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I
NTRODUCTI
ON:Cl
ass
ifi
cat
ionofPol
lut
iona
ndPol
lut
ant
s–Evol
uti
onof
EI
A(Gl
oba
landI
ndi
anSc
ena
rio)
-El
eme
ntsofEI
A ––Sc
ree
ning–
Sc
opi
ng-Publ
icCons
ult
at
ion-Envi
ronme
nta
lCl
ear
anc
epr
oce
ssi
nIndi
a-
Ke
yEl
eme
ntsi
n2006EI
A(Govt
.ofI
ndi
a)Not
if
ica
ti
on

1.
1ENVI
RONMENTALPOLLUTI
ON

I
nor
dert
ome
ett
heba
sicne
edsofi
ncr
eas
edpopul
at
ion,t
hepr
ese
nts
oci
et
yha
sunde
rta
kena
s
eri
esofs
tepsl
iker
api
dindus
¬tr
ial
is
ati
on,unpl
anne
dur
bani
zat
ion,de
for
est
at
ion,ove
r
e
xpl
oi¬t
at
ionofna
tur
alr
esour
cese
tc.The
sepr
oce
sse
sar
ere
lea
singava
rie
tyofe
xtr
ane
ous
ma
ter
ial
sande
ner
gyi
ntoe
nvi
ronme
nti
nac
ont
inuousa
nduni
nte
rrupt
edma
nne
r.Suc
ha
di
spos
alwhi
chbe
come
sgr
eat
ert
hant
het
hre
shol
dconc
ent
rat
ionofapa
rti
cul
ars
ubs
tanc
e
r
ende
rst
hee
nvi
ronme
ntpa
rti
al
lyorf
ull
yunf
avour
¬abl
efort
hel
ivi
ngwor
ld.Thi
sisr
efe
rre
d
a
senvi
ronme
nta
lPol
lut
ion
.

Pol
lut
ionma
ybede
¬fi
neda
s,“
anunde
sir
abl
echa
ngei
nphys
ica
l,c
hemi
cala
ndbi
o¬l
ogi
cal
c
har
act
eri
st
ic
sofwa
ter
,ai
rands
oilt
hatma
yha
rmf
ull
yaf
fec
thuma
n,a
nima
landpl
antl
if
e,
i
ndus
tri
alpr
ogr
ess
,li
vingc
on¬di
ti
onsa
ndc
ult
ura
las
set
s.
”Thet
erm pol
lut
ioni
sde
rive
d
f
romt
heLa
ti
nwor
dPol
lut
ione
umwhi
chme
anst
ode
fil
eorma
kedi
rt
y

Ac
cor
dingt
ona
ti
ona
lEnvi
ronme
nta
lRe
sea
rchCounc
il(
1976)
,“Pol
lut
ioni
svi
ewe
dast
he
r
ele
aseofs
ubs
tanc
esa
nde
ner
gya
swa
stepr
od¬uc
tsofhuma
nac
ti
vit
ie
swhi
chr
esul
tin
ha
rmf
ulc
hang
eswi
thi
nthena
tur
ale
nvi
ronme
nt”
.

Apol
lut
antma
ybede
fine
das
,“a
nyt
hing,l
ivi
ngornon-
li
vingora
nyphys
ica
lage
nt(
e.g.he
at,
s
ounde
tc.
),t
hati
nit
sexc
essma
kesa
nypa
rtoft
hee
nvi
ronme
ntunde
sir
abl
e.Thepol
lut
ed
wa
teri
sunde
sir
abl
efordr
inki
ng,r
ecr
eat
ion,vi
sua
lenj
oyme
ntora
saha
bit
atf
ort
hea
qua
ti
c
l
if
enor
malt
oit
.

1.
1.1Cl
ass
ifi
cat
ionofPol
lut
ion:

Pol
lut
ioni
sma
det
ocl
ass
ifyi
ntot
wobr
oadc
at¬e
gor
ies
:

1.Na
tur
alPol
lut
ion:

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I
tor
igi
nat
esf
romt
hena
tur
alpr
oce
ss.

2.Ar
ti
fi
cia
lPol
lut
ion:

I
tor
igi
nat
esa
rti
fi
ci
al
lybyt
hei
nte
rac
¬ti
oni
nbe
twe
enhuma
nit
yande
nvi
ronme
nt.

