EIA Screening Tool
Sensitivity Theme for Reporting
13th National Biodiversity Planning Forum
8 June 2016
Environmental Advisory Services
Nicolene Fourie Chief GIS Specialist: GIS Operations Directorat: Enterprise Geospatial Information Management E- mail: [email protected]
Contribution from Dr Rudi Pretorius
http://www.sasdi.gov.za/
Inaugural meeting of the
Committee for Spatial Information
6 July 2016
Overview Input Contributions
• SEA documentation
• Consultation EGIM Internal
• Consultation EGIM, CSIR, SANBI
• Internal DEA: EIA, B&C
• WG 7
• Provincial meeting (Gauteng, NC, to come KZN and WC)
• 2016 BPF
Sensitivity Themes Structure
• Sensitivity Themes
• Classes
• Dataset links
Application of Sensitivity Themes
• Screening process
• Screening report
Objective
• Create awareness
• Contributions and input
2014 Regulations: Screening
The 2014 Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations (Section 16 (1) (b) (v)) make provision that an application for environmental authorisation must be accompanied inter alia by:
The report generated by the national web based environmental screening tool
Screening can be defined as the process of using spatial environmental data to
determine if applications for Environmental Authorisations (Basic Assessment, Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment) have considered the major environmental issues in the area where development is being proposed.
Screening tool referred to in regulations is an on-line tool that enables the user to generate a report (the screening report) referred to in the 2014 EIA regulations.
Screening tool report
types
General screening
Env sensitivity
Screening Report flag
environmental sensitivities
Commercial
Wind
SEA
Screening
report based on sensitivity
features and buffers
identified during the SEA process
Commercial
Solar
SEA
Screening report based on sensitivity
features and buffers
identified during the SEA process
Electricity grid
SEA
Mining
Mining and biodiversity
guideline
Based on the Mining and biodiversity
guideline
Nuclear energy
SEA
Fracking
SEA
Aquaculture
SEA
Screening Tool Reporting
2016/17 2017/18
Contribution from Dr Rudi Pretorius
General Screening • Various national and sub-national
environmental datasets for environmental features will be used • Protected areas, NPAES focus
areas, CBAs, Threatened ecosystems, Wetlands, Estuaries
• Etc. • In addition cadastral information
will be available • Screening tool will show if any of
these datasets intersects the proposed development area and the development footprint
• No sensitivity criteria will be applied • Screening report will contain
information extracted from datasets that intersect the development area and footprint
• General screening report will not reference protocols
Screening Tool Reporting Wind and Solar (SEA) screening
• Sensitivity features grouped into broad sensitivity categories
• E.g. Agriculture: High potential agricultural land, Field crop boundaries
• Sensitivity feature criteria - 4 colour coded sensitivity classes
• Sensitivity classes mostly based on buffer distances
• Criteria were applied in REDZ only
• Screening tool will apply criteria outside REDZ as well where possible
• This means wind and solar screening can be done outside of REDZ as well
• Screening report informed by sensitivity category and relevant protocols
Landscape Sensitivity: Buffer
Screening Report Content Main sections of report (proposed)
1. Title/Heading: Name of project 2. CIPS application number: 3. Date of report: System generated 4. Applicant / EAP details: 5. Competent authority name: 6. Disclaimer: Standard disclaimer text 7. Property details: Erf, farm number, SG code,
Suburb, Town, Municipality name, S12 name, province
8. Orientation map: An orientation map showing major roads, towns as well as the properties under consideration.
9. Summary table: A summary table listing sensitivity features in the area under consideration.
10. Summary impact map: A map showing properties with all sensitivity features, development footprint.
11. Individual feature maps: Maps showing each sensitivity feature on a separate map with development footprint and key statistics/attributes.
Sensitivities Themes Application Agriculture Sensitivities
Categories Sub-Categories Datasets Name Wind
Very High
Wind
High
Wind
Medium
Wind
Low
Solar
Very High
Solar
High
Solar
Medium
Solar
Low
Land Capability Agricultural Potential (Land Capability)
Field crop boundaries
RE_SEA Agricultural
sensitivity
Agricultural sensitivity_VH-Sensitivity Land capability classes I
to III, as well as field crop
boundaries for Pivot
irrigation,
horticulture/viticulture and
shadenet
Land capability classes I
to III, as well as field crop
boundaries for Pivot
irrigation,
horticulture/viticulture and
shadenet
RE_SEA Agricultural
sensitivity
Agricultural sensitivity_H-Sensitivity
All remaining field crop
boundaries not considered
very high sensitivity
All remaining field crop
boundaries not considered
very high sensitivity
RE_SEA Agricultural
sensitivity
Agricultural sensitivity_M-Sensitivity Land capability class IV that is
not under cultivation
Land capability class IV that is
not under cultivation
RE_SEA Agricultural
sensitivity
Agricultural sensitivity_L-Sensitivity Land capability classes V to VIII
that is not under cultivation
Land capability classes V to VIII
that is not under cultivation
Croplands
Croplands Sensitivity_M Croplands
Croplands Sensitivity_M Croplands
Agricultura Activity
Croplands
Sensitivities Themes
Sensitivity Themes
Categories
Sub-Categories
HEADING
SUB-HEADING
REPORT
Sensitivities Themes 1. Agriculture
• Land Capability • Croplands
2. Marine Biodiversity • Ecosystems • Species
3. Terrestrial Biodiversity
• Species • Ecosystems
4. Conservation
• Expansion Strategy
• Protected areas • Conservation
Areas
5. Geomorphology
• Topography • Soil • Rocks • Minerals • Mining • Geology • Degraded areas
6. Heritage
• Palaeontology • Archaeology • Cultural • Other Heritage
Sites
7. Hydrology
• Surface water • Ground water
8. Infrastructure
• Grid infrastructure • Transport • Bulk infrastructure • Telecommunication • Radar • Social • Nuclear sites • Landfill • Civil Aviation • Restricted areas • SEA Sensitivities
9. Visual
• Landforms
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Nicolene Fourie Chief GIS Specialist: GIS Operations Directorat: Enterprise Geospatial Information Management (EGIM) E- mail: [email protected]
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