Historical Projects

EPRMS cc, trading as Resource Management Services is a professional environmental management consultancy that is client focused, transparent and ensures the management of projects in a strategic, sustainable and ethical manner.

RMS has been appointed for and / or involved in the following projects:

Facilitation & Capacity Building

. Facilitator in a team responsible for the implementation of the Fairest Cape Association course "Principles of Solid Waste Management Planning". This course has been active for the past 6 years.

. Overstrand: Facilitator - Principles of Solid Waste Management Planning Course.

. Facilitation of the Vissershok Residents Monitoring Committee - City of Cape Town (Vissershok H:h) and Vissershok Landfill (Pty)Ltd (H:H).

. Capacity Building within the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry.

. Provincial Government- DEADP: Capacity Building and Training for Waste Characterisation Study

EIA- Waste Management

. EIA and Section 20 permit applications - Composting Sites in the Cape Metropole for Reliance Compost Trust.

. EIA process for the establishment of a Regional Landfill Facility for the Witzenberg municipality.

. Agri-Organics Composting Facility: EIA and Section 20(1) Process and Application.

. Biocircle Holdings Composting Facility: EIA and Section 20(1) Process and Application.

. The identification of a regional waste disposal site (H:h) for the City of Cape Town . Jarrod Ball & Associates (JBA) is the Project Manager.

. Envirologic - authorisation for the operation of a health care waste incinerator/storage depot in Mossdustria, Mosselbay.

. George Municipality : George Transfer Station, Waste Site Closure and Building Rubble EIA authorisation processes.

. Interwaste: Composting Facility EIA and Section 20(1) Process and Application.

. EIA process for the establishment of an Interim Landfill Facility for the Witzenberg municipality.

. Member of the Ingerop Africa project team for the evaluation of existing green waste and drop off facilities in the City of Cape Town with the intention to prepare a Metro drop off facility strategy. Responsible for the EIA Process.

. Namakwa Sands Expansion Project: Selection as member of a consortium for the EIA. Specific project tasks to include water and waste management.

. Lead EIA consultant for the Modernisation, Optimisation, and Permitting of Compost, Materials Recovery and Refuse Transfer Station Facilities at the Radnor site in Cape Town .

. Preparation of the DWAF Section 20(1) permit application reports for the Saldanha Steel: Transfer Stations - Scrap and Slag Storage and Central Sorting Yard areas.

. Biocircle Holdings Organic Fertilizer Factory: EIA Process.

. Mosselbay Municipality - EIA Process: mini transfer stations (green and garage wastes), potential composting and building rubble sites.

. Bitou Municipality - EIA Process: Waste Transfer Station.

. Knysna Municipality - EIA Process: mini transfer stations (green and garage wastes), potential composting and building rubble sites.

. Enviroserv Waste Management - EIA Process: Alternative Health Care Waste Treatment Facilities: Autoclaves ( Cape Town and East London ).

. VDM - EIA process: Establishment of a H:H Hazardous Waste Landfill Site in the Saldanha Municipal area.

. Hannasbaai Fishing Company - EIA application for existing marine effluent discharge.

. Hannasbaai Fishing Company / Atlantic Sea Farms - EIA application for mariculture facility.

. Anglo Oil (Pty) Ltd - EIA and APPA application for the establishment of a waste oil recycling facility.

. Wastelink - EIA application for the establishment of a household hazardous waste drop off facility.

. Mosselbay Municipality - EIA Process for the establishment of a Regional Cemetery .

. Namakwa Sands Smelter - EIA process for the establishment of a new waste residue dam and the closure of the existing residue dam.

. Knysna Municipality - EIA process for the establishment of a new building rubble site in Sedgefield area and the closure of the existing building rubble site.

. Reliance Compost - EIA Process for the establishment of a green waste / sewage sludge compost facility within the City of Cape Town .

. Century City : Development of an Integrated Waste Management Plan.

. City of Cape Town - Lead EIA consultant for the establishment of an Integrated Waste Management Facility / Refuse Transfer Station within the Helderberg area.

