Question NW793 to the Minister of Water and Sanitation
08 April 2024 - NW793
Weber, Ms AMM to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
(1)(a) On what date was the Beethoven process plant, ref number 12/9/11/L230710104834/6/N, in the Steve Tshwete Local Municipality sold, (b) to whom was the process plant sold to and (c) on what date did the wash plants change ownership, including (i) all licenses, (ii) the Environmental Impact Assessment and (iii) water usage licenses (2) whether the new owners of this plant has taken responsibility in cleaning the spillage of the wash plant into the environment; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. (a-c) The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is not aware of the date of sale of the Beethoven Process Plant, whom it was sold to or when the plant changed ownership.
2. The owners of the wash plant have taken responsibility for the spillage and have conducted clean-up operations and submitted a detailed action plan and rehabilitation plan. This was in response to the Notice previously issued by the DWS. A follow up inspection conducted on 14 March 2024 indicated that Beethoven Organics has failed to fully implement the actions on the action plan that was submitted and there were further unlawful water use activities taking place. The Department is in a process of issuing a Directive to compel the company to discontinue unlawful water uses.
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