Rule 106. Site Appraisal Committee

(1) The following provisions shall govern the functioning of the Site Appraisal Committee (hereinafter referred to be as the "Committee") in these rules, namely: -(a) the Union Territory Administration of Lakshadweep shall constitute or reconstitute a Site Appraisal Committee under the chairmanship of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator, Union Territory Administration of Lakshadweep as and when necessary;

(b) the Union Territory Administration of Lakshadweep shall appoint a senior officer of Department of Labour, Union Territory, Administration of Lakshadweep to be the Secretary of the Committee;

(c) the Union Territory Administration of Lakshadweep may appoint the following as members of the Committee, namely: -

(i) a representative of the Fire Department;

(ii) a representative of the Department of Industries;

(iii) Member-Secretary, Pollution Control Committee;

(iv) a representative of the Department of Health; and

(v) the Administration UT of Lakshadweep may nominate one person having experience in the field of occupational safety or environment protection.

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

(3) Applications for appraisal of site. - (a) Applications for appraisal of sites in respect of the factories covered under clause (za) of section 2 shall be submitted to the Chairman of the Site Appraisal Committee; and

(b) The application for site appraisal shall be submitted electronically in Form- 41. 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.

(4) 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 seven days;

(b) the Secretary 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 restrictions on the location of an industry and the carrying on of processes and operations in different areas as per the provisions of different departments given representation in the Committee; and

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

(f) No meeting shall be held unless at least three members are present.

(5) Exemption. - The industrial project granted clearance under notification No. S.0. 1533

(E) dated 14-09-2006 under the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, shall not be required to get clearance from this Committee.