General Information. Mandatory Not mandatory EIA Reference Construction or Modification Date EIA Reference Number Competent Authority

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General Information

*Mandatory *Not mandatory EIA Reference

Construction or Modification Date N/A

EIA Reference Number N/A

Competent Authority

Has an EA been issued, and if no, please explain* No, not yet. The plant requires NEMA authorisation. An application for NEMA authorisation is currently underway.

Project Description* Application for a new Atmospheric Emissions Licence: Atlantis Sand Sales Sand Drying Plant, Atlantis.

Application information

Current AEL Number N/A

Application Reason* New application

Is the application for/on behalf of a municipality?* Yes No

Is the application for/on behalf of a provincial organ of state, which has been delegated the power to perform the licensing authority function in terms of subsection (2) of the Air Quality Act by the metropolitan or district municipality?*

Yes No

Does the proposed listed activity fall within the boundaries of more than one province?* Yes No

Does the application relate to an activity that forms part of a matter declared as a national priority in terms of Cabinet decision and notice referred to in section 24C(2B) of the Environmental Management Act, 1998, as amended by the National Environmental Management Laws Second Amendment, 2013* Yes No

Does the application relate to activities listed in terms of section 24(2) of the National Environmental Management Act, or in terms of section 19(1) of the National of the National Environmental

Management: Waste Act, 2008, or the Minister has been identified as the competent authority?* Yes No

Does the application relate to a prospecting, mining, exploration or production activity as contemplated in Section 36(5)(e) of the Air Quality Act*

Yes No

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2 Facility Information

Facility/Property* Atlantis Sand Sales Drying Plant

Postal Address PO Box 2660, Durbanville, 7550

District Municipality CCT

Local Municipality CCT

Province Western Cape

Postal Code 7550

Facility/Property Address Erf 306 & 307, Neil Hare Road, Atlantis

Latitude -33.92639

Longitude 18.48972

Phone Number* 021 975 8117

Does your facility have less than 100 employees?* Yes Does the facility have a complaint’s register? Yes The Standard Industrial Classification SIC (a system for classifying industries by a four-digit code).

0810 (quarrying of stone, sand and clay. Excludes processing, except…drying).

Location & extent of plant

Extent (km2₎ _0.007743km2

Elevation above mean sea level (m) 122m Designated Priority Area (Highveld Priority Area

etc.)

N/A

Description of surrounding land use within a 5 km radius, specifically noting the names and of residential and commercial areas in relation to the site of the works:

The Atlantis Sands sand drying facility will be situated on Erf 306 and 307 in Atlantis Industria. The site is

Enterprise Name Atlantis Sand Sales cc

Trading As Atlantis Sand Sales

Type of Enterprise, e.g. Company/Close Corporation/Trust, etc

Close corporation Company/Close Corporation/Trust Registration

Number (Registration Numbers if Joint Venture)

2008/044768/23 VAT registration number

Business partner number

Registered Address 133 Neil Hare Road, Atlantis Industria

Postal Address PO Box 2660, Durbanville, 7550

Telephone Number (General) 021 975 8117

Fax Number (General) 021 975 9927

Industry Type/Nature of Trade Mineral drying Land Use Zoning as per Town Planning Scheme Risk Zoning Land Use Rights if outside Town Planning Scheme

Responsible Person Name or Emission Control Officer (where appointed)

Cameron Smith

Telephone Number 021 975 8117

Cell Phone Number 084 676 4072

Fax Number 021 975 9927

E-mail Address [email protected]

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3 surrounded by land uses within a 5km radius as follows: North

The Atlantis industria area, including some undeveloped sites as well as industries such as the Atlantis Foundry, lies to the north of the site.

Just north of Atlantis industria and about 2.5km form the site lies some undeveloped land including dune fields. North-east of the industrial area and about 3.6km from the site lie the residential areas of Avondale and Protea Park.

East

Atlantis industria extends for some 3.3km east-north-east of the site, beyond which lies the residential areas of Protea Park and Witsand. Beyond these residential areas and about 4km from the site lie agricultural smallholdings.

Undeveloped, agricultural-zoned land, with a few agricultural smallholdings, extends for about 3km eastwards from the site until the R304 regional road. Just east of the R304 lie agricultural smallholdings. South

A wastewater treatment works lies just south of the site. Beyond that lies land used for sand mining purposes, with undeveloped, agricultural-zoned land lying beyond that.

