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

Notices

List of Waste Management Activities that have, or are likely to have, a Detrimental Effect on the Environment

Transitional Provisions

 

6.        In this paragraph—

 

"previous Waste Management Activities List Notice"

contemplated in these transitional arrangements, means the previous notice published in terms of section 19(1) of this Act (Government Notice No. 718 in the Government Gazette No. 32368 of 3 July 2009).

 

7.

(1) A person who lawfully conducts a waste management activity listed in this Schedule on the date of the coming into effect of this Notice may continue with the waste management activity until such time that the Minister by notice in a Gazette calls upon such a person to apply for a waste management licence.

 

(2) An application for a waste management activity which was listed under the previous Waste Management Activities List Notice which is no longer listed in terms of this schedule and a decision on such an application is still pending on the date of coming into effect of this Notice, such an application will be considered withdrawn.

 

(3) If a situation arises where waste management activities, listed under the current list of waste management activities, and a decision on such an application is still pending, such an application will still be processed by the licensing authority in accordance with this Notice, except if it is an application for a waste management activity A 3(11) or waste management activity B 4(7) listed under the previous Waste Management Activity List Notice.

 

(4) A person who submitted an application for a waste management licence for a waste management activity which is no longer listed in Category A or B but listed in Category C of this Schedule on the date of coming into effect of this Notice, must consider such an application for that activity withdrawn, and must comply with the requirements or standards for that waste management activity.

 

(5) A person who lawfully conducted a waste management activity that is no longer listed in Category A or B, but listed in Category C of this Schedule, on the date of coming into effect of this Notice, may continue with the waste management activity for the duration stipulated in the permit or waste management licence until the expiry date of the permit or waste management licence whereafter such a person must comply with the requirements or standards for that waste management activity.

 

(6) An application submitted for a waste management activity A 3(11) or waste management activity B 4(7) listed under the previous Waste Management Activity List Notice and is still pending on the date of coming into effect of this Notice, such an application will be considered by the relevant licensing authority and will be assessed and decided upon under the previous Waste Management Activities List Notice up to the construction phase of that facility.

 

(7) A person who obtained a waste management licence for waste management activity A 3(11) or waste management activity B 4(7) listed under the previous Waste Management Activity List Notice prior to the coming into effect of this Notice, must comply with the waste management licence conditions up to the completion of the construction phase and thereafter must comply with any applicable authorisation or legislation.

 

(8) A person who submitted an application for a waste management licence for activity A 3(11) or B 4(7) listed under the previous Waste Management Activity List Notice and such an application falls outside the revised thresholds for these activities under the NEMA Listing Notices, wherein a decision is still pending on the date of coming into effect of this Notice, must consider such an application withdrawn.