Before the matter could be heard by the EAC, on May 7 there was a gas leak at the plant as it prepared to open up after the lockdown. The minutes of the EAC/SEAC meeting should be finalized in 5 working days and displayed in the MoEF/SEIAA website; The MoEF/SEIAA should inform the Project Proponent of the status of EC issue or rejection of application - within 45 days of receiving the information from the EAC/SEAC. endobj Take this case of Lock down. The Dibang Basin study was never made publicly available before its approval. For reprint rights: MoEF has slept all the while while LG Polymers was illegally operating without approvals that too illegally with changed mix !! Mining, Additional ( Log Out / Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. The e-flows recommended, based on these misleading and myopic assumptions do not meet the norms laid by the EAC. In none of the minutes of the four EAC meetings from Feb to Aug 2015 where Etalin was discussed, was there any discussion about the issues raised in the representations, response from PP/ EIA consultant. Hence there is an opportunity to stop EC to the project till the EAC reviews its decision. Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, We urge the EAC and MoEF to consider this project with extreme caution. <>>> The Ministry has Climate Change in its name.
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is the nodal agency in the administrative structure of the Central Government for planning, promotion, co-ordination and overseeing the implementation of India's environmental and forestry policies and programmes. The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) is the apex body constituted in the Ministry of Environment and Forests under ‘Rules for Manufacture, Use, Import, Export and Storage of Hazardous Microorganisms/Genetically Engineered Organisms or Cells 1989’, under the Environment Protection Act, 1986. So Table 7.10 lists Fish Species in Dibang basin has listed 74 species, but next page (PP 7.21) mentions 76 species.
Western countries had lock down during cold months and now being lifted. It did not raise any objections to the CIFRI report, but accepted eflows values given by Cumulative Impact and Carrying Capacity Study of the Dibang sub Basin of Brahmaputra Basin Study conducted by RS Envirolinks, 2016 for MoEF&CC, which are even lower than CIFRI recommendations!
New* - Advisory for Exotic Live Species in India (42 days remaining for Voluntary stock disclosure)New* - Gazette publication regarding draft notification of EIA 2020 for seeking comments of stakeholders The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is the nodal agency in the administrative structure of the Central Government for planning, promotion, co-ordination and overseeing the implementation of India's environmental and forestry policies and programmes. and Miscellaneous Projects + CRZ, New Construction Projects and Industrial Estates, River Valley The WII study notes the presence of RET fish species Schizothorax richardsonii (p 23). We just copied blinding without thinking that we are having lock down in hot summer and releasing on the verge of monsoons. %PDF-1.5 MINUTES OF 43 rd EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE (EAC) (THERMAL & COAL MINING) MEETING HELD ON 23 rd ? ... - EAC(Violation) Extension Order Tuesday July 28, 2020. Tomorrow is different. Just one sentence in section 7.2 titled “Fish and Fisheries” exposes the pathetic character of the CIA-CCS study: “Due to fast flow of river during the survey no fish could be landed.” The consultants could not catch a single fish and their whole study on fish and fisheries is based on secondary sources! COAL MINING PROJECTS.
Based on the recommendations of the Expert Appraisal Committee, environmental clearance is accorded or rejected to the project by MoEF&CC. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is the nodal agency in the administrative structure of the Central Government for planning, promotion, co-ordination and overseeing the implementation of India's environmental and forestry policies and programmes. Ambani slips 3 places on global rich list: What spooked RIL stock. A review of the minutes of the six meetings of the EAC where this project was considered, the EIA and related documents and subsequent documents show that EAC’s decision to approve the Etalin project was based on inadequate information, incomplete impact assessment and a horde of misleading and wrong information.
Parineeta Dandekar (parineeta.dandekar@gmail.com), SANDRP, [i] http://forestsclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/FAC_Minutes/3111712012121FAC-MINUTES_001.pdf, [ii] http://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Form-1A/Minutes/0_0_31120124612111FinalMinutesof82ndEACMeetingminutes.pdf, [iii] http://forestsclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/AdditionalInformation/AddInfoSought/0_0_411211210121318-20-2014.pdf, [iv] https://wii.gov.in/images/images/documents/publications/rr_2019_etalin_hep.pdf, [v] http://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Form-1A/Minutes/0_0_511121211216183EAC-Minutes.pdf, [vi] http://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Form-1A/Minutes/0_0_611251211218184EACminutes.pdf, [vii] Assessment of Environmental Flows for Etalin Hydro-Electric Project in the River Dri and Tangon, Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh: FINAL REPORT by CENTRAL INLAND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) BARRACKPORE, KOLKATA. Projects - 1, Industrial Inciting hatred against a certain community, India's 1st Online Instant Personal Loan Marketplace, Empowering youth with skills for post-Covid, Sensex climbs 724 points: Key factors that drove the market, UGC's guidelines for reopening of varsities: Reduced class size, no sharing of hostel rooms, Donald Trump wins first legal battle in Pennsylvania, Sensex climbs 504 points: Key factors behind stock market rally. © Copyright © 2017 - All Rights Reserved - The Official Website of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India Content on this website is published and managed by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Even for the Dibang Project, the downstream impact of whose peaking release of 1441 cumec is attempted to be assessed in Assam, there is no assessment of the same within Arunachal Pradesh, the 45 km stretch before river enters Assam. 22 EAC MEETING DURING 26-28 OCT, 2020: 10: Non-Coal Mining: Oct 27, 2020 To Oct 27, 2020: AGENDA FOR 22nd MEETING OF THE EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE (NON-COAL MINING SECTOR), SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON 27th to 28th October, 2020 11: … stream Expert Committee of Mining Projects, Infrastructure Click on link button (Date) to view Agenda & Minutes schedules. 4 0 obj Himanshu Thakkar (ht.sandrp@gmail.com), 23 rd April 2009 to consider the projects of coal mining sector. It only makes some rather inadequate assessment of impacts in downstream Assam.
The Jan 2017 EAC meeting which recommended EC to the project did not record any discussions around the merits or acceptability of this e-flows report. The 22ndMeeting of the re-constituted EAC (Thermal Power) was held on 25th. and Hydroelectric Projects.
APPLICATION FOR IMPORT OF PROCESSED FOOD/ PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM LIVING MODIFIED ORGANISM (LMO) / GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMO). MINUTES OF THE 22ndMEETING OF THE RE-CONSTITUTED EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE (EAC) ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) OF THERMAL POWER PROJECTS. If ungated opening were possible in Dibang project, with much higher storage capacity dam, why can it not be possible for Etalin Project? COAL MINING PROJECTS.