Reconstitution of SEIAA/SEAC of Bihar

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L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-03122024-259122 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4800] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2024/AGRAHAYANA 11, 1946 7798 GI/2024 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 2nd December, 2024 S.O. 5192(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) and in pursuance of the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forests, number S.O. 1533(E), dated the 14th September, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the said notification), the Central Government hereby constitutes the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Bihar (hereinafter referred to as the Authority) comprising of the following Members, namely: — (i) Shri Ashutosh A-18, 9th Floor, Shreeram Heights, Near MIT College, Kothrud, Pune-411038 (Maharashtra) Chairman; (ii) Shri Sudhir Kumar Karn, G13B, Sail City, Ranchi-834007 (Jharkhand) Member; and (iii) Conservator-cum-Additional Secretary, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department Government of Bihar, Ground Floor, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna, Bihar Member Secretary. 2. The Chairman and Members of the Authority shall hold office for a period of three years from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette. 3. The Authority shall exercise such powers and follow such procedures specified in the said notification. 4. The Authority shall take its decision on the recommendations of the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee constituted under paragraph 6 for the State of Bihar. 5. All decisions of the Authority 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 the Central Government. 6. The Central Government, in consultation with the State Government of Bihar, for the purpose of assisting the Authority, hereby constitutes the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee, Bihar (hereinafter referred to as the Committee), comprising of the following Members, namely:— (i) Shri Arvinder Singh Chairperson; Forest Bunglow No.3, Shaheed Peer Ali Khan Marg (Riding Road), Aranya Bhawan Patna, 800014 (Bihar). (ii) Shri Lalan Prasad Singh Member; NOBA Nagar, Phase-2, Khojai Imli Mazaar, Phulwari Sharif, Patna-801505(Bihar). (iii) Dr. Nityanand Singh Maurya Member; No.002, Type IV Quarter, National Institute of Technology Patna, Ashok Rajpath, Patna-800005 (Bihar) (iv) Shri Swami Nath Jayaswal Member; Flat No.402, Ravi Residency, Nehru Nagar, Road No.2, PS-Patliputra, Patna-800013 (Bihar). (v) Dr. Vinita Prasad Member; 403, Prakash Tower, Brahamasthani lane, Sheikhpura, Patna-800014 (Bihar). (vi) Dr. Md. Nazim Member; Professor & Head Department of Geography, Patna University, Patna-800005 (Bihar). (vii) Prof. Naveen Kumar Nishchal Member; Flat No.202, Yamuna -3, Jalalpurcity, Off Bailey Road, Near Ambedkar Dental College Patna-801503 (Bihar). (viii) Shri Mokhtarul Haque Member; 301, F Plaza Federal Colony Adjacent to Haroon Nagar Sector-1, Phulwari Sharif, Patna-801505 (Bihar). (ix). Member Secretary, Member Secretary. Bihar State Pollution Control Board, Patna (Bihar). 7. The Chairperson and Members of the Committee, shall hold office for a period of three years from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette. 8. The Committee shall exercise such powers and follow such procedure specified in the said notification. 9. The Committee shall function on the principle of collective responsibility and the Chairman shall endeavour to reach a consensus in each case, and if consensus cannot be reached, the view of the majority shall prevail. 10. In order to avoid any conflict of interest,— (i) the Chairman and Members of the Authority, and the Chairperson and Member of the Committee shall,— (a) declare to which consulting organisation they have been associated with and also the project proponents; (b) not undertake any consultation or associate with regard to preparation of Environment Impact Assessment and Environment Management Plan for project, which is to be decided by the Authority or to be appraised by the Committee during their tenure; and (ii) if the Chairman or any Member of the Authority or the Chairperson or Member of the Committee has provided consultancy services or conducted Environment Impact Assessment studies for any project proponent during the preceding five years, in that event they shall recuse themselves from the meetings of the Authority, or the Committee in the process of appraisal of any project proposed by such proponents. 11. The State Government of Bihar shall specify an agency to act as Secretariat for the Authority and the Committee and the Secretariat shall provide financial and logistic support including accommodation, transportation and such other facilities in respect of their functions under the said notification. 12. The sitting fee, travelling allowances and dearness allowances to the Chairman and Members of the Authority and the Chairperson or Member of the Committee, shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of relevant rules of the State Government of Bihar. [F. No. J-11013/36/2008-IA.II(I) ] Amandeep Garg, Addl Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.