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National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)

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Waste Tyre Regulations, 2017

Part 4 : Waste Tyre Stockpile Abatement Plan

7. Submission and contents of a waste tyre stockpile abatement plan

 

(1) A waste tyre stockpile owner, who owned a waste tyre stockpile prior to 30 November 2012 and who had not already submitted a waste tyre stockpile abatement plan in terms of the repealed regulations contemplated in regulation 13(a), must within 120 days of the date of the commencement of these Regulations, submit such a plan to the Minister for approval.

 

(2) A waste tyre stockpile owner may not add to the stockpile after the commencement of these Regulations.

 

(3) A waste tyre stockpile abatement plan must at least:
(a) provide the name and where applicable the registration number of the company, closed corporation or trust of the owner of the waste tyre stockpile;
(b) provide the physical address of the location of the waste tyre stockpile;
(c) provide the physical and postal address of the waste tyre stockpile owner;
(d) provide an estimation of the number of waste tyres stored within the waste tyre stockpile, including the square area of the footprint of the stockpile;
(e) provide the current fire prevention measures in place;
(f) provide a plan of the stockpiles site, locating the waste tyre piles on site, indicating distances between the piles, height of the piles, distance to the fence line, access points, water points, the location of offices or buildings, powerline, vegetation and providing any other information that is relevant to the waste tyre stockpile;
(g) provide a proposal and timeframe for eliminating the waste tyre stockpile;
(h) identify the waste tyre management plan into which the tyres will be accepted or the waste tyre processor who will accept the waste tyres;
(i) provide a budget and funding sources for eliminating the waste tyre stockpile;
(j) be accompanied by copies of agreements with waste tyre management plans or waste tyre processors, which indicate their acceptance of the waste tyres and of the financial arrangements made; and
(k) meet the storage requirements contemplated in regulation 10.