CHIEF DIRECTORATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PROTECTION

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CHIEF DIRECTORATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND
PROTECTION

• Portfolio Committee Workshop
• Cape Town, March 2003

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Function of the Chief Directorate

• To protect the environment from negative
  impacts by preventing and or limiting pollution
  and environmental degradation

Pollution and Waste Management

• Pollution/Waste Identification Prioritization
• Strategy Development and Implementation
• -Guidelines
• -Policies
• -Legislation
• Enforcement

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Chief Directorate Structure

• Climate Change
• Air Quality
• Waste Management
• Hazardous Waste and Chemicals
• Regulator for the SAWS

Funding

• MTEF
• Donor Funds

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Achievements for 2002

• Climate Change - SA acceded to the Kyoto Protocol
• - USAID climate change support to SA
• Hazardous Waste- Health Care Waste Management
  Guidelines
• - Thor Chemicals
• - Asbestos
• General Waste - Plastic bag regulations
• - MoA on plastic bag
• - Cleanest Town Competition
• Air Quality - DBN South air pollution problem
• - Air Quality Bill
• - Versuvius

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PRIORITIES FOR 2003

• Climate Change - National Climate Change Strategy
• - CDM
• - Methyl Bromide Study
• - National Ozone Layer Protection Strategy
• Waste Management - Waste Information System
  - Waste Management Bill
• - Cleanest Town Competition
• - Plastic Bags
• - Cleaner Production Strategy

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PRIORITIES FOR 2003 continued.

• Chemicals and Hazardous Waste - National Systems
  for the Management of Chemicals
• - Harmonization of classification
  and labelling of chemicals
• - Information System on Toxic
  Chemicals and Chemical Risks
• - ASP project
• Air Quality - National Air Quality Bill
• - National Strategy for the Control of
  Vehicle Emissions
• - Ambient Air Quality Standards
• - Identification of Priority Pollutants

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Cross-Cutters

• Information System
• Enforcement
• BEE
• SMME development
• Clean Technologies

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