Diamonds Act, 1986
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National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)NoticesNational Norms and Standards for the Treatment of Organic Waste3. Application |
| 3.1 | These Norms and Standards apply throughout the Republic of South Africa and are applicable to any organic waste treatment facility that has the capacity to process in excess of 10 tonnes of organic waste per day. |
| 3.2 | These Norms and Standards do not replace the need to comply with any other legislation. |
| 3.3 | These Norms and Standards do not apply to: |
| 3.4.1 | the composting of organic waste; · |
| 3.4.2 | the construction, operation and expansion of any organic waste treatment facility: |
| 3.4.2.1 | within natural watercourses or within 200m of a natural watercourse, measured from the edge of the watercourse as defined by its riparian habitat; |
| 3.4.2.2 | within wetlands or floodplains, where the organic waste treatment facility will be located inside of the 1 in 100-year floodline; |
| 3.4.2.3 | within estuaries, estuarine functional zones, littoral active zones or within 100m inland of the high-water mark of the sea or an estuary; or |
| 3.4.2.4 | that requires the removal of more than 300m2 of plant and animal species that are listed as endangered or critically endangered in terms of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act 10 of 2004. |
| 3.4.3 | the construction, operation and expansion of any organic waste treatment facility in an area that has been declared a protected area in terms of the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act 2003,(Act No.57 of 2003);or |
| 3.4.4 | the construction,operation and expansion of any organic waste treatment facility in ecosystems that are listed in terms of section 52(1) of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act 2004 (Act No.10 of 2004) as threatened or in need of protection. |
