02.09.14
Table. 1 : Public Hearing Time Line
No. J-II 0 15/30/2004-IA.I1 (M) : 50% clause again extended
Production capacity exceeding 20 MTPA (additional production
up to 6 MTPA).
09.10.14 22-83-2014-iA.III – Conduct of PH by concerned SPCB or UTPCC.
10.12.14 OM J-11013/36/2014-IA-I on exemption from Public
consultation for the projects/ activities located within the
Industrial Estate/ Parks.
ISSUES CATEGORIZATION
This concept was legally introduced in India in the form of ‘public hearing’ in
1997. Since then the public hearing process has been conducted as a mandatory
step of environmental clearance for most projects and activities. This was the
amendment made in EIA notification 1994. The term PH is defined n EIA
notification 2006 as “Public Consultation” refers to the process by which the
concerns of local affected persons and others who have plausible stake in the
environmental impacts of the project or activity are ascertained with a view to
taking into account all the material concerns in the project or activity design as
appropriate.
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