COMMENTS BY KEITH DU TOIT: NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT BILL

To: The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs and Tourism c/o Ms Albertina Kakaza.

With regard to the meeting on Tuesday November 62007, I would like to plead in the strongest way possible, that the committee does not scrap the necessity for EIA to be done prior to developments nor centralize that decision in the hands of one minister. This I fear would erode my constitutional right to a safe environment and the protection thereof.

Regards

Keith du Toit