West

To the west lies undeveloped, agricultural zoned land. The R27 road (“West Coast Road”) lies about 4km west of the site, with undeveloped land, including dune fields, lying beyond that

Nature of Process

Overview Facility-wide Process Description

Moist sand from nearby sand mines will be delivered to site and stored in bunkers made from shade netting or similar.

The moist sand will be transported from the storage bunker by TLB and tipped to a hopper, which will feed a conveyer to the dryer. The dryer will be combustion heated and will be situated in an enclosure. The dried sand will be conveyed by bucket elevator to silos, which will discharge directly via a chute to trucks for bulk transportation. Occasionally the sand will be discharged to bags for distribution, but bulk distribution will be the norm. The dried product will be used for construction industry and in industrial applications.

The dryer off gases will discharge to an appropriate emissions filtration system before discharging to atmosphere.

Please see attached process flow diagram.

Scheduled Processes N/A Yes No

APPA Registration Certificate Number N/A Date of Registration Certificate

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4 Process Description

Facility Wide Listed Activities with Regulatory Applicability SEC 21 Subcategory (e.g. SA1001) 5.2 (drying)

Description The drying of mineral solids including ore, using

dedicated combustion installations.

Application Facilities with a capacity of more than 100

tons/month product. Facility Wide Air Pollutant Emissions

SEC 21 Subcategory Pollutant Name Minimum Emissions Standards (mg/Nm3₎ (Existing) Minimum Emissions Standards (mg/Nm3₎ (New) Potential to Emit Value (mg/Nm3₎ Past Max Actual (Annual) (mg/Nm3₎ Future Minimum Emissions Standards (mg/Nm3₎ PM 100 50 Unknown at this stage SO2 1000 1000 NOx expressed as NO2 1200 500 Contact Information

First Name* Cameron

Last Name* Smith

Job Title Mine Engineer

Responsibility* (Owner/Consultant etc.) Emission Control Officer

E-mail* [email protected]

Phone Number* 021 975 8117

After hours contact phone number 084 676 4072

Fax 021 975 9927

Address 133 Neil hare Road, Atlantis

PO Box 2660, Durbanville, Cape Town, 7550

Province Western Cape

District Municipality CCT

Local Municipality CCT

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Raw Materials & Production

C1. Raw Materials used (use permitted rate as design rate for licence renewals) Material type Max Permitted Consumption Rate Unit Design Consumption Rate Unit Actual Consumption Rate Unit +-5% moisture sand N/A _{Unknown at} this stage

Tons/hour _N/A Tons/day

C2. Production rates Production name Production Capacity Permitted Unit Design Production Capacity Unit Actual Production Capacity Unit

Dried sand N/A Unknown at

this stage

Tons/hour N/A Tons/day

C3. By-product rates

Product Name Production Capacity Permitted Unit Design Production capacity Unit Actual Production Capacity Unit None

C4. Materials Used in Energy Sources

Material Max Permitted Consumption rate Unit Design Consumption rate Unit Actual Consumption rate Unit Sulphur % Ash% Appropriate fuel oil N/A Unknown at this stage

Litres/hour N/A Litres/day 0%

Emission Units

Emission Unit Detail Information

New Emission Unit?* No

Emission Unit Identifier* EU0001

Emission Unit Name* Raw material: truck transport across site surfaces which are likely to become sandy.

Emission Unit Type Other fugitive

Installation Date N/A

Description* Raw material: truck transport across site surfaces

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6 Batch/Continuous specification Batch

Operating days per year 365

Area/Line Source? Yes

Height Ground level

Width +-80m

Length +-152m

Operation time (hours/day)

24

Associated stack ID Description

Associated control device ID Description

Reporting Group RG0001

Emission Unit Name* Raw material: storage in bunkers

Emission Unit Type XX

Installation Date N/A

Description* Raw material: storage in bunkers

Batch/Continuous specification Continuous

Height Unknown at this stage Width Unknown at this stage Length Unknown at this stage Operation time

(hours/day)

24

Reporting Group EU0002

Emission Unit Name* Raw material: TLB loading into hopper

Emission Unit Type Transfer point

Installation Date

Description* Raw material: TLB loading into hopper

Batch/Continuous specification Batch

Height Dimensions unknown at this stage Width Length Operation time (hours/day) 24

