Service Contract No 2007 / 147-446 Strategic ... - Swaziland

effluent standards. Otherwise there is a high risk of duplication of functions and possibly alsocontradictions, not to mention inefficiency in the regulatory efforts.5.9 Key aspect 8: Regulation of atmosphericemissions (Low Priority)5.9.1 Current stateDraft Air Pollution Control regulations were prepared in 1999, but it was not until 2010 thatthese were gazetted (The Air Pollution Control Regulations, 2010).The Regulations establish air quality objectives, and it is the responsibility of theMeteorological Service to monitor air quality and assess compliance with the air qualityobjectives. The Regulations also include a list of “controlled air pollutants” 55 , although noemission limits are established. There is also a prohibition to emit dark smoke (Art. 4).The Regulations also establish that “any operator who routinely emits into the atmosphere, orpermits the emission into the atmosphere of, any controlled air pollutants must notify theAuthority of the nature of the process being operated which gives rise to the emissions andof the actual or estimated quantity of controlled air pollutants emitted per annum and duringpeak periods”. Sugar factories would definitely be considered such “operators”.Figure 25:Atmospheric emissions from the sugar production process55 These are: SO 2, PM10, NO 2, O 3, CO, lead and “any other potentially toxic compound”.RDMU (Strategic Environmental Assessment of the National Adaptation Strategy) - Page 99