Minister Creecy gazettes powerline and substation standard and excludes these developments from requiring environmental authorisation
28 July 2022
On 27 July 2022 the Minister of Forestry and Fisheries and the Environment published a Standard for the development and expansion of power lines and substations within identified geographical areas and the exclusion of this infrastructure from the requirement to obtain an environmental authorisation and Appendix 1.
For more information on the identified geographic areas mentioned in this standard, see the “Identification of Geographical Areas (Section 24(3) of NEMA)” tab in our Virtual Library at https://cer.org.za/virtual-library/legislation/national/environmental-framework/national-environmental-management-act-1998.