Proposed Huge & Khoe Wind Energy Facility, Western Cape Province

19 October 2023

Dear Stakeholder / Interested and Affected Party

RE: Notification of Submission of the Final EIA Report to DFFE for decision

This email serves to inform you about the submission of the Final EIA Reports for the proposed Hugo and Khoe Wind Energy Facilities, near De Doorns, Western Cape Province.

In terms of Chapter 5 of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act 107 of 1998 –NEMA), and the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations, 2014 (as amended), the Project Applicant appointed Environmental Resources Management Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd (ERM), to act as the Environmental Assessment Practitioner (EAP) project manager and to undertake the Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment (S&EIA) process for Environmental Authorisation (EA).

The draft EIA Reports (ERM, August 2024) were subjected to a 30 day comment period. All public participation processes took into consideration Chapter 2 Regulation 3 (1); (2) and (3) of the NEMA, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998).

The Final EIA Report for the proposed development considers comments received. The link to the final documents, as submitted to the DFFE for decision, has been uploaded to the ERM website:

https://www.erm.com/hugoandkhoe/

Notification of the EA decision will be distributed to all I&APs upon receipt. With reference to the proposed development, please send any queries to the below address:

Environmental Resources Management Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd

Reference: 14/12/16/3/3/2/2515 and 14/12/16/3/3/2/2516

Contact Person: Sadiya Salie

Email: hugokhoe@erm.com

Telephone: +27 21 681 5400

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Hugo Volume I - Draft EIA Report

01_Hugo WEF Final EIA Report_20240930.pdf
02_Appendix A EAP CV.pdf
02_Appendix A EAP Declaration.pdf
03_Hugo Generic EMPr_20240927.pdf
03_Hugo WEF EMPr_20240930.pdf
04_Hugo Evolution report.pdf
0695823-GIS-004 Hugo WEF Renewable Energy Projects within 30 km radius.pdf
Figure 2 0695823-GIS-002 Hugo WEF Site Location Map.pdf
Figure 3 0695823-GIS-003 Hugo WEF Preferred Site Development Plan.pdf
Figure 4 0695823-GIS-005 Hugo WEF Land Use.pdf
Figure 5 0695823-GIS-006 Hugo WEF Ecological Support Area.pdf
Figure 6.1 0695823-GIS-007 Hugo Environmental Sensitivity.pdf
Figure 6.2 0695823-GIS-008 Hugo Environmental Sensitivity1.pdf
Figure 6.3 0695823-GIS-009 Hugo Environmental Sensitivity.pdf
Figure 7.1 0695823-GIS-010 Hugo Environmental Sensitivity Cumulative.pdf
Figure 7.2 0695823-GIS-011 Hugo Environmental Sensitivity Cumulative.pdf
Figure 7.3 0695823-GIS-012 Hugo Environmental Sensitivity Cumulative.pdf
Figure 8 0695823-GIS-013 Hugo Environmental Sensitivity Cumulative.pdf

Hugo Volume II - Specialist Reports