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National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (Act No. 39 of 2004)RegulationsNational Pollution Prevention Plans Regulations, 2017Chapter 3 : Submission and approval of pollution prevention plans and annual progress reports4. Submission and approval of pollution prevention plans |
| (1) | A person must submit a first pollution prevention plan to the Minister before or on 21 June 2018 and the subsequent pollution prevention plans must be submitted within five months of existing plans being reconciled. |
[Regulation 4(1) substituted by regulation 2 of Notice No. 513 of 2018]
| (2) | The Minister must, in writing, within 14 days after the date of submission of the pollution prevention plan acknowledge receipt of the pollution prevention plan. The Minister must consider whether the content of the pollution prevention plan complies with regulation 3 of these Regulations and must, in writing, within 30 days after the date of receipt of the pollution prevention plan. |
| (3) | The Minister must consider whether the content of the pollution prevention plan complies with regulation 3 of these Regulations and must, in writing, within 30 days after the date of receipt of the pollution prevention plan- |
| (a) | approve the pollution prevention plan and direct the person to implement the approved pollution prevention plan; or |
| (b) | reject the pollution prevention plan. |
| (4) | If a pollution prevention plan is rejected in terms of subregulation (3)(b), the Minister must, in writing, direct the person to amend the pollution prevention plan within 30 days after receipt of written instruction from the Minister. |
| (5) | A revised pollution prevention plan must be resubmitted to the Minister for approval and be dealt with in accordance with subregulation (3). |
| (6) | A pollution prevention plan is valid for a period of five years after the date of approval by the Minister, and must be reviewed every five years thereafter. |
