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Comprehensive Planning of Water Supply Service improvements In the following ULBs (1) Ananthapur Municipal Corporation,(2) Chittoor Municipality and (3) Badvel MunicipalityBadvel Municipality – Detailed Project Report (Final) - Environmentinvestment at each stage should be displayed at the construction sites. It should consist of the followingparameters• Number of complaints received and addressed• Finance spent and progress• Estimated time for completion1.3.2 National LawThe new EIA Notification of 2006 of GoI, which replaces the EIA Notification of 1994, requires environmentalclearance for certain defined activities/projects. This Notification classifies the projects/activities that requireenvironmental clearance (EC) into ‘A’ and ‘B’ categories depending on the impact potential and/or scale ofproject. For both category projects, prior environmental clearance is mandatory before any constructionwork, or preparation of land except for securing the land, is started on such project or activity. Clearanceprovisions are as follows:• Category ‘A’ projects require prior environmental clearance from the MoEF, Government of India 2 ;• Category ‘B’ projects require prior environmental clearance from the State Environment ImpactAssessment Authority (SEIAA) 3 ; and• This Notification provides that, any project or activity specified in Category ‘B’ will be treated asCategory A, if located in whole or in part within 10 km from the boundary of protected areas, notifiedareas and inter-state and international boundaries 4 . Also, in the case where a SEIAA does not exist,Category B project will be reviewed by the MoEF and reclassified as Category A.Consequently, the only APMDP subproject listed in the EIA Notification of 2006 Schedule of ProjectsRequiring Prior Environmental Clearance is solid waste facilities, otherwise referred to as Common MunicipalSolid Waste Facilities (CMSWF). Common municipal solid waste management facilities qualify as CategoryB projects and are thus reviewed by the respective SEIAA. For solid waste facilities, the Government of Indiafurther ensures environmental safeguards through its Municipal Solid Waste Management and HandlingRules (SWMHR), 2000 as published under MoEF.Therefore, Environmental Clearance (EC) is not required for this water supply subproject at Badvel.2 For Category A projects, based on the preliminary details provided by the project proponent as per Notification, theExpert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of MoEF, determine comprehensive TOR for EIA studies. This TOR will be finalizedwithin 60 days. On the recommendation of the EAC based on EIA studies, MoEF provides the EC.3 The B category projects will be further divided by State Level EAC into B1 – that require EIA studies and B2 – no EIAstudies. The State Level EAC will determine TOR for EIA studies for B1 projects within 60 days. On the recommendationof the State level EAC based on EIA studies, SEIAA provides the EC.4 (i) Protected Areas notified under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, (ii) Critically Polluted areas as notified by theCentral Pollution Control Board from time to time, (iii) Notified Eco-sensitive areas, (iv) inter-State boundaries andinternational boundaries.3