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Baseline Scoping Report BASELINE SCOPING REPORT ARANDIS MARBLE (PTY) LTD MINING LICENCE 126 WALVIS BAY DISTRICT (ERONGO REGION) MAY 2014 PROJECT INFORMATION Project Title: BASELINE SCOPING REPORT ARANDIS MARBLE (PTY) LTD MINING LICENCE 126, WALVIS BAY DISTRICT, (ERONGO REGION) Type of Study: BASELINE SCOPING REPORT Project Location: WALVIS BAY DISTRICT, (ERONGO REGION) Project Number: ERONGO/R.E.D/ARANDIS/2014-05 Competent Authority: DIRECTORATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS (MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM) Proponent: R.E.D GRANITI (NAMIBIA) (PTY) LTD PO BOX 4076 WALVIS BAY Consultancy: URBAN GREEN CC PO BOX 11929, KLEIN WINDHOEK TELEPHONE: +264-61-300 820 FAX: +264-61-401 294 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.urbangreenafrica.com Baseline Scoping Report Arandis Marble (Pty) Ltd, ML 126, Walvis Bay District, Erongo Region May 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 - OVERVIEW 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND 1 1.2 THE STUDY AREA 2 1.3 MOTIVATION TO THE STUDY 5 1.4 TERMS OF REFERENCE 5 1.5 OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT 6 1.6 ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS 6 1.7 STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT 6 CHAPTER 2 - PROJECT TEAM 2.1 ROLE PLAYERS 8 2.2 EXPERTISE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PR ACTIONER 8 CHAPTER 3 - STUDY APPROACH & METHODOLOGY 3.1 BACKGROUND TO STUDY APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY 9 3.2 BASELINE ASSESSMENT 10 3.3 WAY FORWARD 10 CHAPTER 4 - LEGISLATION APPLICABLE TO THE PROJECT 4.1 NAMIBIAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR EIA’S 12 4.1.1 The Constitution of the Republic Of Namibia (1990) 12 4.1.2 Environmental Management Act (Act No. 7 of 2007) 13 4.2 NAMIBIAN SECTORAL LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS 14 4.2.1 The Water Act (Act No. 54 of 1956) 14 4.2.2 Water Resources Management Act (Act 11 of 2013) 14 4.2.3 Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Ordinance (Ordinance 11 of 1976), As Amended 15 4.2.4 Hazardous Substance Ordinance (Ordinance 14 of 1974), As Amended 15 4.2.5 Draft Pollution Control and Waste Management Bill (July 1999) 15 4.2.6 Forestry Act (Act 12 of 2001), As Amended 15 4.2.7 Soil Conservation Act (Act 76 of 1969), As Amended 16 4.2.8 Nature Conservation Ordinance (Ordinance 4 of 1975), As Amended 16 4.2.9 Labour Act No. 6 of 1992, As Amended 16 4.2.10 Public Health Act (Act 36 Of 1919), As Amended 17 4.2.11 Minerals (Prospective and Mining) Act 33 of 1992, As Amended 18 i Baseline Scoping Report Arandis Marble (Pty) Ltd, ML 126, Walvis Bay District, Erongo Region May 2014 4.3 OTHER RELEVANT LEGISLATION & APPROVALS REQUIRED 19 4.3.1 Other Relevant Legislation & Policies 19 4.3.2 Permits, Licences and/or Approvals Required 19 CHAPTER 5 - THE AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT 5.1 LOCALITY 21 5.2. THE BUILD-UP ENVIRONMENT 21 5.2.1 Land Use 21 5.2.2 Services and Infrastructure 21 5.2.3 Socio-Economic Environment 22 5.2.4 Cultural, Archaeological & Heritage 23 5.2.5 Visual Aesthetics & Sense of Place 23 5.3 BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT 24 5.3.1 Meteorology and Climate 24 5.3.2 Air Quality 24 5.3.3 Geology and Soils 24 5.3.4 Topography and Hydrology 24 5.3.5 Fauna and Flora 25 CHAPTER 6 - DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT 6.1 SITE LAYOUT AND FOOTPRINT 26 6.2 OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES 26 6.3 SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT 28 6.4 HEALTH AND SAFETY PROCESSES 29 6.5 MAINTENANCE PROCESSES 30 6.6 REHABILITATION 30 CHAPTER 7 - ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS 7.1 METHOD OF ASSESSMENT 32 7.2 POTENTIAL IMPACTS IDENTIFIED AND ASSESSED 34 CHAPTER 8 - CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS 8.1 CONCLUSION 66 8.2 RECOMMENDATIONS 67 8.3 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT 68 REFERENCES 69 ii Baseline Scoping Report Arandis Marble (Pty) Ltd, ML 126, Walvis Bay District, Erongo Region May 2014 LIST OF ACRONYMS °C Degrees Celsius DEA Directorate of Environmental Affairs DEAT Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism DWAF Department of Water Affairs and Forestry E.g. Example EAP Environmental Assessment Practitioner EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMA Environmental Management Act EPL Exclusive Prospecting License HSE Health, Safety and Environment m3 Cubic meter MAWF Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry MET Ministry of Environment and Tourism ML Mining License NDP National Development Plans OEMP Operational Environmental Management Plan SA Southern Africa ToR Terms of Reference FIGURES Figure 1.1: Regional Map of ML 126 Figure 1.2: Area Map of operations on ML 126 Figure 3.1: Process flow diagram of the Study Figure 6.1: Process flow diagram for granite mining operations TABLE Table 1.1: Structure of the report Table 2.1: The role players Table 2.2: Qualifications and expertise of the environmental assessment practitioner iii Baseline Scoping Report Arandis Marble (Pty) Ltd, ML 126, Walvis Bay District, Erongo Region May 2014 Table 