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- Is amended by List of Waste Management Activities that have, or are likely to have, a detrimental effect on the environment, 2013: Amendment
- Is amended by List of Waste Management Activities that have, or are likely to have, a detrimental effect on the environment, 2013: Amendment
- Is amended by List of Waste Management Activities that have, or are likely to have, a detrimental effect on the environment, 2013: Amendment
South Africa
National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008
List of Waste Management Activities that have, or are likely to have, a detrimental effect on the environment, 2013
Government Notice 921 of 2013
- Published in Government Gazette 37083 on 29 November 2013
- Commenced on 29 November 2013
- [This is the version of this document from 11 October 2017.]
- [Amended by List of Waste Management Activities that have, or are likely to have, a detrimental effect on the environment, 2013: Amendment (Government Notice 332 of 2014) on 2 May 2014]
- [Amended by List of Waste Management Activities that have, or are likely to have, a detrimental effect on the environment, 2013: Amendment (Government Notice R633 of 2015) on 24 July 2015]
- [Amended by List of Waste Management Activities that have, or are likely to have, a detrimental effect on the environment, 2013: Amendment (Government Notice 1094 of 2017) on 11 October 2017]
1. Definitions
In this Schedule any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act and associated regulations, shall have the meaning so assigned, and unless the context otherwise indicates—"construction" means the building, erection or establishment of a facility, structure or infrastructure that is necessary for the undertaking of a waste management activity, but excludes any modification, expansion, alteration or upgrading of such facility, structure or infrastructure that does not result in a change to the nature of the activity being undertaken or an increase in the range of outputs for the facility;"co-processing" means the utilisation of alternative fuels and/or raw materials in industrial processes for the purpose of energy and/or resource recovery and resultant reduction in the use of conventional fuels and/or raw materials through substitution;"expansion" means the modification, extension, alteration or upgrading of a facility, structure or infrastructure at which a waste management activity takes place in such a manner that the capacity of the facility or the volume of waste recycled, used, treated, processed or disposed of is increased;"facility" means a place, infrastructure, structure or containment of any kind including associated structures or infrastructure, wherein, upon or at, a waste management activity takes place and includes a waste transfer facility, a waste storage facility, container yard, waste disposal facility, incinerators, lagoons, recycling, co-processing or composting facilities;"lagoon" means the containment of waste in excavations and includes evaporation dams, earth cells, sewage treatment facilities and sludge farms;"operational area" an area where waste is handled including the storage areas;"temporary storage" means a once off storage of waste for a period not exceeding 90 days;"the Act" means the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008).2. General
No person may commence, undertake or conduct a waste management activity listed in this Schedule unless a waste management licence is issued in respect of the waste management activity.3. Category A
A person who wishes to commence, undertake or conduct a waste management activity listed under this Category, must conduct a basic assessment process set out in the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations made under section 24(5) of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) as part of a waste management licence application contemplated in section 45 read with section 20(b) of this Act.Storage of waste
Recycling or recovery of waste
Treatment of waste
Disposal of waste
Construction, expansion or decommissioning of facilities and associated structures and infrastructure
Residue stockpiles or residue deposits
4. Category B
A person who wishes to commence, undertake or conduct a waste management activity listed under this Category, must conduct a scoping and environmental impact reporting process set out in the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations made under section 24(5) of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) as part of a waste management licence application contemplated in section 45 read with section 20(b) of this Act.Storage of hazardous waste
Reuse, recycling or recovery of waste
Treatment of waste
Disposal of waste on land
Construction of facilities and associated structures and infrastructure
Residue stockpiles or residue deposits
5. Category C
A person who wishes to commence, undertake or conduct a waste management activity listed under this Category, must comply with the relevant norms or standards determined by the Minister listed below:(a)Norms and Standards for Storage of Waste, 2013; or(b)Standards for Extraction, Flaring or Recovery of Landfill Gas, 2013; or(c)Standards for Scrapping or Recovery of Motor Vehicles, 2013; or(d)National Norms and Standards for the Sorting, Shredding, Grinding, Crushing, Screening or Baling of General Waste, 2017.Storage of waste
Recycling or recovery of waste
Transitional provisions
6. Definition
In this paragraph–"previous Waste Management Activities List Notice" contemplated in these transitional arrangements, means the previous notice published in terms of section 19(1) of this Act (Government Notice No. 718 in the Government Gazette No. 32368 of 3 July 2009).7.
8. Special arrangements
An application submitted for an environmental authorisation in terms of the list of activities and competent authorities identified in terms of section 24 and 24D of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, published under Government Notice No. R. 386 of 21 April 2006 and R. 387 of 21 April 2006 and still pending on the date of coming into effect of the previous Waste Management Activities List Notice, published in Government Notice No. 718 under Government Gazette No. 32368 dated 3 July 2009, such an application will be considered an application for a waste management licence in the Act, and will be assessed and decided by the licensing authority in terms of this Act, and any assessments undertaken will be considered as assessments under such application.9. Repeal of laws
The Notice on the List of Waste Management Activities That Have, Or Are Likely to Have a Detrimental Effect on the Environment, published in Government Notice No. 718 under Government Gazette No. 32368 dated 3 July 2009, is hereby repealed.History of this document
11 October 2017 this version
29 November 2013
Cited documents 3
Act 3
1. | National Environmental Management Act, 1998 | 2192 citations |
2. | Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 | 630 citations |
3. | National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 | 439 citations |