when added to the existing and potential impacts eventuating from similar or diverse activities or undertakings in the area; means an environmental assessment practitioner as defined in “EAP” section 1 of the Act; audit report” means a document that provides “environmental verifiable findings and recommendations for improvement, in a structured and systematic manner, on the performance and compliance of an organisation and/or project against environmental policies, objectives, laws, regulations, licences, permits, conditions of authorisation, norms and standards; impact assessment”, a systematic process of “environmental identifying, assessing and reporting environmental impacts associated with an activity and includes basic assessment and S&EIR; impact assessment report” means a report “environmental contemplated in regulation 31; has the meaning assigned to it in the Mineral and “exploration” Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002; in relation to an EAP or a person compiling a specialist “independent”, report or undertaking a specialised process or appointed as a member of an appeal panel, means— (a) that such EAP or person has no business, financial, personal or other interest in the activity, application or appeal in respect of which that EAP or person is appointed in terms of these Regulations other than fair remuneration for work performed in connection with that activity, application or appeal; or (b) that there are no circumstances that may compromise the objectivity of that EAP or person in performing such work;
when added to the existing and potential impacts eventuating from similar or diverse activities or undertakings in the area; “EAP” means an environmental assessment practitioner as defined in section 1 of the Act; “environmental audit report” means a document that provides verifiable findings and recommendations for improvement, in a structured and systematic manner, on the performance and compliance of an organisation and/or project against environmental policies, objectives, laws, regulations, licences, permits, conditions of authorisation, norms and standards; “environmental impact assessment”, a systematic process of identifying, assessing and reporting environmental impacts associated with an activity and includes basic assessment and S&EIR; “environmental impact assessment report” means a report contemplated in regulation 31; “exploration” has the meaning assigned to it in the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002; “independent”, in relation to an EAP or a person compiling a specialist report or undertaking a specialised process or appointed as a member of an appeal panel, means— (a) that such EAP or person has no business, financial, personal or other interest in the activity, application or appeal in respect of which that EAP or person is appointed in terms of these Regulations other than fair remuneration for work performed in connection with that activity, application or appeal; or (b) that there are no circumstances that may compromise the objectivity of that EAP or person in performing such work;
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