Reconstitution of UTEIAA and UTEAC Jammu and Kashmir

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L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-13022024-252049 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 606] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2024/MAGHA 24, 1945 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th February, 2024 S.O. 637(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) and in pursuance of 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 (hereinafter referred to as the said notification), the Central Government hereby constitutes the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir Environment Impact Assessment Authority (hereinafter referred to as the Authority) comprising of the following persons, namely: - (a) Shri Lal Chand, former Member Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission, R/O Khearian, P/O Gole Gujral, ward No. 32, Jammu-180002 -Chairman; (b) Shri Nazir Ahmed, former State Information Commissioner, Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission, R/O H. No. 12, Jeelanabad, Lane 1, Batpora, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir -190006 -Member; (c) Director, Ecology, Environment and Remote Sensing. -Member Secretary. 2. The Chairman and Members of the Authority shall hold office for a period of three years from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette. 3. The Authority shall exercise the powers and follow the procedures specified in the said notification. 4. The Authority shall take its decision on the recommendations of the Union territory Expert Appraisal Committee constituted under paragraph 5 for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. 5. The Central Government, in consultation with the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, for the purpose of assisting the Authority, hereby constitutes the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir Expert Appraisal Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee), comprising of the following persons, namely:- (a) Shri Arun Kumar Tikku, Retd. Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, R/O H. No. 208, Vasant Vihar Extension, Sector 3 Trikuta Nagar, Jammu -180020 Jammu and Kashmir. -Chairman; (b) Shri Shuja Ahmad Hyderi, Retd. Conservator of Forests, R/O H. No. 551, Sector-1, Hamdania Colony, Bemina, Srinagar-190018. -Member; (c) Shri Mir Javed Jaffar, Retd. Chief Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control Department, Jammu and Kashmir R/O Alamgari Bazar, Srinagar-190011. -Member; (d) Shri Rajendra Pal Gupta, Retd. Chief Engineer, Public Works (R&B) Department, R/O H.No. 808, Subhash Nagar, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir 180005. -Member; (e) Prof. (Dr.) Mushtaq Ahmad Darzi, Department of Management Studies and Director, UGC-HRDC University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar 190006. -Member; (f) Prof. (Dr.) Kulwant Singh, Retd. HoD, Law Department, University of Jammu, R/O 166, Residency Road, Jammu-180001Jammu and Kashmir. -Member; (g) Prof. Mohammad Sultan Bhat, Department of Geography, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006 -Member; (h) Sh. Humayun Rashid, R/O Rustum Colony, Rajbagh, Srinagar 190008 -Member; (i) Prof. (Dr.) Masood-ul-Hassan Balkhi, Ex. Dean and Chief Scientist, Faculty of Fisheries, Sher-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), R/o House No.-24, Madina Enclave, Rawalpora, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir-190005 -Member; (j) Dr. Sham Lal Gupta, Ex-Director Colleges, Higher Education Department, Opposite Post Office, Sector-1/A (Ext.) Channi Himmat, Jammu-180001 -Member; (k) Prof. Anil Kumar Raina, Retd. Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu/ Member, Jammu and Kashmir Wetlands Authority, R/o 101/2, Channi Himmat Jammu, 180015. -Member; (l) Dr. Gulzar Ahmad Mukhtar, Retd. Chief Engineer, Geologist, Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation, R/O Post box No.13, GPO, The Bund Srinagar, PIN- 190001, Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir (m) Scientist or Junior Scientist, Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing, Jammu and Kashmir -Member Secretary. 6. The Chairman and Members of the Committee, shall hold office for a period of three years from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette. 7. In order to avoid any conflict of interest, - (i) the Chairman and Members of the Authority, and the Committee shall, - (a) declare to which consulting organisation they have been associated with and also the project proponents; (b) not undertake any consultation or associate with regard to preparation of Environment Impact Assessment and Environment Management Plan for project, which is to be decided by the Authority or to be appraised by the Committee during their tenure; and (ii) in the preceding five years, if the Chairman or any Member of the Committee has provided consultancy services or conducted Environment Impact Assessment studies for any project proponent, they shall recuse themselves from the meetings of the Committee from the process of appraisal of any project proposed by such proponents. 8. The Committee shall exercise the powers and follow the procedures specified in the said notification. 9. The Committee shall function on the principle of collective responsibility and the Chairman shall endeavour to reach consensus in each case, and if they fail to reach consensus, the view of the majority shall prevail. 10. The Government of Jammu and Kashmir shall specify an agency to act as secretariat of the Authority and the Committee and the secretariat shall provide financial and logistic support including accommodation, transportation and such other facilities in respect of their functions under the said notification. 11. The sitting fee, travelling allowance and dearness allowance to the Chairman and Members of the Authority and the Committee, shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of relevant rules of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. [F. No. IA3-13/1/2022-IA.III] Dr. SUJIT KUMAR BAJPAYEE, Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.