Important Notifications and Circulars

General Notification And Circulars

1. Principal EIA Notification dated 14th September 2006
2. Amendment in EIA Notification dated 11th October, 2007
3. Amendment in EIA Notification dated 1st December, 2009
4. Amendment in EIA Notification dated 4th April, 2011
 
1. Amendment in Notification under no increase in pollution load and modernization having EC without change in plot areas- Expansion/Modernization of projects dated 23rd November, 2016
2. Amendment in clause(c), 7 (ii),  no increase in pollution load dated 16th January, 2020

1. OM-Exemption from Public hearing- Project located in notified industrial Estate/Parks (notified prior to 2006) or granted EC under 7(c) & exception of activities located in industrial Estate/Parks-2018 dated 4th April, 2016

1. Principal Violation Notification dated 14th March, 2017 2017
2. Amendment in violation Notification dated 8th March, 2018
3. Procedure to be followed for Violation Projects dated 8th March,2018
4. OM- To streamline and expedite consideration of proposal covered under Category-B dated 15th March, 2018
5. OM- Compliance of order dated 14th March, 2018
6. Clarification of Procedure to be adopted specific to violation cases of mining projects dated 30th May, 2018
7. Violation O.M. Cat. B Proposal dated 09th September, 2019
1. Submission of Environmental Statement i.e; form V : dated 30th June, 2009
2. Amendment in EIA Notification dated 1st December, 2009
3. Critically Polluted Areas of India as per CEPI Index of CPCB-I : December, 2009
4. Critically Polluted Areas of India as per CEPI Index of CPCB-II :December, 2009
5. Guidelines for Preparation of PFR : dated 30th December, 2010
6. CRZ Notification dated 6th January, 2011
7. Mandatory requirement of Certified Compliance Report from Regional Office of MoEF & CC for all project requiring expansion of Existing project previously granted EC dated 30th May, 2012
8. Delisting of Pending Projects:dated 30th October, 2012
9. Guidelines for Consideration of Proposals for grant of Environmental Clearance:dated 24th December, 2013
10. Seeking additional studies by EACs/SEACs during appraisal of the project beyond the ToR dated 7th October, 2014
11. Status of land acquisition w.r.t. Project while considering the case for EC dated 7th October, 2014
12. Categorization of EC Conditions for Different Phases dated 7th October, 2014
13. Applicability of Standard ToR for baseline data collection after online submission dated 10th April, 2015
14. Standard ToR for all projects April, 2015
15. Unified EIA Notification (For Internal Use Only) August 2015
16. Notification for mandatory involvement of Accredited Consultants by QCI/NABET dated 3rd March, 2016
17. Amendment in EIA Notification in reference to validity of EC dated 14th September, 2016
18. OM for clarifications over consideration of Solid Waste Management Projects as per 7(i) Common Solid Waste Management Facility dated 3rd July, 2017 
19. Guidelines for use of Baseline data of 3 years and old Public Consultation for project under EIA notification dated 29th August, 2017
20. Circular for Certified Compliance Report Grant and Streamlining of Process for Expansion projects appraisal dated 7th September, 2017
21. Notification for STP Discharge Standards dated 13th October, 2017
22. OM -Dust Mitigation Measures dated 25th January, 2018
23. Notification related to Post Facto Clearance of CRZ Notification dated 6th March, 2018
24. Draft CRZ Notification,dated 18th April, 2018
25. Application for seeking prior EC for the projects (Form-2) dated 20th April, 2018
26. Corporate Environment Responsibilities (CER) dated 1st May, 2018
27. Standardization of Environmental Clearance Conditions dated 9th August, 2018
28. Directions under Air and Water Act for grant of CTO/CTE dated 01st November, 2018
29. Environmental Standard Notification for Kerosene Industry dated 3rd January, 2019
30. Notification related to Post Facto Clearance of CRZ Notification dated 18th January, 2019
31. Fly ash Notification dated 25th February, 2019
32. ICRZ Notification- Island Projects dated 8th March, 2019
33. Blue Flag Certification- Infrastructure Development Projects dated 09th January, 2020
34. Grant of standard ToR/additional ToR dated 17th February, 2020
35. Draft EIA Notification dated 12th March, 2020
36. Grant of Standard ToR- Expansion of Industrial Estate Project dated 12th March, 2020
37. Extension of tenure- Infra-1, CRZ & Other Misc. Projects dated 5th April, 2020
38. Red, Orange, Green & White Category Industries as per CPCB Directions dated  29th September, 2016