Di
ff
ere
ntt
ype
sofpol
lut
ionsa
rea
sfol
lows
:

1.Ai
rpol
lut
ion 5.Ra
dia
ti
onpol
lut
ion

2.Wa
terpol
lut
ion 6.The
rma
lpol
lut
ion

3.Te
rre
str
ialpol
lut
ion 7.I
ndus
tri
alpol
lut
ion

4.Noi
sepol
lut
ion

Li
stofI
ndus
tri
esc
aus
ingdi
ff
ere
ntt
ype
sofpol
lut
ion:

Typeofi
ndus
tri
es Typeofpol
lut
ion

Ma
nuf
act
ure of c
hemi
cal
s, Wa
terpol
lut
ion,a
irpol
lut
ion
pe
sti
ci
des
,me
dic
ine
s

Ma
nuf
act
ureofga
ses Ai
rpol
lut
ion

Ce
ment
,st
eela
ndot
hermi
neba
sed Ai
r pol
lut
ion a
nd s
oli
d wa
ste
s,
i
ndus
tri
es noi
sepol
lut
ion

Te
xti
le i
ndus
tri
es a
nd t
hei
r Wa
terpol
lut
ion,a
irpol
lut
ion,noi
se
a
nci
ll
ari
es pol
lut
ion

Tr
ans
por
tve
hic
lema
nuf
act
uri
ng Sol
idwa
ste
s,noi
sepol
lut
ion,a
ir
pol
lut
ion

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Pe
trol
eumba
sedi
ndus
tri
es Wa
terpol
lut
ion,a
irpol
lut
ion

Fo
res
tde
pende
nti
ndus
tri
es Ai
r pol
lut
ion,s
oli
d wa
ste
sand
s
oundpol
lut
ion

Fo
odi
ndus
tri
es Wa
terpol
lut
ion,a
irpol
lut
ion,f
ood
pol
lut
ion

Pa
peri
ndus
tri
es Wa
terpol
lut
ion,a
irpol
lut
ion,s
oli
d
wa
ste
s,s
oundpol
lut
ion

Su
gari
ndus
try Wa
terpol
lut
ion,a
irpol
lut
ion,s
oli
d
wa
ste
s

Br
icki
ndus
try Ai
rpol
lut
ion,
wat
erpol
lut
ion

Ai
rcr
afti
ndus
try Sol
idwa
ste
s,wa
terpol
lut
ion,a
ir
pol
lut
ion

El
ect
ri
cala
ppl
ia
nce
sand e
lec
tri
c Sol
idwa
ste
s,a
irpol
lut
ion
goodsi
ndus
tri
es

I
Tba
sedi
ndus
tri
es Ai
rpol
lut
ion

Te
lec
omi
ndus
tri
es Sol
idwa
ste
sanda
irpol
lut
ion

1.
1.2Cl
ass
ifi
cat
ionofPol
lut
ant
s

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Ont
heba
sisofe
xis
tenc
einna
tur
e 

a
)Qua
nti
tat
ivePol
lut
ant
s-Thes
ubs
tanc
eswhi
cha
rea
lre
adypr
ese
nti
nthee
nvi
ronme
nt,
buta
ret
erme
daspol
lut
ant
swhe
nthe
irc
onc
ent
rat
ion(
qua
nti
ty)i
ncr
eas
esi
nthe
e
nvi
ronme
nt.

Eg:CO2 
ispr
ese
nti
nthee
nvi
ronme
nti
ngr
eat
erqua
nti
tyt
hannor
mala
ndi
she
nce
t
erme
dasaqua
nti
ta
ti
vepol
lut
ant
.

b)Qua
lit
ati
ve pol
lut
ant
-The s
ubs
tanc
eswhi
cha
re notnor
mal
ly pr
ese
nti
nthe
e
nvi
ronme
nta
nda
rea
dde
dbyhuma
nbe
ingsa
nda
repol
lut
ant
sbyna
tur
e.

Eg:i
nse
cti
ci
des
,pe
sti
ci
des

Ont
heba
sisoft
hef
ormi
nwhi
cht
heype
rsi
st

a
)Pr
ima
ryPol
lut
ant
s-Thes
ubs
tanc
eswhi
cha
redi
rec
tl
yemi
tt
edf
rom t
hes
our
cea
nd
r
ema
ini
ntha
tfor
mar
ete
rme
daspr
ima
rypol
lut
ant
s

e
g,s
moke
,fume
s,a
sh,dus
t,n
itr
icoxi
dea
nds
ulphurdi
oxi
de

b)Se
conda
rypol
lut
ant
s-Thes
ubs
tanc
eswhi
cha
ref
orme
dbyc
hemi
calr
eac
ti
onbe
twe
en
t
hepr
ima
rypol
lut
ant
sandc
ons
ti
tue
ntsoft
hee
nvi
ronme
nt(
i.
e.t
hos
ewhi
cha
re
a
lre
adypr
ese
nti
nth
eenvi
ronme
nt)
.

Eg:s
mog,oz
one
,sul
phurt
ri
oxi
de,ni
tr
oge
ndi
oxi
de.

