Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002)

Regulations

Purchase

(1)	An application for a closure certificate must be accompanied by an environmental risk report that must include—

(a)	the undertaking of a screening level environmental risk assessment where—

(i)	all possible environmental risks are identified, including those which appear to be insignificant;

(ii)	the process is based on the input from existing data:

(iii)

the risks that are considered are qualitatively ranked as —

(aa)	a potential significant risk;

(bb)	a uncertain risk;

(cc)	an insignificant risk;

(b)	the undertaking of a second level risk assessment on issues classified as potential significant risks where—

(i)	appropriate sampling, data collection and monitoring be carried out;

(ii)	more realistic assumptions and actual measurements be made; and

(iii)

a more quantitative risk assessment is undertaken, again classifying risks as posing a potential significant risk or insignificant risk.

(c)	an assessment of whether risks classified as posing potential significant risks are acceptable without further mitigation;

(d)	risks classified as uncertain risks be re-evaluated and re-classified as either posing potential significant risks or insignificant risks;

(e)	documenting the status of insignificant risks;

(f)	identifying alternative risk prevention or management strategies for potential significant risks that have been identified, quantified and qualified in the second level risk assessment; and

(g)	agreeing on management measures to be implemented for the potential significant risks that must include—

(i)	a description of the management measures to be applied;

(ii)	a predicted long-term result of the applied management measures;

(iii)

the residual and latent impact after successful implementation of the management measures;

(iv)	time frames and schedule for the implementation of the management measures;

(v)	responsibilities for implementation and long-term maintenance of the management measures;

(vi)	financial provision for long-term maintenance; and

(vii)

monitoring programmes to be implemented.