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BEN SCHOEMAN DOCK BERTH DEEPENING Specialist ... - Transnet

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Impact summary Table (cont.)<br />

Impact Extent Intensity Duration Consequence Probability Significance Status Confidence<br />

Impact #15: Dredge spoil disposal site #2: Local Low Short-term Very Low Improbable INSIGNIFICANT -ve High<br />

Trace metal contaminated dredge spoil<br />

exerts toxic effects on benthos in the dredge<br />

spoil dump area and its immediately adjacent<br />

1<br />

1<br />

1<br />

3<br />

area and disrupts ecological processes.<br />

With Mitigation<br />

None None None<br />

None Will not occur INSIGNIFICANT Neutral High<br />

Impact #16: Effects of turbidity from dredge<br />

spoil on habitats adjacent to dump area(s):<br />

Site #1<br />

0<br />

Local<br />

1<br />

0<br />

Low<br />

1<br />

0<br />

Short-term<br />

1<br />

0<br />

Very Low<br />

3<br />

Improbable INSIGNIFICANT -ve High<br />

With Mitigation n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a<br />

Impact #17: Effects of turbidity from dredge<br />

spoil on habitats adjacent to dump area(s):<br />

Site #2<br />

Regional<br />

2<br />

Medium<br />

2<br />

Short-term<br />

1<br />

Low<br />

5<br />

Probable LOW -ve Medium<br />

With Mitigation<br />

Impact #18: Reductions in of water column<br />

oxygen concentration in spoil dump area(s)<br />

and effects on biological communities<br />

None<br />

0<br />

Local<br />

1<br />

None<br />

0<br />

Low<br />

1<br />

None<br />

0<br />

Short-term<br />

1<br />

None<br />

0<br />

Very Low<br />

3<br />

Will not occur INSIGNIFICANT Neutral High<br />

Improbable INSIGNIFICANT -ve High<br />

With Mitigation n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a<br />

Impact #19: Effects of turbidity from dredge<br />

spoil on habitats in the Table Mountain MPA<br />

and/or the Robben Island exclusion zone:<br />

Site #1<br />

Regional<br />

2<br />

Low<br />

1<br />

Short-term<br />

1<br />

Very Low<br />

4<br />

Possible INSIGNIFICANT -ve Medium<br />

With Mitigation<br />

Impact #20: Effects of turbidity from dredge<br />

spoil on habitats in the Table Mountain MPA<br />

and/or the Robben Island exclusion zone:<br />

Site #2<br />

With Mitigation<br />

Impact #21: Elevated turbidity affects inter<br />

and shallow subtidal biota in the Table<br />

Mountain MPA<br />

Regional<br />

2<br />

Regional<br />

2<br />

None<br />

0<br />

Local<br />

1<br />

Low<br />

1<br />

Medium<br />

2<br />

None<br />

0<br />

Low<br />

1<br />

Short-term<br />

1<br />

Short-term<br />

1<br />

None<br />

0<br />

Short-term<br />

1<br />

Very Low<br />

4<br />

Low<br />

5<br />

None<br />

0<br />

Very Low<br />

3<br />

Improbable INSIGNIFICANT -ve High<br />

Probable LOW -ve Medium<br />

Will not occur INSIGNIFICANT Neutral High<br />

Improbable INSIGNIFICANT -ve High<br />

With Mitigation n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a<br />

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