NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 2461
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 15 JUNE 2023
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 24)
2461. Ms A M M Weber (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation:
(1) Whether his department received the application for a Water Use Licence General Authorisation (WULGA) for the Kusile Wetland Offset Plan from Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what is the date of the specified application;
(2) Whether he will furnish Ms A M M Weber with the details of whether Eskom Holdings Pty (Ltd) has received the WULGA license for the Kusile Wetland Offset plan; if not, why not; if so what are the relevant details?
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MINISTER OF WATER AND SANITATION
The Applicant was subsequently requested to submit outstanding technical information on 22 March 2022 (see letter attached hereto) then opted to withdraw the water use licence application on 02 April 2022 (Withdrawal notification attached hereto).