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National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (Act No. 39 of 2004)

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National Pollution Prevention Plans Regulations, 2017

Chapter 2 : Requirements for pollution prevention plans

3. Requirements for pollution prevention plans

 

(1) A pollution prevention plan must include—
(a) details of the person submitting the plan, including company name and company registration number in terms of the Companies Act, name and contact details of person responsible for submitting the pollution prevention plan on behalf of the company;
(b) description of production processes as listed in Annexure A to these Regulations;
(c) greenhouse gases generated from the production processes listed in Annexure A to these Regulations and their activities reported in accordance with the National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulations;
(d) total greenhouse gas emissions from the production process for the calendar preceding the submission of pollution prevention plan;
(e) details of the methodology that is to be used by the person to monitor annual greenhouse gas emissions and evaluate progress towards meeting greenhouse gas emission reductions must be in line with the National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulations; and
(f) description of mitigation measures, based on the best information available at time, that will be implemented and result in deviation from the  greenhouse gas emissions baseline over the pollution prevention plan's period, and the projected emissions reductions that will be achieved.

 

(2) A first pollution prevention plan must cover a period from the date of promulgation of these Regulations up to 31 December 2020 and the subsequent pollution prevention plans must cover periods of five calendar years each.