National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)

Regulations

Waste Exclusion Regulations, 2018

Chapter 2 : Application for Exclusion of a Waste Stream or a Portion of a Waste Stream from the Definition of Waste

8. Elements of the Risk Assessment

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(1)        A risk assessment undertaken in terms of regulation 7(b) must include the following elements:

(a)provide information that is facility based;
(b)description and source of the waste;
(a)intended uses of the excluded waste;
(d)description of the methodology used to assess the hazardous characteristics of the waste that is to be excluded;
(e)identification of any potential risks relating to all the activities associated with the intended beneficial use of the excluded waste; and
(f)identification of mitigation measures that can be used to manage the risks identified in paragraph (e) above.

 

(2)        The results of the risk assessment must be used as the basis of a risk management plan.