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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-10102024-257796
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4025]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2024/ASVINA 17, 1946
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 9th October, 2024
S.O. 4386(E).—WHEREAS, the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1)
and 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 Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary, Chhattisgarh in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 2201(E), dated the 12th July, 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. 2201(E), dated the 12th July, 2017;
NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and 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, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change,
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 2201(E), dated
the 12th July, 2017, namely:-
In the said notification, for paragraphs 5 and 6, the following paragraphs shall be substituted, namely: -
"5. Monitoring Committee. - The Central Government hereby constitutes a Monitoring Committee for effective
monitoring of the provisions of this notification consisting of the following persons, namely:-
(1) Collector, Balodabazar District Chairman, ex-officio;
(2) Chief Executive Officer, District Panchayat, Balodabazar Member, ex-officio;
(3) Superintending Engineer, Public Work Department Balodabazar Member, ex-officio;
(4) Superintending Engineer Public Health Department, Balodabazar Member, ex-officio;
(5) One expert in ecology or environment or wildlife from a reputed institution or Member;
university to be nominated by the State Government of Chhattisgarh for a period
of three years
(6) One representative of a Non-Governmental Organization working in the field of Member;
Environment/Wildlife (including heritage conservation) to be nominated by the
State Government of Chhattisgarh for a period of three years
6. Functions of the Monitoring Committee. - (1) 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 Forest, vide number S.O. 1533 (E), dated the 14th
September, 2006, and are falling in the Eco-sensitive Zone, except for the prohibited activities as 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.
(2) The activities not covered in the Schedule to the notification referred to in Sub-Paragraph (1) and 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.
(3) 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.
(4) The Monitoring Committee may invite a representative or an expert from the Department, a representative
from industry associations or stakeholders to assist the committee in its deliberations depending on the
requirements on a case to case basis.
(5) The Monitoring Committee shall submit the annual action taken report of its activities for the period up to the
31st March of every year to the Chief Wildlife Warden by the 30th June of that year in proforma specified in
Annexure-III.
(6) 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. 25/151/2015-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 notification number S.O. 2201(E), dated the 12th July, 2017.
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