FEIR for Boitshepi Landfill Site .pdf - Zitholele.co.za
FEIR for Boitshepi Landfill Site .pdf - Zitholele.co.za FEIR for Boitshepi Landfill Site .pdf - Zitholele.co.za
August 2010 ix 8848SECTIONTABLE OF CONTENTSPAGE1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 11.1 Background Information.......................................................................... 11.2 Purpose and Overview of the Proposed Project...................................... 41.3 Context of this Report ............................................................................. 41.4 Objectives of the Impact Assessment Phase .......................................... 41.5 The Project Team ................................................................................... 51.6 Project Progress ..................................................................................... 82 LEGAL REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................... 92.1 The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (Act 108 of 1996) ......... 92.2 National Environmental Management Act (Act 107 of 1998) ................... 92.3 National Environmental Management: Waste Act (Act 59 of 2008) ....... 132.4 The Environmental Conservation Act (Act 73 of 1989).......................... 142.5 Additional Legal Frameworks and Legislation ....................................... 143 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS ........................ 183.1 Scoping Phase ..................................................................................... 183.2 Impact Assessment Phase ................................................................... 244 ISSUES AND CONCERNS RAISED ........................................................ 284.1 Authorities ............................................................................................ 284.2 Stakeholders ........................................................................................ 285 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ....................................................................... 295.1 Location ................................................................................................ 295.2 Need for the extension of the Waste Disposal Site with view ofclosure.................................................................................................. 295.3 Components for a Waste Disposal Site ................................................ 295.4 Services and Infrastructure ................................................................... 315.5 Major Activities of the Overall Waste Project ........................................ 325.6 Overall EIA Project Schedule................................................................ 335.7 Description of the Development Activities - Extension .......................... 335.8 Description of the Development Activities - Closure .............................. 386 TECHNOLOGY REVIEW / ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED ................... 396.1 Site Alternatives.................................................................................... 396.2 Design Alternatives ............................................................................... 396.3 The No Go Alternative .......................................................................... 427 BASELINE RECEIVING ENVIRONMENT ................................................ 437.1 Bio-Physical Environment ..................................................................... 437.2 Cultural Environment ............................................................................ 627.3 Socio-Economic Environment ............................................................... 648 WASTE LICENSE APPLICATION ........................................................... 678.1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 678.2 Site Classification ................................................................................. 678.3 Existing Footprint of the Site ................................................................. 728.4 Future of the Waste Disposal Site ........................................................ 728.5 Application requirements for extension with view of closure.................. 739 WASTE DISPOSAL SITE DESIGN .......................................................... 759.1 Constraints and factors affecting the design ......................................... 75ZITHOLELE CONSULTING
August 2010 x 88489.2 General site layout ................................................................................ 7510 IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ............................................. 8110.1 Significance Assessment ...................................................................... 8110.2 Spatial Scale ........................................................................................ 8210.3 Duration Scale ...................................................................................... 8310.4 Degree of Probability ............................................................................ 8310.5 Degree of Certainty .............................................................................. 8310.6 Quantitative Description of Impacts ...................................................... 8410.7 Notation of Impacts ............................................................................... 8411 IMPACT ASSESSMENT .......................................................................... 8511.1 Construction Phase .............................................................................. 8511.2 Operational Phase .............................................................................. 10911.3 Decommissioning Phase .................................................................... 12312 IMPACT SUMMARY ...............................................................................13413 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..........................................137ZITHOLELE CONSULTING
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August 2010 x 88489.2 General site layout ................................................................................ 7510 IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ............................................. 8110.1 Significance Assessment ...................................................................... 8110.2 Spatial Scale ........................................................................................ 8210.3 Duration Scale ...................................................................................... 8310.4 Degree of Probability ............................................................................ 8310.5 Degree of Certainty .............................................................................. 8310.6 Quantitative Description of Impacts ...................................................... 8410.7 Notation of Impacts ............................................................................... 8411 IMPACT ASSESSMENT .......................................................................... 8511.1 Construction Phase .............................................................................. 8511.2 Operational Phase .............................................................................. 10911.3 De<strong>co</strong>mmissioning Phase .................................................................... 12312 IMPACT SUMMARY ...............................................................................13413 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..........................................137ZITHOLELE CONSULTING
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