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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL, MANAGEMENT: INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT ACT (24/2008): DRAFT DUMPING AT SEA REGULATIONS: FOR COMMENTS

Posted 15 January 2015

The Minister of Environmental Affairs has published for public comment, the draft Dumping at Sea Regulations in terms of sections 83(1)(g), (h), (k) and (r) of the NEM:ICMA, as set out in the schedule to this notice.

The regulations provide for, inter alia, the procedure to follow when applying for a dumping permit; the assessment of and decision on such applications and the procedure regulating emergency dumping at sea.

Members of the public are invited to submit written comments by 30 January 2015.