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Basic Assessment for the Proposed Development of Eight Photovoltaic Report Basic Assessment for the Proposed Development of Eight 200MW Photovoltaic (PV) Plants on the Remaining Extent of Farm Bokpoort 390, Groblershoop, Northern Cape Consultation Basic Assessment Report Client: ACWA Power Energy Africa (Pty) Ltd Reference: MD4195-RHD-ZZ-XX-R-YE-001 Status: 01/S0 Date: 23 February 2020 Project related ROYAL HASKONINGDHV (PTY) LTD 21 Woodlands Drive Building 5 Country Club Estate Woodmead Johannesburg 2191 Transport & Planning Reg No. 1966/001916/07 +27 87 352 1500 T +27 11 798 6005 F [email protected] E royalhaskoningdhv.com W Document title: Basic Assessment for the Proposed Development of Eight 200MW Photovoltaic (PV) Plants on the Remaining Extent of Farm Bokpoort 390, Groblershoop, Northern Cape Document short title: BAR_Bokpoort II PV Plants Reference: MD4195-RHD-ZZ-XX-R-YE-001 Status: 01/S0 Date: 23 February 2020 Project name: MD4195 Project number: MD4195 Author(s): Seshni Govender & Prashika Reddy Drafted by: Prashika Reddy (Pr Sci Nat, EAPASA) Checked by: Prashika Reddy (Pr Sci Nat, EAPASA) Date / initials: 23/02/2020 MR Approved by: Malcolm Roods (EAPASA) Date / initials: 23/02/2020 MR Classification Project related Disclaimer No part of these specifications/printed matter may be reproduced and/or published by print, photocopy, microfilm or by any other means, without the prior written permission of Royal HaskoningDHV (Pty) Ltd; nor may they be used, without such permission, for any purposes other than that for which they were produced. Royal HaskoningDHV (Pty) Ltd accepts no responsibility or liability for these specifications/printed matter to any party other than the persons by whom it was commissioned and as concluded under that Appointment. The integrated QHSE management system of Royal HaskoningDHV (Pty) Ltd has been certified in accordance with ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018. 23 February 2020 BAR_BOKPOORT II PV PLANTS MD4195-RHD-ZZ-XX-R-YE- i 001 Project related Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1.1 Previous EIA Studies 1 1.1.2 Pre-application with Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) 3 1.1.3 Applications for Environmental Authorisation 3 1.1.4 Basic Assessment Study 4 1.2 Structure of the Basic Assessment Report (BAR) 5 1.3 Specialist Assessments 7 1.4 Details of the Project Developer 7 1.5 Details of the Environmental Assessment Practitioner 8 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 9 2.1 Property Details 9 2.2 Project Location and Co-ordinates 9 2.3 Technical Description 10 2.4 Project Motivation 12 2.5 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2019) 12 2.5.1 Need & Desirability 13 2.5.2 Socio-economic Value 18 3 ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT 19 3.1 Other Relevant Acts, Guidelines, Department Policies and Environmental Management Instruments 21 3.2 International Conventions and Agreements 23 3.3 International Standards 24 3.3.1 International Finance Corporation