The City of Ekurhuleni is inviting residents of the City to comment on its groundbreaking draft by-law on air quality controls and management.
The Draft Air Quality By-law, recently published for public comment, proposes tighter air quality controls. It aims to help the metro control all air-borne pollutants.
This entails regulating industries, vehicles emissions, dust emissions, open burning, agricultural activities, pesticide spraying, spray painting emissions, and other sorts of environmental pollutants. The draft by-law is also aimed at addressing issues related to noise pollution and complaints.
The City urges all community members, interested and affected parties (IAPs), organisations to make use of this opportunity to provide input. Registrations will run between August 10 and September 10. The consultation process will then start on September 20.
An electronic copy of the draft by-law is downloadable from the City of Ekurhuleni’s website. To register names and emails of IAPs as well as organisations that want to take part in the process, email Nomvula.sirenqe@ekurhuleni.gov.za
Or contact the office of the City’s Air Quality Officer, Dr Jerry Chaka, on 011 999 2970 for more information on the process.
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