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:
- Principal Notification dated 14.09.2006
- Re-Characterization of Projects/ Proposal to be considered for EC as per B1 and B2 (Notification dated 24.12.2013)
- Unified EIA Notifications upto August 2015 (FOR INTERNAL USE)
- Amendment in EIA Notification in reference to Validity of Environmental Clearance – SO 2944 dated 14.09.2016
- 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
- –Amendment in EIA Notification for Minor Mineral mining projects SO. 141 dated 15.01.2016
- –Sustainable Sand Mining Guidelines (2016)
- –Requirement of EC for Old Mine Leases having ECs under EIA notification 1994 dated 06.04.2018
- –Clarification of Mining of Overburden and other Dump in existing or old Mine Lease areas
- –S.O. 4307 (E) dated-[ 29.11.2019 ]- Validity of mining lease up to March, 2020
- –OM dated 05.03.2015 Clarification from MOEFCC related to “industrial shed”
- –OM Dated 09.06.2015 in reference to further clarification of 22.12.2014 notification for exemption from EC for Schools/ hospitals etc
- –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
- –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
- –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)
- –OM Related to submission of Environmental Statement i.e. FORM V under EP(A) 1986
- –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)
- –Exemption from Public Hearing for projects with no increase in pollution load under 7(ii) of EIA Notification 2006
- –OM Dated 01.05.2018: Corporate Environment Responsibility (CER)
- –OM dated 27.04.2018: Exemption from Public Consultation for the projects / activities located within the Industrial Estates / Parks
- –OM dated 02.04.2018: Clarification regarding applicability of EIA Notification 2006 for Coal tar Pitch Melting
- –OM Date 23.01.2019: Exemption of Environment Clearance for Thermal Power Plant using Waste Heat recovery Boilers (WHRB) without any auxiliary fuel etc
- –OM Dated 11.06.2019: Different forms for various processes envisaged in the EIA Notificaiton 2006
- –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
- –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
- –Expeditious disposal of proposal relating to Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) as Category B2