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All MCEC environmental projects are conducted according to National Legislation and guidelines including:

  • Environment Conservation Act, 1989;

  • National Environmental Management Act, 1998;

  • Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2010;

  • Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014 (as amended)

  • Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002.

  • National Water Act, 1998

  • ISO 14001Standards

 

MCEC can assist Clients with the following:
 

  1. EIA Listing Notice Authorisations

  2. Compilation of:

    • Basic Assessment Reports;

    • Environmental Impact Assessment Reports;

    • Environmental Management Plans (EMPR);

    • NEMA Section 24G applications;

    • Exemption and ammendment applications.

  3. Commissioning and management of specialist studies:

    • Ecological;

    • Wetland;

    • Soil/geotechnical;

    • Aquatic;

    • Surface water;

    • Heritage studies.

  4. Public participation co-ordination and facilitation (including public meetings);

  5. Environmental Forum co-ordination and facilitation;

  6. Environmental Compliance Assessments/Audits;

  7. Environmental Control Officer (ECO) functions;

  8. Water Use Licence Applications (WULA);

  9. Prospecting & Mining applications;

  10. Independent Environmental Reporting;

 

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN

 

  • Aliwal North Waste Water System  Upgrade Project (Eastern Cape) on behalf of the Joe Gqabi District Municipality,  2015 – 2017.

 

MCEC was responsible for compiling a number of  EMPr’s  for the four project phases as well as conducting and compiling monthly environmental audit reports. Working together with wetland ecologists and the DWS to ensure compliance with all aspects of the National Water Act was required. A major environmental pollution risk caused by the leaking of the aging infrastructure challenged the Client, Engineers and all role players involved in the project.

 

  • A new office development, Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, on behalf of the Department of Roads and Public Works (DRPW), 2016 - on going.

 

The Phase 1 construction of a four storey office block (7900m2 gross floor area), consisting of a ground, first, second and third floor office space for the DRPW and the Department of Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, is underway in Aliwal North. MCEC is undertaking monthly environmental audit reports, attending meetings and consulting as part of the project team.  

 

·         Phase 1 has a construction period of three years. It will comprise a four storey building which will be                  utilised by the DRPW and DRDAR.

·         Phase 2 will be constructed thereafter, and will accommodate the District Department of Social

          Development and Special Programmes as well as the Department of Health.

 

The project has been registered with the Green Building Council of South Africa and is aiming to achieve a four star rating for using efficient and sustainable design measures. MCEC has been working  together with the Architects, Project Managers, various Engineers and other professionals to ensure the desired rating is achieved.

 

MCEC together with the Client and Contractor’s Occupational Health and Safety and Environment team, arranged a successful and informative on site Environmental Awareness Campaign aimed at local schools. Learners had the opportunity to explore first hand, the work undertaken during the construction phase of the development which is the largest of its kind the area.

 

 

  • Registration of proposed new dams, various irrigation activities and abstraction of water for local landowners/Farmers within the Elundini, Sakhisizwe and Senqu Local Municipalities.

 

On-going consultancy services and assistance is offered to various landowners and mostly commercial Farmers in the north eastern cape through the registration of water users on the DWS’s e-WULAAS online system. Where activities trigger Listing Notices within the EIA 2014 Regulations (as amended), a parallel environmental service is advised and undertaken as either Basic Environmental Assessments or Environmental Impact Assessments.

 

  • Undertaking various projects on behalf of PG Bison (commercial forestry company) within the Elundini Local Municipality 2010 – on going

 

Projects undertaken include the replacement of their fire detection system as well as the on-going need to identify and construct internal access roads for timber harvesting and hauling.  Depending on the various locations of the forestry compartments, a dual water licensing and environmental compliance service is provided.

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