Government of Nepal has replaced the existing Schedule -1 and 2 of Environment Protection
Rule, 1997, with the following Schedule-1 and 2 using right given as per Rule 54.
Schedule-1
(Pertaining to Rule 3)
Proposals (for) requiring (preliminary) Initial Environmental Examination
a. Forest Sector
1. Plantation of indigenous plants of a single species on a single block of 50 to 500 hectares
in the Tarai and 25 to 100 hectares in the hills.
2. Plantation of such imported species of plants as are deemed suitable for that purpose
following their test in the concerned place, on a single block of 10 to 1000 hectares in the
Tarai and 10 to 50 hectares in the hills.
3. Handover of forests with an area ranging between 50 to 200 hectares in the Tarai and 10
to 50 hectares in the hills as leasehold forests.
4. Clear felling of forests with an area ranging between 15 to 30 hectares for the (purpose
of) forest research by government.
5. Establishment or expansion of national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and conservation areas,
or environmental conservation zones.
6. Annual collection of 5 to 50 metric tons of forest products of each species for removal of
roots from a single area or more area at a time or (from)time to time from a district in
case the quantity is not mentioned in the forest or(and) conservation areas management
plans.
7. Formulation of watershed management plans.
8. Construction of new botanical gardens or zoos with area more than 10 hectares.
9. Resettlement of imported wild animals of different species.
10. Preparation of management plans of (for) national parks, wild life sanctuaries,
conservation areas, and their buffer zones,(including the wetlands) and preparation of all
kinds of district level forest management plans managed by the government.
11. Establishment of medicinal herbs centers for the commercial production of medicinal
herbs and aromatic plants in common (public) shrub land area.
12. Annual collection of 5-50 metric tons of forest products of each species from a (single)
forest area or more than one forest area or in a season or more than one season from a
district (as permitted by the established law) for import after the extraction of necessary
materials.
13. Construction of forest paths up to 10 kilometer long, and of fire protection lines up to 10
kilometer long.
14. Collection of sand, stone, gravel and soil from the rivers and streams flowing (within or)
through the forest area.
15. Mining of coal or other minerals from the forest area.
16. Hand over of forest more than 50 hectares managed by user groups below poverty line as
leasehold forest.
17. Clear felling or removal of vegetation up to 5 hectares within the forest area (for the
implementation of proposals) by any authority except the government authority related to
forest.
18. Handover of forest areas ranging between 200 to 500 hectares to a single community for
management.
19. Annual collection of 10 to 100 metric tons of forest products of each species for bark
removal from a single area or more area at a time or (from) time to time from a district in
case the quantity is not mentioned in the forest or (and) conservation areas management
plans.
20. Collection of 5-100 metric tons of forest products like Sal seed, Rittha (Sapindus
mukurossi) and Amala (phyllanthus emblica),Tendupat(Diospyros tomentosa),
Bhorlapat, Tejpat including other forest products mentioned above in serial number 6 and
19 except wood from a forest area or more forest areas or in a season or in a more
seasons not banned for collection from a district at a time or time to time as per existing
rules and regulations.
21. Construction of resorts of capacity 10 to 50 beds, hotel and safari; and small scale
educational institution, hospital or any construction activity (in the forest area, national
park, conservation area, buffer zone, wetlands and environment conservation areas) and
by any authority other than the forest related authority of government of Nepal.
22. Removal of roots and shoots of the felled trees from more than 5 hectares according to
the approved operational plan.
23. Establishment, propagation and research activities on species affected by genetically
modified organisms and living modified organisms including the introduction of alien
and invasive wildlife and plants.
24. Annual collection of more than 5 metric tons of resin from a district.
b. Industrial sector
i)
1. Production of alcohol from blending process or establishment of distillery with facility of
boiling and fermentation and of capacity not more than 5 lakh litre per day.
2. Establishment of acid, base or primary chemical industry with the daily production
capacity of 100 metric tons.
3. Processing of leather up to 10000 square feet daily.
4. Establishment of cooking, natural gas refilling, filling, production and distribution
industry
5. Establishment of stone crusher(ing) industry.
6. Establishment of paint industry except cosmetic industry.
7. Establishment of milk processing industry with daily capacity of more than 10000 litre.
8. Production of lubricants from blending, reprocessing and reclamation process.
9. Establishment of foam industry.
10. Establishment of dry or wet cell production industry.
11. Establishment of sugar industry with daily production capacity of 3000 metric tons.
12. Establishment of thread cloth colouring, printing or washing industry except traditional
household industry.
