On 26 February 2021 Minister Barbara Dallas Creecy, published in Government Notice No. 143 in Government Gazette No. 44191 which identified strategic corridors important for the development of gas transmission pipelines.
On 7 May 2021, the Minster published in Government Notice No. 411 in Government Gazette No. 44551, procedures to be followed when applying for gas transmission pipelines within strategic gas corridors which included the use of a Generic Environmental Management Programme (EMPr). The Generic EMPr was published on the 23 April 2021, in Government Notice No. 373 in Government Gazette No. 44481.
The strategic corridors and the Environmental attributes associated with the corridors were determined through the specialist assessments prepared as part of a strategic environmental assessment process. The generic EMPr was also developed through this process.
Downloadable Data:
The Following data is available for download from the Download Tab.
Gas Pipeline Corridors Shapefiles - contains spatial data identifying the boundaries for Strategic Gas Pipeline Corridors.
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Downloadable Documents:
The relevant Government Gazettes, the final strategic environmental assessment reports and the “comments and responses document” which captures all of the comments received on the Ministers notification of the intention to gazette the strategic gas corridors, the associated procedures and the generic EMPr as well as the Departments response, are available by clicking on the link under the heading “Document”.
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GN No. 143, GG No. 44191 of 26 February 2021. (Corridors) |
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355KB |
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| Government Gazette | GN No. 373, GG No. 44481 of 23 April 2021. (Generic EMPr) | 223KB | |
| Government Gazette | GN No. 411, GG No. 44551 of 7 May 2021. (Procedures) | 414KB | |
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External comments on REDZs and procedures in the REDZs, Gas Corridors and EMPr, EGI Corridors and Standard |
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1.04MB |
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September 2019, Final Strategic Gas Pipeline Corridors Kmz Map |
Kmz |
184KB |
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Map image of Strategic Gas Pipeline Corridors |
Png |
237KB |
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December 2019, SEA for the Development of a Phased Gas Pipeline Network in SA |
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374MB |
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| Gazette, 2019 | Appendix 1, GG No. 42323 of 22 March 2019. Generic Environmental Management Programme (EMPr) for the development and expansion of substation infrustructure for the transmission and distribution of electricity. | 3.79MB | |
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Generic Environmental Management Programme (EMPr) for Gas Pipeline Infrustructure. Final version - April 2021 |
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2.14MB |