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Sept. 2003 Table. 1 : Public Hearing Time Line No public hearing was required for offshore exploration activities, beyond 10 km from the nearest habitation, village boundary, goothans and ecologically sensitive areas such as, mangroves (with a minimum area of 1,000 sq.m.), corals, coral reefs, national parks, marine parks, sanctuaries, reserve forests and breeding and spawning grounds of fish and other marine life. 14.09.06 EIA Notification 2006 Provisions of EC made in Section :- 7 [Stages in Prior EC] (i), 7(i)(III)- Stage-III - PC, 7(ii) , Appendix IV – Process of conduct of PH & Appendix V – 1 06.05.08 OM no. J-11013-56-2004-IA.II(I) for scrutiny by SPCBs of Draft EIA/EMP Reports submitted by PP for conduction of PH in terms of EIA(2006) 03.06.09 OM no. J-11013-41-2006-IA.II(I) for consideration of projects under 7(ii) of EIA(2006) – Exemption of PH to be applied judiciously & to be recorded in the minutes of meeting of EAC. 24.08.09 In continuation to OM dtd. 3-6-09 another OM no. J-11013-41- 2006-IA.II(I) issued about no exemption from PH shall be given in any project accorded EC prior to EIA (2006) coming into force by invoking clause 7(ii) of EIA notification 2006. Special Volume 1, October 2015 50