Notification Regarding the Appointment of National Institute of Oceanography and National Environmental Engineering Research Institute to Take Up Environmental Impact Assessment Study for Disposal of the Effluents from Textile Dyeing Units Under the Marine Discharge Project Under the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act

What the notification does

G.O. Ms. No. 142, Finance (Salaries), dated 19 May 2011, records the Governor of Tamil Nadu's appointment of two institutions to take up an Environmental Impact Assessment study. The Government of Tamil Nadu Finance Department issued the notification under clause (f) of Section 16 of the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998.

The Environmental Impact Assessment study is for the proposed disposal of effluents from textile dyeing units under the Marine Discharge Project.

Institutions appointed

The Government of Tamil Nadu Finance Department notification appoints:

• The National Institute of Oceanography, also identified as NIO.
• The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, also identified as NEERI.

Both institutions are appointed to take up the Environmental Impact Assessment study for the project described in the notification.

Who may be affected

G.O. Ms. No. 142 directly concerns the National Institute of Oceanography, the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute and the Marine Discharge Project involving effluents from textile dyeing units. It may also be relevant to textile dyeing units whose effluent disposal falls within that project.

The notification does not identify particular dyeing units, properties, survey numbers, districts or local planning areas. It also does not set out any individual approval, restriction or obligation for a named landowner or property buyer.

Key provisions

The Finance Department notification provides that:

• The appointment is made by the Governor of Tamil Nadu.
• The legal basis stated is clause (f) of Section 16 of the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998.
• The appointed institutions are the National Institute of Oceanography and the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute.
• Their assigned work is an Environmental Impact Assessment study.
• The study relates to disposal of effluents from textile dyeing units under the Marine Discharge Project.

Relevance to property transactions

G.O. Ms. No. 142 does not state that any land is acquired, reclassified or reserved. It contains no change of land use, planning permission, building restriction or property-specific direction. A buyer or owner would need separate documents to determine whether a particular property is connected with the Marine Discharge Project.