Combustion Installations

National Environmental Management.
Air Quality Act 39 Of 2004 – South Africa.

(Gazette No. 27318, Notice No. 163. Commencement date: 11 September 2005 – save for sections 21, 22, 36 to 49, 51(1)(e), 51(1)(f), 51(3), 60 and 61 [Government Notice R898, Gazette No. 28016]

Part 3 – Minimum Emission Standards

Category 4
Metallurgical Industry

Subcategory 4.1: Drying and Calcining

Subcategory 4.2: Combustion Installations

The following special arrangements shall apply –

  • Reference oxygen content appropriate to fuel type must be used.
  • Where co-feeding with waste materials with calorific value allowed in terms of the Waste Disposal Standards published in terms of the Waste Act, 2008 (Act No.59 of 2008) occurs, additional requirements under subcategory 1.6 shall apply.

Subcategory 4.3: Primary Aluminium Production

Subcategory 4.4: Secondary Aluminium Production

Subcategory 4.5: Sinter Plants

Subcategory 4.6: Basic Oxygen Furnaces

The following special arrangement shall apply –

  • Secondary fume capture installations shall be fitted to all new furnace installations.

Subcategory 4.7: Electric Arc Furnaces (Primary and Secondary)

The following special arrangement shall apply –

  • Secondary fume capture installations shall be fitted to all new furnace installations.

Subcategory 4.8: Blast Furnaces

The following special arrangement shall apply –

  • Secondary fume capture installations shall be fitted to all new furnace installations.

Subcategory 4.9: Ferro-alloy Production