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Highveld Priority Air Pollution.
introduction
Priority Area designation has been introduced as part of Air Quality Management
in South Africa to direct limited resources into areas of poor air quality. The
Priority Area Air Quality Management Plan is a specific tool to plan resources and
interventions and is developed cooperatively with authorities, industries, and communities.
The Highveld Priority Area (HPA) was declared by the Minister on 23 November 2007
under the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act (AQA). The declaration
necessitated the development of an Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) for the area,
with the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) as the lead agent.
A consortium led by uMoya-NILU and comprising of SE Solutions, as the project manager,
Environmental Science Associates, as technical specialists, and Afrosearch, as public
participation specialists have been appointed to develop the AQMP.
The project is set out in 3 objectives to address specific areas; these are
- Planning
- Highveld District Municipalities
- Capacity development
An Air Quality Officer's Forum has been initiated to facilitate inter governmental
cooperation and coordination, where national, province, local, View map of HPA and
other national departments engage. A Multi-Stakeholder Reference Group has been
initiated to facilitate engagement with communities, industries, non-governmental
organisations, organised labour and academic institutions.
Dear family members, kindly note the draft baseline assessment report for the HPA
is available for download on the documents page. Please submit your comments by
21 May 2010 to uMoya-NILU Consulting (yegeshni@umoya-nilu.co.za
; fax: 0866135460)