Amendment to the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations Listing Notice 2 of 2014 (No. R. 325 of 2017). Country/Territory South Africa Document type Regulation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Government Gazette No. 40772 of 7 April 2017. Subject Environment gen., Forestry, Water, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword EIA Nuclear energy Coastal zone management Soil pollution/quality Radiation Pollution control Afforestation/reforestation Forest management/forest conservation Hazardous substances Waterworks Sewerage Effluent waste water/discharge Freshwater pollution Geographical area Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa Abstract This Notice of the Minister of Environmental Affairs amends the Environmental impact Assessment Regulations Listing Notice 2 of 2014 by giving a new definition of “linear development [activities] activity” (an activity that is arranged in or extending along one or more properties and which affects the environment or any aspect of the environment along the course of the activity, and includes railways, roads, canals, channels, funiculars, pipelines, conveyor belts, cableways, powerlines, fences, runways, aircraft landing strips, firebreaks and telecommunication lines) and by repealing a provision (3.3) which stipulates that where Listing Notice 4 applies, an application for environmental authorisation must be submitted for an activity contemplated in that Notice and not for an activity contemplated in this Notice. Full text English Website www.info.gov.za References - Legislation Amends Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations Listing Notice 2 of 2014 (No. R. 984 of 2014). Legislation | South Africa | 2014 Keyword: EIA, Nuclear energy, Coastal zone management, Soil pollution/quality, Radiation, Pollution control, Afforestation/reforestation, Forest management/forest conservation, Hazardous substances, Waterworks, Sewerage, Effluent waste water/discharge, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX