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National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)

Notices

Adoption and Implementation of the Sandveld Environmental Management Framework Standard, 2025 and the Exclusion of identified activities from the requirement to obtain an Environmental Authorisation

Chapter 1: Interpretation, Purpose and Application

2. Purpose of Standard

 

The purpose of this Standard is to—

 

(a) identify the Sandveld Environmental Management Framework geographical area in terms of section 24(2)(c) of the Act and activities contemplated in Annexure 1, in terms of section 24(2)(d) of the Act that are excluded from the requirement to obtain an environmental authorisation, subject to compliance with this Standard;

 

(b) provide for rules, guidelines or characteristics that are commonly and repeatedly used and against which the performance of excluded activities or the results of those excluded activities are to be measured for the purposes of achieving the objects of the Act;

 

(c) provide for reporting and monitoring requirements;

 

(d) provide for procedures and criteria to be used by the competent authority for the monitoring of excluded activities to determine compliance with this Standard; and

 

(e) avoid and mitigate detrimental impacts on the environment, and to optimise positive environmental impacts.