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1. ENVIRONMENTAL
CLEARANCE
PROCESS
The Environmental Compliance Certificate or ECC refers to the
document issued by the DENR-EMB that allows a proposed
project to proceed to the next stage of project planning, which is
the acquisition of approvals from other government agencies and
LGUs, after which the project can start implementation.

2. DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
CLEARANCE (EC) PROCESS IN INDIA
• The environmental movement in India got a boost from the Stockholm Conference on
Human Environment held in June 1972
• In 1982, Government of India (Ministry of Environment and Forest) introduced the need of an
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) / Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for public
sector projects
• In 1994, EIA Notification under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 was introduced Ø
NOC (No Objection Certificate) from State Authority Ø Environmental Clearance from Ministry
of Environment & Forests
• Public Hearing was introduced in 1997
• In 2006, the EIA Notification-1994 has been replaced by a more comprehensive EIA
Notification covering a larger variety of projects and activities i.e. EIA Notification Sep 14,
2006.

3. EIA NOTIFICATION 2006
OBJECTIVE:
• TO FORMULATE A TRANSPARENT, DECENTRALIZED AND EFFICIENT
REGULATORY MECHANISM TO:
• INCORPORATE NECESSARY ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS AT
PLANNING STAGE OF SPECIFIED INVESTMENT PROJECTS.
• INVOLVE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION PROCESS
DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES REQUIRING ‘EC’
• ALL NEW PROJECTS/ACTIVITIES LISTED IN SCHEDULE. SCHEDULE IS
BASED ON POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, NOT INVESTMENT
LIMITS;
• CHANGE IN CAPACITY (BEYOND SPECIFIED LIMITS), CHANGE IN
PROCESS, CHANGE IN PRODUCT MIX OF EXISTING PROJECTS

4. CATEGORIZATION OF
PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES

5. EIA 2006 –.... CONTD
• AS PER EIA NOTIFICATION SEP 14, 2006, A SCHEDULE IS PROVIDED
FOR LIST OF PROJECTS OR ACTIVITIES REQUIRING PRIOR
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE
• ALL NEW PROJECTS LISTED IN THE SCHEDULE INCLUDING
EXPANSION, MODERNIZATION OF THE EXISTING PROJECTS OR
ACTIVITIES AND CHANGE IN PRODUCT MIX SHALL REQUIRE PRIOR
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE
• ONLY LAND CAN BE SECURED BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CLEARANCE, NO CONSTRUCTION WORK CAN BE DONE BEFORE
OBTAINING EC

6. • EC BY WHOM?
• CATEGORY A PROJECTS: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND
FORESTS • BASE DECISIONS ON THE RECOMMENDATION BY EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE
(EAC)
• CATEGORY B PROJECTS: AT STATE LEVEL THE STATE ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT
AUTHORITY (SEIAA)
• THE SEIAA SHALL BASE ITS DECISION ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF A STATE OR UNION
TERRITORY LEVEL EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE (SEAC) AS TO BE CONSTITUTED FOR IN THIS
NOTIFICATION
• IN THE ABSENCE OF A DULY CONSTITUTED SEIAA OR SEAC, A CATEGORY ‘B’ PROJECT SHALL
BE TREATED AS A CATEGORY ‘A’ PROJECT (SHALL BE APPRAISED AT CENTRAL LEVEL AFTER

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Venus has a beautiful name and is the second
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than Mercury—and its atmosphere is extremely
poisonous