Ont
heba
sisofdi
spos
al 

a
)  
 Bi
o-de
gra
dabl
epol
lut
ant
s-t
hepol
lut
ant
swhi
cha
rede
compos
edbyna
tur
alpr
oce
sse
s
e
gdome
sti
c(muni
ci
pal
)se
wage
.

b)
  
 Nonbi
o-de
gra
dabl
epol
lut
ant
s-Thepol
lut
ant
swhi
chdon’
tde
compos
ena
tur
all
yor
de
compos
esl
owl
yegDDT,a
lumi
niumc
ans
.

1.
2BASI
CCONCEPTSOFENVI
RONMENTALI
MPACTASSESSMENT(
EIA)

Envi
ronme
nta
limpa
cta
sse
ssme
nt(
EIA)i
sapr
oce
ssofi
dent
if
ying,pr
edi
cti
ng,e
val
uat
ing,

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a
ndmi
ti
gat
ingt
hebi
ophys
ica
l,s
oci
al,a
ndot
herr
ele
vante
ffe
ctsofpr
opos
edpr
oje
ctsa
nd
phys
ica
lac
tivi
ti
espr
iort
oma
jorde
cis
ionsa
ndc
ommi
tme
ntsbe
ingma
de.

Ani
mpa
ctc
anbede
fine
dasa
nyc
hangei
nthephys
ica
l,c
hemi
cal
,bi
ologi
cal
,cul
tur
alor
s
oci
o-e
conomi
cenvi
ronme
nta
lsys
tema
sar
esul
tofa
cti
vit
ie
sre
lat
ingt
oapr
oje
ct.

 EI
A pl
anni
ng t
ool
,he
lpspl
anne
rinp
redi
ct
ing f
utur
eimpa
ctsofdi
ff
ere
nt
de
vel
opme
nts
.

 EI
Amus
tbec
onduc
tedf
orpr
oje
ctsl
ikehi
ghwa
ys,a
irpor
ts,c
ana
ls,da
ms,powe
r
pl
ant
set
c.whi
chdi
st
urbe
nvi
ronme
nt.

 Appl
ic
abl
eforde
vel
opme
nta
lac
tivi
ti
eswhi
chi
nvol
vespl
ans
,pr
ogr
amme
sand
pol
ic
ies
.

1.
2.1Sa
lie
ntf
eat
ure
sofEI
A

 I
tide
nti
fi
est
hepos
sibl
epos
it
ivea
ndne
gat
ivei
mpa
ctswhi
chma
ybes
hor
tte
rma
nd
l
ongt
erm

 I
tpr
ovi
desapl
anwhi
chwi
llr
educ
ethene
gat
ivei
mpa
ctsofapr
oje
ct.Thi
spl
anma
y
beapr
oje
cta
lt
erna
ti
veorpr
oje
ctmodi
fi
cat
ionore
nvi
ronme
nta
lpr
ote
cti
onme
asur
es
whi
chr
educ
esne
gat
ivei
mpa
cts

 I
tme
asur
est
hel
eve
lofpl
ani
mpl
eme
nta
ti
ona
ndt
hede
gre
eofe
ffe
cti
vene
ssof
e
nvi
ronme
nta
lpr
ote
cti
onme
asur
es.

1.
2.2Pur
pos
e/Ne
edofEI
A

 Whe
nane
wpr
oje
cts
tar
tsi
nana
rea
,itwi
lldi
st
urbt
hee
nvi
ronme
nta
lequi
li
bri
um,
s
otha
tEI
Aisne
ces
sar
ytoknowwhe
the
rthepr
oje
cts
houl
dbes
tar
tedornot
.

 Toma
int
ai
nqua
li
tyofe
nvi
ronme
nti
tise
sse
nti
alt
ost
udyi
mpa
ctsofpr
oje
cton
e
nvi
ronme
nt.

 EI
Aal
sos
ugge
stsr
eme
dia
lme
asur
esf
ort
hepol
lut
ionc
aus
edbyt
hepr
oje
ct,
t
her
ebywec
ani
mpl
eme
ntpol
lut
ionc
ont
rolme
thods(
eg.Tr
eat
mentuni
ts
)al
ong
wi
tht
hepr
oje
ct.

 Theopi
nionofpubl
ici
scons
ide
redf
orc
onduc
ti
ngEI
A,s
othede
cis
iont
ake
n
a
boutt
hec
omme
nce
mentofne
wpr
oje
ctwi
llbemor
eenvi
ronme
ntf
ri
endl
y.

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1.
2.3Goa
lsofEI
A

 Re
sour
cesc
ons
erva
ti
on

 Wa
stemi
nimi
zat
ion

 Re
cove
ryofbypr
oduc
t

 Ef
fi
ci
entus
eofe
qui
pme
nt

 Su
sta
ina
blede
vel
opme
nt

1.
3EVOLUTI
ONOFEI
A

1.
3.1Evol
uti
onofEI
Awor
ldwi
de

 Fi
rsti
ntr
oduc
edi
nUni
tedSt
ate
sofAme
ric
athr
oughi
tsNa
ti
ona
lEnvi
ronme
nta
l
Pr
ote
cti
onAc
t(NEPA)of196
9.

