National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)

Regulations

Financial Provisioning Regulations, 2015

Appendices

Appendix 6

2. Content of a care and maintenance plan

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The content of a care and maintenance plan must include─

(a)details of–
(i)the person who prepared the care and maintenance plan; and
(ii)the expertise of that person to prepare care and maintenance plan.
(iii)the persons who will be responsible for the implementation of the care and maintenance plan; and
(iv)timelines within which the measures contemplated in the care and maintenance plan must be implemented;
(b)details of conditions leading to an application for care and maintenance or leading to a motivation to remain placed under care and maintenance and a forecast of when care and maintenance may no longer be required;
(b)an environmental audit of the site;
(c)details of the results of the environmental audit and details of identified residual and latent impacts;
(d)a care and maintenance program detailing management of environmental risks associated with mining activities and its implementation thereof;
(e)appropriate detail on closure performance monitoring and maintenance framework during progressive rehabilitation and post closure, including the methodology, quality control system and remedial strategy;
(f)care of idle infrastructure and machinery;
(g)an emergency response action plan;
(h)details of the proposed care and maintenance cost for monitoring program;
(i)a sketch plan drawn on an appropriate scale describing the final and future land use proposal and arrangements for the site;
(j)documenting of the legal obligations and notifications;
(k)a record of all notices, registers, meetings and comments of the interested and affected parties consulted;
(l)training provided to the people implementing the care and maintenance programme; and
(m)a health and safety management plan.