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[email protected] 30 July 2020 Dear Ms Botha WRITTEN OBJECTIONS TO ESKOM’S APPLICATION FOR A ONCE-OFF SUSPENSION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW PLANT MINIMUM EMISSION STANDARDS AND VARIATION REQUEST FOR THE GROOTVLEI POWER STATION 1. We address you, again, as the Life After Coal campaign, a joint campaign by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), groundWork (gW), and Earthlife Africa Johannesburg (ELA). We also address you on behalf of the Highveld Environmental Justice Network (HEJN), Vukani Environmental Justice Movement in Action (VEJMA), and the Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance (VEJA). CER, groundWork, Earthlife Africa, HEJN, VEJMA, and VEJA are all interested and affected parties (I&APs) in relation to Eskom’s multiple rolling applications for suspension, alternative limits and/or postponement of compliance with the minimum emission standards (MES), across its fleet of coal-fired and gas-fired power stations. 2. Upfront, we point out that this is Eskom’s 6th round of applications for MES leniency in relation to its coal-fired power stations.