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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT (107/1998): PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED IN APPLYING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION FOR LARGE SCALE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IDENTIFIED IN TERMS OF SECTION 24(2)(a) OF THE ACT

Posted 19 March 2018

The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, in terms of section 24(5)(a) and (b) of the NEMA and regulation 15 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014, provided the procedure to be followed in applying for environmental authorisation for large scale electricity transmission and distribution development activities identified in terms of section 24(2)(a) of NEMA as set out in the schedule to this notice.