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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-02042025-262229
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1548]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2025/CHAITRA 12, 1947
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 2nd April, 2025
S.O. 1567(E).—WHEREAS the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1)
clauses (v) and (xiv) of sub-section (2) and sub- section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29
of 1986) read with sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, issued a notification to declare
an Eco Sensitive Zone around Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 1366(E), dated the 28th April, 2017;
AND WHEREAS the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary and expedient in the public
interest to amend the said notification;
AND WHEREAS sub-rule (4) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 provides that whenever
it appears to the Central Government that it is in the public interest to do so, it may dispense with the requirement of
notice under clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986;
AND WHEREAS the Central Government is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to dispense with
the requirement of notice under clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 for
amending the notification number S.O. 1366(E), dated the 28th April, 2017;
NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), clauses (v) and (xiv) of sub-
section (2) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) read with sub-rule
(4) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the Central Government hereby makes the following
amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate
Change, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number
S.O. 1366(E), dated the 28th April, 2017; namely: -
In the said notification, for paragraphs 5, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely: -
"5. Monitoring Committee. - The Central Government hereby constitutes a Monitoring Committee, consisting
of the following persons, namely :-
(i) District Collector, Visakhapatnam Chairman, ex officio;
(ii) One representative of Non Governmental Organisation working in the Member;
field of environment to be nominated by the Government of Andhra
Pradesh for a period of three years
(iii) One expert in the area of ecology and environment to be nominated by Member;
the Government of Andhra Pradesh for a period of three years
(iv) Member- Secretary or Member of the State Biodiversity Board Member, ex officio;
(v) Regional Officer, State Pollution Control Board, Medak Member, ex officio;
(vi) Senior Town Planner of the area or Chief Urban Planner or City Member, ex officio;
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(vii) Deputy Conservator of Forests (In Charge of the Sanctuary), Member-Secretary,
Visakhapatnam ex officio.
(2) The Monitoring Committee shall, based on the actual site-specific conditions, scrutinise the activities
covered in the Schedule to the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of
Environment and Forests, vide number S.O. 1533 (E), dated the 14th September, 2006, and are falling in
the Eco-sensitive Zone, except for the prohibited activities specified in the Table under paragraph 4
thereof, and referred to the Central Government in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change or the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, as the case may be, for prior
environmental clearances under the provisions of the said notification.
(3) The activities not covered in the Schedule to the notification referred to in sub-paragraph (2) and are
falling in the Eco-sensitive Zone, except for the prohibited activities specified in the Table under
paragraph 4 thereof, shall be scrutinised by the Monitoring Committee based on the actual site-specific
conditions and referred to the concerned regulatory authorities.
(4) The Member-Secretary of the Monitoring Committee or the Collector or the Deputy Conservator of
Forests shall be competent to file complaint under section 19 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986,
against any person who contravenes the provisions of this notification.
(5) The Monitoring Committee may invite representative or expert from the Department, representative
from the industry associations or the stakeholders to assist the committee in its deliberations depending
on the requirements on case to case basis.
(6) The Monitoring Committee shall submit the action taken report annually of its activities for the period
up to the 31st March of every year to the Chief Wildlife Warden of the State by the 30th June of that year
in pro-forma specified in Annexure-IV.
(7) The Central Government may give such directions in writing, as it deems fit, to the Monitoring
Committee for effective discharge of its functions.".
[F. No. 25/53/2014-ESZ/RE]
Dr. S. KERKETTA, Scientist "G"
Note.-The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (ii), vide S.O. 1366(E), dated the 28th April, 2017.