Rule 68. Site Appraisal Committee under sub-section (1) of section 83

(i) Constitution.—

(a) The State Government may by notification constitute a Site Appraisal Committee and reconstitute the Committee as and when necessary, as follows: Chief Inspector-Cum-facilitator – Chairman A representative of the Fire Service Organisation of the State Government A representative of the State Department of Industries A representative of the Director General of Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes, Bombay or Regional Labour Institute, Calcutta A representative of Department of Forest, Environment and Climate Change A representative of Bihar State Pollution Control Board Inspector-Cum-Facilitator of Concerned area – Member Inspector-Cum-Facilitator with qualification in Chemical Engineering to be the Secretary of the Committee

(b) The committee may co-opt a representative of District Administration during the site visit.

(ii) No member, unless required to do so by a Court of Law, shall disclose otherwise than in connection with the purpose of the Act, at any time any information relating to manufacturing or commercial business or any working process which may come to his knowledge during his tenure as a Member on this Committee.

(iii) Applications for appraisal of sites.—

(a) Applications in Form XXVII for appraisal of sites in respect of the factories covered under Section 2(za) of the Code shall be submitted electronically to the Labour Resource and Migrant Workers Welfare Department, Government of Bihar, which shall forward it immediately to the Site Appraisal Committee.

(iv) Functions of the Committee.—

(a) The Secretary shall arrange to register the applications received for appraisal of site in a separate register and acknowledge the same within a period of 7 days.

(b) The Secretary shall fix up meeting in such a manner that all the applications received and registered are referred to the Committee within a period of one month from the date of their receipt.

(c) The Committee may adopt a procedure for its working keeping in view the need for expeditious disposal of applications.

(d) The Committee shall examine the application for appraisal of a site with reference to the prohibitions and restrictions of the location of industry and the carrying on of processes and operations in different areas as per the provisions of Rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 framed under the Environment Protection Act, 1986.

(e) The Committee may call for documents, examine experts, inspect the site if necessary and take other steps for formulating its view in regard to the suitability of the site.

(f) Wherever the proposed site requires a clearance by the Ministry of Industry or the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the application for Site Appraisal will be considered by the Site Appraisal Committee only after such clearance has been received.