EnviroServ - Holfontein Hazardous Waste Facility Expansion, Gauteng Province

The Holfontein Hazardous Waste Management Facility (HHWMF) operation has utilised the full footprint of the licensed facility, with landfill Cell 11 currently being developed as the last portion of the site with immediate usable airspace. EnviroServ proposes to expand the existing, licensed HHWMF to accommodate future incoming waste volumes. At the existing, licensed HHWMF the development of all existing and proposed waste cells has already been approved.

The expansion of the HHWMF on to the adjacent property will be known as the Holfontein Expansion Project (the Project, hereinafter). The Project does not fall into the currently licensed HHWMF footprint and, as a result requires the necessary Environmental Authorisations.

The Project comprises the development of a new Class A waste disposal cell named Cell 13 and additional liquids management facilities (Contaminated Storm Water Dams (CSWDs), effluent treatment facilities, leachate dams etc.).Cell 13 and the additional facilities are planned to be placed to the southwest of the existing HHWMF, to be developed on EnviroServ’s Farm Holfontein 71 IR portions 48 & 74 (Quarry 1), portion 72 (Ericsons quarry) and portion 39.

It is important to note that the new CSWDs will consist of a series of dams within the Project footprint area. These dams along with the existing dams will cater for the entire site.

Similar to the above, the new leachate facility and collection system will cater for leachate arising from the new Waste Cell 13. The new leachate impoundment facility in combination with the existing Cell 7 will cater for the leachate for the entire site.

Wastes will be managed in accordance with procedures advocated by the waste management hierarchy and legislation.

The proposed Project will comprise of the following infrastructure that can receive, store, re-use, recycle, recover and treat Type 1 hazardous wastes approved for disposal.:

Surface Infrastructure Requiring Approval for the Project

Existing infrastructure/operations that require approval

On the Holfontein Expansion footprint (Requires approval, therefore part of this application)

The existing infrastructure located on the expanded site footprint includes the following:

• Old brickworks Quarry 1.
• Old brickworks Ericsons quarry
• Soil Stockpiles

Proposed developments and infrastructure

On the Holfontein Expansion footprint (Requires approval, therefore part of this application)

The proposed Project will include the following infrastructure that can receive, store,re-use, recycle, recover and treat wastes approved for disposal.

• New Waste Cell 13 and associated infrastructure.
• CSWDs
• Leachate Dam
• Effluent treatment infrastructure.

Status

Please note that the public review period for the Holfontein Expansion Project Basic Assessment Report has been extended to Friday 16 February 2024.

As per the notice that was sent out on 8 December 2023, the documents have been made available as a hard copy at the following venues:

• 40 Main Street - Welgedacht shops.
• 7877 Chris Hani Drive – Jerry Moloi Library.
• Booth Road, Delmas – Sundra Library.
• Holfontein Reception at the Holfontein Hazardous Waste Management Facility.
• 24th Street, Old Etwatwa East, Benoni – Etwatwa Customer Care Centre.

The documents are also available electronically at the following sites:

• SLR website: hhtp://slrconsulting.com/public-documents/enviroserv-holfontein-hazardous-waste-facility-expansion-gauteng-province
• Data Free Website: //http://slrpublicdocs.datafree.co/pubic-documents/enviroserv-holfontein-hazardous-waste-facility-expansion-gauteng-province

Please send written comments or queries to Sharon Meyer at HolfonteinExpansionWML@slrconsulting.com before Friday 16 February 2024.

Should you and/or your organisation wish to comment on any aspect of the BAR, comments should be forwarded to SLR at the email address and telephone number shown above. For comments to be included in the BAR prepared for the decision-making purposes, they should reach SLR by no 16 February 2024.

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