LIST OF PROJECTS REQUIRING ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FROM THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT:
17.Storage batteries integrated with manufacture of oxides of lead and lead antimony alloys.
18.All tourism projects between 200m—500 metres of High Water Line and at locations with an elevation of more than 1000 metres with investment of more than Rs.5 crores.
19.Thermal Power Plants.
20.Mining projects *(major minerals)* with leases more than 5 hectares.
21.Highway Projects **except projects relating to improvement work including widening and strengthening of roads with marginal land acquisition along the existing alignments provided it does not pass through ecologically sensitive areas such as National Parks, Sanctuaries, Tiger Reserves, Reserve Forests**
22.Tarred Roads in the Himalayas and or Forest areas.