 Ca
nada
,Aus
tra
li
a,t
heNe
the
rla
ndsa
ndJ
apa
nadopt
edEI
Ale
gis
lat
ioni
n1973,1974,
1981a
nd1984,r
espe
cti
vel
y.

 I
nJul
y1985,t
heEu
rope
anCo
mmuni
ty(
EC)i
ssue
dadi
rec
ti
vema
kinge
nvi
ronme
nta
l
a
sse
ssme
ntsma
nda
tor
yforc
ert
ai
nca
tegor
ieso
fpr
oje
cts
.

 I
nAs
iaa
ndt
hePa
cif
icr
egi
on,Tha
il
anda
ndt
hePhi
li
ppi
nesha
vel
onge
sta
bli
she
d
pr
oce
dur
esf
orEI
A.

 EI
Awa
sma
dema
nda
tor
yinSr
iLa
nkai
n1984.

 TheEI
Apr
oce
ssi
nAf
ri
cai
sske
tchy,a
lt
houghanumbe
rofna
ti
onsi
ncl
udi
ngRwa
nda
,
Bot
swa
naa
ndSuda
nha
ves
omee
xpe
rie
nceofEI
A.

 TheOr
gani
sat
ionf
orEc
onomi
cCo-
Ope
rat
iona
ndDe
vel
opme
nt(
OECD)i
ssue
d
r
ecomme
nda
ti
onson EI
Atoi
tsc
ons
ti
tue
ntSt
at
esi
n 1974 a
nd 1979,a
nd f
or
de
vel
opme
nta
idpr
oje
ctsi
n1986.OECDi
ssu
edgui
del
ine
sforgoodpr
act
ic
esi
nEI
A
i
n1992

 Uni
te
dNa
ti
onsEnvi
ronme
ntPr
ogr
amme(
UNEP)i
n1980pr
ovi
dedgui
danc
eonEI
A
oft
hede
vel
opme
ntpr
opos
alsa
nds
uppor
tedr
ese
arc
honEI
Ainde
vel
opi
ngc
ount
ri
es.
UNEP,i
n1987,s
etoutgoa
lsa
ndpr
inc
ipl
esofEI
Afort
heme
mbe
rcount
ri
esa
nd
pr
ovi
dedgui
danc
eonba
sicpr
oce
dur
esf
orEI
Ain1988.

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re]

 TheWor
ldCons
erva
ti
onSt
rat
egypi
npoi
nte
dthene
edt
oint
egr
atee
nvi
ronme
nta
l
c
ons
ide
rat
ionswi
thde
vel
opme
nti
n1980.

 EI
Abe
camea
nint
egr
alpa
rtofWor
ldBa
nkpol
icyi
n1987.

 As
ianDe
vel
opme
ntBa
nki
n1990publ
is
hedgui
del
ine
sforEI
AImpor
tanc
e.

1.
3.2 Evol
uti
onofEI
AinI
ndi
a

EI
AinI
ndi
awa
sst
art
edi
n1976-
77,whe
nthePl
anni
ngCommi
ssi
ona
ske
dthe
De
par
tme
ntofSc
ienc
eandTe
chn
ologyt
oexa
minet
her
ive
r-va
lle
ypr
oje
ctsf
rom t
he
e
nvi
ronme
nta
langl
e. Thi
swa
ssubs
eque
ntl
yext
ende
dtoc
ove
rthos
epr
oje
cts
,whi
ch
r
equi
reda
ppr
ova
loft
hePu
bli
cInve
stme
ntBoa
rd.The
sewe
rea
dmi
nis
tra
ti
vede
cis
ions
,and
l
acke
dthel
egi
sl
at
ives
uppor
t.

