With a view to amend the Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 (“EIA Notification”), the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (“Ministry”) has notified the following amendments to the Schedule of the EIA Notification:
- In the list of Projects or Activities requiring prior environmental clearance, Pellet Plant (irrespective of capacity) has been added;
- The entry with respect to Metallurgical Industries (ferrous and nonferrous) has been substituted to exempt the recycling industrial units registered under the following rules:
- Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016;
- E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022;
- Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022.
Further, specific thermal power plants setup within metallurgical industries have also been exempted from the requirement of obtaining prior Environmental Clearance.
Source: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
