Executive Summary:
This notification, dated August 8, 2017, amends the Environment Protection Rules of 1986. The amendment grants an extended period of one hundred and eighty days to certain states under exceptional circumstances, in addition to the existing five hundred and forty-five days, for compliance. These rules, called the Environment Protection Amendment Rules, 2017, take effect upon publication in the Official Gazette.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendment Scope:** The Environment Protection Rules, 1986 are amended.
* **Rule Title:** The new rules are called the Environment Protection Amendment Rules, 2017.
* **Effective Date:** The rules come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
* **Time Extension for Specific States:**
* Clause d of subrule 3 of rule 5 is amended.
* States included: Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, and Jammu and Kashmir.
* An additional 180 days is granted under exceptional circumstances and for sufficient reasons, beyond the standard 545 days.
Impact Analysis:
Central Government:
* Impact: Responsible for enacting and enforcing the amended rules.
* Action Required: Ensure the amended rules are published in the Official Gazette and implemented effectively.
States of Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, and Jammu and Kashmir:
* Impact: May benefit from the extended timeframe for compliance under exceptional circumstances.
* Action Required: Assess if they qualify for the extended timeframe based on exceptional circumstances and provide sufficient reasons if seeking the extension.
Entities regulated under the Environment Protection Rules, 1986:
* Impact: Must adhere to the amended timelines for compliance, considering the potential extension for specific states.
* Action Required: Understand the amended rules and adjust compliance strategies accordingly, especially if operating in the specified states.
Key Entities Referenced
Environment Protection Act, 1986: An act of the Parliament of India. This policy document references sections 6 and 25 of this act.
Environment Protection Rules, 1986: The rules established under the Environment Protection Act, 1986, which this notification amends.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change: The Indian government ministry responsible for environmental protection and climate change.
New Delhi: The location from which the notification was issued, and likely the location of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Assam: One of the states mentioned for exception in the rules.
Meghalaya: One of the states mentioned for exception in the rules.
Arunachal Pradesh: One of the states mentioned for exception in the rules.
Jammu and Kashmir: One of the states mentioned for exception in the rules.
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पयावर् रण, वन और जलवाय ुपिरवतनर् म(cid:7074)ं ालय
अिधसूचना
नई िदल्ली, 8 अगस्त, 2017
का.आ. 2537(अ).—केन्(cid:7076)ीय सरकार, पयार्वरण (संरक्षण) अिधिनयम, 1986 (1986 का 29) की धारा 6 और धारा
25 (cid:7367)ारा (cid:7079)द(cid:7275) शि(cid:7334)य(cid:7298) का (cid:7079)योग करते हुए पयार्वरण (संरक्षण) िनयम, 1986 का और संशोधन करने के िलए िन(cid:7388)िलिखत
िनयम बनाती ह,ै अथार्त्:—
1. (1) इन िनयम(cid:7298) का संिक्ष(cid:7385) नाम पयार्वरण (संरक्षण) संशोधन िनयम, 2017 ह।ै
(2) ये राजप(cid:7074) म(cid:7286) (cid:7079)काशन की तारीख को (cid:7079)वृ(cid:7275) ह(cid:7298)गे।
2. पयार्वरण (संरक्षण) िनयम, 1986 के िनयम 5 के उप-िनयम (3) के खंड (घ) म(cid:7286) “पांच सौ प(cid:7289)तािलस िदन” शब्द(cid:7298) के स्थान
पर “आपवािदक पिरिस्थितय(cid:7298) म(cid:7286) असम, मेघालय, अरुणाचल (cid:7079)दशे , िमजोरम, मिणपुर, नागाल(cid:7289)ड, ि(cid:7074)पुरा, िसि(cid:7333)म और जम्मू-
कश्मीर राज्य(cid:7298) के संबंध म(cid:7286) और एक सौ अस्सी िदन की और अविध के भीतर पयार्(cid:7385) कारण(cid:7298) के िलए” अंतःस्थािपत िकया
जाएगा।
[फा. सं. 25/156/2015-ईएसजेड]
लिलत कपूर, वैज्ञािनक ‘जी’
िटप्पण : मूल िनयम भारत के राजप(cid:7074) म(cid:7286) का.आ. 844 (अ), तारीख 19 नवंबर, 1986 और का.आ. 82 (अ), तारीख
16 फरवरी, 1987; का.आ. 64 (अ), तारीख 18 जनवरी, 1988; सा.का.िन. 931 (अ), तारीख 27 अक्टूबर,
1989; का.आ. 23 (अ), तारीख 16 जनवरी, 1991; सा.का.िन. 95 (अ), तारीख 12 फरवरी, 1992;
सा.का.िन.329 (अ), तारीख 13 माचर्, 1992; सा.का.िन. 562 (अ), तारीख 27 मई, 1992; सा.का.िन. 884
(अ), तारीख 20 नवंबर, 1992; सा.का.िन. 386 (अ), तारीख 22 अ(cid:7079)ैल, 1993; सा.का.िन. 422 (अ), तारीख
19 मई, 1993; सा.का.िन.801 (अ), तारीख 31 िदसम्बर, 1993; सा.का.िन. 320 (अ), तारीख 16 माचर्,
1994; सा.का.िन.560 (अ), तारीख 19 िसतंबर, 1997; सा.का.िन.378 (अ), तारीख 30 जून, 1998;
सां.का.िन. 7, तारीख 22 िदसम्बर, 1998; सा.का.िन. 407 (अ), तारीख 31 मई, 2001; सा.का.िन.826 (अ),
तारीख 16 नवंबर, 2009; और सा.का.िन.513 (अ), तारीख 28 जून, 2012 (cid:7367)ारा उनम(cid:7286) प(cid:7391)ातवत(cid:7278) संशोधन
िकए गए ।
4817 GI/2017 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th August, 2017
S.O. 2537(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to
amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, namely:—
1. (1) These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2017.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in clause (d) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5, after the words “five
hundred and forty five days”, the words “, and in respect of the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal
Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim and Jammu and Kashmir in exceptional circumstance
and for sufficient reasons within a further period of one hundred and eighty days,” shall be inserted.
[F. No. 25/156/2015-ESZ]
LALIT KAPUR, Scientist ‘G’
Note : The principal rules were published vide number S.O. 844 (E), dated the 19th November, 1986 and
subsequently amended vide numbers S.O. 82 (E), dated the 16th February, 1987; S.O. 64 (E), dated
the 18th January, 1988; G.S.R. 931 (E), dated the 27th October, 1989; S.O. 23 (E), dated the
16th January, 1991; G.S.R. 95 (E), dated the 12th February, 1992; G.S.R. 329 (E), dated the
13th March, 1992; G.S.R. 562 (E), dated the 27th May, 1992; G.S.R. 884 (E), dated the
20th November, 1992; G.S.R. 386 (E), dated the 22nd April, 1993; G.S.R. 422 (E), dated the
19th May, 1993; G.S.R. 801 (E), dated the 31st December, 1993; G.S.R. 320 (E), dated the
16th March, 1994; G.S.R. 560 (E), dated the 19th September, 1997; G.S.R. 378 (E), dated the
30th June, 1998 ; G.S.R. 7, dated the 22nd December, 1998; G.S.R. 407 (E), dated the 31st May,
2001; G.S.R. 826 (E), dated the 16th November, 2009; and G.S.R. 513 (E), dated the 28th June, 2012.
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