TheGove
rnme
ntofI
ndi
aena
cte
dtheEnvi
ronme
nt(
Prot
ect
ion)Ac
ton23r
dMa
y
1986.Toa
chi
evet
heobj
ect
ive
soft
heAc
t,oneoft
hede
cis
ionst
ake
nwa
stoma
keEI
A
s
tat
utor
y.Af
terf
oll
owi
ngt
hel
ega
lpr
oce
dur
e,anot
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at
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vit
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gul
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hec
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her
efor
e
i
mpor
tantt
ounde
rst
andhow de
cis
ionsa
rema
del
oca
ll
yandwha
tar
etheme
thodsof
c
ommuni
cat
ion,i
ncl
udi
nga
vai
la
blegove
rnme
nte
xte
nsi
ons
ervi
ces
.Ther
angeofgr
oups
out
si
det
hef
orma
lst
ruc
tur
ewi
thr
ele
vanti
nfor
mat
iona
rel
ike
lyt
oinc
lude
:te
chni
cala
nd
s
cie
nti
fi
csoc
iet
ie
s;Wa
terUs
erGr
oup
s;NGOs
;expe
rtsonl
oca
lcul
tur
e;a
ndr
eli
giousgr
oups
.
Howe
ver
,iti
simpor
tantt
ofi
ndoutwhi
chgr
oupsa
reunde
r-r
epr
ese
nte
dandwhi
chone
sar
e
r
espons
ibl
efora
cce
sst
ona
tur
alr
esour
ces
,na
mel
y:gr
azi
ng,wa
ter
,fi
shi
nga
ndf
ore
st
pr
oduc
ts.Thevi
ewsofr
aci
almi
nor
it
ie
s,wome
n,r
eli
giousmi
nor
it
ie
s,pol
it
ic
almi
nor
it
ie
sand
l
owe
rca
stgr
oupsa
rec
ommonl
yove
rlooke
d,(
Wor
ldBa
nk,1991)
.

The
reha
sbe
ena
nenor
mousi
ncr
eas
eint
henumbe
rofe
nvi
ronme
nta
lNGOsa
nd
SCMSSc
hoo
lofEngi
nee
ring&Te
chno
logy
[
Typ
ehe
re]

"
Gre
en"pr
ess
uregr
oupst
hroughoutt
hewor
ld.Suc
hor
gani
zat
ionsof
tenbr
inge
nvi
ronme
nta
l
i
ssue
stot
hea
tt
ent
ionoft
hel
oca
lpr
ess
.Howe
ver
,thi
sshoul
dnotde
terc
ons
ult
at
ionwi
th
s
uchor
gani
zat
ionsa
sthea
ppr
oac
htoEI
Ashoul
dbeope
nandpos
it
ivewi
tht
hea
im of
ma
king i
mpr
ove
ment
s.Re
leva
ntNGOss
houl
d bei
dent
if
ieda
nd t
hei
rexpe
rie
ncea
nd
t
echni
calc
apa
cit
yputt
ogoodus
e.

EI
Spr
ese
nta
tion:Thi
sisavi
ta
lst
epi
nthepr
oce
ss.I
fdoneba
dly,muc
hgoodwor
kint
he
EI
Ama
ybene
gat
ed.

Re
vie
w:Thi
sinvol
vesas
yst
ema
ti
cappr
ais
aloft
hequa
li
tyoft
heEI
S,a
sac
ont
ri
but
iont
o
t
hede
cis
ion-
maki
ngpr
oce
ss.

De
cis
ion-
maki
ng:Att
hiss
tage
,de
cis
ionsa
rema
debyt
her
ele
vanta
uthor
it
yoft
heEI
S
(
inc
ludi
ngc
ons
ult
at
ionr
espons
es)t
oge
the
rwi
thot
herma
ter
ialc
ons
ide
rat
ionsa
stowhe
the
r
t
oac
cept
,de
ferorr
eje
ctt
hepr
oje
ct.

Pos
t-de
cis
ion moni
tor
ing:Thi
sin
vol
vest
he r
ecor
ding ofout
come
sas
soc
iat
ed wi
th
de
vel
opme
nti
mpa
cts
,af
tert
hede
cis
iont
opr
oce
edwi
tht
hepr
oje
ct.I
tca
ncont
ri
but
eto
e
ffe
cti
vepr
oje
ctma
nage
ment
.

Audi
ti
ng:Th
isf
oll
owsmoni
tor
inga
ndi
nvol
vesc
ompa
ringa
ctua
lout
come
swi
thpr
edi
ct
ed
out
come
s,a
ndc
anbeus
edt
oas
ses
sthequa
li
tyo
fpr
edi
ct
ionsa
ndt
hee
ffe
cti
vene
ssof
mi
ti
gat
ion.I
tpr
ovi
desavi
ta
lst
epi
ntheEI
Ale
arni
ngpr
oce
ss

SCMSSc
hoo
lofEngi
nee
ring&Te
chno
logy
[
Typ
ehe
re]

SCMSSc
hoo
lofEngi
nee
ring&Te
chno
logy
[
Typ
ehe
re]

SCMSSc
hoo
lofEngi
nee
ring&Te
chno
logy
[
Typ
ehe
re]

1.
5Envi
ronme
ntI
mpa
ctAs
ses
sme
nt(
EIA)Not
if
ica
tion2006

Ther
equi
redc
ons
truc
ti
onofne
wpr
oje
ctsora
cti
vit
ie
sort
hee
xpa
nsi
onormode
rni
zat
ionof
e
xis
ti
ngpr
oje
ctsora
cti
vit
ie
sli
st
edi
ntheSc
hedul
etot
hisnot
if
ica
ti
one
nta
il
ingc
apa
cit
y
a
ddi
ti
onwi
thc
hangei
npr
oce
ssa
ndort
echnol
ogys
hal
lbeunde
rta
keni
nanypa
rtofI
ndi
a
onl
yaf
tert
hepr
iore
nvi
ronme
nta
lcl
ear
anc
efr
omt
heCe
ntr
alGove
rnme
ntora
sthec
asema
y
be heSt
,byt at
eLe
velEnvi
ronme
ntI
mpa
ctAs
ses
sme
ntAut
hor
it
y.

