d. Upload Copy of Final Layout Plan (Upload pdf only)
e. Upload Cover Letter duly signed by the project proponent or authorized person (Upload pdf
only)
f. Upload a copy of authorization duly signed by the project proponent in support of the person
g. Upload copy of District Survey Report (for mining of minor minerals only)
Upload copy of Replenishment Study Report & Baseline Survey data (for river sand mining
proposals only)
g. Upload Additional File, if any (Upload pdf only)
II If Project Type is other than New / Expansion / Modernization / one-time capacity expansion for coal
mining: -
a. Upload Copy of Feasibility Report/ Detailed Project Report(DPR) /Detailed Engineering Report
/Detailed Conceptual Plan (Upload pdf only)
b. Upload Copy of Final Layout Plan (Upload pdf only)
c. Upload Cover Letter(Upload pdf only and attach it as Annexure-document of Cover letter)
d. Upload a copy of documents in support of the competence/authority of the person making this
application to make application on behalf of the User Agency(Upload pdf only and attach it as
Annexure-authorization)
e. Upload Additional File, if any(Upload pdf only)
f. Upload Updated Form1(Upload pdf only)
40 Undertaking: I hereby give undertaking that the data and information given in the application and enclosures are true
to be best of my knowledge and belief and I am aware that if any part of the data and information found to be false or
misleading at any stage, the project will be rejected and clearance given, if any to the project will be revoked at our
risk and cost. In addition to above, I hereby give undertaking that no activity / construction / expansion has since been
taken up
Name; Designation; Company; and Address:
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APPENDIX-V
(See paragraph 6)
FORM-3
APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT IN TOR / ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE
1 Details of Project : Name of the Project (s); Name of the Company / Organisation; Registered Address; Legal Status
of the Company; If Joint Venture involved give details
(i) No. of JV Partners (Multiple Entries Allowed) :
2 Address for the correspondence: Name of the applicant; Designation (Owner / Partner / CEO); Address; Pin code; e-
mail; Telephone No.; Fax No.
3 Category of the Project/Activity : Project / Activity [Item number as per the schedule]; Category (A/B1/B2); If
application made at Central Level, please give reason
4 Location of the Project: Plot / Survey / Khasra No.; Village; Tehsil; District; State; Pin Code; Bounded Latitudes-
North(From & To); Bounded Longitudes-East(From & To); Survey of India Topo Sheet No.
5 Application is for Amendment in ToR / Environmental Clearance
I In case of Amendment in ToR
A Details of Terms of Reference
a. Date of issue of ToR :
b MoEF&CC / SEIAA File No.
c Upload ToR letter (PDF Only)
B Details of Product
Product / Activity Quantity Quantity Unit Mode of Transport / Transmission
(Capacity/Area) As per approved proposed of Product
ToR
C Details of Configuration (Multiple Entries Allowed)
Plant / Equipment / Existing Proposed Final configuration Remarks if
Facility Configuration Configuration after amendment any
D Reasons for the amendment in ToRs

E Any Other Amendment required
Reference of Description as per approved Description as per Remarks
approved ToR ToR proposal
F Documents to be attached
a. Upload Copy of revised Form-1
b. Upload revised pre-feasibility report
c. Upload Cover Letter duly signed by the project proponent or authorized person (Upload pdf
only)
e. Upload Additional File, if any (Upload pdf only)
II In case of Amendment in Environmental Clearance
A Details of Environmental Clearance
a. Date of issue of Environmental Clearance :
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c Upload EC letter (PDF Only)

B Details of Consent to Operate
(i) Whether Consent to operate obtained (Yes/No)?
If yes,
(ii) Upload Copies of all Consent to operate obtained since inception (Upload pdf only)
(iii) Date of issue
(iv) Valid up to
(v) File No.
(vi) Application No.
(vii) Upload Copy of Consent to operate valid as on date (Upload pdf only)
C Amendment sought for: amendment in configuration / Amendments in clearance condition/ other
(Specify)
D Details of Product (as per the approved EC)

Product/Activity Quantity Unit Mode of Transport / Transmission
(Capacity/Area) of Product
E Details of Configuration (Multiple Entries Allowed)
F Reasons for amendment

