Standard and Associated Excluded Activities for the Implementation of the Gauteng Provincial Environmental Management Framework (No. 164 of 2018). Country/Territory South Africa Territorial subdivision Gauteng Document type Regulation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Government Gazette No. 33306 of 18 June 2010, 7 pp. Subject Environment gen., Water Keyword EIA Access-to-information Environmental planning Soil conservation/soil improvement Policy/planning Freshwater pollution Sustainable development Pollution control Geographical area Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa Abstract The Minister of Environmental Affairs adopts the Gauteng Provincial Environmental Management Framework Staldard and exclude associated activities from the requirement to obtain environmental authorisation, in terms of sections 24(2)(d) and 24(10)(a) read with section 24(1 0)(d) of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998. The purpose of the Standard is to provide rules which must be complied with, ensuring - (a) compliance to the principles contained in section 2 of the Act and the duty of care, in terms of section 28(1) of the Act; (b) sustainable development within Gauteng Province; and (c} compliance to management measures, based on which activities are excluded from the requirement to obtain an environmental authorisation.The provisions of the Standard are applicable to activities excluded from acquiring an environmental authorisation, when undertaken within Zone 1 or Zone 5 of the Gauteng Province, as contemplated in Appendix 1. Plan contains various provisions regrading water resources management and prevention of water pollution. A proponent must ensure compliance with the environmental management specifications as contemplated in Appendix 2 for an excluded activity. Full text English Website www.info.gov.za