Case Decision - 200217

Interim Comment
SAHRA requests that a field-based Palaeontological Impact Assessment be conducted for the McCarthy project and a desktop PIA for the Western Project. The PIAs must comply with the 2012 Minimum Standards: Palaeontological Components of Heritage Impact Assessments and be conducted as part of the EA application. The applicant is advised to extend the EA process in terms of section 23(1)b of the NEMA EIA Regulations in order to address this comment. Further comments will be issued upon receipt of the above requested studies.