These are notes that give a general understanding of the EIA process in South Africa. It provides the general requirements outlined by NEMA and gives what is expected of you as an EAP.
Lecture 10: Environmental Management Plans and Monitoring
Environmental management plan and monitoring are used interchangeably.
o Comprehensive and structured documented that outlines strategies, actions
and measures to effectively manage and mitigate the environmental impacts
and risk associated with a specific project.
Balancing economic growth and environmental protection
Preserving biodiversity – targeted at different section (resources)
Regulatory compliance
If wasn’t and then now can be adopted (changed over last 10
years, mining applications originally didn’t have EMPrs but not
law that adopt)
Enhancing public engagement and participation
Review by different stakeholders – open decision making and
provide input of different perspectives and local indigenous
knowledge.
Long term sustainability
Prevent short term gains.
Minimise environmental liabilities.
Provide strategies to mitigate and access the impacts that are
happening during the construction.
Additional impact then can amend EMPr and can have long
term monitoring.
Enhancing cooperate social responsibility.
Offsets that pay into.
Encourage innovation.
More environmentally friendly technologies and try not
restricting the type of monitoring and mitigation that is taking
place.
Leave mitigation open to allow for best practice to take place.
Adapting to climate change.
Managing water resources, climate resilient infrastructure.
Different ways monitoring the effects of climate change –
increased rainfall resulting to increased erosion.
Global sustainability goals.
All 17 may not be applicable – just include what is relevant.
Structure framework to allow for the triple bottom line.
Compliance monitoring in annual reporting – then not just green washing
because it is real life monitoring.
o Percentage wise what is the base line.
Role of EMPrs:
Early identification of impacts
o Mitigation measures are specific.
Targeted mitigation measures.
Best practices and technologies.
Monitoring and reporting.
, o Get submitted to department at frequency that defined and gets sent to
interested and affected parties – enhance stakeholder engagement.
Contingency planning.
o Emergency that happened not in draft then must look at this – not looked at in
authorisation but have impact.
Conservation of resources.
Promotion of suitable practices
Long-term perspective.
Adaption to changing conditions.
Developing and implementing EMPrs
Define and scoping.
Identifying proposed mitigation
Public participation and the feedback gets put into.
Prioritise based on the effectiveness of the mitigation.
Design
o Project description
o Stakeholder engagement
Indicate where the compliance audits are submitted to.
Will state which department and who needs to engage with
o EIA
o Mitigation measures
o Monitoring and reporting
Parameters for effectiveness and plan for the collection and frequency
of mitigation measures.
Dust monitoring every 6 months and give the type of methodology
used and this will be put under the different roles and responsibilities.
o Legal and regulatory compliance
Algins with the relevant environmental laws, regulations, and
standards
Verify the necessary permits and approvals are obtained before the
implementation of the project.
o Contingency planning
Emergency that leads to environmental impacts and the
strategies for immediate response and recovery.
If wasn’t in the past, then the present has to provide mitigation
measures.
o Implementation
Train personnel of the roles and responsibilities regarding
environmental management.
Toolbox talks – indicate the no go areas and educate on other
information and requirements.
How to manage water resources of the site, how to manage
removal of vegetation.
o Stakeholder communication
Mitigation measures and progress.
What are the requirements of the EMP
o Ongoing review and adjustment.
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