Original article published on News24 (SA) 19/04/2006
Pretoria - Revised regulations,
aimed at making the processing of environmental impact assessment (EIA)
applications "quicker, simpler and better", were unveiled by
Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Among the important features of the
new regulations - to be promulgated in the Government Gazette on Friday and to
come into effect on July 1 - is the introduction of compulsory timeframes.
Van Schalkwyk said: "Under the new regulations,
authorities will be obliged to deliver within 14 days for purely administrative
actions, within 45 days for review and decision-making on minor reports, and
between 60 and 105 days for review and decision-making on complex reports."
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