4.1: Listed activities as per Government Notice 29 of 6 February 2012 applicable to the Project Table 4.2: Permits and/or licence and/or approvals that are required when in operation Table 7.1: Impact assessment criteria Table 7.2: Assessment table of potential impacts during the Operational Phase PHOTOS Photo 5.1: Visual aesthetics and sense of place of the Project site Photo 5.2: Flora in the general area of the Project site Photo 6.2: One of the reject waste areas on-site Photo 6.3: The process of extracting the mineral dimension stone from an identified and exposed geologic deposit on-site Photo 6.4: One of the stock areas on-site Photo 6.5: Staff accommodation (left), Site office and accommodation of management (right) Photo 6.6: Explosives storage area on-site Photo 6.7: Dedicated work shed on-site APPENDICES Appendix A: Correspondence between Urban Green cc and the Office of the Environmental Commissioner Appendix B: Namib Naukluft Park Regulations Appendix C: Operational Environmental Management Plan iv Baseline Scoping Report Arandis Marble (Pty) Ltd, ML 126, Walvis Bay District, Erongo Region May 2014 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION This Baseline Scoping Report has been compiled in support of obtaining an Environmental Clearance Certificate to continue with existing mining of the mineral dimension stone (i.e. granite) which is an existing listed activity. Application is made on behalf of Arandis Marble (PTY) Ltd, operating under and owned by R.E.D Graniti (Namibia) (PTY) Ltd, in accordance with Section 27(3) of Namibia’s Environmental Management Act (No. 7 of 2007), and based on feedback received from the Office of the Environmental Commissioner (Appendix A). This Report presents information on the project team; the study approach and methodology of the Baseline Scoping Report; legislation applicable to the Project site; baseline information on the affected environment; description of the Project site; an assessment and description of the nature and extent of the potential impacts (environmental and socio-economic); and lastly a conclusion with recommendations based on the study’s findings. This chapter of the Report provides a background to the Project site; brief reference to the locality of the study area; motivation to the study; the study’s terms of reference; purpose of the Report; the assumptions and limitations of the study; and the structure of the Report. 1.1 BACKGROUND Arandis Marble (PTY) Ltd operating under and owned by R.E.D Graniti (Namibia) (PTY) Ltd, hereafter referred to as the Proponent, is the company actively mining (i.e. quarrying) the mineral dimension stone (i.e. granite) at ML 126, and are accordingly the mining licence holders. The mined minerals are sold into the local market, and are also exported to international markets such as South Africa and Europe where it is mainly used for office and/or kitchen work surfaces. ML 126 is located within the Walvis Bay District and also falls within the Walvis Bay Rural Constituency and the Namib Naukluft Park, Erongo Region (see Figure 1.1 and Figure 1.2). Mining activities on ML 126 was started in 1999 as EPL 2345 and was changed to ML 126 in 2002. Mining activities on ML 126 seized in 2009 due to a slow world economic market and ample reserve stock, the ML remains dormant. Future extensions will be as per the allowed boundaries of the ML, the allowed boundaries will not be exceeded. Life expectancy is very difficult to determine as it will be dependent on demand and supply factors of the economic market, as well as the availability of granite of acceptable quality within the mine. A Mining License extension for ML 126 has been applied to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the extension is pending. 1 Baseline Scoping Report Arandis Marble (Pty) Ltd, ML 126, Walvis Bay District, Erongo Region May 2014 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2 THE STUDY AREA ML 126 is located within the Walvis Bay District and also falls within the Walvis Bay Rural Constituency and the Namib Naukluft Park, situated within the southern parts of the Erongo Region being one of Namibia’s western regions (see Figure 1.1 and Figure 1.2). A detailed description of the study area is presented in Chapter 5 of this Scoping Report. 2 Baseline Scoping Report Arandis Marble (Pty) Ltd, ML 126, Walvis Bay District, Erongo Region May 2014 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Figure 1.1: Regional Map of ML 126 3 Baseline Scoping Report Arandis Marble (Pty) Ltd, ML 126, Walvis Bay District, Erongo Region May 2014 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scrap Yard Mining Quarry 1 Stock Area 1 Reject Waste Area 1 Explosives Storage Area Staff Accommodation Site Office and Accommodation Stock Area 2 Reject Waste Area 3 Reject Waste Area 2 Work Shed Mining Quarry 2 Stock Area 3 D1983 ML 126 NamWater Reservoir Figure 1.2: Area Map of operations on ML 126 4 Baseline Scoping Report Arandis Marble (Pty) Ltd, ML 126, Walvis Bay District, Erongo Region May 2014 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.3 MOTIVATION TO THE STUDY The Project as presented in this Baseline Scoping Report contains a ‘listed activity’ as per GN.
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