DECISION ON APPLICATIONS FOR POSTPONEMENT OF COMPLIANCE TIME-FRAMES FOR MINIMUM AIR QUALITY EMISSION STANDARDS: REQUEST FOR COPIES OF DECISIONS, AND REQUEST FOR REASONS IN TERMS OF S5 OF THE PROMOTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE ACT, 2000

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), representing various environmental NGOs and community groups, has requested the Department of Environmental Affairs to provide copies of decisions and written reasons regarding the postponement of compliance time-frames for minimum air quality emission standards for 35 facilities.

• The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) is requesting copies of decisions and written reasons under section 5 of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, 2000 (PAJA) regarding postponement applications for minimum emission standards (MES) for 35 facilities, following a media briefing on 24 February 2015.
• While Eskom provided copies of 16 decisions related to its stations, the CER is requesting the remaining 19 decisions from the National Air Quality Officer.
• The CER argues that the decisions to grant postponements adversely affect the rights of their clients under section 24 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, specifically the right to an environment that is not harmful to health or wellbeing.
• The CER urges the Department of Environmental Affairs to provide written reasons quickly, noting that the decisions effectively take effect on 1 April 2015 and citing harmful health impacts of atmospheric emissions.

APA

Centre for Environmental Rights (2015). DECISION ON APPLICATIONS FOR POSTPONEMENT OF COMPLIANCE TIME-FRAMES FOR MINIMUM AIR QUALITY EMISSION STANDARDS: REQUEST FOR COPIES OF DECISIONS, AND REQUEST FOR REASONS IN TERMS OF S5 OF THE PROMOTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE ACT, 2000. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CER-letter-to-NAQO_2-March-2015.pdf?x21779

Chicago

Centre for Environmental Rights. DECISION ON APPLICATIONS FOR POSTPONEMENT OF COMPLIANCE TIME-FRAMES FOR MINIMUM AIR QUALITY EMISSION STANDARDS: REQUEST FOR COPIES OF DECISIONS, AND REQUEST FOR REASONS IN TERMS OF S5 OF THE PROMOTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE ACT, 2000. 2015. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CER-letter-to-NAQO_2-March-2015.pdf?x21779.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centreforenvironmentalrights2015decision, author = {{Centre for Environmental Rights}}, title = {{DECISION ON APPLICATIONS FOR POSTPONEMENT OF COMPLIANCE TIME-FRAMES FOR MINIMUM AIR QUALITY EMISSION STANDARDS: REQUEST FOR COPIES OF DECISIONS, AND REQUEST FOR REASONS IN TERMS OF S5 OF THE PROMOTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE ACT, 2000}}, publisher = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, year = {2015}, month = mar, url = {https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CER-letter-to-NAQO_2-March-2015.pdf?x21779}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }