pml6-1eb30a68de8bcf19.pdf

A directive from the Mpumalanga Regional Manager of the Department of Mineral Resources (implied by the Act cited) to Atha-Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd stating that their Environmental Management Programme (EMP) for mining activities in the Wakkerstroom magisterial district is non-compliant with Section 39(4)a of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act.

• The submitted EMP is considered non-compliant because the preferred infrastructure layout is situated within a sensitive environment, which the office believes will lead to "unacceptable pollution, ecological degradation or damage te the environment" despite proposed mitigation. The company is directed to reassess the surface layout and conduct an environmental impact assessment for any alternative location.
• The EMP's environmental emergencies and remediation plan is unacceptable as it fails to provide procedures for remediating "environmental related emergencies" that could occur during mine operation.
• The rehabilitation plan is rejected for being too generic; it must be revised to include detailed decommissioning methods for each mining component, strategies to manage residual or latent impacts, and a description of future land use that conforms to surrounding areas.
• The EMP is deficient in financial and monitoring details: it lacks the cost for capacity to rehabilitate and manage negative environmental impacts, fails to list the specific aspects to be monitored or the monitoring points, and does not provide measures to manage the decant of workings post-closure.
• Atha-Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd is directed to address the listed deficiencies and comments from the DWA Durban office, submitting a revised EMP by 31 March 2014.

APA

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Chicago

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@misc{centreforenvironmentalrightsndpml61eb30a68de8bcf19pdf, author = {{Centre for Environmental Rights}}, title = {{pml6-1eb30a68de8bcf19.pdf}}, publisher = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, url = {https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/PML6.pdf?x21779}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }