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William Berry
From: Matthew Hemming
Sent: 30 March 2017 02:34 PM
To: bcmhlongo00
Cc: William Berry
Subject: RE: LANDOWNER: ZIMBUTHU COMMUNITY TRUST
Attachments: 2017-02-24_Rhino KZN 317 ER - EIR Draft_Executive Summary (IsiZulu).pdf
Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged
Good day Mr Thwala
Thank you for the correspondence from the ZIMBUTHU COMMUNITY TRUST.
Unfortunately as we have reached the end of the formal consultation period for the current EIA process there is not
opportunity for further meetings at this point in time.
I have attached a copy of the executive summary of the Environmental Impact Report in isiZulu. You will note that at
this point in time the application is limited to the undertaking of an aerial survey and no access will be required to
any parcel of land. Should Rhino Oil and Gas propose to undertake ground-based work in the future then it would be
required to seek further approval from PASA in terms of the MPRDA and NEMA. Any further approval would be
subject to an additional environmental assessment process with further public consultation as is required by
NEMA. During that process Rhino Oil Gas would consult with land owners (possibly such as the Zimbuthu
Community Trust) to discuss the aspects such as access.
You are more than welcome to contact us to raise further questions and or to submit any comments that you may
have on the Environmental Impact Report.
Kind regards
Matthew Hemming
African ESIA Technical Discipline Manager
SLR Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +27 82 940 8274 Tel: +27 33 343 5826 Fax: +27 11 467 0978
From: bcmhlongo00 [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 28 March 2017 05:18 PM
To: Matthew Hemming Subject: LANDOWNER: ZIMBUTHU COMMUNITY TRUST
I Thwala SE, chairman of the above-mentioned trust wishes to inform the SLR Consultation (South Africa)
(Pty) Ltd my availability on the matter stated on your project reference 723.18034. 00006. -PASA Ref:
12/3/317 ER - file reference number 2017-02-16 _Rhino KZN 317 ER on further talks engagement.
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Having not received your previously correspondence from SLR on your project. But willingly ready to
engage talks with you on your proposed project.
We as ZIMBUTHU COMMUNITY TRUST have the following title deed under our name which are as
follows:
1. Farm Zwartkop no.91
2. Farm Berouw no.179
3. Farm Hartebeestspruit no.111
4. Farm Waaikraal no.153
5. Farm Vaalbank no. 154 ect.
Hopefully you will find the above in order. Thank you.
Yours faithfully
Thwala SE
082 264 7631
P.O Box 51003
Osizweni
2952
Sent from my Samsung device
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William Berry
From: Bronwyn Howard <[email protected]>
Sent: 30 March 2017 09:01 PM
To: Matthew Hemming; William Berry
Subject: COMMENTS ON APPLICATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION IN
SUPPORT OF AN EXPLORATION RIGHT APPLICATION FOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
- NORTHERN KZN (12/3/317 ER):
Attachments: RHINO - 317 ER B HOWARD - REVISED EIA COMMENT LETTER.doc; MINING IN
PROTECTED AREAS JUDGEMENT.pdf
Dear Matthew and William,
Attached please find our comments on the revised EIR for the above application.
Please note that we are in the process of establishing a smallscale agricultural business, which will
contribute to rural livelihoods and our regional economy (which it is already), and are extremely concerned
as regards the broader implications of these applications, should economically viable resources be found,
regardless of the method of extraction used for production.
We are particularly concerned about the potential longer-term effects of significant water abstraction, water
and soil pollution, groundwater impacts, potential human health impacts (we are growing food) and
infrastructure impacts, especially roads. Our area is already experiencing significant negative impacts from
the coal mining industry, which may well be exacerbated by the development of an oil and gas industry in
addition to this.
I am also attaching some supplementary information, which I refer to in my submission. Please ensure that
this is submitted, they form part of our comment letter.
Regards
Bronwyn & Jock
Bronwyn Howard & Jock Tame Urban Eco Life P O Box 349, Utrecht, KZN, 2980 Cell: 084 246 9223 | Tel: 034 331 4377
E-mail: [email protected]
P O Box 349, Utrecht, KZN, 2980
Tel: 034 331 4377 | Cell: 084 246 9223 | E-mail: [email protected]
30 March 2017
To:
SLR Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Metago House (Block 7)
Fourways Manor Office Park
Cnr Roos and Macbeth Streets
Johannesburg
Rhino Oil & Gas (Pty) Ltd
Petroleum Agency of South Africa
ATTENTION: MATTHEW HEMMING / WILLIAM BERRY
Dear Matthew/William,
COMMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT: RHINO OIL & GAS
APPLICATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION IN SUPPORT OF AN EXPLORATION
RIGHT APPLICATION FOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ON VARIOUS FARMS IN THE
MAGISTERIAL DISTRICTS OF UBOMBO, SIMDLANGENTSHA, UTRECHT, NGOTSHE,
NEWCASTLE, VRYHEID, NONGOMA, HLABISA, DANNHAUSER, MAHLABATINI, NQUTU,
DUNDEE, GLENCOE, KLIPRIVER, BABANANGO, LOWER UMFOLOZI, MTONJANENI, MSINGA,
ESTCOURT, WEENEN, KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE (Ref No. 12/3/317 ER)
Introduction
Bronwyn Howard and Jock Tame are residents of Utrecht in northern KZN; we are also
sustainability practitioners and advocates, and provide agronomy services.
While the town is demarcated as part of a protected area - and is as such not included in the
application area for proposed exploration for oil and gas resources submitted by Rhino Oil &
Gas (Pty) Ltd (Rhino) – it abuts the proposed exploration area. No protected area exists in a
vacuum; negative impacts occurring outside protected areas can impact on them just as
negatively. We note from the map provided in the BID and scoping report that there are two
sections on the south-eastern side of Utrecht that appear to be targeted for exploration, in
addition to the greater area. We are therefore concerned at the potential negative impacts of
exploration on Utrecht and its surrounds.
We have recently started a smallscale agricultural business growing culinary herbs, together
with plants suitable for essential oil production, which we hope to use in part to feed into local
community development projects, and are therefore particularly concerned at potential future
negative impacts on water and soil resources, as well as arable land within the application area.
This is a coal mining area, where there are concerns about farmland being taken out of
production due to the granting of mining rights; the same concerns hold true for oil and gas
production if commercially viable resources are found in this area.
COMMENTS
General:
Northern KwaZulu-Natal, in which application ER 317 is situated, is a somewhat unique area,
being a border area between this province, as well as southern Mpumalanga and the eastern
Free State. Many important rivers have their sources here, including the Thukela, Usutu,
Pongola and Mfolozi. Rivers such as the Buffalo, which also rise here, provide water to a vast
rural area. Water from this region also augments supply to the Vaal Basin, which provides
water to Gauteng, the country’s economic powerhouse. The area is therefore a vital source of
water provision to the eastern part of South Africa. Many people living in this area, as well as
the towns and cities contained within it, are directly dependent on the environment for their
water, as opposed to receiving water from further afield via interbasin transfers, as is the case
with Johannesburg in particular (in fact, 80% of Johannesburg’s water comes from KwaZulu-
Natal, the first phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Scheme notwithstanding). According to
WWF-SA, this region forms part of the mere 8% of South Africa’s land area that provides 50% of
the country’s freshwater via runoff.
The region falls within South Africa’s grassland biome. According to the Amajuba District
Municipality’s IDP and Spatial Development Plan, the grasslands here are on average 30%
transformed as opposed to a national average of over 60% transformed, sometimes irreversibly.
These landscapes are home to numerous threatened mammals, such as the Oribi and Golden
Mole. Threatened birds found here (and monitored by us previously) include the Wattled and
Grey Crowned Crane, Denham’s Bustard, Southern Bald Ibis, Ground Hornbill, Secretarybird,
Western Marsh Harrier, Black Stork, Botha’s Lark, Rudd’s Lark and Yellow-breasted Pipit.
The primary economic sectors are agriculture and tourism, especially eco- and cultural tourism.
Farming focuses on rangeland livestock farming (mainly cattle and sheep) and game farming.
The area is a coal mining area (Utrecht Coalfields), although the Amajuba District Municipality
has been careful to balance the need for mining-related economic activities with the essential
ecosystem services (such as water provision) provided by the local natural environment. Coal
mining has been in decline due to dwindling resources but there is now a renewed effort to
mine further coal, particularly to supply the Majuba Power Station near Volksrust and to bring
in junior and often BBEEE mining companies. In our opinion, based on our experiences with the
sector since arriving in this area in mid-2011, many of these entities do not appear to conduct
their activities in an environmentally-friendly manner; there are several abandoned, ownerless
mines, which have not been rehabilitated adequately or at all; mines proceeding without the
requisite water use licences and depriving other users of water; as well as compromised road
infrastructure due to coal being transported by heavy vehicles. The region is generally well
aware of the pros and cons of its association with the extractive industry.
One of the region’s particular challenges is creating jobs and work opportunities for a great
number of people who are generally poorly educated with limited skills. Historically, when
mining was still very labour intensive with easy-to-reach resources, the sector was able to
employ numbers of such people. Now, however, the situation has changed dramatically; at a
public meeting regarding the potential re-opening of a former mine, 400 people arrived looking
for work and were told that only 75 new jobs would potentially be created.
These days, despite it being legislated, the extractive industry rarely provides much opportunity
for locals to learn new skills and generally gives little input (or very limited input at best) into
local economies and opportunities. As a result, when mines close, jobs evaporate overnight. We
have seen this happen in the broader area around Utrecht.
Amajuba District Municipality, together with smaller municipalities such as Emadlangeni
(Utrecht) are working to develop sectors such as agriculture and ecotourism in places where
mineral resources such as coal are unlikely to be particularly large or long-term. Such non-
extractive economic activities can be done on a sustainable basis, with minimal and managed
environmental impact, rely on a healthy environment for their continued viability, and have the
potential to employ more people. They also have the potential to feed into the local economy.
While the development of an oil and gas industry in South Africa has allegedly been hailed as a
potential ‘game changer’ for the country by the South African government, according to various
media reports, the reality on the ground is likely to be somewhat different. By its own
admission (at public meetings held in November 2016), Rhino Oil & Gas will not provide many
jobs, as they will require personnel with oil and gas experience and a technical background. As
the holding company, Rhino Resources, is registered in the British Virgin Islands and Nevada in
the US, both tax havens, it is our opinion that it would be unlikely that profits will accrue much
to South Africans but rather to international shareholders. This has been a trend in the South
African mining sector too, particularly in recent years. The South African government will
certainly benefit – due to its legislated stake in oil and gas ventures in accordance with the
Mineral & Petroleum Resources Development Act 2002 (MPRDA), VAT, company tax, etc.
Regular South Africans will likely see little benefit.
According to information furnished to us by two Dundee geologists, it is highly likely that many
petroleum or gas resources occurring in the application area would be ‘tight’ resources,
requiring technologies such as highly controversial hydraulic fracturing (aka ‘fracking’) to
extract. Having been pioneered in the US by Mitchell Energy in the mid-1980s, horizontal
drilling techniques are particularly detrimental; although they enable a larger section of
potential reservoirs to be accessed, they also exacerbate potential impacts. These include:
High levels of water abstraction – Treasure the Karoo Action Group, an NGO working to
prevent fracking in the Cape Karoo, puts it at around 20 million litres of fresh water per
frack per well. As a dry country (the 30th driest in the world according to the UN Food &
Agricultural Organization) with water in increasingly short supply, South Africa can ill
afford such abstraction;
High levels of water pollution – A large number of highly toxic chemicals are used during
fracking, including industrial solvents, carcinogens and endochrine disruptors, kerosene
and other fuels. These may be released into groundwater during the fracking process.
As most drills and boreholes leak (despite being encased in cement, which often fails on
first deployment), there is also the risk of hydrocarbons getting into groundwater from
this source. In the US, many affected landowners are able to set their water on fire due
to the high methane content. This is also now happening in Australia, which has a
growing coalbed methane (CBM) gas industry. South Africa’s geology may also
exacerbate the likelihood of water pollution due to the presence of dolerite dykes in
particular, which create migratory pathways for both water and pollutants;
Air pollution due to the burning off of liquid gas, which contains these toxic chemicals –
these are then released into the air, leading to an increase of respiratory and other
ailments;
Risk of seismic disturbances, particularly along even small fault lines, especially when
wastewater is disposed of in injection wells;
Risk of infrastructure damage, especially in South Africa, where it is envisaged that gas,
together with equipment, personnel and wastewater will all be transported by heavy
duty trucks along often rural roads, as opposed to using rail or constructing numerous
pipelines;
Dwindling biodiversity – This is likely to be exacerbated as many threatened species
tend to be specialists requiring very specific habitat and other conditions for survival.
Habitats may be disrupted through oil and gas exploration and production, disturbance
may also negatively impact on breeding, threatened species may be removed by
unscrupulous personnel, etc.
Arable land may be taken out of production, as the South African government owns the
country’s mineral rights, according to the MPRDA – this will further negatively impact
the agricultural sector with a knock-on effect on food security, rural employment and
livelihoods, ecotourism ventures (which often rely on a non-industrialised
environment), and security of tenure.
All of the above pose in our opinion unacceptable risks to the greater natural environment, rural
livelihoods, human and animal health, ecosystem integrity (which provides essential ecosystem
services for people, including freshwater and fertile soils), freshwater supply, and local
economies.
For more information on fracking and its potential dangers in South Africa, please see:
Fracking in South Africa – A Beginners Guide
We respectfully submit that exploration for oil and gas resources, if they ultimately prove to
exist and be commercially viable, will hopelessly compromise many of the country’s rural areas,
where most of the petroleum exploration applications currently lie. These resources are not
low-carbon alternatives; they are fossil fuels, which will exacerbate climate change threats (sub-
Saharan Africa is believed to become one of the world’s worst-affected regions), freshwater
availability, etc. Due to the high methane emissions from natural gas, whether fracked or
conventionally produced, including gas in a so-called ‘renewable’ energy mix cannot, under any
circumstances, be construed as a low-carbon, sustainable alternative energy source.
We would therefore urge PASA and the DMR to consider these applications in the light of their
serious future implications for broader South African society and the very limited job and
economic opportunities that they are, by the applicant’s own admission, likely to create. In our
opinion, South Africa needs more real investment into rural areas to foster local economies and
sustainable livelihoods, focusing on food production, ecotourism and other viable, long-term
employment and economic drivers.
Specific comments to EIR:
Section 1.3 - Missed opportunities and extension of time
We wish to record that we were extremely surprised to discover that either the applicant or its
consultants or both appear not to have engaged properly with the Surveyor General’s office in
the first instance and that a number of potentially affected properties and/or landowners were
not informed about this application, were accordingly not previously part of the EIA process and
were not able to register as Interested & Affected Parties (I&APs) up until now. In our opinion,
identifying all potential I&APs is a basic requirement of applications for exploration and/or
mining rights and this indicates a certain lack of rigour and concern on the part of the applicant
and/or its consultants. Information on certain landowners, such as trusts, is often available at
local level.
This is of concern to us because if such a basic requirement can be overlooked, what else might
be overlooked further down the line, assuming that viable resources are discovered in the
application area?
4.1.2.2 Environmental policy of Rhino Resources
It is noted that the environmental policy has been taken directly from the Rhino Resources web
site (Corporate Responsibility section). As this company has not worked in South Africa before,
its ability to implement and stand by its environmental policy is unknown at this time.
As stated elsewhere in the EIA report, Rhino Oil & Gas (Pty) Ltd, Rhino Resources’ South African
subsidiary, would need to comply with various South African laws around mining, water,
environmental protection and the like. Further, its BBEEE partner, Glen Blue, would also need
to be compliant in the event of commercially viable resources being found and production
proceeding.
As regards ‘community development’, we wish to point out that, at public meetings we attended
in November 2016, representatives from Rhino specifically stated that no jobs would be created,
as the company would be looking for employees with experience in the oil and gas sector. As
South Africa to date has not had much of an oil and gas sector (with the exception of the Petro
SA facility offshore of Mossel Bay), this means that there is not much local expertise in this
sector. For the same reason, we must express some scepticism of the comments that Rhino aims
to partner with local communities.
4.3 Need and desirability
This section of the EIA Report reiterates the South African government’s position that gas
should be used to generate electricity, rather than coal. The rationale for this is that gas has
fewer emissions than coal, the current basis of the country’s electricity supply, with over 90% of
electricity being generated from coal-burning power stations. However, burning gas releases
methane which, while it has a shorter life in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, is much more
potent. According to the US Environmental Defence Fund, methane is 84 times more potent
than carbon dioxide in the short term and 25% of the manmade global warming being
experienced today is due to methane emissions.
Regardless of the source (i.e. natural gas, shale gas, or coalbed methane), gas is still a fossil fuel,
the burning of which is indicated in rising global temperatures and extensive climate change
impacts. The latter are now being felt extensively across southern Africa, including South Africa,
which recently experienced the most severe drought in decades. Climate research indicates that
such droughts will become the norm with increased global warming.
This will have knock-on effects for water supply and availability, food production (e.g. South
African water expert Dr Anthony Turton told Radio 702 in an interview that it is possible that
South Africa will ultimately need to chose between using water for agriculture and importing
more food) and even human and livestock health, not to mention natural aquatic ecosystems. If
South Africa continues on its drive to exploit fossil fuels for power production, it is very likely
that the country will not be able to meet its climate change commitments.
In a recent climate change-related court case, the first of its kind in South Africa, the North Gauteng High Court ruled in favour of environmental justice organisation, EarthLife Africa Johannesburg (ELA). The court referred the appeal against the environmental authorisation for a new coal-fired power station in Limpopo Province back to the Minister of Environmental Affairs on the basis that its climate change impacts had not properly been considered.
ELA challenged Environmental Affairs’ Minister Molewa’s rejection of its appeal against the approval given to the proposed Thabametsi coal-fired power station. The approval was granted by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) even though there had been no comprehensive assessment of the climate change impacts of this new coal-fired power station.
The court ordered that the Minister reconsider the appeal, now taking into account a full climate change impact assessment report and all public comments received. The judgement makes it clear that the DEA and the Minister should have given proper consideration to the climate change impacts of the proposed power station before a decision could have been made to allow it to go ahead. (from: Centre for Environmental Rights press release - 8 March 2017)
In the light of this, climate change impacts will very likely need to be factored in when new fossil fuel developments are planned, including oil and gas.
While South Africa has recently re-committed to the roll-out of renewable energy and a continued roll-out of the Independent Power Producer Plan for renewable energy, it still appears to be pursuing business-as-usual energy sources (i.e. coal), as well as gas and nuclear.
According to Greenpeace Africa, South Africa is ideally placed to take advantage of renewable energy options, including wind and solar. There is already significant wind energy development taking place in South Africa, especially in the Eastern and Western Cape.
The executive summary of the organization’s Powering the Future report states: “Very often it is
argued that renewable energy technology cannot provide the necessary ‘baseload’ electricity
capacity because of its intermittent nature... The key to sustaining the energy supply is via
smart technology that can track and manage energy use patterns and provide flexible power
that follows demand through the day. A fully optimised smart grid system would be a solution
for a climate conscious, job creating, pollution lowering, and sustainable energy system. It is
not technology, resources nor economics that prevent this but rather misconceptions of the
capability and lack of political will to move to a clean energy future. South Africa faces electricity
price hikes in order to finance the new build programme. If South Africans are to finance
Eskom’s capacity expansion programme, then Eskom should be investing in renewable energy
sources for a sustainable future.”
The report further states: “Fossil and nuclear based power is strongly lobbied for and political
interests further promote those industries. Less than 4GW of RE have thus far been approved by
the South African government. Local governments have not changed their revenue structure to
make an Energy [R]evolution possible. Coal and nuclear have been subsidised for many years
(Koplow & Kretzmann, 2010), resulting in an uneven playing field, and yet RE is often touted as
too expensive... In South Africa, the development of the RE Industry is held back by a lack of an
ambitious policy that would encourage investment. Ultimately, it is the perception of renewable
energy capacity that is the barrier and not practical constraints. Committed political will from
the South African government is necessary to set processes and policies in place that would
eliminate the barriers and foster the right economic conditions to stimulate a competitive
renewable energy industry.”
“Ultimately, it is the perception of renewable energy capacity that is the barrier and not
practical constraints. Committed political will from the South African government is necessary
to set processes and policies in place that would eliminate the barriers and foster the right
economic conditions to stimulate a competitive renewable energy industry.”
The full report can be downloaded at:
http://www.greenpeace.org/africa/Global/africa/publications/climate/RenewableEnergyRepo
rt_PoweringTheFuture.pdf
With particular reference to point 4.3.3.1 regarding the KZN Provincial Growth & Development
Strategy and the paragraph: Within the context of the proposal by Rhino Oil and Gas to explore for
petroleum products, this application does not directly contribute toward the PGDS goals of
economic upliftment for the province as employment opportunities are limited, we were, as
mentioned previously, informed at a public meeting that no jobs would be created as Rhino
would seek personnel with oil and gas experience, of which this area has very few, if any.
Therefore, no jobs will be created in this region, either now or in the future, as a result of
Rhino’s activities.
In a Parliamentary debate on hydraulic fracturing held on 1 December 2016, various ANC
representatives stated that advancing gas development in South Africa would create 700 000
jobs. We do not know how these figures were arrived at; Jonathan Deal of the NGO Treasure the
Karoo Action Group told the media that a mere 2 500 jobs would be created at best and it now
appears that Rhino Oil and Gas will not create many jobs, if any (see above).
Section 4.4.1 – Legal exclusions from the right area
According to this paragraph, protected areas of various kinds are excluded from the extent of a
right application area, together with residential areas, public roads, railways or cemeteries, and
land being used for public or government purposes or reserved in terms of any other law... We
have been following developments with regards to a coal mining right granted in the Mabola
Wetlands in Mpumalanga, which falls within a recently declared protected area (a protected
environment) and which was approved by the Department of Environmental Affairs as well as
the Department of Mineral Resources, notwithstanding its protected area states. An appeal
process has been lodged by a coalition of NGOs, community and environmental justice
organizations to have the mining right decision overturned.
As there are certain protected areas included in the area under the ER 317 application, such as
Chelmsford Dam Nature Reserve, as well as the town of Utrecht and surrounds, we would
request a guarantee from the applicant that, should further exploration and/or extraction go
ahead, the provisions of the NEM Protected Areas Act 2003, as well as Section 48(1) of the
Mineral & Petroleum Resources Development Act 2002 (MPRDA) be adhered to. It is the law.
Further, in a recent court appeal regarding an application to prospect in Mpumalanga’s
Barberton Nature Reserve, the Supreme Court of Appeal handed down judgment on 14 March
2017 in the matter of Barberton Mines vs Mpumalanga Tourism & Parks Agency (MTPA) and
others. The Court set aside an order of the North Gauteng High Court interdicting the MTPA
from interfering with the prospecting activities of Barberton Mines within the Barberton Nature
Reserve. The Court found that the Barberton Nature Reserve, established in 1985, was indeed a
nature reserve and was a protected area as contemplated under the Protected Areas Act, which
means that mining is not permitted.
Attorneys for the MTPA noted on their Facebook page: “The mine and the DMR have insisted
throughout that the Barberton Nature Reserve had not been properly established under the old
Transvaal Nature Conservation Ordinance. This protects a very valuable environment that is in
the running for world heritage states... and puts an end to Vantage Gold’s plans to mine
Barberton Nature Reserve.” (Please see copy of the judgement attached.)
Sections 4.5.6 and 4.5.7 – Core Borehole Drilling and Seismic Testing
The amendments to these sections, as requested in our previous submission in December 2016,
are noted.
Section 4.7.5 – The “No-go” Alternative
In our opinion and bearing in mind the extreme environmental sensitivity of at least parts of the
application area due to water provision, the enabling of rural livelihoods, high biodiversity
(especially botanic diversity) and the presence of threatened bird and animal species, the ‘no go’
alternative is one which should also be considered. This, as the current version of the EIR
points out, would avoid all potential future negative impacts from either further exploration
phases or eventual resource extraction/production.
Bearing in mind the environmental sensitivity of large parts of the application area (as detailed
in the first section of this letter), we believe that a ‘no go’ alternative should be considered.
Section 5.1.6 Hydrology
From a reading of this detailed section of the current EIR, together with the maps contained
therein, the high value of the application area for water provision is set out. Note that it
includes two Water Management Areas (WMAs), together with essential catchments, including
those for the Thukela, Usutu and Pongola Rivers and larger tributaries.
We note that while the area around Chelmsford Dam, an essential water provider and a source
of emergency water for surrounding towns and farmers in addition to the city of Newcastle, is
excluded from the application area by virtue of being a protected area, the Ngudane River
catchment near Normandien is not. This catchment mainly supplies Chelmsford Dam, and
should accordingly be excluded from the application area.
As regards groundwater, it should be noted that, following a three year drought in the region
(from summer 2011/12 to November 2016), there has been increased reliance on boreholes for
water provision. Many people and communities living in rural areas outside the cities and
towns in the application area have no access to piped water and rely directly on the
environment for their water supply. With weather and rainfall patterns increasingly being
disrupted due to climate change, the importance of groundwater to augment surface supplies or
provide an emergency supply during times of drought cannot be over-estimated.
As groundwater is replenished gradually from surface water supplies, it should be borne in
mind that oil and gas exploration and/or production activities that should happen to negatively
impact surface waters would therefore ultimately compromise groundwater as well.
Section 6.4 - ‘No go’ Alternative
As previously stated in this letter, South Africa should ideally be moving towards a low-carbon
future in order to help reduce the increasing impacts of climate change. As a developing
country, we have a unique opportunity to develop a less carbon-intensive economy than has
happened in developed countries, particularly in the global north. South Africa needs to move
from an industrial development model to a more holistic, inclusive model, providing more
opportunities, especially at the local economic level.
The mining industry in South Africa has, in the longer-term not in fact created opportunities for
most South Africans but has led to the enrichment of a few (mainly overseas-based mining
companies) with events such as Marikana highlighting the situation. It is unlikely that the
development of an oil and gas industry would uplift the majority, especially those who are
unskilled and/or poorly educated.
See my article, which explores these ideas in more depth: The Final Frontier
http://editor192.wixsite.com/sense-sustainability/single-post/2017/01/24/The-Final-
Frontier
6.5 Cumultative Impacts
While the aerial FTG surveys proposed in the current EIR are, on their own, unlikely to result in
cumulative impacts (and to have very low impact, as stated elsewhere in the revised EIR
document), we wish to place on record our concern that, should viable oil and/or gas resources
be found during the surveys, this would result in increasingly invasive forms of exploration
taking place (e.g. seismic testing, core borehole drilling, experimental hydraulic fracturing), at
least some of which could well result in negative impacts.
In addition, it should be borne in mind that the application area falling under ER317 is a historic
and current coal mining area where significant impacts from coal mining have historically and
are presently being experienced. This includes issues such as acid mine drainage and other
pollution of local water sources and resources; unsustainable water abstraction, sometimes
depriving other users of water; lack of adequate or any mine rehabilitation; stock theft; the
migration of indigent people into the area in search of perceived jobs; infrastructure damage,
especially to roads (due to heavy coal trucks plying the roads between mines and coal washing
facilities, power stations, etc); and increased fatal accidents on roads.
Should exploration result in production, in the event of commercially viable resources of oil
and/or gas being found in the application area, this poses serious risks to the local population –
as mentioned in the first part of this submission - and, in our opinion, is highly likely to increase
the negative impact already being experienced by the extractive industry (in the form of coal
mining).
For more information on the impacts of the coal mining industry and water resources in this
region, please see the WWF-SA report: Coal and Water Futures in South Africa:
http://awsassets.wwf.org.za/downloads/wwf_coal_water_report_2011_web.pdf
Yours faithfully
Bronwyn Howard & Jock Tame
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William Berry
From: Matthew Hemming
Sent: 13 March 2017 11:02 AM
To: Willoughby St Leger Denny
Cc: Amelia St Leger Denny; William Berry
Subject: RE: Scan from a Samsung MFP
Thank you Willoughby
I acknowledge receipt of your correspondence dated 7 March 2017.
This information will be provided to the applicant and the Petroleum Agency South Africa.
In terms of section 48 (1a) of the MPRDA “land comprising a residential area” may not have an exploration right
issued over it.
Kind regards
Matthew Hemming
African ESIA Technical Discipline Manager
SLR Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +27 82 940 8274 Tel: +27 33 343 5826 Fax: +27 11 467 0978
From: Willoughby St Leger Denny [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 08 March 2017 11:12 AM
To: Matthew Hemming Cc: Amelia St Leger Denny
Subject: FW: Scan from a Samsung MFP
Good day Matthew
Please see attached letter.
Please acknowledge receipt.
Regards
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William Berry
From: Matthew Hemming
Sent: 13 March 2017 09:17 AM
To: thysleeuwner1
Cc: William Berry
Subject: RE: CD van EIR en appendices
Attachments: 2017-02-24_Rhino N-KZN 317 ER - revised DEIR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AFR.pdf
Goeie more Thys
Please find attached an Executive summary of the environmental impact report in Afrikaans.
A CD with the full report and appendices will be posted.
Kind regards
Matthew Hemming
African ESIA Technical Discipline Manager
SLR Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +27 82 940 8274 Tel: +27 33 343 5826 Fax: +27 11 467 0978
From: thysleeuwner1 [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 11 March 2017 01:28 PM To: Matthew Hemming
Subject: CD van EIR en appendices
Kan u asb die bogenoemde in CD vorm aanstuur na Posbus 30 Ingogo 2944. Verkieslik in Afrikaans asb.
Ons hier is nie goed in swart tale nie. Dankie by voorbaat.
Thys Leeuwner.
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William Berry
From: Matthew Hemming
Sent: 13 March 2017 08:57 AM
To: Peggy Malele
Cc: William Berry
Subject: RE: 12/3/317ER
Attachments: Regional Locality Map_Retained Area_317ER NKZN.jpg; Appendix 2-Properties
included in the ER.pdf; 317 ER Retained area properties.kmz
Good morning
Apologies. Please find these attached.
Kind regards
Matthew Hemming
African ESIA Technical Discipline Manager
SLR Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +27 82 940 8274 Tel: +27 33 343 5826 Fax: +27 11 467 0978
From: Peggy Malele [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 08 March 2017 02:19 PM To: Matthew Hemming
Subject: 12/3/317ER
Dear Sirs,
We refer to the attached letter which was received by our office yesterday, 08 March 2017.
Under Section 2 of your letter, you state that “The application area is indicated in the attached Figure and includes
properties detailed in the attached list”. We confirm that neither the referred to ‘Figure’ nor the detailed list of
properties was included in the attached letter.
We therefore request that you kindly forward us a copy thereof.
Kind Regards,
Peggy Malele Risk, Legal and Governance Manager
Physical Address: Unit 12b, 2nd Floor, 3 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose Arch, Melrose North, 2196 Direct Line: (+27) 11 684 0148 | Cell: (+27) 82 825 2841 | Email: [email protected]
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William Berry
From: Matthew Hemming
Sent: 10 March 2017 01:45 PM
To: Terry Worley
Cc: William Berry
Subject: RE: From Terry Worley, Dundee
Attachments: 20170308_RHINO_EIA feedback Presentation_NKZN 317 ER.pdf; 2017-02-24_ Rhino
KZN 317 ER_ 2nd Review of draft EIR.pdf; 2017-02-24_Rhino NKZN 317 ER - revised
DEIR for public review_Executive Summary.pdf
Hi Terry
Sorry to have missed you. Please find attached a copy of the letter sent to IAPs, a copy of the executive summary of
the revised EIR and a copy of the presentation made at the meeting in Dundee.
I hope that this helps. If you have any further questions I’d be happy to try and assist.
Kind regards
Matthew Hemming
African ESIA Technical Discipline Manager
SLR Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +27 82 940 8274 Tel: +27 33 343 5826 Fax: +27 11 467 0978
From: Terry Worley [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 10 March 2017 10:01 AM
To: Matthew Hemming Cc: William Berry
Subject: From Terry Worley, Dundee
Good Day Matthew
Due to an oversight we missed covering the public meetings in Dannhauser and Dundee this week
regarding the oil and gas exploration proposal.
Is there anyway you could kindly give feedback on what unfolded at the meetings and what the latest info
is regarding what the extent of the land is where the company wishes to carry out exploration.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated
kind regards
Terry
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EDITOR
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Fax: 034 218 2536
Address: 28 Beaconsfield Street, Dundee, 3000
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RHINO OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY) LTD
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSED PETROLEUM EXPLORATION
ON VARIOUS FARMS IN THE NORTHERN KWAZULU_NATAL (317 ER)
VRYHEID
DATE 13h00, 09 March 2017
VENUE: Vryheid Public Library Hall, Vryheid
PROJECT: Rhino Petroleum Exploration Project 317 ER
SLR COMPANY: SLR Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER: 723.18034.00006
PURPOSE: The purpose of the meeting was to:
Give you feedback on:
o Status of the Scoping and EIA process,
o Changes to the exploration project since Scoping,
o Missed landowners,
o Results of the environmental assessment.
Hear and record additional comments.
Detail the way forward for EIA/EMP process.
ATTENDANCE: An attendance register is presented in Appendix 2
1. OPENING AND INTRODUCTION
Mr Matthew Hemming (Project Manager) opened the meeting and then went on to introduce Mr William
Berry and Mr Thulani Mseleku representing SLR Consulting (Pty) Ltd (SLR); and Mr Travis Smithard
(Project Geoscientist) from Rhino Oil and Gas Exploration (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (Rhino).
Ms Hemming then explained that the meeting would be held in English and isiZulu with translations
done by Mr Mseleku.
2. PRESENTATION
The presentation is attached in Appendix 1.
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3. DISCUSSION
The issues that were raised in the meeting and the responses that were given have been documented
in Table 1 below. Where direct responses were not provided in the meeting these are marked as such
and a response will be provided in the Comments and Responses section of the Final EIA/EMP Report.
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1. TABLE 1: RECORD OF ISSUES RAISED AND RESPONSES GIVEN
ISSUE RAISED NAME RESPONSE GIVEN BY SLR UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
Process related Issues
Is there a chance that I could gather the community so that SLR can explain all this to the community and not me only?
Busisiwe Mthethwa Today was intended as such meeting. It is possible but a future meeting will not fall within the EIA timeframes. In the interim we can provide you will summary documents in isiZulu, so that you can distribute it to the community and they can contact us should there be an interest for further meetings.
What is the distance of the proposed project area to communities?
Siyanqoba Sibaya. Since Rhino is proposing to conduct FTG surveys only, there is no distance to or from the project area for the communities and any other receptor.
I will be more involved in the future when there is ground work taking place.
Busisiwe Mthethwa Noted.
When will any resources be taken from the ground? Siyanqoba Sibaya. Assuming a successful process, it will probably take longer than 10 years before any extraction can take place.
Won’t the grass be affected at the distance of 200m when doing the seismic surveys?
Siyanqoba Sibaya. All the risks with regards to the ground based work will have to be assessed in the future when these ground based activities are applied for.
What type of skills will be required to be considered for employment?
A wide range of skills, for instance borehole drilling requires mechanics, welders, and accommodation, retail and food outlets. Road building. Piping contractors, builders etc. All of this will only be required if a resource is found, but that will take more than 10 years. The skills required for the proposed FTG are specialised, examples include pilots to fly the plane and geologists to review the results on a desktop level.
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4. THE WAY FORWARD
Mr Hemming highlighted the following as part of the way forward on the process:
Public review of EIR until 31 March 2017
SLR to update based on comments.
EIR to be submitted by 10 April 2017
PASA decision on Environmental Authorisation within 107 days.
Notice to IAPs of decision & appeal process.
Decision on Exploration Right thereafter.
5. EIA REVIEW
Full EIA report available in English
On SLR website (go to: http://www.slrconsulting.com/documents) and available at:
Summaries available in English, Afrikaans & IsiZulu
Distributed via e-mail /post on request
Comments to SLR by no later than 31 March 2017
2. CLOSE
Mr Hemming invited attendees to submit their comments to SLR using the contact details provided. He
then thanked everybody for attending the meeting and participating in the discussions and closed the
meeting.
Name and Location Physical Address
Newcastle Library 66 Scott Street, Newcastle
Dundee Library Boundary road (next door to Municipality), Dundee
Vryheid Library Corner Mark and High Street, Vryheid
Utrecht Library Voor street, Utrecht
Dannhauser Library 8 Church Street, Dannhauser
Nqutu Library 1139 Mangosuthu Drive, Nqutu
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RHINO OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY) LTD
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSED PETROLEUM EXPLORATION
ON VARIOUS FARMS IN THE NORTHERN KWAZULU_NATAL (317 ER)
DUNDEE
DATE 09h00, 09 March 2017
VENUE: Dundee High School Hall, Dundee
PROJECT: Rhino Petroleum Exploration Project 317 ER
SLR COMPANY: SLR Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER: 723.18034.00006
PURPOSE: The purpose of the meeting was to:
Give you feedback on:
o Status of the Scoping and EIA process,
o Changes to the exploration project since Scoping,
o Missed landowners,
o Results of the environmental assessment.
Hear and record additional comments.
Detail the way forward for EIA/EMP process.
ATTENDANCE: An attendance register is presented in Appendix 2
1. OPENING AND INTRODUCTION
Mr Matthew Hemming (Project Manager) opened the meeting and then went on to introduce Mr William
Berry and Mr Thulani Mseleku representing SLR Consulting (Pty) Ltd (SLR); and Mr Travis Smithard
(Project Geoscientist) from Rhino Oil and Gas Exploration (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (Rhino).
Ms Hemming then explained that the meeting would be held in English with the option of translating to
Afrikaans and isiZulu where required.
2. PRESENTATION
Mr Hemming gave a presentation on the Scoping and EIA process for the Rhino Oil and Gas
Exploration Right Project. The presentation included an a summary of the issues that were raised
during the scoping process and the results of the related impact assessment that was undertaken,
including proposed mitigation measures. Most importantly, the presentation highlighted the change in
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scope of the project and the implications thereof, as well as the reason for the missed landowners. As
part of the meeting, Mr Smithard gave a presentation outlining the details of the aerial survey using Full
Tensor Gravity Gradiometry (FTG) as the only method that will be used for the exploration due to the
change in scope.
The presentation is attached in Appendix 1.
3. DISCUSSION
The issues that were raised in the meeting and the responses that were given have been documented
in Table 1 below. Where direct responses were not provided in the meeting these are marked as such
and a response will be provided in the Comments and Responses section of the Final EIA/EMP Report.
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1. TABLE 1: RECORD OF ISSUES RAISED AND RESPONSES GIVEN
ISSUE RAISED NAME RESPONSE GIVEN BY SLR UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
Process related Issues
Why did Rhino not amend the 291 ER applications to
include the other properties from 317 ER and 291 ER?
Is there a reason why there are two applications in one
province?
Niven Reddy,
Groundwork
This is likely due to the land division in South Africa. However, why Rhino chose to apply
for two different areas in one province is not sure.
