1. Content of closure plan
(1) A closure plan must include—
(i) the EAP who prepared the closure plan; and
(ii) the expertise of that EAP;
| (c) |
proposed mechanisms for monitoring compliance with and performance assessment against the closure plan and reporting thereon; |
| (d) |
measures to rehabilitate the environment affected by the undertaking of any listed activity or specified activity and associated closure to its natural or predetermined state or to a land use which conforms to the generally accepted principle of sustainable development, including a handover report, where applicable; |
| (e) |
information on any proposed avoidance, management and mitigation measures that will be taken to address the environmental impacts resulting from the undertaking of the closure activity; |
| (f) |
a description of the manner in which it intends to— |
| (i) |
modify, remedy, control or stop any action, activity or process which causes pollution or environmental degradation during closure; |
| (ii) |
remedy the cause of pollution or degradation and migration of pollutants during closure; |
| (iii) |
comply with any prescribed environmental management standards or practices; and |
| (iv) |
comply with any applicable provisions of the Act regarding closure; |
| (g) |
time periods within which the measures contemplated in the closure plan must be implemented; |
| (h) |
the process for managing any environmental damage, pollution, pumping and treatment of extraneous water or ecological degradation as a result of closure; and |
[Appendix 5(1)(h) substituted by section 24(a) of Notice No. 517, GG44701, dated 11 June of 2021];
| (i) |
details of all public participation processes conducted in terms of regulation 41 of the Regulations, including— |
| (i) |
copies of any representations and comments received from registered interested and affected parties; |
| (ii) |
a summary of comments received from, and a summary of issues raised by registered interested and affected parties, the date of receipt of these comments and the response of the EAP to those comments; |
| (iii) |
the minutes of any meetings held by the EAP with interested and affected parties and other role players which record the views of the participants; and |
[Appendix 5(1)(i)(iii) substituted by section 24(b) of Notice No. 517, GG44701, dated 11 June of 2021];
| (iv) |
where applicable, an indication of the amendments made to the plan as a result of public participation processes conducted in terms of regulation 41 of these Regulations. |
[Appendix 5(1)(i)(iv) substituted by section 24(c) of Notice No. 517, GG44701, dated 11 June of 2021];
| (j) |
[Appendix 5(1)(j) deleted by section 24(d) of Notice No. 517, GG44701, dated 11 June of 2021]; |
[Appendix 5 substituted by Notice No. 326 of 2017]
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