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LIST OF PROJECTS OR ACTIVITIES REQUIRING PRIOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE

Category with threshold limit Conditions if any

Project or Activity A B

1 Mining, extraction of natural resources and power generation (for

a specified production capacity)
(a) ( (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1(a) (i) Mining of ³ 50 ha. of mining lease < 50 ha of mining lease General Conditions shall
minerals apply except for project or
area in respect of non- area in respect of non – activity of less than 5 ha of
coal mine lease. coal mine lease. mining lease area .
Provided that the above
exception shall not apply for
project or activity if the sum
total of the mining lease area
> 150 ha of mining lease < 150 ha. >5 ha of mining of the said project or activity
and that of existing operating
area in respect of coal lease area in respect of mines and mining projects
mine lease. coal mine lease. which were accorded
environment clearance and
are located within 500 metres
from the periphery of such
project or activity equals or
exceeds 5 ha.
Asbestos mining irrespective
Note
of mining area. (i) Prior environment
clearance is required at the
stage of renewal of mine lease
for which an application shall
be made up to two years prior
to the date due for renewal.
Provided that no fresh
environment clearance shall
be required for a mining
project or activity at the time
of renewal of mining lease,
which has already obtained
environmental clearance
under this notification.

(ii) Mineral prospecting is

exempted.

(ii) Slurry pipelines All Projects

(coal lignite and
other ores) passing
through national
parks or sanctuaries
or coral reefs,
ecologically
sensitive areas.

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 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
(ii) Slurry All projects
pipelines (coal
lignite and other
ores) passing
through national
parks/sanctuaries/
coral reefs,
ecologically
sensitive areas.
1(b) Offshore and All projects Note
onshore oil and gas Seismic surveys which
exploration, are part of Exploration
development & Surveys are exempted
provided the concession
production
areas have got previous
clearance for physical
survey
1(c) (i) River Valley (i) ³ 50 MW hydroelectric (i) ≤ 50 MW ³ 25 MW General Condition shall
projects apply.
power generation; hydroelectric power
Note: -
generation; Category ‘B’ river valley
(ii) Irrigation (ii) ³ 10,000 ha. of (ii) < 10,000 ha. > 2000 projects falling in more than
projects culturable command area. ha. of culturable one state shall be appraised
command area at the Central Government
Level.
1(d) Thermal Power ³ 500 MW (coal /lignite / ≥ 50 MW to < 500 MW General Condition shall
Plants naphtha and gas based); (coal/lignite/ naphtha and apply.
gas based); Note:-
³ 50 MW (all other fuels (i) Thermal Power plants
except biomass ). up to 15MW based on
biomass or non
<50 MW ³ 5MW (all other hazardous municipal
³ 20MW (using municipal fuels except biomass and solid waste using
municipal solid non auxiliary fuel such as
solid non hazardous waste, coal / lignite /petroleum
as fuel). hazardous waste). products up to 15% are
exempt.

<20MW >15MW (using (ii) Thermal Power plants

municipal solid non using waste heat boiler
without any auxiliary
hazardous waste, as fuel).
fuel are exempt.

≥ 15 MW plants based on
biomass fuel.

1(e) Nuclear power All projects -

projects and
processing of
nuclear fuel

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 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

2 Primary Processing

2(a) Coal washeries ³ 1 million ton/annum <1million ton/annum General Condition

throughput of coal throughput of coal shall apply

(If located within mining

area the proposal shall be
appraised together with the
mining proposal)
2 (b) Mineral ³ 0.5 million TPA < 0.5 million TPA General Condition
beneficiation throughput throughput shall apply
(Mining proposal with
Mineral beneficiation shall
be appraised together for
grant of clearance.
Materials Production
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3(a) Metallurgical a)Primary metallurgical General Condition
industries (ferrous industry shall apply.
& non ferrous)
All projects Note:
(i) The recycling
industrial units
b) Sponge iron Sponge iron registered under the
manufacturing manufacturing HSM Rules, are
≥ 200TPD <200TPD exempted.
(ii)In case of secondary
metallurgical
processing industrial
c)Secondary metallurgical Secondary metallurgical units, those projects
processing industry processing industry involving operation of
furnaces only such as
All toxic and heavy metal i.)All toxic induction and electric
producing units and heavy metal arc furnace, submerged
arc furnace, and cupola
³ 20,000 tonnes /annum producing with capacity more
units than 30,000 tonnes per
<20,000 tonnes annum (TPA) would
- /annum require environmental
clearance.
(iii) Plant /
ii.)All other
units other than power
non –toxic plants (given against
secondary metallurgical entry no. 1 (d) of the
processing industries schedule), based on
municipal solid waste
(non-hazardous) are
>5000 tonnes/annum
exempted.