If it’s not the same application then are you restarting
the process?
Vicky Williams The EIA for the other project (291 ER) was started in 2015 and completed last year. The
final EIR has already been submitted and is awaiting an answer from PASA.
Which department would get involved in the decision
making process?
Andrew Adams PASA are the decision making authority on the EIA and the ER. But if the project were ever
to get to on-the-ground exploration activities then approvals would likely be required from
the DWS, DAFF, District and Local Municipalities, Conservation organisations and heritage
authorities etc Many approvals are likely to be required due to the complex legislative
framework regulating such work.
As many as 9 different departments may be involved in decision making once it gets to the
phase of listening and making decisions on a project (sic RMDEC). What is critical is that if
you object you need to put it on paper and you will need to present to these departments in
RMDEC and at the end of the day they will make a decision thereon (Herman de Wet).
If you don’t need land owner permission to fly a plane
over someone’s property why do you need to do an
EIA?
Niven Reddy,
Groundwork
In South Africa, the law only allows a person to hold a right over an area of land. To
acquire a mineral right an environmental authorisation is required, to inform this an EIA is
required.
With regards to the significant public opposition to this
project, Does that count in your assessment?
Andrew Adams Yes, all of the objections are recorded and presented to the authorities. A challenge has
been to give weight to those opinions where the opinion is not towards the scope of the
current project activities being applied for.
In the comments, if we say “NO TO FRACKING” will you Niven Reddy, Such comments will be included, but not given direct consideration , because it is not
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include them in your report and just say it is irrelevant? Groundwork relevant to this project. The scope of the EIA is aligned to the activities being applied for.
My advice would be to submit comments that are applicable to the proposed project
activities.
All our comments to this point in the process seem to
have changed Rhino’s mind. The meeting today is due
to a surveyors area because some farms were left out
Herman de Wet Yes, Rhino have had to change their approach to the EIA process due to public
involvement (change in scope of activities). In terms of the application area, the extent
hasn’t changed (Rhino).
We as farmers farm with soil, oxygen and water.
Anything you do that will affect us will affect our lives.
Your comments have been noted. The assessment does not predict any impacts of the
current scope on these environmental features.
Part of the exploration phase was the seismic activity
which was removed. What we see is the next phase will
be for drilling the core holes. The process to be followed
will be an impact on land rights and user’s rights. In this
phase Rhino will not be invasive but what it will do is
open up doors for them to do further work in the future.
We need to mobilise the communities.
Samuel , Ground
work
Landowners need to understand your rights. Mineral and Landowner rights are equally
strong and they can conflict with each other. MR is a legal right. It does grant the holder
legal rights however for access to private land there has to be an agreement with the
landowner.
We export minerals but we do not create any jobs in SA.
We Import at a higher inflated rate. Our people will not
benefit with this project. Eskom is planning to put down
4 power stations. Our education is system is bankrupt.
Our minerals are all extracted and nothing is put back
into the economy.
Phillip Strauss Your comments are noted,SA Refineries are built to take very light crude oil, that’s why we
have to import so much crude oil so if we can extract our own crude this eliminates the
importing of crude oil to South African refineries (Rhino).
Maps – email to Andrew. Live file of all properties. Vicky Williams MH emailed the requested files to Andrew Adams.
Rhino is doing this to identify areas of oil and gas
pockets and once those areas have been identified it
Samuel, Ground
Work
Your comments are noted.
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will be sad if those farmers still affected woudl have to
fight this battle alone, that’s why there has to be an
agreement that all farmers will continue to support the
opposition and other farmers even if they are not
included in those future pocketed areas.
The national development plan is moving away from this
kind of energy creation. Our government is shooting
itself by policy that is in contradiction with the bigger
picture.
The last time we were here we experiencing the worse
drought. So water is very important for us. Even after all
the rain, nothing has changed.
Jan Labusche,
Wasbank
Thank you for your comment. We agree water is important however it is not impacted by
this project scope.
I went to the library and no one there knew where the
report is.
Herman de Wet
(comments copied
from minutes of
previous meeting
as requested)
The report was couriered to the library with a letter asking the librarian to make the report
available for review. We will speak to the librarians to explain to them what it is about and
make it available. We can also make the report available electronically via email or on CDs
on request.
[SLR visited the library after the meeting and confirmed that the EIR is available. The
librarian is aware of its presence.]
Can we make the decision to distribute the executive
summary?
We have hard copies available here and you are welcome to take as many as you require.
It is possible to distribute electronic copies on request. The full report is available on our
website.
Is this document the summary of the entire document? Yes. The executive summary is a summary of the EIA report. Attached to the report (as
Appendices) are all of the supporting documents and emails that have been received
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regarding the project, and that is not included in the summary.
We have confidence in you so far, but if you sell it off to
someone else then all of that goes out of the window.
Your comment has been noted. The conditions of the right and environmental authorisation
will remain in place regardless of who the holder is.
What is the duration of this exploration phase? If the exploration right is granted, it will be valid for three years. The applicant will still be
eligible to extend it for a maximum of two years at a time - twice.
Technical related Issues
The last time I was here, I showed you an article that
showed that you need every landowner’s permission of
every landowner to fly a plane over their property; did
you find out if this is true?
Carl Simpson,
Wasbank Farmers
Association.
The article reported on a University research project. They were doing the surveys as part
of research (no mineral right). Tthere is actually no law that requires you to obtain the
permission from every landowner to fly a plane over their property.
Are these corehole’s 3 km in depth? Andrew Adams The sediment package is quite shallow in this area, however only with the FTG we will be
able to show exactly how deep the sediment package is and this will determine the depth
of the coreholes. At this point, 1000 to 2000 m is an estimation (Rhino).
Would it be possible to do angle drilling (horizontal) if
the low density area has been identified under a
wetland? Will they still be able to extract this oil.
Andrew Adams There are ways of accessing a mineral from a different area through different methods of
drilling however there are regulations preventing drilling at specific distances from a
wetland which protects the wetlands.
If wetland is laying on your oil pocket and the oil is
extracted wont this cause a sinkhole?
Phillip Strauss The oil sits in rock so when oil is extracted it won’t cause a sinkhole; this is different to
mining hard minerals which mean that you are extracting land material.
There is undoubtedly potential risks to groundwater but this is not what the current project
scope is about.
Can you explain the difference between conventional
and unconventional gas?
Herman de Wet
(comments copied
from minutes of
previous meeting
With conventional oil and gas, you sink a vertical well, and if there is enough pressure
surrounding the oil and gas it can be extracted through this well. Unconventional gas would
be extracted by means of stimulation (such as hydraulic fracturing), where water is pumped
into the hole to crack open the shale rocks in order to extract the resource. (Rhino)
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There are places where they (old mines) couldn’t plug
the hole properly due to the geology, and they just left.
The depth to which you want to drill is important for us
to know.
as requested) In our studies we will look at more than just the geology with a various amount of tests that
needs to be understood and will indicate the risk factors of working in the geology.
There are more communities that are against the extraction of minerals, but if we want to
move away from that there must be an alternative to fall back on. (Rhino)
In the 1960s they drilled in the whole country and there
is a map available where the Department of Mineral
Resources (DMR) shows the potential of resources.
What is the company’s intentions?
Do you plan to take it all the way to extraction or sell it
after all the research has been done?
We have accessed as much of the available data as we can acquire. We have the right to
sell it off, but we will not be able to maximise our capital if we do. Generally companies will
partner up with each other to share the financial risk and/or up side. The objective is to stay
in until the end. (Rhino)
Water related Issues
South Africa is a very dry country. A lot of water is used
for this process. Where will the water come from?
Herman de Wet
(comments copied
from minutes of
previous meeting
as requested)
Part of the research is to determine where a potential petroleum resource is. Then we need
to determine if it’s a conventional or unconventional source. Once we know the location
and the extraction methods we can begin to consider how much water is needed and if this
water is available. If it is in an area where there is no water, then we will have to bring in
water from elsewhere, which will have an impact on the economic viability of the project.
The ultra-deep water sources can be desalinated, used, rehabilitated and then be used for
different applications depending on the amount of money that goes into rehabilitating the
water. Drilling a fracking well is very expensive, and conventional gas would be preferred.
The objective (and legal requirement) is not to impact any water resources or aquifers. We
are one of the first companies applying for a large area outside of the Karroo, so in the next
few years, I think, there will be a few more following this one. We respect the water issue,
but other aspects like job creation must also be considered when making this decision.
(Rhino)
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We have the National Water Act (NWA), and any water uses can only go ahead with the
appropriate Water Use License (WUL).
Health related Issues
We are concerned about the possible end result. There
is a possibility that this activity can affect our farming
resources in the future. In the areas where they have
done fracking in Amsterdam, the people have been
experiencing health problems, but they cannot link the
health problems with fracking because the chemical
signatures are not the same as those used in the
fracking. Why?
Herman de Wet
(comments copied
from minutes of
previous meeting
as requested)
With regards to the technology, studies have been done by the Royal Society of Engineers
in the UK. They have recommended to the government that with existing technologies and
capabilities, a borehole can be cemented and cased to the highest degree. Therefore, they
believe that well integrity is sufficient for hydraulic fracturing. In my opinion the technology
is there to do this safely, efficiently, and to a level of expertise that one can feel confident
that the possibility of breaking is reduced greatly. I was not aware that there was a study
done with regards to the interaction between natural elements in shale and different
elements in a fracking field. There are over 900 different components that can be used in
any particular fracking mixture. The recipe used is different according to the geochemistry
and generally only a few chemicals are used in each hole. The mix that would be used has
to be declared. (Rhino)
From an environmental point, there are many risks with regards to fracking, many of which
we do not fully understand yet, which is why there are so many regulatory requirements
before a right is issued. One of the advantages is that South Africa is late in the game, we
are in a position to be able to learn from other counties. There is still a lot to learn, and
hopefully by the time .any of the applications reach the stage of extraction, we will have
better information. A study that I am aware of that was done by the Environmental
Protection Agency (2015) in America involved studying many thousands of boreholes that
have been fracked, and where groundwater monitoring had been done on the surrounding
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groundwater. The EPA concluded that “We did not find evidence that these mechanisms
have led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United
States”. Specific instances were documented where fracking activities had led to impacts
on drinking water resources, including contamination of drinking water wells. The EPA
state that the “number of identified cases, however, was small compared to the number of
hydraulically fractured wells”.. Obviously the goal should always be for no contamination at
all. In some cases the wells that caused contamination were old or did not have casing to
below the drinking water resource. In South Africa we have access to new technologies
that could make such activity even safer.
There is legislation in South Africa in terms of dealing with and transporting radioactive
waste, and if any applicant’s operation would generate radioactive waste, they would have
to comply with the legislation.
If the water and chemicals go deep enough into the
earth, it is exposed to radioactivity, and the footprint of
these chemicals change, and they aren’t the same
chemicals that was used initially. The blood tests show
that the people who are sick are not ill due to the
chemicals that they used for fracking, so there is no
evidence that they are ill due to fracking, but the people
are still getting sick.
We are no familiar with the examples you refer to. No fracking is proposed as part of this
project (Rhino).
The technology doesn’t exist to give us a 100%
guarantee that this will not happen to us.
Another concern is that if radioactive material is put into There is no proposal to put any material into the soil (Rhino).
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the soil and removed again, how will you get rid of it?
What if there is an accident while transporting the
waste? In the States, they seal the hole they extract
from once they are done, and a valve is used to keep it
closed.
The activities proposed will not generate any waste (Rhino).
What if this valve starts to leak? These are long term
concerns after you are done with your work here and
have moved on
So you are saying that they have the method to do this
properly. Has it been implemented over a long time?
This is new research but it has not been tested.
The process of hydraulic fracturing has been around for 65 years, it just went around under
the name of well stimulation. There are a number of historic wells where the wells have not
leaked and are between 30 and 40 years old, sealed and cased with the technology used
in that time. The technology has stood the test of time. (Rhino)
Closure Cost and Rehabilitation related Issues
One of our major concerns is that once you have left the
area, who will we contact id for example there is a leak?
It is our experience that Africa has a problem of
enforcing court judgements. The Hartebeespoort Dam is
a great example of Africa refusing to enforce court
fidings. Who will assist us when you are gone?
Herman de Wet
(comments copied
from minutes of
previous meeting
as requested)
As part of the environmental assessment process, Rhino has a legal responsibility to put
aside a calculated amount dedicated for closure and rehabilitations costs. In addition,
Rhino is subject to shareholder accountability and as an international company has a
corporate reputation to maintain. Our response is therefore that your concern is legally
covered and that Rhino is committed to ensuring implementation of the closure and
rehabilitation strategy as part of maintaining its global reputation as an international
company.
As of the 2014 legislation, the cost set aside for closure and rehabilitation require input
from a financial auditor beyond the traditional technical calculation. This will ensure that the
financial aspect corresponds to the technical aspects.
There must be sufficient money set aside for
rehabilitation. Rhino can close down anytime and any
day and the environmental impacts as a result of
exploration will be left with the people.
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4. THE WAY FORWARD
Mr Hemming highlighted the following as part of the way forward on the process:
Public review of EIR until 31 March 2017
SLR to update based on comments.
EIR to be submitted by 10 April 2017
PASA decision on Environmental Authorisation within 107 days.
Notice to IAPs of decision & appeal process.
Decision on Exploration Right thereafter.
5. EIA REVIEW
Full EIA report available in English
On SLR website (go to: http://www.ccaenvironmental.co.za/sub-oil-gas-minerals/) and available at:
Summaries available in English, Afrikaans & IsiZulu
Distributed via e-mail /post on request
Comments to SLR by no later than 31 March 2017
2. CLOSE
Mr Hemming invited attendees to submit their comments to SLR using the contact details provided. He
then thanked everybody for attending the meeting and participating in the discussions and closed the
meeting.
Name and Location Physical Address
Newcastle Library 66 Scott Street, Newcastle
Dundee Library Boundary road (next door to Municipality), Dundee
Vryheid Library Corner Mark and High Street, Vryheid
Utrecht Library Voor street, Utrecht
Dannhauser Library 8 Church Street, Dannhauser
Nqutu Library 1139 Mangosuthu Drive, Nqutu
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RHINO OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY) LTD
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSED PETROLEUM EXPLORATION
ON VARIOUS FARMS IN THE NORTHERN KWAZULU_NATAL (317 ER)
UTRECHT
DATE 08 March 2017 at 08h30
VENUE: Utrecht Museum Hall, Utrecht
PROJECT: Rhino Petroleum Exploration Project 317 ER
SLR COMPANY: SLR Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER: 723.18034.00006
PURPOSE: The purpose of the meeting was to:
Give you feedback on:
o Status of the Scoping and EIA process,
o Changes to the exploration project since Scoping,
o Missed landowners
o Results of the environmental assessment.
Hear and record additional comments.
Detail the way forward for EIA/EMP process.
ATTENDANCE: An attendance register is presented in Appendix 2
1. OPENING AND INTRODUCTION
Mr Matthew Hemming (Project Manager) opened the meeting and then went on to introduce Mr William
Berry and Mr Thulani Mseleku representing SLR Consulting (Pty) Ltd (SLR); and Mr Travis Smithard
(Project Geoscientist) from Rhino Oil and Gas Exploration (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (Rhino).
Ms Hemming then explained that the meeting would be held in English and isiZulu with translations
done by Mr Mseleku.
2. PRESENTATION
Mr Hemming gave a presentation on the Scoping and EIA process for the Rhino Oil and Gas
Exploration Right Project. The presentation included an a summary of the issues that were raised
during the scoping process and the results of the related impact assessment that was undertaken,
including proposed mitigation measures. Most importantly, the presentation highlighted the change in
scope of the project and the implications thereof as well as the reason for the missed landowners. As
part of the meeting, Mr Smithard gave a presentation outlining the details of the aerial survey using Full
Tensor Gravity Gradiometry (FTG) as the only method that will be used for the exploration due to the
change in scope.
The presentation is attached in Appendix 1.
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3. DISCUSSION
The issues that were raised in the meeting and the responses that were given have been documented
in Table 1 below. Where direct responses were not provided in the meeting these are marked as such
and a response will be provided in the Comments and Responses section of the Final EIA/EMP Report.
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1. TABLE 1: RECORD OF ISSUES RAISED AND RESPONSES GIVEN
ISSUE RAISED NAME RESPONSE GIVEN BY SLR UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
Process related Issues
I get the impression that there has already being a lot of
money being spent on this project and what it says to
me is that Rhino knows a lot more than we know due to
the fact that there are already a lot of coal mines in this
area so making it a suitable area to explore for oil and
gas, is this true?
Karen Griffiths,
AfriForum.
Essentially, coal mines are one indication of the possible presence of a resource, if coal
related hydrocarbons were present this resource is known as coal bed methane (CBM).
Additionally the tectonic environment from geological models and our thoughts as
geologists indicate that there may be prospects for oil or gas in the vicinity (Rhino).
Oil and gas exploration is high risk and high reward so if they find the resource then there
is an opportunity to make money from this however if they do not they can also potentially
lose the money invested.
At this stage there is no financial benefit, but later on will
there be any? Perhaps job creation or local economy
develops for the local people in the communities?
Karen Griffiths,
AfriForum.
The project is currently in the early phase of exploration, the work is very technical and will
require technical expertise to carry out which mean that there will be very little job creation
at this phase, however if the project is successful at a later stage there is the potential to
create more skilled and unskilled jobs
Direct jobs that the project would create in this stage are very low. But even at the early
stages it will result in indirect jobs, eg project people will have to stay at local guesthouses,
eat food and buy consumables. During future drilling phases there will be a greater
increase in the indirect jobs with suppliers and artisans required (Rhino).
So would Rhino suggest the youth to empower
themselves through learning more about this work for
future
Karen Griffiths,
AfriForum.
Definitely (Rhino).
The fears that people had were the drilling, without a
clear understanding of what will happen. There are
Cllr Ndlovu,
eMadlangeni Local
The process (exploration) is completely new in South Africa, which has brought fear about
what it could bring, and even greater fear about the impacts of the future impacts. In this
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ISSUE RAISED NAME RESPONSE GIVEN BY SLR UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
dynamics when it comes to land ownership. SLR has
identified the challenges with the consultation. If we are
not comfortable with something it is difficult to engage
with the community. I suggest that the municipality be
engaged at all times. There have been a lot of
consultation issues which causes confusion and unrest.
In the long term we would like to see the success of our
local community through economic development but
also environmental sustainability being such a rich
biodiversity and tourism area.
Municipality EIA we can only give assessments on the aspects that we know. The consultation process
has aimed to provide opportunity for all to be involved and to provide information on the
overall process. Rhino did the appropriate thing by eliminating the elements of the project
that was causing fear and unrest.
Thank you for your presentation. We as the municipality
have been engaging with SLR since last year and
provided our input on the application. We would have
loved to see some of our issues and concerns in the
presentation but we understand that this is a very big
project and it does not only look at Utrecht but rather a
big part of northern KZN. The municipality is aware of
the importance of this project not only for the area but
for South Africa as well. Municipality should be the focal
point for consultation. Consultation is vital so that
members need to be engaged on something that they
know and understand, and at this point we can tell that
there. This is a very good project, South Africa is in
need of alternative forms of energy, this area and its
sensitivity will provide a very good case study to prove
S. Mtshelis
eMadlangeni Local
Municipality
SLR is aware of the concerns of the issues and concerns of the municipality.
Yes, government policy is promoting alternative energy projects but there is also policy to
move away from certain energy sources (ie. Climate change). So there is not always policy
certainty for the support of gas as an energy source.
With regards to the lack of local case studies that is true – onshore exploration for oil and
gas in South Africa is new. The future EIA’s looking at ground based activities would need
to carefully look at the impacts of the activities.
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ISSUE RAISED NAME RESPONSE GIVEN BY SLR UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
that this type of energy extraction can be done correctly
in our country.
Technical related Issues
Health impact to the workers? Niven (Ground
work)
There is no proposed ground work at this stage therefore there is no potential health
impacts.
Exposure to any chemicals? Niven (Ground
work)
It is uncertain at this stage because this is not what is being applied for.
Why are we not looking at the later stages of the
project? The jobs you mention are for the later stages,
therefore in the hypothetical situation what would. Isn’t it
possible then if you use your crystal ball to predict the
jobs to predict the other environmental impacts as well?
Samuel (Ground
work)
The scope of the EIA is aligned with the scope of the activities that have been applied for.
There are so many options that could take place in the future thus SLR cannot give you a
detailed answer because the applicant doesn’t know what they intend to do in the future, if
anything. We can only assess the impacts based on the activities applied for.
Let’s say this stage shows that there is a potential for
more work, can we not talk about what the potential
risks
Samuel (Ground
work)
If Rhino were to find any prospective areas through the outcome of the FTG survey they
will have to do another EIA which will have to investigate the impacts of that work and do
further consultation. All the relevant laws will apply to the future application when it is
submitted. There have been many requests to this EIA to understand what the risks will be
for a future application, however the answer from SLR is that we cannot look at the future
because we don’t know what the future would be. SLR are comfortable with this approach
(limiting the scope of this EIA to the current project) because the laws in South Africa
requires that the applicant do more work followed by another EIA process (es) before
further exploration or any extraction can take place.
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4. THE WAY FORWARD
Mr Hemming highlighted the following as part of the way forward on the process:
Public review of EIR until 31 March 2017
SLR to update based on comments.
EIR to be submitted by 10 April 2017
PASA decision on Environmental Authorisation within 107 days.
Notice to IAPs of decision & appeal process.
Decision on Exploration Right thereafter.
5. EIA REVIEW
Full EIA report available in English
On SLR website (go to: http://www.slrconsulting.com/documents) and available at:
Summaries available in English, Afrikaans & IsiZulu
Distributed via e-mail /post on request
Comments to SLR by no later than 31 March 2017
2. CLOSE
Mr Hemming invited attendees to submit their comments e to SLR using the contact details provided.
He then thanked everybody for attending the meeting and participating in the discussions and closed
the meeting.
Name and Location Physical Address
Newcastle Library 66 Scott Street, Newcastle
Dundee Library Boundary road (next door to Municipality), Dundee
Vryheid Library Corner Mark and High Street, Vryheid
Utrecht Library Voor street, Utrecht
Dannhauser Library 8 Church Street, Dannhauser
Nqutu Library 1139 Mangosuthu Drive, Nqutu
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RHINO OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY) LTD
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSED PETROLEUM EXPLORATION
ON VARIOUS FARMS IN THE NORTHERN KWAZULU_NATAL (317 ER)
NEWCASTLE
DATE 12h00, 08 March 2017
VENUE: Richview Civic Hall, Newcastle
PROJECT: Rhino Petroleum Exploration Project 317 ER
SLR COMPANY: SLR Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER: 723.18034.00006
PURPOSE: The purpose of the meeting was to:
Give you feedback on:
o Status of the Scoping and EIA process,
o Changes to the exploration project since Scoping,
o Missed landowners
o Results of the environmental assessment.
Hear and record additional comments.
Detail the way forward for EIA/EMP process.
ATTENDANCE: An attendance register is presented in Appendix 3
1. OPENING AND INTRODUCTION
Mr Matthew Hemming (Project Manager) opened the meeting and then went on to introduce Mr William
Berry and Mr Thulani Mseleku representing SLR Consulting (Pty) Ltd (SLR); and Mr Travis Smithard
(Project Geoscientist) from Rhino Oil and Gas Exploration (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (Rhino).
Mr Hemming then explained that the meeting would be held in English and that translations were
available in IsiZulu or Afrikaans.
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2. DISCUSSION
Approximately 15 minutes into the meeting a group of protestors entered the venue and prevented the
meeting from continuing. The protestors were singing anti-fracking and other protest songs. SLR tried
to engage with the protestors but they indicated that they were not interested in consultation and
demanded that Rhino/SLR leave the venue. A photo of the protesting group is attached in Appendix 1.
SLR proceeded to inform meeting attendees that the meeting will not continue any further and that
copies of the presentation will be sent to the attendees. A copy of the presentation was sent to the
attendees who completed the Attendance Register on the 13th March 2017. The presentation is
attached in Appendix 2.
The protestors would not identify themselves but SLR was later advised that they represented
community based organisation called Sisonke.
One of the protestors, who had decided not to protest further, advised SLR that he got on the bus that
brought the group to the venue because “a person had come to my door and told me there would be a
bus tomorrow going to a local mine for job interviews”. Only after being on the bus were the participants
advised of the real purpose and destination of the bus.
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RHINO OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY) LTD
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSED PETROLEUM EXPLORATION
ON VARIOUS FARMS IN THE NORTHERN KWAZULU_NATAL (317 ER)
DANNHAUSER
DATE 15H30, 08 March 2017
VENUE: Dannhauser Local Municipal Library Hall, Dannhauser
PROJECT: Rhino Petroleum Exploration Project 317 ER
SLR COMPANY: SLR Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER: 723.18034.00006
PURPOSE: The purpose of the meeting was to:
Give you feedback on:
o Status of the Scoping and EIA process,
o Changes to the exploration project since Scoping,
o Missed landowners
o Results of the environmental assessment.
Hear and record additional comments.
Detail the way forward for EIA/EMP process.
ATTENDANCE: No meeting was held due to the protestors; therefore no attendance register
was recorded.
1. DISCUSSION
The same protestors from the previous meeting at Newcastle occupied the venue prior to SLR/Rhino
arriving and advised Rhino/SLR that no meeting would take place. A number of local land owners
arrived for the meeting, wanting to hear about the project. These land owners tried to convince the
protestors to allow the meeting to continue. The argument was heated at times. After about half an hour
the local police asked Rhino/SLR to leave so that the crowd would disperse. A photo of the protesting
group is attached in Appendix 1.
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William Berry
From: NN Land Survey Office <[email protected]>
Sent: 07 March 2017 08:02 PM
To: William Berry
Subject: RE: Rhino Oil and Gas (12/3/317 ER): UPDATE ON EIA PROCESS
Attachments: (list) 2016-02-10_Rhino N-KZN 108 TCP BID_English (3).pdf
Dear William,
Further to your email of the 20th
January, kindly provide our office with the additional list of properties that is being
referred to in the draft EIR of November 2016.
We only have the list as per attached previously supplied by your office.
Kind regards
Brigitte
From: William Berry [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, 20 January 2017 1:59 PM Cc: Matthew Hemming
Subject: Rhino Oil and Gas (12/3/317 ER): UPDATE ON EIA PROCESS
Project Reference: 723.18034.00006 PASA Ref: 12/3/317 ER
ATTENTION: INTERESTED AND AFFECTED PARTIES
Dear Sir/ Madam
APPLICATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION IN SUPPORT OF AN EXPLORATION RIGHT APPLICATION FOR
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ON VARIOUS FARMS IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE (12/3/317 ER):
UPDATE ON EIA PROCESS
Our previous correspondence of 9 November 2016 regarding above-mentioned project refers.
As indicated in our previous correspondence, Rhino Oil and Gas Exploration South Africa (Pty) Ltd (Rhino Oil and
Gas) has applied to the Petroleum Agency South Africa (PASA) for an exploration right for oil and gas on various
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William Berry
From: Matthew Hemming
Sent: 07 March 2017 09:08 PM
Cc: William Berry
Subject: Rhino Oil and Gas (12/3/317 ER): UPDATE ON EIA PROCESS
Attachments: Appendix 2-Properties included in the ER.pdf; 2017-02-24_ Rhino KZN 317 ER_ 2nd
Review of draft EIR.pdf
Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged
Hi Brigitte
The list of properties included in the draft EIR of November 2016 and in the revised EIR of February 2107 remained
the same.
There was not been any change to the extent of the 317 ER application area since the change that was
communicated after Scoping. The list is attached.
Please note that the revised EIR is currently out for a 30 day review period. See a copy of the notice in this regard.
Kind regards
Matthew Hemming
African ESIA Technical Discipline Manager
SLR Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +27 82 940 8274 Tel: +27 33 343 5826 Fax: +27 11 467 0978
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William Berry
From: Matthew Hemming
Sent: 01 March 2017 01:47 PM
To: Renee Strauss
Cc: William Berry
Subject: RE: Rhino Oil and Gas - Project Reference: 723.18034.00006 PASA Ref: 12/2/317 ER
Attachments: 2017-02-24_Rhino NKZN 317 ER - revised DEIR_for Public Review.pdf
Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Completed
Hi Renee
Please find attached a copy of the DEIR document which includes the EMPr.
Kind regards
Matthew Hemming
African ESIA Technical Discipline Manager
SLR Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +27 82 940 8274 Tel: +27 33 343 5826 Fax: +27 11 467 0978
From: Renee Strauss [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 01 March 2017 12:55 PM To: Matthew Hemming
Subject: Rhino Oil and Gas - Project Reference: 723.18034.00006 PASA Ref: 12/2/317 ER
Good day,
Please email me a copy of the relevant draft EIR including EMP and Scoping report.
Thank you
Renée Strauss
LMS BROKERS CC
(FSP Licence 1843)
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William Berry
From: Matthew Hemming
Sent: 05 April 2017 10:37 AM
To: Frank Talbot; William Berry
Cc: Brendan Smith; Kevern Mattison
Subject: RE: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK MEETINGS
Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged
Hi Frank
Apologies for the delayed response.
Thank you for the plans. This has been provided to the applicant.
The MPRDA provides for the grant of overlapping rights where these are for different minerals (as is the case here).
The granting of overlapping rights does not have to result in conflict or confrontation. Rhino Oil and Gas would not
want to pursue activities that would result in conflict with existing mineral right holders.
If they are granted an exploration right for oil and gas, they will engage with the holders of other mineral rights
holders before undertaking any exploration activity.
Kind regards
Matthew Hemming
African ESIA Technical Discipline Manager
SLR Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +27 82 940 8274 Tel: +27 33 343 5826 Fax: +27 11 467 0978
From: Frank Talbot [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 28 February 2017 03:47 PM To: William Berry; Matthew Hemming
Cc: Brendan Smith; Kevern Mattison
Subject: RE: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK MEETINGS
Good day, In previous correspondence with yourselves Zinoju Coal (PTY) LTD had informed you that they have extensive Coal Mining Rights and Coal Prospecting Rights granted to them within the 317ER related area as shown in your documentation. We would like to avoid any confrontation that could arise out of this conflict of areas. Attached please find a plan showing the areas belonging to Zinoju Coal.
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William Berry
From: Matthew Hemming
Sent: 27 February 2017 01:49 PM
To: ROSANNE
Cc: William Berry
Subject: RE: Environmental Impact Report
Hi Rosanne
Thank you for these comments.
They will be included with the report submitted to PASA for decision-making.
Kind regards
Matthew Hemming
African ESIA Technical Discipline Manager
SLR Consulting
E-Mail: [email protected]
Mobile: +27 82 940 8274
Tel: +27 33 343 5826
Ext:
Fax: +27 11 467 0978
-----Original Message-----
From: ROSANNE [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 25 February 2017 10:40 AM
To: Matthew Hemming
Subject: Environmental Impact Report
Good Morning,
Please ensure that all affects on ground water, above and below ground, are carefully researched before any
application goes forward. There has been a devastating drought in theregion under consideration in your document
so all water resources must be protected from any pollution, especially from the carcinogenic components used in
the 'fracking' process.
All people involved in these applications should be made to live in the areas under application, not live where there
is safe drinking/potable water.
R. Clark
Himeville
--
Rosanne Clark
P.O. Box 122,
Himeville 3256
South Africa
mobile 082 3596736
Landline 033 7021061
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William Berry
From: Matthew Hemming
Sent: 27 February 2017 01:33 PM
To: Raymond Takuba; William Berry
Cc: Mike Mangnall; David Dean
Subject: RE: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK MEETINGS
Thank you Raymond.
Regards
Matthew Hemming
African ESIA Technical Discipline Manager
SLR Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +27 82 940 8274 Tel: +27 33 343 5826 Fax: +27 11 467 0978
From: Raymond Takuba [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 27 February 2017 01:27 PM
To: Matthew Hemming; William Berry Cc: Mike Mangnall; David Dean
Subject: RE: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK MEETINGS
Hi Matthew,
Please see my responses below.
Thanks for the correspondence.
Regards
Raymond
From: Matthew Hemming [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 27 February 2017 11:34
To: Raymond Takuba; William Berry
Cc: Mike Mangnall; David Dean
Subject: RE: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK
MEETINGS
Good morning Raymond
Thank you for the correspondence.
It does appear from the location maps that the Mainstream Renewable Power Development interest and Rhino Oil
and Gas application overlap. However, as indicated in the EIR (pg iv & v of the executive summary), the work
programme proposed by Rhino Oil and Gas does not include any ground-based activity. Thus if the application is
approved, Rhino Oil and Gas would be in a position to conduct remote & aerial exploration to develop a more
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detailed understanding of the potential oil and gas resources in the ER area. It is therefore unlikely that there would
be any direct interaction between the two parties’ activities and no infringement on rights. The flight for the aerial
survey would have to comply with Civil Aviation rules and take appropriate cognisance of any wind turbines. Thanks
noted, should any possible interference be foreseen in the future this can be discussed with Mainstream. As long as
our rights are not disadvantaged we will make effort to accommodate.
Should Rhino Oil and Gas propose to conduct ground-based exploration activities in the future, this would need to
be informed by a further application to PASA and a separate environmental assessment and authorisation process.
That EIA process would have to take cognisance of extant facilities and environmental conditions at the time of the
assessment. Thanks noted, should any possible interference be foreseen in the future this can be discussed with
Mainstream. As long as our rights are not disadvantaged we will make effort to accommodate.
I note from the Environmental Authorisation issued to Mainstream Renewable Power Developments that it provides
for only 15 Turbines. Is there a Figure available that indicates the location of these? We have since won an appeal
and now have 68 turbines approved. The turbine locations are scattered across the entire list of properties. The
exact locations are under review.
Kind regards
Matthew Hemming
African ESIA Technical Discipline Manager
SLR Consulting
Email: [email protected]
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From: Raymond Takuba [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 27 February 2017 10:23 AM To: William Berry; Matthew Hemming; Ntsako Baloyi
Cc: Mike Mangnall; David Dean
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Subject: FW: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND PUBLIC
FEEDBACK MEETINGS
Good Day William,
In response to the subject line, South Africa Mainstream Renewable Power Developments (Pty) Ltd would like to
highlight that we are an I&AP. From an initial analysis of your mapped area we will be directly affected by your
proposed project.
As such, there will need to be some engagement with us in order to cater for our proposed renewable energy
facility. In any case we would only seek to ensure that our existing rights are not compromised.
We would like to highlight that we have existing land lease control and valid environmental authorisation over a
portion of your proposed area.
Attached to this email is a past I&AP communication. While receipt was acknowledged, no further discussion has
taken place. Also attached is an illustration of the overlap in development areas.
Kindest Regards
Raymond
Raymond Takuba
Tel: +27 (0) 21-657 4076
Mob: +27 (0) 63 296 5255
www.mainstreamrp.com
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William Berry
From: Matthew Hemming
Sent: 27 February 2017 01:33 PM
To: Linette van Eck
Cc: William Berry
Subject: RE: RHINO NKZN 317 ER
Attachments: Appendix 2-Properties included in the ER.pdf
Hi Linette
Please see the attached list of the included properties which is an appendix to the EIR and is available at the public
venues and on the website.
If you require any other information please contact us.
Kind regards
Matthew Hemming
African ESIA Technical Discipline Manager
SLR Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +27 82 940 8274 Tel: +27 33 343 5826 Fax: +27 11 467 0978
From: Linette van Eck [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 27 February 2017 01:02 PM
To: Matthew Hemming
Subject: RHINO NKZN 317 ER
Good afternoon,
Is there by any way that we can please get a list of the farms/properties involved in the Application for
Environmental Authorisation in support of an exploration right application for petroleum products on various farms
in the Northern Parts of KZN Province (12/3/317 ER). Or can the list be obtain from the various locations for public
review as from 27/02/2017 until 31/03/2017?
Your assistance in this matter will be highly appreciated.
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William Berry
From: Matthew Hemming
Sent: 27 February 2017 01:45 PM
To: Ashleigh Mckenzie; William Berry
Subject: RE: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK MEETINGS
Attachments: ER317 Revised Application Area.kmz; ER291 Revised Application Area.kmz
Hi Asheligh
Find attached the requested files of the revised boundaries of the two ER application areas (e&oe).
Please note that these may be subject to change during the course of the application process.
Kind regards
Matthew Hemming
African ESIA Technical Discipline Manager
SLR Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +27 82 940 8274 Tel: +27 33 343 5826 Fax: +27 11 467 0978
From: Ashleigh Mckenzie [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 27 February 2017 12:11 PM
To: William Berry
Cc: Matthew Hemming Subject: RE: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND PUBLIC
FEEDBACK MEETINGS
Good Day William
Please will you send me a kml file of the study area boundary. Please can I have kml file for the northern KZN project
as well as the other KZN project (around PMB etc).
Thank you.
Kind regards, Ashleigh McKenzie (for
From: William Berry [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 24 February 2017 01:32 PM Cc: Matthew Hemming
Subject: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK
MEETINGS
ATTENTION: INTERESTED AND AFFECTED PARTIES
Dear Sir/ Madam
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William Berry
From: William Berry
Sent: 27 February 2017 12:13 PM
To: Pieter Spies
Cc: Matthew Hemming
Subject: RE: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK MEETINGS
Good day,
Thank you for your response.
We note your objection to the project. This will be recorded in the report for submission to PASA.
Kind regards
From: Pieter Spies [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 24 February 2017 01:56 PM
To: William Berry Subject: Re: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND PUBLIC
FEEDBACK MEETINGS
YOU WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED ONTO MY FARM
STOP THIS NOW BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED
PIETER SPIES
On 2017/02/24 01:26 PM, William Berry wrote:
ATTENTION: LANDOWNER
Dear Sir/ Madam
APPLICATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION IN SUPPORT OF AN
EXPLORATION RIGHT APPLICATION FOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ON VARIOUS
FARMS IN The NORTHERN PARTS OF KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE (12/3/317 ER):
30-DAY REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK
MEETINGS
You may or may not have received previous correspondence from SLR regarding the above-
mentioned project. For those who have received previous correspondence, please refer to Section 1
below. If however this is your first awareness of the project, please refer to Section 2 of this letter.
Section 3 contains details relevant to all readers. Section 1:
As indicated in our previous correspondence of 20 January 2017, it was identified late in 2016 that
not all of the properties that are the subject of the application were identified during the sourcing of
property and land owner information from the Surveyor-General’s office. The result was that a subset
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William Berry
From: William Berry
Sent: 27 February 2017 12:14 PM
To: Marietjie Lombard
Cc: Matthew Hemming
Subject: RE: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK MEETINGS Rhino Gas
Good day,
Thank you for your comment.
We note your objection to the project, and will record this (as your previous comment was) in the report for
submission to PASA.
Kind regards
From: Marietjie Lombard [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 24 February 2017 01:41 PM
To: William Berry Subject: Re: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND PUBLIC
FEEDBACK MEETINGS Rhino Gas
Beste William
Ek neem kennis van hierdie skrywe!
