Acronyms  AEL   Atmospheric  Emission  Licence  

BA   Basic  Assessment  

BID   Background  Information  Document  

CA   Competent  Authority  

DEA   Department  of  Environmental  Affairs  

DFA   Development  Facilitation  Act,  1995  (Act  No.  67  of  1995)  

EA   Environmental  Authorisation  

EAP   Environmental  Assessment  Practitioner  

EAPASA   Environmental  Assessment  Practitioners  Association  of  South  Africa  

ECO   Environmental  Control  Officer  

EIA   Environmental  Impact  Assessment  

EIAMS   Environmental  Impact  Assessment  Management  Strategy  

EIR   Environmental  Impact  Assessment  Report  

EMF   Environmental  Management  Framework  

EMPR   Environmental  Management  Programme  

I&APs   Interested  and  Affected  Parties  

ICMA   Integrated  Coastal  Management,  2008  (Act  No.  26  of  2008)  

IDP   Integrated  Development  Plan  

MPRDA   Mineral  and  Petroleum  Resources  Development  Act,  2002  (Act  No.  28  of  2002)  

IEM   Integrated  Environmental  Management  

NEMA   National  Environmental  Management  Act,  1998  (Act  No.  107  of  1998)  

NEM:BA   National  Environmental  Management:  Biodiversity  Act,  2004  (Act  No.  10  of  2004)  

NEM:PAA   National  Environmental  Management:  Protected  Areas  Act,  2003  (Act  No.  57  of  2003)  

NEM:WA   National  Environmental  Management:  Waste  Act,  2008  (Act  No.  59  of  2008)  

NHRA   National  Heritage  Resources  Act,  1999  (Act  No.  25  of  1999)  

NWA   National  Water  Act,  1998  (Act  No.  36  of  1998)  

PAIA   Promotion  of  Access  to  Information  Act,  2000  (Act  No.  2  of  2000)  

PAJA   Promotion  of  Administrative  Justice  Act,  2000  (Act  No.  3  of  2000)  

PPP   Public  Participation  Process  

PHRA   Provincial  Heritage  Resources  Authority  

S&EIR   Scoping  and  Environmental  Impact  Reporting  

SAAQIS   South  African  Air  Quality  Information  System  

SAMRAD   South  African  Mineral  Resources  Administration  System  

SDF   Spatial  Development  Framework  

SEMA   Specific  Environmental  Management  Act  

SI   Social  Infrastructure  

SAHRA   South  African  Heritage  Resources  Agency  

TOPS   Threatened  or  Protected  Species  

WUL   Water  Use  Licence  

WML   Waste  Management  Licence