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NATIONAL LEGISLATION
Environmental and Mining
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law NATIONAL WATER ACT (3/1998)
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT (107/1998)
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT (10/2004)
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT: AIR QUALITY ACT, (39/2004)
Mine Health And Safety
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT (29/1996)
PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION
Gauteng Province
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERISITY ACT (10/2004)
Kwa Zulu Natal
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT (107/1998)
Western Cape Province
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/ 2003)
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law REGULATIONS (HERITAGE WESTERN CAPE) ON THE PROCESS FOR PUBLICATION OF STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY AND CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLANS, 2015
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law PUBLICATION OF NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 2(1) OF THE REGULATIONS (HERITAGE WESTERN CAPE) ON THE PROCESS FOR PUBLICATION OF STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY AND CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLANS, 2015, FOR THE DRAFT POLICY ON THE IDENTIFICATION AND CONSERVATION OF INITIATION SITES IN THE WESTERN CAPE
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law FORMAL PROTECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, LANDSCAPE AND NATURAL FEATURES OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, STRUCTURES AND UNMARKED BURIALS, SITUATED ON OR AT ''ELANDSBERG NATURE RESERVE'' INCLUDING THE BOSPLAAS WERF, THE BARTHOLOMEUS KLIP WERF AND THE GRAVEYARD TO THE SOUTH OF THE WERF, SITUATED ON THE REMAINDER OF FARM 1749, TOGETHER WITH THOSE PORTIONS OF PORTION 1 OF FARM 1749, PAARL
LOCAL LEGISLATION
Lesedi Local Municipality
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law SOLID WASTE BY-LAWS
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law WATER SUPPLY BY-LAWS
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law PUBLIC HEALTH BY-LAWS
Knysna Local Municipality
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES BY-LAW
Theewaterskloof Local Municipality
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT BY-LAW
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law STORM WATER MANAGEMENT BY-LAW
MacRobert Environmental and Mining Law IRRIGATION WATER BY-LAW

EnviroMac Newsletter: ISSUE 29 / SEPTEMBER 2015

Dear clients and subscribers

Not included in this newsletter is the content of our newsflash Nr.17 of 2015 pertaining to the publication of the Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bill, 2015.

The bill seeks to introduce far reaching changes to a variety of environmental laws and an opportunity exists to provide input to the content until the 12th of November 2015.

The amendments are aimed at, amongst others:
  • providing clarity with respect to provisions relating to the simultaneous submission of NEMA and SEMA applications;
  • to provide for trigger mechanisms relating to concurrent mining related applications;
  • rectifying incorrect references made in various laws;
  • details regarding financial provision for mine closure; 
  • etc.
Please refer to our newsflash for a list of affected statutes. The bill can be accessed on our website from this link.

Kind regards
Kenneth Cameron
(kcameron@macrobert.co.za)


NATIONAL LEGISLATION

Environmental and Mining

NATIONAL WATER ACT (3/1998): LIMITING THE USE OF WATER FOR IRRIGATION, URBAN, INDUSTIAL AND MINING PURPOSES FROM THE MUTSHEDZI, NZHELELE, NWANEDZI AND LUPHEPHE, MIDDLE LETABA, NSAMI, MODJADJI AND TZANEEN SUB-SYSTEMS
Published under GNR 790 on 02 September 2015
» Read more

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT (107/1998): ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (EIP) 2015/2020
Published under GNR 880 on 03 September 2015
» Read more

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT (10/2004): NON-DETRIMENT FINDINGS
Published under GNR 897 on 10 September 2015
» Read more

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT: AIR QUALITY ACT, (39/2004): DECLARATION OF A SMALL-SCALE CHAR AND SMALL-SCALE CHARCOAL PLANTS AS CONTROLLED EMITTERS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF EMMISSION STANDARDS
Published under GNR 602 on 18 September 2015
» Read more

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: AIR QUALITY ACT (39/2004): DRAFT REGULATIONS FOR THE PROCEDURE AND CRITERIA TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE DETERMINATION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE FINE IN TERMS OF SECTION 22A
Published under GNR 943 on 25 September 2015
» Read more

