{"id":27231,"date":"2018-10-23T12:20:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T06:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=27231"},"modified":"2018-10-23T12:20:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T06:50:28","slug":"ngt-junks-government-order-easing-mining-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ngt-junks-government-order-easing-mining-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"NGT junks government order easing mining rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/ngt-junks-government-order-easing-mining-rules\/story-Bs2HBuCGoGBGqcs8mgCdjJ.html\"><strong>NGT junks government order easing mining rules<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has overruled the Union Environment Ministry notifications relating to mining of minor minerals citing conflict with sustainable sand mining guidelines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>E<\/strong><strong>nvironment Ministry 2016 amendment to minor mineral mining. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The Ministry had amended the 2006 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification and put mining of minor minerals in an area up to 25 ha in B-2 category which exempted public hearings and EIA. The notification bypassed any detailed environmental study and only asked for basic project information.<\/li>\n<li><strong>About EIA:<\/strong> It is an assessment of the likely human environmental health impact, risk to ecological health, and changes to nature&#8217;s services that a project may have.<\/li>\n<li>Within the B2 category mines, up to 5 ha areas were exempted from devising an environmental management plan which allowed miners to break large mines into patches of less than 5 ha to avoid any environmental scrutiny.<\/li>\n<li>A district environment impact assessment authority was granted powers for environmental clearance for mines spread over an area up to 25 ha.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\u00a0Petition was filed in NGT contending that the district level assessment authority has no scientific expertise in assessing environmental impacts.<\/li>\n<li><strong> NGT Ruling:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>It noted that the ministry\u2019s notifications were in conflict with the 2016 sustainable sand mining guidelines, which stated that EIA should address the environmental impacts of minor mineral mining.<\/li>\n<li>It found the provisions more mine-centric rather than striving a balance between mining and environment.<\/li>\n<li>The bench ordered the ministry to incorporate a procedure to calculate the annual rate and timeframe for replenishment after mining is stopped in an area.<\/li>\n<li>It also called to frame guidelines for calculation of the cost of restoration\u00a0 of damage caused to mined out areas.<\/li>\n<li>It directed public hearings and EIA for minor mineral mines with 5 to 25 ha area and added that state environment impact assessment authority would evaluate smaller mines of up to 5 ha instead of district level body.<\/li>\n<li>NGT said the exemption for minor minerals violated a 2012 Supreme Court order, which held that all mining leases depending on their size would need to obtain environmental clearance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NGT junks government order easing mining rules News: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has overruled the Union Environment Ministry notifications relating to mining of minor minerals citing conflict with sustainable sand mining guidelines. Important Facts: Environment Ministry 2016 amendment to minor mineral mining. 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