The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, in terms of sections 12(b) and (c) and 53(aA), (o) and (p) read with section 57 of the NEM:AQA, given notice of her intention to make the National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulations.
The draft regulations, inter alia, provide a list of activities pertaining to different sectors (i.e. industrial, waste, transport and energy) for which greenhouse gas emissions must be reported to the competent authority.
Members of the public are invited to submit written representations or objections to the draft regulations within 60 days of publication of this notice (i.e. on or before 10 July 2015). These regulations have subsequently been replaced by the Draft National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulations published under GNR 541 on 5 June 2015, which regulations will be addressed in next month's newsletter. The comment period for the latter regulations expires on 4 August 2015.
