GOVERNMENT OF TAMILNADU

ABSTRACT

 

ENVIRONMENT CONTROL - Environmental Impact Assessment - Notification 1994 as amended on 10-4-97 - Implementation - Process of Public hearing - Constitution of Panel for Public hearing in districts - orders - Issued.

 

ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS(EC.3) DEPARTMENT

 

G.O.Ms.No.37                                                                             Dated : 18-2-2002

                                                         Read  :

          1. From the Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests,

             Government of India, New Delhi, D.O.Letter No.45011/96 IA II(T),

             dated 19-5-97,

                                                         Read also :

          2. G.O.Ms.No.487, Environment & Forests(EC.3) Department, dated 22-12-97,

          3. Letter Ms.No.75, Environment & Forests (EC.3) department, dated 21-3-98,

          4. Letter Ms.No.144/EC.3/, dated 15-6-99,

5. From the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board Letter No.T.10/TNPC Bd./23285/2001-2, dt.21-8-2001, 18-9-2001, 22-11-2001 and 19-12-2001.

 

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ORDER:

 

          In the letter first read above Government of India have issued amendment to Environmental Impact Assessment Notification 1994.  The amended Notification will apply to all the projects which are received after 10th April 1997.  In order to have proper assessment of the project, after obtaining the views of the General Public, the Government of India interalia amended the E.I.A Notification dated 10-4-97 for giving effect to Public Hearing as mandatory for all the projects covered in Schedule I of the E.I.A. Notification with effect from 10-4-97.  In the amended Notification the Government of India has detailed the composition of the Public Hearing Panel in the districts, process of Public Hearing, Notice of Public Hearing and access to the executive summary.

 

         2. In the G.O second and third read above, the Government accordingly constituted the Committee for Public Hearing Panel in 29 districts with the composition of members as stipulated therein.

 

         3. Now the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board has sent a revised panel of Public Hearing in respect of Coimbatore, Sivagangai, Tiruchirapalli, Ramanathapuram and Vellore and requested to reconstitute the Public Hearing Panel with the representation from local bodies and Senior Citizens.

 

         4. The Govnernment after careful examination of the proposal of the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board and the panel of names submitted by the five district Collectors Coimbatore, Sivagangai, Tiruchirappalli, Ramanathapuram, Vellore, decided to reconstitute the public Hearing panel with revised representation from Local bodies and Senior Citizens in the above 5 districts.  The Government accordingly reconstitute the revised committee for Public Hearing panel with the composition of members as detailed in the Annexure to this order, in supersession of the orders issued in the G.Os second and third cited, in respect of the above 5 districts.

 

        5. The Government direct the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board to conduct the public hearing as per the provisions envisaged in the E.I.A Notification 1994 as amended on 10.4.97.

 

        6. The Government also direct that the expenditure to be incurred for conducting the Public Hearing will be collected from the propenent concerned, as fixed by the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board.

 

       7.  The panel for the remaining 25 districts will be issued separately.

 

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

 

                                                                                     GIRIJA VAIDHYANATHAN

                                                                               SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT.

To

 

All Secretaries to Government, Secretariat, Chennai-9,

All District Collectors.

The Member-Secretary, Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board, Chennai-32

The Director of Environment, Chennai-15,

The Director of Town and Country Planning, Chennai-2

The Member-Secretary, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority,Chennai-8

The Director of Municipalities, Chennai-5

The Director of Town Panchayat, Chennai-104

The Chief Inspector of Factories, Chennai-5

The Director of Industries and Commerce, Chennai-5

The director of Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited,Chennai 2

The Managing Director, Tamilnadu Industrial Investment

              Corporation Limited, Chennai-2

The Managing Director, Small Industries Development Corporation Limited,

              Chennai-2.

The Sr.P.A to Minister (I.P.E &F), Chennai-9

The Chairman, Tamilnadu Electricity Board, Chennai-2.

