Rule 84. Dangerous manufacturing process or operations

The manufacturing process or operations in the foregoing schedules given in part A and part B of this rule, when carried on in any factory are declared to be dangerous manufacturing process or operation under section 82 of the Code.

84A. Site Appraisal Committee under section 83.–

(1) The State Government shall constitute a technical committee to be called the Site Appraisal Committee to consider and give recommendations on applications for the initial location of a factory involving a hazardous process or for the expansion of such factory.

(2) The Committee shall consist of the following members, namely:-(a) Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator–Chairman (b) One Inspector-cum-Facilitator or Technical Officer, LESDE Department – Member Secretary (c) A representative of the Fire & Emergency Services Department (d) A representative of the Department of Commerce and Industries (e) A representative of the Mizoram Pollution Control Board

(3) The State Government may constitute or reconstitute the Committee as and when necessary.

(4) No member shall disclose any industrial, commercial or technical information obtained during the course of his duties, except for the purposes of the Code or when required by law.

(5) Application for Site Appraisal-(a) Every application for appraisal of a site under Section 83 of the Code shall be submitted to the Chairman of the Site Appraisal Committee manually or by post or electronically, in Form-XXXVII.

(b) The Committee may dispense with furnishing of any information in the application if it considers such information not relevant to the application under consideration.

(6) Functions of the Committee-

(a) The Member Secretary shall register the applications received for appraisal of site in a separate register and acknowledge the same within seven days;

(b) The Member 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;

(7) The committee may adopt a procedure for its working keeping in view the need for expeditious disposal of applications;

(8) The committee shall examine the application for appraisal of a site with reference to the prohibitions and restrictions on the locations of industry and 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;

(9) The Committee may call for documents, examine experts, inspect the site and take such other steps as may be necessary for forming its views on the suitability of the site.

(10) Wherever the proposed site requires clearance by 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.

(11) The Committee shall make its recommendation within thirty days of receipt of the application in Form- XXXVIII.