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RESPONDING STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY ATHA AFRICA VENTURES (PTY) LTD. (THE APPLICANT / RESPONDENT) IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL SUBMITTED BY EARTHLIFE AFRICA JOHANNESBURG FIRST APPELLANT BIRDLIFE SOUTH AFRICA SECOND APPELLANT MINING AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NETWORK OF SOUTH AFRICA THIRD APPELLANT ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TRUST FOURTH APPELLANT FEDERATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT FIFTH APPELLANT GROUNDWORK SIXTH SIXTH APPELLANT ASSOCIATION FOR WATER AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT SEVENTH APPELLANT BENCH MARKS FOUNDATION EIGHTH APPELLANT
This document is a responding statement submitted by Atha Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd. (AAV) to the Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs. It responds to an appeal filed by eight environmental and social organizations against the granting of an Environmental Authorization for the proposed Yzermyn Underground Coal Mine (YUCM) in the Magisterial District of Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province.
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Document type: Statement
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This document is a replying submission by Atha-Africa, submitted on 12 April 2019, responding to an administrative appeal against the approval of the Environmental Management Programme (EMP) for the Yzermyn Project. The submission disputes the findings of a September 2013 NSS Report and a subsequent 'Brownlie Review,' arguing that updated specialist studies by Delta-H and Scientific Aquatic Services demonstrate that the project's environmental impacts—specifically regarding wetlands, groundwater, and biodiversity—are localized and can be effectively mitigated.
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Document type: Report