FEIR for Boitshepi Landfill Site .pdf - Zitholele.co.za

August 2010 5 88481.5 The Project TeamThe project team for the proposed waste disposal site project is divided into various roleplayers as follows:• The Applicant / Proponent;• The Environmental Assessment Practitioner (EAP); and• The Decision Making Authority.1.5.1 The Applicant / ProponentThe ELM, the “proponent”, is applying for EA from the Gauteng Department of Agricultureand Rural Development (GDARD). As the owner and manager of the Boitshepi WasteDisposal Site; the ELM will remain the responsible legal entity and will carry theenvironmental liability for the proposed project.The ELM is one of three Local Municipalities comprising the Sedibeng District Municipality. Itis the western-most Local Municipality of the District, which covers the entire southern areaof the Gauteng Province extending along a 120 km axis from east to west. The Vaal Riverforms the southern boundary of the ELM and its strategic location affords it manyopportunities for tourism and other forms of economic development. The ELM sharesboundaries with Metsimaholo Local Municipality in the Free State Province to the south,Midvaal Local Municipality to the east, the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan area to thenorth and Westonaria and Potchefstroom (in North West Province) Local Municipalities tothe west (Available online at http://www.emfuleni.gov.za/about.htm, cited on the 12th August2008).The municipality is strategically located with access to a well-maintained road networkconnecting to the N1 national route, which traverses the ELM and links Johannesburg andBloemfontein. The ELM has two main town centres, namely Vereeniging and Vanderbijlparkwithin the area and Sasolburg is only 10 km to the south, across the provincial boundary. Itforms the heartland of what was formerly known as the Vaal Triangle, renowned for itscontribution to the iron and steel industry in South Africa (Available online athttp://www.emfuleni.gov.za/about.htm, cited on the 12th August 2008).Emfuleni also contains the six large peri-urban townships of Evaton, Sebokeng, Sharpeville,Boipatong, Bophelong and Tshepiso. These six areas lack facilities normally associated withtowns of their size. The other approximately ten small settlements tend to be suburbansettlements within 6 km of the above towns; they are Bonanne, Steel Park, Duncanville,Unitas Park, Arcon Park, Sonlandpark, Waldrift, Rust-ter-Vaal, Roshnee and Debonairpark.(Available online at http://www.emfuleni.gov.za/about.htm, cited on the 12th August 2008)ZITHOLELE CONSULTING