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SAHA - FOIP – CER-2014-ESK-0002 – Request tracker

Monitoring and compliance reports submitted in terms of the ECA permit/WML of Eskom's Komati, Camden and Hendrina Power Stations

Reference number: CER-2014-ESK-0002
Submitting organisation: Centre for Environmental Rights
Requestee: Eskom
Status: closed
Status note: Process concluded
Date submitted: July 28, 2014
Stage(s): Initial request
Request description:

Copies of the following records are requested:

1. In respect of Eskom’s Komati power station:
1.1. the monitoring and measurement plan in terms of condition 4.6.1 of the permit issued to Eskom in terms of ECA;
1.2. all records submitted for the last three years in terms of condition 6.3.2 of the ECA permit
1.3. all records submitted for the last three years in terms of condition 6.3.3 of the ECA permit;
1.4. the last three Departmental audit and inspection reports in terms of condition 5.2 of the ECA permit;
1.5.  the last three internal legal compliance audit reports submitted in terms of condition 6.3.1 of the ECA permit;
1.6. the last three external legal compliance audit reports submitted in terms of condition 6.3.1 of the ECA permit;
1.7.  all monitoring reports submitted for the last three years in terms of condition 9.8 of the waste management licence (WML) issued to Eskom in terms of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Waste Act);
1.8.  the updated groundwater model in terms of condition 9.10 of the WML;
1.9. the last three Departmental audit and inspection reports in terms of condition 10.3 of the WML;
1.10.the last three internal legal compliance audit reports submitted in terms of condition 10.1.1 of the WML; and
1.11.the last three external legal compliance audit reports submitted in terms of condition 9.7 of the WML.

2. In respect of Eskom’s Camden power station:
2.1. the monitoring and measurement plan in terms of condition 4.6.1 of the permit issued to Eskom in terms of ECA;
2.2. all records submitted for the last three years in terms of condition 6.3.2 of the ECA permit;
2.3. all records submitted for the last three years in terms of condition 6.3.3 of the ECA permit;
2.4. the last three Departmental audit and inspection reports in terms of condition 5.2 of the ECA permit;


3. In respect of Eskom’s Hendrina power station:
3.1. all monitoring reports submitted for the last three years in compliance with condition 6 of the WML issued to Eskom in terms of the Waste Act;
3.2. the last three Departmental audit and inspection reports in terms of condition 10.3 of the WML;
3.3. the last three internal legal compliance audit reports submitted in terms of condition 10.1.1 of the WML; and

