Industries fall under the small category for 5(f) as per the notification of MoEF&CC, New Delhi.
Industry falls under the category of 5(f) of schedule of EIA Notification, 2006 “Synthetic Organic chemical Industries” and categorized under “B” because as per the amended EIA Notification, small scale industries of cat. 5(f) may consider B category if unit will fulfill criteria mention in the said notification. We hereby submit following justification for consideration of "B" category. General Condition: Any project or activity specified in category ‘B’ will be appraised at the Central level as Category ‘A’, if located in whole or in part within 5 km. from the boundary of : (i) Protected areas notified under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972); (ii) Critically polluted areas as identified by the Central Pollution Control Board constituted under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974) from time to time; (iii) Eco-sensitive areas as notified under sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act...