G Any other amendment required
approved EC EC proposal
H Documents to be attached
a. Upload addendum to EIA/EMP Report
b. Upload Copy of revised - Feasibility Report/ Detailed Project Report(DPR) /Detailed
Engineering Report /Detailed Conceptual Plan / Approved Mining Plan (in case of Mining
proposals) (Upload pdf only)
c. Upload Copy of Final Layout Plan (Upload pdf only)
d. Upload Cover Letter duly signed by the project proponent or authorized person (Upload pdf
only)
e. Upload a copy of authorization duly signed by the project proponent in support of the person
f. Upload Additional File, if any (Upload pdf only)
III In case of Validity extension of Terms of Reference
A Details of Terms of Reference
a. Date of issue of ToR :
c Upload ToR letter (PDF Only)
B Reason for seeking extension of validity of the ToR
Upload supporting documents if any (PDF only)
C Whether baseline data was collected (Yes/No)
If yes
Period of baseline data collection
D Whether EIA/EMP was prepared based on the ToR (Yes/No)
If yes
When was the EIA/EMP prepared?
E Whether Public Hearing was conducted? (Yes/No)
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If yes
a. Date of Advertisement of Public Hearing
b. Copy of advertisement in English (Upload PDF only) :
c. Whether Public hearing was presided over by an officer of the rank of Additional District :
Magistrate or above (Yes/No)?
If yes
d. Designation of Presiding Officer (District Magistrate / District Collector / Deputy Commissioner
/ others - please specify)
e. Copy of duly signed Proceedings of Public Hearing (Upload pdf only) :
f. Date of Public Hearing :
g. Venue of Public Hearing: :
Village
Tehsil
District
State
h. Distance of Public Hearing Venue from the Proposed Project (km) :
i. No. of people attended :
j. If the multiple public hearings conducted
Pl give the details of each PH as per (a) to (i) above
F Any amendment in the ToR is needed?
If Yes
a. Details of Configuration (Multiple Entries Allowed)
b. Details of production
Product/Activity Quantity From Quantity To Unit Mode of Transport /
(Capacity/Area) Transmission of
Product
c. Any Other Amendment required
approved ToR ToR proposal
G Documents to be attached
a. Upload Copy of revised Form-1(in case of amendment in ToR also required)
b. Upload revised pre-feasibility report (in case of amendment in ToR also required)
c. Upload Cover Letter duly signed by the project proponent or authorized person (Upload pdf
only)
e. Upload Additional File, if any (Upload pdf only)
IV In case of validity extension of environmental clearance
A Details of Environmental Clearance
B Details of Consent to Establishment
(i) Whether Consent to operateEstablishment obtained (Yes/No)?
If yes,
(ii) Upload copy of consent to establishment (Upload pdf only)
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(iii) Date of issue

(iv) Valid up to
(v) File No.
(vii) Upload Copy of Consent to operate valid as on date (Upload pdf only)
C Whether amendment in environmental clearance is also sought for? (Yes/No)
If yes
Amendment in configuration / clearance condition/ other (Specify)
D Details of Product (as per the approved EC)

Product/Activity Quantity Unit Mode of Transport / Transmission
(Capacity/Area) of Product
E If amendment in configuration if any
Details of amendment in configuration sought(Multiple Entries Allowed)
F Any other amendment required

approved EC EC proposal
G Reason for seeking extension of validity of the Environmental Clearance :

