MUMBAI: With a huge number of proposals pending for environmental clearance, the state government has proposed setting up an additional state-level expert appraisal committee (SEAC). But the Centre is instead pitching for greater speed and transparency. In 2008, the first SEAC was set up, two years after the Centre mandated its appointment. The committee's term ended last year. "There were proposals pending from 2006 for environmental clearance.