National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)RegulationsEnvironmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014Chapter 4 : Application for Environmental AuthorisationPart 3: S&EIR22. Consideration of scoping report |
The competent authority must, within 43 days of receipt of a scoping report—
| (a) | accept the scoping report, with or without conditions, and advise the applicant to proceed or continue with the tasks contemplated in the plan of study for environmental impact assessment; or |
| (b) | refuse environmental authorisation if— |
| (i) | the proposed activity is in conflict with a prohibition contained in legislation; or |
| (ii) | the scoping report does not substantially comply with Appendix 2 to these Regulations or any applicable protocol or minimum information requirements as identified and gazetted by the minister in a government notice and the applicant is unwilling or unable to ensure compliance with these requirements within the prescribed timeframe. |
[Regulation 22(b)(ii) substituted by Notice No. 326 of 2017]