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Content Content Stakeholder Meeting Stakeholder Meeting Technical Process: Public review of the Draft Scoping Public review of the Draft Scoping What is an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Technical Process Report Report

  1. Content Content Stakeholder Meeting Stakeholder Meeting • Technical Process: Public review of the Draft Scoping Public review of the Draft Scoping – What is an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) – Technical Process Report Report – Deliverables – Progress to date – Impacts identified during scoping • Public Participation Process: EIA for the Proposed 765/400 kV EIA for the Proposed 765/400 kV – What is Public Participation (PP) Kappa Substation in the Western Kappa Substation in the Western – PP Process Cape Cape – Deliverables – Progress to date • Way Forward June 2008 June 2008 EIA Technical Process (Scoping Phase) EIA Technical Process EIA Technical Process Consultation with DEAT • What is an EIA? – EIA Regulations under the NEMA (Act 107 of Application and Plan of Study 1998) - promulgated April 2006 Gather and Evaluate – A EIA where activity likely to have significant Information impacts due nature or extent, activities associated with high levels of environmental degradation, or activities for which the impacts Scoping Report and Plan for EIA Phase cannot be easily predicted. Authorisation to proceed to EIA Phase EIA Technical Process (EIA Phase) • EIA Deliverables for your input: Conduct Specialist Studies – Notification to DEAT (and other authorities) – Scoping Report (Draft and Final) Collate and Evaluate Findings – Specialist Reports (During EIA Phase) – Environmental Impact Report Draft EI Report (Public Review) – Environmental Management Plan (EMP) – Environmental Authorisation Final EI Report to DEAT Environmental Authorisation 1

  2. Progress to date Alternatives Investigated Alternatives Investigated Consultation with DEAT • Kolkiesriver 234 Application and Plan of Study • Jurgensfontein 263 Gather and Evaluate Information WE ARE HERE • Platfontein 240 Draft Scoping Report and Plan for EIA Phase Final Scoping Report for Authorisation Kolkiesriver Kolkiesriver KOLKIESRIVER R 46 Jurgensfontein Jurgensfontein 2

  3. Platfontein Platfontein Impacts Identified Impacts Identified • Stormwater runoff • Ecology (Fauna, flora and avi-fauna) • Erosion • Air Quality • Visual • Historical and Archaeological • Land capability, loss of land • Noise • Security and Access Control Specialist Investigations Public Participation Process Specialist Investigations Public Participation Process • Visual • What is Public Participation? A process leading to a joint effort by • Ecology (fauna and flora) • stakeholders • technical specialists • Geology and Land capability • the authorities • the proponent • Heritage (Historical and Archaeological) Who work together to produce better decisions than if they had acted independently 3

  4. PP Process (Scoping Phase) How public participation fits into the EIA How public participation fits into the EIA Adverts, Site Notices, BIDs Announcement Application and comment sheets Raise I ssues and concerns Register of I&APs Scoping Verify issues and concerns Collate response to Issues and announcement, Environmental I mpact Assessment Response Report stakeholder consultation Comment on Review of Draft findings Letters, fax and e-mail, Scoping Report adverts, public places Decision Making and meetings PP Process (EI Phase) Examples of advert and site notices Examples of advert and site notices Feedback to I&APs Letter Public Review of Letter to announce, public Draft EI Report places and copies to those who request and meetings Issues and Collate response to draft Response Report (2) report, stakeholder consultation Submit Final EI Letters and RoD Report notification Issues received thus far Issues received thus far Issues received thus far (2) Issues received thus far (2) • Construction related activities: • Activities on the farms/area: – Consider screening the sub station with trees – Gypsum mining license on Kolkiesriver – Note Sanral’s statutory building line of 60m – Game farming in the area – What measures will be taken to protect the land and – Visual impacts (unspoilt nature) minimise disruption before, during and after construction? – Concern about tourism impact – What will the infrastructure of the sub station look like? – Be aware of red data species – Birds colliding with power lines • Scheduling: – Property values – When will the neighbouring farms receive electricity? – When will Eskom begin negotiations with farm owners? • Construction-related concerns: – When will construction commence? – Influx of workers correlates with increase in crime levels – Construct the sub station on government land – Construct sub station away from the main road to limit its visibility 4

  5. Issues received thus far (3) Issues received thus far (3) Way Forward Way Forward • Other: • Final Scoping Report – Will anyone stay on site? • Plan of Study for EIA Phase (DEAT – What is the relation between the proposed approval) Kappa sub station and the proposed 765 Kv line from Gamma and Omega sub stations. – How many more power lines will be connected • Specialist studies to the proposed Kappa sub station? • Draft Environmental Impact Report – Are seismic activities in the area being investigated? • Draft Environmental Management Plan – The proposed sub station might also have opportunities THANK YOU! 5

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