Case Decision - 349086

Interim Comment

The SAHRA, Development Applications Unit notes the submitted HIA and DBAR. SAHRA request that the HIA be revised to include tracklogs of the undertaken survey. As the proposed development is located within an area of very high Palaeontological Sensitivity as per the SAHRIS PalaeoSensitivity map. As such, a field PIA and protocol for finds is required and must be undertaken by a qualified palaeontologist. (See https://www.palaeosa.org/heritage-practitioners.html for a list of qualified palaeontologists). The report must comply with the 2012 Minimum Standards: Palaeontological Components of Heritage Impact Assessments. 

The SAHRA will comment further on the application when the above-mentioned documents  are submitted. The applicant is advised to extend the EA process in terms of section 19(1) of the NEMA EIA regulations in order to address this comment.