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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-07062024-254607
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2113]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2024/JYAISHTHA 17, 1946
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 7th June, 2024
S.O. 2215(E). - Whereas the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of
Environment and Forest was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide
number S.O. 1533 (E), dated the 14th September, 2006, requires prior environmental clearance for the projects or
activities specified under Schedule there of (hereinafter referred to as the said notification);
And whereas the National Green Tribunal vide its order, dated the 12th February, 2020, in Original
Application No. 55/2019 (WZ), (Gajubha Jesar Jadeja vs Union of India & Ors.), has, inter alia, observed that cold
rolled stainless steel manufacturing industries require prior environment clearance;
And whereas the Central Government, had taken a considered decision in line with the above said order of
the National Green Tribunal to provide a window period for such cold rolled stainless manufacturing industries to
obtain prior environmental clearance under the said notification;
And whereas a draft notification for making amendments in the said notification was published in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section(ii), vide number S.O. 5020(E), dated the 22nd November,
2023, inviting objections and suggestions from all the persons likely to be affected thereby, within a period of sixty
days from the date on which copies of the Gazette containing the said draft notification were made available to the
Public;
And whereas the objections and suggestions received in response to the said draft notification have been duly
considered by the Central Government;
Now, therefore, in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clause (v) of sub-section (2) of
section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), read with clause (d) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the
Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in
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, namely: -
In the said notification, in the Schedule-
(a) after item 2(b) and entries relating thereto, the following item and entries shall be inserted, namely: -
+-------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Project or Activity | Category with threshold limit | Conditions if any |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| | A | B | |
+===================+===================================+=====================================+===================================+
| 2 | Primary Processing | | |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| "2(c) | Pellet plant | - | All standalone pellet plant | General condition shall apply"; |
| | | | irrespective of capacity | |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
(b) for item 3 and entries relating thereto, the following item and entries shall be substituted, namely:-
+-------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Project or Activity | Category with threshold limit | Conditions if any |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
+===================+===================================+=========================================================================+=====================================================================+===================================+
| "3 | Materials Production | | | |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 3(a) | Metallurgical industries | (a) Primary metallurgical industry-All projects | | General Condition shall apply. |
| | (ferrous & nonferrous) | | | |
| | | (b) Sponge iron manufacturing ≥ 200TPD (≥0.06MTPA) | Sponge iron manufacturing <200TPD (<0.06 Million Tonnes Per Annum-MTPA)| Note: |
| | | | | (i) The recycling industrial |
| | | | | units registered under |
| | | | | following rules are |
| | | | | exempted, namely:- |
| | | | | |
| | | (c) Secondary metallurgical industry: | Secondary metallurgical industry: | (a) the Hazardous and |
| | | | | Other Wastes |
| | | Toxic metals (Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic Mercury, Chromium) producing units | (i) Toxic metals (Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, Mercury, Chromium) | (Management and |
| | | with capacity > 0.02ΜΤΡΑ | producing units with capacity <0.02ΜΤΡΑ | Transboundary |
| | | | | Movement) Rules, |
| | | | | 2016; |
| | | | | |
| | | | (ii) Processes involving melting of nontoxic metals | (b) the E-Waste |
| | | | | (Management) Rules, |
| | | | | 2016; |
| | | | | |
| | | | | (c) the Battery Waste |
| | | | +-------------------+-------------+-------------+ | Management Rules, |
| | | | | Fuel in the | Category B2 | Category B1 | | 2022. |
| | | | | furnace | | | | |
| | | | +-------------------+-------------+-------------+ | (ii). The following thermal |
| | | | | 1. Solid or | ≥ 0.03 | ≥ 0.06 | | power plants setup within |
| | | | | liquid fuel | MTPA to < | ΜΤΡΑ | | metallurgical industries are |
| | | | | | 0.06 ΜΤΡΑ | | | exempted, namely:- |
| | | | +-------------------+-------------+-------------+ | (a) plants or units, other |
| | | | | 2. Gas fuel or | ≥ 0.06 | ≥ 0.12 | | than power |
| | | | | electricity | MTPA to < | ΜΤΡΑ | | plants referred to in |
| | | | | | 0.12 ΜΤΡΑ | | | the item 1(d); |
| | | | +-------------------+-------------+-------------+ | (b) thermal power plants |
| | | | | based on municipal |
| | | | | solid waste (non- |
| | | | | hazardous). |
| | | | | |
| | | (iii) Processes involving only heating of nontoxic metals with pickling | | (iii). The Standalone rolling |
| | | | | or re-rolling or extrusion or |
| | | | | piercing or forging or |
| | | | | drawing units not involving |
| | | | | any type of melting or |
| | | | | pickling are exempted". |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
[F. No. IA-Z-11013/83/2022-IA-II(IND-I)]
Dr. SUJIT KUMAR BAJPAYEE, Jt. Secy.
Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, vide number S.O. 1533(E), dated the
14th September, 2006 and was last amended vide the notification number S.O. 3840(E), dated the
30th August, 2023.
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