00206BBA608D200323174724

A decision by the South African Department of Environmental Affairs granting ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited (Vanderbijlpark Steel Works) postponements for compliance with minimum emission standards for several plant components from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2025, while declining requests for alternative limits.

• The National Air Quality Officer granted a postponement of compliance timeframes with minimum emission standards for new plant for several ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark Steel Works installations for the period from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2025. This includes Subcategory 3.1a (Coke Oven) regarding the recovery of sulphur-containing compounds, and various Coke oven batteries and Direct reduction iron making kilns with specific emission limits.
• The Department of Environmental Affairs declined all requests for alternative limits submitted by ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited (Vanderbijlpark Steel Works) in the application.
• The postponement application for one specific component was declined because isokinetic monitoring demonstrated that the new plant minimum emission standards for SO2 were already being met.
• ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited (Vanderbijlpark Steel Works) is required to implement an offset programme to reduce SO2 pollution because the facility is located in the VTAPA Priority Area; a definite implementation plan was due by 1 July 2020.
• The company must submit quarterly progress reports on its compliance road map, commitments made during the postponement application, and offset projects, with the first report due by 1 July 2020.

APA

Centre for Environmental Rights (n.d.). 00206BBA608D200323174724. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Arcelormittal-Vanderbijlpark-decision-Applicant.pdf?x21779

Chicago

Centre for Environmental Rights. 00206BBA608D200323174724. n.d. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Arcelormittal-Vanderbijlpark-decision-Applicant.pdf?x21779.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centreforenvironmentalrightsnd00206bba608d200323174724, author = {{Centre for Environmental Rights}}, title = {{00206BBA608D200323174724}}, publisher = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, url = {https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Arcelormittal-Vanderbijlpark-decision-Applicant.pdf?x21779}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }