SCHEDULE

(See paragraph 2 and 7)

LIST OF PROJECTS REQUIRING PRIOR ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE OR PRIOR
ENVIRONMENT PERMISSION, AS THE CASE MAY BE
Item Project Category with threshold limit Conditions if any
A B1 B2
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 (a) Mining of Minor >100 hectare of > 5 hectares and ≤ < 5 hectares of
Note:
Minerals mining lease area 100 hectares of mining lease area
mining lease area (1) Mining of minor
mineral projects with
mine lease area more
(b) Mining of Major >100 hectare of ≤ 100 hectares of Dump mining than 2 hectare and up to
Minerals including mining lease area mining lease area (excavation or 5 Ha shall be shall be
Coal handling of dump referred to Distract Level
or overburden or Expert Appraisal
waste material) Committee
(2) Mining lease area
includes cluster situation

2 Offshore and Onshore

Oil & Gas including
CBM and Shale Gas
a) Exploration -- -- All projects

b) Development and All projects -- --

Production
(including
infrastructure
facilities e.g. Gas
Collecting or
Gathering Station,
Early production
Systems, pipelines,
etc.).
3 River Valley > 75 megawatts ≤ 75 Up to 25 Note:
hydroelectric power megawatts>25 megawatts Category ‘B1’ river
generation; megawatts hydroelectric valley projects falling in
hydroelectric power generation more than one State or
power generation; Union Territory shall be
appraised at the Central
Government Level.
4 Irrigation  50,000 hectares of >10,000 hectares > 2000 hectare and
culturable command and < 10,000 hectares
area <50,000 hectares of culturable
of culturable command area.
command area.
5 Thermal Power  500 megawatts > 5 megawatts
(coal/lignite/naphtha and < 500
& gas based); megawatts (coal /
lignite / naphtha
& gas based);

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