Proposed Borrow Pits Associated with the upgrading of approximately 20km of District Road DR08035 from the Intersection with the N2 to the intersection with the R61, Clarkebury, Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape Department of Transport (ECDT) requires three (3) borrow pits (mining sites) for the provision of the necessary material for the upgrading of the DR08035 road for 20km between Clarkebury and the Mjanyana Hospital in the Eastern Cape. The proposed mining sites have been identified along this stretch of road in the general Clarkebury area within the Mbashe and Engcobo Local Municipalities. Authorisations for the upgrading of the road and traversing of watercourses have been applied for to the Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT) and the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) respectively. The Environmental Authorisation for the DR08035 road upgrade was subsequently approved on the 28th of June 2020. The issuance of the Water use Licence for the affected watercourses is still pending.

In terms of Section 106 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (Act No. 28 of 2002; MPRDA) the Department of Transport is exempted from the application for a Mining Right/Permit but is not exempted from the application for environmental authorisation for the borrow pits. The Department of Mineral Resources & Energy (DMRE) is the competent authority that will consider this application and Basic Assessment Report (BAR).

Should the ECDT obtain an Environmental Authorisation (EA) they may commence with mining following the approved submission of an EMPr and financial provision for rehabilitation to DMR as regulated by the Minerals & Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA, Act 28 of 2002).

Published: 30 September 2021
Review Period: Monday 11th of October 2021 to Tuesday the 10th of November 2021.

Contact Person: Ms Brooke Mason
Email: Brooke.Mason@cesnet.co.za
Tel: 010 045 1376

Draft Basic Assessment Report-DBAR

Appendices included in DBAR:

Appendix A: Project Team, Declaration and CV of the EAP (A1, A2, A3)

Appendix B: Impact Assessment Methodology Appendix

Appendix C: Public Participation (C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C7, C8, C9 (C9A, C9B), C10

Appendices

Appendix E: Specialist Reports

Appendix F: DFFE Screening Tool Reports and Response Letter

Appendix G: Quantum Calculation/ Rehabilitation Cost Report