Section 70, 62 of the Environmental Protection Act, 2008, the Board hereby makes

(1) The holder of an environmental licence who wishesto amend an EIA or ESIA shall submit an application to the Board for that purpose. (2) Subject to sub-regulation (1), an EIA or ESIA shall be amended or modified in the following cases- (a) for the implementation of mine development at completion of the exploration phase, and before the commencement of mining activities; (b) for increments of mineral production greater than 50% of the production estimated in the original EIA, in small-scale mining operations; (c) for increments of mineral production greater than 30% of the production estimated in the original EIA, in large-scale mining operations; (d) for increments of mineral production in smallscale or large-scale mining operations having new environmental impacts or involving disturbance of new areas; (e) for the construction and operation of new beneficiation facilities not included in the beneficiation plant original layout; (f) for the modification of existing beneficiation facilities due to introduction of new mineral processes or increment of production capacity greater than 50%; (g) for the construction of tailing ponds, rock deposits, furnaces, chimneys, leaching pads or other facilities not included in the beneficiation plant original layout; (h) for the introduction of new equipment or variations of technology in mining or beneficiation facilities having new environmental impacts or affecting new areas. (3) Subject to sub-regulation (2), the Board may determine that amendments to an ESIA may result in re-categorization of the project into a Category A or B project that shall require an EIA. 64 65 Legal effect of licence. Validity and renewal. Amendment of EIA or ESIA