NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS

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HarvestFresh Farms (Pty) Ltd is proud to be in the planning stages of a new packing facility! Relating to this, please take note of the attached NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS.

Notice is hereby given in terms of the following Acts: 

  • Section 24(G) read together with sections 24(F) of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998); and
  • Regulation 43(1) of the regulations published in Government Notice No. R982 (as amended) issued in terms of Section 24(5) of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998); and
  • Section 40 and 41 of the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998), as amended, and the Regulations Regarding the Procedural Requirements for Water Use Licence Applications and Appeals (No. R. 267, published 24 March 2017).

Activities & locality 

The submission of an ex post facto S24G application to the Gauteng Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (GDARD) for approval of unlawful commencement and continuation of a listed activity which commenced without Environmental Authorisation (clearance of land for development of a packhouse) on plot 190, Varkensfontein 373 IQ, cnr Cross and 2nd Roads, Walkerville, Meyerton, Gauteng. 

The listed activity contravened is:

  • Activity 27 (The clearance of an area of 1 ha or more, but less than 20 ha of indigenous vegetation) of R983 of 4 December 2014, as amended, issued in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998).
    2.4 ha of indigenous vegetation were cleared between May 2016 and March 2017 without environmental authorization; a S24G process is now required to obtain environmental authorization.

Application for an Integrated Water Use License (IWULA) will be submitted to the Department of Water and Sanitation for the following water uses in terms of the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998):

  • S21 (a) - taking water from a water resource.
  • S21 (e) - engaging in a controlled activity identified as such in section 37(1).
  • S21 (f) – discharging waste or water containing waste into a water resource through a pipe, canal, sewer, sea outfall or other conduit.
  • S21 (g) - disposing of waste in a manner which may detrimentally impact on a water resource.

Municipality: Midvaal Local Municipality
Proponent: Harvestfresh Farms (Pty) Ltd
Consultants: AGES Limpopo (Pty) Ltd, PO Box 2526, POLOKWANE, 0700.
Telephone & Fax: 015 291 1577 (Ref: Ms L Wendel / Mr J Botha)
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Parties wishing to comment or be registered as interested and affected parties (I&APs) in terms of the S24G or IWULA processes are requested to please forward their name, contact information, objections or comments (with reasons) to the contact person given above within 30 days of publication of this notice.

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