Requirement of EIA for 5 MWH diesel generator

[PRADIP KUMAR SENGUPTA]

Can anybody give any idea about whether EIA is required for a 5 mwh diesel generator in a township project within 9 kilometers of an international border? Who will deal with the matter State PCB or MoEF? What is the rule?

[Sayantani Mitra]

The first column reads Sl. No. and the second category (Thermal Power Plants). Only if this is satisfied, then you go into the fuels and capacity. 

Hence, again. should DG set be considered as a Thermal Power Plant?

[Prof Dr V N Sivasankara Pillai]

If its under Category 8 (large buildings and townships), depending on the area covered, it would be dealt with by SEIAA or EAC of MoEF. In any case, a Consent-to-Establish is needed from SPCB.

[Sayantani Mitra]

If a project has already received EC before 2006 but wants to install a DG sets whose total capacity is crossing 5 MW, in that case is EC needed for DG Sets?