Cement, Energy and Environment July-Sep 2002

/ / Centra l Government or an authority designated by it, for • permitting construction of the dwe lli ng units for local inhabitants if the fo llowing conditions are satisfied: (i) the area is not classified as CRZ-1(i) (ii ) the availability of ground water is assured by the conce rned authority in the State/Union Territory and proper fac ilities for treatment and disposal of waste water and sewage are certifi ed by th e concerned local authority (i ii) th e proposed • construction is not used for any commercial activity; and (iv) a t least on of th e following conditions is fulfilled:- the area is classified as CRZ-11 ; th e dens ity of the Panc hayat/wa rd area is not less than four hundred persons per squar e kilometer; • th t> i:>Uil t up 111 the r·anchayat/ wa rd I S already one-third of the Panchayat/ward; it 's an a rea with an elevation of more than I0 • metres from the Mean Sea • Level or any point within • I00 metres of the inland tidal water body. • The followi ng amendments are also proposed vi de the sa id notification; • Non-polluting industries in the fi eld of info rmat ion technology and other service indus tries in the CRZ of • Srec ia l Eco nomic Zones (SEZ) arc permitted in th e Coastal Regulation Zone sc hoo l, publi c rain she lters, The relevant paragraph in the community toilets, bridges. roads 1991 is to be substituted by and provision of facilities for water Mining of sands, rocks and suppl y, drainage, sewage which are other sub-strata materials are required for the local inhabitants continue to be not permitted in the CRZ expect a) those rare minerals as prescribed under the Atomic Energy Act, 1962, subject to E l~ studies and subjected to mining plan being app roved by the Atomic Minera ls Directorate for Exploration & Research, and b) exploration and extraction ofoil and natural gas subjected to certain conditions. For the clearance which·shall be given for any activity within the Coastal Regulation Zone if it requires wa ter front and foreshore act ivi ties, it is proposed that the assessment shall be completed within a r eri od of ninety days from receipt of th e requi site documents and data from the project autho rities and dec is ion conveyed within thirty days thereafter. In the list of the activiti es wh ich requires environment clearance from the Ministry of Environment & Forests Govt. of Indi a; th e fo llowing acti vities will be added: Housing Schemes in CRZ area Mining of rare mineral s may be permitted on a case to case basis, by the Central Government or Coasta l Zone Management Authority constituted for the State/ Union Territory. The proposed amendment was a lso to permit cons truction of dwelling units for use by local inhabitants on a case to case basis, by the Central Government or the Coasta l Zone Management Authority constituted for the State/ Union Territory. Provided that such construction shall be subjected to the following conditions: i) the height of an individual unit shall be restricted to 4.5 meters and the total plinth area shall be limited to I OOsqu.m. ii ) the individual dwelling units must be constructed by the loca l inhabitant s for h is bonafide residential purposes, iii) where settlements are existing in clusters, new dwelling may be a ll owed adjace nt to the existing cluster of settlement landwa rd of the line of the existing structure prov ided that the total number dwelling units shall not be more than twice the number of existing dwelli ng units. Specified act ivities/fac iliti es iv) in Speci fic Economic Zones In CRZ-111 of notified SEZ, constru cti on of rec reational facil iti es incl udin g gol f courses. desalination plants, hotel and non po lluti ng indus tri es 1n th e fie ld o f in formation technology and other service industries shall be permitted. In CRZ-1 between Low Tide Li ne (LTL) and High Tide Line (HTL) in areas which are not ecologically sensitive and impo11ant, sa lt harvesting by so lar evapo rati on pond is permitted In the CRZ-111 , the following v) activities are permitted: Construction of dispensaries, The local inhabitants wil l be pe rmitted to use th e a re a between 200-500 square. m of