such irregularities, the Joint Chief Environment Engineer
(JCEE) recommended that the 5th respondent should obtain fresh Environment
Clearance. But the Consent for Operation Committee ... Ministry of Environment and Forests and the concerned State Level
Environment Impact Assessment Authority.
(iii) Applications for prior environmental clearance may be rejected
hectares be granted by the
State/Union Territories only after getting environment clearance from
MoEF."
Later, the Rules in the State were made applicable ... Clearance till EC/CRZ Clearance is
obtained for enhanced capacity. In case of operation without a valid
EC/CRZ Clearance, the production will need
mandatory for
lessees for excavating minor minerals also to obtain environment
clearance before the commencement of mining operations. On account of
this notification, the petitioner ... could recommence the quarrying operations only after
obtaining the said environment clearance. It is the case of the petitioner
that such clearance was not required
consideration of the application made
by the petitioner for grant of environment clearance for the
quarry in Survey No.1 in Pedaraopalli Village, Kothavalasa
Mandalam ... petitioner submitted an application
to the 5th respondent for grant of environment clearance in
respect of the mining lease held by the petitioner
declaring the action
of respondents 2 and 3 in respectively issuing Environment
Clearance (EC) to respondent No.5-M/s.Godavari Bio
Management for establishment ... main ground on which the petitioners
have assailed issuance of Environment Clearance for
establishment of bi-medical treatment facility in Marripudi
village to respondent
mining
activity of the 4th respondent is illegal as
necessary environment clearance has not been
obtained.
The learned Government Pleader and Sri
T.Vishnu Teja ... learned counsel appearing for
the respondent No.4 would contend that
environment clearance is not necessary, for
excavation of gravel, in as much
whether the lease for 5 hectors required to obtain
environment clearance or not. It also appears from
the record that there is no clarity ... Pollution Control
Board, which is the authority to issue such
environment clearance, had also expressed a similar
confusion in its proceeding dated
petitioner to the e-
permit system on the ground that the
environment clearance is required before any
mining activity can be carried ... issue the transit
permits on the ground that petitioner requires
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environment clearance for carrying on the
quarrying activities in the lease of the petitioner
called upon to submit necessary documents such as a
Mining plan, environment clearances, consent for establishment from
the pollution board etc., Apart from this
called upon to submit
necessary documents such as a Mining plan, environment
clearances, consent for establishment from the pollution board etc.,
Apart from this