Performance Standards 24 3.4 Equator Principles 27 3.4.1 The World Bank Group Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Guidelines 27 3.5 Sustainable Development Goals 28 4 PROJECT ALTERNATIVES 29 4.1 Site Alternatives 29 4.2 Technology Alternatives 32 4.3 Layout Alternatives 32 4.4 No-Go Alternative 34 5 DESCRIPTION OF THE BASELINE ENVIRONMENT 35 5.1 Geology 35 5.2 Climate 36 23 February 2020 BAR_BOKPOORT II PV PLANTS MD4195-RHD-ZZ-XX-R-YE- ii 001 Project related 5.2.1 Rainfall and Water Availability 36 5.2.2 Temperature 38 5.2.3 Evaporation 38 5.2.4 Wind 39 5.2.5 Atmospheric Stability 42 5.3 Topography 42 5.4 Soils 43 5.5 Agricultural Capability 44 5.6 Surface Water 44 5.6.1 Water Quality 45 5.6.2 Surface Water Features at the Farm Bokpoort 46 5.7 Groundwater 47 5.7.1 Geology and Hydrogeological Setting 47 5.7.2 Hydrocensus 47 5.7.3 Groundwater Level and Flow 48 5.7.4 National Groundwater Archives and National Register of Water Use Databases 49 5.7.5 Groundwater Quality 49 5.7.6 Hydrogeological Characterisation 49 5.7.7 Groundwater Quality Compared to Water Criteria Guidelines/ Standards 50 5.8 Ecology 52 5.8.1 Alpha Diversity of the Study Area 52 5.8.2 Declared Invasive Species and Common Weeds 53 5.8.3 Plants with Traditional Medicinal Uses 53 5.8.4 Broad-Scale Habitat types 54 5.8.5 Calcareous Low Shrub Plains 55 5.8.6 Open Shrub Duneveld 56 5.8.7 Open Shrub Plains 57 5.9 Faunal Attributes of the Study Area 58 5.9.1 Invertebrates 58 5.9.2 Amphibians 58 5.9.3 Reptiles 59 5.9.4 Mammals 59 5.10 Avifauna 59 5.10.1 Bird Microhabitats 59 5.10.2 Avifaunal Community 60 5.10.3 Avifaunal Sensitivity Zones 61 5.11 Bats 62 5.12 Air Quality 63 5.12.1 Sensitive Receptors 63 5.12.2 Existing Sources of Air Pollution 63 5.13 Heritage 64 5.13.1 Stone Age 64 5.13.2 Iron Age 65 5.13.3 Historic period 65 23 February 2020 BAR_BOKPOORT II PV PLANTS MD4195-RHD-ZZ-XX-R-YE- iii 001 Project related 5.14 Palaeontology 65 5.15 Traffic 66 5.15.1 Access to Site 66 5.15.2 Road Network and Intersections 66 5.15.3 Non-Motorized Transport 68 5.15.4 Accident Hotspots 68 5.15.5 Railway Lines 68 5.15.6 Proposed Refuse Sites 68 5.15.7 Haul Routes 68 5.15.8 Traffic Counts 69 5.15.9 Road Hierarchy 70 5.15.10 Public Transport Infrastructure 70 5.15.11 Dust 70 5.16 Visual 70 5.16.1 Landscape Physical Characteristics and Land Use 70 5.16.2 Visual Receptors 70 5.17 Socio-economic 73 5.17.1 Administrative Setting 73 5.17.2 Population Demographics 73 5.17.3 Levels of Education 74 5.17.4 Economic Activities 74 5.17.5 Employment Levels 76 6 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS 77 6.1 Authority Consultation 78 6.2 Consultation with Other Relevant Stakeholders 78 6.3 Site Notification 78 6.4 Identification of Interested and Affected Parties 79 6.5 Briefing Paper 79 6.6 Public Meeting 79 6.7 Advertising 79 6.8 Issues Trail 79 6.8.1 Key Issues Raised by the Public 79 6.9 Public Review of the draft Consultation BAR 79 6.10 Final Consultation BAR 80 6.11 PPP Summary 80 7 IMPACT ASSESSMENT 81 7.1 Introduction 81 7.2 Impact Assessment Methodology 81 7.3 Potential