KWAZULU - NATAL

Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs

Directorate: Environmental Management

Overview
Contact Details
Forms and Guidelines

Overview

Official name of Provincial Department
Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN DAEA)
Directorate responsible for Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs)
Head office (Cedara, Pietermaritzburg) The General Manager (Chief Director): Operational Support Services is responsible for environmental management support to regional and district offices in KZN. The Directorate: Environmental Planning and Co-ordination Services Reports to this General Manager and provides EIA support to regional and District Offices.

Regional Offices for Environmental Support North and South (directorates) are at Hilton, Pietermaritzburg and Richards Bay and currently report to the General Managers (Chief Directors) of the North and South Regions respectively.

Eleven District Offices with a Deputy Manager in charge and reports to the Managers: North and South. There are five districts in the North and six in the South and applications for Environmental Authorisation are managed by an Assistant Manager at each District Office.
How are EIA Applications assigned within the Department
Applications for Environmental Authorisation are registered at the appropriate Regional Office for environmental services (North or South region), then forwarded directly to the District Offices in which the activity is proposed. Assistant Managers for impact assessment assign these applications to Environmental Officers who review them and draft decisions. These draft decisions are then forwarded to the appropriate Regional Manager for Environmental Services for signature.p>
Provincial Conservation or Biodiversity plan
A KZN Biodiversity Conservation Framework has been developed by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, indicating conservation value and importance of a specific area within the Province. In order to obtain a copy of the Framework, please send them an email requesting the Biodiversity Conservation Framework.

State of the environment Report for the Province can be viewed at: www.environment.gov.za/soer/Reports/kzn.html
Provincial guidelines relevant to EIAs
With respect to the NEMA EIA regulations, EIA process guidelines are currently being drafted for:
- Appeals
- Exemptions
With respect to the NEMA EIA regulations, sector specific guidelines are currently being drafted for:
- Agricultural developments
Departmental policy guidelines on EIAs are currently being drafted for:
- Residential estate developments
The national guidelines of DEAT for the EIA process are also used.

The abovementioned guidelines are being developed according to the requirements of the NEMA EIA Regulations.
Provincial Application forms relevant to EIAs
With respect to the requirements of the NEMA EIA Regulations, 2006, and the Amendments to section 24 of NEMA the following Application forms/ templates for use by the Applicant/ EAP have been developed by this Department:
- Application form for Environmental Authorization
- Notice of Intention to Submit an Application Subject to a Basic Assessment
- Application for Exemption
- Basic assessment Report
- Notice of Intention to Appeal
- Appeal form
- S24 G Application form
- Landowner consent form
- Application for an Amendment of Environmental Authorization
- Application Notice
- Notice of transfer of rights and obligations of Environmental Authorisation
With respect to the requirements of the NEMA regs, the following templates for use by officials have been developed by this Department:
- Admin checklist for an Application for Environmental Authorization
- Acknowledgement of Intention to Submit an Application subject to a Basic Assessment
- Acknowledgement of an Application subject to a Basic Assessment
- Rejection of an Application subject to a Basic Assessment
- Rejection of a Basic Assessment Report
- Acknowledgement of an Application subject to Scoping - EIA
- Acceptance of a Scoping Report
- Rejection of a Scoping Report
- Acceptance of an EIA Report
- Rejection of an EIA Report
- NEMA Environmental Authorization
- Refusal of Authorization
- Authorization covering letter
- Decision on an Exemption
- Exemption notice
- Permission for consolidated process
- Unlisted activity
- Acknowledgement of a s24G Application
- Section 24G Authorization/ refusal
This Department uses its own Application forms. These have been adapted from those proposed by DEAT (refer to the above).

Note: The information contained in this section was obtained through communication with the Department. Last update March 2008.

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Contact Details

The Province is divided into a North Region and a South Region. Each region is then divided into districts. The districts with the relevant officials and their contact details are as follows:

North Region

The 5 districts within the North region, are as follows:

uThungulu (DC28)

Assistant Manager:Mr Muzi Mdamba
Tel:(035)792 1624
Fax:(035) 792 1620
e-mail:mdambam@enviroe.kzntl.gov.za
Umkhanvakude (DC27)

Assistant Manager:Mr Siboniso Mabenza
Tel:(035) 550 0210
Fax:(035) 550 0218
e-mail:mhlongopn@daerbay.kzntl.gov.za
Zululand (DC26)

Assistant Manager:Mr Sibusiso Ndwandwe
Tel:(035) 874 3300
Fax:(035) 874 3301
e-mail:ndwandwsb@uld.kzntl.gov.za
Umzinyathi (DC24)

Assistant Manager:Ms Gerald Willis-Smith
Tel:(034) 299 9671
Fax:(034) 299 9674
e-mail:smithg@daedun.kzntl.gov.za
Abajuba (DC25)

Deputy Manager:Mr Zama Mathenjwa
Tel:(034) 315 3846
Fax:(034) 312 9986
e-mail:zowakha@crazyweb.co.za

South Region

The 6 districts within the South region, are as follows:

uMgungundlovu (DC22)

Assistant Manager:Ms Reka Kallicharan
Tel.:(033) 347 1820
Fax:(033) 347 1826
e-mail:kallicharanr@enviroc.kzntl.gov.za
eThekweni(Durban Metro)
Assistant Manager:Mr Malcolm Moses
Tel:(031) 302 2800
Fax:(031) 302 2888
e-mail:mosesm@sedbn.kzntl.gov.za
Ilembe district (DC29)

Assistant Manager:Ms Nombulelo Zungu
Tel:(032) 552 5302
Fax:(032)551 5787
e-mail:nombulelozungu@yahoo.com
Sisonke district (DC43)

Deputy Manager:Mr Glenton Maqabasa
Tel.:(039) 834 1022
Fax:(039) 834 1352
e-mail:maquabasag@enviroc.kzntl.gov.za
Ugu district (DC21)

Assistant Manager:Mr Jeremy Randall
Tel.:(039) 682 2040
Fax:(039) 682 3325
e-mail:randallj@daeps.kzntl.gov.za
Uthukela district (DC23)

Assistant Manager:Mr. Todi Netshithangani
Tel.:(036) 634 1105
Fax:(033) 634 1977
e-mail:netshitangania@envirow.kzntl.gov.za

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Forms and Guidelines

Note: Application forms are only provided for information purposes for Interested and Affected Parties and are not intended for use in official Applications.