National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (Act No. 39 of 2004)Chapter 4 : Air Quality Management MeasuresPart 5 : Other measures30. Atmospheric impact reports |
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. |