Associated control device ID None Description

Emission Unit Name* Raw material: hopper and conveyor to dryer

Emission Unit Type Conveyor

Installation Date

Description* Raw material: hopper and conveyor to dryer

Area/Line Source? Yes Height Dimensions unknown at this

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7 Width Length Operation time (hours/day) 24

Emission Unit Name* Dryer

Emission Unit Type Dryer

Installation Date

Description* Dryer

Area/Line Source? No Height

Width Length

24

Associated stack ID SV0001 Description Dryer stack

Associated control device ID None Description

Reporting Group EU0005

Emission Unit Name* Dried material: chute to bucket elevator

Installation Date

Description* Dried material: chute to bucket elevator

Area/Line Source? Yes Height Dimensions unknown at this

stage Width Length Operation time (hours/day) 24

Emission Unit Name* Dried material: bucket elevator to hopper

Installation Date

Description* Dried material: bucket elevator to hopper

Area/Line Source? – If yes, then: Yes Height Dimensions unknown at this stage

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8 Length

24

Emission Unit Name* Dried material: bulk truck loading and occasional bagging

Emission Unit Type Transfer point

Installation Date

Description* Dried material: bulk truck loading and occasional

bagging Batch/Continuous specification Batch

Area/Line Source? – If yes, then: Yes Height Dimensions unknown at this stage Width Length Operation time (hours/day) 24

Emission Unit Name* Dried material: truck transport across site surfaces that may become sandy

Emission Unit Type Other fugitive

Installation Date

Description* Dried material: truck transport across site surfaces that may become sandy

Area/Line Source? – If yes, then: Yes Height Ground level

Width +-80m

Length +-152m

24

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Control Device

Control Device Detail Information – Unknown at this stage Device Type*

Control Unit ID* (CD001) Control Unit Name* Description* Model Number Date Manufactured Commission date

Date of significant modification or upgrade Design Capacity

Min. Control Efficiency (%) Min. Utilization (%)

Associated emissions unit ID EU0005 Description Dryer

Associated stack ID SV0001 Description Dryer stack

Controlled Pollutant List

Substance name Control Efficiency* %

Particulate Matter

Disposal of Waste and Effluents Arising from Control Device – N/A Waste/ Effluent Type

Hazardous Components Present Method of Disposal

Comments

Stack

Stack Detail Information - Details unknown at this stage

Stack ID* (SV001) SV0001

Stack Name* Dryer stack

Stack Orientation* (Conical Cap/Vertical etc.) Stack Height* (meter)

Stack Diameter* (meter)

Height above nearby building (meter) Exit Gas Velocity* (meter/min) Exit Gas Flow Rate* (cu meter/sec.) Exit Gas Temperature* (Celsius) Latitude Measure*

Longitude Measure* Waste/Effluent type

Hazardous components present Method of disposal

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Reporting Group Reporting Groups Reporting Group ID (e.g. RG001) Reporting Group Description

Associated Emission Units

RG0001 Reporting Group 1 –

other fugitive sources

EU0001 – raw material: truck transport across site surfaces that may become sandy

EU0009 – dried material: truck transport across site surfaces that may become sandy

Reporting Groups Reporting Group ID (e.g. RG001)

Reporting Group Description

transfer points

EU0003 – raw material: TLB loading into hopper EU0008 – dried material: bulk truck loading and occasional bagging Reporting Groups Reporting Group ID (e.g. RG001) Reporting Group Description

conveyors

EU0004 – raw material: hopper to conveyor to dryer

EU0006 – dried material: chute to bucket elevator

EU0007 – dried material: bucket elevator to hopper

Activity & Emission

Emission Detail for Reporting Groups RG0001, RG0002, RG0003 & EU0002 (all area sources)

Pollutant Name Dustfall

Maximum Release Rate* (mg/Nm³) Add in note that stack testing not undertaken for these reporting groups: area sources are not listed, point sources.

Average Period

Maximum Gas Volumetric Flow (m³/hr) Maximum Gas Exit Velocity (m/s) Emission Hours

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11 Emission Detail for Reporting Group EU0005 (dryer)

Pollutant Name Particulate Matter

Maximum Release Rate* (mg/Nm³) Details unknown at this stage Average Period

Basis for Emission Rates

Emission Detail for Reporting Group EU0005 (dryer)

Pollutant Name Sulphur dioxide (SO2)

Emission Detail for Reporting Group EU0005 (dryer)

Pollutant Name Oxides of nitrogen as nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

Monitoring, Management & Mitigation

Monitoring Detail for Reporting Group RG0001, RG0002, RG0003 & EU0002 (all area sources)

Pollutant Name Dustfall – none unless CoCT requests it.

