Heritage Cases

Please refer to formal letter atatched to this application. ACAWA Power SolarReserve Redstone Solar Thermal Power Plant (RF) Pty Ltd hereby applies under the provisions of section 35(4) of the National Heritage Resources Act (NHRA), for the destruction of the site PGS06 to be impacted by the development of the ACAWA Power SolarReserve Redstone Solar Thermal Power Plant on the farm 469 in the Hay District,just outside Postmasburg Northern Cape. Background PGS Heritage & Grave Relocation Consultants was originally appointed by WorleyParson to undertake a Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) that formed part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for the Concentrated Solar Project for SolarReserve SA (Pty) Ltd on the farm 469 "Humansrus" in the Hay District,just outside Postmasburg Northern Cape. The Environmental Authorisation for teh Porject was issued by the DEA on 6 August 2012 (ref: 12/12/20/2316(AM6). The field work identified a total of 25 heritage sites of which site PGS06 was identified to require further mitigation. The HIA recommended: It is thus recommended that the site (PGS06) be documented through a surface collection and test excavation to determine the extent of the site. This will include mapping of the lithic distribution as well as analysis of the lithic assemblage. This recommendation was accepted and expanded on in the final comments from the South African Heritage Resources Agency – Case: 2316, dated 5 February 2016. Site PGS06 is generally protected in terms of Section 35(4) of the National Heritage Resources Act (Act 25 of 1999) and requires mitigation. The specialist will require a mitigation permit from the relevant Heritage Resources Authority. Mitigation should take the form of systematic surface collection and limited test excavation, to be undertaken before trenching and any other earth-moving activity resulting from this proposed project commence. The visible material boundaries of the sites to be mitigated must be surveyed with the aid of a surveying instrument and mapped. A photographic record must be established immediately before, during and after mitigation. On receipt of a satisfactory mitigation (Phase 2) permit report from the archaeologist, the heritage authority will make further recommendations in terms of the site, such as its final destruction or additional sampling. ACWA Power SolarReserve Redstone Solar Thermal Power Plant (RF) Pty Ltd then appointed PGS Heritage (Pty) Ltd (PGS) to perform the Phase 2 mitigation work at the identified site. A phase 2 mitigation report “207HM - Phase 2 Specialist Study of affected Stone Age Locality on the ACWA Power SolarReserve Redstone Solar Thermal Power Plant. Site PGS06 – farm 469 “Humansrus” close to Postmasburg in the Northern Cape Province” dated 4 November 2016 was completed by PGS to fulfill the requirements of the HIA recommendations and collection permit 2385. As part of this application we submit the above report. Application The completed Phase 2 report concludes that: The site has now been subject to a full surface collection and the excavation of three squares. That only a small assemblage was recovered, which is believed to be representative, suggests that the site was not a substantial occupation camp. In addition, no datable material was identified meaning that determining the precise chronology of the site is not possible at this stage, and may not be even with further excavations since the deposit is so shallow. Mitigatory work conducted at the site is thus sufficient and no additional work is deemed necessary. It is our opinion that this document sufficiently documents the site PGS06 under permit Permit ID: 2385 as issued by SAHRA. The client can utilise this document as backing to apply for destruction of the site. ACAWA Power SolarReserve Redstone Solar Thermal Power Plant (RF) Pty Ltd hereby applies under the provisions of section 35(4) of the National Heritage Resources Act (NHRA), for the destruction of the site PGS06 to be impacted by the development of the ACAWA Power SolarReserve Redstone Solar Thermal Power Plant on the farm 469 in the Hay District, just outside Postmasburg Northern Cape.