Ek hoop jy neem ook kennis van hierdie skrywe.
Daar is GEEN manier waarop ek die ontwikkeling van hierdie
projek toestaan of goedkeur nie!
Moet asb nie my skrywe rakende hierdie protes ignoreer
nie!!
Baie dankie
Marietjie
ns. Skrywe van die verlede word nie geantwoord nie...?
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William Berry
From: Matthew Hemming
Sent: 27 February 2017 12:07 PM
To: Bronwyn Howard; William Berry
Cc: Judy Bell
Subject: RE: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK MEETINGS
Good morning Bronwyn.
Thank you for the comments. These will be documented in the EIR for submission to PASA.
Your previous comments on the EIR are included in this revised report. There is no need to submit these comments
again. There are some minor changes to the report. Overall the content of the EIR remains as it was in November
2016, except for the details on additional land owners and the further notification and EIR review process.
‘Early-phase exploration’ is purely a descriptive term, it has no legal construct. Refer to section 4.2 of the EIR for an
introduction to the various terms typically used in the Oil and Gas process. Of legal importance to this process are
the terms ‘Exploration Right’ and ‘exploration work programme’ as defined in MPRDA and ‘environmental
authorisation’ under NEMA. The application for ‘environmental authorisation’ which has been assessed by this EIA
process is to inform the undertaking of the ‘exploration work programme’ proposed. If the ‘Exploration Right’ was
granted, the holder would only have approval to undertake the activities set out in the ‘exploration work
programme’ as submitted to PASA and approved by the ‘environmental authorisation’.
Cumulative impacts are an important and required part of an EIA process. However as with the direct impacts, the
scope of this EIA is aligned to is aligned with the exploration activities as proposed by Rhino Oil and Gas (i.e. remote
& aerial exploration activities). Given that the assessed impacts of the aerial FTG surveys and other remote sensing
methods are considered be of very low significance, there is no chance of cumulative impacts of any significance.
Should Rhino Oil and Gas propose to conduct exploration activities outside of the exploration work programme, this
would need to be informed by a further application to PASA and a separate environmental assessment and
authorisation process. That EIA process would have to take cognisance of extant facilities and environmental
conditions at the time of the assessment, including cumulative impacts.
Kind regards
From: Bronwyn Howard [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 24 February 2017 03:00 PM To: William Berry
Cc: Matthew Hemming; Judy Bell
Subject: Re: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK MEETINGS
Dear William & Matthew,
Thank you for the notification. I had a number of comments, which I made with regards to the earlier EIR
in this matter.
Please advise whether we are required to lodge comments again in terms of this revised document? I see
there have been a number of amendments. I will be unable to attend the meetings on 8 March 2017 in our
area but do wish to make written submissions.
I am also getting somewhat confused. Exactly what constitutes the 'early exploration' phase of a project
such as this? Does early exploration extend up until the resource is found and can be assessed; is any
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assessment of the resource included in 'early exploration'? Or is it only concerned with finding where
resources may be?
Finally, what is the view of SLR/your clients on the issue of cumulative impacts? I ask because this is a
known coal mining area and there are several applications for coal mining rights in the 317 ER application
area, which, in my opinion, create a risk of potential negative impacts for towns and communities, which
may well be exacerbated by potential oil and gas exploration and eventual production impacts. We are
particularly concerned about water quality and abstraction and air pollution impacts, as well as arable land
being taken out of production and the loss of rural livelihoods in the longer term if oil and gas extraction is
ultimately approved, especially once combined with coal mining impacts
Kind regards
Bronwyn
Bronwyn Howard Good Earth Herbs (Operations) & Good Earth Living Digital Magazine (Editor) P O Box 349, Utrecht, KZN, 2980 Cell: 084 246 9223 | Tel: 034 331 4377
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.goodearthherbs.net
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 1:32 PM, William Berry <[email protected]> wrote:
ATTENTION: INTERESTED AND AFFECTED PARTIES
Dear Sir/ Madam
APPLICATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION IN SUPPORT OF AN EXPLORATION RIGHT
APPLICATION FOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ON VARIOUS FARMS IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF KWAZULU-
NATAL PROVINCE (12/3/317 ER): 30-DAY REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND PUBLIC
FEEDBACK MEETINGS
You may or may not have received previous correspondence from SLR regarding the above-mentioned project. For those who
have received previous correspondence, please refer to Section 1 below. If however this is your first awareness of the project,
please refer to Section 2 of this letter. Section 3 contains details relevant to all readers.
Section 1:
As indicated in our previous correspondence of 20 January 2017, it was identified late in 2016 that not all of the properties that
are the subject of the application were identified during the sourcing of property and land owner information from the Surveyor-
General’s office. The result was that a subset of property owners for the 317 ER application were not notified nor given
opportunity to review the environmental impact assessment report.
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William Berry
From: Matthew Hemming
Sent: 24 February 2017 02:22 PM
To: Aubrey Muswema; William Berry
Subject: RE: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK MEETINGS
Hi Aubrey
The subject application area is, at its nearest point, 100km from PMB and significantly further from Ethekweni.
Given this geographical separation and the nature of the activities proposed there is extremely little likelihood of
any impact on these centres. As such there is no motivation for placing copies of the reports there.
We acknowledge that there may be stakeholders of the project living in these centres. However almost all of these
have access to technology and can access the EIR on the internet. Additionally we have indicated that we will, on
request, provide the document on CD.
Our further motivation for not printing and distributing copies of the EIR to distant centres is also resource efficiency
(trees, hydrocarbons etc).
Kind regards
Matthew Hemming
African ESIA Technical Discipline Manager
SLR Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +27 82 940 8274 Tel: +27 33 343 5826 Fax: +27 11 467 0978
From: Aubrey Muswema [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 24 February 2017 02:03 PM To: William Berry
Cc: Matthew Hemming
Subject: Re: 12/3/317 ER: 30-DAY REVIEW OF REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK MEETINGS
Good morning William & Mathew,
I would suggest that besides lodging these documents in the various District and Local Municipal libraries that
provision be made to lodge for the duration of the comment period at the provincial capital (PMB) and perhaps also
the main Library in Ethekweni as the metro. This will provide I&AP & NGO's based in the provincial capital and
Ethekwini a chance to peruse the documents.
Was this considered previously?
Kind Regards
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per
ties
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igh
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s o
f th
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s fe
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excl
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an
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rig
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app
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rea.
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sou
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are
pro
tect
ed t
hro
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iou
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th
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in
ter
ms
of
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fra
mew
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wo
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hav
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be
ob
tain
ed.
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e re
lev
ant
regu
lato
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ram
ewo
rk a
pp
lica
ble
to
th
e p
rop
ose
d a
ctiv
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s w
ill
be
app
lied
in
th
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s w
e m
anag
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the
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vir
on
men
tal
Ass
essm
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Pra
ctit
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on
th
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spec
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fid
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that
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de
str
uctive
in
du
str
ial a
ctivitie
s, d
ecla
res w
orl
d's
la
rgest
co
nse
rva
tion
gro
up
as s
tru
gg
les t
o p
rote
ct in
dig
en
ous lan
ds
inte
nsify.
Is t
his
em
ail
no
t dis
pla
yin
g c
orr
ectly?
Vie
w it
in y
ou
r b
row
se
r
Do
na
te S
UP
PO
RT
US
C
Vic
tory
! H
isto
ric
Me
as
ure
T
o P
rote
ct
Ind
ige
no
us S
ac
red
Natu
ral S
ite
s
an
d T
err
ito
rie
s p
assed
in
Haw
aii
DE
AR
FR
IEN
DS
,
We a
re d
elig
hte
d to
sha
re th
e n
ew
s th
at th
e In
tern
atio
na
l U
nio
n fo
r th
e C
on
se
rva
tio
n o
f N
atu
re
(IU
CN
) h
as p
asse
d a
la
ndm
ark
resolu
tion
(M
otion
26
) u
rgin
g g
ove
rnm
en
ts a
nd
bu
sin
esse
s to
resp
ect sacre
d la
nds a
nd
all
pro
tecte
d a
rea
s a
s N
o-G
o A
rea
s f
or
ex
tra
cti
ve
in
du
str
ies
!
Th
is is a
po
we
rfu
l sta
tem
en
t fr
om
th
e w
orl
d's
la
rge
st a
nd
mo
st in
flue
ntial con
serv
atio
n
org
anis
atio
n. A
s s
cie
ntists
wa
rn th
at w
e a
re a
t ri
sk
lo
sin
g a
ll w
ild
ern
es
s a
rea
s w
ith
in a
ce
ntu
ry i
f c
urr
en
t tr
en
ds o
f e
xtr
ac
tio
n a
nd
co
nsu
mp
tio
n c
on
tin
ue
, M
otio
n 2
6 s
ign
als
a
glo
ba
l w
illin
gne
ss to
dra
w a
lin
e in
th
e s
an
d a
nd
sa
y 'e
nou
gh
is e
nou
gh'!
Aro
und
th
e w
orl
d, co
mm
un
itie
s a
re a
lre
ady d
ecla
ring
th
eir
ow
n m
inin
g fre
e a
rea
s. P
ho
to: Y
LN
M
Th
e p
assag
e o
f M
otion
26 is o
nly
th
e s
ec
on
d t
ime
in
his
tory
th
at
the
IU
CN
ha
s t
ake
n a
sw
ee
pin
g g
lob
al s
tan
d t
o p
rote
ct
na
ture
fro
m m
inin
g a
nd
oth
er
ex
tra
cti
ve
in
du
str
ies
. Its
su
ccess is th
e fru
it o
f in
ten
se
lob
byin
g a
t th
e r
ece
nt W
orld
Co
nse
rva
tio
n C
ong
ress in
Ha
wa
i'i.
Th
is w
as m
ade
po
ssib
le b
y y
ea
rs o
f w
ork
by in
dig
eno
us c
usto
dia
ns, th
eir
com
mun
itie
s a
nd
alli
es
in c
ivil
so
cie
ty, lik
e G
aia
, w
ho
are
com
mitte
d to
ra
isin
g a
wa
rene
ss o
f th
e c
ritica
l ro
le s
acre
d s
ite
s
ha
ve
to
pla
y in
th
e s
tru
ggle
to
pro
tect E
art
h.
We b
elie
ve
th
at th
e M
oti
on
ad
ds
win
d in
to t
he
sa
ils
of
ind
igen
ou
s p
eo
ple
s' s
tru
gg
les
to
pro
tec
t s
ac
red
la
nd
s, lik
e th
ose
mo
un
ting
pro
tests
at S
tan
din
g R
ock in
th
e U
SA
rig
ht n
ow
. W
ith
its in
he
ren
t re
cog
nitio
n o
f th
e c
rucia
l im
po
rta
nce
of
su
pp
ort
ing
in
dig
en
ou
s tra
ditio
ns a
nd
rig
hts
in
the
str
ug
gle
to
pro
tect M
oth
er
Ea
rth
, M
oti
on
26
is
an
oth
er
ste
p t
ow
ard
s d
e-c
olo
nis
ing
co
ns
erv
ati
on
.
D
Pro
testo
rs g
ath
er
at S
tandin
g R
ock to
blo
ck th
e D
ako
ta A
cce
ss P
ipe
line
. P
ho
to: te
lesu
r
Su
pp
ort
ing
ind
ige
no
us c
om
mu
nitie
s to
dea
l w
ith
th
rea
ts a
ffectin
g the
ir s
acre
d n
atu
ral site
an
d
terr
ito
rie
s, a
nd
to
aff
irm
and
str
en
gth
en
the
rig
hts
and
re
sp
onsib
ilitie
s o
f th
eir
tra
ditio
nal
cu
sto
dia
ns, h
as b
ee
n a
t th
e c
ore
of
ou
r w
ork
fo
r o
ve
r 3
0 y
ea
rs.
In th
at tim
e, G
aia
ha
s c
olla
bo
rate
d w
ith
pa
rtn
ers
and
in
dig
en
ous c
om
mu
nitie
s to
pro
tect sa
cre
d
site
s a
t th
e g
rass
roo
ts leve
l in
are
as
lik
e E
thio
pia
's B
ale
Mo
un
tain
s, w
he
re lo
ca
l p
eo
ple
sa
y t
he
ph
ys
ica
l d
em
arc
ati
on
of
mo
re t
han
25
sac
red
sit
es
ha
s led
to
th
e r
ea
pp
ea
ran
ce
of
the
Mo
un
tain
Nya
la, M
en
elic
ks
Bu
sh
Bu
ck
, C
olo
bu
s M
on
ke
y a
nd
oth
er
sp
ec
ies
. W
e h
ave
als
o h
elp
ed
win
sig
nif
ica
nt
po
lic
y v
icto
rie
s, s
uch
as
Be
nin
's s
ac
red
fo
res
t la
w, w
hic
h
leg
ally p
rote
cts
Be
nin
's s
ac
red
gro
ve
s.
�
Ga
ia's
Dir
ecto
r, L
iz H
osken
, w
ith
in
dig
en
ou
s c
usto
dia
ns in
Be
nin
, 2
01
6. P
ho
to: H
al R
hoa
de
s
As th
e la
test g
ain
in
this
on
goin
g w
ork
, M
otio
n 2
6 is a
no
the
r sig
nific
an
t b
oost to
ou
r m
ove
me
nt. It
will
he
lp ind
ige
no
us c
om
mu
nitie
s a
nd
org
an
isa
tion
s lik
e G
aia
make
fu
rth
er
str
ide
s f
or
the
leg
ally-b
ind
ing
re
co
gn
itio
n a
nd
pro
tec
tio
n o
f sa
cre
d s
ite
s a
rou
nd
th
e w
orl
d.
We n
ow
nee
d to
build
on
th
e b
road
ba
sed
solid
ari
ty a
nd
sen
se
of
urg
en
cy c
rea
ted
by th
e M
otio
n
an
d e
nsu
re th
at it is im
ple
men
ted
on
the
gro
und
th
rou
gh
co
llective
actio
n -
tak
ing
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
y
for
the
le
gac
y w
e w
ill le
ave
to
ge
ne
rati
on
s o
f a
ll s
pec
ies
ye
t to
co
me
.
If y
ou
use
so
cia
l m
edia
, p
lea
se
he
lp u
s s
pre
ad
th
e g
oo
d n
ew
s! C
lick h
ere
.
Wit
h s
inc
ere
th
an
ks
fo
r yo
ur
on
go
ing
su
pp
ort
,
Liz
Ho
ske
n, D
irec
tor,
an
d F
ion
a W
ilto
n, P
rog
ram
me
Co
ord
ina
tor,
on
be
ha
lf o
f th
e G
aia
Tea
m.
NE
WS
CO
VE
RA
GE
: W
OR
LD
CO
NS
ER
VA
TIO
N C
ON
GR
ES
S V
OT
ES
TO
P
RO
TE
CT
IN
DIG
EN
OU
S S
AC
RE
D L
AN
DS
�
"Mo
tio
n 2
6 is a
go
od
in
dic
atio
n th
at th
e w
orld
's b
igge
st co
nse
rva
tion
pla
ye
rs a
re w
akin
g u
p to
th
e fa
ct
tha
t re
co
gnis
ing
in
dig
en
ous p
eo
ple
s r
igh
ts, su
pp
ort
ing
th
eir
liv
ed
fo
rms o
f co
nse
rva
tion
an
d h
elp
ing
th
em
pro
tect th
eir
la
nds fro
m d
estr
uctive
in
du
str
ies th
rou
gh
po
licie
s lik
e M
otion
26
, is
th
e b
est w
ay to
p
rote
ct lif
e o
n E
art
h."
Le
arn
mo
re a
bou
t M
otio
n 2
6 a
nd
wha
t it m
ea
ns fo
r str
ug
gle
s to
pro
tect in
dig
en
ou
s la
nds a
nd
pro
tecte
d
are
as, re
ad
this
art
icle
fro
m T
he
Eco
logis
t.
R
EA
D M
OR
E
ST
AT
EM
EN
T O
F IN
DIG
EN
OU
S K
AH
U‘�
INA
G
UA
RD
IAN
S O
F S
AC
RE
D L
AN
DS
E
"Sa
cre
d lan
ds e
na
ble
th
e n
ext g
ene
ration
s to
co
nn
ect, id
en
tify
with
and
ca
rry o
n o
ur
an
ce
str
al
cu
ltu
res."
A tw
en
ty-s
tro
ng
de
leg
ation
of
indig
en
ou
s s
acre
d s
ite
cu
sto
dia
ns f
rom
aro
und
th
e w
orl
d p
laye
d a
cru
cia
l ro
le in
ge
ttin
g M
otion
26
pa
sse
d in
Ha
wai'i
, b
rin
gin
g c
ultu
ral a
nd
sp
iritu
al p
ow
er
to th
e c
on
gre
ss.
In
a s
tate
men
t re
lea
se
d d
uri
ng
th
e c
on
gre
ss, th
e c
usto
dia
ns d
escrib
e th
e e
xis
ten
tia
l re
latio
nsh
ip
be
twe
en
in
dig
en
ous p
eop
les, th
eir
cultu
res a
nd
sa
cre
d n
atu
ral sites, a
nd
wh
y p
rote
cting
th
em
is
imp
ort
an
t fo
r th
e e
ntire
Eart
h c
om
mu
nity.
R
EA
D T
HE
ST
AT
EM
EN
T
OT
HE
R H
IGH
LIG
HT
S F
RO
M T
HE
IU
CN
CO
NG
RE
SS
...
Th
e s
ucce
ss o
f M
otio
n 2
6 w
as o
ne
of
a n
um
be
r o
f o
the
r p
ositiv
e a
ch
ieve
me
nts
ma
de
at
the
Wo
rld
C
on
se
rva
tio
n C
on
gre
ss in
Ho
no
lulu
. O
the
rs in
clu
de
:
•
A Y
es v
ote
by I
UC
N m
em
be
rs to
cre
ate
a n
ew
mem
be
rship
ca
teg
ory
fo
r in
dig
en
ous g
rou
ps, to
h
elp
str
en
gth
en
th
eir
pre
se
nce
an
d r
ole
with
in th
e institu
tio
n.
•
Th
e a
pp
rova
l of
Mo
tio
n 4
8, w
hic
h c
alls
on
go
ve
rnm
en
t, th
e p
riva
te s
ecto
r a
nd
fin
an
cia
l in
stitu
tio
ns to
pro
tect p
rim
ary
fo
rests
an
d to
“m
ea
nin
gfu
lly e
nga
ge
an
d s
up
po
rt in
dig
eno
us
pe
ople
s a
nd
lo
cal co
mm
un
itie
s in
th
eir
effo
rts to
co
nse
rve
pri
ma
ry fo
rests
, in
clu
din
g in
tact
fore
st la
ndscap
es.”
•
Th
e in
clu
sio
n o
f th
e R
igh
ts o
f N
atu
re in
th
e IU
CN
's w
ork
pro
gra
mm
es f
or
20
17
-20
20
, a
n
ach
ieve
me
nt le
d b
y L
inda
Sh
ee
han
fro
m o
ur
alli
es the
Ea
rth
La
w C
en
ter.
Ga
ia a
nd
th
e d
ele
ga
tio
n o
f custo
dia
ns o
f sacre
d n
atu
ral sites w
ere
als
o s
ucce
ssfu
l in
dem
on
str
atin
g
ho
w th
e e
ffe
ctive
an
d la
stin
g c
onse
rva
tio
n o
f la
nd
sca
pe
s a
nd
sea
scap
es d
ep
en
ds o
n b
ette
r in
teg
ratio
n
of
ind
ige
no
us k
no
wle
dge
an
d p
ractices, in
th
e N
atu
re-C
ultu
re a
nd
Spir
itua
lity &
Con
se
rva
tion
str
an
ds,
or
jou
rne
ys, ru
nn
ing
th
roug
h th
e c
ong
ress.
Yo
u c
an
als
o c
atc
h u
p o
n th
e k
ey issu
es d
iscu
sse
d a
t th
e W
CC
in
Ha
wai'i
, such
as th
e h
ea
lth
of
the
o
ce
an
s, w
ildlif
e tra
ffic
kin
g a
nd
build
ing
re
sili
ence
to
clim
ate
ch
an
ge
, b
y r
ea
din
g th
e H
aw
ai'i
C
om
mitm
en
ts.
We a
re d
elig
hte
d th
at th
e C
om
mitm
en
ts r
eco
gnis
e a
nd
str
ess:
F
•
Th
e c
ha
llen
ge
of
su
sta
inin
g th
e g
lob
al fo
od
su
pp
ly a
nd
co
nse
rvin
g n
atu
re a
nd
th
e r
eco
gnitio
n
tha
t a
gro
bio
div
ers
ity, tr
ad
itio
nal se
ed
an
d k
no
wle
dge
re
viv
al a
re c
en
tra
l to
th
e s
olu
tio
n.
•
Th
e im
po
rta
nt ro
le o
f In
dig
en
ous p
eop
les a
nd
lo
ca
l co
mm
unitie
s, e
sp
ecia
lly w
om
en
, a
nd
n
atu
re-b
ase
d s
olu
tio
ns s
uch
as th
e r
esto
ratio
n o
f fo
rests
.
Th
e G
aia
Fo
un
da
tio
n is p
assio
na
te a
bo
ut re
ge
ne
ratin
g b
io-c
ultu
ral
div
ers
ity a
nd
resto
rin
g a
resp
ectf
ul re
lation
ship
with
the
Ea
rth.
Fin
d
ou
t m
ore
at
ww
w.g
aia
foun
da
tio
n.o
rg
Th
e G
aia
Fo
un
da
tio
n, L
ond
on, U
nite
d K
ingd
om
, N
W3 2
NU
G
aia
Fo
un
da
tio
n 2
015
,
Re
g.
Ch
arity
No
. 3
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lep
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n
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ight
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he P
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um
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ica (
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SA
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term
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f section 7
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f th
e M
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ls a
nd
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licatio
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AS
A f
or
en
viron
menta
l auth
orisatio
n o
f explo
ratio
n
activitie
s a
s s
et
out
in L
istin
g N
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(G
N R
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made u
nder
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al E
nvir
onm
enta
l M
ana
gem
ent
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f
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(NE
MA
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nsultin
g (
Pty
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has b
een a
ppo
inte
d a
s t
he indep
end
ent
environm
enta
l assessm
ent
pra
ctition
er
to u
ndert
ake
the n
ecessary
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g a
nd E
nviro
nm
enta
l Im
pact
Assessm
ent
(EIA
) pro
cess i
n t
erm
s o
f th
e E
IA R
eg
ula
tions 2
014
(GN
R 9
82,
8 D
ecem
ber
2014).
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equire
d i
n t
erm
s o
f th
e E
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eg
ula
tio
ns,
a S
co
pin
g R
ep
ort
w
as m
ade a
vaila
ble
to r
egis
tere
d i
nte
reste
d a
nd
aff
ecte
d p
art
ies f
or
a 3
0-d
ay c
om
ment
period f
rom
15 J
une 2
01
6 t
o 1
5 J
uly
201
6.
The c
om
ments
that
were
receiv
ed
have b
een c
om
pile
d a
nd r
esponde
d t
o in a
‘D
raft
Sco
pin
g R
eport
Com
ments
Table
’ w
hic
h is inclu
de
d in t
he u
pdate
d
Scopin
g R
eport
. C
opie
s o
f each com
ment
receiv
ed
have als
o b
een enclo
sed
in
th
e R
eport
a
pp
end
ice
s.
Where
rele
vant,
cha
nges h
ave b
een m
ade to t
he
Sco
pin
g R
eport
in r
espo
nse t
o th
e c
om
ment or
issues r
ais
ed
. A
ny c
om
ment
receiv
ed a
fter
the c
losin
g o
f th
e c
om
ment perio
d w
ill b
e f
orw
ard
ed d
irectly t
o P
AS
A.
You a
re h
ere
by info
rmed t
hat
the S
cop
ing R
eport
wa
s s
ubm
itte
d t
o P
AS
A o
n 1
8 J
uly
20
16 f
or
consid
era
tio
n in t
erm
s
of
Regu
lation
22 o
f th
e E
IA R
egu
lations,
20
14.
PA
SA
has 4
3 d
ays t
o r
each a
decis
ion.
Shou
ld P
AS
A a
ccept
the
Scopin
g R
eport
, th
e E
nviro
nm
enta
l Im
pact
Assessm
ent
phase o
f th
e p
rocess w
ould
the
n c
om
mence.
SLR
will
ha
ve
107 d
ay t
o c
om
pile
an E
nvir
onm
enta
l Im
pact
Report
(E
IR).
The E
IR w
ill b
e m
ade a
va
ilab
le f
or
a 3
0-d
ay r
evie
w p
eri
od
and a
furt
her
no
tice in t
his
regard
will
be d
istr
ibute
d to r
egis
tere
d inte
reste
d a
nd a
ffecte
d p
art
ies c
loser
to t
he t
ime.
Ple
ase p
ass t
his
letter
onto
an
y o
ther
pers
ons w
hom
you k
now
ma
y h
ave a
n inte
rest
in t
he p
roje
ct. W
e w
elc
om
e a
ny
com
ment or
questions. T
ha
nk y
ou f
or
your
ong
oin
g in
volv
em
ent in
the S
cop
ing a
nd E
IA p
rocess.
Yours
faithfu
lly
� William
Berr
y
En
viro
nm
enta
l A
ssessm
ent P
ractitio
ner
SLR
Consu
ltin
g (
Afr
ica)
(Pty
) Ltd
Em
ail:
wberr
y@
slrconsu
ltin
g.c
om
Mob
ile: +
27
72 4
75
58
89
Tel:
+27
11 4
67
09
45
Ext:
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Fax:
+27
11 4
67
09
78
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ltin
g (
Fo
urw
ays
off
ice)
Blo
ck 7
Fourw
ays M
anor
Off
ice P
ark
C
nr
Roos a
nd M
acbe
th S
treets
F
ourw
ays
, Jo
han
nesburg
, 2060
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Afr
ica
Co
nfi
den
tiality
No
tice a
nd
Dis
cla
imer
6
Th
is c
om
mu
nic
ation a
nd a
ny a
ttachm
ent(
s)
conta
ins info
rmation w
hic
h is c
onfidential and m
ay
als
o b
e legally
privile
ged. It is inte
nd
ed for
the e
xclu
siv
e u
se o
f th
e r
ecip
ien
t(s)
to w
hom
it is
addre
ssed. If y
ou a
re n
ot th
e inte
nded r
ecip
ient, a
ny d
isclo
sure
, copyin
g,
dis
trib
ution o
r any
action t
aken o
r om
itte
d to b
e t
aken
in r
elia
nce o
n it, is p
rohib
ited a
nd m
ay b
e u
nla
wfu
l. If
you h
ave r
eceiv
ed th
is c
om
munic
ation in e
rro
r ple
ase e
us b
y r
etu
rn m
ail
an
d then d
ele
te th
e e
from
you
r sys
tem
togeth
er
with a
ny c
opie
s o
f it. P
lea
se n
ote
that you a
re n
ot pe
rmitt
ed to p
rint, c
op
y, d
isclo
se o
r use p
art
or
all
of th
e c
onte
nt in
any w
ay.
Em
ails
an
d a
ny in
form
ation tra
nsm
itte
d there
under
may b
e inte
rcepte
d, corr
upte
d o
r dela
yed. A
s a
result,
SLR
does n
ot accept any
responsib
ility
for
any
err
ors
or
om
issio
ns h
ow
soever
caused a
nd S
LR
accepts
no r
espon
sib
ility
for
changes m
ade to this
em
ail
or
any a
tta
chm
ent after
transm
issio
n f
rom
SLR
. W
hils
t a
ll re
asona
ble
endeavours
are
taken b
y S
LR
to s
cre
en a
ll em
ails
fo
r know
n v
iruses, S
LR
cannot guara
nte
e that a
ny tra
nsm
issio
n w
ill b
e v
iru
s f
ree.
Any v
iew
s o
r o
pin
ions a
re s
ole
ly those o
f th
e a
uth
or
and d
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po
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t th
ese
mee
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hen
sp
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tio
n,
incl
ud
ing g
rou
nd
wat
er,
par
ticu
larl
y w
ith
reg
ard
s to
cli
mat
e ch
ange
and
un
cert
ain
wea
ther
im
pac
ts t
hat
we
are
all
exp
erie
nci
ng,
esp
ecia
lly i
n K
ZN
. W
e ar
e co
nce
rned
ab
ou
t p
ote
nti
al n
egat
ive
imp
acts
on
ex
isti
ng
rura
l li
vel
iho
od
s, s
uch
as
eco
tou
rism
, ag
ricu
ltu
re,
smal
lsca
le f
arm
ing a
nd
so
on
(th
ank
yo
u f
or
men
tio
nin
g
that
in
th
e S
cop
ing R
epo
rt y
ou
sen
t to
PA
SA
, m
uch
ap
pre
ciat
ed).
W
e ar
e co
nce
rned
ab
ou
t o
ur
air
qu
alit
y
and
po
ten
tial
neg
ativ
e im
pac
ts o
n h
um
an h
ealt
h.
Min
ing,
in o
ur
exp
erie
nce
, ra
rely
cre
ates
jo
bs,
esp
ecia
lly
:
for
un
skil
led
lab
ou
r, o
n t
he
scal
e re
qu
ired
in
are
as s
uch
as
ou
rs a
nd
als
o c
reat
es b
oo
m a
nd
bu
st e
con
om
ies
rath
er t
han
lo
ng-t
erm
eco
no
mic
an
d s
oci
al s
ust
ain
abil
ity.
All
we
are
ask
ing f
or,
as
affe
cted
co
mm
un
itie
s, i
s th
at R
hin
o g
uar
ante
es t
hat
th
ere
wil
l b
e n
o s
ign
ific
ant
env
iro
nm
enta
l im
pac
ts t
hat
wil
l re
du
ce t
he
lon
g-t
erm
su
stai
nab
ilit
y o
f o
ur
lan
d a
nd
wat
er a
s a
resu
lt o
f th
eir
exp
lora
tio
n a
nd
ex
plo
itat
ion
act
ivit
ies.
W
e h
ave
mee
tin
gs,
we
hav
e d
iscu
ssio
ns,
we
hav
e so
mu
ch
inte
ract
ion
bu
t w
e d
o n
ot
hav
e an
y g
uar
ante
es a
nd
th
is i
s w
hat
we
req
uir
e. I
t is
ou
r o
pin
ion
th
at R
hin
o i
s
sid
elin
ing t
he
real
iss
ues
wit
h a
gre
at d
eal
of
tech
nic
al j
argo
n;
we
req
uir
e g
uar
ante
es t
hat
ou
r ex
isti
ng
env
iro
nm
ent
and
liv
elih
oo
ds
wil
l n
ot
be
com
pro
mis
ed.
Kin
d r
egar
ds
Bro
nw
yn
& J
ock
Bro
nw
yn
Ho
war
d &
Jo
ck T
ame
Go
od
Ear
th H
erb
s &
Go
od
Ear
th L
ivin
g D
igit
al M
agaz
ine
(fo
rmer
ly U
rban
Eco
Lif
e)
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earl
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96
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an
d 1
97
0’s
wit
h t
he
inte
nti
on
of
fin
din
g
con
ven
tio
nal
oil
an
d g
as r
eso
urc
es.
Man
y o
f th
e co
reh
ole
s w
ere
dri
lled
on
ly i
nto
ov
erly
ing r
eser
vo
ir r
ock
s
wit
h l
ittl
e co
nsi
der
atio
n g
iven
to
th
e so
urc
e ro
cks,
as
is d
efin
ed i
n t
he
rep
ort
s th
at w
e h
ave
bee
n a
ble
to
gai
n
acce
ss t
o.
Th
e ex
plo
rati
on
was
als
o f
ocu
sed
on
co
nv
enti
on
al t
rap
pin
g m
ech
anis
ms
such
as
anti
clin
al f
eatu
res
wh
ere
oil
is
kn
ow
n t
o a
ccu
mu
late
if
a su
ffic
ien
t se
al r
ock
is
in p
lace
an
d h
as n
ot
bee
n r
up
ture
d b
y f
urt
her
def
orm
atio
n.
Fu
rth
er s
tru
ctu
ral
and
str
atig
rap
hic
fea
ture
s, w
ith
th
e h
elp
in
bet
ter
reso
luti
on
tec
hn
olo
gie
s,
no
w w
arra
nt
the
case
fo
r fu
rth
er e
xp
lora
tio
n t
o t
ake
pla
ce i
n d
elin
eati
ng a
dd
itio
nal
are
as o
f in
tere
st.
Dat
a is
avai
lab
le a
t P
AS
A (
the
stat
e re
gu
lato
r o
f o
il a
nd
gas
act
ivit
ies
in S
ou
th A
fric
a) a
nd
is
no
t av
aila
ble
fro
m
Pet
roS
A (
the
stat
e o
wn
ed o
il c
om
pan
y w
ith
th
e m
and
ate
to e
xp
lore
an
d p
rod
uce
hyd
roca
rbo
ns)
giv
en t
hat
the
two
en
titi
es a
re c
om
ple
tely
sep
arat
e b
oth
in
fu
nct
ion
an
d n
ame.
Up
on
th
e g
ran
tin
g o
f an
ex
plo
rati
on
righ
t, t
he
oil
co
mp
any w
ou
ld t
hen
hav
e ac
cess
to
ad
dit
ion
al g
eolo
gic
al d
ata
fro
m P
AS
A a
nd
th
us
wo
uld
be
able
to
def
ine
the
area
s th
at h
ave
bee
n s
uff
icie
ntl
y a
lias
ed v
ersu
s th
ose
wh
ich
wo
uld
nee
d a
dd
itio
nal
co
re
ho
le d
rill
ing o
r o
ther
ex
plo
rati
on
tec
hn
iqu
es.
Giv
en t
hat
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as E
xp
lora
tio
n S
ou
th A
fric
a is
loo
kin
g f
or
oil
an
d g
as,
as w
ell
as a
nu
mb
er o
f o
ther
hyd
roca
rbo
n d
eriv
ativ
es,
the
larg
est
cov
erag
e o
f d
ata
wit
hin
th
e ex
plo
rati
on
rig
ht
area
s is
im
per
ativ
e an
d t
hu
s fu
rth
er v
alu
e is
ad
ded
by a
dd
itio
nal
dri
llin
g a
nd
/or
exp
lora
tio
n t
ech
niq
ues
."
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ou
hav
e an
y c
om
men
t o
n t
he
abo
ve
par
agra
ph
in
ter
ms
of
wh
at w
ou
ld b
e m
ore
dig
esti
ble
to
th
e p
ub
lic,
ple
ase
do
let
me
kn
ow
.
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t re
gar
ds,
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vis
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vis
Sm
ith
ard
Geo
ph
ysi
cist
an
d G
eolo
gis
t
Afr
ica
New
Ven
ture
s
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ino
Oil
an
d G
as E
xp
lora
tio
n S
ou
th A
fric
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I h
ave
do
ne
som
e re
sear
ch i
nto
th
is a
nd
it
app
ears
th
at P
AS
A h
as g
eolo
gic
al i
nfo
rmat
ion
, in
clu
din
g s
eism
ic
surv
ey d
ata
and
co
re h
ole
dat
a, p
rov
ided
as
a re
sult
of
the
exp
lora
tio
n w
ork
do
ne
by S
oek
or,
th
e p
recu
rso
r to
Pet
ro S
A w
hic
h i
s n
ow
PA
SA
, in
th
e 1
96
0s
and
19
70
s.
Th
is e
xp
lora
tio
n s
eem
s to
hav
e b
een
qu
ite
wid
esp
read
th
rou
gh
ou
t th
e K
aro
o B
asin
are
a.
I am
of
the
op
inio
n t
hat
th
is f
orm
er p
rosp
ecti
ng w
ork
sh
ou
ld
at l
east
giv
e cu
rren
t w
ann
abe
exp
lore
rs s
om
e id
ea a
s to
wh
ere
reso
urc
es a
re l
ikel
y t
o b
e; P
AS
A's
web
sit
e
ind
icat
es t
hat
th
is i
nfo
rmat
ion
is
avai
lab
le a
t th
eir
off
ices
in
Cap
e T
ow
n f
or
exp
lore
rs,
geo
logis
ts,
etc.
I
hav
e al
so s
po
ken
to
geo
logis
ts i
n o
ur
area
an
d i
t is
my u
nd
erst
and
ing t
hat
th
e lo
cati
on
s o
f so
me
of
the
larg
er
dep
osi
ts a
t an
y r
ate
are
kn
ow
n,
so I
am
no
t su
re a
s to
wh
y R
hin
o i
s sa
yin
g t
hat
it
is u
nab
le t
o g
ive
us
any
idea
wh
atso
ever
at
this
sta
ge
of
the
loca
tio
ns
wh
ere
they i
nte
nd
pro
spec
tin
g f
or
and
po
ssib
ly e
xp
loit
ing o
il
and
/or
gas
res
ou
rces
. S
ure
ly t
hey m
ust
hav
e so
me
idea
of
wh
ere
pro
spec
tin
g i
s li
kel
y t
o t
ake
pla
ce,
as w
ell
as t
he
nat
ure
of
the
reso
urc
e -
i.e.
wh
eth
er t
hey w
ou
ld d
o c
on
ven
tio
nal
dri
llin
g o
r n
eed
to
use
tec
hn
iqu
es
such
as
frac
kin
g?
We
wo
uld
ap
pre
ciat
e re
ceiv
ing
cla
rifi
cati
on
on
th
is i
ssue.
Kin
d r
egar
ds
Bro
nw
yn
Bro
nw
yn
Ho
war
d
Go
od
Ear
th H
erb
s (O
per
atio
ns)
& G
oo
d E
arth
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ing D
igit
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ul
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rote
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Jud
y
Th
ank
s fo
r yo
ur
com
men
ts.
I h
ave
forw
ard
ed t
hes
e to
PA
SA
.
I u
nd
erst
and
yo
ur
po
sito
n.
Th
e re
aso
ns
for
the
app
lica
nt
no
t b
ein
g a
ble
id
enti
fyin
g t
he
targ
et s
ites
fo
r th
e p
hysi
cal
exp
lora
tio
n a
re
exp
lain
ed i
n t
he
Sco
pin
g R
epo
rt (
spec
ific
ally
Sec
tio
ns
1.3
, 2
.3.1
ad
2.3
.10
). I
rei
tera
te t
hat
th
e sc
op
e o
f th
e
EIA
is
alig
ned
wit
h t
he
earl
y-p
has
e ex
plo
rati
on
as
pro
po
sed
by R
hin
o O
il a
nd
Gas
. S
LR
is
asse
ssin
g t
he
imp
acts
of
the
pro
po
sed
ear
ly-p
has
e ex
plo
rati
on
wo
rk p
rogra
mm
e as
pro
vid
ed t
o u
s.
We
hav
e
ack
no
wle
dg
ed t
he
lim
itat
ion
s o
f th
is i
n t
he
Sco
pin
g R
epo
rt.
