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FINAL BASIC ASSESSMENT REPORT and ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FINAL BASIC ASSESSMENT REPORT And ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN SUBMITTED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORIZATIONS IN TERMS OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 1998 FOR A WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS ON PORTION 73 (SUBDIVIDED PORTION 10) OF THE FARM TRICHARDTSFONTEIN 140 IS, MPUMALANGA REGION. NAME OF APPLICANT: TERRA NOVA UTILITIES TEL NO: 086 186 5826 POSTAL ADDRESS: POSTNET SUITE 293, PRIVATE BAG X1007, LYTTELTON PHYSICAL ADDRESS: TERRA NOVA ESTATE, TRIDCHARDT, SECUNDA, GERT SIBANDE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY, MPUMALANGA PROVINCE FILE REFERENCE NUMBER: DARDLEA 1/3/1/16/1G-113 July 2019 PO Box 72960, Lynnwood Ridge, 0040; Cell: 072 191 6074, Fax: 012 361 0645 E-mail: [email protected] Terra Nova Utilities – Final Basic Assessment Report TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................................................................... ii TABLE OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................................................. iv TABLE OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................................... iv ADDENDUMS ......................................................................................................................................................... v Executive summary ................................................................................................................................................. v Applicant .............................................................................................................................................. v Project description .............................................................................................................................. vi Legal requirements ............................................................................................................................. vi PART A 1 SCOPE OF ASSESSMENT AND BASIC ASSESSMENT REPORT ....................................................................... 1 a) Details of the Environmental Assessment Practitioner .............................................................................. 1 b) Location of the overall activity ................................................................................................................... 2 c) Locality map .............................................................................................................................................. 3 d) Description of the scope of the proposed overall activity .......................................................................... 4 (i) Listed and specified activities .......................................................................................................... 4 (ii) Description of the activities to be undertaken including associated structures and infrastructure ......................................................................................................................... 4 e) Policy and legislative context .................................................................................................................... 4 f) Need and desirability of the proposed activities ........................................................................................ 6 g) Motivation for the overall preferred site, activities and technology alternative ......................................... 17 h) Full description of the process followed to reach the proposed preferred alternatives within the site ..... 18 i) Details of the development footprint alternatives considered ............................................... 18 ii) Details of the Public Participation Process Followed ............................................................ 18 (a) Formal announcement of the project .................................................................................. 18 (b) Basic Assessment ............................................................................................................... 19 (c) Decision making announcement to stakeholders and I&APs ............................................. 19 iii) Summary of issues raised by interested and affected parties and an indication of the manner in which the issues were incorporated, or the reasons for not including them ................... 19 iv) The environmental attributes associated with the alternatives focusing on the geographical, physical, biological, social, economic, heritage and cultural aspects; ................................ 24 1 Geology ............................................................................................................................... 24 2 Climate ................................................................................................................................ 25 3 Topography ......................................................................................................................... 25 4 Soil ...................................................................................................................................... 25 5 Pre-construction land capability, land use and existing infrastructure ................................ 26 6 Vegetation and Animal life .................................................................................................. 26 8 Surface water ...................................................................................................................... 26 8.1 Surface water hydrology ................................................................................................... 26 ii BECS Environmental Terra Nova Utilities – Final Basic Assessment Report 9 Groundwater ....................................................................................................................... 30 9.1 Groundwater use ............................................................................................................... 30 10 Cultural and heritage resources .......................................................................................... 30 11 Sensitive features ................................................................................................................ 30 12 Regional socio-economic aspects ...................................................................................... 30 v) Impacts and risks identified including the nature, significance, consequence, extent, duration, and probability of the impacts, including the degree to which these impacts, can be reversed, may cause irreplaceable loss of resources; and can be avoided, managed or mitigated; . 32 1. Soils, land capability, surrounding land use and landscape character ............................... 32 2. Surface water and ground water ......................................................................................... 34 3. Archaeological, historical and cultural aspects ................................................................... 37 4. Socio-economic ................................................................................................................... 39 vi) The methodology used in determining and ranking the nature, significance, consequences, extent, duration and probability of potential environmental impacts and risks associated with the alternatives .................................................................................................................... 42 vii) Positive and negative impacts that the proposed activity and alternatives will have on the environment and on the community that may be affected focusing on the geographical, physical, biological, social, economic, heritage and cultural aspects; ................................ 47 viii) The possible mitigation measures that could be applied and level of residual risk .............. 48 ix) The outcome of the site selection matrix .............................................................................. 48 x) Statement motivating the alternative development located within the overall site ................ 48 x) Concluding statement indicating the preferred alternatives, including preferred location of the activity ................................................................................................................................. 48 i) Full description of the process undertaken to identify, assess and rank the impacts and risks the activity will impose on the preferred site (In respect of the final site layout plan) through the life of the activity .. 48 j) Assessment of each identified potentially significant impact and risk...................................................... 48 k) Summary of specialist reports ................................................................................................................. 48 l) Environmental impact statement ............................................................................................................. 49 (i) Summary of the key findings of the environmental impact assessment ............................... 49 (ii) Final Site Map ....................................................................................................................... 50 (iii) Summary of the positive and negative implications and risks of the proposed activity and identified alternatives .......................................................................................................... 50 m) Proposed impact
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