EIA-REP-325d-12 _BB_ - 201.09.14.pdf - SAHRA

EXPERTISE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PRACTITIONER
(REG31(2)(a))
NAME ORGANISATION SPECIALISTS ASSESSMENT
Ilze Ueckermann ENVASS Environmental Assessment Practitioner
Dutoit Wilken ENVASS Visual Impact Assessment
Tobias Coetzee ENVASS Heritage Impact Assessment
Vuyokazi April ENVASS Ecological and Biodiversity Specialist
Judith Mandla Zvikaramba ENVASS Social Impact Assessment
Johan Mare MENCO Surface water report and Wetland
delineation focussing on PES and EIS
Francois Botha ECOSoil Land Capability Assessment
Eben Kotze WSP Traffic Impact Assessment
Morne Burger GPT Geohydrological Assessment
EIA-REP-325d-11
October 2012
1. ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS (Reg 31(2)(m))
• All information provided by the applicant and I&APs to the Environmental team was correct and valid
at the time that it was provided;
• The strategic level investigations undertaken by specialists prior to the commencement of the EIA
process, indicated that the development site is suitable and technically acceptable;
• It is not always possible to involve all Interested and Affected Parties individually, however every effort
has been made to involve as many affected stakeholders as possible;
• The information provided by the applicant and specialists was accurate and unbiased; and
• The scope of this investigation is limited to assessing the environmental impacts associated with the
construction, operation and decommissioning of the opencast and underground coal mine.
2. KNOWLEDGE GAPS (Reg 31(2)(m))
It is the purpose of this part of the EIA Report to summarise the potentially significant findings of the review
process. The environment that is likely to be affected by the proposed project was assessed and the EIA
Report has covered all prevailing conditions of the environmental aspects identified, including cumulative
impacts. It is believed that the environment is well understood. Hence, no significant knowledge gaps exist in
terms of the current state of the environment.
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