Notification/Circular No. – G.S.R. 446(E) dated July 3, 2025
Applicable Act/Rule – Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 & Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986.
Applicable Section/Rule – Section 6 & 25 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
Effective Date – July 3, 2025
In continuation of the earlier draft and after considering all stakeholder inputs, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Environment (Protection) Third Amendment Rules, 2025. The amendment inserts a new proviso in Schedule I of the Rules under serial number 5A, which pertains to standards for thermal power plants.
In Schedule – I, against serial number 5A, in column 4, after item II, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: –
“Provided that the Ministry may, in consultation with the Central Electricity Authority and the Central Pollution Control Board, for reasons to be recorded in writing by an order grant exemption to thermal power plants from installation of Cooling Towers”.
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