monsoon season shall also be required to be collected, in case of such requirement

being prescribed by the Appraisal Committee while granting the ToR.

(3) Baseline data shall be collected for one year including monsoon for EIA Report in
respect of River Valley projects.

(4) The collection and analysis of baseline data shall be carried through an environment
laboratory duly notified under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

(5) The secondary data available shall also be considered as baseline for the projects
proposed beyond 12 Nautical Miles.

(6) Baseline data, referred in sub-clause (1) to (5) above, can be collected at any stage,
irrespective of the application for the scoping. However, such baseline data shall not
be older than three years at the time of submission of draft EIA Report to the SPCB or
UTPCC for Public Consultation.

(7) The post-project monitoring data collected through an environment laboratory duly
notified under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 shall also considered for expansion
or modernization of the projects.

(8) The EIA Report shall be prepared as per the generic structure given at Appendix-X, by
the project proponent through an ACO, which are accredited for a particular sector and
the category of project for that sector.

(9) Draft EIA report shall be prepared for the purpose of public consultation and Final
EIA Report for the purpose of appraisal.

(10) Disclosure of the accredited EIA Consultant Organization along with the EIA
Coordinator and Functional Area Expert(s) involved in the environment impact
assessment shall be included in the EIA Report in the format specified at Appendix-
XIII and they are accountable for the contents or data provided therein in addition to
the project proponent.

(11) No EIA Report shall be required for the projects listed under Category ‘B2’. However,
EMP Report as per the generic structure given at Appendix-XI shall be prepared
through ACO and submitted along with the application.

14. Public Consultation:

(1) The public consultation shall ordinarily have two components comprising of:

a. A public hearing at the site or in its close proximity, district wise in case of the
project area located in more than one district, to be carried out in the manner
prescribed in the notification, for ascertaining concerns of local affected persons;

b. Inviting responses in writing from other concerned persons having a plausible stake
in the environmental aspects of the project;

c. In addition, if required, based on the nature of project, public consultation through

any other appropriate mode may be recommended by the Appraisal Committee, or
the Regulatory Authority, on case to case basis;

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