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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-30052024-254434
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2044]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2024/JYAISHTHA 8, 1946
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th May, 2024
S.O. 2143(E).—Whereas the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and
clauses (v) and (xiv) of sub-section (2) of section (3) 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 in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 891 (E), dated the 20th March, 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. 891 (E), dated the 20th March, 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 and Forest and Climate Change,
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 891 (E), dated
the 20th March, 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 consisting of
the following persons, namely: -
(i) Commissioner, Mirzapur Chairman, ex officio;
(ii) A representative of District Magistrate, Sonbhadra Member, ex officio;
(iii) A representative of District Magistrate, Mirzapur Member, ex officio;
(iv) Regional Officer, Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board,
Sonbhadra or Mirzapur Member, ex officio;
(v) Senior Town Planner of the area Member, ex officio;
(vi) An expert in the area of Ecology and Environment to be
nominated by the Government of Uttar Pradesh from time
to time every three years. Member;
(vii) A representative of Non-Governmental Organisation
[working in the field of environment and heritage] to be
nominated by the Government of Uttar Pradesh from time
to time every three years. Member;
(viii) Member of State Biodiversity Board Member, ex officio;
(ix) Deputy Conservator of Forests, Kaimur Wildlife Division
Member Secretary,
ex officio."
6. Functions of 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 refer 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 may 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 of the State in
pro-forma specified in Annexure-IV, appended to this notification.
(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. 25/112/2015-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. 891(E), dated the 20th March, 2017.
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