Question raised in Lok Sabha on Environmental Clearance for Mining, 01/03/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Environmental Clearance for Mining, 01/03/2016. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006, as amended from time to time, under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 which deals with the process to grant Environmental Clearance. Further, the Ministry has notified the amendments in the EIA Notification, 2006, vide SO No. 141 (E) on 15.01.2016 for minor minerals with special focus on sustainable sand mining. The Ministry, vide notification dated 15.01.2016, for the first time, has delegated the Authority of Environmental Clearance up to 5 hectare of individual mining lease of minor minerals and 25 hectares in clusters to the District Environment Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA) headed by the District Magistrate/ District Collector. A District Expert Appraisal Committee (DEAC) has also been constituted under the chairmanship of the Executive Engineer, Irrigation Department to assist the DEIAA. The Ministry has also notified the constitution of DEIAA and DEAC, vide Notification SO No. 190 (E) dated 20.01.2016.