National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (Act No. 39 of 2004)

Chapter 4 : Air Quality Management Measures

Part 5 : Other measures

30. Atmospheric impact reports

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An air quality officer may require any person to submit to the air quality officer an atmospheric impact report in a prescribed form if—

(a)the air quality officer reasonably suspects that the person has on one or more occasions contravened or failed to comply with this Act or any conditions of a licence and that such contravention or failure has had, or may have, a detrimental effect on the environment, including health, social conditions, economic conditions, ecological conditions or cultural heritage, or has contributed to the degradation of ambient air quality; or
(b) a review of a provisional atmospheric emission licence or an atmospheric emission licence is undertaken in terms of section 45.