Sept 30th

Chandigarh, September 30 - Haryana State Pollution Control
Board has excluded from the purview of the Environment Impact
Assessment notification the building projects of upto 20,000 sq.
meters of built up area, according to a notification issued by Union
Ministry of Environment and Forests.
While stating this today, the Chairman of the Haryana State
Pollution Control Board, Mr. Sameer Mathur said that more relief has
been given to the electroplating industries, which are not required to
obtain environmental clearance under the new notification No. SO 1533
dated September 14., 2006. Similarly, foundry units of upto five
tonnes per hour capacity would also not required to obtain
environmental clearance.
He said that there would be no requirement of public hearing for
building and construction projects and for the industrial projects
located within approved industrial estates or parks.
He said that there were 39 categories of projects divided in eight
major heads, which have been included in the notification dated
September 14, 2006 as per the schedule of the notification and
required environmental clearance either from the Central Government or
at State level from the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority
and State Level Authority (SEIAA). He said that SEIAA and State Level
Expert Appraisal Committee were being constituted for this purpose.
He said that the full text of the prior environment clearance
notification No. SO 1533 dated September 14, 2006 has been made
available on the website of the Union Ministry of Environment and
Forests that is www.enfor.nic.in and on the website of the Haryana
State Pollution Control Board that is www.hspcb.gov.in. This
notification has superceded the earlier environment assessment
notification No. SO 60 (E) dated January 27, 1994, which had so for
governed the subject of prior environment clearance.
The new notification has details or orders and directions regarding
legal requirement and procedures for obtaining prior environmental
clearance for projects and activities, both new and expanding or
modernizing as listed in the schedule of notification.