Upload substantiating the reasons of the delay in implementation (PDF only)
H. Progress of implementation of the project/facilities/activity for which environmental clearance was
granted (Physical progress)
I. Schedule of completion of the balance activity/project
Upload bar chart of schedule of implementation (PDF only)
J Documents to be attached
a. Upload addendum to EIA/EMP Report (in case of amendment in environmental clearance also
sought)
b. Upload Copy of revised - Feasibility Report/ Detailed Project Report(DPR) /Detailed
Engineering Report /Detailed Conceptual Plan / Approved Mining Plan (in case of Mining
proposals) (in case of amendment in environmental clearance also sought)(Upload pdf only)
c. Upload Copy of Final Layout Plan (Upload pdf only)(in case of amendment in environmental
clearance also sought)
only)
5 Details of EIA Consultant: Accreditation No.; Name of the EIA Consultant; Address; Contact No.; E-mail Id; Category
of Accreditation (Eligible for Category A / Eligible for Category B); Sector of Accreditation; Validity of Accreditation;
Upload Certificate of Accreditation certified by QCI/NABET (Upload pdf Only)
J I hereby give undertaking that the data and information given in the application and enclosures are true to be best of my
knowledge and belief and I am aware that if any part of the data and information found to be false or misleading at any
stage,the project will be rejected and clearance given,if any to the project will be revoked at our risk and cost. In addition
to above,I hereby give undertaking that no activity / construction / expansion has since been taken up
Name; Designation; Company; and Address
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APPENDIX-IX
(See paragraph 6 and 11)
FORM-4
APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE
1 Name of the Project (s)
2 Details of Earlier Project Proponent (Multiple entries allowed in case of amalgamation of activities involved)
a. Name of the Company / Organisation :
b. Registered Address :
c. Legal Status of the Company :
d. Joint Venture (Yes/No) :
e. If Yes, :
(i) No. of JV Partners (Multiple Entries Allowed)
3 Details of New Project Proponent (Multiple entries allowed in case of splitting of activities involved)
a. Name of the Company / Organisation :
b. Registered Address :
c. Legal Status of the Company :
d. Joint Venture (Yes/No) :
e. If Yes, :
(i) No. of JV Partners (Multiple Entries Allowed)
4 Address for the correspondence (Multiple entries allowed in case of splitting of activities involved)
a Name of the applicant :
b Designation (Owner / Partner / CEO) :
c. Address
d Pin code
e e-mail
f. Telephone No.
g. Fax No.
5 Category of the Project/Activity as per Schedule of EIA Notification,2006
a. Project / Activity [Item under schedule]
b. Category (A/B1/B2) :
6 Details of Environmental Clearance
7 Details of Consent to Establishment
(i) Whether Consent to Establishment obtained (Yes/No)?
If yes,
(ii) Upload copy of Consent to Establishment obtained (Upload pdf only)
(iii) Date of issue
(iv) Valid up to
(v) File No.
(vii) Upload Copy of Consent to operate valid as on date if any (Upload pdf only)
7 Status of Implementation of the project (In case of EC: physical progress made on the
project/facilities/activities for which environmental clearance was granted) – Upload details
8 In case of the splitting of environmental clearance involved
a Proposed splitting of the project faculties/activities
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Facility / activity Facility / activity Facility / activity granted Facility / activity granted
granted granted environmental environmental clearance environmental clearance
environmental clearance proposed to proposed to transfer to “Y” proposed to transfer to “Z”
clearance along transfer to “X” along along with configuration along with configuration
with configuration with configuration and and capacity and capacity
and capacity capacity
b Proposed splitting of the prior environmental terms and conditions

Environmental terms and conditions Transferee X Transferee Y Transferee Z
9 In case of amalgamation of prior environmental clearances involved

a Proposed amalgamation of the faculties/activities
Facility / activity granted Facility / activity granted Facility / activity Facilities /
environmental clearance environmental clearance along granted activities after
along with configuration with configuration and environmental merger
and capacity to project-1 capacity to project-2 clearance along with
configuration and
capacity to project-3
b Proposed amalgamation of the environmental terms and conditions

Environmental Environmental Environmental Proposed
terms and terms and terms and Environmental
conditions conditions conditions terms and
prescribed for prescribed for prescribed for conditions after
project-1 project-2 project-3 merger
a. Upload No Objection from the transferor
b. Upload undertaking by transferee stating regarding acceptance of the terms and conditions
under which the prior environmental clearance was granted.
c. Upload Copy of Transfer of the firm from competent authority
only)
8 Undertaking
a. I hereby give undertaking that the data and information given in the application and enclosures are true to be
best of my knowledge and belief and I am aware that if any part of the data and information found to be false
or misleading at any stage,the project will be rejected and clearance given,if any to the project will be revoked
at our risk and cost. In addition to above,I hereby give undertaking that no activity / construction / expansion
has since been taken up
b. Name :
c. Designation :
d. Company :
e. Address :
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APPENDIX-XIII
(See paragraph 7)
GENERIC STRUCTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSENT DOCUMENT
S. EIA Structure Contents

No
1. Introduction • Purpose of the report
• Identification of project & project proponent
• Brief description of nature, size, location of the project
• Importance of project to the country, region
• Brief history of the project including earlier environmental clearance / consent, in case
of the expansion / modernization / change in product mix / change in process
• Scope of the study – details of regulatory scoping carried out (As per Terms of
Reference)
2. Project • Condensed description of those aspects of the project (based on project feasibility
Description study), likely to cause environmental effects. Details should be provided to give clear
picture of the following:
• Type of project
• Need for the project
• Location (maps showing general location, specific location, project boundary &
project site layout)
• Size or magnitude of operation (incl. Associated activities required by or for the
project
• Proposed schedule for approval and implementation
• Technology and process description
• Project description. Including drawings showing project layout, components of project
etc. Schematic representations of the feasibility drawings which give information
important for EIA purpose
• Description of mitigation measures incorporated into the project to meet
environmental standards, environmental operating conditions, or other EIA
requirements (as required by the scope)
• Assessment of New & untested technology for the risk of technological failure
4 Description of • Study area, period, components & methodology
the Environment • Establishment of baseline for valued environmental components, as identified in the
scope
• Summary of the baseline data
• Base maps of all environmental components
5 Anticipated • Details of Investigated Environmental impacts due to project location, possible
Environmental accidents, project design, project construction, regular operations, final
Impacts & decommissioning or rehabilitation of a completed project
Mitigation • Measures for minimizing and / or offsetting adverse impacts identified
Measures • Irreversible and Irretrievable commitments of environmental components
• Assessment of significance of impacts (Criteria for determining significance,
Assigning significance)
• Mitigation measures
.3 Analysis of • In case, the scoping exercise results in need for alternatives:
Alternatives • Description of each alternative
(Technology • Summary of adverse impacts of each alternative
& Site) • Mitigation measures proposed for each alternative and
• Selection of alternative
6. Environmental • Technical aspects of monitoring the effectiveness of mitigation measures (incl.

