Environmental Report for mining right renewals

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NAME OF APPLICANT:
REFERENCE NUMBER:
REPORT
SUBMITTED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
ITEM C
and
ITEM D
OF FORM E, ANNEXURE I
OF THE MINERAL AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT ACT REGULATIONS
For purposes of the renewal of a mining right in
accordance with SECTION 24 of the Mineral and
Petroleum Resources Development Act, (Act 28 of 2002)
1. DETAIL OF THE APPLICATION
1.1. Applicant details
ITEM
Name
Tel no
Fax no:
Cellular no
E-mail address
Postal address
CONTACT DETAILS
1.2. Consultant Details (If applicable)
ITEM
Name
Tel no
Fax no:
Cellular no
E-mail address
Postal address
CONTACT DETAILS
1.3. Period of renewal and minerals being mined.
STATE THE RENEWAL PERIOD REQUIRED
LIST THE MINERALS APPLICABLE TO THE RIGHT BELOW
1.4. Surface plan of the mining area.
(Provide a surface plan which corresponds to the Regulation2 (2) plan of the prospecting area. If
not included, confirm that it is appended).
2. SCOPE OF THE ASSESSMENT:-THE TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT
OPTIONS TO MITIGATE IMPACTS OF THE MINING OPERATION.
2.1. Current mining actions, activities or processes, which cause pollution or
environmental degradation, and technical or management options in
place to mitigate impacts.
(Provide a description of all the main mining activities referred to in the guideline for an environmental
management programme, and all the NEMA/ EIA Regulation listed activities, together with a
concomitant list of the technical or management options chosen to modify, remedy, control or stop any
action, activity, or process which will cause significant impacts on the environment, socio-economic
conditions and historical and cultural aspects as identified).
2.2. Map of the locality of current mining activities.
(Provide an accurate site plan the mining area, showing the locality of all the main mining
activities being conducted on site in accordance with the existing right. If attached as an
appendix, confirm it is attached and provide a cross reference thereto).
2.3. Future mining actions, activities or processes, which cause pollution or
environmental degradation, and technical or management options in
place to mitigate impacts.
(Provide a description of all the main mining activities referred to in the guideline for an environmental
management programme, and all the NEMA/ EIA Regulation listed activities, not already described in
the approved Environmental Management Programme, together with a concomitant list of the
technical or management options chosen to modify, remedy, control or stop any action, activity, or
process which will cause significant impacts on the environment, socio-economic conditions and
historical and cultural aspects as identified).
2.4. Map of the locality of future mining activities
(Provide an accurate site plan the mining area, showing the locality of all the main mining
activities being conducted on site in accordance with the existing right. If attached as an
appendix, confirm it is attached and provide a cross reference thereto).
2.4.1. Description of completed rehabilitation work
(Provide a description of the completed rehabilitation work, separately for each applicable
mining or listed activity, including rehabilitated excavations, the removal of stockpiles dumps and
dams, the rehabilitation of sites relating to infrastructure, the fill used for excavations, the thickness
of subsoil and topsoil on excavations, the re-vegetation and any other rehabilitation work
completed.).
2.4.2. Map of completed rehabilitation work
(Provide an accurate site map of rehabilitation work that is completed)
2.4.3. Alignment with closure objectives
(Provide a description of the closure objectives, their relationship with the baseline environment,
the extent to which the rehabilitation work completed achieves the closure objectives)
2.4.4. Monitoring requirements
(Provide a description of the risks associated with the long term success of the rehabilitation
completed, the monitoring required to confirm whether or not the rehabilitation was successful, the
frequency of such monitoring, the period for which monitoring will be required, and the indicators
which will determine when and under what circumstances monitoring will no longer be required).
2.4.5.
Description of rehabilitation work in progress
(Provide a description of the rehabilitation work in progress, separately for each applicable
mining or listed activity, including the rehabilitation of excavations, the removal of stockpiles
dumps and dams, the rehabilitation of sites relating to infrastructure, the fill used for excavations,
the thickness of subsoil and topsoil on excavations, the re-vegetation and any other rehabilitation
work required).
2.4.6.
Map of rehabilitation work in progress
(Provide a map of rehabilitation work that is in progress, including the applicable dimensions
required to calculate the quantum according to the guideline referred to in Regulation 54(1))
2.4.7.
Timeframes for the completion of rehabilitation work
(Provide a time schedule for the completion of the rehabilitation work still in progress)
2.4.8.
Description of rehabilitation work still to be commenced in respect
of the current right.
