Case Decision - 197664

Interim Comment The SAHRA APM Unit acknowledges receipt of the DSR and observations made with regards to heritage resources. SAHRA request that an assessment of the impact of the proposed development be undertaken in terms of section 38(3) of the National Heritage Resources Act (25 of 1999) as part of the EA application process. The proposed development has the potential to impact negative on heritage and/or cultural resources. Therefore a heritage impact assessment must be conducted. A field-based  assessment of the impact to archaeological resources must be conducted by a qualified archaeologist. The report must comply with section 38(3) of the NHRA and the SAHRA 2006 Minimum Standards: Archaeological and Palaeontological Component of Impact Assessments, and the 2012 Minimum Standards: Archaeological Component of Heritage Impact Assessments. The Minimum Standards provides allowance for a Letter of Recommendation for Exemption that can be submitted by a qualified archaeologist should they deem it appropriate. The south-eastern section of the development is an area of high palaeontological sensitivity. A desktop assessment of the impact to palaeontological resources must be undertaken and a field-based assessment may be required depending on the outcomes of the desktop study. The assessment must be conducted by a qualified palaeontologist. The report must comply with section 38(3) of the NHRA and the SAHRA 2006 Minimum Standards: Archaeological and Palaeontological Component of Impact Assessments, and the 2012 Minimum Standards: Palaeontological Component of Heritage Impact Assessments. The Minimum Standards provides allowance for a Letter of Recommendation for Exemption that can be submitted by a qualified palaeontologist should they deem it appropriate.
The assessment should include any other heritage resources that may be impacted such as built structures over years old, sites of cultural significance associated with oral histories, burial grounds and graves, graves of victims of conflict, and cultural landscapes or viewscapes must also be assessed.
Further comments will be issued upon receipt of the above and DEIR.