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 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
3( b) Cement plants ³ 1.0 million <1.0 million General Condition
tonnes/annum production tonnes/annum shall apply
capacity production capacity. All
Stand alone grinding
units

4 Materials Processing

4(a) Petroleum refining All projects - -

industry

4(b) i) Coke oven ³ 2,50,000 tonnes/annum < 2,50,000 and General Conditions
plants ³ 25,000 tonnes/annum. shall apply.

All projects.
ii) Coaltar
processing
units.

4(c ) Asbestos milling All projects - -

and asbestos based
products

4(d) Chlor-alkali ≥ 300 TPD production (i) All projects General as well as
industry capacity if a unit located irrespective of the size, specific Conditions
outside the notified if it is located in a shall apply.
industrial area/ estate. notified industrial
Area / Estate. No new Mercury Cell
based plants will be
(ii) < 300 tonnes per permitted and existing
day (TPD) and located units converting to
outside a Notified membrane cell
Industrial Area /Estate. technology are exempt
from the Notification.

4(e) Soda ash Industry All projects - -

4(f) Skin / hide New projects outside the All new or expansion of General as well as
processing industrial area or projects located within specific Conditions
including tanning expansion of existing units a notified industrial shall apply.
industry. out side the industrial area area/ estate

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 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

5 Manufacturing/Fabrication

5(a) Chemical All projects including all All Single Super General condition
fertilizers Single Super Phosphate Phosphate without shall apply.
with H2SO4 production H2SO4 production and Granulation of single
except granulation of granulation of chemical super phosphate
chemical fertilizers. fertilizers. powder is exempt.

5(b) Pesticides industry All units producing - -

and pesticide technical grade pesticides
specific
intermediates
(excluding
formulations)

5(c) Petro-chemical All projects. - -

complexes
(industries based
on processing of
petroleum
fractions & natural
gas and/or
reforming to
aromatics)

5(d) Manmade fibres Rayon Others General Condition

manufacturing shall apply

5(e) Petroleum Located out side the Located in a notified General as well as specific
products and notified industrial area/ industrial area/ estate condition shall apply.
petrochemical estate
based processing
such as production
of carbon black Note:-
and electrode Manufacturing of
grade graphite products from polymer
(Processes other granules is exempt.
than cracking and
reformation and
not covered under
the complexes).

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 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
5(f) Synthetic organic Located outside the (i) Located in a General as well as
chemicals industry notified industrial area/ notified industrial specific Condition
(dyes & dye estate except small units as area/ estate. shall apply.
intermediates; bulk defined in column (5).
drugs and Small units: with water
intermediates consumption <25
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excluding drug (ii) Small units as m /day, fuel
formulations; defined in consumption < 25 TPD
synthetic rubbers; column (5). and not covered in the
basic organic category of MAH units
chemicals, other as per the
synthetic organic Management, Storage
chemicals and and Import of
chemical Hazardous Chemical
intermediates) Rules, 1989.

5(g) Distilleries (i) All Molasses based Non-molasses based General Condition
distilleries distilleries – shall apply.
< 60 KLD
(ii) Non-molasses based
distilleries ³ 60 KLD
5(h) Integrated paint - All projects General Condition
industry shall apply
5(i) Pulp and paper Pulp manufacturing and Pulp manufacturing General Condition
industry Pulp and Paper from waste paper and shall apply
manufacturing industry paper manufacturing Note:-
except from waste paper. from waste paper pulp Paper manufacturing
and other ready pulp. from waste paper pulp
and ready pulp without
deinking, bleaching
and colouring is
exempt.
5(j) Sugar Industry - ³ 5000 tcd cane General Condition
- crushing capacity shall apply

6 Service Sector
6(a) Oil & gas All projects -
transportation pipe -
line (crude and
refinery/
petrochemical
products), passing
through national
parks
/sanctuaries/coral
reefs /ecologically
sensitive areas
including LNG
Terminal

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 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
6(b) Isolated storage & - All projects General Condition
handling of shall apply
hazardous
chemicals (As per
threshold planning
quantity indicated
in column 3 of
schedule 2 & 3 of
MSIHC Rules
1989 amended
2000

7 Physical Infrastructure including Environmental Services

7(a) Air ports All projects including - Note:

airstrips, which are for Air Strips, which do not
commercial use. involve bunkering
/Refueling facility and
or air Traffic Control,
are exempted.

7(b) All ship breaking All projects - -

yards including
ship breaking units

7(c) Industrial estates/ If at least one industry in Industrial estates housing General as well as
parks/ complexes/ the proposed industrial at least one Category B specific Conditions
areas, export estate falls under the industry and area <500 shall apply.
processing Zones Category A, entire ha. Note:
(EPZs), Special industrial area shall be 1. Industrial Estate of
Economic Zones treated as Category A, area below 500 ha.
and not housing
(SEZs), Biotech irrespective of the area. any industry of
Parks, Leather Category ‘A’ or
Complexes. ‘B’ does not
require clearance.
Industrial estates with area Industrial estates of area>
greater than 500 ha. and 500 ha. and not housing 2. If the area is less
than 500 ha., but
housing at least one any industry belonging to contains building
Category B industry. Category A or B. and construction
projects > 20,000
Sq.mtr. and or
development area
more than 50 ha it
will be treated as
activity listed at
serial no. 8(a) or 8
(b) in the Schedule,
as the case may be.

