Case Decision - 198786

The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) would like to thank you for submitting the Final Scoping Report (FSR) for the Proposed Prospecting Right with Bulk Sampling over Sea Concession 12B, Western Cape, South Africa. 
In terms of the National Heritage Resources Act, No 25 of 1999 (NHRA), Sections 2 and 35 together stipulate that any wreck, being any vessel or aircraft or any part thereof older than 60 years lying in South Africa's territorial waters or maritime cultural zone, is protected and falls under the jurisdiction of SAHRA's Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage Unit. These heritage resources may not be disturbed without a permit from the relevant heritage resources authority. 
The proposed work consists of four activities and their associated studies, namely non-intrusive geophysical survey followed by intrusive drilling, core sampling and bulk sampling. The bulk sampling will be the most intrusive phase with up to 10 proposed trenches excavated which will result in the disturbance of approximately 3.6 hectares.SAHRA is pleased to note that the comment issued in response to the Draft Scoping Report has been included in the Public Participation Process section in the Final Scoping Report. The amendment to the Acronyms and Abbreviations table on page viii, as requested by SAHRA, has been effected. 

Although SAHRA requested in its previous comment that the the report does not need to be sent to Heritage Western Cape as the application is outside their remit, this change has not been made on page 18 of the FSR. However, in the Public Participation Process section of the FSR it does state that the documents will not be sent to HWC and SAHRA supports this. 
All updates and/or changes to the project, supporting documentation, correspondence, reports, or any other work relating to the project must be uploaded to the case on SAHRIS to provide SAHRA with the opportunity to comment. SAHRA does not accept emailed documents or hard-copy documents received via post.