From: Adri La Meyer Sent: Wednesday, 27 January 2021 11:15 AM To: hlengile@ecoleges.co.za; Zaahir Toefy; Keagan-leigh Adriaanse; Melanese Schippers; Lance Mcbain-Charles; Taryn Dreyer; Eldon van Boom; Maboee Nthejane Cc: 'Jean-Paul de Villiers - Soventix SA PTY Ltd.'; justin@ecoleges.co.za; Waseefa Dhansay; Colette M Scheermeyer; Ceoheritage Subject: RE: Written notification of application for a Part 2 EA Amendment (12/12/20/2126 & 12/12/20/2126/1) Attachments: BID - SS1 (Part 2 Amend) 26 Jan 2021.pdf; BID - SS2 (Part 2 Amend) 26 Jan 2021.pdf Dear Hlengile, Thank you for your e-mail of 26 January 2021. Per my e-mail of 19 January 2021, please register this Department as a commenting authority for the Part 2 EA amendment application(s). You may exclude all other officials included in this e-mail from future e-mails related to the Part 2 EA amendment application(s) as I am responsible for notifying them of any correspondence received from you. Per the BIDs, the amendment application(s) entails the inclusion of a containerized lithium-ion BESS, gas turbines, and storage of dangerous goods on the Farm Waschklip No. 183, (Soventix SA Saldanha 1) and an exact duplication of the mentioned infrastructure on the Farm Everts Hope No. 190 (Soventix SA Saldanha 2). These additions are all below the thresholds for listed activities in LN 1. Have you however considered the applicability of Activity 10 of LN 3 of the NEMA EIA Regulations, 2014 (as amended), which would require a BA process as opposed to a Part 2 EA amendment application if the dangerous goods would be stored in containers exceeding 30m3? Could you please confirm whether one (combined) or two (separate) Amendment Reports will be released for comment? Also, not being familiar with the history of the solar facility development, is there a combined EA or separate EA issued for the two properties mentioned above? Kindly note that Jenna Lavin, Andrew Hall and Calvin van Wijk are no longer with Heritage Western Cape. All correspondence must be addressed to the CEO of Heritage Western Cape, Colette Scheermeyer and Waseefa Dhansay (copied into this e-mail). Please note that I do not have an official cellular phone, but would welcome any future correspondence regarding this application via e-mail please. Kind regards, Adri Adri La Meyer Directorate: Development Facilitation Environmental Affairs and Development Planning Western Cape Government 11th Floor, Utilitas Building, 1 Dorp Street, Cape Town Tel: 021 483 2887 Fax: 021 483 4185 E-mail: Adri.Lameyer@westerncape.gov.za Website: https://www.westerncape.gov.za/eadp/ From: Hlengile Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 16:24 To: Mettler, Heinrich ; Benice.Rossouw ; Townplanning@sbm.gov.za; Tomlinson, Gary ; Nazeema.Duarte@sbm.gov.za; Gavin.Williams@sbm.gov.za; Junius.Minnaar@sbm.gov.za; westcoastdm@wcdm.co.za; dkotze ; Zaahir Toefy ; Keagan-leigh Adriaanse ; aduffell-canham@capenature.co.za; Melanese Schippers ; Lance Mcbain-Charles ; Brandon Layman - DOA ; RodB@pgwc.biz; thandoNd@daff.gov.za; jacokotzelangebaan@gmail.com; Jenna.Lavin@pgwc.gov.za; Calvin.vanWijk@westerncape.gov.za; abhall@westerncape.gov.za; IsherwoodC@caa.co.za; PretoriusK@caa.co.za; wyngaajo@eskom.co.za; travesh.ramkhelawan@arcelormittal.com; info@birdlife.org.za; info@capebiosphere.co.za; aubrey.fourie@pamgolding.co.za; keithhbharrison@lando.co.za; pjh@fossilpark.org.za; deon@vula.biz; PierreN@sanparks.org; Adri La Meyer ; Taryn Dreyer ; Keagan-leigh Adriaanse ; Eldon van Boom ; Maboee Nthejane Cc: 'Jean-Paul de Villiers - Soventix SA PTY Ltd.' ; justin@ecoleges.co.za Subject: Written notification of application for a Part 2 EA Amendment (12/12/20/2126 & 12/12/20/2126/1) Importance: High Good afternoon Interested and Affected Parties, Kindly find attached the Background Information Documents (BIDs) for the Environmental Authorisation (EA) Part 2 Amendment Applications for the proposed construction of the 100MW commercial solar electricity generation facility and its infrastructure, including containerised lithium-ion battery storage and gas turbines and associated fuel storage on Farm Waschklip 183, (Soventix SA Saldanha 1(SS1)) and Farm Everts Hope 190, (Soventix SA Saldanha 2 (SS2)), near Langebaan, within the Saldanha Bay District Municipality in the Western Cape Province. You have recently received communication regarding these projects which related to Part 1 EA Amendments which were granted on the 04th of December 2020, which is not to be confused with the current Part 2 amendment applications. Please take the time to review the BIDs and register should you have an interest in, or be affected by, the proposed developments. Also please reply with your cell phone numbers to be included in the projects’ WhatsApp Broadcast Forum. We are in the process of identifying and/or revising all potential interested and affected parties, and wish to include all organs of state which have jurisdiction in respect of the activity to which the application relates. One such method of achieving this is the ‘Network’ or ‘Chain Referral System’. Please can you be so kind as to provide us with the name and contact details of the relevant person(s) with whom you recommend we should engage with regard to this project and amendment application. 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