Monitoring Measurement methodologies, frequency, location, data analysis, reporting schedules,
Program emergency procedures, detailed budget & procurement schedules)
7. Additional • Details of Public Consultation including notice of public hearing, supervision,
Studies presiding over of the hearing, responses received in writing from persons having a
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plausible stake in the environmental aspects of the project or activity, proceedings,

and commitments of the project proponents on the issues raised during the public
consultation along with time bound action plan
• Risk and Hazards identification, assessment and management supported by
emergency preparedness plan and disaster management plan.
• Social Impact Assessment and Management.
• R&R Action Plans
8. Project Benefits • Improvements in the physical infrastructure

• Improvements in the social infrastructure
• Corporate Environment Responsibility
• Employment potential –skilled; semi-skilled and unskilled
• Other tangible benefits
9. Environmental If recommended at the Scoping stage
Cost Benefit
Analysis
10. EMP • Description of the administrative aspects of ensuring that mitigative measures are
implemented and their effectiveness monitored, after approval of the EIA/EMP
• Company environmental policy duly approved by the Top Management
• Organization structure of environment management department / cell
• Mechanism of reporting of non-compliances/infringements if any to the board of
directors, periodicity of the reporting, SoP for closure of non-compliances
11 Summary & • Project Description

Conclusion • Description of the Environment
(This will • Anticipated Environmental impacts and mitigation measures
constitute the • Environmental Monitoring Programme
summary of the • Additional Studies
EIA Reportand • Project Benefits
same can be used • Environment Management Plan
for Executive
• Overall justification for implementation of the project
Summary )
• Explanation of how, adverse effects have been mitigated
12. Disclosure of • The names of the Consultants engaged with their brief resume and nature of
Consultants Consultancy rendered
engaged • Details of Accreditation
• Details of Coordinator and Functional Area Experts involved in preparation of EMP
***
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APPENDIX-XIIIA
(See paragraph 7)
GENERIC STRUCTURE OF PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT DOCUMENT
S. PFR Structure Contents

No
1. Executive summary
•
2. Introduction of the • Identification of the project and project proponent. In case of mining project,
project/ Background a copy of mining lease/ letter of intent should be given.
information • Brief description of nature of the project.
• Need for the project and its importance to the country and or region.
• Demand-Supply Gap.
• Imports vs. Indigenous production.
• Export possibility.
• Domestic/ export markets.
• Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) due to the project
3 Project Description • Type of project including interlinked and interdependent projects, if any.
• Location (map showing general location, specific location, and project
boundary & project site layout) with coordinates.
• Details of alternative sites and the basis of selecting the proposed site,
particularly the environmental considerations gone into should be
highlighted.
• Size or magnitude of operation.
• Project description with process details (a schematic diagram/ flow chart
showing the project layout, components of the project etc. should be given).
• Raw materials required along with estimated quantity, likely source,
marketing area of financial product/s, Mode of transport of raw Material and
Finished Product.
• Resourcing optimization/ recycling and refuse envisaged in the project, if any,
should be briefly outlined.
• Availability of water source, Energy/ power requirement and source should
be given.
• Quantity of wastes should be generated(liquid and solid) and scheme for their
Management / disposal.
• Schematic representations of the feasibility drawing which give information
of EIA purpose
4 Site Analysis • Connectivity.
• Land Form, Land use and Land ownership.
• Topography (along with map).
• Existing land use pattern (agriculture, non-agriculture, forest, water bodies
(including area under CRZ) ), shortest distances from the periphery of the
project to periphery of the forests, eco sensitive areas, water bodies ( distance
from the HFL of the river), CRZ. In case of notified Industrial area, a copy of
the Gazette notification should be given.
• Existing Infrastructure.
• Soil classification.
• Climatic data from secondary sources.
• Social Infrastructure available
5 Planning Brief • Planning concept (type of industries, facilities, transportation etc) Town and
Country.
• Population Projection.
• Land use planning (break up along green belt etc).
• Assessment of infrastructure Demand (physical & social).
• Amenities/Facilities
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6. Proposed • Industrial Area (Processing Area).

