National Environment Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008)

Notices

General Discharge Authorisation in terms of Section 69(2)

3. Description of General Discharge Authorisation
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Where this General Discharge Authorisation refers to a “discharge” of effluent, the authorisation means the discharge of effluent per pipeline or per point of discharge into coastal waters. Where a facility compromises of multiple discharge points, this authorisation’s requirements pertain to each point of discharge independently.

 

Table 1 and Table 2 is set out in Annexure 1 of this authorisation.

 

A General Discharge Authorisation in terms of section 69(2) of the Act is hereby granted to any person discharging effluent into coastal waters from a land-based source where the effluent meets ALL of the following requirements.

 

3.1. The effluent will be neutrally-buoyant or positively-buoyant with respect to the coastal waters into which the effluent is being discharged.

 

3.2. In Table 1—
3.2.1. for offshore discharges, the effluent’s constituents do not exceed the General Limits specified in that table; and
3.2.2. in respect of discharges into coastal waters other than the offshore environment, the effluent does not exceed the Special Limits specified in that table.

 

3.3. In addition to the requirements in 3.2 above, where the volume of effluent being discharged exceeds—
(a) 10000m3 per day in the case of an offshore discharge, the General Limits specified in Table 2 apply; or
(b) 2000m3 per day in the case of discharges into coastal waters other than the offshore environment, the Special Limits specified in Table 2 apply.

 

3.4. Where the influent water’s constituent quantities exceed the General Limits or the Special Limits of Table 1, and where applicable, Table 2, the difference between the constituent quantities of the influent water, and that of the effluent, must not exceed the General Limits or the Special Limits in Table 1, and where applicable, Table 2.

 

3.5. In addition to the requirements in 3.1 to 3.4, a discharge of effluent into coastal waters will only be lawful under this General Discharge Authorisation if the requirements of sections 4, 5 and 6 are complied with.