Water Use Licence Application Process 08 October 2016 Presentation - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

EIA Scoping Phase Meeting with I&APs Water Use Licence Application Process 08 October 2016

Presentation Outline  Introduction and Purpose of the Meeting  Site locality  Universal Berenice Project Description  Water demand and sources  Proposed water uses to be licensed  Application process  WULA requirements and studies  WULA timelines  Way-forward

Site Locality  Project area (mining lease) properties  Berenice 548MS, Celine 547MS, Portion 1 of Doorvaardt 355MS, Remainder of Doorvaardt 355MS, Matsuri 358MS, Longford 354MS, Gezelschap 395MS  Mining lease area: 7,761.095 hectares (ha)  Regional locality  Approx. 80 km north-west of Makhado, Limpopo Province  Site accessible via a gravel road off R584 between Alldays and Waterpoort  Catchment locality  Limpopo Water Management Area (WMA) Sand River Tertiary Catchment  Quaternary Catchment A72B (Brak River) and partly A71J

Surface Hydrology Map

Project Description  Mining operation: Opencast  Standard truck and shovel, drill and blast  Size of site: 7,761.095 hectares (ha)  LOM: 33 years  Projected ROM: 10 Mtpa (Million Tonnes Per Annum)  Coal processing  Crushing, screening, washing  Water supply  Groundwater (boreholes, pit), ELWU transfers  Key waste streams  Coal discard, overburden, sewage

Water Demand and Sources  Mine domestic water requirement  42 m 3 /day  Mining and coal processing  4500 m 3 /day  Water sources  Groundwater (new allocations)  Transfer of existing lawful water entitlements (surface/groundwater)  Municipal wastewater return flows

Water Uses to be Licensed Water Use ito NWA Activity Description Quantity S21(a) Taking water from a Water abstraction from boreholes TBD water resource Use of water removed from the pits Transfer of ELWUs S21(b) Storing water Raw water storage tanks/reservoir TBD S21(c and i) Road and rail line crossing over TBD Changes to watercourse watercourse morphology Activities within 1:100 year and/or TBD 100 m from a stream S21(g) Disposing of waste in a Overburden dumps (hard and TBD manner that may softs) detrimentally impact on a Coal discard dump TBD water resource Pollution control dam TBD Package sewage treatment plant TBD S21(a) Removal of water Dewatering of the mine pit TBD removed found underground workings

Water Use Authorisation Process

Berenice WULA Scope  Water use application forms and fee  Integrated Water and Waste Management Plan (IWWMP) incl.  Water uses to be licensed  Waste streams and waste classification  Environmental baseline – incl. climate, topography, geology, surface and groundwater resources, sensitive environments  Water balance  Assessment of impacts on water resources and other water users  Mitigation and management measures  Water resource and waste monitoring plan  Motivation irt section 27(1) considerations  Motivation for exemption from GN704 regulations for activities within 1:100 year floodline  Surface water and floodline study  Geohydrological study  Stormwater Management Plan

WULA Timelines  Application 4  5 months  DWS evaluation and decision  10 months

Way-Forward  Compilation of Water Use Authorisation Application  Consultative meeting with DWS  Public review and meeting as part of environmental impact phase  Finalisation of WULA and submission to DWS  DWS evaluation  Initial evaluation  Detailed WULA assessment  Site visit with DWS officials  DWS decision, e.g. granting of water use licence