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This document is a decision by the Director of Appeals and Legal Review within the South African Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries regarding a request for condonation for the late filing of an appeal. The appeal concerns a decision to grant ArcelorMittal South Africa a suspension from complying with Minimum Emission Standards (MES) at its facility in Vanderbijlpark.

This document is a Pollution Prevention Plan (PPP) Progress Report submitted by ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited (AMSA) to the South African Minister of Environmental Affairs on 29 March 2019. The report covers the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2018, evaluating the company's actual greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions against the mitigation measures specified in its approved PPP.

A Remediation Order issued by the South African Department of Environmental Affairs to ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited for the cleanup of contaminated land at its Vanderbijlpark Works.

This document is a formal response from the South African Department of Environmental Affairs to a notice issued by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) under Section 28(12) of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA), 1998. The CER had requested that the Department direct ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) to address pollution and environmental degradation at its Vanderbijlpark operations. The Department declined to issue a new directive, arguing that existing measures—including a Remediation Order, waste management licenses, and compliance notices—are sufficient to address the concerns.

This document contains the Respondent's Heads of Argument filed by the Centre for Environmental Rights on behalf of the Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance (VEJA) in the Supreme Court of Appeal. The case concerns an appeal by ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited (AMSA) against a High Court judgment that ordered AMSA to provide VEJA with environmental records—specifically an Environmental Master Plan for its Vanderbijlpark site and records regarding the closure and rehabilitation of its Vaal Disposal site in Vereeniging—under the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (PAIA).