Interim Comment The SAHRA APM Unit acknowledges receipt of the BAR, Archaeological component of the HIA and the recommendations contained there-in. Therefore, SAHRA requests that the following is undertaken in terms of section 38(3) of the National Heritage Resources Act (25 of 1999) as part of the EA application process: Please submit a project area location file (kml.) in the GIS layer of your SAHRIS application for Palaentological Assessment. Prospecting area is located in an area of moderate PalaeonSensity. Therefore, a desktop Palaeontological Impact Assessment must be conducted. The assessment of the impact to palaeontological resources 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.
Further comments will be issued upon receipt of the above. The applicant is advised to extend the EA process in terms of section 19(1)b of the NEMA EIA regulations in order to comply with this comment.
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