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It outlines industry positions on minimum emission values, compliance timeframes, monitoring approaches, and the management of fugitive emissions and upset conditions, emphasizing the need for standards to be based on the Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) principle within the South African context.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000179#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Industry argues that minimum emission values for the same pollutant may differ across activities because the available abatement technology varies by process. 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