MOEFCC Circulars

Important Notifications and Circulars

Notifications and circulars related to EIA Notification, 2006 as notified and available from MoEF&CC (Ministry of
Environment, Forests and Climate Change)
 or E-Gazette website:

  1.  Principal Notification dated 14.09.2006
  2. Re-Characterization of Projects/ Proposal to be considered for EC as per B1 and B2 (Notification dated 24.12.2013)
  3. Unified EIA Notifications upto August 2015 (FOR INTERNAL USE)
  4. Amendment in EIA Notification in reference to Validity of Environmental Clearance – SO 2944 dated 14.09.2016
  5. Violation Related Projects
  • Amendment in EIA notification 2006 in relation to Violation Cases SO 1030 E dated 08th March 2018
  • Amendment in EIA Notification in reference to Violation Cases and their appraisal at MOEF&CC – SO 804 (E) dated 14.03.2017
  • OM on Procedure to be followed for Violation Projects (OM 15.03.2018 and OM 16.03.2018)
  • OM Dated 09.09.2019: Consideration of Category B violation proposals at the State level as per the provisions of Notification S.O 804 (E) dated 14.03.2017 through lateral entry
  1. Amendment in EIA Notification for Minor Mineral mining projects SO. 141 dated 15.01.2016
  2. Sustainable Sand Mining Guidelines (2016)
  3. Requirement of EC for Old Mine Leases having ECs under EIA notification 1994 dated 06.04.2018
  4. Clarification of Mining of Overburden and other Dump in existing or old Mine Lease areas
  5. S.O. 4307 (E) dated-[ 29.11.2019 ]- Validity of mining lease up to March, 2020
  1. OM dated 05.03.2015 Clarification from MOEFCC related to “industrial shed”
  2. OM Dated 09.06.2015 in reference to further clarification of 22.12.2014 notification for exemption from EC for Schools/ hospitals etc
  3. OM Dated 17.03.2020:Building and Construction projects or activities proposed in Critically Polluted Areas or Severely Polluted Areas at the respective SEIAA/SEAC
  1. Amendment in EIA Notification under No Increase in Pollution load and Modernisation/ Change in Product Mix already having EC without change in plot area as per Clause 7(ii) of EIA notification 2006; SO 3518 dated 23.11.2016
  2. OM for Streamlining of Projects for Grant of TOR and EC Latest Guidelines in relation to use of Baseline Data of 3 Years and old Public Consultation for projects under EIA notification 2006 (OM Dated 29.08.2017)
  3. OM Related to submission of Environmental Statement i.e. FORM V under EP(A) 1986
  4. Guidelines to EACs at State and Centre for Seeking Clarifications/ additional studies beyond those prescribed in TOR/ Scoping of the proposal (OM dated 07.01.2014)
  5. Exemption from Public Hearing for projects with no increase in pollution load under 7(ii) of EIA Notification 2006
  6. OM Dated 01.05.2018: Corporate Environment Responsibility (CER)
  7. OM dated 27.04.2018: Exemption from Public Consultation for the projects / activities located within the Industrial Estates / Parks
  8. OM dated 02.04.2018: Clarification regarding applicability of EIA Notification 2006 for Coal tar Pitch Melting
  9. OM Date 23.01.2019: Exemption of Environment Clearance for Thermal Power Plant using Waste Heat recovery Boilers (WHRB) without any auxiliary fuel etc
  10. OM Dated 11.06.2019: Different forms for various processes envisaged in the EIA Notificaiton 2006
  11. OM Dated 08.08.2019: Procedure for Consideration of Developmental Projects Located with in 10 km of National Park/Wildlife Sanctuary Seeking Environmental Clearance under the Provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006
  12. OM Dated 12.03.2020: S.O 751(E)- Grant of standard Terms of Reference (ToR) in respect of expansion proposals and projects located within notified Industrial Estates on acceptance of application in Form-1, within 7 working days, without referring to EAC or SEAC by the Ministry or SEIAA
  13. Expeditious disposal of proposal relating to Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) as Category B2
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