. City of Cape Town - EIA process for the use of sand borrow pits for landfill construction within the Bellville South area.

. Bitou Municipality ( Plettenberg Bay ) - EIA process for the identification of building rubble and green waste drop off facilities.

. Preparation of an Environmental, Health and Safety Report for a composting facility in Albertinia

. Preparation of EIA - Site Management and Monitoring report and an Environmental, Health and Safety Report for a composting facility in Albertinia.

. Preparation of a Technical Report (including specialist studies) required for the renewal of Namakwa Sand's Water Use (Effluent Treatment and Reuse) license at the Mineral Separation Plant (Koekenaap) in terms of Section 21(e & g) of the National Water Act.

. Section 21(h) licence application for Hannasbaai Fishing Company marine effluent discharge.

. Section 21(h) licence application for Hannasbaai Fishing Company - Atlantic Sea Farms - mariculture facility.

. Preparation of an Environmental, Health and Safety Report for a composting facility in Albertinia.

. Langebaan Country Estate: Compliance Water Quality Audit of Langebaan Sewage Treatment Works.

EIA- Development Proposals

. Environmental Assessment of potential MTN Cellular mast localities.

. EIA process for proposed multi - purpose land use development (residential, resort and mussel farming operation) in the Langebaan area.

. EIA: Lamberts Bay - Elands Bay Road Upgrade.

. EIA Process and preparation of Environmental Management Plans (EMP's) for the demolition, remediation and construction phases during the residential and commercial development of the Marine Oil Refinery site in Simonstown.

. EIA Process and Water Use Licence Application: Tulbagh Residential Estate Development.

. EIA (Basic Assessment Process) - Saldanha Steel Wind Mast.

Compliance Auditing

. External Audit of Spoornet : Knysna Waste Transfer Station.

. Namakwa Sands (Smelter - Saldanha) - legal environmental audit.

. External Audit of the greater Plettenberg Bay municipal landfill site.

. Holistic Environmental Audit of selected compost facilities in the Cape Metropole .

. Compliance Audits: Saldanha Steel Waste Management Facilities (2001, 2002, 2003 & 2004).

. Compliance Audit: Mittal Steel - Newcastle Waste Management Facilities (2005).

. Legal Audit: Evaluation of environmental liabilities on the Tiger Brands, Marine Oil Industrial site in Simonstown.

. City of Cape Town : External Compliance Audits of all waste management facilities in the Metropole (2005 - 2008).

. PetroSA, Mosselbay: External compliance audit of the existing hazardous and general waste disposal facilities (2006).

. Swartland Wood Industry, Atlantis : Due Diligence Audit (2006)

Project Management & Policy Development

. Member of the South African Remediation Consortium (SARC) appointed by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) for the Project titled 'Remediation of Contaminated Land and Water Resources: Policy and Strategy'.

. Member of the Mess Action Campaign (MAC 21) project team. "MAC - strategic project to clean up the City of Cape Town ". To develop recommendations to strengthen Integrated Waste Management (IWM) within the City of Cape Town 's policies and tools.

. Adviser to Eden District Municipality whilst preparing for the Regional Composting Strategy.

. Situational Analysis Report on Integrated Waste Management for the Local Authorities in the Western Cape .

. Preparation of a Report on alternative waste technologies as part of the development of a First Generation Integrated Waste Management Plan for the City of Johannesburg by Jarrod Ball & Associates.

. Situation Analysis Report on Hazardous Waste Management in the Western Cape Province - Project Manager, for the Pollution and Waste Management department of the Provincial Government.

. Assisted WAM Technologies with the development of the Minimum Requirements - waste management based computer program for the training of DWAF personnel.

. Assisted with the Development of a Chemicals Management Action Plan and an Incident Reporting Procedure for the Department of Environment Affairs and Development Planning: Pollution and Waste Department.

. Stellenbosch Sustainability Institute: Integrated Analysis of Resource Flows - Waste Management within the City of Cape Town .

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PROJECTS

Facilitation & Capacity Building

EIA - Waste Management

EIA- Development Proposals

Compliance Auditing

Project Management & Policy Development