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d r
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ds
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tth
ew
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To:
SLR Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Metago House (Block 7)
Fourways Manor Office Park
Cnr Roos and Macbeth Streets
Johannesburg
Rhino Oil & Gas (Pty) Ltd
Petroleum Agency of South Africa
ATTENTION: MATTHEW HEMMING / WILLIAM BERRY
Dear Matthew/William,
COMMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT: RHINO OIL & GAS
APPLICATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION IN SUPPORT OF AN EXPLORATION
RIGHT APPLICATION FOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ON VARIOUS FARMS IN THE
MAGISTERIAL DISTRICTS OF UBOMBO, SIMDLANGENTSHA, UTRECHT, NGOTSHE,
NEWCASTLE, VRYHEID, NONGOMA, HLABISA, DANNHAUSER, MAHLABATINI, NQUTU,
DUNDEE, GLENCOE, KLIPRIVER, BABANANGO, LOWER UMFOLOZI, MTONJANENI, MSINGA,
ESTCOURT, W
EENEN, KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE (Ref No. 12/3/317 ER)
Introduction
Bronwyn Howard and Jock Tame are residents of Utrecht in northern KZN; we are also
sustainability practitioners and advocates, and provide agronomy services.
While the town is demarcated as part of a protected area - and is as such not included in the
application area for proposed exploration for oil and gas resources submitted by Rhino Oil &
Gas (Pty) Ltd (Rhino)
– it abuts the proposed exploration area. No protected area exists in a
vacuum; negative impacts occurring outside protected areas can impact on them just as
negatively. We note from the map provided in the BID and scoping report that there are two
sections on the south-eastern side of Utrecht that appear to be targeted for exploration, in
addition to the greater area. We are therefore concerned at the potential negative impacts of
exploration on Utrecht and its surrounds.
We have recently started a smallscale agricultural business growing culinary herbs and plants
suitable for essential oil production, which we hope to use in part to feed into local community
development projects, and are therefore particularly concerned at potential future negative
impacts on water and soil resources, as well as arable land within the application area. This is a
coal mining area, where there are concerns about productive farmland being taken out of
production due to the granting of mining rights; the same concerns hold true for oil and gas
production if commercially viable resources are found in this area.
COMMENTS
Particular concerns: W
e are especially concerned about the following sections of the EIA
Report as it currently stands:
4.5.6 Core borehole drilling & 4.5.7 Seismic surveys
We note the first paragraph of these sections: Core borehole drilling/ seismic testing is no longer
included in the proposed ‘early-phase exploration’ work for which Rhino Oil and Gas are seeking
environmental approval.
This is in line with the rest of the EIA report, which states repeatedly that the current
application is only for desktop studies, data analysis and aerial FTG surveys which, by their
nature, would be low impact.
However, subsequent paragraphs of section 4.5.6 read: Rhino Oil and Gas would still
propose to undertake core hole drilling as part of further early-phase exploration. The
location of core hole sites is currently unknown, as these would ultimately be determined based on
the findings of the initial exploration activities undertaken in Year 1 and 2. Target locations would
initially be determined from an assessment of geological information derived from the available
data and FTG survey. Since the exact location of an exploration core hole is flexible, it can be
adjusted to accommodate local features, landowner’ needs and local environmental sensitivities.
This process of adjusting a site’s location would always involve consultation with the land owner to
reach a negotiated access agreement.
In proposing locations for drill sites, consideration would be given to environmental criteria. Each
drill sites would be subject to the requisite environmental assessment and authorisation process.
Likewise, the subsequent paragraphs of section 4.5.7 read: Rhino Oil and Gas would still
propose to undertake seismic surveys as part of further early-phase exploration. The
location of seismic lines is currently unknown, as these would ultimately be determined based on
the findings of the initial exploration activities undertaken in Year 1 and 2. Target routes would
initially be determined from an assessment of geological information derived from the available
data, FTG surveys and core borehole drilling. Since the exact alignment of a seismic line is flexible,
it can be adjusted to accommodate local features, landowner’ needs and local environmental
sensitivities. This process of adjusting a seismic line’s route would always involve consultation with
the land owner to reach a negotiated access agreement.
In proposing routes for seismic survey alignments, consideration would be given to environmental
criteria. Each route would be subject to the requisite environmental assessment and authorisation
process.
From a reading of these clauses, it would appear that Rhino Oil and Gas wishes to consider
undertaking core borehole drilling and seismic testing as part of this application. If these are to
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and 4.5.7) is based around the premise that the applicant intends only doing desktop studies,
data analysis and aerial FTG surveys.
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(represented by Mr Matthew Hemming) at the public meeting held in Utrecht on 24 November
2016 and were assured that only aerial FTG surveys were to be conducted – there would be no
core borehole drilling or seismic testing considered at this stage. According to information we
received at the meeting – and which is echoed in the EIA report under comment
– there are only
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’, fo
llo
we
d b
y a
pp
rais
al
and then exploratory drilling. While we understand this and also that, at any stage, the
applicant might halt the process if, for example, resources were not commercially viable or
proved impossible or uneconomical to extract, we are concerned that these two clauses leave an
open door for the applicant to potentially embark on core borehole drilling and seismic surveys
du
rin
g t
he
‘ea
rly
ph
ase
ex
plo
rati
on
’.
We have taken this matter up with Mr Hemming via e-mail on several occasions, the first of
which was sent to him on Sunday, 12 December 2016, and to which he responded the following
day. His standard response has been that the applicant only intends doing aerial FTG surveys
an
d n
ot
core
bo
reh
ole
dri
llin
g n
or
seis
mic
te
stin
g d
uri
ng
‘ea
rly
ph
ase
ex
plo
rati
on
’. H
e a
lso
continues to cite and paraphrase the final paragraphs of sections 4.5.6 and 4.5.7: In proposing
routes for seismic survey alignments, consideration would be given to environmental criteria. Each
route would be subject to the requisite environmental assessment and authorisation process.
After some to-ing and fro-ing, we specifically requested SLR Consulting (Mr Hemming)
to simply state in these clauses that Core borehole drilling/ seismic testing is no longer
included in the proposed ‘early-phase exploration’ work for which Rhino Oil and Gas are seeking
environmental approval and remove all subsequent paragraphs from clauses 4.5.6 and 4.5.7 if it
is indeed not the intention of Rhino Oil and Gas to do core borehole drilling and seismic testing
du
rin
g ‘e
arl
y p
ha
se e
xp
lora
tio
n’.
Th
e r
em
ain
ing
pa
rag
rap
hs
are according superfluous. W
e
have also asked him, if he does not agree that these clauses should be removed, to tell us his
reasons for so doing.
We also spoke to Ms Phumla Ngesi at the Petroleum Agency of SA (PASA) on the afternoon of
Tuesday, 13 December 2016 and followed up by e-mail the following afternoon, advising her of
our concerns. She informed us that she is familiar with this application and that, to her
knowledge, the current exploration licence sought is only for aerial FTG surveys and not for
core borehole drilling or seismic testing. She further advised that, should the applicant wish to
include core borehole drilling or seismic testing in its activities for this application, it would
need to either amend the existing application or lodge a new application with PASA, the current
EIA report as it stands would be rendered null and void and the entire process would need to be
re-started.
Late afternoon on 14 December 2016, after more fruitless e-mail exchanges with Mr Hemming,
Ms Ngesi e-mailed me to say that she would look into the matter and would get back to me by
close of business on Thursday, 15 December 2016 (the deadline for comments on this EIA
report is also on that date). W
e received the following response from her via e-mail in the late
afternoon:
Firstly, I trust that you have submitted your comments to the Environmental Assessment
Practitioner i.e. SLR Consulting so that they are recorded and addressed in the final Environmental
Impact Assessment Report. The reason I am raising this is that it is the EAPs responsibility to
address all comments and concerns raised as part of the consultation process before submitting
the reports to the regulatory authority. Our role as the Agency is to assess the manner in which
such comments and concerns have been addressed.
As discussed with you, our understanding with respect to what is proposed is that, the applicant
intends undertaking an FTG which is basically an airborne survey, and assuming that the
Environmental Authorisation and exploration right are granted, and if FTG results show that
there is a potential for oil and gas, additional exploration activities such as seismic survey or core
drilling will be carried out. It is our understanding therefore that such will not take place without
the holder or EAP undertaking the following: (i) application for either an amendment of the
Environmental Authorisation or a new application for EA depending on the scope of what is
proposed, (ii) undertaking further consultation with the I&APs on the proposed activities which
were not part of the initial EA application. In our discussion yesterday we seemed we to be at the
same level of understanding. I hope nothing has changed from your side and if it is still the case, we
will be in a position to advise the EAP to provide clarity in that regard.
I would further like to reiterate that on receipt of the final EIR we will make an evaluation as to
how the I&APs comments have been addressed.
We would respectfully submit that PASA needs to establish wha
t R
hin
o O
il a
nd
Ga
s’s
inte
nti
on
s
are w
ith
re
ga
rd t
o ‘e
arl
y p
ha
se e
xp
lora
tio
n’ – are they going to confine their activities to desktop
studies, data analysis and aerial FTG surveys at this time without any possibility of core
borehole drilling and seismic testing? Alternatively, is there any possibility that they intend to
do core borehole drilling and seismic testing at this stage? If the latter is the case, we would
request that the current EIA process be halted and the applicant proceed as recommended by
PASA (see above) so that all the potential negative impacts of core borehole drilling and seismic
testing can be stated, together with specialist studies if required, and recommended mitigation
measures for I&APs who might potentially be affected by such activities.
Should Rhino Oil and Gas not be anticipating doing core borehole drilling or seismic
test
ing
du
rin
g ‘e
arl
y p
ha
se e
xp
lora
tio
n’ (
wh
ich
is
wh
at
I&A
Ps
ha
ve
be
en
to
ld r
ep
ea
ted
ly
and is in line with the rest of the EIA report document as it stands), then we request that
clauses 4.5.6 and 4.5.7 simply state that Core borehole drilling/ seismic testing is no longer
included in the proposed ‘early-phase exploration’ work for which Rhino Oil and Gas are seeking
environmental approval with the remainder of the paragraphs under those clauses simply being
removed.
Other Comments:
Section 4.1.2 Applicant’s background
The second paragraph of this section reads: Rhino Resources’ goal is to develop these natural
resources with the benefit of enhanced prosperity for African host countries and communities.
However, I&APs were expressly told by the applicant at a public meeting held on 24 November
2016 that no jobs would be created by their activities, as they will be needing personnel who
have oil and gas experience, which most South Africans do not have. No opportunities for
unskilled workers, which comprise the majority of the available labour force in the application
area, would therefore be offered.
4.1.2.2 Environmental policy of Rhino Resources
It is noted that the environmental policy has been taken directly from the Rhino Resources web
site (Corporate Responsibility section). As this company has not worked in South Africa before,
its ability to implement and stand by its environmental policy is unknown at this time.
As
sta
ted
els
ew
he
re i
n t
he
EIA
re
po
rt, R
hin
o O
il &
Ga
s (P
ty)
Ltd
, Rh
ino
Re
sou
rce
s’ S
ou
th A
fric
an
subsidiary, would need to comply with various South African laws around mining, water,
environmental protection and the like. Further, its BBEEE partner, Glen Blue, would also need
to be compliant in the event of commercially viable resources being found and production
proceeding.
4.3 Need and desirability
Th
is s
ect
ion
of
the
EIA
Re
po
rt r
eit
era
tes
the
So
uth
Afr
ica
n g
ov
ern
me
nt’
s p
osi
tion that gas
should be used to generate electricity, rather than coal. The rationale for this is that gas has
few
er
em
issi
on
s th
an
co
al,
th
e c
urr
en
t b
asi
s o
f th
e c
ou
ntr
y’s
ele
ctri
city
su
pp
ly, w
ith
ov
er
90
% o
f
electricity being generated from coal-burning power stations. However, burning gas releases
methane which, while it has a shorter life in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, is much more
potent. According to the US Environmental Defence Fund, methane is 84 times more potent
than carbon dioxide in the short term and 25% of the manmade global warming being
experienced today is due to methane emissions.
Regardless of the source (i.e. natural gas, shale gas, or coalbed methane), gas is still a fossil fuel,
the burning of which is indicated in rising global temperatures and extensive climate change
impacts. The latter are now being felt extensively across southern Africa, including South Africa,
which recently experienced the most severe drought in decades. Climate research indicates that
such droughts will become the norm with increased global warming.
This will have knock-on effects for water supply and availability, food production (e.g. South
African water expert Dr Anthony Turton told Radio 702 in an interview that it is possible that
South Africa will ultimately need to chose between using water for agriculture and importing
more food) and even human and livestock health, not to mention natural aquatic ecosystems. If
South Africa continues on its drive to exploit fossil fuels for power production, it is very likely
that the country will not be able to meet its climate change commitments.
We are also at a loss as to why the South African government is not placing more emphasis on
renewable energy options, rather than simply focusing on business-as-usual energy sources (i.e.
coal), as well as gas and nuclear. According to Greenpeace Africa, South Africa is ideally placed
to take advantage of renewable energy options, including wind and solar. There is already
significant wind energy development taking place in South Africa, especially in the Eastern and
Western Cape.
Th
e e
xe
cuti
ve
su
mm
ary
of
the
org
an
iza
tio
n’s
Powering the Future report states: “
Ve
ry o
fte
n i
t is
arg
ue
d t
ha
t re
ne
wa
ble
en
erg
y t
ech
no
log
y c
an
no
t p
rov
ide
th
e n
ece
ssa
ry ‘b
ase
loa
d’ e
lectricity
capacity because of its intermittent nature... The key to sustaining the energy supply is via
smart technology that can track and manage energy use patterns and provide flexible power
that follows demand through the day. A fully optimised smart grid system would be a solution
for a climate conscious, job creating, pollution lowering, and sustainable energy system. It is
not technology, resources nor economics that prevent this but rather misconceptions of the
capability and lack of political will to move to a clean energy future. South Africa faces electricity
price hikes in order to finance the new build programme. If South Africans are to finance
Esk
om
’s c
ap
aci
ty e
xp
an
sio
n p
rog
ram
me
, th
en
Esk
om
sh
ou
ld b
e i
nv
est
ing
in
re
ne
wa
ble
en
erg
y
sources
for
a s
ust
ain
ab
le f
utu
re.”
Th
e r
ep
ort
fu
rth
er
sta
tes:
“F
oss
il a
nd
nu
cle
ar
ba
sed
po
we
r is
str
on
gly
lo
bb
ied
fo
r a
nd
po
liti
cal
interests further promote those industries. Less than 4GW of RE have thus far been approved by
the South African government. Local governments have not changed their revenue structure to
make an Energy [R]evolution possible. Coal and nuclear have been subsidised for many years
(Koplow & Kretzmann, 2010), resulting in an uneven playing field, and yet RE is often touted as
too expensive... In South Africa, the development of the RE Industry is held back by lack of
ambitious policy that would encourage investment. Ultimately, it is the perception of renewable
energy capacity that is the barrier and not practical constraints. Committed political will from
the South African government is necessary to set processes and policies in place that would
eliminate the barriers and foster the right economic conditions to stimulate a competitive
renewable energy industry.”
“Ultimately, it is the perception of renewable energy capacity that is the barrier and not
practical constraints. Committed political will from the South African government is necessary
to set processes and policies in place that would eliminate the barriers and foster the right
economic conditions to stimulate a competitive renewable energy industry.”
The full report can be downloaded at:
http://www.greenpeace.org/africa/Global/africa/publications/climate/RenewableEnergyRepo
rt_PoweringTheFuture.pdf
With particular reference to point 4.3.3.1 regarding the KZN Provincial Growth & Development
Strategy and the paragraph: Within the context of the proposal by Rhino Oil and Gas to explore for
petroleum products, this application does not directly contribute toward the PGDS goals of
economic upliftment for the province as employment opportunities are limited, we were, as
mentioned previously, informed at a recent public meeting that no jobs would be created as
Rhino would seek personnel with oil and gas experience, of which this area has very few, if any.
Therefore, no jobs will be created, either now or in the future.
In a Parliamentary debate on hydraulic fracturing held on 1 December 2016, various ANC
representatives stated that advancing gas development in South Africa would create 700 000
jobs. W
e do not know how these figures were arrived at; Jonathan Deal of the NGO Treasure the
Karoo Action Group told the media that a mere 2 500 jobs would be created at best and it now
appears that Rhino Oil and Gas will not create many jobs, if any (see above).
4.4 Application area and regional setting
At public meetings, we have repeatedly been told that this particular IEA is for early-phase
exploration only, which we do understand. However, when we - as residents, property owners,
business owners and concerned citizens in the area - query what this application could
ultimately lead to, should commercially viable petroleum resources be discovered, we are told
not to concern ourselves with future impacts.
Yet, in the EIA Report, under this paragraph, it is stated: Future ground-based exploration
activities would not take place across all of the ER area but would be confined to strategic or
target areas. At this early stage of exploration Rhino Oil and Gas is not able to specify exactly
where within the ER application area future ground-based exploration activities would be
undertaken.
As these activities could potentially include drilling and even smallscale hydraulic fracturing
with potential negative impacts on local water supplies, human and animal health and rural
livelihoods, we are concerned as to the eventual outcome of this early-phase exploration and
subsequent exploration phases, including ground-based exploration activities.
4.42 Screening to define target areas
The provisions of this section have been duly noted. Would these constitute guarantees by
Rhino that they will proceed in the manner stipulated in this section? What confirmation do we
have that the applicant would abide by these provisions? W
hat about compliance with other
applicable laws?
4.5.1 Revised exploration work programme:
According to the final paragraph of the section, which reads:
A benefit of this revised approach is that any future application for ground-based exploration
activities would be focussed on specified sites, thereby enabling I&APs to have a better
understanding of where Rhino Oil and Gas proposes to access land and conduct ground-based
exploration activities. This addresses some of the concerns raised by I&APs relating to where the
proposed ground-based exploration activities may be located. The future environmental
assessment process would investigate and report on the environmental attributes of the specified
sites.
As I&APs in this area, we nevertheless remain concerned that ground-based exploration
activities, as well as eventual production (which, after all, is the ultimate aim of exploration), has
the potential to negatively impact local and regional water supplies, rural livelihoods, food
pro
du
ctio
n, h
um
an
an
d l
ive
sto
ck h
ea
lth
as
we
ll a
s th
e a
rea
’s s
ign
ific
an
t b
iod
ive
rsit
y a
nd
ecosystem services. W
e would therefore request that exploration, even early-phase exploration
using non-invasive techniques such as the anticipated FTG aerial surveys, not proceed and this
application be abandoned in favour of the precautionary principle.
The extraction of unconventional petroleum resources may well result in impacts that are
difficult to mitigate or reverse, according to well-documented experiences in the United States,
Australia and other countries where unconventional resources are being extracted. In northern
KZN, there are a significant number of poverty-stricken people with limited access to
information, who will not even know about this until it happens and they are negatively
impacted. This is an environmental justice and human rights issue.
4.7.3 Type of activity
The last paragraph of this section reads: Rhino Oil and Gas still intends to undertake core hole
drilling and seismic surveys as part of further early-phase exploration but would only do so after
target sites had been identified and each site subject to the requisite environmental assessment
and authorisation process.
This appears to be a reiteration of clauses 4.5.6 and 4.5.7 – as discussed earlier in these
comments.
4.7.5 The ‘No-go” alternative
As
I&A
Ps
liv
ing
an
d w
ork
ing
in
th
e a
pp
lica
tio
n a
rea
, we
wo
uld
str
on
gly
su
gg
est
th
at
the
‘no
go
’
alt
ern
ati
ve
be
co
nsi
de
red
. T
he
na
ture
of
the
re
sou
rce
s a
re u
nk
no
wn
, alt
ho
ug
h R
hin
o’s
ge
olo
gis
t
has indicated to me in writing that unconventional resources are sought. The extraction thereof
may well involve the controversial extraction method of hydraulic fracturing, which has a slew
of negative human and environmental impacts. It is our contention that, due to the high risks
such resource extraction is likely to place on communities (the negative impacts of which may
we
ll l
ast
fo
r d
eca
de
s), t
he
‘no
go
’ alternative be seriously considered.
This area is already subject to wind farm applications and is also ideally placed for solar (in fact,
many farms and households use solar for water heating, swimming pool pumps, lighting,
borehole pumps and the like). These energy sources have been evaluated as being relatively
low impact compared to oil and gas extraction.
Without this knowledge no oil or gas field development would be able to occur. In the absence of oil
and gas production there would obviously not be any of the potential risks related to detailed
exploration nor future production. Similarly the potential benefits of oil and gas production would
not be derived.
In my opinion, local communities, landowners and residents would not derive much benefit
from oil and gas production. Few jobs will be generated in the medium- to long-term, as few
people in South Africa have oil and gas job experience and the unskilled labour in this area most
certainly does not. In addition, should hydraulic fracturing – or even conventional drilling – be
used to access the resource, this may well create a slew of environmental impacts that would
als
o i
mp
act
th
e r
eg
ion
’s p
eo
ple
. A
mo
ng
th
ese
are
:
· Unsustainable water abstraction – hydraulic fracturing is purported to use around 20
million litres of water per frack per well (Treasure the Karoo Action Group). In an
increasingly dry country and region, where will this water come from? This is a coal
mining area and unsustainable water abstraction by mines has already reduced water
for farmers, towns and communities;
· Water pollution – oil and gas production and extraction in many parts of the world has
resulted in serious and at times irreparable water pollution. As a coal mining area, we
are already subject to water pollution impacts. Important water resources, such as river
sources and catchments, dams and wetlands are all included in the application area,
notwithstanding the provisions of Section 122 of the MPRDA;
· Loss of rural livelihoods
– Northern KZN is primarily a rangeland cattle and sheep
farming area with ecotourism and historical tourism (near Dundee) opportunities.
Productive agricultural land may be taken out of production due to the provisions of
Section 8 of the MPRDA regarding access to land by rights holders. Ecotourism and
historic tourism may also suffer
– who wants to enjoy ecotourism activities when these
are fronted by countless oil and gas wells? Birds and wildlife may also leave the area
due to factors such as disturbance, habitat destruction, unregulated hunting and the like.
These livelihoods will not be replaced by oil and gas jobs.
· Human and livestock health impacts
– In the USA in particular, people living near oil and
gas development have experienced considerable negative human health impacts due to
the use of toxic chemicals, water and air pollution and the like. Livestock have also been
negatively impacted, with a knock-on effect for rural livelihoods.
· Biodiversity loss – Birds and wildlife may be negatively impacted and mobile species
may migrate from the area. (See ecotourism impacts above.) There may also be a loss of
ecosystem services due to landscape change, infrastructure development, species loss
(through local extinction or migration) and the like.
Please explain how oil and gas development will improve our lives?!?
6.4 “No Go” alternative (2)
Given the wide array of unknown facts regarding the potential for economic growth and the
potential for environmental impacts arising from unconventional gas production, as well as the
unknown facts of the future energy mix in the absence of gas, the overall impact associated with
the “no-go” alternative is considered to be of unknown significance.
Clearly, the applicant does not live, work or have any other interest in this area beyond what it
can exploit. For residents, landowners, farmers and businesses (which are often directly
dependent on natural resources or offer support services to other businesses, such as
agriculture and ecotourism), the impleme
nta
tio
n o
f a
‘no
go
’ alt
ern
ati
ve
wo
uld
be extremely
significant, as it would mean that such people could continue to reside here and go about their
economic activities without needing to consider the potential risks posed by the development of
an oil and gas industry in this predominantly rural area.
6.5 Cumulative impacts
As mentioned previously, this is a coal mining area and there are numerous applications for
both opening new mines and re-opening old ones. This area is already being impacted by, inter
alia, polluted water, including acid mine drainage contamination, unsightly and polluting waste
dumps, unrehabilitated mines (the owners cannot always be found), loss of water due to de-
watering activities, historic and current infrastructural damage ranging from severely cracked
buildings to road infrastructure damage due to coal truck traffic, and the overall negative impact
of
‘bo
om
an
d b
ust
’ min
ing
eco
no
mie
s. O
il a
nd
ga
s e
xtr
act
ion
is
un
lik
ely
to
re
lie
ve
th
ese
im
pa
cts
and may well increase them and also add other negative impacts. Despite the legal obligations
of the extractive industry to limit pollution, employ locally, create social development
programmes and clean up on closure, mines appear to regularly evade these responsibilities.
Why should the oil and gas industry be any different?
Another aspect that has not been mentioned in any of the EIA Reports for these applications,
nor in the extensive discourse on the subject, is infrastructure development, including pipelines
to transport oil and gas, the development of well pads, wastewater pits, road building and the
like. These developments and their potential impacts (leaks, spills, reducing productive
agricultural land) are likely to add to the cumulative impacts of oil and gas development in KZN
and, indeed, other parts of South Africa.
Bron
wyn
Howa
rd &
Jock
Tam
e Registered I&APs
Utrecht, KZN
15 December 2016
Exploration Methods: Drilling
We are surprised that only 10 core holes would be planned across an area of some two million
hectares! Would the number of core holes increase, should initial drilling prove unsuccessful?
Concerns that we have with regard to drilling include:
· The fact that the applicant is unable to advise I&APs as to where these cores will be
drilled – when will we be advised?;
· Impacts on affected landowners, including taking land out of production, the destruction
of vegetation, loss of biodiversity, especially threatened species, impacts on
infrastructure such as farm roads and buildings, effects on stewardship agreements with
local conservation authorities, damage due to negligence, such as gates being left open,
potential for veld fires, stock theft, trapping of wildlife, break-ins at farmsteads, vehicle
theft and the like.
· Impacts on towns and cities, including infrastructure such as roads, buildings, houses,
water pipes, electricity and communications cables and supporting structures and the
like.
· Waste management is a concern, including waste from drilling such as drilling fluids and
muds, used oil and filters, spilled fuel and oil, drill cuttings, spent and/or unused
solvents, scrap metal and solid waste.
· Where will personnel be housed; if in caravans, as suggested in the BID document, how
will the security of landowners or townspeople (as the case may be) be ensured? What
arrangements will be made for sanitation, water supply, rubbish collection and the like?
· How will the impact of the drilling rig and associated equipment, outside personnel and
living arrangements for personnel be managed and mitigated, where necessary?
Exploration Methods: Seismic Surveys
At the public meetings and in the scoping report, we have been advised that seismic surveys will
be carried out to map the ground formations beneath the surface. We are concerned by the
following:
According to the document Promoting Environmental Responsibility in Seismic Operations by
David Gibson (USA) and Sean Rice (England), the average weight of a vibroseis truck is 29 500
kg, although some vehicles may weigh as much as 38 600 kg. The road system in northern KZN
is generally fragile, with a large number of unpaved roads. Tar roads are already compromised
by
th
e p
ass
ag
e o
f h
ea
vy
co
al
tru
cks
ma
kin
g t
he
ir w
ay
to
th
e R
ich
ard
’s B
ay
Co
al
Te
rmin
al
fro
m
inland and also transporting coal to power stations, resulting in potholes, poor road conditions
(roads are constantly being repaired) and fatal accidents. Much of the road network consists of
unpaved roads and the impact of extremely heavy vehicles on such roads, together with other
impacts including dust and the potential increase in road accidents, will need to be borne by the
local population, who use these roads regularly to go about their daily business. As it is, the
Provincial Roads Department and Amajuba District spend much time and effort keeping these
roads in good repair without the additional burden of exceedingly heavy vehicles traversing
them. (This would be another potential impact if fracking is ultimately used to facilitate
production.)
From the same document, a path 4 – 5 m wide at least would need to be cleared through existing
vegetation to enable the vehicle to reach the site where the shot-hole is to be drilled. Much of
the Amajuba District Municipal area falls within the grassland biome; in this region, some 30%
of the grasslands have been transformed, as opposed to the national average of 60% or more.
Th
e r
eg
ion
is
ho
me
to
a v
ari
ety
of
thre
ate
ne
d g
rass
lan
d s
pe
cie
s, i
ncl
ud
ing
Ru
dd
’s a
nd
Bo
tha
’s
Lark, W
attled and Grey Crowned Crane (it is an important breeding area for the Wattled and
Blue Crane), Yellow-breasted Pipit, D
en
ha
m’s
Bu
sta
rd, L
an
ne
r F
alc
on, Secretarybird and Oribi
antelope. The predominant agricultural activity is rangeland cattle farming, a form of land use
appropriate for grasslands, which depends on the integrity of the grassland ecosystem (which is
also one of the most complex in the world). Disturbance of the vegetation would compromise
the grasslands, which would never be able to be completely rehabilitated due to the complexity
of the ecosystem. In addition, vegetation clearing or stripping is likely to exacerbate potential
erosive impacts. Many landowners in the region also complain that mining companies who
accessed their land historically for prospecting never made good on promises to rehabilitate the
lands they traversed; on some farms, their tracks remain, many years later. This is an additional
concern regarding seismic surveys.
According to information on the internet regarding seismic surveys, it appears that helicopters,
dynamite and air guns may also be used. We would like clarity as to whether these methods
would be used and what impacts they are likely to have on infrastructure, both urban and rural,
land use, existing livelihoods, such as tourism and agriculture, biodiversity, vegetation, wildlife,
agricultural livestock and the like. How will negative impacts be mitigated? Will any
rehabilitation be done? Will landowners or municipalities, as the case may be, be compensated
for any damage?
Much of the groundwater in this area collects in perched aquifers, which in turn supply streams
and wetlands. These aquifers are on a rock base; if activities such as explosions or seismic
vibrations were to damage such rock bases, the water would drain away and would never be
replenished. As the increasing incidences of drought in this area, not to mention the current
mega-drought conditions, are rendering more people reliant on boreholes and groundwater
sources, as opposed to surface resources, the potential negative impact of seismic surveys on
aquifers is extremely serious. Many farmers and even certain towns in the region are now
exclusively dependent on groundwater for their water supply.
According to the Amajuba District Municipality IDP, a particular geohazard identified is that of
‘ca
tast
rop
hic
slo
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ability... triggered by hydro-
meteorological factors, such as rainstorms or floods. Those parts of the Amajuba District that
are underlain by the Masotcheni Formation maybe prone to localised ground stability problems,
if they happen to be close to areas o
f a
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maps, more than half the Amajuba District, particularly to the west and south (falling within the
Newcastle and Dannhauser Local Municipalities, as well as the southern portion of the
Emadlangeni/Utrecht Local Municipality) are considered high to very high risk. Seismic surveys
could trigger such events, particularly if surveys are conducted during the summer rainy
season. Heavy rains may trigger floods, particularly in the catchments of major river systems
that traverse the Amajuba District, which may also impact seismic surveys and exacerbate
erosive impacts. Vehicles may also become bogged down, increasing risks to vegetation and
private and public road infrastructure, as outlined above.
According t
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ID
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he
en
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mu
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ipa
l a
rea
, wh
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in
clu
de
s
the city of Newcastle, as well as the towns of Utrecht and Dannhauser, are at high risk for veld
fires, with almost the entire district being categorised as very high or high risk. If seismic
surveys are conducted at times when the veld is very dry on account of the season (i.e. in the
winter dry season) or as a result of drought, the risk would be exacerbated, particularly if
drilling or survey personnel were careless or if oils and inflammables were to catch alight.
As regards the seismic surveys, where would personnel be based? If informal caravan camps
are established, all rubbish would need to be removed, a fire control process would need to be
put in place, and adequate sanitation and ablution facilities would need to be provided. Where
would personnel get water and supplies such as food from? As there are relatively few tourist
accommodation establishments in parts of the Amajuba District in particular, the contention
raised at some public meetings that accommodation businesses could benefit from exploration
activities by virtue of offering accommodation to personnel has limitations. If local personnel
are employed, they may not necessarily require accommodation.
In the light of the above factors, we insist that a separate EIA be done for drilling and seismic
surveys. This appears to be standard practice in other parts of the world where oil and gas
exploration takes place frequently. We also need to know exactly where these surveys will be
done and whether affected communities and/or landowners would have any say in this regard.
Socio-economic Impacts:
As communities in the application area are well aware from experiences with coal mining in
particular, even rumours of potential jobs frequently result in an influx of often indigent people
to an area. As many such arrivals do not find the jobs they are seeking, often because
insufficient opportunities are available, they turn to crime, as they may be unable to afford to
return to their place of origin. In recent months, parts of the Amajuba District have seen an
increase in crime, particularly housebreakings and motor vehicle theft. In recent years, there
have also been farm murders around Utrecht. The commencement or reinstatement of some
mining operations around Utrecht have resulted in stock theft and increasing security concerns
for local farmers. An influx of indigent people is likely to exacerbate these problems, together
with unemployment, which has increased in recent years, according to the Amajuba District
Mu
nic
ipa
lity
’s I
DP, due to the economic situation in South Africa and globally. We are
concerned that potential socio-economic impacts of petroleum exploration and ultimate
exploitation have not been adequately addressed by Rhino.
We are also aware that the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) now
mandates that mining companies (and presumably oil and gas companies in future) contribute
to local community development. Part of the rationale for this is that, when mines stop
production and move out, local communities are left without work or skills, facing dwindling
resources and economies, not to mention environmental pollution and poor health as a result
thereof. There has been no indication as to whether Rhino would make use of local labour,
whether skills or unskilled, during exploration and/or be involved in any sort of local
community upliftment (e.g. training) during either the exploration or production phase.
Rehabilitation & Compensation
Exploration activities, especially drilling and seismic surveys, are likely to create certain
environmental impacts. More detail is required as to how the applicant plans to mitigate these
and rehabilitate any lands or infrastructure or part thereof that may be damaged as a result of
exploration activities, as well as whether they will be compensating farmers, landowners and
municipalities for any losses incurred (e.g. as a result of infrastructure damage, stock theft,
housebreaking, etc) that may occur while drillers and seismic operators and any related
personnel are on site.
We insist that, should the scoping report be accepted by PASA, a full EIA relating to exploration
be done, covering all the above concerns, and indicating how the applicant plans on mitigating
all negative impacts, as well as a separate, full EIA regarding drilling and seismic surveys, which
may have far-reaching negative impacts in their own right.
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r W
illi
am,
Th
ank
yo
u f
or
the
no
tifi
cati
on
. H
ow
ever
, w
e ar
e co
nce
rned
ab
ou
t th
e co
mm
ent
per
iod
- w
e n
eed
to
get
th
is
exte
nd
ed,
as i
t fa
lls
wit
hin
th
e D
ecem
ber
ho
lid
ays,
wh
en a
lo
t o
f p
eop
le w
ill
be
away,
so t
his
do
es n
ot
giv
e
I&A
Ps
suff
icie
nt
tim
e to
rea
d t
hro
ugh
th
ese
do
cum
ents
an
d c
om
men
t o
n t
hem
. P
leas
e en
gag
e w
ith
th
e
rele
van
t au
tho
riti
es -
th
is h
as h
app
ened
bef
ore
in
ou
r ar
ea w
ith
min
ing a
pp
lica
tio
ns
and
th
e ti
me
per
iod
was
exte
nd
ed.
We
also
un
der
stan
d t
hat
, le
gal
ly,
com
men
t p
erio
ds
sho
uld
no
t fa
ll b
etw
een
15
Dec
emb
er a
nd
8
Jan
uar
y f
or
this
rea
son
. W
e lo
ok
fo
rwar
d t
o h
eari
ng f
rom
yo
u u
rgen
tly i
n t
his
reg
ard
, as
we
are
alm
ost
hal
fway t
hro
ugh
No
vem
ber
alr
ead
y,
so n
eed
to
get
th
is s
ettl
ed a
sap
.
Als
o -
can
we
hav
e a
dec
ent
map
of
the
new
ex
plo
rati
on
are
a.
We
can
no
t se
e fr
om
th
is o
ne
wh
ich
to
wn
s o
r
regio
ns
wil
l n
ow
be
affe
cted
, as
wel
l as
th
e d
ams,
riv
ers
and
str
eam
s fr
om
wh
ich
th
e co
mm
un
itie
s h
ere
all
get
ou
r w
ater
. T
his
is
a cr
uci
al i
ssu
e fo
r u
s w
ith
th
e v
ario
us
oil
an
d g
as a
pp
lica
tio
ns
in K
ZN
.
It w
ou
ld b
e ap
pre
ciat
ed i
f yo
u c
ou
ld e
nsu
re t
hat
th
e o
pen
days/
pu
bli
c m
eeti
ngs
are
pro
per
ly a
nd
ad
equ
atel
y ad
vert
ised
so
that
th
e m
axim
um
nu
mb
er o
f p
eop
le a
re i
nfo
rmed
. A
dve
rts
shou
ld b
e in
M
En
glis
h, A
frik
aan
s a
nd
Zu
lu, a
s th
ose
are
th
e la
ngu
age
s ev
ery
one
spea
ks
in t
his
are
a.
We
hav
e h
ad
trem
end
ou
s is
sues
bef
ore
wit
h t
hes
e m
eeti
ngs.
It
is y
ou
r le
gal
ob
lig
atio
n (
and
yo
ur
clie
nts
) to
en
sure
th
at
com
mu
nit
ies
are
pro
per
ly a
nd
ad
equ
atel
y i
nfo
rmed
. T
he
on
us
sho
uld
no
t b
e o
n I
&A
Ps
to i
nfo
rm o
ther
s, a
s
has
hap
pen
ed b
efo
re.
Ple
ase
fu
rth
er e
nsu
re t
hat
eve
ryon
e k
now
s ex
act
ly w
her
e yo
ur
ven
ues
are
, p
rovi
din
g d
irec
tion
s if
nec
essa
ry -
we
also
had
a p
rob
lem
wit
h t
his
pre
vio
usl
y.
Kin
d r
egar
ds
Bro
nw
yn
Bro
nw
yn
Ho
war
d
Go
od
Ear
th H
erb
s (O
per
atio
ns)
&
Go
od
Ear
th L
ivin
g D
igit
al M
agaz
ine
(Ed
ito
r)
P O
Bo
x 3
49
, U
trec
ht,
KZ
N,
298
0
Cel
l: 0
84
24
6 9
22
3 |
Tel
: 0
34
33
1 4
37
7
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ail:
urb
anec
oli
fe@
gm
ail.
com
Web
sit
e: h
ttp
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or1
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site
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m/g
oo
dea
rth
her
bs
On
Wed
, N
ov
9,
20
16
at
4:2
6 P
M,
Wil
liam
Ber
ry <
wb
erry
@sl
rco
nsu
ltin
g.c
om
> w
rote
:
AT
TE
NT
ION
: Int
eres
ted
and
Affe
cted
par
ty
Dea
r S
ir/ M
adam
AP
PL
ICA
TIO
N F
OR
EN
VIR
ON
ME
NT
AL
AU
TH
OR
ISA
TIO
N IN
SU
PP
OR
T O
F A
N E
XP
LO
RA
TIO
N R
IGH
T
AP
PL
ICA
TIO
N F
OR
PE
TR
OL
EU
M P
RO
DU
CT
S O
N V
AR
IOU
S F
AR
MS
IN N
OR
TH
ER
N P
AR
TS
OF
KW
AZ
UL
U-N
AT
AL
PR
OV
INC
E (
12/3
/317
ER
): 3
0-D
AY
RE
VIE
W O
F E
NV
IRO
NM
EN
TA
L IM
PA
CT
RE
PO
RT
AN
D P
UB
LIC
FE
ED
BA
CK
ME
ET
ING
S
Our
pre
viou
s co
rres
pond
ence
of t
he 0
9th o
f Sep
tem
ber
2016
reg
ardi
ng th
e ab
ovem
entio
ned
proj
ect h
as r
efer
ence
.
