The licencing authority to issue an atmospheric emission licence is usually vested in the relevant local authority. However, this clause will designate the Minister to be the licensing authority: where the applicant for atmospheric emission license is a provincial organ of state who has been delegated by the municipality the power to issue atmospheric emission licenses; where the air emission activity falls within two provinces; whenever the air emission activity forms part of a national priority project approved by Cabinet; where the air emission activity is also related to the activities listed under the NEMA, (1998) and the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008, designating the Minister as the competent authority; or where the air emission activity is related to a prospecting, mining, exploration or production activity in an area for which the right has been applied for. When the Minister decides on an atmospheric licence in a mining area, he or she must do so after consultation with the relevant Municipality. The clause will further allow for the issuing of integrated environmental authorizations for related activities under the NEMA (1998) and a specific environmental management Act.