Monitoring Method* ASTM D1739 (1970) – only if requested by air quality officer.

Monitoring Location* To be determined by dust monitoring service provider if dustfall monitoring is required. Average Monitoring Duration

Measured Parameters

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12 Monitoring Detail for Reporting Group EU0005 (dryer)

Pollutant Name Particulate Matter

Monitoring Method* EPA 17 or other approved method

Monitoring Location* SV0001

Average Monitoring Duration 60

Measured Parameters

PM concentration Time of Day

Barometric Pressure Pitot Pressure

Gas Temperature (Average) Gas Velocity (Average) Duct Diameter

Volumetric Flow Rate (actual) Volumetric Flow Rate (STP)

Applicable Emission Unit EU0005

Monitoring Detail for Reporting Group EU0005 (dryer)

Pollutant Name Sulphur dioxide (SO2)

Monitoring Method* EPA 6C or other approved method

Measured Parameters

SO2 concentration Time of Day

Applicable Emission Unit EU0005

Monitoring Detail for Reporting Group EU0005 (dryer)

Pollutant Name Oxides of nitrogen expressed as Nitrogen Dioxide

(NO2)

Monitoring Method* EPA 7E or other approved method

Measured Parameters

NO2 concentration Time of Day

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Mitigation Information for Reporting Group RG0001, RG0002, RG0003 & EU0002 (all area sources): specific mitigation required in terms of AEL

Compliance to specific measures (Y/N)

Yes Description of specific

mitigation measures

1) Haul routes and operational areas on the site associated with the dryer are to be sub-base surfaced or another appropriate hardened surface covering.

2) Trucks and other vehicles to use designated haul routes only. 3) Speed limit on the haul routes is to be about 20km/hour. 4) Sand leaving the site must be covered with a cloth during

transportation to prevent sand from being blown away by wind and causing pollution.

5) Raw material is to be stored in an appropriate 3-sided bunker. If required due to observations of fallout dust, the bunker should be covered when loading and offloading activities are not taking place. 6) Nuisance conditions, including excessive dustfall, and health hazards

associated with nuisance conditions, must be prevented.

7) The dustfall rate from operations associated with the dryer should meet the limits for non-residential areas contained in the National Dust Control Regulations.

8) A dustfall monitoring programme must be implemented if the air quality officer calls for such monitoring, or in the event that dust-related complaints are received from neighbours. The programme must comply with Regulation 5 of the NDCR.

9) A complaints register is to be opened. The nature of the complaint; location and contact details of the complainant; wind and weather conditions at the time of the complaint; and details of the complaint investigation and action take to resolve the complaint, need to be included in the register.

Timeframe for

implementing specific measures

Prior to plant commissioning

Method of monitoring mitigation measure’s effectiveness

a) Annual audit of licence conditions. b) Regular review of the complaints register.

Contingency measures If neighbouring properties are developed in time to come for commercial, industrial and residential use, then works may need to cease during very high wind conditions.

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Mitigation Information for Reporting Group EU0005 (dryer): specific mitigation required in terms of AEL Compliance to specific measures (Y/N) Yes. Description of specific mitigation measures

1) Investigate suitable abatement / filtration on the dryer stack in order to ensure that the new plant emissions limits can be met.

2) The abatement system should have at least 95% utilization (5% down-time allowed for unexpected maintenance).

3) A preventative maintenance plan for the dryer, abatement system and all associated equipment must be compiled prior to plant commissioning.

4) A work instruction for operating the dryer and abatement system according to manufacturer’s specifications, must be compiled prior to commissioning.

5) An emergency preparedness plan, including measures to address acute pollution such as excessive particulate and gaseous emissions from the dryer, must be compiled prior to plant commissioning. Timeframe for

implementing specific measures

Prior to commissioning

Method of monitoring mitigation measure’s effectiveness

Annual audit of licence conditions. Annual stack emissions monitoring.

Contingency measures In the event of an incident causing acute pollution, such as mechanical failure, works should cease until the failure is remedied.

General Information. *Mandatory *Not mandatory EIA Reference Construction or Modification Date EIA Reference Number Competent Authority

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