Bac
kgro
un
d:
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as E
xplo
ratio
n S
outh
Afr
ica
(Pty
) Lt
d (R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
) lo
dged
an
appl
icat
ion
for
an e
xplo
ratio
n rig
ht w
ith th
e
Pet
role
um A
genc
y S
outh
Afr
ica
(PA
SA
) in
term
s of
Sec
tion
79 o
f the
Min
eral
s an
d P
etro
leum
Res
ourc
es D
evel
opm
ent A
ct, 2
002
(MP
RD
A).
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as a
lso
lodg
ed a
n ap
plic
atio
n to
PA
SA
for
envi
ronm
enta
l aut
horis
atio
n of
exp
lora
tion
activ
ities
in te
rms
of S
ectio
n 24
(5)
of th
e
Nat
iona
l Env
ironm
enta
l Man
agem
ent A
ct, 1
998
(NE
MA
). T
he a
pplic
atio
n is
sub
ject
to a
Sco
ping
and
Env
ironm
enta
l Im
pact
Ass
essm
ent (
EIA
)
proc
ess
that
is b
eing
und
erta
ken
in te
rms
of th
e E
IA R
egul
atio
ns 2
014
(GN
R 9
82, 8
Dec
embe
r 20
14).
The
Sco
ping
pro
cess
was
pre
viou
sly
com
plet
ed b
y S
LR C
onsu
lting
(P
ty)
Ltd
(SLR
). P
AS
A a
ccep
ted
the
Sco
ping
Rep
ort o
n 31
Aug
ust 2
016,
gra
ntin
g pe
rmis
sion
for
the
EIA
to b
e
unde
rtak
en in
term
s of
the
Pla
n of
Stu
dy fo
r E
IA.
8
Sco
pe
Ch
ang
es: S
ubse
quen
t to
the
acce
ptan
ce o
f the
Sco
ping
Rep
ort,
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as h
as r
educ
ed th
e ex
tent
of t
he E
R a
pplic
atio
n ar
ea
thro
ugh
the
excl
usio
n of
all
know
n pr
otec
ted
area
s w
ith s
tatu
s de
fined
und
er S
ectio
n 48
of t
he N
atio
nal E
nviro
nmen
tal M
anag
emen
t: P
rote
cted
Are
as A
ct (
57 o
f 200
3). R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
als
o ac
quire
d an
d re
view
ed a
dditi
onal
geo
logi
cal d
ata
and
dete
rmin
ed fr
om th
is th
at c
erta
in a
reas
alon
g th
e ea
ster
n ex
tent
of t
he a
pplic
atio
n ar
ea a
re u
nlik
ely
to b
e pr
ospe
ctiv
e fo
r oi
l or
gas.
. See
the
oran
ge b
ound
ary
in th
e F
igur
e be
low
for
the
revi
sed
appl
icat
ion
area
.
Mor
e re
cent
ly, R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
has
als
o ex
clu
ded
gro
und-
base
d ex
plor
atio
n ac
tiviti
es in
clud
ing
core
hol
e dr
illin
g an
d se
ism
ic s
urve
ys fr
om
the
prop
osed
‘ear
ly-p
hase
exp
lora
tion’
wor
k fo
r w
hich
they
are
see
king
env
ironm
enta
l aut
horis
atio
n. T
he c
urre
nt fo
cus
of th
e ap
plic
atio
n an
d th
e
rela
ted
envi
ronm
enta
l ass
essm
ent w
ork
is n
ow o
nly
on r
emot
e ex
plor
atio
n te
chni
ques
(in
clud
ing
anal
ysis
of e
xist
ing
data
and
an
aeria
l ful
l
tens
or g
radi
omet
ry g
ravi
ty s
urve
y).
If th
e cu
rren
t app
licat
ion
is a
ppro
ved,
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as w
ould
be
in a
pos
ition
to c
ondu
ct th
e re
mot
e ex
plor
atio
n te
chni
ques
and
to d
evel
op a
mor
e de
taile
d un
ders
tand
ing
of th
e po
tent
ial o
il an
d ga
s re
sour
ces
in th
e ap
plic
atio
n ar
ea. T
here
afte
r, s
houl
d R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
pro
pose
to
cond
uct g
roun
d ba
sed
expl
orat
ion
activ
ities
they
wou
ld n
eed
to b
e in
form
ed b
y a
furt
her
appl
icat
ion
to P
AS
A a
nd a
sep
arat
e en
viro
nmen
tal
asse
ssm
ent a
nd a
utho
risat
ion
proc
ess.
A b
enef
it of
this
rev
ised
app
roac
h is
that
any
futu
re a
pplic
atio
n fo
r gr
ound
bas
ed e
xplo
ratio
n ac
tiviti
es
wou
ld b
e fo
cuse
d on
spe
cifie
d si
tes.
Thi
s en
able
s in
tere
sted
and
affe
cted
par
ties
(I&
AP
s) to
kno
w w
here
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as p
ropo
ses
to a
cces
s
land
and
con
duct
gro
und-
base
d ex
plor
atio
n ac
tiviti
es. T
he r
equi
red
envi
ronm
enta
l ass
essm
ent w
ould
be
focu
sed
on a
sses
sing
impa
cts
at th
ose
site
s.
EIR
fo
r R
evie
w:
Thi
s le
tter
serv
es to
info
rm y
ou, a
s a
regi
ster
ed I
&A
P o
n th
e pr
ojec
t, th
at S
LR h
as, o
n be
half
of R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
, pro
duce
d
an e
nviro
nmen
tal i
mpa
ct r
epor
t (E
IR),
incl
udin
g an
env
ironm
enta
l man
agem
ent p
rogr
amm
e, fo
r th
e ap
plic
atio
n. T
he p
urpo
se o
f the
EIR
is to
9
sum
mar
ise
the
EIA
pro
cess
follo
wed
to d
ate
and
prov
ide
an o
verv
iew
of t
he p
ropo
sed
proj
ect a
nd th
e af
fect
ed e
nviro
nmen
t. It
als
o pr
ovid
es a
n
asse
ssm
ent o
f the
pot
entia
l im
pact
s of
the
prop
osed
pro
ject
and
set
s ou
t the
man
agem
ent a
nd m
itiga
tion
mea
sure
s th
at a
re r
ecom
men
ded
shou
ld th
e ap
plic
atio
n be
app
rove
d.
The
EIR
is b
eing
mad
e av
aila
ble
to r
egis
tere
d I&
AP
s fo
r re
view
and
com
men
t on
the
findi
ngs
and
man
agem
ent m
easu
res
for
the
prop
osed
proj
ect.
In th
is r
egar
d, th
e E
IR w
ill b
e av
aila
ble
for
a 30
-day
com
men
t per
iod
from
the
09th
No
vem
ber
201
6 u
nti
l th
e 15
th o
f D
ecem
ber
201
6.
Har
d co
pies
of t
he E
IR h
ave
been
pla
ced
at th
e fo
llow
ing
loca
tions
for
publ
ic r
evie
w:
The
EIR
is a
lso
avai
labl
e to
dow
nloa
d fr
om th
e S
LR w
ebsi
te. T
o do
wnl
oad
the
EIR
and
App
endi
ces
go
to:
http
://w
ww
.cca
envi
ronm
enta
l.co.
za/s
ub-o
il-ga
s-m
iner
als/
. A
ltern
ativ
ely,
con
tact
SLR
and
an
elec
tron
ic c
opy
of th
e E
IR c
an b
e em
aile
d to
you,
or
the
EIR
and
App
endi
ces
prov
ided
on
CD
. An
Exe
cutiv
e S
umm
ary
of th
e E
IR is
als
o av
aila
ble
on r
eque
st in
Eng
lish
or is
iZul
u.
All
com
men
ts o
n th
e E
IR s
houl
d be
sub
mitt
ed to
SLR
at t
he c
onta
ct d
etai
ls s
how
n in
the
tabl
e be
low
. Com
men
ts r
ecei
ved
will
be
used
to
upda
te th
e E
IR, a
s re
leva
nt, a
nd c
opie
s of
all
the
com
men
ts w
ill b
e in
clud
ed w
ith th
e E
IR w
hen
it is
sub
mitt
ed to
PA
SA
for
deci
sion
mak
ing.
Ple
ase
ensu
re th
at y
our
com
men
ts r
each
us
on o
r be
fore
the
15th
of
Dec
emb
er 2
016.
Det
ails
P
roje
ct M
anag
er
Nam
e of
the
prac
titio
ner
Mat
thew
Hem
min
g R
espo
nsib
ility
on
the
proj
ect
EA
P
Tel
No.
: 01
1 46
7 09
45
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No.
: 01
1 46
7 09
78
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tal a
ddre
ss
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Box
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mer
view
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l add
ress
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om
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e an
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tio
n
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ysic
al A
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ress
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ry
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ly t
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her
e is
no
co
ncl
usi
ve
evid
ence
th
at f
rack
ing d
amag
es g
rou
nd
wat
er.
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T
•
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e p
aper
is
a D
RA
FT
pap
er p
ub
lish
ed i
n 2
01
2 a
nd
was
nev
er f
inal
ised
.
•
If y
ou
lo
ok
at
the
full
dra
ft p
aper
(th
e 9
00
pag
e o
ne)
, yo
u c
an s
ee t
hat
th
ere
are
qu
erie
s ra
ised
at
the
end
of
ever
y s
ecti
on
, w
her
e th
e E
PA
bas
ical
ly p
uts
in
a d
iscl
aim
er t
o s
ay i
t ca
nn
ot
ver
ify t
he
fin
din
gs.
•
Th
e E
PA
cam
e u
nd
er e
no
rmo
us
crit
icis
m,
incl
ud
ing f
rom
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nfo
rd U
niv
ersi
ty,
bec
ause
th
ey n
ever
pro
per
ly q
uan
tifi
ed t
hei
r fi
nd
ings.
Her
e ar
e li
nk
s to
so
me
of
sev
eral
med
ia r
epo
rts
on
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e is
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at t
he
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was
so
me
spec
ula
tio
n t
hat
th
e E
PA
nev
er f
inai
sed
th
e re
po
rt d
ue
to p
ress
ure
fro
m t
he
US
oil
and
gas
in
du
stry
wh
o w
ere
app
aren
tly v
ery h
app
y w
ith
th
e co
ncl
usi
on
s o
f th
e d
raft
pap
er!
•
So
me
oth
er t
hin
gs
to c
on
sid
er -
yo
u t
old
me
that
on
ly 1
% o
f w
ells
, ac
cord
ing t
o t
he
EP
A's
dra
ft
rep
ort
, h
ad c
on
tam
inat
ion
of
gro
un
dw
ater
. B
ut,
wh
en o
ne
con
sid
ers
the
nu
mb
er o
f w
ells
bei
ng
dri
lled
an
d f
rack
ed i
n t
he
US
, th
is i
s q
uit
e si
gn
ific
ant.
F
or
exam
ple
, th
e in
du
stry
in
th
e U
S s
ays
that
on
ly 1
% o
f th
eir
frac
kin
g m
ix c
on
sist
s o
f to
xic
ch
emic
als
- b
ut
wh
en y
ou
co
nsi
der
th
e am
ou
nt
of
wat
er b
ein
g u
sed
(2
0 m
illi
on
lit
res
per
fra
ck p
er w
ell
in S
A,
acco
rdin
g t
o T
reas
ure
th
e K
aro
o A
ctio
n
Gro
up
- i
n t
he
US
it
is 1
6.5
mil
lio
n l
itre
s o
n a
ver
age)
th
at 1
% i
s a
hel
l o
f a
lot.
I
am s
ure
yo
u a
re
awar
e o
f th
is b
ut
con
sid
er t
hat
, in
th
e C
ape
Kar
oo
, S
hel
l to
ld p
ub
lic
mee
tings
that
th
ey p
lan
ned
to
hav
e 3
2 w
ells
per
wel
l p
ad.
TK
AG
says
that
, if
yo
u e
xtr
apo
late
th
e w
ater
req
uir
emen
ts,
32
bil
lio
n
litr
es o
f w
ater
wil
l b
e u
sed
per
dev
elo
pm
ent
area
(5
0 w
ells
ap
pro
x)
wit
h a
bo
ut
hal
f th
e w
ater
bei
ng
po
llu
ted
du
rin
g t
he
pro
cess
. E
ven
if
it I
S o
nly
1%
, w
hic
h I
do
ub
t b
ecau
se t
her
e is
a l
ot
of
info
rmat
ion
ou
t th
ere
and
it
seem
s th
at i
t is
sig
nif
ican
tly m
ore
, 1
% o
f 3
2 b
illi
on
is
a h
eck
of
a lo
t o
f
po
llu
ted
wat
er.
•
Acc
ord
ing t
o a
20
12
New
Yo
rk T
imes
in
ves
tigat
ion
, in
th
e U
S i
t h
as p
rov
ed v
irtu
ally
im
po
ssib
le t
o
com
ple
tely
pu
rify
th
is w
ater
, w
hic
h i
s o
ften
tru
cked
to
was
tew
ater
tre
atm
ent
pla
nts
. I
mp
rop
erly
trea
ted
wat
er i
s re
leas
ed d
irec
tly b
ack
in
to t
he
env
iro
nm
ent.
H
ow
So
uth
Afr
ica,
wit
h i
ts v
ery w
ell-
do
cum
ente
d f
ailu
res
of
wat
er t
reat
men
t p
lan
ts i
n v
irtu
ally
ev
ery s
ingle
mu
nic
ipal
are
a, w
ill
man
age
to d
o t
his
beg
gar
s b
elie
f.
•
So
uth
Afr
ica
is a
wat
er-s
carc
e co
un
try -
we
are
no
w o
ffic
iall
y t
he
30
th d
ries
t co
un
try i
n t
he
wo
rld
,
acco
rdin
g t
o t
he
UN
Fo
od
& A
gri
cult
ura
l O
rgan
izat
ion
. I
n m
y o
pin
ion
, w
e sh
ou
ld n
ot
be
mis
usi
ng
and
po
ten
tial
ly a
bu
sin
g o
ur
ver
y s
tret
ched
wat
er r
eso
urc
es (
98
% o
f al
l fr
esh
wat
er i
s al
read
y b
ein
g
use
d o
r ac
cou
nte
d f
or)
in
th
is w
ay.
On
ly 8
% o
f th
e la
nd
are
a p
rod
uce
s 5
0%
of
the
run
-off
in
So
uth
�
Afr
ica.
T
he
area
un
der
th
is a
pp
lica
tio
n f
orm
s p
art
of
an e
ssen
tial
wat
er s
ou
rce
area
fo
r th
e co
un
try -
and
is
par
t o
f th
at 8
%.
(W
WF
-SA
has
pro
du
ced
a n
um
ber
of
rep
ort
s o
n t
his
asp
ect
of
So
uth
Afr
ica'
s
wat
er r
eso
urc
es.)
•
Th
e se
ver
e d
rou
gh
t th
at w
as a
nd
is
stil
l in
so
me
area
s b
ein
g e
xp
erie
nce
d i
s b
elie
ved
to
no
t b
e a
on
e-
off
ev
ent.
D
ue
to t
he
imp
acts
of
clim
ate
chan
ge,
man
y s
cien
tist
s b
elie
ve
that
su
ch s
ever
e d
rou
gh
ts
wil
l b
eco
me
a re
gu
lar
occ
urr
ence
an
d s
ou
ther
n A
fric
a w
ill
be
on
e o
f th
e w
ors
t ar
eas
affe
cted
.
•
In m
y o
pin
ion
, it
is
ver
y i
rres
po
nsi
ble
of
the
So
uth
Afr
ican
go
ver
nm
ent
to b
e al
low
ing a
pp
lica
tio
ns
for
oil
an
d g
as e
xp
lora
tio
n i
n t
hes
e es
sen
tial
wat
er s
ou
rce
area
s to
be
con
sid
ered
at
all,
as
this
pla
ces
the
wat
er r
eso
urc
es o
f h
un
dre
ds
of
tho
usa
nd
s o
f p
eop
le a
t ri
sk.
Als
o,
in m
y o
pin
ion
, it
is
equ
ally
irre
spo
nsi
ble
of
inte
rnat
ion
al o
il a
nd
gas
co
mp
anie
s, w
ho
wil
l n
ot
hav
e to
liv
e w
ith
th
e lo
ng-t
erm
con
seq
uen
ces
of
reso
urc
e ex
trac
tio
n,
to b
e ap
ply
ing f
or
righ
ts i
n s
uch
are
as.
An
d,
equ
ally
, fo
r
env
iro
nm
enta
l co
nsu
ltan
cy f
irm
s an
d p
ract
itio
ner
s to
be
aid
ing a
nd
ab
etti
ng t
hem
, as
ap
pea
rs t
o b
e
the
case
. T
he
env
iro
nm
enta
l as
sess
men
t p
roce
sses
are
all
ess
enti
ally
fla
wed
bec
ause
co
nsu
ltan
ts a
re
actu
ally
no
t in
dep
end
ent,
th
ey a
re p
aid
by a
pp
lica
nts
, in
th
e n
orm
al c
ou
rse
of
bu
sin
ess,
to
ach
iev
e a
cert
ain
res
ult
.
•
We
un
der
stan
d t
hat
, if
th
ere
is a
ny c
han
ce (
even
1%
) o
f a
sev
ere
neg
ativ
e im
pac
t -
in t
his
cas
e to
So
uth
Afr
ica'
s w
ater
res
ou
rces
- a
s a
resu
lt o
f an
act
ivit
y a
nd
th
is i
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even
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ity
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ou
ld t
yp
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ly b
e re
gar
ded
as
gro
ss n
egli
gen
ce,
incl
ud
ing a
ny k
no
ck-o
n e
ffec
ts
that
co
uld
ari
se.
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env
iro
nm
enta
l co
nsu
ltan
ts,
yo
u a
lso
hav
e p
rio
r k
no
wle
dg
e o
f th
e li
kel
iho
od
of
this
hap
pen
ing.
•
Jud
gin
g f
rom
th
e p
roce
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gs
at t
he
mee
tin
g,
it a
pp
ears
th
at t
her
e is
a c
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in
dic
atio
n t
hat
th
e
inte
nti
on
of
the
app
lica
nt
is t
o p
roce
ed w
ith
all
ph
ases
of
exp
lora
tio
n a
nd
ult
imat
ely w
ith
res
ou
rce
extr
acti
on
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ou
ld t
his
pro
ve
via
ble
.
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d r
egar
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e ar
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rned
ab
ou
t th
e co
mm
ent
per
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e n
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to
get
th
is
exte
nd
ed,
as i
t fa
lls
wit
hin
th
e D
ecem
ber
ho
lid
ays,
wh
en a
lo
t o
f p
eop
le w
ill
be
away,
so t
his
do
es n
ot
giv
e
I&A
Ps
suff
icie
nt
tim
e to
rea
d t
hro
ugh
th
ese
do
cum
ents
an
d c
om
men
t o
n t
hem
. P
leas
e en
gag
e w
ith
th
e
rele
van
t au
tho
riti
es -
th
is h
as h
app
ened
bef
ore
in
ou
r ar
ea w
ith
min
ing a
pp
lica
tio
ns
and
th
e ti
me
per
iod
was
exte
nd
ed.
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also
un
der
stan
d t
hat
, le
gal
ly,
com
men
t p
erio
ds
sho
uld
no
t fa
ll b
etw
een
15
Dec
emb
er a
nd
8
Jan
uar
y f
or
this
rea
son
. W
e lo
ok
fo
rwar
d t
o h
eari
ng f
rom
yo
u u
rgen
tly i
n t
his
reg
ard
, as
we
are
alm
ost
hal
fway t
hro
ugh
No
vem
ber
alr
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y,
so n
eed
to
get
th
is s
ettl
ed a
sap
.
Als
o -
can
we
hav
e a
dec
ent
map
of
the
new
ex
plo
rati
on
are
a.
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can
no
t se
e fr
om
th
is o
ne
wh
ich
to
wn
s o
r
regio
ns
wil
l n
ow
be
affe
cted
, as
wel
l as
th
e d
ams,
riv
ers
and
str
eam
s fr
om
wh
ich
th
e co
mm
un
itie
s h
ere
all
get
ou
r w
ater
. T
his
is
a cr
uci
al i
ssu
e fo
r u
s w
ith
th
e v
ario
us
oil
an
d g
as a
pp
lica
tio
ns
in K
ZN
.
It w
ou
ld b
e ap
pre
ciat
ed i
f yo
u c
ou
ld e
nsu
re t
hat
th
e o
pen
days/
pu
bli
c m
eeti
ngs
are
pro
per
ly a
nd
ad
equ
atel
y ad
vert
ised
so
that
th
e m
axim
um
nu
mb
er o
f p
eop
le a
re i
nfo
rmed
. A
dve
rts
shou
ld b
e in
E
ngl
ish
, Afr
ikaa
ns
and
Zu
lu, a
s th
ose
are
the
lan
guag
es e
very
one
spea
ks
in t
his
are
a.
We
hav
e h
ad
�
trem
end
ou
s is
sues
bef
ore
wit
h t
hes
e m
eeti
ngs.
It
is y
ou
r le
gal
ob
lig
atio
n (
and
yo
ur
clie
nts
) to
en
sure
th
at
com
mu
nit
ies
are
pro
per
ly a
nd
ad
equ
atel
y i
nfo
rmed
. T
he
on
us
sho
uld
no
t b
e o
n I
&A
Ps
to i
nfo
rm o
ther
s, a
s
has
hap
pen
ed b
efo
re.
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ase
furt
her
en
sure
th
at e
ver
yon
e k
now
s ex
actl
y w
her
e yo
ur
ven
ues
are
, p
rovi
din
g d
irec
tion
s if
nec
essa
ry -
we
also
had
a p
rob
lem
wit
h t
his
pre
vio
usl
y.
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d r
egar
ds
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nw
yn
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nw
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ail:
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bs
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ov
9,
20
16
at
4:2
6 P
M,
Wil
liam
Ber
ry <
wb
erry
@sl
rco
nsu
ltin
g.c
om
> w
rote
:
AT
TE
NT
ION
: Int
eres
ted
and
Affe
cted
par
ty
Dea
r S
ir/ M
adam
AP
PL
ICA
TIO
N F
OR
EN
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ON
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NT
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TH
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M P
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CT
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N V
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IOU
S F
AR
MS
IN N
OR
TH
ER
N P
AR
TS
OF
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AZ
UL
U-N
AT
AL
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PA
CT
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D P
UB
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CK
ME
ET
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S
Our
pre
viou
s co
rres
pond
ence
of t
he 0
9th o
f Sep
tem
ber
2016
reg
ardi
ng th
e ab
ovem
entio
ned
proj
ect h
as r
efer
ence
.
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kgro
un
d:
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no O
il an
d G
as E
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n S
outh
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ica
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and
Gas
) lo
dged
an
appl
icat
ion
for
an e
xplo
ratio
n rig
ht w
ith th
e
Pet
role
um A
genc
y S
outh
Afr
ica
(PA
SA
) in
term
s of
Sec
tion
79 o
f the
Min
eral
s an
d P
etro
leum
Res
ourc
es D
evel
opm
ent A
ct, 2
002
(MP
RD
A).
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as a
lso
lodg
ed a
n ap
plic
atio
n to
PA
SA
for
envi
ronm
enta
l aut
horis
atio
n of
exp
lora
tion
activ
ities
in te
rms
of S
ectio
n 24
(5)
of th
e
Nat
iona
l Env
ironm
enta
l Man
agem
ent A
ct, 1
998
(NE
MA
). T
he a
pplic
atio
n is
sub
ject
to a
Sco
ping
and
Env
ironm
enta
l Im
pact
Ass
essm
ent (
EIA
)
proc
ess
that
is b
eing
und
erta
ken
in te
rms
of th
e E
IA R
egul
atio
ns 2
014
(GN
R 9
82, 8
Dec
embe
r 20
14).
The
Sco
ping
pro
cess
was
pre
viou
sly
com
plet
ed b
y S
LR C
onsu
lting
(P
ty)
Ltd
(SLR
). P
AS
A a
ccep
ted
the
Sco
ping
Rep
ort o
n 31
Aug
ust 2
016,
gra
ntin
g pe
rmis
sion
for
the
EIA
to b
e
unde
rtak
en in
term
s of
the
Pla
n of
Stu
dy fo
r E
IA.
Sco
pe
Ch
ang
es: S
ubse
quen
t to
the
acce
ptan
ce o
f the
Sco
ping
Rep
ort,
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as h
as r
educ
ed th
e ex
tent
of t
he E
R a
pplic
atio
n ar
ea
thro
ugh
the
excl
usio
n of
all
know
n pr
otec
ted
area
s w
ith s
tatu
s de
fined
und
er S
ectio
n 48
of t
he N
atio
nal E
nviro
nmen
tal M
anag
emen
t: P
rote
cted
Are
as A
ct (
57 o
f 200
3). R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
als
o ac
quire
d an
d re
view
ed a
dditi
onal
geo
logi
cal d
ata
and
dete
rmin
ed fr
om th
is th
at c
erta
in a
reas
alon
g th
e ea
ster
n ex
tent
of t
he a
pplic
atio
n ar
ea a
re u
nlik
ely
to b
e pr
ospe
ctiv
e fo
r oi
l or
gas.
. See
the
oran
ge b
ound
ary
in th
e F
igur
e be
low
for
the
revi
sed
appl
icat
ion
area
.
Mor
e re
cent
ly, R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
has
als
o ex
clu
ded
gro
und-
base
d ex
plor
atio
n ac
tiviti
es in
clud
ing
core
hol
e dr
illin
g an
d se
ism
ic s
urve
ys fr
om
the
prop
osed
‘ear
ly-p
hase
exp
lora
tion’
wor
k fo
r w
hich
they
are
see
king
env
ironm
enta
l aut
horis
atio
n. T
he c
urre
nt fo
cus
of th
e ap
plic
atio
n an
d th
e
rela
ted
envi
ronm
enta
l ass
essm
ent w
ork
is n
ow o
nly
on r
emot
e ex
plor
atio
n te
chni
ques
(in
clud
ing
anal
ysis
of e
xist
ing
data
and
an
aeria
l ful
l
tens
or g
radi
omet
ry g
ravi
ty s
urve
y).
;
If th
e cu
rren
t app
licat
ion
is a
ppro
ved,
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as w
ould
be
in a
pos
ition
to c
ondu
ct th
e re
mot
e ex
plor
atio
n te
chni
ques
and
to d
evel
op a
mor
e de
taile
d un
ders
tand
ing
of th
e po
tent
ial o
il an
d ga
s re
sour
ces
in th
e ap
plic
atio
n ar
ea. T
here
afte
r, s
houl
d R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
pro
pose
to
cond
uct g
roun
d ba
sed
expl
orat
ion
activ
ities
they
wou
ld n
eed
to b
e in
form
ed b
y a
furt
her
appl
icat
ion
to P
AS
A a
nd a
sep
arat
e en
viro
nmen
tal
asse
ssm
ent a
nd a
utho
risat
ion
proc
ess.
A b
enef
it of
this
rev
ised
app
roac
h is
that
any
futu
re a
pplic
atio
n fo
r gr
ound
bas
ed e
xplo
ratio
n ac
tiviti
es
wou
ld b
e fo
cuse
d on
spe
cifie
d si
tes.
Thi
s en
abl e
s in
tere
sted
and
affe
cted
par
ties
(I&
AP
s) to
kno
w w
here
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as p
ropo
ses
to a
cces
s
land
and
con
duct
gro
und-
base
d ex
plor
atio
n ac
tiviti
es. T
he r
equi
red
envi
ronm
enta
l ass
essm
ent w
ould
be
focu
sed
on a
sses
sing
impa
cts
at th
ose
site
s.
EIR
fo
r R
evie
w:
Thi
s le
tter
serv
es to
info
rm y
ou, a
s a
regi
ster
ed I
&A
P o
n th
e pr
ojec
t, th
at S
LR h
as, o
n be
half
of R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
, pro
duce
d
an e
nviro
nmen
tal i
mpa
ct r
epor
t (E
IR),
incl
udin
g an
env
ironm
enta
l man
agem
ent p
rogr
amm
e, fo
r th
e ap
plic
atio
n. T
he p
urpo
se o
f the
EIR
is to
sum
mar
ise
the
EIA
pro
cess
follo
wed
to d
ate
and
prov
ide
an o
verv
iew
of t
he p
ropo
sed
proj
ect a
nd th
e af
fect
ed e
nviro
nmen
t. It
als
o pr
ovid
es a
n
asse
ssm
ent o
f the
pot
entia
l im
pact
s of
the
prop
osed
pro
ject
and
set
s ou
t the
man
agem
ent a
nd m
itiga
tion
mea
sure
s th
at a
re r
ecom
men
ded
shou
ld th
e ap
plic
atio
n be
app
rove
d.
The
EIR
is b
eing
mad
e av
aila
ble
to r
egis
tere
d I&
AP
s fo
r re
view
and
com
men
t on
the
findi
ngs
and
man
agem
ent m
easu
res
for
the
prop
osed
proj
ect.
In th
is r
egar
d, th
e E
IR w
ill b
e av
aila
ble
for
a 30
-day
com
men
t per
iod
from
the
09th
No
vem
ber
201
6 u
nti
l th
e 15
th o
f D
ecem
ber
201
6.
Har
d co
pies
of t
he E
IR h
ave
been
pla
ced
at th
e fo
llow
ing
loca
tions
for
publ
ic r
evie
w:
The
EIR
is a
lso
avai
labl
e to
dow
nloa
d fr
om th
e S
LR w
ebsi
te. T
o do
wnl
oad
the
EIR
and
App
endi
ces
go
to:
http
://w
ww
.cca
envi
ronm
enta
l.co.
za/s
ub-o
il-ga
s-m
iner
als/
. A
ltern
ativ
ely,
con
tact
SLR
and
an
elec
tron
ic c
opy
of th
e E
IR c
an b
e em
aile
d to
you,
or
the
EIR
and
App
endi
ces
prov
ided
on
CD
. An
Exe
cutiv
e S
umm
ary
of th
e E
IR is
als
o av
aila
ble
on r
eque
st in
Eng
lish
or is
iZul
u.
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e an
d L
oca
tio
n
Ph
ysic
al A
dd
ress
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cast
le L
ibra
ry
66 S
cott
Str
eet,
New
cast
le
Dun
dee
Libr
ary
Bou
ndar
y ro
ad (
next
doo
r to
Mun
icip
ality
), D
unde
e
Vry
heid
Lib
rary
C
orne
r M
ark
and
Hig
h S
tree
t, V
ryhe
id
Utr
echt
Lib
rary
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oor
stre
et, U
trec
ht
Dan
nhau
ser
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ary
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hurc
h S
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t, D
annh
ause
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tu L
ibra
ry
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gosu
thu
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e, N
qutu
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All
com
men
ts o
n th
e E
IR s
houl
d be
sub
mitt
ed to
SLR
at t
he c
onta
ct d
etai
ls s
how
n in
the
tabl
e be
low
. Com
men
ts r
ecei
ved
will
be
used
to
upda
te th
e E
IR, a
s re
leva
nt, a
nd c
opie
s of
all
the
com
men
ts w
ill b
e in
clud
ed w
ith th
e E
IR w
hen
it is
sub
mitt
ed to
PA
SA
for
deci
sion
mak
ing.
Ple
ase
ensu
re th
at y
our
com
men
ts r
each
us
on o
r be
fore
the
15th
of
Dec
emb
er 2
016.
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ails
P
roje
ct M
anag
er
Nam
e of
the
prac
titio
ner
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thew
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min
g R
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nsib
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ect
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hem
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ack
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are
invi
ted
to a
ttend
one
of a
ser
ies
of o
pen
day
s an
d p
ub
lic m
eeti
ng
s. T
he p
urpo
se o
f the
ope
n da
y an
d
publ
ic m
eetin
g is
to in
form
I&A
Ps
of th
e fin
ding
s of
the
EIA
pro
cess
and
pro
vide
opp
ortu
nity
for
ques
tions
to b
e as
ked.
The
ope
n da
ys w
ill
prov
ide
I&A
Ps
with
opp
ortu
nity
to a
sk m
embe
rs o
f the
EIA
and
app
lican
t tea
m q
uest
ions
. The
form
al p
ublic
mee
ting
will
incl
ude
a pr
esen
tatio
n
by th
e E
IA te
am fo
llow
ed b
y a
ques
tion
and
answ
er s
essi
on. C
omm
ents
will
be
reco
rded
for
furt
her
cons
ider
atio
n. T
he d
etai
ls a
re p
rovi
ded
belo
w. D
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ber
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ne)
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u c
an s
ee t
hat
th
ere
are
qu
erie
s ra
ised
at
the
end
of
ever
y s
ecti
on
, w
her
e th
e E
PA
bas
ical
ly p
uts
in
a d
iscl
aim
er t
o s
ay i
t ca
nn
ot
ver
ify t
he
fin
din
gs.
•
Th
e E
PA
cam
e u
nd
er e
no
rmo
us
crit
icis
m,
incl
ud
ing f
rom
Sta
nfo
rd U
niv
ersi
ty,
bec
ause
th
ey n
ever
pro
per
ly q
uan
tifi
ed t
hei
r fi
nd
ings.
Her
e ar
e li
nk
s to
so
me
of
sev
eral
med
ia r
epo
rts
on
th
e is
sue
at t
he
tim
e: �������������� ������������������������ ������������
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ere
was
so
me
spec
ula
tio
n t
hat
th
e E
PA
nev
er f
inai
sed
th
e re
po
rt d
ue
to p
ress
ure
fro
m t
he
US
oil
and
gas
in
du
stry
wh
o w
ere
app
aren
tly v
ery h
app
y w
ith
th
e co
ncl
usi
on
s o
f th
e d
raft
pap
er!
•
So
me
oth
er t
hin
gs
to c
on
sid
er -
yo
u t
old
me
that
on
ly 1
% o
f w
ells
, ac
cord
ing t
o t
he
EP
A's
dra
ft
rep
ort
, h
ad c
on
tam
inat
ion
of
gro
un
dw
ater
. B
ut,
wh
en o
ne
con
sid
ers
the
nu
mb
er o
f w
ells
bei
ng
dri
lled
an
d f
rack
ed i
n t
he
US
, th
is i
s q
uit
e si
gn
ific
ant.
F
or
exam
ple
, th
e in
du
stry
in
th
e U
S s
ays
that
on
ly 1
% o
f th
eir
frac
kin
g m
ix c
on
sist
s o
f to
xic
ch
emic
als
- b
ut
wh
en y
ou
co
nsi
der
th
e am
ou
nt
of
wat
er b
ein
g u
sed
(2
0 m
illi
on
lit
res
per
fra
ck p
er w
ell
in S
A,
acco
rdin
g t
o T
reas
ure
th
e K
aro
o A
ctio
n
Gro
up
- i
n t
he
US
it
is 1
6.5
mil
lio
n l
itre
s o
n a
ver
age)
th
at 1
% i
s a
hel
l o
f a
lot.
I
am s
ure
yo
u a
re
awar
e o
f th
is b
ut
con
sid
er t
hat
, in
th
e C
ape
Kar
oo
, S
hel
l to
ld p
ub
lic
mee
tings
that
th
ey p
lan
ned
to
hav
e 3
2 w
ells
per
wel
l p
ad.
TK
AG
says
that
, if
yo
u e
xtr
apo
late
th
e w
ater
req
uir
emen
ts,
32
bil
lio
n
litr
es o
f w
ater
wil
l b
e u
sed
per
dev
elo
pm
ent
area
(5
0 w
ells
ap
pro
x)
wit
h a
bo
ut
hal
f th
e w
ater
bei
ng
po
llu
ted
du
rin
g t
he
pro
cess
. E
ven
if
it I
S o
nly
1%
, w
hic
h I
do
ub
t b
ecau
se t
her
e is
a l
ot
of
info
rmat
ion
ou
t th
ere
and
it
seem
s th
at i
t is
sig
nif
ican
tly m
ore
, 1
% o
f 3
2 b
illi
on
is
a h
eck
of
a lo
t o
f
po
llu
ted
wat
er.
•
Acc
ord
ing t
o a
20
12
New
Yo
rk T
imes
in
ves
tigat
ion
, in
th
e U
S i
t h
as p
rov
ed v
irtu
ally
im
po
ssib
le t
o
com
ple
tely
pu
rify
th
is w
ater
, w
hic
h i
s o
ften
tru
cked
to
was
tew
ater
tre
atm
ent
pla
nts
. I
mp
rop
erly
trea
ted
wat
er i
s re
leas
ed d
irec
tly b
ack
in
to t
he
env
iro
nm
ent.
H
ow
So
uth
Afr
ica,
wit
h i
ts v
ery w
ell-
do
cum
ente
d f
ailu
res
of
wat
er t
reat
men
t p
lan
ts i
n v
irtu
ally
ev
ery s
ingle
mu
nic
ipal
are
a, w
ill
man
age
to d
o t
his
beg
gar
s b
elie
f.
•
So
uth
Afr
ica
is a
wat
er-s
carc
e co
un
try -
we
are
no
w o
ffic
iall
y t
he
30
th d
ries
t co
un
try i
n t
he
wo
rld
,
acco
rdin
g t
o t
he
UN
Fo
od
& A
gri
cult
ura
l O
rgan
izat
ion
. I
n m
y o
pin
ion
, w
e sh
ou
ld n
ot
be
mis
usi
ng
and
po
ten
tial
ly a
bu
sin
g o
ur
ver
y s
tret
ched
wat
er r
eso
urc
es (
98
% o
f al
l fr
esh
wat
er i
s al
read
y b
ein
g
use
d o
r ac
cou
nte
d f
or)
in
th
is w
ay.
On
ly 8
% o
f th
e la
nd
are
a p
rod
uce
s 5
0%
of
the
run
-off
in
So
uth
�
Afr
ica.
T
he
area
un
der
th
is a
pp
lica
tio
n f
orm
s p
art
of
an e
ssen
tial
wat
er s
ou
rce
area
fo
r th
e co
un
try -
and
is
par
t o
f th
at 8
%.
(W
WF
-SA
has
pro
du
ced
a n
um
ber
of
rep
ort
s o
n t
his
asp
ect
of
So
uth
Afr
ica'
s
wat
er r
eso
urc
es.)
