Marine Intake and Outfall Infrastructure Servitude Project, Zone 10, Coega Sez, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

MARINE INTAKE AND OUTFALL INFRASTRUCTURE SERVITUDE PROJECT, ZONE 10, COEGA SEZ, EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA MARINE INTAKE AND OUTFALL INFRASTRUCTURE SERVITUDE PROJECT – ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING REPORT DEFF REFERENCE NUMBER: 14/12/16/3/3/2/2001 DRAFT Prepared for: Prepared by: Coega Development Corporation Coastal & Environmental Services Coega SEZ Business Centre; 36 Pickering Street, Corner Alcyon Road and Zibuko Newton Park, Street; Port Elizabeth Zone 1, Coega SEZ, Port Elizabeth South Africa South Africa July 2020 CES Report Revision and Tracking Schedule Document Title Marine Intake and Outfall Infrastructure Servitude Project, Zone 10, Coega SEZ, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Client Name & Andrea Shirley Address Coega Development Corporation Coega SEZ Business Centre; Corner Alcyon Road and Zibuko Street; Zone 1, Coega SEZ, Port Elizabeth Document Reference P40700481 Status Draft Issue Date July 2020 Lead Authors Dr Chantel Bezuidenhout – [email protected] Reviewer Dr Alan Carter [email protected] Study Leader or Registered Dr Alan Carter Environmental Assessment [email protected] Practitioner Approval Report Distribution Circulated to No. of hard No. copies electronic copies Andrea Shirley 0 1 This document has been prepared in accordance with the scope of CES appointment and contains intellectual property and proprietary information that is protected by copyright in favour of CES. The document may therefore not be reproduced, used CES Environmental and Social Advisory or distributed to any third party without the prior Services (CES) written consent of CES. This document is prepared Port Elizabeth exclusively for use by the Coega Development 36 Pickering Street Corporation. CES accepts no liability for any use of Newton Park this document other than by the Coega Port Elizabeth Development Corporation and only for the purposes Tel: +27 41 393 0700 for which it was prepared. No person other than the [email protected] client may copy (in whole or in part) use or rely on www.cesnet.co.za the contents of this document, without the prior Also in Cape Town, Grahamstown, East London, written permission of CES. The document is subject Johannesburg & Maputo to all confidentiality, copyright and trade secrets rules, intellectual property law and practices of South Africa. Environmental Scoping Report This Report should be cited as follows: CES Environmental and Social Advisory Services, July 2020: Marine Intake and Outfal Infrastructure Servitude Project: Environmental Scoping Report, CES, Port Elizabeth. CES Environmental and Social Advisory Services ii Marine Servitude Project Environmental Scoping Report TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 INTAKE INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................................... 1 1.3 OUTFALL INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................................ 1 1.4 PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT .............................................................................................................. 2 1.5 PROJECT MOTIVATION....................................................................................................................... 3 1.5.1. Need and Desirability ................................................................................................................. 3 1.6 THE PROPONENT ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.7 THE EIA TEAM ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.8 SCOPING REQUIREMENTS AS PER EIA REGULATIONS 2014 ...................................................... 3 1.9 REPORT STRUCTURE ......................................................................................................................... 5 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................... 7 2.1 PROJECT LOCATION .......................................................................................................................... 7 2.2 INTAKE INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................................... 9 2.2.1. Introduction............................................................................................................................... 10 2.2.2. Seawater Abstraction Pipeline ................................................................................................. 10 2.2.3. Vertical Beach Wells ................................................................................................................ 12 2.2.4. Onshore Pump Station and Screening Facility ........................................................................ 13 2.2.5. Seawater Distribution Chamber or Reservoir .......................................................................... 14 2.2.6. WEROP Wave Pump ............................................................................................................... 14 2.3 OUTFALL INFRASTRUCTURE .......................................................................................................... 15 2.3.1. Introduction............................................................................................................................... 15 2.3.2. Abalone .................................................................................................................................... 16 2.3.3. Finfish ....................................................................................................................................... 16 2.3.4. Power Stations and LNG Hub .................................................................................................. 16 2.3.5. Stormwater ............................................................................................................................... 17 2.4 ALTERNATIVES .................................................................................................................................. 18 2.4.1. Fundamental Alternatives ........................................................................................................ 18 2.4.2. No Development Alternative .................................................................................................... 26 2.4.3. Incremental Alternatives ........................................................................................................... 27 2.4.4. Preferred Alternative ................................................................................................................ 28 3. LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK ........................................................................... 29 3.1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 29 3.2 ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION LEGISLATIVE PROCESS ................................................... 29 3.2.1. NEMA Environmental Authorisation ......................................................................................... 29 3.2.2. Consolidated Permitting Requirements ................................................................................... 37 3.3 OTHER APPLICABLE LEGISLATION, POLICIES AND/OR GUIDELINES ...................................... 38 3.3.1. National Legislation .................................................................................................................. 38 3.3.2. Municipal By-Laws and Planning ............................................................................................. 46 4. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL BASELINE .............................................................. 48 4.1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 48 4.2 TOPOGRAPHY AND HYDROLOGY .................................................................................................. 48 4.2.1. Topography .............................................................................................................................. 48 4.2.2. Surface Hydrology .................................................................................................................... 50 4.2.3. Groundwater ............................................................................................................................ 51 4.3 CLIMATE ............................................................................................................................................. 51 4.4 GEOLOGY AND SOILS ...................................................................................................................... 53 4.5 FLORA ................................................................................................................................................. 54 4.5.1. National – Mucina and Rutherford ........................................................................................... 54 4.5.2. Provincial – Eastern Cape Biodiversity Conservation Plan ....................................................

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