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The Gazette of India
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EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2025/PHALGUNA 29, 1946
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)]
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 20th March, 2025
S.O. 1335(E)— WHEREAS the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1)
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 Yawal Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II,
Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 1221(E), dated the 8th March, 2019;
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. 1221(E), dated the 8th March, 2019;
NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) 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 in the Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate
Change, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 1221(E),
dated the 8th March, 2019, namely:-
In the said notification, for paragraph 5 and 6, the following paragraph shall be substituted namely: -
"5. Monitoring Committee. -The Central Government hereby constitutes a Monitoring committee consisting of
the following persons, namely: -
(i) District Collector, Jalgaon Chairman; exofficio,
(ii) Chief Executive Officer Zilla Parishad, Jalgaon Member; exofficio,
(iii) An expert in Biodiversity nominated by the State Government from
time to time every 3 years Member; exofficio,
(iv) one representative of non-governmental organization working in the
field of Wildlife Conservation to be nominated by the State government
from time to time every 3 years Member;
(v) one expert in the area of ecology and environment to be nominated by
the Government of Maharashtra from time to time every three years.
Member;
(vi) Regional Officer, Maharashtra State Pollution Control Board
Member; exofficio,
(vii) Member of Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board Member; exofficio,
(viii) Senior Town Planner of the area Member; exofficio,
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(ix) Senior Town Planner of the area Member; exofficio,
(x) Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), Nashik Member; exofficio,
(xi) Deputy Conservator of Forests, Yawal Division, Jalgaon
Member Secretary exofficio,."
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 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 representative or expert from Department concerned, representative
from industry associations or 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 to the Chief Wildlife Warden of the State by the 30th June of that year 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.25/44/2016-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 S.O. 1221(E), dated the 8th March, 2019.