230116000800 - (PREVIOUS APP 3233) QUARRYING OPERATION FOR THE PDOCUTION OF CONSTRUCTION AND ROAD BUILDING MATERIALS ALONG THE C35 KAMANJAB-OMAKANGE HIGHWAY, KUNENE REGION

THE ECC IS REQUIRED FOR THE QUARRYING ACTIVITIES WHICH INVOLVE THE PRODUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION AND ROAD BUILDING MATERIALS COMPRISING OF G3 BASE COARSE MATERIALS, BITUMEN SURFACING STONES AND CONCRETE STONES (19 MM AND DUST). THE G3 BASE COARSE MATERIALS ARE QUARRIED FROM TWO BORROW PITS SITUATED ALONG THE C35 KAMANJAB-OMAKANGE HIGHWAY, ABOUT 5 KM SOUTH OF THE OMAKANGE SETTLEMENT. THE BITUMEN SURFACING AND CONCRETE STONES ARE SOURCED FROM A HARD ROCK QUARRY SITUATED ABOUT 7 KM AND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE OMAKANGE SETTLEMENT. THE BORROW PITS AND HARD ROCK QUARRY ARE BROWNFIELD OPERATION WHICH HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION FROM MANY YEARS.