•
Th
e se
ver
e d
rou
gh
t th
at w
as a
nd
is
stil
l in
so
me
area
s b
ein
g e
xp
erie
nce
d i
s b
elie
ved
to
no
t b
e a
on
e-
off
ev
ent.
D
ue
to t
he
imp
acts
of
clim
ate
chan
ge,
man
y s
cien
tist
s b
elie
ve
that
su
ch s
ever
e d
rou
gh
ts
wil
l b
eco
me
a re
gu
lar
occ
urr
ence
an
d s
ou
ther
n A
fric
a w
ill
be
on
e o
f th
e w
ors
t ar
eas
affe
cted
.
•
In m
y o
pin
ion
, it
is
ver
y i
rres
po
nsi
ble
of
the
So
uth
Afr
ican
go
ver
nm
ent
to b
e al
low
ing a
pp
lica
tio
ns
for
oil
an
d g
as e
xp
lora
tio
n i
n t
hes
e es
sen
tial
wat
er s
ou
rce
area
s to
be
con
sid
ered
at
all,
as
this
pla
ces
the
wat
er r
eso
urc
es o
f h
un
dre
ds
of
tho
usa
nd
s o
f p
eop
le a
t ri
sk.
Als
o,
in m
y o
pin
ion
, it
is
equ
ally
irre
spo
nsi
ble
of
inte
rnat
ion
al o
il a
nd
gas
co
mp
anie
s, w
ho
wil
l n
ot
hav
e to
liv
e w
ith
th
e lo
ng-t
erm
con
seq
uen
ces
of
reso
urc
e ex
trac
tio
n,
to b
e ap
ply
ing f
or
righ
ts i
n s
uch
are
as.
An
d,
equ
ally
, fo
r
env
iro
nm
enta
l co
nsu
ltan
cy f
irm
s an
d p
ract
itio
ner
s to
be
aid
ing a
nd
ab
etti
ng t
hem
, as
ap
pea
rs t
o b
e
the
case
. T
he
env
iro
nm
enta
l as
sess
men
t p
roce
sses
are
all
ess
enti
ally
fla
wed
bec
ause
co
nsu
ltan
ts a
re
actu
ally
no
t in
dep
end
ent,
th
ey a
re p
aid
by a
pp
lica
nts
, in
th
e n
orm
al c
ou
rse
of
bu
sin
ess,
to
ach
iev
e a
cert
ain
res
ult
.
•
We
un
der
stan
d t
hat
, if
th
ere
is a
ny c
han
ce (
even
1%
) o
f a
sev
ere
neg
ativ
e im
pac
t -
in t
his
cas
e to
So
uth
Afr
ica'
s w
ater
res
ou
rces
- a
s a
resu
lt o
f an
act
ivit
y a
nd
th
is i
s k
no
wn
pri
or
to t
he
even
tual
ity
occ
urr
ing,
then
th
is c
ou
ld t
yp
ical
ly b
e re
gar
ded
as
gro
ss n
egli
gen
ce,
incl
ud
ing a
ny k
no
ck-o
n e
ffec
ts
that
co
uld
ari
se.
As
env
iro
nm
enta
l co
nsu
ltan
ts,
yo
u a
lso
hav
e p
rio
r k
no
wle
dg
e o
f th
e li
kel
iho
od
of
this
hap
pen
ing.
•
Jud
gin
g f
rom
th
e p
roce
edin
gs
at t
he
mee
tin
g,
it a
pp
ears
th
at t
her
e is
a c
lear
in
dic
atio
n t
hat
th
e
inte
nti
on
of
the
app
lica
nt
is t
o p
roce
ed w
ith
all
ph
ases
of
exp
lora
tio
n a
nd
ult
imat
ely w
ith
res
ou
rce
extr
acti
on
, sh
ou
ld t
his
pro
ve
via
ble
.
Kin
d r
egar
ds
Bro
nw
yn
Bro
nw
yn
Ho
war
d
Go
od
Ear
th H
erb
s (O
per
atio
ns)
&
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od
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th L
ivin
g D
igit
al M
agaz
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ito
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r W
illi
am,
Th
ank
yo
u f
or
the
no
tifi
cati
on
. H
ow
ever
, w
e ar
e co
nce
rned
ab
ou
t th
e co
mm
ent
per
iod
- w
e n
eed
to
get
th
is
exte
nd
ed,
as i
t fa
lls
wit
hin
th
e D
ecem
ber
ho
lid
ays,
wh
en a
lo
t o
f p
eop
le w
ill
be
away,
so t
his
do
es n
ot
giv
e
I&A
Ps
suff
icie
nt
tim
e to
rea
d t
hro
ugh
th
ese
do
cum
ents
an
d c
om
men
t o
n t
hem
. P
leas
e en
gag
e w
ith
th
e
rele
van
t au
tho
riti
es -
th
is h
as h
app
ened
bef
ore
in
ou
r ar
ea w
ith
min
ing a
pp
lica
tio
ns
and
th
e ti
me
per
iod
was
exte
nd
ed.
We
also
un
der
stan
d t
hat
, le
gal
ly,
com
men
t p
erio
ds
sho
uld
no
t fa
ll b
etw
een
15
Dec
emb
er a
nd
8
Jan
uar
y f
or
this
rea
son
. W
e lo
ok
fo
rwar
d t
o h
eari
ng f
rom
yo
u u
rgen
tly i
n t
his
reg
ard
, as
we
are
alm
ost
hal
fway t
hro
ugh
No
vem
ber
alr
ead
y,
so n
eed
to
get
th
is s
ettl
ed a
sap
.
Als
o -
can
we
hav
e a
dec
ent
map
of
the
new
ex
plo
rati
on
are
a.
We
can
no
t se
e fr
om
th
is o
ne
wh
ich
to
wn
s o
r
regio
ns
wil
l n
ow
be
affe
cted
, as
wel
l as
th
e d
ams,
riv
ers
and
str
eam
s fr
om
wh
ich
th
e co
mm
un
itie
s h
ere
all
get
ou
r w
ater
. T
his
is
a cr
uci
al i
ssu
e fo
r u
s w
ith
th
e v
ario
us
oil
an
d g
as a
pp
lica
tio
ns
in K
ZN
.
It w
ou
ld b
e ap
pre
ciat
ed i
f yo
u c
ou
ld e
nsu
re t
hat
th
e o
pen
days/
pu
bli
c m
eeti
ngs
are
pro
per
ly a
nd
ad
equ
atel
y ad
vert
ised
so
that
th
e m
axim
um
nu
mb
er o
f p
eop
le a
re i
nfo
rmed
. A
dve
rts
shou
ld b
e in
E
ngl
ish
, Afr
ikaa
ns
and
Zu
lu, a
s th
ose
are
the
lan
guag
es e
very
one
spea
ks
in t
his
are
a.
We
hav
e h
ad
�
trem
end
ou
s is
sues
bef
ore
wit
h t
hes
e m
eeti
ngs.
It
is y
ou
r le
gal
ob
lig
atio
n (
and
yo
ur
clie
nts
) to
en
sure
th
at
com
mu
nit
ies
are
pro
per
ly a
nd
ad
equ
atel
y i
nfo
rmed
. T
he
on
us
sho
uld
no
t b
e o
n I
&A
Ps
to i
nfo
rm o
ther
s, a
s
has
hap
pen
ed b
efo
re.
Ple
ase
furt
her
en
sure
th
at e
ver
yon
e k
now
s ex
actl
y w
her
e yo
ur
ven
ues
are
, p
rovi
din
g d
irec
tion
s if
nec
essa
ry -
we
also
had
a p
rob
lem
wit
h t
his
pre
vio
usl
y.
Kin
d r
egar
ds
Bro
nw
yn
Bro
nw
yn
Ho
war
d
Go
od
Ear
th H
erb
s (O
per
atio
ns)
& G
oo
d E
arth
Liv
ing D
igit
al M
agaz
ine
(Ed
ito
r)
P O
Bo
x 3
49
, U
trec
ht,
KZ
N,
298
0
Cel
l: 0
84
24
6 9
22
3 |
Tel
: 0
34
33
1 4
37
7
E-m
ail:
urb
anec
oli
fe@
gm
ail.
com
Web
sit
e: h
ttp
://e
dit
or1
92
.wix
site
.co
m/g
oo
dea
rth
her
bs
On
Wed
, N
ov
9,
20
16
at
4:2
6 P
M,
Wil
liam
Ber
ry <
wb
erry
@sl
rco
nsu
ltin
g.c
om
> w
rote
:
AT
TE
NT
ION
: Int
eres
ted
and
Affe
cted
par
ty
Dea
r S
ir/ M
adam
AP
PL
ICA
TIO
N F
OR
EN
VIR
ON
ME
NT
AL
AU
TH
OR
ISA
TIO
N IN
SU
PP
OR
T O
F A
N E
XP
LO
RA
TIO
N R
IGH
T
AP
PL
ICA
TIO
N F
OR
PE
TR
OL
EU
M P
RO
DU
CT
S O
N V
AR
IOU
S F
AR
MS
IN N
OR
TH
ER
N P
AR
TS
OF
KW
AZ
UL
U-N
AT
AL
PR
OV
INC
E (
12/3
/317
ER
): 3
0-D
AY
RE
VIE
W O
F E
NV
IRO
NM
EN
TA
L IM
PA
CT
RE
PO
RT
AN
D P
UB
LIC
FE
ED
BA
CK
ME
ET
ING
S
Our
pre
viou
s co
rres
pond
ence
of t
he 0
9th o
f Sep
tem
ber
2016
reg
ardi
ng th
e ab
ovem
entio
ned
proj
ect h
as r
efer
ence
.
5
Bac
kgro
un
d:
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as E
xplo
ratio
n S
outh
Afr
ica
(Pty
) Lt
d (R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
) lo
dged
an
appl
icat
ion
for
an e
xplo
ratio
n rig
ht w
ith th
e
Pet
role
um A
genc
y S
outh
Afr
ica
(PA
SA
) in
term
s of
Sec
tion
79 o
f the
Min
eral
s an
d P
etro
leum
Res
ourc
es D
evel
opm
ent A
ct, 2
002
(MP
RD
A).
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as a
lso
lodg
ed a
n ap
plic
atio
n to
PA
SA
for
envi
ronm
enta
l aut
horis
atio
n of
exp
lora
tion
activ
ities
in te
rms
of S
ectio
n 24
(5)
of th
e
Nat
iona
l Env
ironm
enta
l Man
agem
ent A
ct, 1
998
(NE
MA
). T
he a
pplic
atio
n is
sub
ject
to a
Sco
ping
and
Env
ironm
enta
l Im
pact
Ass
essm
ent (
EIA
)
proc
ess
that
is b
eing
und
erta
ken
in te
rms
of th
e E
IA R
egul
atio
ns 2
014
(GN
R 9
82, 8
Dec
embe
r 20
14).
The
Sco
ping
pro
cess
was
pre
viou
sly
com
plet
ed b
y S
LR C
onsu
lting
(P
ty)
Ltd
(SLR
). P
AS
A a
ccep
ted
the
Sco
ping
Rep
ort o
n 31
Aug
ust 2
016,
gra
ntin
g pe
rmis
sion
for
the
EIA
to b
e
unde
rtak
en in
term
s of
the
Pla
n of
Stu
dy fo
r E
IA.
Sco
pe
Ch
ang
es: S
ubse
quen
t to
the
acce
ptan
ce o
f the
Sco
ping
Rep
ort,
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as h
as r
educ
ed th
e ex
tent
of t
he E
R a
pplic
atio
n ar
ea
thro
ugh
the
excl
usio
n of
all
know
n pr
otec
ted
area
s w
ith s
tatu
s de
fined
und
er S
ectio
n 48
of t
he N
atio
nal E
nviro
nmen
tal M
anag
emen
t: P
rote
cted
Are
as A
ct (
57 o
f 200
3). R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
als
o ac
quire
d an
d re
view
ed a
dditi
onal
geo
logi
cal d
ata
and
dete
rmin
ed fr
om th
is th
at c
erta
in a
reas
alon
g th
e ea
ster
n ex
tent
of t
he a
pplic
atio
n ar
ea a
re u
nlik
ely
to b
e pr
ospe
ctiv
e fo
r oi
l or
gas.
. See
the
oran
ge b
ound
ary
in th
e F
igur
e be
low
for
the
revi
sed
appl
icat
ion
area
.
Mor
e re
cent
ly, R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
has
als
o ex
clu
ded
gro
und-
base
d ex
plor
atio
n ac
tiviti
es in
clud
ing
core
hol
e dr
illin
g an
d se
ism
ic s
urve
ys fr
om
the
prop
osed
‘ear
ly-p
hase
exp
lora
tion’
wor
k fo
r w
hich
they
are
see
king
env
ironm
enta
l aut
horis
atio
n. T
he c
urre
nt fo
cus
of th
e ap
plic
atio
n an
d th
e
rela
ted
envi
ronm
enta
l ass
essm
ent w
ork
is n
ow o
nly
on r
emot
e ex
plor
atio
n te
chni
ques
(in
clud
ing
anal
ysis
of e
xist
ing
data
and
an
aeria
l ful
l
tens
or g
radi
omet
ry g
ravi
ty s
urve
y).
If th
e cu
rren
t app
licat
ion
is a
ppro
ved,
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as w
ould
be
in a
pos
ition
to c
ondu
ct th
e re
mot
e ex
plor
atio
n te
chni
ques
and
to d
evel
op a
mor
e de
taile
d un
ders
tand
ing
of th
e po
tent
ial o
il an
d ga
s re
sour
ces
in th
e ap
plic
atio
n ar
ea. T
here
afte
r, s
houl
d R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
pro
pose
to
;
cond
uct g
roun
d ba
sed
expl
orat
ion
activ
ities
they
wou
ld n
eed
to b
e in
form
ed b
y a
furt
her
appl
icat
ion
to P
AS
A a
nd a
sep
arat
e en
viro
nmen
tal
asse
ssm
ent a
nd a
utho
risat
ion
proc
ess.
A b
enef
it of
this
rev
ised
app
roac
h is
that
any
futu
re a
pplic
atio
n fo
r gr
ound
bas
ed e
xplo
ratio
n ac
tiviti
es
wou
ld b
e fo
cuse
d on
spe
cifie
d si
tes.
Thi
s en
able
s in
tere
sted
and
affe
cted
par
ties
(I&
AP
s) to
kno
w w
here
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as p
ropo
ses
to a
cces
s
land
and
con
duct
gro
und-
base
d ex
plor
atio
n ac
tiviti
es. T
he r
equi
red
envi
ronm
enta
l ass
essm
ent w
ould
be
focu
sed
on a
sses
sing
impa
cts
at th
ose
site
s.
EIR
fo
r R
evie
w:
Thi
s le
tter
serv
es to
info
rm y
ou, a
s a
regi
ster
ed I
&A
P o
n th
e pr
ojec
t, th
at S
LR h
as, o
n be
half
of R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
, pro
duce
d
an e
nviro
nmen
tal i
mpa
ct r
epor
t (E
IR),
incl
udin
g an
env
ironm
enta
l man
agem
ent p
rogr
amm
e, fo
r th
e ap
plic
atio
n. T
he p
urpo
se o
f the
EIR
is to
sum
mar
ise
the
EIA
pro
cess
follo
wed
to d
ate
and
prov
ide
an o
verv
iew
of t
he p
ropo
sed
proj
ect a
nd th
e af
fect
ed e
nviro
nmen
t. It
als
o pr
ovid
es a
n
asse
ssm
ent o
f the
pot
entia
l im
pact
s of
the
prop
osed
pro
ject
and
set
s ou
t the
man
agem
ent a
nd m
itiga
tion
mea
sure
s th
at a
re r
ecom
men
ded
shou
ld th
e ap
plic
atio
n be
app
rove
d.
The
EIR
is b
eing
mad
e av
aila
ble
to r
egis
tere
d I&
AP
s fo
r re
view
and
com
men
t on
the
findi
ngs
and
man
agem
ent m
easu
res
for
the
prop
osed
proj
ect.
In th
is r
egar
d, th
e E
IR w
ill b
e av
aila
ble
for
a 30
-day
com
men
t per
iod
from
the
09th
No
vem
ber
201
6 u
nti
l th
e 15
th o
f D
ecem
ber
201
6.
Har
d co
pies
of t
he E
IR h
ave
been
pla
ced
at th
e fo
llow
ing
loca
tions
for
publ
ic r
evie
w:
The
EIR
is a
lso
avai
labl
e to
dow
nloa
d fr
om th
e S
LR w
ebsi
te. T
o do
wnl
oad
the
EIR
and
App
endi
ces
go
to:
http
://w
ww
.cca
envi
ronm
enta
l.co.
za/s
ub-o
il-ga
s-m
iner
als/
. A
ltern
ativ
ely,
con
tact
SLR
and
an
elec
tron
ic c
opy
of th
e E
IR c
an b
e em
aile
d to
you,
or
the
EIR
and
App
endi
ces
prov
ided
on
CD
. An
Exe
cutiv
e S
umm
ary
of th
e E
IR is
als
o av
aila
ble
on r
eque
st in
Eng
lish
or is
iZul
u.
All
com
men
ts o
n th
e E
IR s
houl
d be
sub
mitt
ed to
SLR
at t
he c
onta
ct d
etai
ls s
how
n in
the
tabl
e be
low
. Com
men
ts r
ecei
ved
will
be
used
to
upda
te th
e E
IR, a
s re
leva
nt, a
nd c
opie
s of
all
the
com
men
ts w
ill b
e in
clud
ed w
ith th
e E
IR w
hen
it is
sub
mitt
ed to
PA
SA
for
deci
sion
mak
ing.
Ple
ase
ensu
re th
at y
our
com
men
ts r
each
us
on o
r be
fore
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no
w a
skin
g t
his
agai
n,
for
the
thir
d t
ime.
P
leas
e re
mo
ve
the
par
agra
ph
s in
cla
use
s 4
.5.6
an
d
4.5
.7 t
hat
we
fin
d c
on
trad
icto
ry,
mar
ked
in
red
. S
ee b
elo
w:
4.5
.6 C
OR
E B
OR
EH
OL
E D
RIL
LIN
G
Co
re b
ore
ho
le2
dri
llin
g i
s n
o l
on
ger
in
clu
ded
in
th
e p
rop
ose
d ‘
earl
y-p
has
e ex
plo
rati
on
’ w
ork
fo
r w
hic
h
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as a
re s
eek
ing e
nv
iro
nm
enta
l ap
pro
val
.
Fo
llo
win
g p
ara
gra
ph
s to
be
rem
ove
d (
in r
ed):
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
wo
uld
sti
ll p
rop
ose
to
un
der
take
co
re
ho
le d
rill
ing
as
pa
rt o
f fu
rth
er e
arl
y-p
ha
se e
xplo
rati
on
. T
he
loca
tio
n o
f co
re h
ole
sit
es i
s cu
rren
tly
un
kno
wn
,
as
thes
e w
ou
ld u
ltim
ate
ly b
e d
eter
min
ed b
ase
d o
n t
he
fin
din
gs
of
the
init
ial
exp
lora
tio
n a
ctiv
itie
s u
nd
erta
ken
in Y
ear
1 a
nd
2.
Ta
rget
lo
cati
on
s w
ou
ld i
nit
iall
y b
e d
eter
min
ed f
rom
an
ass
essm
ent
of
geo
log
ica
l
info
rma
tio
n d
eriv
ed f
rom
th
e a
vail
ab
le d
ata
an
d F
TG
su
rvey
. S
ince
th
e ex
act
lo
cati
on
of
an
exp
lora
tio
n
core
ho
le i
s fl
exib
le,
it c
an
be
ad
just
ed t
o a
cco
mm
od
ate
lo
cal
fea
ture
s, l
an
do
wn
er’
nee
ds
an
d l
oca
l
envi
ron
men
tal
sen
siti
viti
es.
Th
is p
roce
ss o
f a
dju
stin
g a
sit
e’s
loca
tio
n w
ou
ld a
lwa
ys i
nvo
lve
con
sult
ati
on
wit
h t
he
lan
d o
wn
er t
o r
each
a n
ego
tia
ted
acc
ess
ag
reem
ent.
In p
rop
osi
ng
lo
cati
on
s fo
r d
rill
sit
es,
con
sid
era
tion
wo
uld
be
giv
en t
o e
nvi
ron
men
tal
crit
eria
. E
ach
dri
ll
site
s w
ou
ld b
e su
bje
ct t
o t
he
req
uis
ite
envi
ron
men
tal
ass
essm
ent
an
d a
uth
ori
sati
on
pro
cess
.
4.5
.7 S
EIS
MIC
DA
TA
AC
QU
ISIT
ION
Sei
smic
su
rvey
s ar
e n
o l
on
ger
in
clu
ded
in
th
e p
rop
ose
d ‘
earl
y-p
has
e ex
plo
rati
on
’ w
ork
fo
r w
hic
h R
hin
o O
il
and
Gas
are
see
kin
g e
nv
iro
nm
enta
l ap
pro
val
.
Fo
llo
win
g p
ara
gra
ph
s to
be
rem
ove
d (
in r
ed):
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
wo
uld
sti
ll p
rop
ose
to
un
der
take
sei
smic
surv
eys
as
pa
rt o
f fu
rth
er e
arl
y-p
ha
se e
xplo
rati
on
. T
he
loca
tio
n o
f se
ism
ic l
ines
is
curr
entl
y u
nkn
ow
n,
as
thes
e w
ou
ld u
ltim
ate
ly b
e d
eter
min
ed b
ase
d o
n t
he f
ind
ing
s o
f th
e in
itia
l ex
plo
rati
on
act
ivit
ies
un
der
take
n i
n
Yea
r 1
an
d 2
. T
arg
et r
oute
s w
ou
ld i
nit
iall
y b
e d
eter
min
ed f
rom
an
ass
essm
en
t o
f g
eolo
gic
al
info
rma
tio
n
der
ived
fro
m t
he
ava
ila
ble
da
ta,
FT
G s
urv
eys
an
d c
ore
bo
reh
ole
dri
llin
g.
Sin
ce t
he
exa
ct a
lig
nm
ent
of
a
seis
mic
lin
e is
fle
xib
le,
it c
an
be
ad
just
ed t
o a
cco
mm
od
ate
lo
cal
fea
ture
s, l
an
do
wn
er’
nee
ds
an
d l
oca
l
envi
ron
men
tal
sen
siti
viti
es.
Th
is p
roce
ss o
f a
dju
stin
g a
sei
smic
lin
e’s
rou
te w
ou
ld a
lwa
ys i
nvo
lve
con
sult
ati
on
wit
h t
he
land
ow
ner
to
rea
ch a
neg
oti
ate
d a
cces
s a
gre
emen
t.
In p
rop
osi
ng
ro
ute
s fo
r se
ism
ic s
urv
ey a
lig
nm
ents
, co
nsi
der
ati
on
wo
uld
be
giv
en t
o e
nvi
ron
men
tal
cri
teri
a.
Ea
ch r
ou
te w
ou
ld b
e su
bje
ct t
o t
he
req
uis
ite
envi
ron
men
tal
ass
essm
ent
an
d a
uth
ori
sati
on
pro
cess
.
If y
ou
do
n't
fin
d t
hes
e p
arag
rap
hs
con
trad
icto
ry,
so b
e it
- b
ut
we
do
. A
nd
if
yo
u r
efu
se t
o t
ake
ou
t th
ese
par
agra
ph
s, p
leas
e giv
e u
s a
logic
al r
easo
n w
hy y
ou
do
no
t w
ish
to
do
so
. B
y y
ou
r o
wn
ad
mis
sio
n,
thes
e
par
agra
ph
s ar
e n
o l
on
ger
val
id,
so t
her
e is
no
rea
son
fo
r yo
u t
o r
etai
n t
hem
in
th
e E
IA d
ocu
men
t.
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d r
egar
ds
Jock
Tam
e &
Bro
nw
yn
Ho
war
d
Bro
nw
yn
Ho
war
d
Go
od
Ear
th H
erb
s (O
per
atio
ns)
&
Go
od
Ear
th L
ivin
g D
igit
al M
agaz
ine
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ito
r)
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, D
ec 1
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min
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Su
bje
ct:
Re:
EIA
Rep
ort
- P
etro
leu
m R
eso
urc
es E
xp
lora
tio
n A
pp
lica
tio
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y R
hin
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Gas
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rth
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Dea
r M
atth
ew,
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sti
ll n
ot
sati
sfie
d,
I b
elie
ve
yo
u h
ave
stil
l n
ot
dea
lt w
ith
th
e q
ues
tio
n I
po
sed
to
yo
u.
Th
is w
ill
bec
om
e
par
t o
f m
y c
om
men
ts o
n t
he
EIA
Rep
ort
, w
hic
h I
wil
l b
e su
bm
itti
ng t
om
orr
ow
.
Kin
d r
egar
ds
Bro
nw
yn
"
Bro
nw
yn
Ho
war
d
Go
od
Ear
th H
erb
s (O
per
atio
ns)
& G
oo
d E
arth
Liv
ing D
igit
al M
agaz
ine
(Ed
ito
r)
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x 3
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trec
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N,
298
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l: 0
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od
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s.n
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Wed
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ec 1
4,
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min
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rk f
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resp
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se i
s n
ote
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as i
s yo
ur
exp
lan
atio
n.
Ho
wev
er,
it i
s th
e E
IA w
e ar
e n
ow
wo
rkin
g o
n,
no
t o
ther
corr
esp
on
den
ce,
info
rmat
ion
giv
en a
t m
eeti
ngs,
etc
. T
hes
e cl
ause
s as
cu
rren
tly s
et o
ut
in t
he
EIA
are
con
trad
icto
ry t
o t
he
rest
of
the
do
cum
ent.
T
he
par
agra
ph
s as
th
ey s
tan
d s
till
rea
d a
s fo
llo
ws:
4.5
.6 C
OR
E B
OR
EH
OL
E D
RIL
LIN
G
Co
re b
ore
ho
le d
rill
ing
is
no
lo
ng
er i
ncl
ud
ed i
n t
he
pro
po
sed
‘ea
rly-
ph
ase
exp
lora
tio
n’
wo
rk f
or
wh
ich
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
are
see
kin
g e
nvi
ron
men
tal
ap
pro
val.
Bu
t th
e n
ext
par
t o
f th
is s
ecti
on
th
en r
ead
s: R
hin
o O
il a
nd
Ga
s w
ou
ld s
till
pro
po
se t
o u
nd
erta
ke
core
ho
le
dri
llin
g a
s p
art
of
furt
her
ea
rly-
ph
ase
ex
plo
rati
on
. T
he
loca
tio
n o
f co
re h
ole
sit
es i
s cu
rren
tly
un
kn
ow
n,
as
thes
e w
ou
ld u
ltim
ate
ly b
e d
eter
min
ed b
ase
d o
n t
he f
ind
ing
s o
f th
e in
itia
l ex
plo
rati
on
act
ivit
ies
un
der
take
n i
n
Yea
r 1
an
d 2
. T
arg
et l
oca
tio
ns
wo
uld
in
itia
lly
be
det
erm
ined
fro
m a
n a
ssess
men
t o
f g
eolo
gic
al
info
rma
tio
n
der
ived
fro
m t
he
ava
ila
ble
da
ta a
nd
FT
G s
urv
ey.
Sin
ce t
he
exa
ct l
oca
tio
n o
f a
n e
xplo
rati
on
co
re h
ole
is
flex
ible
, it
ca
n b
e a
dju
sted
to
acc
om
mo
da
te l
oca
l fe
atu
res,
la
nd
ow
ner
’ n
eed
s a
nd
lo
cal
envi
ron
men
tal
sen
siti
viti
es.
Th
is p
roce
ss o
f a
dju
stin
g a
sit
e’s
loca
tio
n w
ou
ld a
lwa
ys i
nvo
lve
con
sult
ati
on
wit
h t
he
lan
d
ow
ner
to
rea
ch a
neg
oti
ate
d a
cces
s a
gre
emen
t.
4.5
.7 S
EIS
MIC
DA
TA
AC
QU
ISIT
ION
Sei
smic
su
rveys
are
no
lo
ng
er i
ncl
ud
ed i
n t
he
pro
po
sed
‘ea
rly-
ph
ase
exp
lora
tio
n’
wo
rk f
or
wh
ich
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
are
see
kin
g e
nvi
ron
men
tal
ap
pro
val.
Bu
t th
e n
ext
pa
rt o
f th
is s
ecti
on
th
en r
ead
s: R
hin
o O
il a
nd
Ga
s w
ou
ld s
till
pro
po
se t
o u
nd
erta
ke
seis
mic
surv
eys
as
pa
rt o
f fu
rth
er e
arl
y-p
ha
se e
xp
lora
tio
n.
Th
e lo
cati
on
of
seis
mic
lin
es i
s cu
rren
tly
un
kno
wn
, a
s
thes
e w
ou
ld u
ltim
ate
ly b
e d
eter
min
ed b
ase
d o
n t
he f
ind
ing
s o
f th
e in
itia
l ex
plo
rati
on
act
ivit
ies
un
der
take
n i
n
Yea
r 1
an
d 2
. T
arg
et r
oute
s w
ou
ld i
nit
iall
y b
e d
eter
min
ed f
rom
an
ass
essm
en
t o
f g
eolo
gic
al
info
rma
tio
n
A
der
ived
fro
m t
he
ava
ila
ble
da
ta,
FT
G s
urv
eys
an
d c
ore
bo
reh
ole
dri
llin
g.
Sin
ce t
he
exa
ct a
lig
nm
ent
of
a
seis
mic
lin
e is
fle
xib
le,
it c
an
be
ad
just
ed t
o a
cco
mm
od
ate
lo
cal
fea
ture
s, l
an
do
wn
er’
nee
ds
an
d l
oca
l
envi
ron
men
tal
sen
siti
viti
es.
Th
is p
roce
ss o
f a
dju
stin
g a
sei
smic
lin
e’s
rou
te w
ou
ld a
lwa
ys i
nvo
lve
con
sult
ati
on
wit
h t
he
land
ow
ner
to
rea
ch a
neg
oti
ate
d a
cces
s a
gre
emen
t.
We
are
awar
e th
at t
he
met
ho
ds
emp
loyed
fo
r 'e
arly
ph
ase
exp
lora
tio
n' h
ave
chan
ged
an
d,
as p
er t
he
rest
of
the
EIA
, w
ill
no
w b
e co
nfi
ned
to
aer
ial,
FT
G s
urv
eys.
A
s m
enti
on
ed p
rev
iou
sly,
if t
he
app
lica
nt
do
es n
ot
inte
nd
to
un
der
tak
e co
reh
ole
dri
llin
g o
r se
ism
ic s
urv
eys
du
rin
g 'e
arly
ph
ase
exp
lora
tio
n',
thes
e cl
ause
s
sho
uld
acc
ord
ingly
be
amen
ded
so
as
to r
efle
ct t
his
. A
s th
ey s
tan
d,
it w
ou
ld a
pp
ear
that
th
e ap
pli
can
t is
kee
pin
g t
hes
e o
pti
on
s o
pen
, w
hic
h w
e, a
s I&
AP
s ar
e n
ot
com
fort
able
wit
h.
Reg
ard
s
Bro
nw
yn
Ho
war
d
Go
od
Ear
th H
erb
s (O
per
atio
ns)
& G
oo
d E
arth
Liv
ing D
igit
al M
agaz
ine
(Ed
ito
r)
P O
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x 3
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trec
ht,
KZ
N,
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od
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furt
her
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pli
cati
on t
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nd
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epar
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envir
on
men
tal
asse
ssm
ent
and
auth
ori
sati
on p
roce
ss. !
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sub
ject
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Dea
r M
atth
ew,
I h
ave
bee
n g
oin
g t
hro
ug
h t
he
EIA
fo
r th
e ab
ov
e p
etro
leu
m e
xp
lora
tio
n a
pp
lica
tio
n f
or
Rh
ino
Oil
& G
as i
n
no
rth
ern
KZ
N (
Ref
no
. 1
2/3
/31
7 E
R)
and
hav
e d
isco
ver
ed s
om
eth
ing w
hic
h a
pp
ears
to
be
in c
on
flic
t w
ith
the
rest
of
the
rep
ort
.
Sec
tio
n 4
.5.5
on
pag
e 4
-24
(p
age
13
3)
of
the
rep
ort
dea
ls w
ith
th
e is
sue
of
FT
G s
urv
eys,
wh
at t
hey a
re a
nd
ho
w t
hey
are
co
nd
uct
ed.
Sec
tio
n 4
.5.6
on
pag
e 4
-25
(p
age
13
4)
of
the
rep
ort
dea
ls w
ith
co
re b
ore
ho
le d
rill
ing.
Th
e fi
rst
par
agra
ph
stat
es t
hat
"C
ore
bo
reh
ole
dri
llin
g i
s n
o l
on
ger
in
clu
ded
in
th
e p
rop
ose
d ‘
earl
y-p
ha
se e
xplo
rati
on
’ w
ork
fo
r
wh
ich
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
are
see
kin
g e
nvi
ron
men
tal
ap
pro
val.
" T
his
is
con
sist
ent
wit
h t
he
rest
of
the
EIA
rep
ort
an
d a
lso
ech
oes
wh
at w
as c
ateg
ori
call
y s
tate
d b
y S
LR
Co
nsu
ltin
g a
nd
it's
cli
ent,
Rh
ino
Oil
& G
as,
at
pu
bli
c m
eeti
ngs
in n
ort
her
n K
ZN
in
No
vem
ber
20
16
(I
atte
nd
ed t
he
on
e h
eld
in
Utr
ech
t o
n 2
4 N
ov
20
16
)
Ho
wev
er,
this
sec
tio
n t
hen
co
nti
nu
es a
s fo
llo
ws:
=
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
wo
uld
sti
ll p
rop
ose
to
un
der
take
co
re h
ole
dri
llin
g a
s p
art
of
furt
her
ea
rly-
ph
ase
exp
lora
tio
n.
Th
e lo
cati
on
of
core
ho
le s
ites
is
curr
entl
y u
nkn
ow
n,
as
thes
e w
ou
ld u
ltim
ate
ly b
e d
eter
min
ed
ba
sed
on
th
e fi
nd
ing
s o
f th
e in
itia
l ex
plo
rati
on
act
ivit
ies
un
der
take
n i
n Y
ear
1 a
nd
2.
Ta
rget
lo
cati
on
s w
ou
ld
init
iall
y b
e d
eter
min
ed f
rom
an
ass
essm
ent
of
geo
log
ica
l in
form
ati
on
der
ived
fro
m t
he
ava
ila
ble
da
ta a
nd
FT
G s
urv
ey.
Sin
ce
the
exa
ct l
oca
tio
n o
f a
n e
xplo
rati
on
co
re h
ole
is
flex
ible
, it
ca
n b
e a
dju
sted
to
acc
om
mo
da
te l
oca
l fe
atu
res,
la
nd
ow
ner
’ n
eed
s a
nd
lo
cal
envi
ron
men
tal
sen
siti
viti
es.
Th
is p
roce
ss o
f
ad
just
ing
a s
ite’
s lo
cati
on
wo
uld
alw
ays
in
volv
e co
nsu
lta
tio
n w
ith
th
e la
nd
ow
ner
to
rea
ch a
neg
oti
ate
d
acc
ess
ag
reem
ent.
In p
rop
osi
ng
lo
cati
on
s fo
r d
rill
sit
es,
con
sid
era
tion
wo
uld
be
giv
en t
o e
nvi
ron
men
tal
crit
eria
. E
ach
dri
ll
site
s w
ou
ld b
e su
bje
ct t
o t
he
req
uis
ite
envi
ron
men
tal
ass
essm
ent
an
d a
uth
ori
sati
on
pro
cess
.
Th
e sa
me
occ
urs
wit
h s
ecti
on
4.5
.7 o
f th
e re
po
rt.
Th
e fi
rst
par
agra
ph
th
ereo
f st
ates
th
at:
Sei
smic
su
rvey
s a
re
no
lo
ng
er i
ncl
ud
ed i
n t
he
pro
po
sed
‘ea
rly-
ph
ase
exp
lora
tio
n’
wo
rk f
or
wh
ich
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
are
see
kin
g
envi
ron
men
tal
ap
pro
val.
Ho
wev
er,
the
rest
of
the
sect
ion
co
nti
nu
es a
s fo
llo
ws:
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
wo
uld
sti
ll p
rop
ose
to
un
der
take
sei
smic
su
rveys
as
pa
rt o
f fu
rth
er e
arl
y-p
ha
se
exp
lora
tio
n.
Th
e lo
cati
on
of
seis
mic
lin
es i
s cu
rren
tly
un
kno
wn
, a
s th
ese
wo
uld
ult
ima
tely
be
det
erm
ined
ba
sed
on
th
e fi
nd
ing
s o
f th
e in
itia
l ex
plo
rati
on
act
ivit
ies
un
der
take
n i
n Y
ear
1 a
nd
2.
Ta
rget
ro
ute
s w
ou
ld
init
iall
y b
e d
eter
min
ed f
rom
an
ass
essm
ent
of
geo
log
ica
l in
form
ati
on
der
ived
fro
m t
he
ava
ila
ble
da
ta,
FT
G
surv
eys
an
d c
ore
bo
reh
ole
dri
llin
g.
Sin
ce t
he
exa
ct a
lig
nm
ent
of
a s
eism
ic l
ine
is f
lexi
ble
, it
ca
n b
e a
dju
sted
to a
cco
mm
od
ate
lo
cal
fea
ture
s, l
an
do
wn
er’
nee
ds
an
d l
oca
l en
viro
nm
enta
l se
nsi
tivi
ties
. T
his
pro
cess
of
ad
just
ing
a s
eism
ic l
ine’
s ro
ute
wo
uld
alw
ays
in
volv
e co
nsu
lta
tio
n w
ith
th
e la
nd
ow
ner
to
rea
ch a
neg
oti
ate
d a
cces
s a
gre
em
ent.
In p
rop
osi
ng
ro
ute
s fo
r se
ism
ic s
urv
ey a
lig
nm
ents
, co
nsi
der
ati
on
wo
uld
be
giv
en t
o e
nvi
ron
men
tal
cri
teri
a.
Ea
ch r
ou
te w
ou
ld b
e su
bje
ct t
o t
he
req
uis
ite
envi
ron
men
tal
ass
essm
ent
an
d a
uth
ori
sati
on
pro
cess
.
As
refl
ecte
d i
n S
ecti
on
4.2
of
the
rep
ort
, "G
ener
al O
ver
vie
w o
f th
e E
xp
lora
tio
n P
roce
ss"
(fro
m p
age
4-3
/
pag
e 1
12
) an
d t
he
dia
gra
m o
n p
age
4-5
(1
14
) o
f th
e IE
A r
epo
rt,
ther
e ar
e th
ree
ph
ases
to
th
is p
roce
ss -
ear
ly
ph
ase
exp
lora
tio
n,
app
rais
al,
and
fu
rth
er d
rill
ing.
