NOTIFICTION
New
Delhi, the 19th December, 1996
(As
amended up to 18.12.2001)
S.O.
884 (E).--In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of Section
3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) hereinafter referred
to as the said Act, the Central Government hereby constitutes an authority
known as the Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection Authority, in the District
of Thane, State of Maharashtra, consisting of the following members for
a period of five years three months onand
from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette,
namely: -
(1)Justice
Chandrashekhar Shanker Dharmadhikari-
Chairperson
(Retired
Judge of High Court, Mumbai)
(2)Dr.
G. C. Mishra, Professor, Water Resources Development-Member
Training
Centre, University of Roorkee (U.P.)(Expert
in the
Field
of Hydrology).
(3)Director/Deputy
Director, National Institute of Oceanography,-
Member
Dona
Paula, Goa (Expert in the field of Oceanography and
Aquatic
Ecology)
(4)Head
of the Botany Department, Mumbai University, Mumbai-
Member
(Expert
in the field of Terrestrial Ecology)
(5)Head
of the Department/Shri Shyam Asolekar, Associate-
Member
Professor
,
Department of Environmental Engineering, I.I.T.,
Mumbai
(Expert in the field of Environmental Engineering)
(6)Pro.
K. B. Jain, Centre for Environmental Planning & -
Member
Technology,
Ahmedabad.(Expert in the field of
Developmental
and Environmental Planning)
(7)Executive
Director/Director, National Institute of Design,-
Member
Ahmedabad
(Expert in the field of Information Technology)
(8)Collector,
Thane -
Member
(9)The
Member Secretary, Maharashtra State Pollution Control-
Member
Board,
Mumbai
(10)A
representative of Non-Governmental Organisation-
Member
(To
be appointed by the Central Government)
(11)Shri
V. W. Deshpande, Deputy Secretary, Urban Development-
Member
Department,
Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai.
2.The
Authority shall exercise the following powers and performthe
following functions, namely:-
(i)exercise
of powers under section 5 of the Environment(Protection)
Act, 1986 for issuing directions and for taking measures with respect to
matters referred to in clauses (v), (vi), (vii) (viii), (ix), (x) and (xii)
of sub-section (2) of section 3of
the said Act;
(ii)to
protect the ecologically fragile areas of Dahanu Taluka and to control
pollution in the said area;
(iii)to
consider and implement the "Pre-cautionary Principle" and the "Polluter
Pays Principle";
(iv)to
consider and implement the recommendations given by the National Environmental
Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, in respect of Dahanu Taluka;
(v)to
ensure the implementation of the notifications issued by the Government
of India in the Ministry of Environment and Forests No. S.O. 114(E) dated
the 19th February, 1991 and No. S.O. 416 (E) dated the 20th
June, 1991;
(vi)to
comply with the relevant orders issued by the Bombay High Court and the
Supreme Court from time to time;
(vii)to
deal with any other relevant environment issues pertaining to Dahanu Taluka,
including those which may be referred to it by the Central Government in
the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
3.The
Authority shall furnish a progress report about its activities atleast
once in two months to the Central Government in the Ministry of Environment
and forests.
4.The
Authority shall have its Headquarters at Mumbai, Maharashtra.
5.The
terms and conditions of appointment of the Chairperson and Members shall
be as determined by the Central Government from time to time.
(F.No.J-17011/21/95-IA-III)
Joint
Secretary
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Note:--Theprincipal
notification was published vide No. S.O No. 884(E) dated the 19th
December, 1996 in Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) of the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary and subsequently amended vide
(i)SO
No. 758 (E) dated 5.11.1997
(ii)SO
No. 352 (E) dated 27.04.1998
(iii)SO
No. 1085 (E) dated 17.12.1998
(iv)SO
No. 115 (E) dated 17.02.1999
(v)SO
No. 349 (E) dated 18.05.1999
(vi)SO
No. 1082 (E) dated 9.11.1999
(vii) SO
No. 757 (E) dated 9.12.1999
(viii)SO
No. 457 (E) dated 16.5.2000
(ix)SO
No.1129 (E) dated 18.12.2000
(x)SO
No. 535 (E) dated 18.06.2001
(xi)SO
No.1224 (E) dated 18.12.2001
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