In order to make decisions to approve filling stations, an environmental impact assessment (EIA) needs
to be conducted and evaluated by the competent authority. Although numerous filling stations have been
authorised for operation, the quality of the EIA reports that form the basis for decision making has never
been evaluated. The evaluation of the quality of EIA reports on filling station developments by means of
an adapted Lee–Colley review package formed the basis of this research. The main conclusion was that
the quality of the EIA reports for filling station developments, as reviewed by the adapted review
package, is generally of a poor standard. This means that a decision to approve a new filling station is
generally based on just enough information to the competent authority. The main deficiencies in the EIA
reports related to site description, cumulative impacts and mitigation measures, while the environment
description, identification of impacts, scoping of impacts, assessment of impact significance and
emphasis (impacts) in the reports were of good quality. The results from the reviewed EIA’s correspond
mostly with the literature on the review of EIA reports. / Thesis (M. Environmental Management)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NWUBOLOKA1/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/7375 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Kruger, Reneé |
| Publisher | North-West University |
| Source Sets | North-West University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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