Distillieries - Environmental Clearance

Operational Aspects of an EIA In the above exceptional circumstances fresh date, time and venue for the publicconsultation shall be decided by the Member–Secretary of the concerned SPCB orUTPCC only in consultation with the District Magistrate/District Collector/DeputyCommissioner and notified afresh as per the procedure.The District Magistrate/District Collector/Deputy Commissioner or his or herrepresentative not below the rank of an Additional District Magistrate assisted by arepresentative of SPCB or UTPCC, shall supervise and preside over the entire publichearing process.The SPCB or UTPCC shall arrange to video film the entire proceedings. A copy ofthe videotape or a CD shall be enclosed with the public hearing proceedings whileforwarding it to the Regulatory Authority concerned.The attendance of all those who are present at the venue shall be noted and annexedwith the final proceedingsThere shall be no quorum required for attendance for starting the proceedingsPerson present at the venue shall be granted the opportunity to seek information orclarifications on the project from the proponent. The summary of the public hearingproceedings accurately reflecting all the views and concerns expressed shall berecorded by the representative of the SPCB or UTPCC and read over to the audienceat the end of the proceedings explaining the contents in the local/vernacular languageand the agreed minutes shall be signed by the District Magistrate/DistrictCollector/Deputy Commissioner or his or her representative on the same day andforwarded to the SPCB/UTPCC concerned.A statement of the issues raised by the public and the comments of the proponentshall also be prepared in the local language or the official State language, as the casemay be and in English and annexed to the proceedings.The proceedings of the public hearing shall be conspicuously displayed at the officeof the Panchayats within whose jurisdiction the project is located, office of theconcerned Zilla Parishad, District Magistrate/District Collector/DeputyCommissioner, and the SPCB or UTPCC. The SPCB or UTPCC shall also displaythe proceedings on its website for general information. Comments, if any, on theproceedings, may be sent directly to the concerned regulatory authorities and theApplicant concerned.The public hearing shall be completed within a period of 45 (forty five) days fromdate of receipt of the request letter from the Applicant. Therefore the SPCB orUTPCC concerned shall send public hearing proceedings to the concerned regulatoryauthority within eight (8) days of the completion of the public hearing.Simultaneously, a copy will also be provided to the project proponent. The proponentmay also directly forward a copy of the approved public hearing proceedings to theregulatory authority concerned along with the final EIA report or supplementaryreport to the draft EIA report prepared after the public hearing and publicconsultations incorporating the concerns expressed in the public hearing along withaction plan and financial allocation, item-wise, to address those concerns.Upon receipt of the same, the Authority will place executive summary of the reporton the website to invite responses from other concerned persons having a plausiblestake in the environmental aspects of the project or activity.If SPCB/UTPCC is unable to conduct public hearing in the prescribed time, theCentral Government incase of Category A projects and State Government or UTadministration in case of Category B projects at the request of the SEIAA may engageTGM for Distillery Industry August 20104-45