South African Industries Face New Rules Under Air Quality Act; Air Monitors Go Online

摘要

South Africa's implementation of stricter emissions standards and licensing requirements for an expanded list of industries is moving the country from a purely "point source" approach to "a more progressive regulation of ambient air quality in general," according to a Johannesburg-based air pollution consultant.rnWhile licenses previously were required only for emissions from specific industrial processes, newly effective provisions under the nation's Air Quality Act require a license for all air emissions from a broad list of activities, making it "significantly more encompassing," Lucian Burger of Airshed Planning told BNA in a May 7 e-mail.