Released records

Record summary
i. Arnot: 1. CAPCO Reports – April to December 2013; 2. Exemptions – only for March 2014; 3. Bulk annual report by Eskom for 2012/2013 (which includes Arnot Power Station); 4. Fugitive Management Plan, 2012; 5. Internal audit report (gap analysis), 2013; 6. External report, 2013. ii. Komati: 1. CAPCO Reports – Feb 2013 – Mar 2014 (excl. Dec 2013); 2. Complaints register; 3. Exemptions for 2013 – 2014 (12 in total); 4. Annual reports for 2012 – 2014; 5. Fugitive Management Plan for 2010 and 2014; 6. Internal audit reports (gap analysis) for 2013. iii. Hendrina: 1. CAPCO Reports, Apr 2011 – Dec 2013; 2. Exemptions for 2011 – 2013 (10 in total); 3. Annual reports for 2012 – 2013 and 2013 – 2014; 4. Fugitive Management Plan for 2013; 5. Internal audit report (gap analysis) for 2013. iv. Camden: 1. CAPCO Reports, Apr 2011 – Dec 2013; 2. Fugitive Management Plan, 2012; 3. Ambient reports, Jan 2011-Dec 2011 (excl. Sep and Nov), Sep – Nov 2012 and Jan – Jul 2013; 4. Exemptions for 2011 – 2012 (5 in total); 5. Annual reports, 2011 – 2013; 6. Internal audit report (gap analysis) for 2013.
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Komati 1. Letter from Rochcon (a member of the Eskom Group) to Komati Power Station re asbestos removal to ash dams and stabilisation capping, including an invoice detailing costing as at 29 January 2008, dated 13 February 2008. 2. Komati Power Station Hydrological and Geohydrological Baseline Study by GHT Consulting Scientists, dated December 2008. 3. Assessment report to determine if the asbestos waste disposal site at the premises of Eskom’s Komati Power Station complies with legislative polices and conditions, compiled by Ergosaf, dated 19 March 2009. 4. Feedback for site visit at asbestos waste disposal site at Komati Power Station prepared by Eskom in terms of permit condition 1.2.1, dated 17 August 2009. 5. A revision of the feedback report listed in 4 above (document is marked up). 6. Letter from Komati Power Station to Eskom’s Generation Environmental Management re challenges experienced at the asbestos waste disposal site. Dated 23 September 2009. 7. Annex F – ELC initial notification of occurrence reporting template, listing non-compliances with asbestos waste disposal ECA permit, signed by Eskom senior environmental advisor, RA manager and power station manager on 8 October 2009. 8. Notification from Eskom to the National Department of Water Affairs (DWA) of non-compliance to permit conditions of asbestos landfill site (permit number 16/2/7/B100/B39/Y1/P503, granted by DWA on 11 November 2005 – which expired after 2 years and was replaced with the ECA permit from DEA), dated 26 May 2010 (but appears to have been sent per fax on 2 June 2010). 9. Notification from Eskom to the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Land Administration in Nelspruit of non-compliance to permit conditions of asbestos landfill site (permit number 16/2/7/B100/B39/Y1/P503, granted by DWA on 11 November 2005 – which expired after 2 years and was replaced with the ECA permit from DEA), dated 26 May 2010 (but appears to have been sent per fax on 2 June 2010). 10. Eskom’s response to DEA’s notice of intention to issue a compliance notice in terms of NEMA to Komati Power Station with regards to its ECA permit, dated 3 June 2011. 11. Assessment report to determine asbestos contamination of soil, surface and ground water as well as airborne concentrations of asbestos fibres at the asbestos waste disposal site at the Komati Power Station, compiled by Ergosaf, dated 12 September 2012. 12. Komati Power Station Numerical Pollution Plume Model by GHT Consulting Scientists, dated December 2012. 13. Technical report re closure of asbestos site on existing ash dam at Komati Power Station, dated January 2013. 14. Eskom Occurrence Management Investigation Report, signed and dated on 7 January 2013. 15. Closure report on Komati Power Station’s asbestos disposal site, compiled by Jones and Wagener, dated July 2014. 16. Powerpoint presentation for meeting with DEA re Komati Power Station asbestos disposal facility closure plan, compiled by Jones and Wagener, dated 11 August 2014. 17. Letter from DEA confirming receipt of the Komati Station Asbestos Disposal Site Closure Report dated 18 August 2014, but confirming that application for closure has not been received, dated 30 September 2014. 18. Application form for decommissioning of Komati Power Station asbestos disposal site, dated 14 October 2014. 19. Report evaluating asbestos fibres at Komati Power Station by Mr AB Mchunu, unsigned and undated [Note: In the Table of Results, the date is “06/08”]. 20. Letter from DEA to Eskom re compliance inspection, scheduled for 20 January 2010, in respect of ECA permit, undated and unsigned.
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Camden 1. Camden Power Station Asbestos Sampling Reports for: a. May 2012; and b. September 2013. 2. Camden Power Station Asbestos Disposal Site Air Quality Reports for: a. February, September, December 2013; and b. March 2014. 3. Camden Power Station Asbestos Disposal Site – Asbestos Air Sampling Reports for: a. March and December 2013; and b. March 2014. 4. Annexure 1 completed by Eskom which it is required to submit on an annual basis in terms of conditions 1.5.1 and 6.3.2, for: a. 2011; b. 2012; and c. 2013 (including acknowledgement of receipt received on from DEA on 16 May 2013). [Note: For 2014, we only received copy of the acknowledgement of receipt, not the actual 2014 report.] 5. Eskom Asbestos Monitoring and Measurement Plan for Camden, dated 22 October 2014. 6. Letter from DEA re notice of intention to issue a compliance notice in terms of section 31L of NEMA and/or a directive in terms of section 28(4) of NEMA and/or section 31A of the ECA to Camden Power Station, dated 8 August 2012. 7. Soil and Water Sampling Reports for the Camden Power Station asbestos disposal site for: a. February and September 2013; and b. March 2014.
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Hendrina 1. Camden Power Station Asbestos Sampling Reports for: a. May 2012; and b. September 2013. 2. Camden Power Station Asbestos Disposal Site Air Quality Reports for: a. February, September, December 2013; and b. March 2014. 3. Camden Power Station Asbestos Disposal Site – Asbestos Air Sampling Reports for: a. March and December 2013; and b. March 2014. 4. Annexure 1 completed by Eskom which it is required to submit on an annual basis in terms of conditions 1.5.1 and 6.3.2, for: a. 2011; b. 2012; and c. 2013 (including acknowledgement of receipt received on from DEA on 16 May 2013). [Note: For 2014, we only received copy of the acknowledgement of receipt, not the actual 2014 report.] 5. Eskom Asbestos Monitoring and Measurement Plan for Camden, dated 22 October 2014. 6. Letter from DEA re notice of intention to issue a compliance notice in terms of section 31L of NEMA and/or a directive in terms of section 28(4) of NEMA and/or section 31A of the ECA to Camden Power Station, dated 8 August 2012. 7. Soil and Water Sampling Reports for the Camden Power Station asbestos disposal site for: a. February and September 2013; and b. March 2014.
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