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ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED 40MW OPEN CYCLE GAS TURBINE POWER PLANT IN THE AMERSFOORT AREA, MPUMALANGA • Subsequent meetings with Authorities Bohlweki-SSI Environmental Authority meetings be held (if and when necessary) during the public review period of the draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and during the EIA phase of the project – so as to ensure the Authorities’ continued understanding of the proposed project and to ensure that all requirements of the Authorities are received by the environmental team, and included in the EIA phase. 11.1.2. Application for Authorisation An application for authorisation in terms of the National Environmental Management Act No 107 of 1998 (as amended), in respect of the activities identified in terms of Section 24 and 24D of the said Act was submitted to DW&EA on 07 August 2009. This application included information regarding the applicant, as well as the proposed project and was submitted together with a declaration of independence from the independent environmental assessment practitioner. A separate application for a waste licence will be lodged with the DW&EA (Directorate: Authorisation and Waste Disposal Management) in terms of section 45 of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act (No 59 of 2008). The application for an Integrated Water Use Licence (IWUL) will be lodged in accordance with Section 40 of the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No 36 of 1998) with the DW&EA. In terms of the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act No. 39 of 2004, <strong>Eskom</strong> will apply separately for an air quality permit as carbonisation and coal gasification is a scheduled process in terms of the Act. 11.2. The Environmental Impact Assessment Phase 11.2.1. Aims of the Environmental Impact Assessment Phase An EIA Report will be compiled according to the guidelines provided Government Notice R.385 of the EIA Regulations (2006) and will contain the following: • a description of the proposed activity; • a description of the environment that may be affected by the activity and the manner in which the physical, biological, social economic and cultural aspects of the environment may be affected by the proposed activity; • details of the public participation process; • a description of the need and desirability of the proposed activity and identified potential alternatives to the proposed activity, including advantages and disadvantages that the proposed activity or alternatives may have on the environment and the community that may be affected by the activity; • an indication of the methodology used in determining the significance of potential environmental impacts; • an indication of the methodology used in determining the significance of potential environmental impacts; E02.JNB.000308 ESKOM HOLDINGS LIMITED 01 110 08/10/2009
ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED 40MW OPEN CYCLE GAS TURBINE POWER PLANT IN THE AMERSFOORT AREA, MPUMALANGA Bohlweki-SSI Environmental • a description and comparative assessment of all alternatives identified during the environmental impact assessment process; • a summary of the findings and recommendations of any specialist report or report on a specialised process; • a description of all environmental issues that were identified during the environmental impact assessment process, an assessment of the significance of each issue and an indication of the extent to which the issue could be addressed by the adoption of mitigation measures; • an assessment of each identified potentially significant impact, including – i) cumulative impacts; ii) the nature of the impact; iii) the extent and duration of the impact; iv) the probability of the impact occurring; v) the degree to which the impact can be reversed; vi) the degree to which the impact may cause irreplaceable loss of resources; and vii) the degree to which the impact can be mitigated; • a description of any assumptions, uncertainties and gaps in knowledge; • an opinion as to whether the activity should or should not be authorised, • an environmental impact statement which contains – i) a summary of the key findings of the environmental impact assessment; and ii) a comparative assessment of the positive and negative implications of the proposed activity and identified alternatives; • a draft environmental management plan; • copies of any specialist reports and reports on specialised processes; as well as • any specific information that may be required by the competent authority. 11.3. Detailed Specialist Studies to be undertaken as part of the EIA As required in the EIA process, a suite of specialist studies (each study undertaken by a specialist in that field) were proposed due to identified potential significant impacts on the environment. As part of the Scoping exercise, the team of specialists attended site visits and specialist discussions/workshop to ensure the scope of each specialist study was presented as accurate as possibly. The outcome of the discussions/workshop was the need to further investigate all identified issues into the EIA phase as best-practice and a means to fully understand their implications. Each of the specialists involved has extensive experience in their field to undertake the proposed detail of studies. Curriculum Vitae of the specialist team are available on request. A description of each proposed specialist study and its Terms of Reference are provided below. E02.JNB.000308 ESKOM HOLDINGS LIMITED 01 111 08/10/2009
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