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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: AIR QUALITY ACT (39/2004): REGULATIONS PRESCRIBING THE ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION LICENCE PROCESSING FEE

Posted 18 April 2016

The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, in terms of sections 53(o), 37(2)(a), 44(3)(a), 45(1) and 47(3)(a) of the NEMAQA, made the Regulations prescribing the Atmospheric Emission Licence Processing Fee.

The processing fees are as follows – 

  • Application for new atmospheric emission licence (“AEL”) - R10 000 per activity;
  • Application for AEL review - R10 000 per listed activity under review;
  • Application for AEL renewal - R5 000 per activity; and
  • Application for AEL transfer - R2 000.