I
tinc
lude
s

Sc
hedul
e1:Li
stofpr
oje
ctsr
equi
ri
nge
nvi
ronme
nta
lcl
ear
anc
efr
omc
ent
ralgove
rnme
nt

Sc
hedul
e 2: (
Appl
ic
ati
on f
orm) i
ndus
trys
houl
dsubmi
tappl
ic
ati
on f
orm f
or t
he
e
nvi
ronme
nta
lcl
ear
anc
etoUni
onMi
nis
tryofEnvi
ron
menta
ndFor
est
s.

Sc
hedul
e3:(
compos
it
ionofe
xpe
rtc
ommi
tt
eef
orgi
vinge
nvi
ronme
nta
lcl
ear
anc
e).Expe
rts
f
rom va
riousdi
sci
pli
nesi
ncl
udi
ng a
irpol
lut
ion,r
iska
nal
ysi
s,s
oci
als
ervi
ce,NGOs
,
e
conomi
cs,wa
terpol
lut
ion,e
tc.c
ons
ti
tut
ethi
scommi
tt
ee

Sc
hedul
e4:Pr
oce
dur
eforpubl
iche
ari
ng.

 Al
lpr
oje
ctsa
nda
cti
vit
ie
sar
ebr
oadl
yca
tego
riz
edi
ntot
woc
ate
gor
ies-Ca
tegor
yA
a
ndCa
tegor
yBba
sedon

 s
pat
ia
lext
entofi
mpa
cts

 i
mpa
ctsonna
tur
ala
ndma
n-ma
der
esour
ces

 i
mpa
ctsonhuma
nhe
alt
h

Pr
oje
ctsl
is
tedi
nthes
che
dul
etonot
if
ica
ti
on(
asCa
tegor
yA a
ndBpr
oje
cts
)re
qui
reEI
A.
Someoft
hepr
oje
ctsa
regi
veni
nthef
oll
owi
ngt
abl
e.

Pr
oje
ct Ca
tegor
yA Ca
tegor
yB

Mi
ningofmi
ner
als  50ha
.ofmi
ningl
eae <50ha
s
a
rea

Of
fshor
eand ons
hor
e oi
land ga
s Al
l
e
xpl
ora
ti
on,d
eve
lopme
nt&pr
oduc
ti
on

Ri
verVa
ll
eypr
oje
cts (
i)50MW hydr
oel
ect
ri
c(i
)<50MW 25

SCMSSc
hoo
lofEngi
nee
ring&Te
chno
logy
[
Typ
ehe
re]

powe
rge
ner
ati
on MW hydr
oel
ect
ri
c
powe
rge
ner
ati
on

The
rma
lPowe
rPl
ant
s  500 MW < 500 MW
(
coa
l/
li
gni
te
/na
pht s(
a& ga c
oal
/l
igni
te
/na
pth
a
ba
sed)
; &ga
sba
sed)
;

Nuc
lea
rpowe
rpr
oje
ctsa
ndpr
oce
ssi
ng Al
l
ofnuc
lea
rfue
l

Ce
mentpl
ant
s 1.
0mi
ll
iont
onne
s/nnum <1.
a 0 mi
ll
ion
pr
oduc
ti
onc
apa
cit
y t
onne
s/a
nnum
pr
oduc
ti
on
c
apa
cit
y.

Pe
trol
eumr
efi
ningi
ndus
try Al
l

As
bes
tosmi
ll
ing a
nd a
sbe
stosba
sed Al
l
pr
oduc
ts

Sodaa
shI
ndus
try Al
l

Che
mic
alf
ert
il
iz
ers Al
l

Ma
nma
def
ibr
esma
nuf
act
uri
ng Ra
yon Ot
her
s

1.
5.1Re
qui
reme
ntsofpr
iorEnvi
ronme
nta
lCl
ear
anc
e(EC)

 Ca
tegor
y A pr
oje
cts
:EC i
sdoneby Ce
ntr
alGove
rnme
nti
ntheMi
nis
try of
Envi
ronme
nta
ndFor
est
s(MoEF)
-Ba
sedont
hede
cis
ionsont
her
ecomme
nda
ti
onby
Expe
rtAppr
ais
alCommi
tt
ee(
EAC)