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 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
7(d) Common All integrated facilities All facilities having land General Condition
hazardous waste having incineration & fill only shall apply
treatment, storage landfill or incineration
and disposal alone
facilities (TSDFs)

7(e) Ports, Harbours, ³ 5 million TPA of cargo < 5 million TPA of cargo General Condition
break waters, handling capacity handling capacity and/or shall apply.
dredging. (excluding fishing ports/ harbours ³10,000
harbours) TPA of fish handling Note:
capacity 1. Capital dredging
inside and outside the
ports or harbours and
channels are included.
2. Maintenance
dredging is exempt
provided it formed part
of the original proposed
for which environment
Management Plan
(EMP) was prepared
and environmental
clearance obtained.”

7(f) Highways i) New National High (i) (Al General Condition

ways; and l shall apply.
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ii) Expansion of National Sta Highways include
Highways greater than 100 te expressways.
km involving additional Hi
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(ii) State Highway

expansion projects in
hilly terrain (above 1,000
m AMSL) and or
ecologically sensitive
areas.”

7(g) Aerial ropeways (i) All projects located at All projects except those General Condition
altitude of 1,000 mtr. covered in column (3). shall apply
And above.

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 (ii) All projects located in
notified ecologically
sensitive areas.”
7(h) Common Effluent All projects General Condition
Treatment Plants shall apply
(CETPs)

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 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
7(i) Common All projects General Condition
Municipal Solid shall apply
Waste
Management
Facility
(CMSWMF)
8 Building or Construction projects or Area Development projects and
Townships
8 (a) Building and >20,000 sq.mtrs and The term “built up area”
Construction <1,50,000 sq.mtrs. of for the purpose of this
Notification the built up
projects built-up area or covered area on all the
floors put together,
including its basement
and other service areas,
which are proposed in the
building or construction
projects.

Note 1.– The projects or

activities shall not include
industrial shed, school,
college, hostel for
educational institution,
but such buildings shall
ensure sustainable
environmental
management, solid and
liquid waste management,
rain water harvesting and
may use recycled
materials such as fly ash
bricks.

Note 2.– “General

conditions” shall not
apply.

8 (b) Townships and Covering an area of A project of Township

Area Development > 50 ha and or built up and Area Development
projects covered under
projects. area > 1,50,000 sq.mtrs this item shall require an
Environment Impact
Assessment report and be
appraised as Category
‘B1’ Project.

Note – “General
conditions” shall not
apply.

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Note:-
General Condition (GC):

Any project or activity specified in Category ‘B’ will be appraised at the Central level as
Category ‘A’, if located in whole or in part within 5 km from the boundary of : (i) Protected
areas notified under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972); (ii) Critically polluted areas
as identified by the Central Pollution Control Board constituted under the Water (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974) from time to time; (iii) Eco-sensitive areas as
notified under sub section (2) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, and (iv)
inter-State boundaries and international boundaries: provided that for River Valley Projects
specified in item 1(c), Thermal Power Plants specified in item 1 (d), Industrial estates/ parks/
complexes/ areas, export processing Zones (EPZs), Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Biotech
Parks, Leather Complexes specified in item 7 (c) and Common hazardous waste treatment,
storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs) specified in item 7 (d), the appraisal shall be made at
Central level even if located within 10 km.

Provided further, that the requirement regarding distance of 5 km or 10 km, as the case may be,
of the inter-State boundaries can be reduced or completely done away with by an agreement
between the respective States or the Union Territories sharing the common boundary in case the
activity does not fall within 5 km or 10 km, as the case may be of the areas mentioned at item
(i), (ii) and (iii) above.”

Specific Condition (SC):

If any Industrial Estate/Complex / Export processing Zones /Special Economic Zones/Biotech

Parks / Leather Complex with homogeneous type of industries such as Items 4(d), 4(f), 5(e), 5(f),
or those Industrial estates with pre –defined set of activities (not necessarily homogeneous,
obtains prior environmental clearance, individual industries including proposed industrial
housing within such estates /complexes will not be required to take prior environmental
clearance, so long as the Terms and Conditions for the industrial estate/complex are complied
with (Such estates/complexes must have a clearly identified management with the legal
responsibility of ensuring adherence to the Terms and Conditions of prior environmental
clearance, who may be held responsible for violation of the same throughout the life of the
complex/estate).

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