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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-10102024-257800
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4021]
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. 4382(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 Chaprala Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 3877 (E), dated the 27th October, 2020;
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. 3877 (E), dated the 27th October, 2020;
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. 3877 (E), dated
the 27th October, 2020, namely:-
In the said notification, for paragraphs 5 and 6, the following paragraph shall be respectively substituted,
namely: -
"5. Monitoring Committee. - (1) The Central Government hereby constitutes a Monitoring Committee
consisting of the following persons, namely:-
(i) The District Collector, Gadchiroli Chairman, ex officio;
(ii) A representative of the Department of Environment, Government of Member, ex officio;
Maharashtra
(iii)One representative of non-governmental organization working in the Member.
field of Wildlife Conservation to be nominated by the State
Government of Maharashtra from time to time every three years.
(iv) One expert in the area of ecology and environment, from reputed Member.
university or Institution to be nominated by the Government of
Maharashtra from time to time every three years.
(v) A representative of the Town Planning Office, Gadchiroli Member, ex officio;
(vi) One member of State Biodiversity Board Member, ex officio;
(vii)Regional Officer, Maharashtra State pollution Control Board, Member, ex officio;
Mumbai
(viii)A representative each of Revenue or Police or Public Works Member, ex officio;
Department or Industries or Water resources or urban development
and Rural development of Government of Maharashtra
(ix) Sub Divisional Forest Officer (Wildlife), Allapalli Member, ex officio;
(x) Divisional Manager, Markhanda Forest Development Corporation of Member, ex officio;
Maharashtra Limited
(xi) The Deputy Conservator of Forests (Territorial), Allapalli Member Secretary, ex
officio.
"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 as 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 concerned Collector or the concerned
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 representative or expert from concerned Department,
representative from industry associations or concerned stakeholders to assist in its deliberations
depending on the requirements on 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 by the 30th June of that year to the Chief Wildlife Warden in the State in
pro-forma specified in Annexure-V.
(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. 25/23/2017-ESZ]
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. 3877 (E), dated the 27th October, 2020.
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