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• Integrated Environmental Management Guideline Series, Guideline 4: Public
Participation, in support of the EIA Regulations. Unpublished (DEAT, 2005).
• Integrated Environmental Management Guideline Series, Guideline 7: Detailed Guide to
Implementation of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations. Unpublished
(DEAT, 2007).
The following guidelines from the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development
Planning (Western Cape) (DEA&DP) were also taken into consideration:
• Brownlie. 2005. Guideline for involving biodiversity specialists in EIA process (June
2005).
• Winter & Baumann. 2005. Guideline for involving heritage specialists in the EIR process
(June 2005).
• Oberholzer. 2005. Guideline for involving visual and aesthetic specialists in the EIR
process (June 2005).
• Guideline for Environmental Management Plans (June 2005).
• Guideline for determining the scope of specialist involvement in EIA Processes (June
2005).
• Guideline for the review of specialist input into the EIA Process (June 2005).
• DEA&DP.2011. Guideline on Alternatives, EIA Guideline and Information Document
Series. (DEA&DP, October 2011).
• DEA&DP.2011. Guideline on Need and Desirability, EIA Guideline and Information
Document Series. (DEA&DP, October 2011).
• DEA&DP.2011. Guideline on Public Participation, EIA Guideline and Information
Document Series. (DEA&DP, October 2011).
1.4 APPROACH TO THE PROJECT
As outlined in Figure 1.2 on the overleaf, there are three distinct phases in the EIA process, as
required in terms of NEMA, namely the Initial Application Phase, the Scoping Phase and the
EIA Phase. This report covers the third phase, viz. the EIA Phase.
1.4.1 Initial Application Phase
The Initial Application Phase entailed the submission of two EIA Application Forms to notify
DEA of the project, submitted on 9 May 2012. Acknowledgements of receipts of the EIA
Application Forms were received from DEA on 23 May 2012. The Application Forms and DEA’s
letters of acknowledgement are included in the Scoping Report.
Other tasks undertaken include:
• A Background Information Document (BID) (included in the Scoping Report), in English
and Afrikaans, was sent to key Interested and Affected Parties (I&APs) to inform I&APs
of the proposed projects and to invite I&APs to register on the database by 15 June 2012;
• Advertisements in English and Afrikaans were placed in a local newspaper, Die
Plattelander, on 25 May 2012 notifying the broader public of the initiation of the EIA and
inviting them to register as I&APs. Copies of the advertisements are included in the
Scoping Report; and
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