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

A word or expression defined in the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008) has the same meaning in this document, and—

“influent water”

means coastal waters which is drawn into or abstracted into, a facility or process;

“neutrally-buoyant”

means when the effluent’s buoyancy is such that solid matter within the effluent does not sink to the bottom of the body of effluent nor rises to the top of that body of effluent, but will remain suspended and hang freely;

“offshore”

means the area in coastal waters—

whichever is further in distance from the low-water mark;

“offshore discharge”

means a discharge of effluent into the offshore environment;

“port”

means the defined area of a port described in Annexure 3;

“positively-buoyant”

means where solid matter within the effluent will float towards the surface and stay there;

“proclaimed fishing harbours”

means those fishing harbours regulated in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act;

“SANAS”

means the South African National Accreditation System established in terms of the Accreditation for Conformity Assessment, Calibration and Good Laboratory Practice Act, 2006 (Act No. 19 of 2006); and

“the Act”

means the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008).