The applicants want the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy's decision to grant the exploration right and its subsequent renewals to be set aside. They also want a declaration from the court that an Environmental Management Programme under the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act does not equate to an environmental authorisation under the NEMA.
In these documents, there was no reference to the cultural and spiritual significance of the sea to the communities in the area. The EMPr made no mention of the impact of seismic blasting on the spiritual and cultural practices of communities, the heads of argument from the applicants read. The communities argue that the seismic survey will not only be harmful to their environment, but will also cause them harm on a spiritual and cultural level.
The minister also did not take into account the harm to the environment and efficacy of mitigation measures and only had one-sided information related to Impact Africa's application, its EMPr and PASA's recommendations, Ngcukaitobi said. "It illustrates how superficial the entire process was... to actually miss a critical document like an approved environmental authorisation in your renewal process. It shows the entire thing is a big farce, really," Ngcukaitobi added.Considering information from scientific experts on the impact of seismic surveys, from both the applicants and the respondents , there was an acknowledgement that the science had evolved since the first exploration right was granted in 2014.
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