State or Union Territory Level Impact Assessment Authority

State/Union Territory Level Impact Assessment Authority

State/Union Territory Level Impact Assessment Authority

Composition
Funtions

A State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) is constituted by the Central Government under Section 3.3 of the Environment Protection Act, 1986.

Composition

The State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority comprises of three Members including a Chairman and a Member-Secretary to be nominated by the State Government or the Union Territory Administration concerned.

Member	Nomination	Criteria for Nomination	Constitution of the SEIAA	Term of office
Chairman	Nominated by the State Government Section 3.1	Shall be either a professional or expert fulfilling the eligibility criteria given in Appendix VI to this notification. Section 3.2 Shall be an expert in the Environmental Impact Assessment process. Section 3.4	The State Government or Union Territory Administration shall forward the names of the Members and the Chairman to the Central Government. The Central Government shall constitute the SEIAA as an authority for the purposes of this notification within thirty days of the date of receipt of the names Section 3.5	Shall have a fixed term of three years from the date of publication of the notification by the Central Government constituting the authority Section 3.6
Member-Secretary	Nominated by the State Government Section 3.1	Shall be a serving officer of the concerned State Government or Union Territory Administration, familiar with environmental issues Section 3.2
Member	Nominated by the State Government Section 3.1	Shall be either a professional or expert fulfilling the eligibility criteria given in Appendix VI to this notification Section 3.2		Shall have a fixed term of three years from the date of publication of the notification by the Central Government constituting the authority Section 3.6

All decisions of the SIEAA shall be unanimous and taken in a meeting.

Functions of the SIEAA

Projects or activities falling under ‘Category B’ in the Schedule require prior Environmental Clearance from the SIEAA before any construction work, or preparation of the land by the project management (except for securing the land) is started on the project or activity.

The SEIAA shall base its decision on the recommendations of a State or Union territory level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) constituted by this notification.
In the absence of a duly constituted SEIAA or SEAC, a Category ‘B’ project shall be treated as a Category ‘A’ project.

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