Th
is w
as c
ov
ered
ex
ten
siv
ely a
t th
e p
ub
lic
mee
tin
g I
atte
nd
ed i
n Ü
trec
ht
in N
ov
emb
er 2
01
6 a
s w
ell.
It i
s ca
tego
rica
lly s
tate
d t
hro
ugh
ou
t th
e E
IA R
epo
rt t
hat
th
ere
wil
l b
e N
O c
ore
bo
reh
ole
dri
llin
g o
r se
ism
ic
test
ing d
uri
ng t
he
'ea
rly
ph
ase
exp
lora
tion
' an
d w
e h
ave
bee
n g
iven
to
un
der
stan
d (
as p
er t
he
EIA
an
d i
n
pu
bli
c m
eeti
ngs)
th
at t
his
EIA
on
ly d
eals
wit
h t
he
'ear
ly e
xp
lora
tio
n' p
has
e o
f ex
plo
rati
on
, w
hic
h w
ou
ld o
nly
inv
olv
e d
esk
top
stu
die
s, d
ata
anal
ysi
s an
d F
TG
su
rveys
- co
nd
uct
ed f
rom
an
air
craf
t in
a n
on
-in
vas
ive
man
ner
, w
hic
h w
ill
no
t re
sult
in
an
y i
mp
acts
beyo
nd
so
me
po
ten
tial
fo
r v
ery s
ho
rt-t
erm
no
ise
dis
turb
ance
and
po
ssib
ly l
ives
tock
dis
turb
ance
, as
th
ese
flig
hts
nee
d t
o t
ake
pla
ce a
t re
lati
vel
y l
ow
lev
els.
It
has
cate
go
rica
lly b
een
sta
ted
th
at n
o c
ore
bo
reh
ole
dri
llin
g,
no
r se
ism
ic s
urv
eys
wil
l b
e co
nd
uct
ed a
t th
is s
tage,
alth
ou
gh
th
ey m
ay w
ell
be
du
rin
g t
he
late
r ex
plo
rati
on
ph
ases
(ap
pra
isal
an
d d
rill
ing).
B
If c
ore
bo
reh
ole
dri
llin
g a
nd
sei
smic
tes
tin
g a
re t
o b
e co
nd
uct
ed d
uri
ng 'e
arly
ph
ase
exp
lora
tio
n' (
wh
ich
we
un
der
stan
d i
s th
e p
has
e th
is a
pp
lica
tio
n i
s cu
rren
tly i
n a
nd
fo
r w
hic
h t
he
EIA
no
w o
n t
he
tab
le i
s re
late
d t
o),
then
, in
ou
r o
pin
ion
, th
e E
IA R
epo
rt a
s su
bm
itte
d t
o u
s is
nu
ll a
nd
vo
id a
nd
sh
ou
ld b
e am
end
ed o
r re
- do
ne
in
its
enti
rety
wit
h a
fu
ll d
iscl
osu
re o
f th
e fa
cts,
as
wel
l as
th
e an
tici
pat
ed i
mp
acts
th
ereo
f an
d p
rop
ose
d
mit
igat
ion
th
eref
ore
, to
get
her
wit
h t
he
sub
mis
sio
n o
f re
lev
ant
spec
iali
st s
tud
ies,
as
req
uir
ed.
(Th
e E
IA r
epo
rt
as i
t st
and
s re
pea
ted
ly s
tate
s th
at c
erta
in i
mp
acts
hav
e n
ot
bee
n d
iscu
ssed
an
d c
erta
in s
pec
iali
st s
tud
ies
hav
e
no
t b
een
do
ne/
sub
mit
ted
du
e to
th
e fa
ct t
hat
on
ly d
esk
top
stu
die
s, d
ata
anal
ysi
s an
d F
TG
su
rveys
wil
l b
e
do
ne.
)
We
loo
k f
orw
ard
to
hea
rin
g f
rom
yo
u u
rgen
tly a
s to
wh
at e
xac
tly i
s en
vis
aged
fo
r 'f
irst
ph
ase
exp
lora
tio
n'
and
at
wh
at p
oin
t co
re b
ore
ho
le d
rill
ing a
nd
sei
smic
tes
tin
g w
ill
be
do
ne.
F
rom
Sec
tio
ns
4.5
.6 a
nd
4.5
.7 a
s
they
sta
nd
, it
ap
pea
rs t
hat
'ear
ly p
has
e ex
plo
rati
on
' may
in
clu
de
thes
e ac
tiv
itie
s.
As
per
ou
r co
mm
ents
on
the
Sco
pin
g R
epo
rt,
ther
e is
so
me
con
cern
ab
ou
t th
e p
ote
nti
al n
egat
ive
imp
acts
of
thes
e ac
tiv
itie
s.
We
insi
st
that
th
e cu
rren
t E
IA b
e am
end
ed o
r re
-do
ne
in i
ts e
nti
rety
, sh
ou
ld t
hes
e co
mp
rise
par
t o
f 'e
arly
ph
ase
exp
lora
tio
n' a
ctiv
itie
s fo
r th
is a
pp
lica
tio
n,
as o
pp
ose
d t
o a
ctiv
itie
s d
uri
ng a
pp
rais
al a
nd
dri
llin
g.
Alt
ern
ativ
ely,
sho
uld
co
re b
ore
ho
le d
rill
ing a
nd
sei
smic
su
rvey
s in
dee
d n
ot
form
par
t o
f 'e
arly
ph
ase
exp
lora
tio
n' w
hat
soev
er,
then
Sec
tio
ns
4.5
.6 a
nd
4.5
.7 o
f th
e cu
rren
t E
IA s
ho
uld
be
amen
ded
acc
ord
ingly
to
refl
ect
this
.
As
com
men
ts o
n t
he
exis
tin
g E
IA a
re d
ue
by 1
5 D
ecem
ber
20
16
, yo
ur
urg
ent
clar
ific
atio
n o
f th
is m
atte
r is
req
ues
ted
to
en
able
us
to s
ub
mit
ou
r co
mm
ents
tim
eou
sly.
Ple
ase
also
ad
vis
e u
s if
th
e ex
isti
ng E
IA i
s to
be
amen
ded
an
d/o
r re
-do
ne
in t
he
ligh
t o
f th
e ab
ov
e.
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nw
yn
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war
d &
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ck T
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e S
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e ar
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w w
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n, n
ot o
ther
co
rres
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orm
atio
n gi
ven
at m
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ngs,
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hese
cla
uses
as
curr
entl
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t ou
t in
the
EIA
are
co
ntra
dict
ory
to t
he r
est
of t
he d
ocum
ent.
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par
agra
phs
as t
hey
stan
d st
ill
read
as
foll
ows:
4.
5.6
CO
RE
BO
RE
HO
LE
DR
ILL
ING
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ore
bo
reh
ole
dri
llin
g i
s n
o l
on
ger
in
clu
ded
in
th
e p
rop
ose
d ‘
earl
y-p
ha
se e
xplo
rati
on
’ w
ork
fo
r w
hic
h
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
are
see
kin
g e
nvi
ron
men
tal
ap
pro
val.
B
ut t
he n
ext
part
of
this
sec
tion
the
n re
ads:
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
wo
uld
sti
ll p
rop
ose
to
un
der
tak
e co
re h
ole
dri
llin
g a
s p
art
of
furt
her
ea
rly-
ph
ase
ex
plo
rati
on
. T
he
loca
tio
n o
f co
re h
ole
sit
es i
s cu
rren
tly
un
kn
ow
n,
as
thes
e w
ou
ld u
ltim
ate
ly b
e d
eter
min
ed b
ase
d o
n t
he f
ind
ing
s o
f th
e in
itia
l ex
plo
rati
on
act
ivit
ies
un
der
take
n i
n
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r 1
an
d 2
. T
arg
et l
oca
tio
ns
wo
uld
in
itia
lly
be
det
erm
ined
fro
m a
n a
ssess
men
t o
f g
eolo
gic
al
info
rma
tio
n
der
ived
fro
m t
he
ava
ila
ble
da
ta a
nd
FT
G s
urv
ey.
Sin
ce t
he
exa
ct l
oca
tio
n o
f a
n e
xplo
rati
on
co
re h
ole
is
flex
ible
, it
ca
n b
e a
dju
sted
to
acc
om
mo
da
te l
oca
l fe
atu
res,
la
nd
ow
ner
’ n
eed
s a
nd
lo
cal
envi
ron
men
tal
sen
siti
viti
es.
Th
is p
roce
ss o
f a
dju
stin
g a
sit
e’s
loca
tio
n w
ou
ld a
lwa
ys i
nvo
lve
con
sult
ati
on
wit
h t
he
lan
d
ow
ner
to
rea
ch a
neg
oti
ate
d a
cces
s a
gre
emen
t.
4.5.
7 S
EIS
MIC
DA
TA
AC
QU
ISIT
ION
S
eism
ic s
urv
eys
are
no
lo
ng
er i
ncl
ud
ed i
n t
he
pro
po
sed
‘ea
rly-
ph
ase
exp
lora
tio
n’
wo
rk f
or
wh
ich
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
are
see
kin
g e
nvi
ron
men
tal
ap
pro
val.
B
ut
the
nex
t p
art
of
this
sec
tio
n t
hen
rea
ds:
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
wo
uld
sti
ll p
rop
ose
to
un
der
tak
e se
ism
ic
surv
eys
as
pa
rt o
f fu
rth
er e
arl
y-p
ha
se e
xp
lora
tio
n.
Th
e lo
cati
on
of
seis
mic
lin
es i
s cu
rren
tly
un
kno
wn
, a
s
thes
e w
ou
ld u
ltim
ate
ly b
e d
eter
min
ed b
ase
d o
n t
he f
ind
ing
s o
f th
e in
itia
l ex
plo
rati
on
act
ivit
ies
un
der
take
n i
n
Yea
r 1
an
d 2
. T
arg
et r
oute
s w
ou
ld i
nit
iall
y b
e d
eter
min
ed f
rom
an
ass
essm
en
t o
f g
eolo
gic
al
info
rma
tio
n
der
ived
fro
m t
he
ava
ila
ble
da
ta,
FT
G s
urv
eys
an
d c
ore
bo
reh
ole
dri
llin
g.
Sin
ce t
he
exa
ct a
lig
nm
ent
of
a
seis
mic
lin
e is
fle
xib
le,
it c
an
be
ad
just
ed t
o a
cco
mm
od
ate
lo
cal
fea
ture
s, l
an
do
wn
er’
nee
ds
an
d l
oca
l
envi
ron
men
tal
sen
siti
viti
es.
Th
is p
roce
ss o
f a
dju
stin
g a
sei
smic
lin
e’s
rou
te w
ou
ld a
lwa
ys i
nvo
lve
con
sult
ati
on
wit
h t
he
land
ow
ner
to
rea
ch a
neg
oti
ate
d a
cces
s a
gre
emen
t.
We
are
awar
e th
at t
he m
etho
ds e
mpl
oyed
for
'ear
ly p
hase
exp
lora
tion
' hav
e ch
ange
d an
d, a
s pe
r th
e re
st o
f th
e E
IA, w
ill
now
be
conf
ined
to
aeri
al, F
TG
sur
veys
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s m
enti
oned
pre
viou
sly,
if
the
appl
ican
t do
es n
ot
inte
nd t
o un
dert
ake
core
hole
dri
llin
g or
sei
smic
sur
veys
dur
ing
'ear
ly p
hase
exp
lora
tion
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ese
clau
ses
shou
ld a
ccor
ding
ly b
e am
ende
d so
as
to r
efle
ct t
his.
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they
sta
nd, i
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ould
app
ear
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app
lica
nt i
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epin
g th
ese
opti
ons
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ch w
e, a
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rtab
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r M
atth
ew,
I ha
ve b
een
goin
g th
roug
h th
e E
IA f
or t
he a
bove
pet
role
um e
xplo
rati
on a
ppli
cati
on f
or R
hino
Oil
& G
as i
n no
rthe
rn K
ZN
(R
ef n
o. 1
2/3/
317
ER
) an
d ha
ve d
isco
vere
d so
met
hing
whi
ch a
ppea
rs t
o be
in
conf
lict
wit
h th
e re
st o
f th
e re
port
.
Sec
tion
4.5
.5 o
n pa
ge 4
-24
(pag
e 13
3) o
f th
e re
port
dea
ls w
ith
the
issu
e of
FT
G s
urve
ys, w
hat
they
are
and
ho
w t
hey
are
cond
ucte
d.
Sec
tion
4.5
.6 o
n pa
ge 4
-25
(pag
e 13
4) o
f th
e re
port
dea
ls w
ith
core
bor
ehol
e dr
illi
ng.
The
fir
st p
arag
raph
st
ates
tha
t "C
ore
bo
reh
ole
dri
llin
g i
s n
o l
on
ger
in
clu
ded
in
th
e p
rop
ose
d ‘
earl
y-p
ha
se e
xplo
rati
on
’ w
ork
fo
r
wh
ich
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
are
see
kin
g e
nvi
ron
men
tal
ap
pro
val.
" T
his
is c
onsi
sten
t w
ith
the
rest
of
the
EIA
re
port
and
als
o ec
hoes
wha
t w
as c
ateg
oric
ally
sta
ted
by S
LR
Con
sult
ing
and
it's
cli
ent,
Rhi
no O
il &
Gas
, at
publ
ic m
eeti
ngs
in n
orth
ern
KZ
N i
n N
ovem
ber
2016
(I
atte
nded
the
one
hel
d in
Utr
echt
on
24 N
ov 2
016)
How
ever
, thi
s se
ctio
n th
en c
onti
nues
as
foll
ows:
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
wo
uld
sti
ll p
rop
ose
to
un
der
take
co
re h
ole
dri
llin
g a
s p
art
of
furt
her
ea
rly-
ph
ase
exp
lora
tio
n.
Th
e lo
cati
on
of
core
ho
le s
ites
is
curr
entl
y u
nkn
ow
n,
as
thes
e w
ou
ld u
ltim
ate
ly b
e d
eter
min
ed
ba
sed
on
th
e fi
nd
ing
s o
f th
e in
itia
l ex
plo
rati
on
act
ivit
ies
un
der
take
n i
n Y
ear
1 a
nd
2.
Ta
rget
lo
cati
on
s w
ou
ld
init
iall
y b
e d
eter
min
ed f
rom
an
ass
essm
ent
of
geo
log
ica
l in
form
ati
on
der
ived
fro
m t
he
ava
ila
ble
da
ta a
nd
FT
G s
urv
ey.
Sin
ce
the
exa
ct l
oca
tio
n o
f a
n e
xplo
rati
on
co
re h
ole
is
flex
ible
, it
ca
n b
e a
dju
sted
to
acc
om
mo
da
te l
oca
l fe
atu
res,
la
nd
ow
ner
’ n
eed
s a
nd
lo
cal
envi
ron
men
tal
sen
siti
viti
es.
Th
is p
roce
ss o
f
ad
just
ing
a s
ite’
s lo
cati
on
wo
uld
alw
ays
in
volv
e co
nsu
lta
tio
n w
ith
th
e la
nd
ow
ner
to
rea
ch a
neg
oti
ate
d
acc
ess
ag
reem
ent.
In p
rop
osi
ng
lo
cati
on
s fo
r d
rill
sit
es,
con
sid
era
tion
wo
uld
be
giv
en t
o e
nvi
ron
men
tal
crit
eria
. E
ach
dri
ll
site
s w
ou
ld b
e su
bje
ct t
o t
he
req
uis
ite
envi
ron
men
tal
ass
essm
ent
an
d a
uth
ori
sati
on
pro
cess
.
The
sam
e oc
curs
wit
h se
ctio
n 4.
5.7
of t
he r
epor
t. T
he f
irst
par
agra
ph t
here
of s
tate
s th
at:
Sei
smic
su
rvey
s a
re
no
lo
ng
er i
ncl
ud
ed i
n t
he
pro
po
sed
‘ea
rly-
ph
ase
exp
lora
tio
n’
wo
rk f
or
wh
ich
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
are
see
kin
g
envi
ron
men
tal
ap
pro
val.
How
ever
, the
res
t of
the
sec
tion
con
tinu
es a
s fo
llow
s:
Rh
ino
Oil
an
d G
as
wo
uld
sti
ll p
rop
ose
to
un
der
take
sei
smic
su
rveys
as
pa
rt o
f fu
rth
er e
arl
y-p
ha
se
exp
lora
tio
n.
Th
e lo
cati
on
of
seis
mic
lin
es i
s cu
rren
tly
un
kno
wn
, a
s th
ese
wo
uld
ult
ima
tely
be
det
erm
ined
ba
sed
on
th
e fi
nd
ing
s o
f th
e in
itia
l ex
plo
rati
on
act
ivit
ies
un
der
take
n i
n Y
ear
1 a
nd
2.
Ta
rget
ro
ute
s w
ou
ld
init
iall
y b
e d
eter
min
ed f
rom
an
ass
essm
ent
of
geo
log
ica
l in
form
ati
on
der
ived
fro
m t
he
ava
ila
ble
da
ta,
FT
G
surv
eys
an
d c
ore
bo
reh
ole
dri
llin
g.
Sin
ce t
he
exa
ct a
lig
nm
ent
of
a s
eism
ic l
ine
is f
lexi
ble
, it
ca
n b
e a
dju
sted
to a
cco
mm
od
ate
lo
cal
fea
ture
s, l
an
do
wn
er’
nee
ds
an
d l
oca
l en
viro
nm
enta
l se
nsi
tivi
ties
. T
his
pro
cess
of
�
ad
just
ing
a s
eism
ic l
ine’
s ro
ute
wo
uld
alw
ays
in
volv
e co
nsu
lta
tio
n w
ith
th
e la
nd
ow
ner
to
rea
ch a
neg
oti
ate
d a
cces
s a
gre
em
ent.
In p
rop
osi
ng
ro
ute
s fo
r se
ism
ic s
urv
ey a
lig
nm
ents
, co
nsi
der
ati
on
wo
uld
be
giv
en t
o e
nvi
ron
men
tal
cri
teri
a.
Ea
ch r
ou
te w
ou
ld b
e su
bje
ct t
o t
he
req
uis
ite
envi
ron
men
tal
ass
essm
ent
an
d a
uth
ori
sati
on
pro
cess
.
As
refl
ecte
d in
Sec
tion
4.2
of
the
repo
rt, "
Gen
eral
Ove
rvie
w o
f th
e E
xplo
rati
on P
roce
ss"
(fro
m p
age
4-3
/ pa
ge 1
12)
and
the
diag
ram
on
page
4-5
(11
4) o
f th
e IE
A r
epor
t, t
here
are
thr
ee p
hase
s to
thi
s pr
oces
s -
earl
y ph
ase
expl
orat
ion,
app
rais
al, a
nd f
urth
er d
rill
ing.
Thi
s w
as c
over
ed e
xten
sive
ly a
t th
e pu
blic
mee
ting
I
atte
nded
in
Ütr
echt
in
Nov
embe
r 20
16 a
s w
ell.
It i
s ca
tego
rica
lly
stat
ed t
hrou
ghou
t th
e E
IA R
epor
t th
at t
here
wil
l be
NO
cor
e bo
reho
le d
rill
ing
or s
eism
ic
test
ing
duri
ng t
he 'e
arl
y p
has
e ex
plo
rati
on' a
nd w
e ha
ve b
een
give
n to
und
erst
and
(as
per
the
EIA
and
in
publ
ic m
eeti
ngs)
tha
t th
is E
IA o
nly
deal
s w
ith
the
'ear
ly e
xplo
rati
on' p
hase
of
expl
orat
ion,
whi
ch w
ould
onl
y in
volv
e de
skto
p st
udie
s, d
ata
anal
ysis
and
FT
G s
urve
ys -
con
duct
ed f
rom
an
airc
raft
in
a no
n-in
vasi
ve
man
ner,
whi
ch w
ill
not
resu
lt i
n an
y im
pact
s be
yond
som
e po
tent
ial
for
very
sho
rt-t
erm
noi
se d
istu
rban
ce
and
poss
ibly
liv
esto
ck d
istu
rban
ce, a
s th
ese
flig
hts
need
to
take
pla
ce a
t re
lati
vely
low
lev
els.
It
has
cate
gori
call
y be
en s
tate
d th
at n
o co
re b
oreh
ole
dril
ling
, nor
sei
smic
sur
veys
wil
l be
con
duct
ed a
t th
is s
tage
, al
thou
gh t
hey
may
wel
l be
dur
ing
the
late
r ex
plor
atio
n ph
ases
(ap
prai
sal
and
dril
ling
).
If c
ore
bore
hole
dri
llin
g an
d se
ism
ic t
esti
ng a
re t
o be
con
duct
ed d
urin
g 'e
arly
pha
se e
xplo
rati
on' (
whi
ch w
e un
ders
tand
is
the
phas
e th
is a
ppli
cati
on i
s cu
rren
tly
in a
nd f
or w
hich
the
EIA
now
on
the
tabl
e is
rel
ated
to)
, th
en, i
n ou
r op
inio
n, t
he E
IA R
epor
t as
sub
mit
ted
to u
s is
nul
l an
d vo
id a
nd s
houl
d be
am
ende
d or
re-
done
in
its
enti
rety
wit
h a
full
dis
clos
ure
of t
he f
acts
, as
wel
l as
the
ant
icip
ated
im
pact
s th
ereo
f an
d pr
opos
ed
mit
igat
ion
ther
efor
e, t
oget
her
wit
h th
e su
bmis
sion
of
rele
vant
spe
cial
ist
stud
ies,
as
requ
ired
. (T
he E
IA r
epor
t as
it
stan
ds r
epea
tedl
y st
ates
tha
t ce
rtai
n im
pact
s ha
ve n
ot b
een
disc
usse
d an
d ce
rtai
n sp
ecia
list
stu
dies
hav
e no
t be
en d
one/
subm
itte
d du
e to
the
fac
t th
at o
nly
desk
top
stud
ies,
dat
a an
alys
is a
nd F
TG
sur
veys
wil
l be
do
ne.)
We
look
for
war
d to
hea
ring
fro
m y
ou u
rgen
tly
as t
o w
hat
exac
tly
is e
nvis
aged
for
'fir
st p
hase
exp
lora
tion
' an
d at
wha
t po
int
core
bor
ehol
e dr
illi
ng a
nd s
eism
ic t
esti
ng w
ill
be d
one.
Fro
m S
ecti
ons
4.5.
6 an
d 4.
5.7
as
they
sta
nd, i
t ap
pear
s th
at 'e
arly
pha
se e
xplo
rati
on' m
ay i
nclu
de t
hese
act
ivit
ies.
As
per
our
com
men
ts o
n th
e S
copi
ng R
epor
t, t
here
is
som
e co
ncer
n ab
out
the
pote
ntia
l ne
gati
ve i
mpa
cts
of t
hese
act
ivit
ies.
We
insi
st
that
the
cur
rent
EIA
be
amen
ded
or r
e-do
ne i
n it
s en
tire
ty, s
houl
d th
ese
com
pris
e pa
rt o
f 'e
arly
pha
se
expl
orat
ion'
act
ivit
ies
for
this
app
lica
tion
, as
oppo
sed
to a
ctiv
itie
s du
ring
app
rais
al a
nd d
rill
ing.
Alt
erna
tive
ly, s
houl
d co
re b
oreh
ole
dril
ling
and
sei
smic
sur
veys
ind
eed
not
form
par
t of
'ear
ly p
hase
ex
plor
atio
n' w
hats
oeve
r, t
hen
Sec
tion
s 4.
5.6
and
4.5.
7 of
the
cur
rent
EIA
sho
uld
be a
men
ded
acco
rdin
gly
to
refl
ect
this
.
�
As
com
men
ts o
n th
e ex
isti
ng E
IA a
re d
ue b
y 15
Dec
embe
r 20
16, y
our
urge
nt c
lari
fica
tion
of
this
mat
ter
is
requ
este
d to
ena
ble
us t
o su
bmit
our
com
men
ts t
imeo
usly
. P
leas
e al
so a
dvis
e us
if
the
exis
ting
EIA
is
to b
e am
ende
d an
d/or
re-
done
in
the
ligh
t of
the
abo
ve.
Bro
nwyn
How
ard
& J
ock
Tam
e
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an E
co L
ife
/ F
rack
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e S
A
P O
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echt
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ail:
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anec
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ail.
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kgro
un
d:
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as E
xplo
ratio
n S
outh
Afr
ica
(Pty
) Lt
d (R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
) lo
dged
an
appl
icat
ion
for
an e
xplo
ratio
n rig
ht w
ith th
e
Pet
role
um A
genc
y S
outh
Afr
ica
(PA
SA
) in
term
s of
Sec
tion
79 o
f the
Min
eral
s an
d P
etro
leum
Res
ourc
es D
evel
opm
ent A
ct, 2
002
(MP
RD
A).
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as a
lso
lodg
ed a
n ap
plic
atio
n to
PA
SA
for
envi
ronm
enta
l aut
horis
atio
n of
exp
lora
tion
activ
ities
in te
rms
of S
ectio
n 24
(5)
of th
e
Nat
iona
l Env
ironm
enta
l Man
agem
ent A
ct, 1
998
(NE
MA
). T
he a
pplic
atio
n is
sub
ject
to a
Sco
ping
and
Env
ironm
enta
l Im
pact
Ass
essm
ent (
EIA
)
proc
ess
that
is b
eing
und
erta
ken
in te
rms
of th
e E
IA R
egul
atio
ns 2
014
(GN
R 9
82, 8
Dec
embe
r 20
14).
The
Sco
ping
pro
cess
was
pre
viou
sly
com
plet
ed b
y S
LR C
onsu
lting
(P
ty)
Ltd
(SLR
). P
AS
A a
ccep
ted
the
Sco
ping
Rep
ort o
n 31
Aug
ust 2
016,
gra
ntin
g pe
rmis
sion
for
the
EIA
to b
e
unde
rtak
en in
term
s of
the
Pla
n of
Stu
dy fo
r E
IA.
Sco
pe
Ch
ang
es: S
ubse
quen
t to
the
acce
ptan
ce o
f the
Sco
ping
Rep
ort,
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as h
as r
educ
ed th
e ex
tent
of t
he E
R a
pplic
atio
n ar
ea
thro
ugh
the
excl
usio
n of
all
know
n pr
otec
ted
area
s w
ith s
tatu
s de
fined
und
er S
ectio
n 48
of t
he N
atio
nal E
nviro
nmen
tal M
anag
emen
t: P
rote
cted
Are
as A
ct (
57 o
f 200
3). R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
als
o ac
quire
d an
d re
view
ed a
dditi
onal
geo
logi
cal d
ata
and
dete
rmin
ed fr
om th
is th
at c
erta
in a
reas
alon
g th
e ea
ster
n ex
tent
of t
he a
pplic
atio
n ar
ea a
re u
nlik
ely
to b
e pr
ospe
ctiv
e fo
r oi
l or
gas.
. See
the
oran
ge b
ound
ary
in th
e F
igur
e be
low
for
the
revi
sed
appl
icat
ion
area
.
:
Mor
e re
cent
ly, R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
has
als
o ex
clu
ded
gro
und-
base
d ex
plor
atio
n ac
tiviti
es in
clud
ing
core
hol
e dr
illin
g an
d se
ism
ic s
urve
ys fr
om
the
prop
osed
‘ear
ly-p
hase
exp
lora
tion’
wor
k fo
r w
hich
they
are
see
king
env
ironm
enta
l aut
horis
atio
n. T
he c
urre
nt fo
cus
of th
e ap
plic
atio
n an
d th
e
rela
ted
envi
ronm
enta
l ass
essm
ent w
ork
is n
ow o
nly
on r
emot
e ex
plor
atio
n te
chni
ques
(in
clud
ing
anal
ysis
of e
xist
ing
data
and
an
aeria
l ful
l
tens
or g
radi
omet
ry g
ravi
ty s
urve
y).
If th
e cu
rren
t app
licat
ion
is a
ppro
ved,
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as w
ould
be
in a
pos
ition
to c
ondu
ct th
e re
mot
e ex
plor
atio
n te
chni
ques
and
to d
evel
op a
mor
e de
taile
d un
ders
tand
ing
of th
e po
tent
ial o
il an
d ga
s re
sour
ces
in th
e ap
plic
atio
n ar
ea. T
here
afte
r, s
houl
d R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
pro
pose
to
cond
uct g
roun
d ba
sed
expl
orat
ion
activ
ities
they
wou
ld n
eed
to b
e in
form
ed b
y a
furt
her
appl
icat
ion
to P
AS
A a
nd a
sep
arat
e en
viro
nmen
tal
asse
ssm
ent a
nd a
utho
risat
ion
proc
ess.
A b
enef
it of
this
rev
ised
app
roac
h is
that
any
futu
re a
pplic
atio
n fo
r gr
ound
bas
ed e
xplo
ratio
n ac
tiviti
es
wou
ld b
e fo
cuse
d on
spe
cifie
d si
tes.
Thi
s en
able
s in
tere
sted
and
affe
cted
par
ties
(I&
AP
s) to
kno
w w
here
Rhi
no O
il an
d G
as p
ropo
ses
to a
cces
s
land
and
con
duct
gro
und-
base
d ex
plor
atio
n ac
tiviti
es. T
he r
equi
red
envi
ronm
enta
l ass
essm
ent w
ould
be
focu
sed
on a
sses
sing
impa
cts
at th
ose
site
s.
EIR
fo
r R
evie
w:
Thi
s le
tter
serv
es to
info
rm y
ou, a
s a
regi
ster
ed I
&A
P o
n th
e pr
ojec
t, th
at S
LR h
as, o
n be
half
of R
hino
Oil
and
Gas
, pro
duce
d
an e
nviro
nmen
tal i
mpa
ct r
epor
t (E
IR),
incl
udin
g an
env
ironm
enta
l man
agem
ent p
rogr
amm
e, fo
r th
e ap
plic
atio
n. T
he p
urpo
se o
f the
EIR
is to
sum
mar
ise
the
EIA
pro
cess
follo
wed
to d
ate
and
prov
ide
an o
verv
iew
of t
he p
ropo
sed
proj
ect a
nd th
e af
fect
ed e
nviro
nmen
t. It
als
o pr
ovid
es a
n
asse
ssm
ent o
f the
pot
entia
l im
pact
s of
the
prop
osed
pro
ject
and
set
s ou
t the
man
agem
ent a
nd m
itiga
tion
mea
sure
s th
at a
re r
ecom
men
ded
shou
ld th
e ap
plic
atio
n be
app
rove
d.
The
EIR
is b
eing
mad
e av
aila
ble
to r
egis
tere
d I&
AP
s fo
r re
view
and
com
men
t on
the
findi
ngs
and
man
agem
ent m
easu
res
for
the
prop
osed
proj
ect.
In th
is r
egar
d, th
e E
IR w
ill b
e av
aila
ble
for
a 30
-day
com
men
t per
iod
from
the
09th
No
vem
ber
201
6 u
nti
l th
e 15
th o
f D
ecem
ber
201
6.
Har
d co
pies
of t
he E
IR h
ave
been
pla
ced
at th
e fo
llow
ing
loca
tions
for
publ
ic r
evie
w:
Nam
e an
d L
oca
tio
n
Ph
ysic
al A
dd
ress
0
The
E
IR
is
also
av
aila
ble
to
dow
nloa
d fr
om
the
SLR
w
ebsi
te.
To
dow
nloa
d th
e E
IR
and
App
endi
ces
go
to: �h
ttp://
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w.c
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viro
nmen
tal.c
o.za
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eral
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rnat
ivel
y, c
onta
ct S
LR a
nd a
n el
ectr
onic
cop
y of
the
EIR
can
be
emai
led
to
you,
or
the
EIR
and
App
endi
ces
prov
ided
on
CD
. An
Exe
cutiv
e S
umm
ary
of th
e E
IR is
als
o av
aila
ble
on r
eque
st in
Eng
lish
or is
iZul
u.
All
com
men
ts o
n th
e E
IR s
houl
d be
sub
mitt
ed to
SLR
at t
he c
onta
ct d
etai
ls s
how
n in
the
tabl
e be
low
. Com
men
ts r
ecei
ved
will
be
used
to
upda
te th
e E
IR, a
s re
leva
nt, a
nd c
opie
s of
all
the
com
men
ts w
ill b
e in
clud
ed w
ith th
e E
IR w
hen
it is
sub
mitt
ed to
PA
SA
for
deci
sion
mak
ing.
Ple
ase
ensu
re th
at y
our
com
men
ts r
each
us
on o
r be
fore
the
15th
of
Dec
emb
er 2
016.
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ails
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roje
ct M
anag
er
Nam
e of
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thew
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ack
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ies
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day
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d p
ub
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eeti
ng
s. T
he p
urpo
se o
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ic m
eetin
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form
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ding
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cess
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vide
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ortu
nity
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ques
tions
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ked.
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ide
I&A
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ortu
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embe
rs o
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uest
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mee
ting
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incl
ude
a pr
esen
tatio
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e E
IA te
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llow
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ques
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and
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er s
essi
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omm
ents
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rded
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her
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ider
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err
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es?
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r v
an R
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, Ja
n 2
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pre
vio
us
corr
esp
ond
ence
of
9 N
ovem
ber
20
16
reg
ard
ing a
bo
ve-
menti
oned
pro
ject
ref
ers.
As
ind
icat
ed i
n o
ur
pre
vio
us
co
rres
po
nd
ence
, R
hin
o O
il a
nd
Gas
Exp
lora
tio
n S
ou
th A
fric
a (P
ty)
Ltd
(R
hin
o O
il a
nd
Gas)
has
app
lied
to
the
Pet
role
um
Agen
cy S
outh
Afr
ica
(PA
SA
) fo
r an
exp
lora
tio
n r
ight
for
oil
and
gas
on v
ario
us
farm
s in
the
no
rther
n
par
ts o
f K
waZ
ulu
-Nat
al.
In o
rder
to
info
rm a
dec
isio
n o
n t
he e
nvir
on
menta
l auth
ori
sati
on t
hat
is
req
uir
ed,
the
app
lica
tio
n i
s
sub
ject
to
a S
cop
ing a
nd
En
vir
on
menta
l Im
pac
t A
ssess
ment
pro
cess
.
The
envir
on
menta
l im
pac
t re
po
rt (
EIR
) fo
r th
e p
roje
ct w
as m
ade
avai
lab
le t
o r
egis
tere
d i
nte
rest
ed a
nd
aff
ecte
d p
arti
es (
I&A
Ps)
for
revie
w a
nd
co
mm
ent
fro
m t
he
9 N
ovem
ber
20
16
unti
l 1
5 D
ecem
ber
20
16
, w
ith t
he
final
EIR
due
for
sub
mis
sio
n t
o P
AS
A i
n
earl
y J
anuar
y 2
01
7.
Ho
wev
er,
Rhin
o O
il a
nd
Gas
has
bee
n s
ucc
essf
ul
in a
pp
lyin
g t
o P
AS
A f
or
an e
xte
nsi
on t
o t
he
EIR
sub
mis
sio
n d
ate
– t
he
revis
ed s
ub
mis
sio
n d
ate
no
w b
ein
g 1
0 A
pri
l 2
01
7.
Rhin
o O
il a
nd
Gas
ap
pli
ed f
or
the
exte
nsi
on a
s it
was
iden
tifi
ed l
ate
in 2
01
6 t
hat
duri
ng t
he p
roce
ss o
f so
urc
ing p
rop
erty
and
lan
d
ow
ner
in
form
atio
n f
rom
the
Surv
eyo
r-G
ener
al,
no
t al
l o
f th
e p
rop
erti
es t
hat
are
the
sub
ject
of
the
app
lica
tio
n w
ere
iden
tifi
ed.
It i
s
thu
s nec
ess
ary f
or
the
pub
lic
par
tici
pat
ion p
roce
ss t
o b
e ex
tend
ed s
o a
s to
pro
vid
e th
e o
wn
ers
of
the
add
itio
nal
pro
per
ties
wit
h
reas
onab
le o
pp
ort
unit
y t
o c
om
men
t o
n t
he
app
lica
tio
n.
Sp
ecif
ic d
etai
ls r
egar
din
g t
he
way f
orw
ard
wil
l b
e p
rovid
ed i
n d
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vio
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ce o
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outh
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pplie
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o t
he P
etr
ole
um
Agency
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uth
Afr
ica (
PA
SA
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r an e
xplo
ration r
ight
for
oil
and g
as o
n v
ario
us
farm
s in t
he n
ort
hern
part
s o
f K
waZ
ulu
-Na
tal.
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rder
to info
rm a
decis
ion o
n t
he
en
viro
nm
enta
l auth
orisatio
n t
hat
is
require
d, th
e a
pp
licatio
n is s
ubje
ct to
a S
cop
ing a
nd E
nvironm
enta
l Im
pact A
ssessm
ent pro
cess.
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nvironm
enta
l im
pact
report
(E
IR)
for
the p
roje
ct
was m
ade a
vaila
ble
to r
egis
tere
d inte
reste
d a
nd a
ffecte
d p
art
ies
(I&
AP
s)
for
revie
w a
nd c
om
ment
from
the 9
Novem
ber
20
16 u
ntil
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ber
201
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with
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e f
ina
l E
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or
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issio
n t
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n e
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o O
il and
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l in
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AS
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nsio
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issio
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ubm
issio
n d
ate
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w b
ein
g 1
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pri
l 2
017
.
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o O
il and G
as a
pp
lied f
or
the e
xte
nsio
n a
s i
t w
as i
de
ntifie
d l
ate
in 2
016
that
durin
g t
he p
rocess o
f sourc
ing
pro
pert
y a
nd l
an
d o
wner
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rmation f
rom
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urv
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l, n
ot
all
of
the p
ropert
ies t
ha
t are
the
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ct
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lication w
ere
ide
ntifie
d.
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ub
lic p
art
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nd
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e t
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ity to
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ment
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e a
pplic
ation.
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ils
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he w
ay f
orw
ard
will
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rovid
ed
in
du
e c
ours
e.
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uld
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u h
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ny q
ueri
es o
n t
he a
bo
ve,
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ire a
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o n
ot
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on
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ly
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lia
m B
err
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viro
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enta
l A
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ent P
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issio
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soever
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no r
espon
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ility
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ail
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en a
ll em
ails
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r know
n v
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uth
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o n
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sent th
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ubsid
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uth
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ica)
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prieta
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ica)
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prieta
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TE
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D A
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AR
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r S
ir/ M
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RT
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NA
TA
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RO
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ve-
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pro
ject
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ers.
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ind
icat
ed i
n o
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pre
vio
us
co
rres
po
nd
ence
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hin
o O
il a
nd
Gas
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lora
tio
n S
ou
th A
fric
a (P
ty)
Ltd
(R
hin
o O
il a
nd
Gas)
has
app
lied
to
the
Pet
role
um
Agen
cy S
outh
Afr
ica
(PA
SA
) fo
r an
exp
lora
tio
n r
ight
for
oil
and
gas
on v
ario
us
farm
s in
the
no
rther
n
par
ts o
f K
waZ
ulu
-Nat
al.