13. Establishment of paper or pulp industry having daily capacity not more than 100 metric
tons except traditional household industry.
14. Establishment of industry having annual capacity of 2 crore pieces of brick, tile, etc.
15. Establishment of cement industry based on limestone and clinker with production
capacity of 50 metric tons per hour.
16. Establishment of lime industry with daily production capacity of 500 metric tons.
17. Establishment of drugs production industry and formulation of bulk drugs up to 50 metric
tons daily.
18. Establishment of plastic industry (based on the waste of crude materials) with daily
production capacity of 5 metric tons.
19. Establishment of water processing industry except pipeline, for commercial purpose of
capacity more than 10 litre per second.
ii) Establishment of industry with investments more than Rs 10 lakhs in machine, tools
and equipment in the following cases:
1. Processing and production of tyre, tubes and rubber
2. Foundry
3. Bitumen and bitumen emulsion
4. Chemical processing of bone, horn and hoof with daily capacity up to 50
metric tons
5. Ayurvedic medicines
6. Establishment of industry with investment up to 50 crore fixed
(capital)investment (civil works and machinery) based on mine
7. Production of metal by primary smelting of ferrous and non-ferrous (except
re-rolling, remolting, fabrication)
8. Establishment of sawmill of annual capacity 5000 to 50000 cubic feet timber.
c. Mine sector
3. Excavation of mines through relocation and resettlement of permanent residence of 25 to
100 people.
4. Daily extraction of metal except radioactive metal, up to 400 metric tons (deep mining)
and up to 200 metric tons (surface mining)
5. Daily extraction of non-metallic minerals except asbestos, up to 200 metric tons (deep
mining) and 400 metric tons (surface mining).
6. Collection and production of decorative stones such as marble, granite,
amphibolite/polished stone.
7. Excavation of construction oriented stone, sand, gravel, industrial soil and ordinary soil
up to 300 cubic feet per day.
8. Excavation for the production of coal up to 200 metric tons (deep mining) and 400 metric
tons ( surface mining)
9. Daily production of 1 lakh cubic metre of biogenic natural gas.
d. Road sector
1. For the construction of following roads
a. District roads.
b. Urban roads.
2. Construction of 1 to 5 kilometers long ropeways.
3. Construction of 1 to 5 kilometers long cable car.
4. Construction of major bridges.
5. Construction of tunnel for road purpose.
6. Improvement of the standard, rehabilitation and reconstruction of national highways and
feeder roads.
e. Residential, building and urban development sector
1. Construction of residential, commercial and their combination (building) with built up
area or floor area 5000 to 10000 square meter.
2. Construction of cinema hall, theatre, community hall, stadium, concert hall, spot complex
with the mobility capacity of 1000- to 2000 persons at a time.
3. Development of residence for 50 families or in an area ranging between1 to 4 hectare.
4. Launching of land development project in an area ranging between 10 to 100 hectares.
5. Construction of hard surface pavement in an area more than 10 hecatres.
6. Filling of soil above 20000 cubic metre or development of site after cut operation of soil.
7. Construction of buildings of 10 storeys or more than 25 metre or 16 storeys or more than
(within) 50 metres.
f. Water Resources and Energy Sector
1. Construction of electric lines
a. ✂………………
b. ✂………………
c. Construction of transmission lines not more than 3 kilometers of capacity n 132 kV
or more.
d. Construction of new outdoor trapping sub-station from the existing 220 kV
transmission line or more.
2. Production of electricity
a) Operation of electricity generation project of capacity 1 to 6 MW.
b) Operation of electricity generation project of capacity 1 to 5 MW from
mineral oil or gas.
3. Under the new system of irrigation
a) Irrigation of area ranging between 200 to 2000 hectares in Tarai and
inner Tarai.
b) Irrigation of area ranging between 25 to 500 hectares in hills valleys and
tars.
c) Irrigation of area ranging between 25 to 200 hectares in hills with steep
gradient and mountain areas.
4. Under the rehabilitation system of irrigation
a) Construction of new headworks under the existing system in irrigation
projects or any project rehabilitation activity to change the major irrigation canal
b) Any water resources development activity which displaces not more
than from 25 persons to 100 persons with permanent residence.
