APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION: NOTIFICATION OF SUBMISSION OF UPDATED APPLICATION FORM AND FINAL AMENDMENT MOTIVATION REPORT FOR DECISION MAKING
(DFFE Ref No. 12/12/20/2463/1//AM11)
Mulilo De Aar 2 South (Pty) Ltd (the Applicant) has submitted an Application for Amendment of the Environmental Authorisation to the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) in terms of Part 2 of Chapter 5 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations, 2014, as amended, for the authorised Mulilo De Aar 2 South Wind Energy Facility (WEF), situated on the eastern plateau (south) near De Aar in the Northern Cape Province. A draft Amendment Motivation Report was compiled (including specialist inputs) and was made available for public participation for a period of 30 days, i.e., from 11 March 2024 – 15 April 2024.
The project would be located within the following properties, near De Aar in the Northern Cape Province: Slingers Hoek (Farm No. 2 Remainder of Portion 2); Slingers Hoek (Farm No. 2 Remainder); Slingers Hoek (Farm No. 2 Portion 4); Knapdaar (Farm No. 8 Portion 1); Maatjes Fountain (Farm No. 1 Portion 5); Vendussie Kuil (Farm No. 165 Remainder of Portion 2) Vendussie Kuil (Farm No. 165 Portion 7); Vendussie Kuil (Farm No. 165 Remaining Extent), and Vendussie Kuil (Farm No. 165 Portion 11). The project would be located within the Emthanjeni Local Municipality and Renosterberg Local Municipality, in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality.
The updated Application Form for Amendment of the Environmental Authorisation and Final Amendment Motivation Report for the Mulilo De Aar 2 South WEF were submitted to the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) on
04 June 2024 for decision-making. Once the DFFE has issued their decision on the Amendment Application, registered I&APs will be notified in writing of the DFFE’s decision.
Please find below, a download link to the Final Amendment Motivation Report, for information purposes (the Comments & Response Trail Report is attached as Appendix F5):