Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 – Insertion of Paragraph 9-A

(Published in the Gazette of India, Extra., Part II, Section 3(ii),
dated 27th November, 2020, pp.2-3, No.3749)

Whereas, the Central Government in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forests in exercise of its powers under sub-section (1) and clause (v) of sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986has published the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the said notification) vide number S.O.1533(E), dated the 14th September, 2006, making the requirement of prior environmental clearance from the concerned regulatory authority mandatory for all new projects or activities listed in the Schedule to the said notification, their expansion and modernization and/or change in product mix, as the case may be, before any construction work or preparation of land by the project management except for securing the l