✂ Deleted by the notification published in Nepal Gazette on March 09, 2009
c) Control of river more than 10 km by the construction dam.
g. Tourism Sector
1. Establishment and operation of hotels with 50 to 100 beds.
2. Extension of the areas of the existing airports.
3. Operation of rafting activities equipped with machine or by burning fuel on any river
with fish or other aquatic life.
4. Operation of house boat (floating boat) to be established in lake.
h. Drinking water sector
1. Collection of rain-water in an area of not more than 200 hectares, and use of water
sources (springs and wet-lands) located within the same area.
2. Surface water sources with not more than 1 cubic ft. safe yield, and supply of not more
than 50 percent of the water during the dry season.
3. Processing (treatment) of water at the rate of 10 to 25 liters per second.
4. Recharging up to 50 percent of the total aquifer for the development of underground
water sources.
5. Construction of tunnels for operation of drinking water project.
6. Displacement of not more than (upto) 25-100 persons for operating a water supply
scheme.
7. Settlement of not more than (upto) 500 persons on the upper reaches of water sources.
8. Supply of drinking water to a population ranging between 5,000 and 50,000.
9. Supply of drinking water to a population ranging between 10,000 and 100,000, and
connection of new sources.
10. River training and diversion activities over an area of more than one kilometer.
11. Operation of drinking water project with drainage system along with treatment.
i. Waste Management Sector
1. For the wastes produced from the houses and residential areas,
2. Filling of land with 1000 to 5000 tons of waste a year.
3. Activities relating to transfer stations and resource recovery areas spread over not more
than 5-10 hectares.
4. Selecting, picking, disposing, and recycling waste through chemical, mechanical or
biological techniques in an area of not more than 5-10 hectares.
5. Activities relating to compost plants in an area ranging between 5 and 10 hectares.
6. Operation of drainage development project exceeding the investment more than Rs 50
lakhs.
j. Agricultural sector
1. Clearing of national forests covering not more than 1 hectare in the hills and 5 hectares in
the Tarai, and using them for agricultural purposes.
2. Following activities relating to construction :
i) Construction activities for farming more than 30,000 domestic fowls.
ii) Construction activities for farming more than 1000 big cattle.
iii) Construction activities for farming more than 5,000 small cattle
(sheep and goats).
iv) Establishment of agricultural wholesale markets in area more than
one hectare in the metropolitan and sub-metropolitan area of Tarai region and
more than 0.5 hectare in other region.
v) Establishment of license holder slaughter house.
3. Storage and disposal of expired toxic substances (only those which are listed).
4. Production, formulation, repackaging, storage and disposal of chemical fertilizer
(inorganic fertilizer) and chemical pesticides (inorganic pesticides).
5. Establishment for industry for the production of chemical fertilizer (blending) and
chemical pesticides (blending).
k. Health Sector
1. Operation of hospital, nursing home or medical profession with
capacity 25 to 100 beds (including study and teaching).
l. Operation of any planning, project or programme of any
development work, physical activities or change in land use except the proposals
mentioned in Clause (a) to Clause (k) and those below the standards of such proposals as
well as the proposals below the standards of those mentioned in Schedule-2 with a cost of
Rs. 50 millions to 250 millions.
Schedule - 2
(Pertaining to Rule 3)
Proposals Requiring Environmental Impact Assessment
a. Forest Sector
1. Plantation of indigenous plants of a single species on a single block covering an
area of more than 500 hectares in the Terai and 100 hectares in the hills.
2. Plantation of such imported species of plants as are deemed suitable for the
purpose following their test in the concerned place, in an area of more than 100
hectares in the Terai and 50 hectares in the hills.
3. Handover of forests with an area of more than 200 hectares in the Terai and 50
hectares in the hills as leasehold forests.
4. Clear Felling of National forests for research purpose with an area of more than 30
hectares per year by the government.
5. Rosin and turpentine, rubber, plywood and veneer, brick and tile, Tobacco Kattha
and timber-based matches, pulp and paper industries to be established within one
kilometer inside the forest area that rely on forests for their raw materials and use
processing techniques, and cardamom as well as medium and large tea industries
together with Lauth saalla and incense industry establishment that use bulky
quantities of firewood.
6. Commercial as well as industrial processing of medicinal herbs and aromatic plants
which emit garbage and pollution.