 Ca
tegor
yB pr
oje
cts
::EC i
sdonebys
tat
ele
velt
heSt
at
eEnvi
ronme
ntI
mpa
ct
As
ses
sme
ntAut
hor
it
y(SEI
AA)

 TheSEI
AAs
hal
lba
sei
tsde
cis
ionont
her
ecomme
nda
ti
onsofaSt
at
e
orUni
ont
err
it
oryl
eve
lExpe
rtAppr
ais
alCommi
tt
ee(
SEAC)a
stobe
c
ons
ti
tut
edf
ori
nthi
snot
if
ica
ti
on

SCMSSc
hoo
lofEngi
nee
ring&Te
chno
logy
[
Typ
ehe
re]

 I
nthea
bse
nceofadul
ycons
ti
tut
edSEI
AAorSEAC,aCa
tegor
y‘B’
pr
oje
cts
hal
lbet
rea
teda
saCa
tegor
y‘A’pr
oje
ct

SEI
AAs
hal
lbec
ons
ti
tut
edbyt
heCe
ntr
alGove
rnme
nt

o c
ompr
isi
ngoft
hre
eMe
mbe
rs

o Cha
irma
nandame
mbe
r–s
ecr
eta
ryt
obenomi
nat
edbyt
heSt
at
eGove
rnme
nt
ort
heUni
ont
err
it
oryAdmi
nis
tra
ti
on

o Al
lde
cis
ionsoft
heSEI
AAs
hal
lbeuna
nimousa
ndt
ake
niname
eti
ng

Ana
ppl
ic
ati
ons
eeki
ngpr
iore
nvi
ronme
nta
lcl
ear
anc
eina
llc
ase
ssha
llbema
de

1.
5.2St
age
sinEnvi
ronme
nta
lCl
ear
enc
epr
oce
ss(
EC)

 St
age1:Sc
ree
ning(
Onl
yforCa
tegor
y‘B’pr
oje
ctsa
nda
cti
vit
ie
s)

 St
age2:Sc
opi
ng

 St
age3:Publ
icCons
ult
at
ion

 St
age4:Appr
ais
al

St
age1:Sc
ree
ning

 Onl
yforCa
tegor
yBpr
oje
ctsa
nda
cti
vit
ie
stode
ter
minei
fthe
yne
edEI
A

 Ca
tegor
yApr
oje
ctsc
ompul
sor
il
yne
edEI
A

 Sc
rut
inyofa
nappl
ic
ati
ons
eeki
ngECbySEACf
orde
ter
mini
ngwhe
the
rornott
he
pr
oje
ctora
cti
vit
yre
qui
resf
urt
here
nvi
ronme
nta
lst
udi
es

 Cl
ass
ifypr
oje
ctsa
sB1(
requi
reEI
A)a
ndB2(
don’
tre
qui
reEI
A)

 Forc
ate
gor
iza
ti
onofpr
oje
ctsi
ntoB1orB2,t
heMoEFs
hal
lis
suea
ppr
opr
iat
e
gui
del
ine
sfr
omt
imet
oti
me.

St
age2:Sc
opi
ng

 Wh
odoe
sthes
copi
ng?

o Expe
rtAppr
ais
alCommi
tt
ee(
EAC)i
nthec
aseofCa
tegor
y‘A’pr
oje
ctsor
a
cti
vit
ie
s

SCMSSc
hoo
lofEngi
nee
ring&Te
chno
logy
[
Typ
ehe
re]

o St
at
ele
velExpe
rtAppr
ais
alCommi
tt
ee(
SEAC)i
nthec
aseofCa
tegor
y‘B1’
pr
oje
cts

 De
ter
mine c
ompr
ehe
nsve Te
i rmsOfRe
fer
enc
e(TOR)a
ddr
ess
ing a
llr
ele
vant
e
nvi
ronme
nta
lconc
ernsf
orpr
epa
rat
ionofa
nEnvi
ronme
ntI
mpa
ctAs
ses
sme
nt(
EIA)
Re
por
tba
sedon

o ont
heba
sisoft
hei
nfor
mat
ionf
urni
she
dbya
ppl
ic
anti
nthepr
esc
ribe
d
a
ppl
ic
ati
onFor
m1/
For
m1Ai
ncl
udi
ng

o pr
opos
edbyt
hea
ppl
ic
ant

o as
it
evi
si
tbyas
ub-gr
oupofEACorSEAConl
yifc
ons
ide
redne
ces
sar
y

St
age3:Publ
icc
ons
ult
ati
on

 Pr
oce
ssbywhi
cht
hec
onc
ernsofl
oca
laf
fec
tedpe
rsonsa
ndot
her
swhoha
ve
r
eas
ona
bles
takei
nthee
nvi
ronme
nta
limpa
ctsoft
hepr
oje
ctora
cti
vit
yar
ede
ter
mine
d

