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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: AIR QUALITY ACT (39/2004): AMENDMENT TO THE 2007 NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

Posted 24 February 2014

The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs has, in terms of section 7(5) of the National Environmental Management: Air Qualify Act 39 of 2004, amended the 2007 National Framework for Air Quality Management in the Republic of South Africa. The purpose of the National Framework is to achieve the objectives of the Act, and as such the National Framework provides a medium- to long-term plan of the practical implementation of the Act.

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT: AIR QUALITY ACT (39/2004): CONTROLLED EMITTERS, WHICH RESULT IN ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS, WHICH THROUGH AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS, BIOACCUMULATION AND DEPOSITION OR IN ANY OTHER WAY PRESENT A THREAT TO HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: WASTE ACT (59/2008): LIST OF WASTE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE, OR ARE LIKELY TO HAVE, A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT