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groundWork and VEJA’s Appeal against unlawful postponement of minimum emission standards granted to ArcelorMittal SA

AMSA’s Minimum Emission Standard (MES) Postponement Application, Background Information Document, February 2019

• AIR Vanderbijlpark Works (5 February 2019)
• ArcelorMittal VDB BID (February 2020)
• MD4178_M01_P004-Public Meeting Minutes VDB (19 February 2020)
• Reminder Public Meeting (18 February 2019)
• VanderBijlPark Ster (11 February 2019)  
• VDB Works Presentation Final (19 February 2019)

groundWork and VEJA objection to MES postponement

• groundWork and VEJA objection to AMSA BID on the MES postponement (11 March 2019)

AMSA postponement application

• AMSA’s MES Postponement Application as Submitted to the Licensing Authority (29 March 2019)

National Air Aquality Officer (NAQO) decision on AMSA MES postponement (23 March 2020)

• Arcelormittal Newcastle decision – Applicant (23 March 2020)
• Arcelormittal Newcastle decision – LA (23 March 2020)
• Arcelormittal Pretoria decision – Applicant (23 March 2020)
• Arcelormittal Pretoria decision – LA (23 March 2020)
• Arcelormittal Vanderbijlpark decision – Applicant (23 March 2020)
• Arcelormittal Vanderbijlpark decision – LA (23 March 2020)
• DEA Email to CER re AMSA MES and Decision 1.07.2020

groundWork and VEJA’s appeal against the NAQO’s decision to grant AMSA’s Application to postpone MES (23 March 2020)

• AMSA Appeal_cover letter (15 September 2020)
• AMSA_Appeal form_(15 September 2020)
• Annexures:
  • ANNEXURE A APPEAL QUESTIONAIRE AMSA APPEAL_(15 September 2020)
  • ANNEXURE B VEJA MANDATE IRO AMSA MES APPEAL (15 September 2020)
  • ANNEXURE C GROUNDWORK MANDATE ON AMSA MES APPEALl (15 September 2020)
  • ANNEXURE D GW & VEJA APPEAL TO THE MINISTER OF DEFF RE AMSA MES (15 September 2020)
  • Annexure 1 gW-VEJA Objection to AMSA MES postponement (11 March 2019)
  • Annexure 2 AMSA Postponement Application submitted to DEA (29 March 2020)
  • Annexure 3 CER Email to Ms Khumalo 2 (15 June 2020) and ( 29 June 2020)
  • Annexure 4 DEA Email to CER re AMSA MES and Decision (01 July 2020)
  • Annexure 5 CER Letter to DEA re AMSA MES request for reasons ( 21 July 2020)
  • Annexure 6 Email from Appeal Authority to CER re appeal (21 July 2020)
  • Annexure 7 CER to Ms Khumalo (25 August 2020)
  • Annexure 8 DEFF reasons on MES application (26 August 2020)
  • Annexure 9 Email from CER to AMSA and DEFF (26 August 2020) and (27 August 2020)
  • Annexure 10 Appeal Authority to CER in re MES appeal procedure 2015, 2018 and 2020.
• AMSA’s response to the CER’s Appeal (5 October 2020)
• Minister’s decision on the Condonation in re: MES appeal (26 October 2020)