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TREATED EFFLUENT BY-LAW

The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality has published the Treated Effluent By-Law which sets out the provisions for the regulation and control of treated effluent in the jurisdiction of the municipality.

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WESTERN CAPE NATURE CONSERVATION BOARD: INTENTION TO DECLARE NATURE RESERVES

The MEC for the Western Cape Department of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning has, in terms of section 23(1)(a) of the NEM:PAA, given notice of his intention to declare the following nature reserves on the properties as set out in the schedule to this notice – Bokbaai Nature Reserve; Witteberg Nature Reserve; Sunshine Nature Reserve; Groenekloof Nature Reserve; Destiny Nature Reserve; Van Loveren Nature Reserve; Viljoensdrift Nature Reserve; Skulpiesbaai Nature Reserve; Pauline Bohnen Nature Reserve; and Werner Frehse Nature Reserve.

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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003) (AS AMENDED): MOUNT MORGAN NATURE RESERVE, ANGLE RIDGE NATURE RESERVE, OOSTERBEEK NATURE RESERVE AND NGODWANA VALLEY NATURE RESERVE

The MEC of the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs has, in terms of sections 23(1)(a)(i) and (b) of the NEM:PAA, declared the Mount Morgan Nature Reserve; the Angle Ridge Nature Reserve; the Oosterbeek Nature Reserve; and the Ngodwana Valley Nature Reserve, located in the City of Mbombela Local Municipality on the properties as described in schedule 1 to 4 of this notice.

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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003) (AS AMENDED): GREATER LAKENVLEI PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT

The MEC of the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs has, in terms of sections 28(1)(a)(i) and (b) of the NEM:PAA, declared the Greater Lakenvlei Protected Environment, located in the Emakhazeni Local Municipality on the properties as described in schedule 1 to this notice.

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NATIONAL HERITAGE RESOURCES ACT (25/1999): PROVINCIAL HERITAGE RESOURCES AUTHORITY GAUTENG

The Provincial Heritage Resources Authority of Gauteng has, in terms of section 29 of the NHRA, provisionally declared as a Provincial Heritage Resource of the Gauteng Province the following – The Radium Beer Hall located on 282 Louis Botha Ave, Orange Grove, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province; The Satyagraha House located on Lot 52, 15 Pine Road, Orchards, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province; The Bantu Men's Social Centre located on 1 Eloff Street, Marshalltown, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province; The Drill Hall located on corner Plein & Twist Streets, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province; The Lillian Ngoyi Square located on corner Church and Lillian Ngoyi Streets, Pretoria, Gauteng Province; The House of Charlotte Maxeke, Kliptown located on 1875 4th Street, Kliptown, Soweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province; The Enstead 18 Escombe Avenue located on Erf 432 and Remaining Extent of 806 Parktown, 18 Escombe Avenue, Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province; The Eikenhof of Site located on Eikenhof Site, Off the R82 Road to Vereeniging, Gauteng Province; The Gravesite of Margaret Gazo located on Grave No.

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NATIONAL WATER ACT (36/1998): PROPOSED RESERVE DETERMINATION OF WATER RESOURCES FOR THE OLIFANTS-DOORN CATCHMENTS

The Minister of Water and Sanitation has, in terms of section 16(1) of the NWA, published for public comment, the proposed Reserve determination of water resources for the catchments of the Olifants-Doorn as set out in the schedule to this notice.

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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT (10/2004): BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ELEVEN CRITICALLY ENDANGERED AND FOUR ENDANGERED ENCEPHALARTORS CYCAD SPECIES

The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, in terms of section 43(1)(b)(i) read with section 43(3) of the NEM:BA, published the Biodiversity Management Plan for 11 critically endangered and 4 endangered Encephalartors Cycad species as set out in the schedule to this notice.

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NATIONAL FORESTS ACT (84/1998), AS AMENDED: DECLARATION OF DE-HOOP AS A PROTECTED WOODLAND

The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has, in terms of section 14 of the NFA, declared the Olifants River Water Resources Development Project Offsite Mitigation Area and associated land described in this notice as a temporary protected woodland.

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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT (107/1998): NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ADOPT GAUTENG PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (GPEMF) STANDARDS AND EXCLUSION OF ACTIVITIES

The Minister of Environmental Affairs has given notice, in terms of sections 24(2)(d) and 24(10)(a) read with section 24(10)(d) of the NEMA, that she intends to adopt the Gauteng Provincial Environmental Management Framework (“GPEMF”) Standards and to exclude activities from the requirement to obtain environmental authorisation, as set out in the schedule to this notice.

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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT (107/1998): PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED IN APPLYING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION FOR LARGE SCALE WIND AND SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVELOPMENT

The Minister of Environmental Affairs has given notice, in terms of section 24(5) of the NEMA and regulation 15 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014, of the procedure to be followed in applying for an environmental authorisation for large scale wind and solar photovoltaic development activities that are to occur in geographical areas of strategic importance, namely energy development zones and associated strategic transmission corridors.

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AMENDMENTS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REGULATIONS AND LISTING NOTICES

The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, in terms of section 24(5) read with section 44 of the NEMA, amended the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014.

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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: AIR QUALITY ACT (39/2004): NATIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REPORTING REGULATIONS

The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, under sections 53(aA), (o) and (p) read with section 12 of the NEM:AQA, made the National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulations as set out in the schedule to this notice.