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Design It Right Before You Switch It On: Closing the Gap Between Environmental Approval and Operation
Introduction Obtaining an Environmental Authorisation, Waste Management Licence or Atmospheric Emission Licence is often viewed as the end of the environmental approval process. In reality, it is only the beginning. The greatest environmental risk frequently arises...
The Draft Waste Management Listed Activities Amendment – Summary & Thoughts
In May 2026, the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment published the Draft List of Waste Management Activities that have, or are likely to have, a detrimental effect on the environment (the Draft Listed Activities) for public comment. This notice, issued...
Express Briefing – the Amended National Dust Control Regulations
In March 2026, the National Dust Control Regulations (NDCR), first published in 2013, were amended. This after quite a few draft amendments were published over the years for stakeholder comment. Here are a few points to consider: What do the NDCR regulate? The...
December 2025 Call by the Minister for Waste Management Licence Applications for Facilities that Pre-Date the 1989 Environment Conservation Act and the Subsequent 2008 Environmental Management: Waste Act
When the National Environmental Management: Waste Act No. 59 (NEMWA) was first published in 2008, the Act included the provision that the Minister could call for facilities which operated prior to the coming into force of the NEMWA, to apply for a NEMWA Waste...
ENVIROPRAC SHARES FESTIVE GREETINGS AND A BLESSED NEW YEAR AHEAD!
Dear Valued Clients, As 2025 draws to a close, we would like to take this opportunity to extend our sincere thanks for your continued trust and support. Your partnership has been instrumental in helping us deliver high-quality environmental services and making a...
August 2025 Draft Amendments to the Minimum Emissions Standards, or – Atmospheric Emissions Licence: will you need one in future?
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...
What is an Emissions Reduction & Management Plan, Who Needs One and Why?
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”...
Are you abstracting water from a borehole, surface water resource or storing water that requires authorisation?
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...
DFFE Waste Exclusion Applications approved and for comment
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...
Battery Storage and Solar PV Facility Norms
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...
Gazetting of the Solar PV Plant Exclusion Norm
Over the last few years, the National Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has published a suite of Norms and Standards and Regulations for excluding certain renewable energy-related developments from needing an Environmental Impact Assessment...
What’s New @ The Environmental Practice
We have expanded! The Environmental Practice (Enviroprac) was founded in 2018 by Managing Director Colleen McCreadie. We offer a range of services including environmental impact management, consulting, and permitting/licensing to clients in the infrastructure...
National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act
It is most noteworthy for those of us facilitating environmental licensing processes, that the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act was published in June 2022 (Act No. 2 of 2022). A few items of particular interest, are: Section 28 of the National...
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