National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)RegulationsRegulations relating to the procedure to be followed by persons called upon by the Minister to apply for a Waste Management LicenceAppendicesAppendix 2 : Environmental Management Programme |
| (1) | An environmental management programme must as a minimum contain the following information: |
| (a) | details of person completing the application form and details of the specialist that undertook the pollution impact assessment; |
| (b) | detailed description of the aspects of the activity that are covered by the environmental management programme as identified by the project description; |
| (c) | a map at an appropriate scale which superimposes the facility, its associated structures, and infrastructure on the environmental sensitivities of the site at which the activity is taking place, indicating any areas that should be avoided, including buffers; |
| (d) | a description of the impact management outcomes, including management statements, identifying the impacts and risks that need to be avoided, managed and mitigated including rehabilitation of the environment during operation and after closure of the facility; |
| (e) | a description of impact management actions, identifying the manner in which the impact management outcomes contemplated in paragraph (d) will be achieved, and must, where applicable, include actions to— |
| (i) | avoid, modify, remedy, control or stop any action, activity or process which causes pollution or environmental degradation; and |
| (ii) | comply with any prescribed environmental management standards or practices; |
| (f) | method of monitoring the implementation of the impact management actions contemplated in paragraph (e); |
| (g) | the frequency of monitoring the implementation of the impact management actions contemplated in paragraph (e); |
| (h) | an indication of the persons who will be responsible for the implementa1ion of the impact management actions; |
| (i) | the time periods within which the impact management actions contemplated in paragraph (e) must be implemented; |
| (j) | the mechanism for monitoring compliance with the impact management actions contemplated in paragraph (e); and |
| (k) | an environmental awareness plan describing the manner in which— |
| (i) | the applicant/holder of a waste management license informs his or her employees of any environmental risk which may result from their work; and |
| (ii) | risks must be dealt with in order to avoid pollution or the degradation of the environment. |