Sector Specific Notifications

1. Amendment in EIA Notification for consideration of projects for 5(f) andre-characterization of various schedules of   EIA Notification  dated 25th June, 2014
2. Notification-Biomedical Waste dated  17th April, 2015
3. Amendment in EIA Notification under no increase in Pollution load and Modernisation/Change in Product Mix dated 23rd November, 2016
4. LABSA Notification dated  13th February, 2018
5. EPA fourth Amendment for Paint Industry- Paint industry dated 28th December, 2018
6. EIA Notification for Sugar and Distillery Project dated 17th January, 2019
7. Exemption of EC for Thermal Power Plant using Waste Heat Recovery Boilers (WHRB) without any auxiliary fuel- Thermal Power Plant  dated 23rd January, 2019
8. Draft Notification for Proposed Amendment in Item 5(g) of the Schedule Of EIA Notification dated  24th January, 2019
9. Distillery and 6 (b) Schedule dated 13th June, 2019
10. OM disposal/Utilization of fly ash- Thermal Power Plants & Coal Mines dated 28th August, 2019
11. Draft Rules-Lead Stabilizer PVC Pipes and Fitting Rules, dated 12th September, 2019
12. Draft Notification on Environmental Standards for Steel Plants- Iron & Steel Plant dated 4th December, 2019
13. Amendment in 1(b)  offshore oil and gas development and production projects dated 16th January, 2020
14. Draft Notification on Environmental Standards for Bulk Drug and Formulation- Pharmaceuticals Industry dated 23rd January, 2020 
15. Draft notification on Environmental Standards for Hot Mix Plants – Hot Mix Plant dated 23rd January, 2020
16. Extension of validity of notification for one more year to encourage ethanol production- Bioethanol manufacturing industries dated 17th February, 2020
17. Every manufacturer, producer, collection centre and others involved with batteries industry dated 20th February, 2020
18. API Notification 2020 API Notification dated 27th March, 2020
1. Exemption of Industrial shed,  School, College, Hostel for educational institute and related projects under 8(a) dated 22nd December, 2014 
2. Clarification regarding Industrial Shed on notification dated 5th March, 2015
3. Guidelines for projects exempted under 8 (a) (Industrial shed,  School,College, Hostel for educational institute) dated 09th June, 2015 
4. Consideration of Proposal for grant of ToR/EC to Building Construction Project dated 3rd April, 2018
5. Amendment in EIA Notification for Building Construction Projects Appraisal at Local Bodies-I dated 14th November, 2018
6. Amendment in EIA Notification for Building Construction Projects Appraisal at Local Bodies-II dated 15th November, 2018

1. Sustainable Sand Mining Guidelines, 2016
2. Amendment in EIA Notification (Minor Mineral Mining) dated 15th January, 2016
3. Requirement of EC for Old Mine Leases having ECs under EIA Notification, dated 6th April, 2018
4. Clarification for carrying out the mining of minerals including overburden and dump mining dated 18th June, 2018
5. Gazette Notification dated 14th August, 2018
6. Grant of fresh EC to successful bidders for the mines expiring in 31st March, dated 29th November, 2019
7. SC order -Regrassing after mine dated 8th January, 2020
8. OM Additional EC Condition for Mining Projec : dated 16th January, 2020
9. Validity of Environmental Clearance- Mining Projects dated 27th February, 2020
10. Minerals Law Amendment Act, 2020 dated 28th March, 2020
11. Guidelines for auction of Mineral Blocks with pre embedded clearance for mining projects dated 3rd June, 2020

General Reference Links

1.List of NABET Approved EIA Consultants
2. EIA TECHNICAL GUIDANCE MANUAL (TGM – 1)
3. EIA TECHNICAL GUIDANCE MANUAL (TGM – 2)
4. CPCB
5. PARIVESH Portal
6. MOEFCC
7. Environmental Clearance Portal