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EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006: SEIAA and SEAC,DELHI

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India (GoI), vide notification S.O. 1533(E) dated 14.09.2006 made environmental clearance mandatory for construction of new projects or activities, Expansion or modernization of existing projects or activities listed in its schedule entailing capacity addition with change in process and or technology undertaking in any part of India.All the projects listed in the schedule of notification are categorized into two broad categories namely Category A and Category B.

Category A projects requires appraisal  by the Central Level Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC)   and Environmental Clearance (EC) from MoEF, GOI Category Bprojectsrequires appraisal by the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC)  and  Environmental Clearance from State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) .

Provision for constituting SEIAA/SEAC in states

As per the Government of India notification number S.O.1533 (E) dated 14 September, 2006, the Ministry of Environment , Forests& Climate Change, Government of India has to notify SEIAA and SEAC for Union Territories/States .

For Delhi the SEIAA/SEAC were notified by MoEF, GOI vide notification no S.O. 1888(E)  dated 30.07.2008 and  again vide notification no.S.O. 1845(E) dated 5th August, 2011. The member and the Chairman of the SEIAA/SEAC hold the office for a fixed term of three years.

Thereafter vide Gazette Notification no S.O. 919(E) dated 01.04.2015 MoEF &CC notified the third SEIAA and SEAC for Delhi consisting of 3 and 10 members respectively. The Fourth SEIAA/SEAC Delhi have been constituted vide Gazette Notification No. S.O.3631 (E) dated 06.09.2021 MoEF & CC consisting of 03 and 13 Members respectively. Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), has been notified as the agency to act as a Secretariat .

As prescribed in the GOI Notification N. S.O.1533(E) dated 14.09.2006, in the absence of duly constituted SEIAA or SEAC, all category “B” project are considered at Central Level ie by MoEF&CC , GOI.

 

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