 Al
lCa
tegor
y‘A’a
ndCa
tegor
yB1pr
oje
ctsora
cti
vit
ie
ssha
llunde
rta
kePubl
ic
Cons
ult
ati
on

 Publ
icCons
ult
at
ions
hal
lor
dina
ril
yha
vet
woc
ompone
nts

1.publ
iche
ari
nga
tthes
it
eori
nit
scl
osepr
oxi
mit
y-di
st
ri
ctwi
se,t
obe
c
arr
iedouti
nthema
nne
rpr
esc
ribe
dinAppe
ndi
xIV,f
orde
ter
mini
ng
c
onc
ernsofl
oca
laf
fec
tedpe
rsons

2.obt
ai
nre
spons
esi
nwr
it
ingf
rom ot
herc
onc
erne
dpe
rsonsha
vinga
r
eas
ona
bles
takei
nthee
nvi
ronme
nta
las
pec
tsoft
hepr
oje
ct

Compone
nt1:Publ
iche
ari
ng

 Publ
iche
ari
ngs
hal
lbec
onduc
tedbyt
heSt
at
ePol
lut
ionCont
rolBoa
rd(
SPCB)

o f
orwa
rdpr
oce
edi
ngst
other
egul
at
orya
uthor
it
yconc
erne
dwi
thi
n45da
ys

o I
fnota
ppoi
nta
not
heri
nde
pende
ntor
gani
zat
iont
odot
hes
amewi
thi
nanot
her
45da
ys

 I
fthepubl
ica
genc
ynomi
nat
edr
epor
tst
hati
tisnotpos
sibl
etoc
onduc
tthe
publ
iche
ari
ngi
nama
nne
rwhi
chwi
lle
nabl
ethevi
ewsoft
hec
onc
erne
dloc
al

SCMSSc
hoo
lofEngi
nee
ring&Te
chno
logy
[
Typ
ehe
re]

pe
rsonst
obef
ree
lye
xpr
ess
ed

o I
tsha
llr
epo
rtt
hef
act
sinde
tai
ltot
hec
onc
erne
dre
gul
at
orya
uthor
it
y

o Af
terduec
ons
ide
rat
ionoft
her
epor
tsha
llr
ulet
hatt
hepubl
icc
ons
ult
at
ioni
n
t
hec
asene
ednoti
ncl
udet
hepubl
iche
ari
ng

Compone
nt2:Re
spons
esf
romot
herc
onc
erne
dpe
rsons

 I
nvi
ter
epl
ie
sfr
om s
uchc
onc
erne
dpe
rsonsbypl
aci
ngont
hei
rwe
bsi
tet
he
Su
mma
ryEI
Are
por
t

 Us
eot
hera
ppr
opr
iat
eme
diaf
ore
nsur
ingwi
depubl
ic
it
yaboutt
hepr
oje
ct

 Wi
thi
nse
vend
aysoft
her
ece
iptofawr
it
te
nre
que
stf
ora
rra
ngi
ngt
hepubl
ic
he
ari
ng

 Conf
ide
nti
ali
nfor
mat
ion i
ncl
udi
ng non-
dis
clos
abl
e or l
ega
ll
y pr
ivi
le
ged
i
nfor
mat
ioni
nvol
vingI
nte
ll
ect
ualPr
ope
rtyRi
ghts
hal
lnotbepl
ace
dont
he
we
bsi
te

 Ma
kea
vai
la
bleonwr
it
te
nre
que
stf
rom a
nyc
onc
erne
dpe
rsont
heDr
aftEI
A
r
epor
tfori
nspe
cti
ona
tanot
if
iedpl
acedu
ringnor
malof
fi
cehour
sti
llt
heda
teof
t
hepubl
iche
ari
ng

 Al
lther
espons
esr
ece
ive
daspa
rtoft
hispubl
icc
ons
ult
at
ionpr
oce
sss
hal
lbe
f
orwa
rde
dtot
hea
ppl
ic
antt
hrought
hequi
cke
sta
vai
la
bleme
ans

Af
terpubl
icc
ons
ult
ati
on…

 Appl
ic
ants
hal
ladd
res
sal
lenvi
ronme
nta
lconc
ernse
xpr
ess
eddur
ingt
hispr
oce
ss

 Ma
kea
ppr
opr
iat
echa
nge
sint
hedr
aftEI
A

 Fi
nalEI
Are
por
tsha
llbes
ubmi
tt
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ppl
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dre
gul
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a
uthor
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St
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 EACorSEACs
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hal
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lidi
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veye
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vit
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s

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