KROSA MINING PERMIT INFORMATION DOCUMENT COMPANY NAME: Krosa (Pty) Ltd DMR REF NO: GP30/5/1/3/2/10227MP Krosa (Pty) Ltd has appointed EcoPartners as the independent Environmental Assessment Practitioner (EAP), to compile and submit an application for a Mining Permit & Environmental Authorisation. A Basic Assessment Report (BAR), an Environmental Management Programme (EMPr) will be compiled and the Public Participation Process undertaken for the Mining Permit Application. The purpose of this document is to provide you, the reader, with information about the proposed activities and to allow you as an Interested & Affected Party (I&AP) to express your concerns. 1 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT Krosa (Pty) Ltd has applied for the mining permit in terms of Section 27 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act - Act 28/2002 (MPRDA), on 30 th May 2016 on portion 96 of the farm De Wagendrift 417 JR, which is located in the Tshwane Metropolitan Local Municipality in the Gauteng Province. The mineral being applied for: Sand and Aggregate. 1.1 WHAT DOES THE MINING PROCESS ENTAIL? A mining permit entails the right holder to mine an area of 5ha, over a period of two years, which can be renewed three times, each renewal for a period of a year. This application is for an area of 4.58ha. 2 DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY Mining will commence with the removal of the first 300mm of topsoil using bulldozers. The topsoil will be subsequently stored in berms out of the way of mining activities. Due to the rich source of seeds contained in the topsoil, vegetation will usually establish naturally. However, if self-establishment does not occur, the topsoil dumps will be seeded to ensure the effective management and protection of topsoil. Mining will involve the use of mechanised earth moving equipment (bulldozers and front-end loaders) to move the unconsolidated material in bulk. Mining will continue to a depth of 4m. The water table is avoided by ensuring that mining halts at the first sign of moist soil, prevents the formation of dams at the site and ensure effective management of the mineral resource (sand). Sand mining usually results in the change of topography. The mined material is unconsolidated, the mining area can therefore easily be reconstructed to remove any ramps and to reduce the voids/pits where water may dam up. Existing access roads will be used Rehabilitation will occur concurrently to mining. Slope stabilisation and re-vegetation is very important to ensure successful rehabilitation of the site and reduce the impact of erosion. Slope will be determined by the future landuse. Surface drainage must be designed to minimize erosion during runoff and major rainfall events.
3 DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AREA 3.1 LOCATION The property is located within the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, 8km to the south west of the settlement Moloto and 20km to the north east of the town of Cullinan. The R573, run in a SW-NE direction approximately 1,500m north of the proposed mining permit area. The mining permit area is the orange block in the figure below Figure 1: Locality Map Figure 2: Proposed Mining Permit Area
4 MINING PERMIT APPLICATION PROCESS In terms of the Mineral & Petroleum Resources Development Act (Act 28 of 2002), the state is the custodian of all mineral rights in South Africa and the Minister of Mineral Resources has the sole right to grant, refuse, suspend or cancel mineral rights. The granting of a mining permit requires approval in terms of Section 17 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (Act no. 28 of 2002) (MPRDA) from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR). Activities that are triggered in the 2014 EIA Regulations made under section24 (2) of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998), requires a Basic Assessment process to be followed. Below is the summarised timeline and a depiction of the process for submitting a mining permit application. A mining permit application is submitted with an Environmental Authorisation Application. From the date of submission the Applicant and their appointed EAP has 90 days to submit a Basic Assessment Report (BAR) and Environmental Management Programme (EMPr). The DMR then has up to 107 days to accept or reject this application. The Basic Assessment Report (BAR) and Environmental Management Programme (EMPr) will be submitted to the competent authority, which is the Regional Manager of the Gauteng DMR 90 days after the application for a mining permit is submitted. These reports need to have been subjected to a public participation process of at least 30 days (this excludes the period between 15 th December to 5 th January). 5 POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS The Basic Assessment and EMPr for public comment will be available shortly, please register to have access to view and comment on these documents. Information on the environment and the impacts of the proposed mining permit will be in these documents as well as more information on this application..
6 CONSULTATION / PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Consultation will be done in accordance to the public participation process (PPP) required in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, Act 107 of 1998. Landowners, neighbours and other Interested and Affected Parties are entitled to participate in and be consulted. The proposed PPP for this study will include a number of steps, as listed below: Issuing notification of this project to: Owners and occupiers of the properties as well as those adjacent to the site; The municipal councillor and local ratepayers association; The municipality which has jurisdiction, and Any organ of state having jurisdiction; Please note that a public meeting will be held after an acceptance letter is received from the DMR. Information on the meeting will be conveyed to landowners and registered I&APs via their contact details they provide. Placing an advert in a local newspaper; Placing a notice on the site; Meetings with landowners and key I&APs, as required; and Review of the Draft BAR and EMPr by landowners and registered Interested and Affected Parties The goals of consultation is to provide the landowner, lawful occupiers and other registered I&APs with the necessary information on all intended activities so that he or she can make an informed decision on the proposed mining permit application. At this stage of the process, Krosa (Pty) Ltd has applied to the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) for a mining permit for aggregate and sand on the above mentioned property and is in the process of notifying identified landowners, neighbours and other I&APs of their intention to mine. 7 HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED The first step in the public participation process is for any members of the public who feel they are affected by or have an interest in the project to register as Interested and Affected Parties (I&APs). All landowners and registered I&APs will be kept abreast of the process and of the availability of reports for comment. We encourage you to review the information presented to you in this information document (ID) and to register as an I&AP for the project. Please complete the accompanying registration letter and return it to us. In the respondent sheet landowners and other I&APs are requested to provide EcoPartners with: information on how they consider that the proposed activities will impact on them or their socio-economic conditions written responses stating their suggestions to mitigate the anticipated impacts of the activity information on current land uses and their location within the area under consideration Information on the location of environmental features on site to make proposals as to how and to what standard the impacts on site can be remedied Should you require any further details on any of these aspects above, please do not hesitate to contact us.
In order to ensure effective consultation, please register as a landowner or an Interested & Affected Party (I&AP) by completing the accompanying registration form with your contact details. This will enable us to contact you again for further consultation.