Question NW2520 to the Minister of Environmental Affairs
21 July 2015 - NW2520
Hadebe, Mr TZ to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs
How many (a) notices and (b) directives were issued to rights holders in each province in the (i) 2013/14 and (ii) 2014/15 financial years in response to (aa) noncompliance with (aaa) environmental management plans (EMPs) and (bbb) environmental management programmes (EMPRs) or (bb) mining or prospecting without an approved (aaa) EMP or (bbb) EMPR?
Reply:
(a) and (b) The Department of Environmental Affairs gives such notices and/or directives only in instances where there is non-compliance with specific Environmental Acts and EIA regulation.
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