Leather/Skin/Hide Processing Industry - Environmental Clearance

Stakeholders’ Roles and Responsibilities5.1 SEIAASEIAA is constituted by the MoEF to take final decision regarding theacceptance/rejection of prior environmental clearance to the project proposal for allCategory ‘B’ projects.The state government may decide whether to house them at the Department ofEnvironment or at any other Board for effective operational support.State Governments can decide whether the positions are permanent or part-time. TheCentral Government (MoEF) continues to follow the model of paying fee (TA/DA,accommodation, sitting fee) to the Chairperson and the members of EAC. As such,the State Government is to fund SEIAA & SEAC and decide the appropriateinstitutional support for them.A. ConstitutionSEIAA is constituted by the Central Government comprising of three membersincluding a Chairperson and the Member-Secretary to be nominated by the StateGovernment or UT Administration concerned.The Central Government will notify as and when the nominations (in order) arereceived from the State Governments, within 30 days from the date of receipt.The Chairperson and the non-official member shall have a fixed term of three years,from the date of Notification by the Central Government constituting the Authority.The form used by the State Governments to submit nominations for Notification by theCentral Government is provided in Annexure VII.B. CompositionChairperson shall be an expert in the EIA processMemberSecretary shall be a serving officer of the concerned State Government/ UTAdministration familiar with the environmental laws.MemberSecretary may be of a level equivalent to the Director, Dept. ofEnvironment or above – a full time member.All the members including the Chairperson shall be the experts as per the criteria setin the Notification.The Government servants can only serve as the MemberSecretary to SEIAA and theSecretary to SEAC. All other members including Chairperson of the SEIAA andSEAC shall not be comprised of serving Government Officers; industryrepresentatives; and the activists.Serving faculty (academicians) is eligible for the membership in the Authority and/orthe Committees, if they fulfill the criteria given in Appendix VI to the Notification.This is to clarify that the serving Government officers shall not be nominated asprofessional/expert member of SEIAA/SEAC/EAC.Professionals/Experts in the SEIAA and SEAC shall be different.Summary regarding the eligibility criteria for Chairperson and Members of the SEIAA isgiven in Table 5-3.TGM for Tanneries August 20105-4