Title:

221011000045: Application for the renewal of the Environmental Clearance Certificate for the construction and operation of an Ammonium Nitrate Emulsion Plant at Walvis Bay, Farm 38, Erongo Region

Publication Year:
2022
Abstract:

Native Storage Facility (NSF) is a 100% owed Namibian company. In 2019, the company was issued with an Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) for construction and operation of an Ammonium Nitrate Emulsion Plant situated on a leased portion of farm 38 belonging to Walvis Bay Municipality in the Erongo Region. The storage facility has been constructed and is fully operational. The site is the preferred logistics storage facility in the region housing Ammonium Nitrate for international manufactures such as Orica. The proponent has applied for and was issued with an approved Environmental Clearance Certificate in 2019, which has lapsed in 2022. The proponent appointed Environam Consultants Trading cc (ECT) to undertake the process of applying for the renewal of the ECC for the activity from the Office of the Environmental Commissioner in the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT). The process will be undertaken in terms of the gazetted Namibian Government Notice No. 30 Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations (herein referred to as EIA Regulations) of the Environmental Management Act (No 7 of 2007) (herein referred to as the EMA). An Environmental Management Plan (EMP) is required to accompany the application for the renewal. This assignment will thus include a review and update of the initial EMP prepared for the proponent when the Environmental Impact Assessment was carried out.

Item Type:
Report
Language:
en
Last date for commenting on this EIA: Tuesday, 25 October 2022

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