EIA-REP-325d-12 _BB_ - 201.09.14.pdf - SAHRA
EIA-REP-325d-12 _BB_ - 201.09.14.pdf - SAHRA
EIA-REP-325d-12 _BB_ - 201.09.14.pdf - SAHRA
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Significance With<br />
Mitigation (WM)<br />
<strong>EIA</strong>-<strong>REP</strong>-<strong>325d</strong>-11<br />
October 20<strong>12</strong><br />
<strong>12</strong>7<br />
MEDIUM<br />
Source of impact:<br />
Mining activities and construction of an access road during the Operational Phase<br />
Description of impact:<br />
Wetland habitat in the region of the study site shelters several sensitive faunal and invertebrate species.<br />
Cumulative disturbance of the natural vegetation cover in the wetland areas and also in the surrounding<br />
landscape will result in the eventual loss of this habitat type, and consequently to the loss of the species<br />
dependant on the vegetation cover.<br />
Significance:<br />
The overall significance of the impact on the wetland habitats is considered to be medium after the<br />
implementation of mitigation measures.<br />
Mitigation:<br />
• No mining activities should take place within buffered the wetland areas or in their associated buffer<br />
zones.<br />
• Wetland areas and their associated buffer zones should be fenced during the construction phase to<br />
prevent any human activity from encroaching onto these areas.<br />
• Wetland areas outside the study area that are affected by access to the site by machinery and the<br />
labour force should also be fenced off and protected.<br />
• No animals may be trapped, hunted or handled in any way.<br />
• No vegetation may be collected or used for firewood.<br />
Table 23: Altered Hydrological Regime<br />
Activity Mining Activities during the Operational Phase<br />
Nature of the<br />
impact<br />
Altered Hydrological Regime Status -<br />
Receiving<br />
environment<br />
Magnitude<br />
Weighting factor<br />
(WF)<br />
Mitigation<br />
Efficiency (ME)<br />
Significance<br />
Significance With<br />
Mitigation (WM)<br />
Water resources associated with the Usutu site<br />
Extent (footprint; site; regional; national; international) SITE<br />
Intensity (low; medium; high) HIGH<br />
Duration (short; short-med; medium; long; permanent) LONG<br />
Probability (Improbable; possible; likely; highly likely; definite) HIGHLY LIKELY<br />
WF (low; low-medium; medium; medium-high; high) HIGH<br />
ME (high; medium-high; medium; low-medium; low) MEDIUM<br />
Without<br />
mitigation<br />
(WOM)<br />
With<br />
mitigation<br />
(WM)<br />
MEDIUM<br />
(Extent + Intensity + Duration + Probability) x Weighting Factor<br />
(2 + 5+ 4+ 4) x 5 = 75<br />
Medium – High<br />
WOM x ME = WM<br />
75 x 0.6 = 45<br />
Medium