grootvlei-additional-information-349ce6e812e69f06.pdf

This briefing from Eskom to the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) provides additional information regarding an application to postpone compliance with Minimum Emission Standards (MES) for the Grootvlei Power Station. The document addresses DEA requests for time series plots of air quality monitoring and data regarding PM2.5 health and environmental impacts.

• Grootvlei Power Station is in non-compliance with ambient PM10 standards, recording eight exceedances of the 24-hour limit value in 2010, and five exceedances in both 2011 and 2012. While PM10 levels are higher during spring and winter, they are lower than at most other ambient monitoring stations.
• The station maintains compliance with ambient NO2 and SO2 standards, although limit value exceedances for SO2 are recorded in most years.
• PM2.5 concentrations are not monitored at the Grootvlei ambient monitoring station, and there is insufficient data on particle size distribution to model the specific impact of PM2.5 emissions. Eskom asserts that PM2.5 emissions are in non-compliance with South African Ambient Air Quality Standards, but claims these emissions make only a small contribution to total ambient particulate levels.
• Eskom states that the contribution of particulate matter (PM) emissions from the Grootvlei Power Station to ambient levels will become negligible once a planned fabric filter plant retrofit is completed.

APA

Centre for Environmental Rights (n.d.). grootvlei-additional-information-349ce6e812e69f06.pdf. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Grootvlei-Additional-Information.pdf?x21779

Chicago

Centre for Environmental Rights. grootvlei-additional-information-349ce6e812e69f06.pdf. n.d. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Grootvlei-Additional-Information.pdf?x21779.

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