7. Establishment of resorts, hotels with more than 50 beds, safaris, medium and large
educational institutions, hospitals and industries or other construction activities
inside forest area, national parks, reserves, conservation areas, buffer zone area,
wetland area and environment conservation zones.
8. In case Forest and Conservation Area's Management Plan does not mention output
of forest products to be collected then per species for root extraction of annually
more than 50 metric tons from one district from one forest area or from many
forest areas once or more than once needs to be included.
9. In case Forest and Conservation Area's Management Plan does not mention output
of forest products to be collected then per species for bark extraction of annually
more than 100 metric tons from one district from one forest area or from many
forest areas once or more than once needs to be included.
10. According to contemporary law that does not ban collection of roots and bark
species, Shorea robusta (sal) seed, Reetha and Emblica offiicinalis (Amala),
Tendupaat, Bhoorla paat, Cinamomom tamala (Tej Paat) together with non timber
forest product from one forest area or several areas in one or many season at one
or several collection amounting annually to more than 100 tons per species from
one district.
11. With respect to contemporary law which does not ban export of species that are
processed and sartatwa extracted from one or several forest area or in one or many
season annually more than 100 tons per species per district.
12. Implement felling of more than 5 hectares of forest land with the proposal of
government faculties other than forest.
13. Handing over of more than 500 hectares of forest land to one (a single)
community for management.
b. Industrial Sector
1. Establishment of breweries and wineries equipped with fermentation facilities
with a production capacity of more than 500,000 liters per day.
2. Production of primary chemicals such as corrosive acid and alkali etc. (except
citric, tartaric, acetic acid etc.) with a production capacity of more than 100 metric
tons per day.
3. Processing of hides more than 10,000 sq.ft. per day.
4. Establishment of mineral based industries with a fixed investment (civil &
machinery purpose) of more than Rs. 500 millions.
5. Production of petro chemicals and processing (diesel, kerosene, lubricants,
plastics, synthetics rubbers etc.).
6. Daily production of more than 50 tons of ferrous and non ferrous metals (except
rerolling, remelting and febrication) by the process of primary smelting.
7. Establishment of industry producing more than 3000 metric tons of kahdsari or
sugar per day.
8. Establishment of cement industries based on lime stone or clinker with a
production capacity of more than 50 metric tons per hour.
9. Establishment of lime industries with a production capacity of more than 500
metric tons per day.
10. Production of asbestos.
11. Establishment of radio active emission (nuclear or atomic processing) industries.
12. Daily formulation of more than 50 metric tons of primary compounds (Bulk
drugs) for medicines.
13. Production of extremely hazardous substances such as Isocayanite, mercury
compound etc.
14. Production or establishment of ammunitions and explosives including gunpowder
other than by Nepali Army and Nepali Police.
15. Establishment of pulp or paper industries of with a production capacity of more
than 100 metric tons per day.
16. Establishment of brick and tiles industries with a production capacity of more
than 20 million pieces per year.
17. Chemical processing of bones, horns, and hoof of more than 50 metric tons per
day.
18. Establishment of saw mill with an annual consumption of more than 50 thousand
cubic feet (of timber).
c. Mining Sector
1. Relocation or resettlement of permanent residence of a population of more than
100 for the purpose of mine excavation.
2. Mine Excavation Process For :
a. Excavating (for production of)all kinds of radioactive metals for production
b. Production of other metals of more than 200 tons by underground excavation
and more than 400 tons for(by) surface mining on daily basis.
c. Production of non metallic minerals by underground excavation exceeding
200 tons per day and by surface excavation beyond 400 tons per day.
d. Extraction of common construction stone, decorative stone, sand, gravel and
industrial soil at a rate of more than 300 cubic meters per day.
e. Production of coal and matti coal at the rate of more than 200 tons per day by
underground excavation and more than 400 tons per day by surface
excavation.
f. Production process of more than 100 thousand meter cube per day of natural
gas.
g. Process requiring excavation and processing of petroleum products.
h. Daily extraction of more than 250 meter cube of sand, gravel (girkha) soil
from the surface of river and rivulets.
d. Road Sector
1. Construction of the following roads:
a. National highways.
b. Main feeder roads.
2. Construction of more than 50 kilometers long ropeways (ranju marg).
3. Construction of more than 5 kilometers long cable car routes.
e. Residence, Building (Bhavan) and Urban Development Area
1. Residential, Commercial and their combination buildings (Bhavan) with a built-
up or floor area of more than 10,000 meter square.
