by EnviroPrac | Sep 16, 2025 | Laws
Under the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004 (NEMAQA), the Minister has published a list of certain activities that need to be regulated in terms of an Atmospheric Emissions Licence (AEL). This list of activities is the “Minimum Emissions...
by EnviroPrac | Jun 27, 2025 | News
Priority Areas are areas where ambient air quality standards are or may be exceeded; and specific interventions are needed to improve air quality in the area. Section 18 of the Air Quality Act (NEMAQA) makes provision for the DFFE to declare an area a “Priority Area”...
by EnviroPrac | Sep 19, 2024 | News
Rest assured, if you are taking water from a borehole or surface water resource for domestic use in your household or to irrigate your garden (not commercial), this, amongst others, is a “Permissible Use” listed in the National Water Act No 36 of 1998 that does not...
by EnviroPrac | Jul 1, 2024 | News
Dear Colleagues Please see here for your information (https://enviroprac.co.za/documents/ ), waste exclusion applications approved by the DFFE in June; and exclusion applications published by DFFE for public comment. It is interesting to see the range of industrial...
by EnviroPrac | Jun 21, 2024 | News
On March 27, 2024, Ms. Barbara Creecy, the Minister of the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE), adopted the Norm for the Exclusion of Identified Activities Associated with the Development and Expansion of Battery Storage Facilities (Battery...