Infrastructure • Residential Area (Non-Processing Area).
• Green Belt.
• Social Infrastructure.
• Connectivity (Traffic and Transport Road/ Rail, metro, water ways, etc).
• Drinking Water Management.
• Industrial Waste Management.
• Solid Waste Management.
• Power Requirement and Supply/ source
7. Rehabilitation and • Policy to be adopted s(Central/State) in respect of this project affected
Resettlement (R&R) including home oustees, land oustees and landless labourers(a brief outline
Plan to be given)
8. Project Schedule & • Likely date and start of construction and likely date of completion (Time
Cost Estimates schedule for the project should be given).
• Estimated project cost along with analysis in terms of economic viability of
the project
10. Analysis of proposal • Financial and social benefits with special emphasis on the benefit to the local
(Final people including tribal population, if any, in the area
Recommendations)
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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

New Delhi, the -----, 2019

Any person interested in making any objections or suggestions on the proposal

Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment

Environmental Impact Assessment Authority; rationalization on regulation of the projects or

1. Short title and commencement-

i. This notification may be called the Environmental Impact Assessment Notification,

2. Application of the notification-

3. Definitions – In this notification, unless the context otherwise require:

(14) “State level Expert Appraisal Committee” (SEAC) is a committee of experts

(15) “Union Territory level Expert Appraisal Committee” (UTEAC) is a committee of

(17) “Union Territory level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (UTEIAA) is

(18) “Form” means forms appended to this notification;

(29) “Schedule” means Schedule appended to this notification;

a. completion of all construction activities in case of construction projects (item 8

b. completion of all installation of plant and machinery including commencement

c. the date of validity of mining lease in case of mining projects/ activity;

4. Requirements of prior Environmental Clearance (EC):-

5. Categorization of projects and activities: -

6. Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC):-

(b) Age: Below 70 years as on date of nomination.

(c) Experience: 15 years of experience in the relevant fields given below:

(i) Environment Quality: Experts in measurement, monitoring, analysis and

(ii) Sectoral Project Management: Experts in Project Management or

(iii) Environmental Impact Assessment Process: Experts in conducting and

(iv) Risk Assessment

(vi) Environmental Economics with experience in project appraisal

(vii) Pollution prevention and mitigation

(viii) Public Administration or Management covering various developmental

(ix) Environmental laws

(3) The Chairman/Chairperson shall be an eminent person having experience in

(5) The maximum tenure of a Member, including Chairman/Chairperson, shall be for 2

7. State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) or Union Territory

(1) The SEIAA or UTEIAA shall comprise of three Members including a

(2) The Chairman/Chairperson shall be an eminent person having experience in

8. State or Union Territory Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC or UTEAC):-

9. Standing Expert Committee

(2) The standing committee shall undertake categorization or re-categorization of projects

10. Stages in the Prior Environmental Clearance (EC) Process:-The environmental

Stage (1): Scoping

Stage (2): Preparation of Environmental Impact Assessment Report

Stage (3): Public Consultation

Stage (4): Appraisal

Stage (5): Grant or Rejection of prior environmental clearance

11. Process of application for prior environmental clearance:

hearing proceedings, In-principle

(3) The above Standard Terms of References, on online, on acceptance of application

(c) All expansion proposals of existing projects having earlier environmental

13. Preparation of Environmental Impact Assessment Report:-

(9) In case of integrated and inter-liked projects or activities having multi-sectoral

14. Public Consultation:

Provided, the public consultation is exempted for the following:-

a. modernization of irrigation projects (item 1(c) (ii)of the Schedule).

c. One time capacity expansion of mining projects up to 40% of the existing

d. all projects or activities under item 8 of the schedule.

e. all Category ‘B2’ projects and activities.

f. all projects or activities concerning national defence and security or involving

g. all linear projects such as Highways or Expressways, Pipelines, etc., in border

Provided such increase in production capacity shall-

a) Achieved through de-bottlenecking or capacity utilization or quality input or increase in

b) One time capacity increase; and

c) Such proposals include change in product-mix, change in quantities within products or