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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-11122024-259340
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4935]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2024/AGRAHAYANA 19, 1946
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
ORDER
New Delhi, the 10th December, 2024
S.O. 5332(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act) and in supersession of the order
of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, number S.O.
4798(E), dated the 3rd November, 2023, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such
suppression, the Central Government hereby constitutes the Andhra Pradesh Coastal Zone Management
Authority (hereinafter referred to as the Authority) consisting of the following persons, for a period of three
years with effect from the date of publication of this Order in the Official Gazette, namely:-
(1) Special Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary or Chairperson, ex officio;
Secretary to the Government, Environment, Forest,
Science and Technology Department, Government of
Andhra Pradesh
(2) Special Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary or Member, ex officio;
Secretary to the Government or Special Commissioner
(Disaster Management), Revenue (Disaster Management)
Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh
(3) Special Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary or Member, ex officio;
Secretary to the Government or Commissioner of
Fisheries, Fisheries Department, Government of Andhra
Pradesh
(4) Special Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary or Member, ex officio;
Secretary to the Government or Commissioner of
Industries, Industries and Commerce Department,
Government of Andhra Pradesh
(5) Special Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary or Member, ex officio;
Secretary to the Government, Panchayat Raj and Rural
Development Department, Government of Andhra
Pradesh
(6) Head or Director, Andhra Pradesh Space Applications Member, ex officio;
Centre, Government of Andhra Pradesh
(7) Director, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Member, ex officio;
Government of Andhra Pradesh (Urban Development
Department body)
(8) Dr. Shaik Basha, Expert Member;
Chief Scientist and Head,
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research -National
Environmental Engineering Research Institute,
Hyderabad Zonal Centre, IICT, Campus, Tarnaka,
Hyderabad-500007
(9) Dr. Vedula Venkata Subrahmanya Srinivasa Sarma, Expert Member;
Scientist-In-charge and Chief Scientist, Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research - National Institute of
Oceanography,
176, Lawsons Bay Colony, Visakhapatnam -530017
(10) Dr. Suseela Lanka, Expert Member;
Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) and Head,
Department of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Krishna
University, Machilipatnam- 521004, Andhra Pradesh
(11) Sri Nambada Venkata Bhaskara Rao, Expert Member;
D.No.39-8-43/1, Near Balabhanu School, Muralinagar,
Vishakhapatnam (Urban), Andhra Pradesh-530007
(12) India Youth For Society, Non- Governmental Member, Non -government
Organisation, represented by its Secretary Sri. Nekkanti Organisation;
Satya Santoshi Sarath Chandra
#9-26-4, FF, Paila mansions,
Canadian Baptist Mission Compound, Behind MVS
Jewel, Visakhapatnam- 530003
(13) Member Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Member- Secretary,
Board ex officio.
2. The Headquarter of the Authority shall be at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
3. The quorum for the meeting of the Authority shall be one- third of the total number of its Members.
4. The member, other than Member ex officio, shall be paid allowances as per the terms and conditions
decided by the Central Government.
5. In order to avoid any conflict of interest, the Members shall recuse themselves from the meeting of the
Authority, in the process of appraisal of any project, for which they have rendered any consultancy service.
6. The Authority shall take following measures for protecting and improving the quality of the coastal
environment and preventing, abating and controlling environmental pollution in the Coastal Regulation
Zone areas in the State of Andhra Pradesh, namely: -
(i) examine proposals received from the project proponent for approval of project proposal, in
accordance with the approved Coastal Zone Management Plan prepared under the notification of the
Government of India number S.O.19(E), dated the 6th January, 2011 or the notification number
G.S.R. 37(E), dated the 18th January, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as the said notification), as the
case may be, and make recommendation for approval of project proposal to the authority concerned,
as specified in the said notification, within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt of
application;
(ii) regulate all developmental activities in the Coastal Regulation Zone areas as specified in the said
notification;
(iii) enforce and monitor the implementation of provisions of the said notification;
(iv) issue directions under section 5 of the said Act as specified in the notification of the Government
of India, in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, number S.O. 4650(E), dated
the 30th September, 2022;
(v) exercise powers under section 10 of the said act;
(vi) file complaint under section 19 of the said Act;
(vii) examine proposals received from the State Government for modifications in the classification of
Coastal Regulation Zone areas and in the Coastal Zone Management Plan and making
recommendations to the National Coastal Zone Management Authority under the said notification;
and
(viii) inquire and review cases of failure of compliance or contravention of the said Act or rules made
thereunder or the said notification, suo-moto or on the basis of a complaint made by any person
before it.
7. The Authority shall, for the purposes of maintaining transparency in its functioning, create a dedicated
website and post the information relating to its functions, including the agenda in its meeting, minutes of
the meeting, decision taken in the meeting, recommendation for matters on failure of compliance or
contravention of the said notification and action taken on such failure or contravention and court matter
including the order of the court, and the approved Coastal Zone Management Plan of the Government of
Andhra Pradesh.
8. The Authority shall furnish report of its activity at least once in six months to the National Coastal Zone
Management Authority.
[F. No. J-17011/27/1999-IA.III ]
RAJAT AGARWAL, Jt. Secy.
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