LIST OF PROJECTS REQUIRING ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FROM THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

1. Nuclear Power and related projects such as Heavy water Plants, nuclear fuel complex, rare earths.
2. River valley projects including hydel power, major irrigation and their combination including flood control.
3. Ports, Harbors, Airports (except minor ports and harbors).
4. Petroleum Refineries including crude and product pipelines.
5. Chemical Fertilizers (Nitrogenous and Phosphatic other than single superphospate).
6. Pesticides (Technical).
7. Petrochemical complexes (Both Olefinic and Aromatic) and Petro-chemical intermediates such as DMT, Carprolactam, LAB etc. and production of basic plastics such as LDPE, HDPE, PP, PVC.
8. Bulk drugs and Pharmaceuticals.
9. Exploration for oil and gas and their production transportation and storage.
10. Synthetic Rubber.
11. Asbestos and Asbestos products.
12. Hydrocyanic acid and its derivatives.
13. (a) Primary metallurgical industries (such as production of Iron and Steel, Aluminum, Copper, Zinc, Lead and Ferro Alloys).
14. Chlor-alkali industry.
15. Integrated paint complex including manufacture of resins and basic raw materials required in the manufacture of paints.
16. Viscose staple fiber and filament yarn.
17. Storage batteries integrated with manufacture of oxides of lead and lead antimony alloy.
18. All tourism projects between 200m-500 meters of High tide line or at locations with and elevation of more than 1000 meters with investment of more than Rs. 5 crores.
19. Thermal Power plants.
20. Mining projects (major minerals) with leases more than 5 hectares.
21. Highway projects.
22. Tarred Roads in Himalayas and/or Forest areas.
23. Distilleries.
24. Raw skins and hides.
25. Pulp, paper and newsprint.
26. Dyes.
27. Cement
28. Foundries (individual)
29. Electroplating.

NOTE : Refer notification "The Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 1994".

27, January, 1994 Amended on 04-05-1994.