(Provide a description of the rehabilitation work still to be commenced, separately for each
applicable mining or listed activity, including excavations, the removal of stockpiles dumps
and dams, the rehabilitation of sites relating to infrastructure, the fill used for excavations, the
thickness of subsoil and topsoil on excavations, the re-vegetation and any other rehabilitation
work required).
2.4.9.
Map of rehabilitation work still to be commenced including that
contemplated for the renewal period.
(Provide a map of rehabilitation work still to be commenced, including the applicable dimensions
required to calculate the quantum according to the guideline referred to in Regulation 54(1)).
2.4.10. Timeframes of the completion of rehabilitation work
(Provide a time schedule for the completion of the rehabilitation work not yet commenced)
2.4.11. Description of rehabilitation work anticipated to become necessary
during the renewal period.
(Provide a description of the rehabilitation work that will result from the renewal of the right,
separately for each applicable mining or listed activity, including excavations, the removal of
stockpiles dumps and dams, the rehabilitation of sites relating to infrastructure, the fill used for
excavations, the thickness of subsoil and topsoil on excavations, the re-vegetation and any other
rehabilitation work required).
2.4.12. Map of rehabilitation work anticipated to become necessary during
the renewal period.
(Provide a scenario map of rehabilitation work to be commenced for each of the first 10 years or
shorter period applied for, of the renewal period, including the applicable dimensions required to
calculate the quantum according to the guideline referred to in Regulation 54(1)).
2.4.13. Timeframes for the completion of rehabilitation work
(Provide a time schedule for the completion of the rehabilitation work not yet commenced)
2.5.
INTERPRETED INFORMATION GAINED FROM MONITORING THE
APPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.
2.5.1. Table of potential impacts being monitored
LIST OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS
BEING MONITORED
(Mark with an X which potential impacts
are being monitored).
MARK WITH
X
WHERE
APPLICABLE
YES
REFERENCE
(Provide a reference
number to the
appended report)
NO
Noise
Dust
Spillages
Water contamination
Damage to roads
Other (Specify)
Other (Specify)
Other (Specify)
2.5.2. Complaints register
(Provide a list of complaints received during the currency of the right, indicating the nature of the
complaint and the source of the complaint)
2.5.3. Confirmation that monitoring result reports have been appended.
2.5.4. Summary of monitoring results.
(Provide a summary of the monitoring results, showing the results relative to the applicable
standards or minimum requirements, indicate whether technical options should be applied
to remedy excessive impacts, and indicate what those options are)
3. FINANCIAL PROVISION
3.1. Rehabilitation work still in progress.
(Provide a calculation of the quantum, based on the map and dimensions provided in respect of
rehabilitation work still in progress referred to in paragraph 2.4.6. above, which quantum must be
calculated in accordance with the guideline contemplated in regulation 54)
3.2. Rehabilitation work not yet commenced in terms of the current right.
(Provide a calculation of the quantum, based on the map and dimensions provided in respect of
rehabilitation work not yet commenced referred to in paragraph 2.4.9. above, which quantum must be
calculated in accordance with the guideline contemplated in regulation 54.)
3.3. Rehabilitation work that will become necessary as a result of continued
mining operations during the renewal period.
(Provide a calculation of the quantum, based on the scenario map and dimensions provided in respect
of rehabilitation work not yet commenced referred to in paragraph 2. 4.12 above, which quantum must
be calculated in respect of the total anticipated outstanding rehabilitation work in each of the first 10
years of the renewal period or shorter period applied for, in accordance with the guideline contemplated
in regulation 54).
3.4. Financial provision requirement
(State the sum of the total quantum calculated for rehabilitation work still in progress, and rehabilitation
work not yet commenced, and the rehabilitation still to become necessary during the renewal period,
and undertake to make the necessary financial provision for all the outstanding rehabilitation work and
that to result from the renewal of the right in the amounts identified by the quantum calculations.).
3.5. Method of financial provision.
(Provide a list of the financial provisions already in place for the existing right, indicate by which
approved method provision for any identified shortfall will be made and provide evidence that the
necessary arrangements to make such provisions are in place).
.
4. IDENTIFICATION OF THE REPORT
Herewith I, the person whose name and identity number is stated below,
confirm that I am the Applicant or the person authorised to Act as
representative of the Applicant in terms of the resolution submitted with the
application, and confirm that the report provided above constitutes the
official report to be submitted in compliance with the provisions of Section 18
(2) (c) of the Act.
Full Names and Surname
Identity Number
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