PROPOSED
REZONING OF A PORTION OF ERF
10565, BOSTON, BELLVILLE
Description:
Basic Assessment for the
proposed rezoning of a portion of Erf
10565, Boston, Bellville.
Brights Hardware is proposing to
expand an existing parking area ona
Public Open Space area. The
proposed project would also entail
constructing a left-turn slip lane
from Frans Conradie Drive into Duminy
Street to improve vehicular access to
the parking area and changing short
sections of Twelfth Avenue and Duminy
Street to one-way circulation.
An Environmental Authorisation was
previously granted for the project on
19 September 2007. However, this
lapsed since the activity was not
undertaken within the two-year
validity period specified at the
time. A new application process
is therefore being undertaken.
Client:
Rustyrose 41 (Pty) Ltd
trading as Brights Hardware
Status:
The Basic
Assessment process commenced in March
2012 with the submission of an
Application Form for environmental
Authorisation to the Department of
Environmental Affairs and Development
Planning (DEA&DP). A Draft
Basic Assessment Report (BAR) has been
compiled and made available for a
40-day review and comment period from
04 April to 18 May 2012 (including 4
days to cover intervening public
holidays). Any comments on the
Draft BAR should be submitted by not
later than 18 May 2012 for inclusion
in the Final BAR.
Draft
Basic Assessment Report Main
Report (853k) Appendices Appendix
A: Locality Maps (845k) Appendix
B: Site Plans (605k) Appendix
C: Photographs (354k) Appendix
D: Biodiversity Overlay Map
(144k)
Appendix E:
Permits/Licenses - N/A Appendix
F: Public Participation
Information (244k)
Appendix G:
Specialist Reports - N/A Appendix
H: Construction EMP (958k) Appendix
I: Application Form (865k) Appendix
J: Convention for assigning
significance ratings to impacts (49k)
PROPOSED
EROSION PROTECTION AND REPAIRS TO
TWO FOOTBRIDGES
ALONG THE VYGEKRAAL RIVER IN
NANTES PARK, ATHLONE
Description:
Basic Assessment for the
proposed erosion protection and
repairs to two footbridges along the
Vygekraal River in Nantes Park,
Athlone. This project is
proposed as part of the City of Cape
Town's proposed re-development of the
Park.
Client:
Vela VKE on behalf of the
City of Cape Town
Status:
The Department of
Environmental Affairs and Development
Planning (DEA&DP) issued an
Environmental Authorisation (EA) for
the proposed project on 9 March
2012 in terms of the National
Environmental Management Act (No. 107
of 1998), as amended.
Your attention is drawn to your right
to lodge a formal appeal with the
provincial Minister of Local
Government, Environmental Affairs and
Development Planning. Any person who
wishes to appeal against the EA issued
for the proposed project must lodge a
Notice of Intention to Appeal with the
Minister within twenty
(20) calendar days of the date
of the EA by means of one of the
following methods:
By fascmile
(021 483 4174)
By post:
Western Cape Ministry of
Local Government, Environmental
Affairs and Development Planning
Private Bag
X9186
CAPE TOWN
8000
By
hand:
Room 305A
3rd
Floor, Leeusig Building
4 Leeuwen
Street
CAPE TOWN
(Entrance at
Utilitas Building, 1 Dorp Street, CAPE
TOWN)
Appeals
must be submitted within thirty
(30) calendar days after the
lapsing of the twenty (20) days
provided for the lodging of the Notice
of Intention to Appeal. Appeals must
be submitted in writing to Mr Jaap de
Villiers at the above-mentioned
addresses and facsimile number.
The
prescribed Notice of Intention to
Appeal and Appeal forms can be
obtained from Mr Jaap de Villiers at:
Please
note, should you wish to appeal, the
appellant must serve on the applicant,
within ten
(10) days of having submitted
the Notice of Intention to Appeal with
the Minister, a copy of the Notice of
Intention to Appeal Form, as well as a
notice indicating where and for what
period the appeal submission will be
available for inspection by the
applicant. Further details on the
procedural requirements associated
with appeals are provided in Section F
of the EA. The applicant’s contact
details are as follows:
environmental
impact assessment for the Proposed
Richmond park development, cape
town
Description:
Scoping and EIA process for
the proposed Richmond Park
Development, Cape Town. The proposed
project is for a mixed-use development
comprising of retail, industrial and
business components. The proposed site
is bordered by the N7 (west),
Plattekloof Road (south), Tygerberg
Road (east) and Jonkershoek Road
(north).
Client:
Clifton Dunes Investments 247
(Pty) Ltd
Status:
The Draft Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) has been updated
to a Final EIR, taking into
consideration the comments received
on the Draft EIR. The Final
EIR has been made available for a
further 21-day review and comment
period from 31 January to 21
February 2012. Comments must be sent
directly to DEA&DP and copied to
CCA. Comments must be
submitted no later than 21 February
2012 for inclusion in DEA&DP's
decision-making process.
Comments must be sent to:
Ms Bernadette
Osborne
Department of
Environmental Affairs and
Development Planning
Private Bag
X9086, Cape Town, 8000 or
1 Dorp Street,
Cape Town, 8001
Tel: 021 483
3679 Fax: 021 483
3633
E-mail:
bernadette.osborne@pgwc.gov.za
The full report is also available
for download below.
Appendices Appendix
1: Public Participation
Process (1463k) Updated Appendix
2: I&AP Database (90k) Appendix
3: DEA&DP Acceptance of
Scoping Report (104k) Appendix
4: Convention for Assigning
Significance Ratings to Impacts
(184k) Appendix
5: Vegetation Assessment
(1107k) Appendix
6: Freshwater Assessment
(978k) Appendix
7: Heritage Assessment (2520k) Appendix
8: Palaeontological Assessment
(793k) Appendix
9: Economic Assessment (1257k) Appendix
10: Risk Assessment (1321k) Appendix
11: Traffic Impact Study
(5245k) Appendix
12: Visual Assessment (1013k) Appendix
13: City of Cape Town Service
Confirmation Letters (2267k) Appendix
14: Electrical Report (63k) Appendix
15: Construction and
Operational EMPs (1659k) Updated
PROPOSED
SAB MALTINGS STEEP WATER
PURIFICATION PLANT, CALEDON
Description:
Waste License Application,
Scoping and Environmental Impact
Assessment for the proposed
installation of a Steep Water
Purification Plant at the SAB Maltings
plant in Caledon. This process would
involve the installation of Membrane
Bio-Reactor (MBR) and Reverse Osmosis
(RO) technology in a two phase
process. The MBR and RO equipment
would treat the waste water currently
being generated by the plant, and from
it produce recycled water for
potential re-use while also improving
the quality of the effluent currently
discharged to the Caledon Waste Water
Treatment Works.
Client:
SAB Maltings (Pty) Ltd
Status:
The Final Scoping Report
(FSR) is currently being considered by
DEA. Once the FSR and Plan of
Study for EIA are accepted by DEA, the
project will continue onto the
Environmental Impact Assessment
phase.
