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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-05072025-264404
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 403]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2025/ASHADHA 12, 1947
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 3rd July, 2025
G.S.R. 446(E).—Whereas, the draft of certain rules to amend the Environment (Protection)
Rules, 1986 was published as required under sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986,
vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
number G.S.R. 121(E), dated the 7th February, 2025, inviting objections and suggestions from all persons
likely to be affected thereby and notice was given that the said draft shall be taken into consideration on or
after expiry of sixty days from the date of publication in the official Gazette;
And Whereas, objections and suggestions received from all persons and stakeholders in response to
the aforesaid notification have been duly considered by the Central Government;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to further
amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, namely: -
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) Third
Amendment Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in Schedule - I, against serial number 5A, in column 4, after
item II, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: -
"Provided that the Ministry may, in consultation with the Central Electricity Authority and the Central
Pollution Control Board, for reasons to be recorded in writing by an order grant exemption to thermal power
plants from installation of Cooling Towers".
[F. No. Q-15017/40/2007-CPW (part)]
NEELESH KUMAR SAH, Jt. Secy.
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