Dear clients and subscribers

Because most of our readers are familiar with the common abbreviations used for various environmental laws, we are going to reduce the repeated use of the full Act descriptions. Of course, there are Acts that are less well known and we should certainly not assume that everyone is familiar with the common abbreviations. In this and future EnviroMacs, we will therefore include a link to a key page, listing all abbreviations used, against the full name of the relevant Act.

In this issue, we see the regulatory reaction of government to a variety of industrial environmental issues making headlines. In particular, the MMR issued draft technical regulations for petroleum exploration and production, which is without doubt being studied with great interest on various fronts. Although these regulations should be welcomed by role players on all sides of the playing field, including spectators, they would benefit from better contextualization within the existing environmental authorization regime. Given the recent move to extricate environmental authorization procedures from the MPRDA by December 2014, the impact assessment component (Chapter 2) of the regulations will fall in a rather uncomfortable no-man's land between the MPRDA, the NEMA (and for that matter the licensing requirements in terms of the NWA), come 2015. This certainly does not bode well for the envisaged regulatory "one-stop-shop" intended for the oil, gas and mining industries.

Regards
Kenneth Cameron
(kcameron@macrobert.co.za)

environmental LEGISLATION

1. National Legislation

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT (107/1998): PUBLICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT GUIDELINE FOR AQUACULTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Published under GNR 994 on 03 October 2013
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: AIR QUALITY ACT (39/2004): REGULATIONS PRESCRIBING THE FORMAT OF THE ATMOSPHERIC IMPACT REPORT
Published under GNR 747 on 11 October 2013
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MINERAL AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT (28/2002): PROPOSED TECHNICAL REGULATIONS FOR PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION
Published under GNR 1032 on 15 October 2013
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PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL AQUACULTURE POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR SOUTH AFRICA, 2013
Published under GNR 763 on 11 October 2013
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WATER SERVICES ACT (108/1997): REGULATIONS RELATING TO COMPULSORY NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PROCESS CONTROLLERS AND WATER SERVICES WORKS
Published under GNR 813 on 23 October 2013
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003): DECLARATION OF LAND TO BE PART OF TABLE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
Published under GNR 804 on 25 October 2013
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003): DECLARATION OF LAND TO BE PART OF CAMDEBOO NATIONAL PARK
Published under GNR 805 on 25 October 2013
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003): DECLARATION OF LAND TO BE PART OF WEST COAST NATIONAL PARK
Published under GNR 806 on 25 October 2013
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003): DECLARATION OF LAND TO BE PART OF TANKWA KAROO NATIONAL PARK
Published under GNR 807 on 25 October 2013
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003): DECLARATION OF LAND TO BE PART OF NAMAQUA
NATIONAL PARK
Published under GNR 808 on 25 October 2013
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003): DECLARATION OF LAND TO BE PART OF MOUNTAIN ZEBRA NATIONAL PARK
Published under GNR 809 on 25 October 2013
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003): DECLARATION OF LAND TO BE PART OF KAROO NATIONAL PARK
Published under GNR 810 on 25 October 2013
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003): DECLARATION OF LAND TO BE PART OF ADDO ELEPHANT NATIONAL PARK
Published under GNR 811 on 25 October 2013
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT (107/1998): NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION PLANS AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLANS
Published under GNR 1043 on 25 October 2013
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003): PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF SPECIAL NATURE RESERVES, NATIONAL PARKS AND WORLD HERITAGE SITES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS, 2013
Published under GNR 1052 ON 25 October 2013
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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS: AFRICAN PENGUIN BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PLAN
Published under GNR 824 on 31 October 2013
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2. Provincial Legislation

Free State Province

PREPARATION OF A PROVINCIAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
Published under PN 59 on 25 October 2013
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MANGAUNG METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: WASTE MANAGEMENT
BY-LAWS
Published under PN 60 on 25 October 2013
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MANGAUNG METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: WATER SERVICES BY-LAWS
Published under PN 60 on 25 October 2013
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MANGAUNG METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: ENVIRONMENT HEALTH SERVICES BY-LAWS
Published under PN 60 on 25 October 2013
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MANGAUNG METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: FIRE FIGHTING SERVICES
BY-LAWS
Published under PN 60 on 25 October 2013
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Kwa-Zulu Natal Province

SISONKE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY: MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICES
BY-LAWS
Published under PN 113 on 7 October 2013
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AMAFA/HERITAGE/ERFENIS KWAZULU-NATAL: CONSIDERATION OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR ACTIONS ON PROPERTIES/SITES
Published under PN 163 on 17 October 2013
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AMAFA/HERITAGE/ERFENIS KWAZULU-NATAL: CONSIDERATION OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR ACTIONS ON PROPERTIES/SITES
Published under PN 173 on 31 October 2013
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