In o
rder
to
info
rm a
dec
isio
n o
n t
he e
nvir
on
menta
l auth
ori
sati
on t
hat
is
req
uir
ed,
the
app
lica
tio
n i
s
sub
ject
to
a S
cop
ing a
nd
En
vir
on
menta
l Im
pac
t A
ssess
ment
pro
cess
.
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envir
on
menta
l im
pac
t re
po
rt (
EIR
) fo
r th
e p
roje
ct w
as m
ade
avai
lab
le t
o r
egis
tere
d i
nte
rest
ed a
nd
aff
ecte
d p
arti
es (
I&A
Ps)
for
revie
w a
nd
co
mm
ent
fro
m t
he
9 N
ovem
ber
20
16
unti
l 1
5 D
ecem
ber
20
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, w
ith t
he
final
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due
for
sub
mis
sio
n t
o P
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n
earl
y J
anuar
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wev
er,
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o O
il a
nd
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bee
n s
ucc
essf
ul
in a
pp
lyin
g t
o P
AS
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or
an e
xte
nsi
on t
o t
he
EIR
sub
mis
sio
n d
ate
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he
revis
ed s
ub
mis
sio
n d
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w b
ein
g 1
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pri
l 2
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ap
pli
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or
the
exte
nsi
on a
s it
was
iden
tifi
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ate
in 2
01
6 t
hat
duri
ng t
he p
roce
ss o
f so
urc
ing p
rop
erty
and
lan
d
ow
ner
in
form
atio
n f
rom
the
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eyo
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al,
no
t al
l o
f th
e p
rop
erti
es t
hat
are
the
sub
ject
of
the
app
lica
tio
n w
ere
iden
tifi
ed.
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s
thu
s nec
ess
ary f
or
the
pub
lic
par
tici
pat
ion p
roce
ss t
o b
e ex
tend
ed s
o a
s to
pro
vid
e th
e o
wn
ers
of
the
add
itio
nal
pro
per
ties
wit
h
reas
onab
le o
pp
ort
unit
y t
o c
om
men
t o
n t
he
app
lica
tio
n.
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ecif
ic d
etai
ls r
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din
g t
he
way f
orw
ard
wil
l b
e p
rovid
ed i
n d
ue
cours
e.
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uld
yo
u h
ave
an
y q
uer
ies
on t
he
abo
ve,
or
req
uir
e an
y f
urt
her
info
rmat
ion,
ple
ase
do
no
t hes
itat
e to
co
nta
ct u
s.
Yo
urs
sin
cere
ly
Wil
lia
m B
err
y
En
viro
nm
enta
l A
ssessm
ent P
ractitio
ner
SLR
Consu
ltin
g (
Afr
ica)
(Pty
) Ltd
Em
ail:
wberr
y@
slrconsu
ltin
g.c
om
Mob
ile: +
27
72 4
75
58
89
Tel:
+27
11 4
67
09
45
Ext:
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Fax:
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11 4
67
09
78
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Consu
ltin
g (
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urw
ays
off
ice)
Blo
ck 7
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ays M
anor
Off
ice P
ark
C
nr
Roos a
nd M
acbe
th S
treets
F
ourw
ays
, Jo
han
nesburg
, 2060
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Afr
ica
Co
nfi
de
nti
ality
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tice a
nd
Dis
cla
imer
Th
is c
om
mu
nic
ation a
nd a
ny a
ttachm
ent(
s)
conta
ins info
rmation w
hic
h is c
onfidential and m
ay
als
o b
e legally
privile
ged. It is inte
nd
ed for
the e
xclu
siv
e u
se o
f th
e r
ecip
ien
t(s)
to w
hom
it is
addre
ssed. If y
ou a
re n
ot th
e inte
nded r
ecip
ient, a
ny d
isclo
sure
, copyin
g,
dis
trib
ution o
r any
action t
aken o
r om
itte
d to b
e t
aken
in r
elia
nce o
n it, is p
rohib
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nd m
ay b
e u
nla
wfu
l. If
you h
ave r
eceiv
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is c
om
munic
ation in e
rro
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us b
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etu
rn m
ail
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f it. P
lea
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ote
that you a
re n
ot perm
itted to p
rint, c
op
y, d
isclo
se o
r use p
art
or
all
of th
e c
onte
nt in
any w
ay.
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ails
an
d a
ny in
form
ation tra
nsm
itte
d there
under
may b
e inte
rcepte
d, corr
upte
d o
r dela
yed. A
s a
result,
SLR
does n
ot accept any
responsib
ility
for
any
err
ors
or
om
issio
ns h
ow
soever
caused a
nd S
LR
accepts
no r
espon
sib
ility
for
changes m
ade to this
em
ail
or
any a
tta
chm
ent after
transm
issio
n f
rom
SLR
. W
hils
t a
ll re
asona
ble
endeavours
are
taken b
y S
LR
to s
cre
en a
ll em
ails
fo
r know
n v
iruses, S
LR
cannot guara
nte
e that a
ny tra
nsm
issio
n w
ill b
e v
irus f
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s o
r o
pin
ions a
re s
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e a
uth
or
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ubsid
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14 December 2016
To:
SLR Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Metago House (Block 7)
Fourways Manor Office Park
Cnr Roos and Macbeth Streets
Johannesburg
Rhino Oil & Gas (Pty) Ltd
Petroleum Agency of South Africa
ATTENTION: MATTHEW HEMMING / WILLIAM BERRY
Dear Matthew/William,
COMMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT: RHINO OIL & GAS
APPLICATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION IN SUPPORT OF AN EXPLORATION
RIGHT APPLICATION FOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ON VARIOUS FARMS IN THE
MAGISTERIAL DISTRICTS OF UBOMBO, SIMDLANGENTSHA, UTRECHT, NGOTSHE,
NEWCASTLE, VRYHEID, NONGOMA, HLABISA, DANNHAUSER, MAHLABATINI, NQUTU,
DUNDEE, GLENCOE, KLIPRIVER, BABANANGO, LOWER UMFOLOZI, MTONJANENI, MSINGA,
ESTCOURT, W
EENEN, KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE (Ref No. 12/3/317 ER)
Introduction
Bronwyn Howard and Jock Tame are residents of Utrecht in northern KZN; we are also
sustainability practitioners and advocates, and provide agronomy services.
While the town is demarcated as part of a protected area - and is as such not included in the
application area for proposed exploration for oil and gas resources submitted by Rhino Oil &
Gas (Pty) Ltd (Rhino)
– it abuts the proposed exploration area. No protected area exists in a
vacuum; negative impacts occurring outside protected areas can impact on them just as
negatively. We note from the map provided in the BID and scoping report that there are two
sections on the south-eastern side of Utrecht that appear to be targeted for exploration, in
addition to the greater area. We are therefore concerned at the potential negative impacts of
exploration on Utrecht and its surrounds.
We have recently started a smallscale agricultural business growing culinary herbs and plants
suitable for essential oil production, which we hope to use in part to feed into local community
development projects, and are therefore particularly concerned at potential future negative
impacts on water and soil resources, as well as arable land within the application area. This is a
coal mining area, where there are concerns about productive farmland being taken out of
production due to the granting of mining rights; the same concerns hold true for oil and gas
production if commercially viable resources are found in this area.
COMMENTS
Particular concerns: W
e are especially concerned about the following sections of the EIA
Report as it currently stands:
4.5.6 Core borehole drilling & 4.5.7 Seismic surveys
We note the first paragraph of these sections: Core borehole drilling/ seismic testing is no longer
included in the proposed ‘early-phase exploration’ work for which Rhino Oil and Gas are seeking
environmental approval.
This is in line with the rest of the EIA report, which states repeatedly that the current
application is only for desktop studies, data analysis and aerial FTG surveys which, by their
nature, would be low impact.
However, subsequent paragraphs of section 4.5.6 read: Rhino Oil and Gas would still
propose to undertake core hole drilling as part of further early-phase exploration. The
location of core hole sites is currently unknown, as these would ultimately be determined based on
the findings of the initial exploration activities undertaken in Year 1 and 2. Target locations would
initially be determined from an assessment of geological information derived from the available
data and FTG survey. Since the exact location of an exploration core hole is flexible, it can be
adjusted to accommodate local features, landowner’ needs and local environmental sensitivities.
This process of adjusting a site’s location would always involve consultation with the land owner to
reach a negotiated access agreement.
In proposing locations for drill sites, consideration would be given to environmental criteria. Each
drill sites would be subject to the requisite environmental assessment and authorisation process.
Likewise, the subsequent paragraphs of section 4.5.7 read: Rhino Oil and Gas would still
propose to undertake seismic surveys as part of further early-phase exploration. The
location of seismic lines is currently unknown, as these would ultimately be determined based on
the findings of the initial exploration activities undertaken in Year 1 and 2. Target routes would
initially be determined from an assessment of geological information derived from the available
data, FTG surveys and core borehole drilling. Since the exact alignment of a seismic line is flexible,
it can be adjusted to accommodate local features, landowner’ needs and local environmental
sensitivities. This process of adjusting a seismic line’s route would always involve consultation with
the land owner to reach a negotiated access agreement.
In proposing routes for seismic survey alignments, consideration would be given to environmental
criteria. Each route would be subject to the requisite environmental assessment and authorisation
process.
From a reading of these clauses, it would appear that Rhino Oil and Gas wishes to consider
undertaking core borehole drilling and seismic testing as part of this application. If these are to
be
un
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stands is null and void and needs to be re-visited as the entire document (save for clauses 4.5.6
and 4.5.7) is based around the premise that the applicant intends only doing desktop studies,
data analysis and aerial FTG surveys.
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(represented by Mr Matthew Hemming) at the public meeting held in Utrecht on 24 November
2016 and were assured that only aerial FTG surveys were to be conducted – there would be no
core borehole drilling or seismic testing considered at this stage. According to information we
received at the meeting – and which is echoed in the EIA report under comment
– there are only
going to be three exploration phases
– a
n i
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rly
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and then exploratory drilling. While we understand this and also that, at any stage, the
applicant might halt the process if, for example, resources were not commercially viable or
proved impossible or uneconomical to extract, we are concerned that these two clauses leave an
open door for the applicant to potentially embark on core borehole drilling and seismic surveys
du
rin
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‘ea
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ph
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ex
plo
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We have taken this matter up with Mr Hemming via e-mail on several occasions, the first of
which was sent to him on Sunday, 12 December 2016, and to which he responded the following
day. His standard response has been that the applicant only intends doing aerial FTG surveys
an
d n
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core
bo
reh
ole
dri
llin
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or
seis
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stin
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plo
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lso
continues to cite and paraphrase the final paragraphs of sections 4.5.6 and 4.5.7: In proposing
routes for seismic survey alignments, consideration would be given to environmental criteria. Each
route would be subject to the requisite environmental assessment and authorisation process.
After some to-ing and fro-ing, we specifically requested SLR Consulting (Mr Hemming)
to simply state in these clauses that Core borehole drilling/ seismic testing is no longer
included in the proposed ‘early-phase exploration’ work for which Rhino Oil and Gas are seeking
environmental approval and remove all subsequent paragraphs from clauses 4.5.6 and 4.5.7 if it
is indeed not the intention of Rhino Oil and Gas to do core borehole drilling and seismic testing
du
rin
g ‘e
arl
y p
ha
se e
xp
lora
tio
n’.
Th
e r
em
ain
ing
pa
rag
rap
hs
are according superfluous. W
e
have also asked him, if he does not agree that these clauses should be removed, to tell us his
reasons for so doing.
We also spoke to Ms Phumla Ngesi at the Petroleum Agency of SA (PASA) on the afternoon of
Tuesday, 13 December 2016 and followed up by e-mail the following afternoon, advising her of
our concerns. She informed us that she is familiar with this application and that, to her
knowledge, the current exploration licence sought is only for aerial FTG surveys and not for
core borehole drilling or seismic testing. She further advised that, should the applicant wish to
include core borehole drilling or seismic testing in its activities for this application, it would
need to either amend the existing application or lodge a new application with PASA, the current
EIA report as it stands would be rendered null and void and the entire process would need to be
re-started.
Late afternoon on 14 December 2016, after more fruitless e-mail exchanges with Mr Hemming,
Ms Ngesi e-mailed me to say that she would look into the matter and would get back to me by
close of business on Thursday, 15 December 2016 (the deadline for comments on this EIA
report is also on that date). W
e received the following response from her via e-mail in the late
afternoon:
Firstly, I trust that you have submitted your comments to the Environmental Assessment
Practitioner i.e. SLR Consulting so that they are recorded and addressed in the final Environmental
Impact Assessment Report. The reason I am raising this is that it is the EAPs responsibility to
address all comments and concerns raised as part of the consultation process before submitting
the reports to the regulatory authority. Our role as the Agency is to assess the manner in which
such comments and concerns have been addressed.
As discussed with you, our understanding with respect to what is proposed is that, the applicant
intends undertaking an FTG which is basically an airborne survey, and assuming that the
Environmental Authorisation and exploration right are granted, and if FTG results show that
there is a potential for oil and gas, additional exploration activities such as seismic survey or core
drilling will be carried out. It is our understanding therefore that such will not take place without
the holder or EAP undertaking the following: (i) application for either an amendment of the
Environmental Authorisation or a new application for EA depending on the scope of what is
proposed, (ii) undertaking further consultation with the I&APs on the proposed activities which
were not part of the initial EA application. In our discussion yesterday we seemed we to be at the
same level of understanding. I hope nothing has changed from your side and if it is still the case, we
will be in a position to advise the EAP to provide clarity in that regard.
I would further like to reiterate that on receipt of the final EIR we will make an evaluation as to
how the I&APs comments have been addressed.
We would respectfully submit that PASA needs to establish wha
t R
hin
o O
il a
nd
Ga
s’s
inte
nti
on
s
are w
ith
re
ga
rd t
o ‘e
arl
y p
ha
se e
xp
lora
tio
n’ – are they going to confine their activities to desktop
studies, data analysis and aerial FTG surveys at this time without any possibility of core
borehole drilling and seismic testing? Alternatively, is there any possibility that they intend to
do core borehole drilling and seismic testing at this stage? If the latter is the case, we would
request that the current EIA process be halted and the applicant proceed as recommended by
PASA (see above) so that all the potential negative impacts of core borehole drilling and seismic
testing can be stated, together with specialist studies if required, and recommended mitigation
measures for I&APs who might potentially be affected by such activities.
Should Rhino Oil and Gas not be anticipating doing core borehole drilling or seismic
test
ing
du
rin
g ‘e
arl
y p
ha
se e
xp
lora
tio
n’ (
wh
ich
is
wh
at
I&A
Ps
ha
ve
be
en
to
ld r
ep
ea
ted
ly
and is in line with the rest of the EIA report document as it stands), then we request that
clauses 4.5.6 and 4.5.7 simply state that Core borehole drilling/ seismic testing is no longer
included in the proposed ‘early-phase exploration’ work for which Rhino Oil and Gas are seeking
environmental approval with the remainder of the paragraphs under those clauses simply being
removed.
Other Comments:
Section 4.1.2 Applicant’s background
The second paragraph of this section reads: Rhino Resources’ goal is to develop these natural
resources with the benefit of enhanced prosperity for African host countries and communities.
However, I&APs were expressly told by the applicant at a public meeting held on 24 November
2016 that no jobs would be created by their activities, as they will be needing personnel who
have oil and gas experience, which most South Africans do not have. No opportunities for
unskilled workers, which comprise the majority of the available labour force in the application
area, would therefore be offered.
4.1.2.2 Environmental policy of Rhino Resources
It is noted that the environmental policy has been taken directly from the Rhino Resources web
site (Corporate Responsibility section). As this company has not worked in South Africa before,
its ability to implement and stand by its environmental policy is unknown at this time.
As
sta
ted
els
ew
he
re i
n t
he
EIA
re
po
rt, R
hin
o O
il &
Ga
s (P
ty)
Ltd
, Rh
ino
Re
sou
rce
s’ S
ou
th A
fric
an
subsidiary, would need to comply with various South African laws around mining, water,
environmental protection and the like. Further, its BBEEE partner, Glen Blue, would also need
to be compliant in the event of commercially viable resources being found and production
proceeding.
4.3 Need and desirability
Th
is s
ect
ion
of
the
EIA
Re
po
rt r
eit
era
tes
the
So
uth
Afr
ica
n g
ov
ern
me
nt’
s p
osi
tion that gas
should be used to generate electricity, rather than coal. The rationale for this is that gas has
few
er
em
issi
on
s th
an
co
al,
th
e c
urr
en
t b
asi
s o
f th
e c
ou
ntr
y’s
ele
ctri
city
su
pp
ly, w
ith
ov
er
90
% o
f
electricity being generated from coal-burning power stations. However, burning gas releases
methane which, while it has a shorter life in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, is much more
potent. According to the US Environmental Defence Fund, methane is 84 times more potent
than carbon dioxide in the short term and 25% of the manmade global warming being
experienced today is due to methane emissions.
Regardless of the source (i.e. natural gas, shale gas, or coalbed methane), gas is still a fossil fuel,
the burning of which is indicated in rising global temperatures and extensive climate change
impacts. The latter are now being felt extensively across southern Africa, including South Africa,
which recently experienced the most severe drought in decades. Climate research indicates that
such droughts will become the norm with increased global warming.
This will have knock-on effects for water supply and availability, food production (e.g. South
African water expert Dr Anthony Turton told Radio 702 in an interview that it is possible that
South Africa will ultimately need to chose between using water for agriculture and importing
more food) and even human and livestock health, not to mention natural aquatic ecosystems. If
South Africa continues on its drive to exploit fossil fuels for power production, it is very likely
that the country will not be able to meet its climate change commitments.
We are also at a loss as to why the South African government is not placing more emphasis on
renewable energy options, rather than simply focusing on business-as-usual energy sources (i.e.
coal), as well as gas and nuclear. According to Greenpeace Africa, South Africa is ideally placed
to take advantage of renewable energy options, including wind and solar. There is already
significant wind energy development taking place in South Africa, especially in the Eastern and
Western Cape.
Th
e e
xe
cuti
ve
su
mm
ary
of
the
org
an
iza
tio
n’s
Powering the Future report states: “
Ve
ry o
fte
n i
t is
arg
ue
d t
ha
t re
ne
wa
ble
en
erg
y t
ech
no
log
y c
an
no
t p
rov
ide
th
e n
ece
ssa
ry ‘b
ase
loa
d’ e
lectricity
capacity because of its intermittent nature... The key to sustaining the energy supply is via
smart technology that can track and manage energy use patterns and provide flexible power
that follows demand through the day. A fully optimised smart grid system would be a solution
for a climate conscious, job creating, pollution lowering, and sustainable energy system. It is
not technology, resources nor economics that prevent this but rather misconceptions of the
capability and lack of political will to move to a clean energy future. South Africa faces electricity
price hikes in order to finance the new build programme. If South Africans are to finance
Esk
om
’s c
ap
aci
ty e
xp
an
sio
n p
rog
ram
me
, th
en
Esk
om
sh
ou
ld b
e i
nv
est
ing
in
re
ne
wa
ble
en
erg
y
sources
for
a s
ust
ain
ab
le f
utu
re.”
Th
e r
ep
ort
fu
rth
er
sta
tes:
“F
oss
il a
nd
nu
cle
ar
ba
sed
po
we
r is
str
on
gly
lo
bb
ied
fo
r a
nd
po
liti
cal
interests further promote those industries. Less than 4GW of RE have thus far been approved by
the South African government. Local governments have not changed their revenue structure to
make an Energy [R]evolution possible. Coal and nuclear have been subsidised for many years
(Koplow & Kretzmann, 2010), resulting in an uneven playing field, and yet RE is often touted as
too expensive... In South Africa, the development of the RE Industry is held back by lack of
ambitious policy that would encourage investment. Ultimately, it is the perception of renewable
energy capacity that is the barrier and not practical constraints. Committed political will from
the South African government is necessary to set processes and policies in place that would
eliminate the barriers and foster the right economic conditions to stimulate a competitive
renewable energy industry.”
“Ultimately, it is the perception of renewable energy capacity that is the barrier and not
practical constraints. Committed political will from the South African government is necessary
to set processes and policies in place that would eliminate the barriers and foster the right
economic conditions to stimulate a competitive renewable energy industry.”
The full report can be downloaded at:
http://www.greenpeace.org/africa/Global/africa/publications/climate/RenewableEnergyRepo
rt_PoweringTheFuture.pdf
With particular reference to point 4.3.3.1 regarding the KZN Provincial Growth & Development
Strategy and the paragraph: Within the context of the proposal by Rhino Oil and Gas to explore for
petroleum products, this application does not directly contribute toward the PGDS goals of
economic upliftment for the province as employment opportunities are limited, we were, as
mentioned previously, informed at a recent public meeting that no jobs would be created as
Rhino would seek personnel with oil and gas experience, of which this area has very few, if any.
Therefore, no jobs will be created, either now or in the future.
In a Parliamentary debate on hydraulic fracturing held on 1 December 2016, various ANC
representatives stated that advancing gas development in South Africa would create 700 000
jobs. W
e do not know how these figures were arrived at; Jonathan Deal of the NGO Treasure the
Karoo Action Group told the media that a mere 2 500 jobs would be created at best and it now
appears that Rhino Oil and Gas will not create many jobs, if any (see above).
4.4 Application area and regional setting
At public meetings, we have repeatedly been told that this particular IEA is for early-phase
exploration only, which we do understand. However, when we - as residents, property owners,
business owners and concerned citizens in the area - query what this application could
ultimately lead to, should commercially viable petroleum resources be discovered, we are told
not to concern ourselves with future impacts.
Yet, in the EIA Report, under this paragraph, it is stated: Future ground-based exploration
activities would not take place across all of the ER area but would be confined to strategic or
target areas. At this early stage of exploration Rhino Oil and Gas is not able to specify exactly
where within the ER application area future ground-based exploration activities would be
undertaken.
As these activities could potentially include drilling and even smallscale hydraulic fracturing
with potential negative impacts on local water supplies, human and animal health and rural
livelihoods, we are concerned as to the eventual outcome of this early-phase exploration and
subsequent exploration phases, including ground-based exploration activities.
4.42 Screening to define target areas
The provisions of this section have been duly noted. Would these constitute guarantees by
Rhino that they will proceed in the manner stipulated in this section? What confirmation do we
have that the applicant would abide by these provisions? W
hat about compliance with other
applicable laws?
4.5.1 Revised exploration work programme:
According to the final paragraph of the section, which reads:
A benefit of this revised approach is that any future application for ground-based exploration
activities would be focussed on specified sites, thereby enabling I&APs to have a better
understanding of where Rhino Oil and Gas proposes to access land and conduct ground-based
exploration activities. This addresses some of the concerns raised by I&APs relating to where the
proposed ground-based exploration activities may be located. The future environmental
assessment process would investigate and report on the environmental attributes of the specified
sites.
As I&APs in this area, we nevertheless remain concerned that ground-based exploration
activities, as well as eventual production (which, after all, is the ultimate aim of exploration), has
the potential to negatively impact local and regional water supplies, rural livelihoods, food
pro
du
ctio
n, h
um
an
an
d l
ive
sto
ck h
ea
lth
as
we
ll a
s th
e a
rea
’s s
ign
ific
an
t b
iod
ive
rsit
y a
nd
ecosystem services. W
e would therefore request that exploration, even early-phase exploration
using non-invasive techniques such as the anticipated FTG aerial surveys, not proceed and this
application be abandoned in favour of the precautionary principle.
The extraction of unconventional petroleum resources may well result in impacts that are
difficult to mitigate or reverse, according to well-documented experiences in the United States,
Australia and other countries where unconventional resources are being extracted. In northern
KZN, there are a significant number of poverty-stricken people with limited access to
information, who will not even know about this until it happens and they are negatively
impacted. This is an environmental justice and human rights issue.
4.7.3 Type of activity
The last paragraph of this section reads: Rhino Oil and Gas still intends to undertake core hole
drilling and seismic surveys as part of further early-phase exploration but would only do so after
target sites had been identified and each site subject to the requisite environmental assessment
and authorisation process.
This appears to be a reiteration of clauses 4.5.6 and 4.5.7 – as discussed earlier in these
comments.
4.7.5 The ‘No-go” alternative
As
I&A
Ps
liv
ing
an
d w
ork
ing
in
th
e a
pp
lica
tio
n a
rea
, we
wo
uld
str
on
gly
su
gg
est
th
at
the
‘no
go
’
alt
ern
ati
ve
be
co
nsi
de
red
. T
he
na
ture
of
the
re
sou
rce
s a
re u
nk
no
wn
, alt
ho
ug
h R
hin
o’s
ge
olo
gis
t
has indicated to me in writing that unconventional resources are sought. The extraction thereof
may well involve the controversial extraction method of hydraulic fracturing, which has a slew
of negative human and environmental impacts. It is our contention that, due to the high risks
such resource extraction is likely to place on communities (the negative impacts of which may
we
ll l
ast
fo
r d
eca
de
s), t
he
‘no
go
’ alternative be seriously considered.
This area is already subject to wind farm applications and is also ideally placed for solar (in fact,
many farms and households use solar for water heating, swimming pool pumps, lighting,
borehole pumps and the like). These energy sources have been evaluated as being relatively
low impact compared to oil and gas extraction.
Without this knowledge no oil or gas field development would be able to occur. In the absence of oil
and gas production there would obviously not be any of the potential risks related to detailed
exploration nor future production. Similarly the potential benefits of oil and gas production would
not be derived.
In my opinion, local communities, landowners and residents would not derive much benefit
from oil and gas production. Few jobs will be generated in the medium- to long-term, as few
people in South Africa have oil and gas job experience and the unskilled labour in this area most
certainly does not. In addition, should hydraulic fracturing – or even conventional drilling – be
used to access the resource, this may well create a slew of environmental impacts that would
als
o i
mp
act
th
e r
eg
ion
’s p
eo
ple
. A
mo
ng
th
ese
are
:
· Unsustainable water abstraction – hydraulic fracturing is purported to use around 20
million litres of water per frack per well (Treasure the Karoo Action Group). In an
increasingly dry country and region, where will this water come from? This is a coal
mining area and unsustainable water abstraction by mines has already reduced water
for farmers, towns and communities;
· Water pollution – oil and gas production and extraction in many parts of the world has
resulted in serious and at times irreparable water pollution. As a coal mining area, we
are already subject to water pollution impacts. Important water resources, such as river
sources and catchments, dams and wetlands are all included in the application area,
notwithstanding the provisions of Section 122 of the MPRDA;
· Loss of rural livelihoods
– Northern KZN is primarily a rangeland cattle and sheep
farming area with ecotourism and historical tourism (near Dundee) opportunities.
Productive agricultural land may be taken out of production due to the provisions of
Section 8 of the MPRDA regarding access to land by rights holders. Ecotourism and
historic tourism may also suffer
– who wants to enjoy ecotourism activities when these
are fronted by countless oil and gas wells? Birds and wildlife may also leave the area
due to factors such as disturbance, habitat destruction, unregulated hunting and the like.
These livelihoods will not be replaced by oil and gas jobs.
· Human and livestock health impacts
– In the USA in particular, people living near oil and
gas development have experienced considerable negative human health impacts due to
the use of toxic chemicals, water and air pollution and the like. Livestock have also been
negatively impacted, with a knock-on effect for rural livelihoods.
· Biodiversity loss – Birds and wildlife may be negatively impacted and mobile species
may migrate from the area. (See ecotourism impacts above.) There may also be a loss of
ecosystem services due to landscape change, infrastructure development, species loss
(through local extinction or migration) and the like.
Please explain how oil and gas development will improve our lives?!?
6.4 “No Go” alternative (2)
Given the wide array of unknown facts regarding the potential for economic growth and the
potential for environmental impacts arising from unconventional gas production, as well as the
unknown facts of the future energy mix in the absence of gas, the overall impact associated with
the “no-go” alternative is considered to be of unknown significance.
Clearly, the applicant does not live, work or have any other interest in this area beyond what it
can exploit. For residents, landowners, farmers and businesses (which are often directly
dependent on natural resources or offer support services to other businesses, such as
agriculture and ecotourism), the impleme
nta
tio
n o
f a
‘no
go
’ alt
ern
ati
ve
wo
uld
be extremely
significant, as it would mean that such people could continue to reside here and go about their
economic activities without needing to consider the potential risks posed by the development of
an oil and gas industry in this predominantly rural area.
6.5 Cumulative impacts
As mentioned previously, this is a coal mining area and there are numerous applications for
both opening new mines and re-opening old ones. This area is already being impacted by, inter
alia, polluted water, including acid mine drainage contamination, unsightly and polluting waste
dumps, unrehabilitated mines (the owners cannot always be found), loss of water due to de-
watering activities, historic and current infrastructural damage ranging from severely cracked
buildings to road infrastructure damage due to coal truck traffic, and the overall negative impact
of
‘bo
om
an
d b
ust
’ min
ing
eco
no
mie
s. O
il a
nd
ga
s e
xtr
act
ion
is
un
lik
ely
to
re
lie
ve
th
ese
im
pa
cts
and may well increase them and also add other negative impacts. Despite the legal obligations
of the extractive industry to limit pollution, employ locally, create social development
programmes and clean up on closure, mines appear to regularly evade these responsibilities.
Why should the oil and gas industry be any different?
Another aspect that has not been mentioned in any of the EIA Reports for these applications,
nor in the extensive discourse on the subject, is infrastructure development, including pipelines
to transport oil and gas, the development of well pads, wastewater pits, road building and the
like. These developments and their potential impacts (leaks, spills, reducing productive
agricultural land) are likely to add to the cumulative impacts of oil and gas development in KZN
and, indeed, other parts of South Africa.
Bron
wyn
Howa
rd &
Jock
Tam
e Registered I&APs
Utrecht, KZN
15 December 2016
Exploration Methods: Drilling
We are surprised that only 10 core holes would be planned across an area of some two million
hectares! Would the number of core holes increase, should initial drilling prove unsuccessful?
Concerns that we have with regard to drilling include:
· The fact that the applicant is unable to advise I&APs as to where these cores will be
drilled – when will we be advised?;
· Impacts on affected landowners, including taking land out of production, the destruction
of vegetation, loss of biodiversity, especially threatened species, impacts on
infrastructure such as farm roads and buildings, effects on stewardship agreements with
local conservation authorities, damage due to negligence, such as gates being left open,
potential for veld fires, stock theft, trapping of wildlife, break-ins at farmsteads, vehicle
theft and the like.
· Impacts on towns and cities, including infrastructure such as roads, buildings, houses,
water pipes, electricity and communications cables and supporting structures and the
like.
· Waste management is a concern, including waste from drilling such as drilling fluids and
muds, used oil and filters, spilled fuel and oil, drill cuttings, spent and/or unused
solvents, scrap metal and solid waste.
· Where will personnel be housed; if in caravans, as suggested in the BID document, how
will the security of landowners or townspeople (as the case may be) be ensured? What
arrangements will be made for sanitation, water supply, rubbish collection and the like?
· How will the impact of the drilling rig and associated equipment, outside personnel and
living arrangements for personnel be managed and mitigated, where necessary?
Exploration Methods: Seismic Surveys
At the public meetings and in the scoping report, we have been advised that seismic surveys will
be carried out to map the ground formations beneath the surface. We are concerned by the
following:
According to the document Promoting Environmental Responsibility in Seismic Operations by
David Gibson (USA) and Sean Rice (England), the average weight of a vibroseis truck is 29 500
kg, although some vehicles may weigh as much as 38 600 kg. The road system in northern KZN
is generally fragile, with a large number of unpaved roads. Tar roads are already compromised
by
th
e p
ass
ag
e o
f h
ea
vy
co
al
tru
cks
ma
kin
g t
he
ir w
ay
to
th
e R
ich
ard
’s B
ay
Co
al
Te
rmin
al
fro
m
inland and also transporting coal to power stations, resulting in potholes, poor road conditions
(roads are constantly being repaired) and fatal accidents. Much of the road network consists of
unpaved roads and the impact of extremely heavy vehicles on such roads, together with other
impacts including dust and the potential increase in road accidents, will need to be borne by the
local population, who use these roads regularly to go about their daily business. As it is, the
Provincial Roads Department and Amajuba District spend much time and effort keeping these
roads in good repair without the additional burden of exceedingly heavy vehicles traversing
them. (This would be another potential impact if fracking is ultimately used to facilitate
production.)
From the same document, a path 4 – 5 m wide at least would need to be cleared through existing
vegetation to enable the vehicle to reach the site where the shot-hole is to be drilled. Much of
the Amajuba District Municipal area falls within the grassland biome; in this region, some 30%
of the grasslands have been transformed, as opposed to the national average of 60% or more.
Th
e r
eg
ion
is
ho
me
to
a v
ari
ety
of
thre
ate
ne
d g
rass
lan
d s
pe
cie
s, i
ncl
ud
ing
Ru
dd
’s a
nd
Bo
tha
’s
Lark, W
attled and Grey Crowned Crane (it is an important breeding area for the Wattled and
Blue Crane), Yellow-breasted Pipit, D
en
ha
m’s
Bu
sta
rd, L
an
ne
r F
alc
on, Secretarybird and Oribi
antelope. The predominant agricultural activity is rangeland cattle farming, a form of land use
appropriate for grasslands, which depends on the integrity of the grassland ecosystem (which is
also one of the most complex in the world). Disturbance of the vegetation would compromise
the grasslands, which would never be able to be completely rehabilitated due to the complexity
of the ecosystem. In addition, vegetation clearing or stripping is likely to exacerbate potential
erosive impacts. Many landowners in the region also complain that mining companies who
accessed their land historically for prospecting never made good on promises to rehabilitate the
lands they traversed; on some farms, their tracks remain, many years later. This is an additional
concern regarding seismic surveys.
According to information on the internet regarding seismic surveys, it appears that helicopters,
dynamite and air guns may also be used. We would like clarity as to whether these methods
would be used and what impacts they are likely to have on infrastructure, both urban and rural,
land use, existing livelihoods, such as tourism and agriculture, biodiversity, vegetation, wildlife,
agricultural livestock and the like. How will negative impacts be mitigated? Will any
rehabilitation be done? Will landowners or municipalities, as the case may be, be compensated
for any damage?
Much of the groundwater in this area collects in perched aquifers, which in turn supply streams
and wetlands. These aquifers are on a rock base; if activities such as explosions or seismic
vibrations were to damage such rock bases, the water would drain away and would never be
replenished. As the increasing incidences of drought in this area, not to mention the current
mega-drought conditions, are rendering more people reliant on boreholes and groundwater
sources, as opposed to surface resources, the potential negative impact of seismic surveys on
aquifers is extremely serious. Many farmers and even certain towns in the region are now
exclusively dependent on groundwater for their water supply.
According to the Amajuba District Municipality IDP, a particular geohazard identified is that of
‘ca
tast
rop
hic
slo
pe
fa
ilu
res
or
oth
er
kin
ds
of
gro
un
d i
nst
ability... triggered by hydro-
meteorological factors, such as rainstorms or floods. Those parts of the Amajuba District that
are underlain by the Masotcheni Formation maybe prone to localised ground stability problems,
if they happen to be close to areas o
f a
ctiv
e d
on
ga
ero
sio
n.’
Acc
ord
ing
to
th
e a
cco
mp
an
yin
g
maps, more than half the Amajuba District, particularly to the west and south (falling within the
Newcastle and Dannhauser Local Municipalities, as well as the southern portion of the
Emadlangeni/Utrecht Local Municipality) are considered high to very high risk. Seismic surveys
could trigger such events, particularly if surveys are conducted during the summer rainy
season. Heavy rains may trigger floods, particularly in the catchments of major river systems
that traverse the Amajuba District, which may also impact seismic surveys and exacerbate
erosive impacts. Vehicles may also become bogged down, increasing risks to vegetation and
private and public road infrastructure, as outlined above.
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the city of Newcastle, as well as the towns of Utrecht and Dannhauser, are at high risk for veld
fires, with almost the entire district being categorised as very high or high risk. If seismic
surveys are conducted at times when the veld is very dry on account of the season (i.e. in the
winter dry season) or as a result of drought, the risk would be exacerbated, particularly if
drilling or survey personnel were careless or if oils and inflammables were to catch alight.
As regards the seismic surveys, where would personnel be based? If informal caravan camps
are established, all rubbish would need to be removed, a fire control process would need to be
put in place, and adequate sanitation and ablution facilities would need to be provided. Where
would personnel get water and supplies such as food from? As there are relatively few tourist
accommodation establishments in parts of the Amajuba District in particular, the contention
raised at some public meetings that accommodation businesses could benefit from exploration
activities by virtue of offering accommodation to personnel has limitations. If local personnel
are employed, they may not necessarily require accommodation.
In the light of the above factors, we insist that a separate EIA be done for drilling and seismic
surveys. This appears to be standard practice in other parts of the world where oil and gas
exploration takes place frequently. We also need to know exactly where these surveys will be
done and whether affected communities and/or landowners would have any say in this regard.
Socio-economic Impacts:
As communities in the application area are well aware from experiences with coal mining in
particular, even rumours of potential jobs frequently result in an influx of often indigent people
to an area. As many such arrivals do not find the jobs they are seeking, often because
insufficient opportunities are available, they turn to crime, as they may be unable to afford to
return to their place of origin. In recent months, parts of the Amajuba District have seen an
increase in crime, particularly housebreakings and motor vehicle theft. In recent years, there
have also been farm murders around Utrecht. The commencement or reinstatement of some
mining operations around Utrecht have resulted in stock theft and increasing security concerns
for local farmers. An influx of indigent people is likely to exacerbate these problems, together
with unemployment, which has increased in recent years, according to the Amajuba District
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DP, due to the economic situation in South Africa and globally. We are
concerned that potential socio-economic impacts of petroleum exploration and ultimate
exploitation have not been adequately addressed by Rhino.
We are also aware that the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) now
mandates that mining companies (and presumably oil and gas companies in future) contribute
to local community development. Part of the rationale for this is that, when mines stop
production and move out, local communities are left without work or skills, facing dwindling
resources and economies, not to mention environmental pollution and poor health as a result
thereof. There has been no indication as to whether Rhino would make use of local labour,
whether skills or unskilled, during exploration and/or be involved in any sort of local
community upliftment (e.g. training) during either the exploration or production phase.
Rehabilitation & Compensation
Exploration activities, especially drilling and seismic surveys, are likely to create certain
environmental impacts. More detail is required as to how the applicant plans to mitigate these
and rehabilitate any lands or infrastructure or part thereof that may be damaged as a result of
exploration activities, as well as whether they will be compensating farmers, landowners and
municipalities for any losses incurred (e.g. as a result of infrastructure damage, stock theft,
housebreaking, etc) that may occur while drillers and seismic operators and any related
personnel are on site.
We insist that, should the scoping report be accepted by PASA, a full EIA relating to exploration
be done, covering all the above concerns, and indicating how the applicant plans on mitigating
all negative impacts, as well as a separate, full EIA regarding drilling and seismic surveys, which
may have far-reaching negative impacts in their own right.
BRONWYN HOWARD