National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008: list of waste management activities that have, or a likely to have, a detrimental effect on the environment; Amendment (No. 1094 of 2017)

I, Homo Edith Edna Molewa, Minister of Environmental Affairs, hereby under section 19(2)(b) of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008), amend the list of waste Management activities that have, or are likely to have a detrimental effect on the environment, published under Government Notice No. 921 Gazette No. 37083 of 29 November 2013 as amended, as set out the Schedule hereto. BOMO EDITH E LEW MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 11 OKTOBER 2017 No. 41175 13 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS NO. 1094 11 OCTOBER 2017 1094 National Environmental Management: Waste Act (59/2008): Amendment to the list of waste management activities that have, or are likely to have, a detrimental effect on the environmnent 41175 i 1. In this Schedule unless the context requires otherwise "Waste Management Activities List" means the list of waste management activities that have or are likely to have a detrimental effect on the environment, published under Government Notice No. 921 of 29 November 2013, as amended by Government Notice No. 332, published in Gazette No. 37604 of May 2014 and Government Notice R. 633, published in Gazette No. 39020 of 24 July 2015. Amendment of Category A of the Waste Management Activities List The storage of general waste at a facility that has the capacity to store in excess of 100m3 of general waste at any one time, excluding the storage of waste in lagoons or temporary storage of such waste. The storage of hazardous waste at a facility that has the capacity to store in excess of 80m3 of hazardous waste at any one time, excluding the storage of hazardous waste lagoons or temporary storage of such waste. 2, The Waste Management Activities List is hereby amended by the repeal of the following waste management activity in paragraph 3 Category A: "(2) The sorting, shredding, grinding, crushing, screening or bailing of general waste at a operational area in excess of 1000m2." This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 14 No. 41175 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11 OCTOBER 2017 1 (5) The extraction, recovery or flaring of landfill gas. (6) The sorting, shredding, grinding, crushing, screening or baling of general waste at a waste facility that has an operational area that is 1000m2 and more." Transitional Arrangements A person who lawfully conducts the repealed waste management activity contemplated in paragraph 2 of this notice on the date of the commencement of this Notice, must register in terms paragraph 4(2) of the National Norms and Standards for the Sorting, Shredding, Grinding, Crushing, Screening or Baling of General Waste, 2017, and must comply with the National Norms and Standards for the Sorting, Shredding, Grinding, Crushing, Screening or Baling of General Waste, 2017 within 90 days from the date of such registration. A person, who submitted an application for a waste management licence for the repealed waste management activity contemplated in paragraph 2 of this notice and a decision is still pending on the date of the commencement of this Notice, must consider such an application withdrawn and such a person must comply with the National Norms and Standards for the Sorting, Shredding, Grinding, Crushing, Screening or Baling of General Waste, 2017 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 11 OKTOBER 2017 No. 41175 15