Distillieries - Environmental Clearance

4.OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF EIAPrior environmental clearance process has been revised in the Notification issued on 14 thSeptember, 2006 into following four major stages i.e., screening, scoping, publicconsultation and appraisal. Each stage has certain procedures to be followed. Thissection deals with all the procedural and technical guidance, for conducting objectiveorientedEIA report, its review and decision-making. Besides, the Notification alsoclassifies projects into Category A, which require prior environmental clearance fromMoEF and Category B from SEIAA/UTEIAA.Consistency with other requirementsClearance from other regulatory bodies is not a prerequisite for obtaining the priorenvironmental clearance and all such clearances will be treated as parallel statutoryrequirements.Consent for Establishment (CFE) and Prior environmental clearance are two differentlegal requirements a project proponent should acquire. Therefore, these two activitiescan be initiated and proceeded with simultaneously.If a project falls within the purview of CRZ and EIA Notifications, then the projectproponent is required to take separate clearances from the concerned Authorities.Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) issues need not be dealt under the EIANotification as other statutory bodies deal with these issues. However, socioeconomicstudies may be considered while taking environmental decisions.4.1 Coverage of Distillery Industry Under the Purview of NotificationAll the new distillery industrial projects including expansion and modernization requireprior environmental clearance. Based on pollution potential, these projects are classifiedin to Category A and Category B i.e. Category A:- All molasses based distilleries; and/or- All cane juice/non-molasses based distilleries with ≥30 KLDCategory B: All cane juice/non-molasses based distilleries with