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ALHLA. 560(3), TR 19 AR, 1997; WLHLA. 378(37), AW 30 A, 1998; AL.HLA. 07(3), AW 22 fawieR, 1998; W.HIA. 407(37), TR 31 7L, 2001; 3R W HLFA 826(3F), AW 16 TdE, 2009 3T wHL 513(3), T 28 [, 2012 g 6T Y | MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 2nd January, 2014 G.S.R. 02(E).—Whereas the Central Government had, in exercise of its powers under sub-section (2) of Section 3 and Section 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), read with rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, published draft rules further to amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 552(E), dated 11th July, 2012 for information of all persons and organizations likely to be affected thereby; and notice was given that the said draft rules would be taken into consideration by the Central Government on or after the expiry of a period of sixty days from the date on which copies of the Gazette containing this notification are made available to the public;
And whereas, the copies of the said Gazette notification were made available to the public on the 31st July, 2012;
And whereas, the suggestions or objections received in response to the above mentioned draft rules have been duly considered by the Central Government;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3, Section 6 and Section 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) read with rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 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, 2014.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in rule 3, for sub-rule (8), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely :— “(8) With effect from the date specified hereunder, the following coal based thermal power plants shall be supplied with, and shall use, raw or blended or beneficiated coal with ash content not exceeding thirty-four per cent, on quarterly average basis, namely :—
(a) a stand-alone thermal power plant (of any capacity), or a captive thermal power plant of installed capacity of 100 MW or above, located beyond 1000 kilometres from the pit-head or, in an urban area or an ecologically sensitive area or a critically polluted industrial area, irrespective of its distance from the pit-head, except a pit-head power plant, with immediate effect;
(b a stand-alone thermal power plant (of any capacity), or a captive thermal power plant of installed capacity of 100 MW or above, located between 750 — 1000 kilometres from the pit-head, with effect from the 1*' day of January, 2015;
(c) astand-alone thermal power plant (of any capacity), or a captive thermal power plant of installed capacity of 100 MW or above, located between 500-749 kilometres from the pit-head, with effect from the 5" day of June, 2016:
Provided that in respect of a thermal power plant using Circulating Fluidised Bed Combustion or Atmosphere Fluidised Bed Combustion or Pressurized Fluidised Bed Combustion or Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle technologies or any other clean technologies as may be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette, the provisions of clauses (a), (b) and (c) shall not be applicable.
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Explanation: For the purpose of this rule,—
(i) “‘beneficiated coal’ means coal containing higher calorific value but lower ash than the original ash content in the raw coal obtained through physical separation or washing process;
(ii) ‘captive thermal power plant’ means a power plant which is set up by an industry to generate electricity for its exclusive use;
(iii) “critically polluted industrial area’ means an industrial cluster or area where pollution levels have reached or likely to reach critical level, and has been identified as such by the Central Government or the State Government or the Central Pollution Control Board or a State Pollution Control Board;
(iv) “‘ecologically sensitive area’ means an area whose ecological balance is prone to be easily disturbed and has been identified and notified by the Central Government;
(v) ‘installed capacity’ shall be calculated by adding, individual capacity of all units within a boundary;
(vi) ‘pit-head power plant’ means any captive or stand-alone power station having captive transportation system for its exclusive use for transportation of coal from the loading point at the mining end, up to the uploading point at the power station without using the normal public transportation system;
(vii) ‘stand-alone thermal power plant’ means a power plant which is set up to generate electricity for feeding to electricity grid or for locations that are nor fitted with an electricity distribution system; and
(viii) ‘urban area’ means an area limit of a city having a population of more than one million according to the last census. ", [F. No. Q-15017/11/2011-CPW] SUSHEEL KUMAR, Addl. Secy.
Note:—The Principal rules were published in the Gazette of India vide number S.0. 844(E), dated the 19th November, 1986 and subsequently amended vide numbers S.O. 82(E), dated 16th February, 1987; S.0. 64(E), dated 18th January, 1988; G.S.R. 931(E), dated 27th October, 1989; S.0. 23(E), dated 16th January, 1991;
G.S.R. 95(E), dated 12th February, 1992; G.S.R. 329(E), dated 13th March, 1992; G.S.R. 562(E), dated 27th May, 1992; G.S.R. 884(E), dated 20th November, 1992; G.S.R. 386(E), dated 22nd April, 1993;
G.S.R. 422(E), dated 19th May, 1993; G.S.R. 801(E), dated 31st December, 1993; G.S.R. 320(E), dated 16th March, 1994; G.S.R. 560(E), dated 19th September, 1997; G.S.R. 378(E), dated 30th June, 1998;
G.SR. 7(E), dated 22nd December, 1998; G.S.R. 407(E), dated 3lst May, 2001; G.S.R. 826(E), dated 16th November, 2009 and G.S.R. 513(E), dated 28th June, 2012.
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