Request to the Department of Environmental Affairs for access to GHG related information (National Pollution Prevention Plans and Annual Progress Reports) (1 April 2019)
27 May 2019
- Requestee:
- Department of Environmental Affairs
- Reference Number:
- CER-2019-DEA-0001 (GHG)
- Status:
- Records received
Records of the following were requested:
- The database or list of data providers registered in terms of regulation 5 of the National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulations, GN 275 of 2017 (“the GHG Reporting Regulations”);
- The latest reports submitted in terms of regulation 7(1) of the GHG Reporting Regulations by the following entities:
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- Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.
- Sasol Ltd.
- ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd.
- Exxaro Resources Ltd.
- Glencore Plc.
- African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.
- Anglo American Plc.
- Anglo Operations Ltd.
- South32 Ltd.
- Seriti Resources Holdings (Pty) Ltd.
- Petmin Ltd.
- Mbuyelo Coal (Pty) Ltd.
- Kuyasa Mining (Pty) Ltd.
- SAPPI Ltd.
- PPC Ltd.
- Goldfields Ltd.
3. The database of or list of persons that have submitted pollution prevention plans under regulation 4(1) of the National Pollution Prevention Plan Regulations, GN 712 of 2017 (“PPP Regulations”);
4. The pollution prevention plans submitted for the period up to 31 December 2020 in terms of regulation 3(2) of the PPP Regulations, by the following companies:
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- Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.
- Sasol Ltd.
- ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd.
- Exxaro Resources Ltd.
- Glencore Plc.
- African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.
- Anglo American Plc.
- Anglo Operations Ltd.
- South32 Ltd.
- Seriti Resources Holdings (Pty) Ltd.
- Petmin Ltd.
- Mbuyelo Coal (Pty) Ltd.
- Kuyasa Mining (Pty) Ltd.
- SAPPI Ltd.
- PPC Ltd.
- Goldfields Ltd.
5. The latest annual progress reports submitted by the entities listed in paragraph 3 above in terms of regulation 5(1) of the PPP Regulations.
Access to the requested records was partially granted and the records received are listed below.
- Letter from the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries to the Centre For Environmental Rights and accompanying Section 23 affidavit (5 April 2019)
- Letter from the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries to the Centre For Environmental Rights and accompanying Section 23 affidavit (7 May 2019)
- Letter from the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries to the Centre For Environmental Rights (2 August 2019)
- Letter from the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries to the Centre For Environmental Rights (9 September 2019) and accompanying affidavit (9 September)
List of data providers registered in terms of Regulation 5 of the National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulations, 2017:
List of registered data providers that submitted Pollution Prevention plans in terms of the regulation 4(1) of the National Pollution Prevention Plan Regulations, 2017:
Greenhouse Gas Emission Data Reports as required by Regulation 7(1) of the National Greenhouse Gas Reporting Regulations, 2017:
- South 32 (Hillside Aluminium) GHG report
- Seriti Coal (Pty) Ltd GHG report
- Sasol GHG report
- Sappi Southern Africa Ltd GHG report
- PPC GHG report
- Glencore GHG report
- Eskom GHG report
- African Rainbow Minerals Limited GHG report
- Anglo GHG report
- ArcelorMittal South Africa GHG report
Pollution Prevention Plans (PPP) as required by Regulation 3(2) of the National Pollution Prevention Plans Regulations, 2017:
- African Rainbow Minerals
- Anglo American – May 2019
- Arcelormittal – May 2019
- Eskom – May 2019
- Exxaro – May 2019
- PPC – May 2019
- SAPPI – May 2019
- SASOL PPP – May 2019
- South 32 (Hillside Aluminium)
- South 32 (SAMANCOR Manganese) – May 2019
Annual Progress Reports as required by Regulation 5 of the National Greenhouse Gas Reporting Regulations, 2017:
For further information please email ati@cer.org.za.