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Proposed Paardeplaats Coal Mine

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The proposed Paardeplaats project entails the development of a new coal mine located directly south of the existing Exxaro owned Glisa coal mine in Mpumalanga. The proposed mining right application area is approximately 1,415 Hectares and is located on the Farm Paardeplaats 380 JT (portions 13,28,29,30 & 40) and the Farm Paardeplaats 425 JS (portion 2 & Remaining Extent), approximately 4Km south west of the town of Belfast in the Mpumalanga Province

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Please note that this project was previously issued under DMR reference number MP 30/5/1/1/2/10040 MR but due to an administrative error, the application was re-submitted and re-issued with a new reference number i.e. MP 30/5/1/2/2/10090 MR. The initial PP period was initiated in July 2012 at which time the Mpumalanga regional office of SAHRA was notified of the project. No formal correspondence was received from SAHRA at the time. This is believed to be due to the change over to the use of the SAHRIS system in March 2013. As such the original submission together with the re-submission documentation has been uploaded for this case. ****2021: In 2012 PGS Heritage was appointed to undertake a Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) for the proposed Exxaro Paardeplaats Colliery. The project area is located near eMakhazeni (Belfast) and is situated in the eMakhazeni Local Municipality, Nkangala District Municipality, Mpumalanga Province. During this survey, the proposed road realignment formed part of the study area and was also indicated on a map that was submitted as part of the HIA report. In 2021, PGS Heritage (Pty) Ltd (PGS) was appointed by CIGroup Environmental (Pty) Ltd (CIGroup) to undertake an HIA for the Glisa and Paardeplaats Sections of the NBC Colliery (NBC). The study area for this assessment was the same as the one previously assessed by PGS. Further field assessments and a revisit to all the heritage sites identified in 2012 was undertaken. Currently, NBC wants to build the road realignment. CIGroup approached PGS, who corresponded with SAHRA on the matter. SAHRA recommended that a field assessment of the proposed road realignment be undertaken and that the findings of the field assessment be presented to SAHRA in letter format. This document represents this letter that was recommended by SAHRA. The scope of work for the heritage opinion is to establish whether any heritage impact assessment or any other heritage work would be required for the proposed development. Please note that this heritage opinion is based on a previous heritage impact assessments (2012 & 2021) undertaken by PGS in the area, as well as a site visit conducted on Friday, 16 July 2021.

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Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 11:42

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5699

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Heritage Reports: 

Exxaro Paardeplaats Palaeontological Scoping Report
Exxaro Paardeplaats Heritage Assessment
Exarro Heritage EIA Assessmnent
Heritage Opinion regarding the Proposed Road Realignment by the NBC Colliery

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AdditionalDocuments
  1. PDF icon Integrated Scoping Report for the Proposed Paardeplaats mine
  2. PDF icon Integrated EMPR for the Proposed Paardeplaats mine
  3. PDF icon BID for the Proposed Paardeplaats mine
  4. PDF icon EIA Notification letter for the Proposed Paardeplaats mine
  5. PDF icon Resubmission of Integrated Scoping for the Proposed Paardeplaats mine
  6. PDF icon Resubmission of EMPRfor the Proposed Paardeplaats mine
  7. PDF icon I&AP Notification letter for the Re-submission for the Proposed Paardeplaats mine
 
 

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