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Notes Constitution of Site Appraisal Committee

The State Government may, for purposes of advising it to consider applications for grant
of permission for the initial location of a factory involving hazardous process or for the
expansion of any such factory, appoint a Site Appraisal committee consisting of:
(a) the Chief Inspector of the State who shall be its Chairman;
(b) a representative of the Central Board for the prevention and control of water pollution
appointed by the Central Government under Section 3 of the Water (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act, 1974;
(c) a representative of the Central Board for the prevention and control of air pollution
referred to in Section 3 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981;
(d) a representative of the State Board appointed under Section 4 of the Water (Prevention
and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974;
(e) a representative of the Central Board for the prevention and control of air pollution
referred to in Section 5 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981;

(f) a representative of the Department of Environment in the State;
(g) a representative of the Meteorological Department of the Government of India;
(h) an expert in the field of occupational health; and
(i) a representative of the Town Planning Department of the State Government, and
not more than five other members who may be co-opted by the State Government
who shall be:

(i) A scientist having specialized knowledge of the hazardous process which will
be involved in the factory,
(ii) A representative of the local authority within whose jurisdiction tile factory is
to be established, and
(iii) Not more than three other persons as deemed fit by the State Government.
The Site Appraisal Committee shall examine an application for the establishment of a
factory involving hazardous processes and make its recommendation to the State
Government within a period of ninety days of the receipt of such application in the
prescribed form.
Where any process relates to a factory owned or controlled by the Central Government or
to a corporation or a company owned or controlled by the Central Government, the State
Government shall co-opt in the Site Appraisal Committee a representative nominated by
the Central Government as a member of that Committee.
The State Appraisal Committee shall have power to call for any information from the
person making an application for the establishment or expansion of a factory involving a
hazardous process.
Where the State Government has granted approval to an application for the establishment
or expansion of a factory involving a hazardous process, it shall not be necessary for an
applicant to obtain a further approval from the Central Board or the State Board established
under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.

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