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WATCH: Oil and gas drilling: EIA presentation tomorrow (Wednesday)….please attend

You are legally entitled to take part in the environmental assessment process.

October 9, 2018
Sugan Naidoo 1 minute read

The oil and gas firms ENI, Sasol and their consultants Environmental Resources Management (ERM) will be holding  a public meeting at Venture Inn in Umtentweni tomorrow (Wednesday), October 10 from 3pm to 6pm.

The Environmental Impact Assessment for exploration drilling within Block ER236, off the East Coast of South Africa will be the subject of the meeting.

 

ALSO READ: Oil and gas exploration: Make your voice heard at these meetings

The project requires Environmental Authorisation (EA) from the National Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) under the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) (Act No. 107 of 1998), as amended, through an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process, which commenced in January 2018.

The final scoping report was approved by PASA in April, and ERM have commenced with the preparation of the draft Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIA Report).

An education workshop was held at Gate Ministries last Thursday hosted by Desmond D’sa of South Durban Community Environmental Alliance discussed the oil and exploration .

The Draft EIA Report is available to the public for comment. The 30 day comment period runs from September 26 to October 25 2018. The report is available on the project website: www.erm.com/eni-exploration-eia, on request from ERM, and at the following public locations: Durban Central Lending Public Library; Richards Bay Library; Port Shepstone Library; East London Central Library; Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality – Linton Grange Library ERM offices, Suite S005, 17 The Boulevard, Westway Office Park, Westville.

For more information on tomorrow’s (Wednesday) meeting contact Sherelee Odayar at 031 4611991 or email Sherelee@sdceango.co.za or Desmond D’sa at 083 982 6939 or  desmond@sdceango.co.za

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October 9, 2018
Sugan Naidoo 1 minute read

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Sugan Naidoo

Senior reporter Sugan Naidoo is a true son of the South Coast soil. He was to the newspaper industry born, his late father working at the South Coast Herald back in the days when black and white photographs were still being used. Sugan has been with Caxton for close to three decades, having started as a weekend photographer, straight out of school. He soon showed his skill in hard news reporting and has, over the years, added to his repertoire, with motoring now one of his important beats. He is always willing to go the extra mile, especially if it's to test drive a new vehicle. He supports the Proteas, Springboks and Manchester United.
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