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Dear I&AP/Authority/Stakeholder The 90MW Wolf Wind Farm located near Wolwefontein in the Eastern Cape, which received environmental authorisation in September 2015 and has undergone several amendments, has reference. As a registered I&AP you are hereby notified that the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment reached a decision on 25 May 2022 to grant the requested amendment to the Wolf Wind Energy Facility project description, reducing the number of approved wind turbine positions from 24 to 17. The reason for the amendment is that during the EMPr and layout finalisation process, two previously unidentified Verreaux’s Eagle nests were identified onsite by the avifauna specialist. The specialist, in consultation with BirdlifeSA, established a buffer area around these nests sites and recommended that the four (4) authorised turbine positions (WTGs No 12, 13, 14, and 15 on previous layouts) be located within the buffer be forfeit or moved. The site does not provide sufficient opportunity to move the turbine positions, and so the Applicant accepted the recommendation to remove these turbine positions and applied to have the EA amended. The project description in the final EMPr and the turbine positions in the final layout will reflect the change from 21 to 17 turbine positions. For more details, kindly consult the attached Environmental Authorisation (EA) which includes the reasons for the decision. Registered I&APs are further notified of the right to appeal the decision in terms of the National Appeal Regulations, 2014 (as amended) and the appeals procedure. Should you wish to appeal the decision, a written appeal, using the prescribed forms obtained from the DFFE website (see link below), must reach the appeals administrator by 21 June 2022, and a copy of the appeal must be provided to the Applicant and any registered I&APs and organs of state with an interest in the matter (Contact the undersigned for the I&AP register). Written appeals and inquiries must be addressed to – Mr. Ziyaad Hassam at Director: Appeals and Legal Review, Department of Environmental Affairs Private Bag X447, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa. or submitted via email to: Appealsdirectorate@environment.gov.za Further detail on the appeal process, the appeal guidelines, and prescribed forms can be obtained from the DFFE’s website via the following link: www.environment.gov.za/projectsprogrammes/appeals_legalreview or telephonically at Tel: 012 399 9356.