NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 107 OF 1998: CONSULTATION ON THE INTENTION TO AMEND CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR AN APPLICATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
Notice Title: National Environmental Management Act, 107 of 1998 (“NEMA”): Consultation on the intention to amend certain requirements for an application for environmental authorisation for renewable energy
Government Notice: GN 3716 in GG 49028 on 28 July 2023
Commencing date: Comments to be submitted by 28 August 2023
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, intends to require that a letter of consent from Eskom Holdings Ltd or its successor be submitted with an application for environmental authorisation or with a request for registration of an exclusion from the requirement to obtain an environmental authorisation for certain identified activities when proposed within a specific radius of a main electricity transmission or distribution substation.
The amendment to the application procedure is proposed to be made under sections 24(5)(a), 24(5)(b)(i) and 44 of the NEMA. The procedure is necessary to ensure unrestricted access to main electricity transmission or distribution substations, thereby allowing for the realisation of the full economic potential of the investment made.
Members of the public are invited to submit written comments and inputs on or before 28 August 2023. For a copy of the Government Gazette Notice click here.
For more information or assistance please contact Jan Nel at jan@shangoni.co.za
