Introduction The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has issued a new notification concerning the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) under the Environment Protection Act, 1986. This update revises the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2011, which previously established restrictions on setting up or expanding industries and activities in designated coastal areas. Notification Details The Coastal…
Introduction The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has issued a notification regarding genset regulations. This notification, which applies to all fuels, revises the power category slabs from three to five. According to the general conditions of the notification, genset engines and gensets adhering to the old standards can only be supplied until June…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released Environment (Protection) Fourth Amendment Rules 2023. These new rules are for the addition of the new condition in Schedule I. The rule stated that In the Environment (Protection) Rules 1986, in schedule I, in the entries against serial number 88, in item “C. the General…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released Environment (Protection) Third Amendment Rules 2023. These new rules are for the revision of emission standards of particulate matter (PM) and SO2 for Calcined Petroleum Coke (CPC) units. In the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in Schedule-l, after serial number 116 in which these standards are…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules 2023. These new rules are for the revision of emission standards of particulate matter (PM) for industrial boilers. In the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in Schedule-l,- (a) for serial number 70 in which these standards are mentioned is substituted by the…
MOEFCC has released an order under section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to all SPCBs & UTPCCs not to grant or renew CTO without EC. The authority has to make sure of applicability of EIA notification at the time of granting or renewing consent to establish (CTO) & specify appropriate conditions to obtain…