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ii. While there were subsequent amendments, the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MOEF) introduced the Environmental impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, on 14th September 2006, which not only reengineered the entire environment clearance process under the EIA Notification 1994 but also introduced a number of sectors which would require prior environmental clearance. The Notification issued on September 14, 2006 supersedes all the earlier Notifications, and has brought out structural changes in the clearance mechanism. The notification was issued in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clause (v) of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 read with clause (d) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986.