Clarification on validity of Environmental Clearance
Validity of Environmental Clearance is clarified to be the period from which a prior Environmental Clearance is granted by the regulatory authority, or may be presumed by the applicant to have been granted to the start of production operations by the project or activity; or completion of all construction operations in case of construction projects, to which the application for prior environmental clearance refers.
Draft Notification regarding requirement of prior Environmental Clearance (EC) for airport projects
It is clarified that Only expansion of terminal buildings >20,000 for airports shall require Environmental Clearance.
The Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Amendment Regulations, 2022.
The Bureau may grant certificate of conformity instead of licence in case the product is not desired to be manufactured on a continuous basis and in such a case, the manufacturer shall not be authorised to use the Standard mark.
MoEFC notifies Draft Building Construction Environment Management Regulations, 2022.
The regulation shall be applicable to projects involving construction of buildings, having built up area ≥ 5000 sq.mts. and to new building projects and expansion/renovation/repair of old /existing buildings.
Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2022
The amendment provides that all new brick kilns shall be allowed only with zig-zag technology or vertical shaft or use of Piped Natural Gas as fuel in brick making and shall comply to these standards as stipulated in this notification.
The Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022.
Registration of Producers, Importers & Brand-Owners (operating in one or two states) and Plastic Waste processors shall be done by State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee through the centralized Extended Producer Responsibility portal developed by Central Pollution Control Board.
Government of Goa permits the use of loudspeakers or public address system on certain days.
The permission shall be granted only on a case-to-case basis, in response to a specific application made by the concerned Village Panchayat, Municipal Corporation/Municipal Council or an individual and the provisions of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 shall be strictly complied with.
MoHFW issues revised guidelines for international arrivals.
The ministry has removed the list of at-risk countries and on arrival only thermal screening would be carried out in respect of all the passengers by the health officials present at the airport.
CPCB prohibits production, stocking, sale and use of single use plastic (SUP) items.
CPCB has issued notice to inform all Producers, Stockists, Retailers, Shopkeepers, e-commerce Companies, Street Vendors, Commercial Establishments (Malls/ Market place/ Shopping Centres/ Cinema Houses/ Tourist locations/ Schools/ Colleges/ Office Complexes/ Hospitals & other Institutions) and general public to stop production, stocking, distribution, sale and usage of identified SUP items.
CPCB invites comments/suggestions on proposed draft “Environmental Guidelines for Compressed Biogas Plant (CBG)/Bio-CNG Plants.
As per the draft guidelines, Biodegradable solid waste/input material should be stored in such a manner that leachates formed do not get mix with any natural water body or stream. If solids have any fire hazard possibility due fire extinguishing system should be set up.
