Environment Act, 2000 and subsequent amendments in 2002 The principal activities of DoE are: Defining Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedures and issuing environmental clearance permits - the latter being legal requirement before projects can proceed to implementation stage; Providing advice or take direct action to prevent degradation of environment; Pollution control, including the monitoring of effluent sources and ensuring mitigation of environmental pollution; Setting the quality standards for particular uses of water and for discharges to water bodies; and Declaring Ecologically Critical Areas where the ecosystem has been degraded to a critical state. Department of Forest The Department of Forest is responsible for the protection of four types of legally protected areas-wildlife sanctuaries,game reserves,reserved forests&natural forests. DOE The DoE, clearance procedure for various projects identified under ECR would need to go through the following two stage process. Initial Stage: Site Clearance Certificate (SCC) Advanced Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) a) Initial Stage The first step for the project proponent is to complete an application form that may be obtained from the appropriate DoE Divisional office. The application form (Annex 4), with a covering letter, is then addressed to the Director/Deputy Director of the respective divisional office of the Department of Environment as prescribed in Form-3 of the Environment Conservation Rules, 1997. The application should include a project feasibility study, the IEE/EIA report, No Objection Certificate of the local authority, mitigation plan for minimizing potential environmental impacts, and a Treasury of prescribed fee. The DoE reserves the right to ‘Chalaan’ request additional information, supporting documents or other additional materials for the proposed project. Initially, for obtaining the SCC, the following two
Environment Act, 2000 and subsequent amendments in 2002 The principal activities of DoE are: Defining Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedures and issuing environmental clearance permits - the latter being legal requirement before projects can proceed to implementation stage; Providing advice or take direct action to prevent degradation of environment; Pollution control, including the monitoring of effluent sources and ensuring mitigation of environmental pollution; Setting the quality standards for particular uses of water and for discharges to water bodies; and Declaring Ecologically Critical Areas where the ecosystem has been degraded to a critical state. Department of Forest The Department of Forest is responsible for the protection of four types of legally protected areas-wildlife sanctuaries,game reserves,reserved forests&natural forests. DOE The DoE, clearance procedure for various projects identified under ECR would need to go through the following two stage process. Initial Stage: Site Clearance Certificate (SCC) Advanced Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) a) Initial Stage The first step for the project proponent is to complete an application form that may be obtained from the appropriate DoE Divisional office. The application form (Annex 4), with a covering letter, is then addressed to the Director/Deputy Director of the respective divisional office of the Department of Environment as prescribed in Form-3 of the Environment Conservation Rules, 1997. The application should include a project feasibility study, the IEE/EIA report, No Objection Certificate of the local authority, mitigation plan for minimizing potential environmental impacts, and a Treasury ‘Chalaan’ of prescribed fee. The DoE reserves the right to request additional information, supporting documents or other additional materials for the proposed project. Initially, for obtaining the SCC, the following two
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