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(i) All hydel projects, irrigation projects with a command area of over 10,000 hectares and all mining projects involving diversion of forest area of more than 20 hectares shall require clearance from the environmental angle. Therefore, all such proposals shall be simultaneously referred to the Environment Wing of the MOEF for clearance from environmental angle along with the proposal for forest clearance. (ii) Notwithstanding the above, if in the opinion of the Ministry or the Advisory Committee, any proposal should be examined from the environmental angle, it may be required that the project proponent refer the case to the Environment Wing of the MOEF. (iii) It has been decided that under the Single Window Clearance Scheme, proposals which require approval under the Act as well as clearance from the environment angle shall be processed simultaneously and decision taken for both together. A separate communication of sanction on each of the proposals may be issued, but the project would be deemed to be cleared only after clearance from both angles.