Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002)RegulationsAmendment Regulations to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Regulations, 2020Chapter 2 : Mineral and Petroleum, Social and Environmental RegulationsPart 3 : Environmental Regulations for Mineral Development, Petroleum Exploration and Production60. Environmental risk report |
| (1) | An application for a closure certificate must be accompanied by an environmental risk report that must include— |
| (a) | the undertaking of a screening level environmental risk assessment where— |
| (i) | all possible environmental risks are identified, including those which appear to be insignificant; |
| (ii) | the process is based on the input from existing data: |
| (iii) | the risks that are considered are qualitatively ranked as — |
| (aa) | a potential significant risk; |
| (bb) | a uncertain risk; |
| (cc) | an insignificant risk; |
| (b) | the undertaking of a second level risk assessment on issues classified as potential significant risks where— |
| (i) | appropriate sampling, data collection and monitoring be carried out; |
| (ii) | more realistic assumptions and actual measurements be made; and |
| (iii) | a more quantitative risk assessment is undertaken, again classifying risks as posing a potential significant risk or insignificant risk. |
| (c) | an assessment of whether risks classified as posing potential significant risks are acceptable without further mitigation; |
| (d) | risks classified as uncertain risks be re-evaluated and re-classified as either posing potential significant risks or insignificant risks; |
| (e) | documenting the status of insignificant risks; |
| (f) | identifying alternative risk prevention or management strategies for potential significant risks that have been identified, quantified and qualified in the second level risk assessment; and |
| (g) | agreeing on management measures to be implemented for the potential significant risks that must include— |
| (i) | a description of the management measures to be applied; |
| (ii) | a predicted long-term result of the applied management measures; |
| (iii) | the residual and latent impact after successful implementation of the management measures; |
| (iv) | time frames and schedule for the implementation of the management measures; |
| (v) | responsibilities for implementation and long-term maintenance of the management measures; |
| (vi) | financial provision for long-term maintenance; and |
| (vii) | monitoring programmes to be implemented. |