G7 - Kudusberg Part 2 Amendment, Western and Northern Cape Province ( 14/12/16/3/3/1/1976/1)

Notice is hereby given of Kudusberg Wind Farm (Pty) Ltd (Kudusberg)'s intention to submit their final layout plans and Environmental Management Programme (EMPr) as part of the Part 2 Environmental Authorisation (EA) Amendment application process for the Kudusberg Wind Energy Facility (WEF) (EA ref: 14/12/16/3/3/1/1976/1). This application process is conducted in accordance with Regulation 37 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations, 2014 (GN R 982 of 2014) (as amended), which are promulgated under the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (No. 107 of 1998) (as amended) (NEMA).

The previously authorized, 226MW Kudusberg Wind Energy Facility (WEF) is located approximately 64 km south-west of Sutherland and 43km northwest of Matjiesfontein. The project site falls within the Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality of the Namakwa District Municipality within the Northern Cape Province as well as the Witzenberg Local Municipality of the Cape Winelands District Municipality within the Western Cape Province.
The environmental authorization (EA) for the project was granted on March 25, 2019 (reference number: 14/12/16/3/3/1/1976/1) and was subsequently amended.

It is important to note that the Kudusberg WEF Environmental Management Programme (EMPr) and final layout were not approved as part of the EA (14/12/16/3/3/1/1976/1). Therefore, Kudusberg Wind Farm (Pty) Ltd (A Special Purposes Vehicle of G7 Renewable Energies (Pty) Ltd), the applicant, plans to commence the final layout and EMPr approval process concurrently with a Part 2 EA Amendment process.
The EA amendments being applied for include changes to the turbine specifications, adjustments to the technical specifications within the authorized area, as well as other administrative changes.
Additionally, the applicant will undertake a separate application for EA for the associated grid infrastructure.

SLR Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (SLR), an independent firm of environmental assessment practitioners, has been appointed by G7 to manage this Part 2 Environmental Authorisation Amendment Process.

The proposed amendments do not trigger any new listed activities in terms of the EIA Regulations (2014), as amended. Furthermore, no additional properties will be affected by the amendments that were not originally assessed. However, the proposed amendments will result in a change in scope of the valid EA. As such, a Regulation 31 Amendment Process in terms the EIA Regulations (GNR 326) of the EIA Regulations, 2014 as amended is applicable.

Status

Notice is hereby given, in terms of the EIA Regulations, 2014 promulgated under NEMA, that the Final Layout Plans and Final EMPrs prepared for the above-mentioned project has been made available for a 30-day public review and comment period.

Should you and/or your organisation wish to comment on any aspect of the Final Layout Plans and Final EMPrs, comments should be forwarded to SLR at the email address and telephone number shown above.

By providing your personal information to submit a comment, you will be included in the SLR an Interested and Affected Party (I&AP) database, and you consent to SLR managing your information in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013. It is assumed that as an I&AP for this Project you authorise SLR to retain and use your Personal Information as part of a contact database for this and/or other Social and Environmental Impact Assessments (ESIA) and that you confirm your acceptance for SLR to contact you regarding this and/or other ESIA processes. SLR will not process your Personal Information, other than as permitted or required by ESIA processes, or as required by law or public policy. SLR will use reasonable, appropriate security safeguards to protect Personal Information, and to reasonably prevent any damage to, loss of, or unauthorised access or disclosure of Personal Information, other than as required for ESIA processes or as required by any Law or public policy. You may request for your Personal Information to be deleted from the I&AP database at any time by contacting SLR.