Impacts and Significance 83 7.3.1 Geology 83 23 February 2020 BAR_BOKPOORT II PV PLANTS MD4195-RHD-ZZ-XX-R-YE- iv 001 Project related 7.3.1.1 Construction 83 7.3.1.2 Operations 83 7.3.1.3 Closure and Rehabilitation 83 7.3.2 Topography 83 7.3.2.1 Construction 83 7.3.2.2 Operations 83 7.3.2.3 Closure and Rehabilitation 83 7.3.3 Soils and Agricultural Potential 84 7.3.3.1 Construction 84 7.3.3.2 Operations 84 7.3.3.3 Closure and Rehabilitation 84 7.3.3.4 Cumulative 84 7.3.4 Hydrogeology 85 7.3.4.1 Construction 85 7.3.4.2 Operations 85 7.3.4.3 Closure and Rehabilitation 86 7.3.5 Surface Water 86 7.3.5.1 Construction 86 7.3.5.2 Operations 86 7.3.5.3 Closure and Rehabilitation 87 7.3.6 Ecology 87 7.3.6.1 Construction 87 7.3.6.2 Operations 88 7.3.6.3 Closure and Rehabilitation 89 7.3.6.4 Cumulative 89 7.3.7 Avifauna 90 7.3.7.1 Construction 90 7.3.7.2 Operations 91 7.3.7.3 Cumulative 94 7.3.8 Bats 94 7.3.8.1 Construction 94 7.3.8.2 Operations 94 7.3.8.3 Closure and Rehabilitation 95 7.3.8.4 Cumulative 95 7.3.9 Air Quality 96 7.3.9.1 Construction 96 7.3.9.2 Operations 96 7.3.9.3 Closure and Rehabilitation 97 23 February 2020 BAR_BOKPOORT II PV PLANTS MD4195-RHD-ZZ-XX-R-YE- v 001 Project related 7.3.10 Heritage 98 7.3.10.1 Construction 98 7.3.10.2 Operations 98 7.3.10.3 Cumulative 99 7.3.11 Palaeontology 100 7.3.11.1 Construction 100 7.3.11.2 Operations 100 7.3.11.3 Closure and Rehabilitation 100 7.3.12 Traffic 101 7.3.12.1 Construction 101 7.3.12.2 Operations 102 7.3.12.3 Closure and Rehabilitation 102 7.3.13 Visual 102 7.3.13.1 Analysis of Degree of Visual Intrusion at Receptor Locations 102 7.3.13.2 Construction 106 7.3.13.3 Operations 107 7.3.13.4 Closure and Rehabilitation 107 7.3.13.5 Cumulative 107 7.3.14 Noise 108 7.3.14.1 Construction 108 7.3.14.2 Operations 108 7.3.14.3 Closure and rehabilitation 109 7.3.15 Socio-economic 109 7.3.15.1 Construction 109 7.3.15.2 Operations 110 7.3.15.3 Closure and Rehabilitation 111 7.3.15.4 Cumulative 111 7.4 Summary of Environmental Impacts 113 7.4.1 Construction Phase 113 7.4.2 Operations Phase 117 7.4.3 Closure and Rehabilitation 121 8 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT 124 8.1 Key Findings 124 8.1.1 Geology 124 8.1.2 Topography 124 8.1.3 Soils and Agricultural Potential 124 8.1.4 Hydrogeology 124 8.1.5 Surface Water 124 8.1.6 Ecology 124 23 February 2020 BAR_BOKPOORT II PV PLANTS MD4195-RHD-ZZ-XX-R-YE- vi 001 Project related 8.1.7 Avifauna 125 8.1.8 Bats 125 8.1.9 Air Quality 125 8.1.10 Heritage 125 8.1.11 Palaeontology 126 8.1.12 Traffic 126 8.1.13 Visual 126 8.1.14 Noise 126 8.1.15 Socio-economic 126 8.2 Sensitivity Map 126 8.3 Assumptions, Uncertainties or Gaps in Knowledge 129 8.4 Recommendations 129 8.4.1 Recommendations to the CA 129 8.4.2 Recommendations to the Applicant 130 8.5 Declaration by the EAP 130 23 February 2020 BAR_BOKPOORT II PV PLANTS MD4195-RHD-ZZ-XX-R-YE- vii 001 Project related Table of Tables Table 1: Applications for EA applicable to the project ..........................................................
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