 

ANNEXURE

COMPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING PANEL

 

 

Name of the District	Representative of State Pollution Control Board	Dist.Collr. or his nominee	Representation of State Govt. dealing with the subject	Representation of Deptt. of State Govt. dealing with Environment	Representation of the local bodies such as Municipalities/ Panchayats.	Senior Citizen of the area nominated by the District Collector
1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.
Coimbatore	JCEE/ District Env. Engg. of the concerned Region.	District Collector or his nominee	Joint Secy./ Deputy Secy./ Under Secy. to Govt. in Secretariat dealing with the subject.	Director of Environment or his nominee.	1.Thiru.G.Mohan, Corporation Zonal Chairman, Coimbatore (549, Mariamman Koil St., Pappanaickenpalayam Pudur, Kovai-37)   2.Thiru K.Sukumar, Chairman, Coimbatore Dist. Panchayat Office, Collectorate compound, Kovai.   3.Thiru.K.P.Paramasivam, Chairman, Palladam Panchayat Union, Trichy Rd., Palladam 641 664.	1.Thiru K.P.Raju, Ex.M.L.A., Kuniamuthur village & Post, Coimbatore.     2.Head of the Dept., Envtl. Science, P.S.G. College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore.   3.Head of the Dept. Envtl. Science, Tamilnadu Agri. University, Coimbatore.

 

Ramanathapuram	JCEE/ District Env. Engg. of the concerned Region.	District Collector or his nominee	Joint Secy./ Deputy Secy./ Under Secy. to Govt. in Secretariat dealing with the subject.	Director of Environment or his nominee	1.Thiru Kalimuthu, Chairman, Panchayat Union Council, Kamuthi. 2.Thiru M.K.K.Thangamarakkayar Alias SE.KU.Abdul Kadar, Chairman, Town Panchayat, Mandapam. 3.Thiru Jayakumar, Municipal Councilor, Ramanathapuram Municipality, Ramanathapuram.	1.Thiru K.Pathinettan padiyan, M.L.A., Mudukulathur Constituency. 2.Thiru S.Balakrishnan, M.L.A., Kadaladi Constituency. 3.Thiru.Dr.Aravindaraj, President, Indian Medical Association, Ramanathapuram.
Sivagangai                                     Tiruchirappalli                                 Vellore					1.Tmt.K.Pushpaleela, Chairman, District Panchayat, Sivaganga District. 2.Thiru K.R.Azhagunathan, Chairman, Manamadurai Panchayat Union. 3.Thiru K.M.Rajamanickam, Chairman, S.Pudur Panchayat Union, Sivaganga District.                   1.Baby Shanmugam, Dist. Secretary for Women's Wing, Tiruchi Corporation, Tiruchi. 2.Tmt.C.Ramayee, Pullambadi Panchayat Union, Pullambadi, Trichy District. 3.Tmt.S.Naseera Begam, W/o.Sheik Abdullah, 179, Ramachandra Nagar, Edamalaipatti Pudur, Trichy-12.     1.Tmt.Latha Udayakumar, Municipal Chairperson, Ambur.   2.Tmt.A.Radhika, Municipal Chairperson, Arcot.   3.Thiru.Ramesh, Chairman, Kanthili Panchayat Union, Vellore District.	1.Dr.Paul Chellappa, Member, Rotary Club, Karaikudi, Sivagangai District. 2.Thiru Mickel Annaraj, B.Com.P.G.H.H.E., Co-ordinator, Tiruppathur Non-Govtl. Organisation, Sirukkodalpatty, Thiruppathur Taluk, Sivaganga District. 3.Thiru.S.V.N.Nagappan, President, Chamber of Commerce, Karaikudi, Sivaganga District.     1.Thiru K.C.Paramasivam, S/o.Chidambaram Pillai, Edamalaipatti P.O., Trichy-12. 2.ThiruD.Suresh Guptha, S/o.Dharmaraj, 34B, Periyar Nagar, Varganeri, Trichy-8.   3.Prof.Pushpavanam, National College, Trichy.     1.Thiru.K.S.Kandasamy, 17, Asoka Nadesa Mudaliar St., Kosapet, Vellore-1.   2.Thiru Era.Chandrasekaran, 17/11, Tirumalai Street, Ramakrishnapuram, Vellore.   3.Thiru.M.Mohammed Basheer Sahib, 665, Chengam Street, Muslimpur, Vaniampadi.