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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-07022025-260817
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 89]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2025/MAGHA 18, 1946
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
DRAFT NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 7th February, 2025
G.S.R. 121(E).—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 draft rules to further amend 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 proposals contained in the draft notification may forward the
same in writing, for consideration of the Central Government within the period specified above to the Secretary,
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh Road, New Delhi-110003,
or send it to the e-mail address: mscb.cpcb@nic.in and sonu.singh@gov.in.
1. Short title and commencement.
1. These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) 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, after serial number 5A, the following 'Note' shall
be inserted,-
Note: The Ministry in consultation with the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and the Central Pollution Control
Board (CPCB) may, on case to case basis, through an order, grant exemption to thermal power plants from
installation of cooling towers.
[F. No. Q-15017/40/2007-CPW]
VED PRAKASH MISHRA, Jt. Secy.
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