Rule 60. Site Appraisal Committee under section 83

(1) The Government of Jammu and Kashmir may constitute a Site Appraisal Committee as and when necessary, consisting ofi. the Chief Inspector of Factories who shall be its Chairman; ii. a representative of the State Pollution Control Board of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir; ili. a representative of the Department of Environment of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir; iv. a representative of the Local Government wing of the Department of Local Government Housing and Urban Development Department of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir; V. an expert in the field of occupational health; vì. a representative of the Department of Industries of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir; and vii. a scientist having specialized knowledge of the hazardous process which will be involved in the factory; and viii.any other person as deemed fit by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

(2) No member, unless required to do so by a court of law, shall disclose otherwise than in connection with the purposes 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.

(3) i. Applications for appraisal of sites in respect of the industries covered under clause (za) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Code shall be submitted to the Chairman of the Site Appraisal Committee; ii. The application for site appraisal along with fifteen copies thereof shall be submitted in Form XXV. The Committee may dispense with furnishing of information on any particular item in the application Form, if it considers the same to be not relevant to the application under consideration; iil. Functions of the Site Appraisal Committeea. The Chairman shall arrange to register the applications received for appraisal of site in separate register and acknowledge the same within a period of seven days; b. The Chairman shall fix up the meetings in such 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 shall adopt a procedure for its working keeping in view the need for expeditious disposal of applications; d. The Committee shall examine the applications for appraisal of a site with reference to the prohibitions and restriction on the location of an 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 views in regard to the suitability of the site; and f. Wherever the proposed site required clearance by the Ministry of Industries or by the Ministry Environment and Forests of Government of India, the application for Site Appraisal will be considered by the Site Appraisal Committee only after such clearance had been received.