MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 17th February, 2015

S.O. 556(E).—Whereas, a draft notification further to amend the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forests number. S O. 19(E), dated the 6th January, 2011 (hereinafter referred to as the Coastal Regulation Zone, notification, 2011) was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (ii) vide notification number S.O. 3202(E) dated the 11th December, 2014, as required under sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986,

inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, within a period of sixty days from the date on which copies of Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public; 

And whereas, copies of the said notification were made available to the public on 11th December, 2014; 

And whereas, objections and suggestions received in response to the said draft notification have been considered by the Central Government.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clause (v) of

sub-section (2) of section 3 of the said Environment (Protection) Act, (29 of 1986) read with clause (d) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the said Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the Coastal Regulation Zone notification, 2011, namely:—

In the said Coastal Regulation Zone, notification, 2011,—

(a)  in paragraph 3,-

(i)  for item (ix) , the following item shall be substituted, namely:—

“(ix) Reclamation for commercial purposes such as shopping and housing complexes, hotels

and entertainment activities except for construction of memorials/monuments and allied

facilities, only in CRZ-IV (A) areas, in exceptional cases, by the concerned State

Government, on a case to case basis;”

(ii)  for item (xiii), the following item shall be substituted, namely:—

“(xiii) Dressing or altering the sand dunes, hills, natural features including landscape change

for beautification, recreation and other such purpose except utilising the rocks/hills/natural

features, only in CRZ-IV (A) areas, for development of memorials/monuments and allied

facilities, by the concerned State Government;”

(b) in paragraph 4, in sub-paragraph (ii), after item (i) the following item shall be inserted, namely :-

“(j) Construction of memorials/monuments and allied facilities by the concerned State

Government in CRZ-IV (A) areas, in exceptional cases, with adequate environmental

safeguards, subject to the following, namely:—

(A) The concerned State Government shall submit justification for locating the project in

CRZ –IV (A) area along with details of alternate sites considered and weightage matrix

on various parameters including environmental parameters, to State CZMA who will

examine the project and make recommendation to the Central Government (MoEF) for

grant of Terms of Reference (ToRs) for preparation of an environmental impact

assessment report by the State Government;

(B) On grant of ToRs by the Central Government, the concerned State Government shall

submit the draft Environmental Impact Assessment report (EIA) with Environmental

Management Plan(EMP), draft Risk Assessment Report with Disaster Management Plan

(DMP) including on-site and off-site emergency plan and evacuation plan during

emergency, to the State Pollution Control Board for conduct of public hearing for the

proposed project in accordance with the procedure laid down under the Environment

Impact Assessment notification;

(C) The concerned State Government shall, after addressing the relevant issues raised by the

public during the public hearing referred to in sub-item (B), submit the final EIA, EMP,

Risk Assessment and DMP, to the State CZMA for their examination and

recommendation to MoEF;”

(D) The Central Government may, if it considers necessary so to do, dispense with the

requirement of public hearing referred to in sub-item (B), if it is satisfied that the project

will not involve rehabilitation and resettlement of the public or the project site is located

away from human habitation.

[F. No. J-17011/18/96-IA-III]

BISHWANATH SINHA, Jt. Secy.