2. Construction of Cinema Hall, Theater, Community Hall, Stadium, Concert Hall,
Spot Complex with an entry and exit (capacity) of more than 2,000 at a time.
3. Development of Residence with a capacity of 50 members or in an area of more
than 4 hectares.
4. Operation of more than 100 hectares of land development program
5. Construction of more than 16 floors or 50 meters of buildings.
f. Water Resources and Energy Sector
1. Construction and Supply through the installation of transmission lines with more
than 3 km length and 66 kV capacity.
2. Operation of Hydro Electric Production Program with the capacity of more than
10 MW.
3. Under the Electricity Production:
a. Operation of Coal or Nuclear Electric production (project with capacity) of
more than 1 MW.
b. Operation of Oil or Gas Electric production (project with capacity) of more
than 5 MW.
4. Under the new systems of irrigation:
a. Those irrigating more than 2000 hectares in the Terai or Inner Terai.
b. Those irrigating more than 500 hectares in hills, valleys and tar.
c. Those irrigation more the 200 hectares in the hilly bhiralo, pakha and
mountain areas with a steep gradient.
d. Any water resources development activity which displaces (population of )
more than 100 people with permanent residence.
e. Construction of multipurpose reservoirs.
f. Inter-basin water transfer and use.
g. Tourism Sector
1. Construction, establishment and operation of hotels with more than 100 beds.
2. Establishment and development of new airports.
h. Drinking Water
1. Collection of rain-water in an area of more than 200 hectares and use of water
sources located within the same area.
2. (supply of) Surface water sources with more than 1 cusec. safe yield and the use
of its entire part during the dry season.
3. Recharging of more than 50 percent of the total aquifer for the development of
underground water sources.
4. Displacement of more than 100 persons for the operation of water supply
schemes.
5. Settlement of more than 500 persons on the upper reaches of water sources.
6. Supply of drinking water to a population of more than 50,000.
7. Supply of drinking water to a population of more than 100,000, and connection of
new sources.
8. Over mining of biologically or chemically polluted point and non-point sources or
underground water sources that may be affected by them.
9. Operation of multi-purpose projects relating to sources of drinking water using
water sources at the rate of more than 25 liters per second.
i. Waste Management
1. Waste management activities to the undertaken with the objective of providing
services to a population of more than 10,000.
2. Following activities relating to waste emitted from houses and residential areas :
a. Filling of land with more than 5000(1000 previously) tons of waste per
year.
b. Activities relating to transfer stations and resource recovery areas
spread over an area of more than 10(3 previously) hectares.
c. Selecting, picking, disposing and recycling waste through chemical,
mechanical or biological techniques in an area spread over more than
(2 hecs. previously) 10 hectares.
d. Activities relating to compost plants spread over an area of more than
10 hectares.
e. Burying of waste emitted from an urban area with a population of at
least 10,000.
3. Following construction activities relating to hazardous waste of the following
nature in any scale :
a. Construction of a waste plant.
b. Construction of a waste recovery plant.
c. Construction of a site for filling, accumulating or burying waste.
d. Construction of a site for storing waste.
e. Construction of a waste treatment facility.
4. Following activities relating to lethal waste
a. Emission and management of any radio-active substance with a half
age exceeding 25 years.
b. Emission and management of any radio active materials with 30 lethal
dose.
c. Final disposal management of biological lethal substances emitted
from health centers, hospitals or nursing homes with at least 25 beds.
d. Any active relating to one hectare or more of land and energy for the
purpose of incinerating or recycling any lethal substance.
j. Agricultural Sector
1. Clearing of Government Forests covering more than 1 hectare in the hills and 5
hectares in the Tarai and using them for agricultural purposes.
2. Urbanization plan in cultivable lands.
3. Following activities relating to toxic substances (only those that are listed).
k. Health
1. Operation of hospitals or nursing homes with more than 100 beds, or medical
profession (study and teaching also).
l. If any proposal is to be implemented in the following areas
1. Historical, cultural and archeological sites.
2. National parks, wild life reserve, wetland and conservation areas.
3. Areas with main sources of public water supply.
m. Operation of any planning, project or program relating to any developmental work,
physical activities or change in land use except the proposals mentioned in Clause (A) to
Clause (K) and those below the standards of such proposals as well as the proposals
below the standards of those mentioned in Schedule-1 with a cost of more than 250
millions.
