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The 400MW Richards Bay Gas to Power Plant

Internal Appeal: Environmental Authorisation Amendment

groundWork’s appeal documents (May 2021)

• Cover Letter
• Appeal document
• Appeal Response Report
• Appeal Questionnaire
• groundWork comments on Richards Bay Gas Power 2 (Pty) Ltd’s application to amend its environmental authorisation (19 October 2020)

Appeal decision of the Minister of the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and the Environment, Barbara Creecy

• Appeal Decision (10 August 2021)

Appeal correspondence

• CER Letter to the DFFE (23 September 2021)
• DFFE Response to CER (26 November 2021)
• CER Letter to the DFFE (18 February 2022)

Review Application: Environmental Authorisation Amendment

Environmental justice groups gW and SDCEA, represented by CER, approached the Pretoria High Court on 20 April 2022 to challenge the reissued environmental authorisation granted to Richards Bay Gas to Power 2 (RB2), a proposed gas to power station in the Richards Bay IDZ. Read the Media Release.

• Notice of Motion
• First Applicant’s Founding Affidavit
  • Prof. Brett Cohen’s Expert Affidavit
  • Second Applicant’s Confirmatory Affidavit
• First and Second Respondents’ Notice of Intention to Oppose
• Third Respondent’s Notice of Intention to Oppose
• First Applicant’s Supplementary Founding Affidavit
  • Second Applicant’s Confirmatory Affidavit
• First and Second Respondents’ Answering Affidavit
• Third Respondent’s Answering Affidavit and Confirmatory Affidavits
• First Applicant’s Replying Affidavit
  • Second Applicant’s Confirmatory Affidavit
• Notice of Set Down