transfer the responsibilities allocated to me Minister of WaterAffairsand Forestry in terms of section 20 of the act with regardto the permitting and administration of landfill waste sites to the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
Thedraft bill willbe tabled in Parliament in August 2003 for consideration. Written comments and inputs are invited from interested and affected parties and the public. These must be submitted.
The transfer of the management of waste sites from the Ministerof Waster Affairs and ForestrytotheMinisterofEnvironmentalAffairsandTourism.
TheadditionofthepowerbytheMinister of EnvironmentalAffairsandTourismto make regulations regarding products which by their nature may pose a hazard to the environment and/or human health if and when they reach the waste.
stream. A topical example is asbestos products.
Touriim. This transfer has been agreed between the respective Ministers.
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enable the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism to make regulations regarding financial aspects for identified waste streams; to make regulations regarding product control forwaste management; to provide for the transfer of the administration of waste disposal sites from the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry to the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
(c)refusetoissueapermit; provided thatthe [such] Minister may exempt any person or category of persons from obtaining a permit, subject to such conditions as he may deem fit.
Any application for a permit referred to in subsection(1) shall be in the form and be accompanied by such information as the Minister may prescribe.
(l),he may demand such information from the applicant.
The Minister [of Water Affairs] shall maintain a register in which details of every disposal site for which a permit has been issued shall be recorded.
The Minister [of Water Affairs] may from time to time by notice in the Gazette issue directions with regard -to handling particular types of waste; and withdrawn fromuse or utilised for another purpose.
Amendment of section 24 of Act 73 of 1989 2.
240 the imDosition of compulsorv chargina, deposits or related financial measures on waste streams or specified items in waste streams with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance.
Insertionof section 248 in Act 73 of 1989 3.