UMASIPALA waseThekwini usithakasele isinqumo senkantolo yaseScottburgh sokuhlawulisa iSappi uR8 million ngenxa yokuphula i-National Environmental Management Air Quality Act ngokweqa isikali esibekiwe sokukhiqiza i-sulphur dioxide eSaiccor Mill eMkhomazi, eningizimu yogu laKwaZulu-Natali.  Le nhlawulo ilengisiwe, nokho le nkampani egaya iphepha kuthiwe ayikhokhe i-confiscation order ehlukaniswe kwaba uR5m ozoya kumasipala noR3m ozoya kwiCriminal Assets Recovery Account. Le mali kufanele ikhokhwe ngomhlaka-28 Ephreli. I-Sappi yaphula lo mthetho phakathi kukaJulayi ngo-2012 noDisemba wango-2014. Umasipala uthe loku kukhombisa ukuthi uyayisukumela futhi uyayihlonipha imithetho yezemvelo.