National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004
11 September 2005
Frameworks, Policies and Strategies
Regulations published under this Act
- Regulations prescribing the format of the Atmospheric Impact Report (11 October 2013)
- Dust Control Regulations (1 November 2013)
- Regulations regarding the phasing-out and management of ozone-depleting substances (8 May 2014)
- Regulations regarding air dispersion modelling (11 July 2014)
- National Atmospheric Emission Reporting Regulations (2 April 2015, as amended)
- Regulations prescribing the atmospheric emission licence processing fee (11 March 2016)
- Regulations on the procedure and criteria to be followed in the determination of an administrative fine in terms of section 22A of the Act (18 March 2016)
- National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulations (3 April 2017)
- National Pollution Prevention Plan Regulations (21 July 2017)
List of activities in terms of section 21 of the Act
Ambient Air Quality Standards in terms of section 9, 10 and 11 of the Act
Priority Areas declared in terms of section 16 of the Act
- Declaration of the Vaal Triangle Air-shed Priority Area (21 April 2006)
- Declaration of the Highveld Priority Area (23 November 2007)
- Highveld Priority Area Air Quality Management Plan (2 March 2012)
- Declaration of the Waterberg Priority Area (29 June 2012)
- Waterberg-Bojanala Priority Area Air Quality Management Plan and Threat Assessment (9 December 2015) (file is too big to upload; for a copy, please contact casewatch at cer.org.za)
The declaration of controlled emitters and emission standards in terms of section 23 and 24 of the Act
- Declaration of a small boiler as a controlled emitter and establishment of emission standards (1 November 2013)
- Declaration of temporary asphalt plants as a controlled emitter and establishment of emission standards (28 March 2014)
- Declaration of small-scale char and small-scale charcoal plants as controlled emitters and establishment of emission standards (18 September 2015)
The declaration of priority pollutants
- Declaration of greenhouse gases as priority pollutants (21 July 2017)
Guidelines
- Air quality offsets guideline (published in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998) (18 March 2016)