Mine Health And Safety

MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT (29/1996): GUIDELINE FOR MANDATORY CODE OF PRACTICE ON THE PROVISION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR WOMEN IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN MINING INDUSTRY
Published under GNR 854 on 25 September 2015
» Read more

MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT (29/1996): GUIDELINE FOR A MANDATORY CODE OF PRACTICE FOR TRACKLESS MOBILE MACHINES
Published under GNR 855 on 25 September 2015
» Read more

MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT (29/1996): GUIDELINE FOR A MANDATORY CODE OF PRACTICE FOR CYANIDE MANAGEMENT
Published under GNR 856 on 25 September 2015
» Read more

MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT (29/1996): GUIDELINE FOR A MANDATORY CODE OF PRACTICE FOR UNDERGROUND RAIL BOUND EQUIPMENT
Published under GNR 919 on 25 September 2015
» Read more

PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION

Gauteng Province

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERISITY ACT (10/2004): DETERMINATION OF BIOREGIONS AND PUBLICATION OF BIOREGIONAL PLANS UNDER SECTION 40 (1)
Published under PN 2684 on 02 September 2015
» Read more

Kwa Zulu Natal

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT (107/1998): ADOPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR THE MSUNDUZI MUNICIPALITY
Published under PN 125 on 03 September 2015
» Read more

Western Cape Province

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/ 2003): DECLARATION OF THE ROBBERG COASTAL CORRIDOR PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT
Published under PN 305 on 04 September 2015
» Read more

REGULATIONS (HERITAGE WESTERN CAPE) ON THE PROCESS FOR PUBLICATION OF STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY AND CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLANS, 2015
Published under PN 324 on 24 September 2015
» Read more

PUBLICATION OF NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 2(1) OF THE REGULATIONS (HERITAGE WESTERN CAPE) ON THE PROCESS FOR PUBLICATION OF STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY AND CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLANS, 2015, FOR THE DRAFT POLICY ON THE IDENTIFICATION AND CONSERVATION OF INITIATION SITES IN THE WESTERN CAPE
Published under PN 325 on 24 September 2015
» Read more

FORMAL PROTECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, LANDSCAPE AND NATURAL FEATURES OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, STRUCTURES AND UNMARKED BURIALS, SITUATED ON OR AT ''ELANDSBERG NATURE RESERVE'' INCLUDING THE BOSPLAAS WERF, THE BARTHOLOMEUS KLIP WERF AND THE GRAVEYARD TO THE SOUTH OF THE WERF, SITUATED ON THE REMAINDER OF FARM 1749, TOGETHER WITH THOSE PORTIONS OF PORTION 1 OF FARM 1749, PAARL
Published under PN 326 on 24 September 2015
» Read more

LOCAL LEGISLATION

Lesedi Local Municipality

SOLID WASTE BY-LAWS
Published under LAN 1604 in Gauteng Provincial Gazette 408 on 15 September 2015
» Read more

WATER SUPPLY BY-LAWS
Published under LAN 1605 in Gauteng Provincial Gazette 408 on 15 September 2015
» Read more

PUBLIC HEALTH BY-LAWS
Published under LAN 1606 in Gauteng Provincial Gazette 408 on 15 September 2015
» Read more

Knysna Local Municipality

WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES BY-LAW
Published in Western Cape Provincial Gazette 7487 on 11 September 2015
» Read more

Theewaterskloof Local Municipality

AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT BY-LAW
Published under PN 7488 on 11 September 2015
» Read more

STORM WATER MANAGEMENT BY-LAW
Published under PN 7488 on 11 September 2015
» Read more

IRRIGATION WATER BY-LAW
Published under PN 7488 on 11 September 2015
» Read more


For expert advice contact our experienced staff

T: +27 (12) 425 3514

E: Kenneth Cameron
E: Caroline Pepermans
E: Palesa Matsheka

www.macrobert.co.za




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