Minimum Requirements for the Regulation of Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing in South Africa
December 2013
In light of the potentially severe and pervasive effects associated with the nascent shale gas industry, in particular the fracking technique, it is important that fracking is regulated by an appropriate and comprehensive regulatory regime that is implemented, monitored and enforced. In response, CER published this set of Minimum Requirements for the Regulation of the Environmental Impacts of Fracking, in 2013. These Minimum Requirements followed on the CER’s Position Statement on protection of environmental rights in decisions around fracking for shale gas, published in August 2012.