Draft air quality offsets guideline
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The Minister of Environmental Affairs has published a draft Air quality offsets guideline for comment in Government gazette No. 38894 of 26 June.
"In the air quality context, an offset is an intervention, or interventions, specifically implemented to counterbalance the adverse environmental impact of atmospheric emissions in order to deliver a net ambient air quality benefit within the affected airshed /s. Wherein "affected airshed" means the closest area to the facility in question, wherein ambient air quality standards are being or have the potential to be exceeded and opportunities for offsetting exist."