FEIR for Boitshepi Landfill Site .pdf - Zitholele.co.za

August 2010 11 8848On 1 May 2009, NEMA was again amended by the coming into effect of the NationalEnvironmental Management Amendment Act, 2008 (Act No. 62 of 2008) (NEMAA). On3 July 2009, certain listed activities were also removed from or amended in Listing Notice 1(GN No. R. 386) and Listing Notice 2 (GN No. R. 387). The amendments were made as partof the rationalisation of the regulation of waste management activities as outlined in theNational Environmental Management: Waste Act (Act No. 59 of 2008) (NEM:WA) and itsregulations thereof.The project activities relating to waste management were listed as follows in the NEMA EIAregulations, 2006:GNR 386: Activity 23 (d):The decommissioning of existing facilities or infrastructure forthe disposal of waste.GNR 387: Activity 1 (o): The final disposal of general waste covering an area of 100square metres or more or 200 cubic metres or more ofairspace.Section 2.3 of this report contextualises on the NEM:WA and therefore can be referred to fora brief overview.As mentioned above, the listed activities that were removed from or amended in the Listing 1and Listing 2 of the NEMA Regulations, 2006, were published in a list of Waste ManagementActivities published in terms of section 19 of the NEM:WA., they are:Category A, Activity 20:Category B, Activity 10:The decommissioning of activities listed in the Schedule.The disposal of general waste to land covering an area inexcess of 200m 2 5 .The following activities have not been amended or repealed from NEMA Regulations, 2006,and are therefore still applicable to the proposed extension with view of closure of theBoitshepi Waste Disposal Site:Activity 1(e): The construction of facilities or infrastructure, including associated structuresor infrastructure, for: Any process or activity which requires a permit or licencein terms of legislation governing the generation or release of emissions,pollution, effluent or waste and which is not identified in GNR.386 of 2006.Activity 2:Any development activity, including associated structures and infrastructure,where the total area of the developed area is, or is intended to be 20 hectaresor more.5 Refer to Section 2.3 below for a brief overview of the NEM:WA.ZITHOLELE CONSULTING