ACHILL ISLAND INVESTMENTS’ AGRICULTURAL PROJECT IN

ACHILL ISLAND INVESTMENTS’ AGRICULTURAL PROJECT IN AUSSENKEHR, NAMIBIA

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

Assessed by: Assessed for:

Achill Island Investments (Pty) Ltd

January 2021

Project: ACHILL ISLAND INVESTMENTS AGRICULTURAL PROJECT, AUSSENKEHR, NAMIBIA: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

PLAN

Report Version/Date

Final January 2021

Prepared for: Achill Island Investments (Pty) Ltd P O Box 765

Aussenkehr Namibia

Lead Consultant Geo Pollution Technologies (Pty) Ltd

PO Box 11073 Windhoek Namibia

TEL.: (+264-61) 257411

FAX.: (+264) 88626368

Main Project Team

Quzette Bosman (BA. Geography/Sociology); (BA Environmental Management)

Pierre Botha (B.Sc. Geology/Geography); (B.Sc. (Hons) Hydrology/Hydrogeology)

Cite this

document as:

Bosman Q; Botha P. 2021 January; Achill Island Investment Agricultural

Project, Aussenkehr, Namibia: Environmental Management Plan

Copyright Copyright on this document is reserved. No part of this document may be utilised without the written permission of Geo Pollution Technologies (Pty)

Ltd.

Report Approval

André Faul

Conservation Ecologist

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 OBJECTIVES OF THE EMP ........................................................................................................................... 1

2 THE EMP ............................................................................................................................................................. 1

2.1 LAND USE, PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL– IDENTIFIED IMPACTS ...................................... 1

2.2 LAND USE, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL – MITIGATING MEASURES ................................................... 2

3 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMP.................................................................................................... 2

4 CONCLUSIONS................................................................................................................................................ 19

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 1. PLANNING FOR DEVELOPMENT, OPERATIONS AND FUTURE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE

PROJECT.......................................................................................................................... 3

TABLE 2. THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE (CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES) ............... 5

TABLE 3. THE OPERATIONAL PHASE............................................................................................. 10

TABLE 4. DECOMMISSIONING PHASE ............................................................................................ 16

ABBREVIATIONS

AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

CITES Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species

dB Decibel (expression of the relative loudness of the un-weighted sound level in air)

EIA Environmental Impact Assessment

EMA Environmental Management Act, 2007 (Act no. 7 of 2007)

EMP Environmental Management Plan

EMS Environmental Management System

Ha Hectares

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HMV Heavy Motor Vehicle

HSE Health, Safety and Environmental

IFC International Finance Corporation

IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature

MAWLR Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform

MEFT Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism

MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet

NDP National Development Plan

ORASECOM Orange-Senqu River Commission

PPE Personal Protective Equipment

SASS South African Scoring System

1 OBJECTIVES OF THE EMP Achill Island Investments (Pty) Ltd requested Geo Pollution Technologies (Pty) Ltd to update their existing environmental management plan (EMP) in order to renew their existing environmental

clearance certificate (ECC). Achill manages and operates their farms in line with Namibian law as well as their Responsible Investment Code (RIC). The RIC ties Achill Island Investments to the

International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Performance Standards. Therefore the EMP incorporates IFC Performance Standards for the existing 635 ha of vineyards, vegetables/seed vegetables and other agricultural crops.

The EMP provides management options to ensure impacts of the development are minimised. An EMP is a tool used to take pro-active action by addressing potential problems before they occur. This

should limit the corrective measures needed, although additional mitigation measures might be included if necessary. The EMP acts as a stand-alone document, which can be used during the various phases (development, operational and decommissioning) of the mixed agricultural farm. All

employees, contractors and sub-contractors taking part in all phases should be made aware of the contents of the EMP, to plan the relevant activities in an environmentally sound manner.

The objectives of the EMP are: to include all components of the development;

to prescribe the best practicable control methods to lessen the environmental impacts associated with the project;

to monitor and audit the performance of personnel in applying such controls; and to ensure that appropriate environmental training is provided to all personnel.

Achill Island Investments may implement an Environmental Management System (EMS) similar to for example ISO 14001. An EMS is an internationally recognised and certified management system that will ensure ongoing incorporation of environmental constraints. At the heart of an ISO 14001

EMS is the concept of continual improvement of environmental performance with resulting increases in operational efficiency, financial savings and reduction in environmental, health and safety risks. An effective EMS would need to include the following elements:

A stated environmental policy which sets the desired level of environmental performance;

An environmental legal register; An institutional structure which sets out the responsibility, authority, lines of communication and

resources needed to implement the EMS;

Identification of environmental, safety and health training needs; An environmental program(s) stipulating environmental objectives and targets to be met, and work

instructions and controls to be applied to achieve compliance with the environmental policy; and

Periodic (internal and external) audits and reviews of environmental performance and the effectiveness of the EMS.

2 THE EMP The following general guidance for the EMP is based on the findings of the EIA and risk assessment carried out by Geo Pollution Technologies.

2.1 LAND USE, PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL– IDENTIFIED

IMPACTS The following is the summary of the identified impacts:

Revenue generation (all phases) - International capital spent in the professional sector of Namibia. Contribution to national, regional and local economies. Contribution to sustainable development and investors’ confidence.

Contribution towards national and community development goals (development and operational phases) - Expansion of the table grape and date sector in Aussenkehr and development of related and required infrastructure (such as a capital projects of electricity

and water supply).

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Geo Pollution Technologies (Pty) LtdAchill Island Investments (Pty) Ltd - EMP - January 2021

Loss of biodiversity and ecosystems integrity (development and operational phases) -

Change in biodiversity associated with the river due to introduction of toxins and nutrients. Soil contamination and change in soil characteristics (development and operational phases)

- Change in chemical composition of soil as a result of irrigation;

Increased economic resilience of employees (all phases) - Continued permanent employment (direct and indirect) and increased employment of villagers (during harvesting

season). Change (degradation) of Orange River water quality (operational phase) - Possible

contamination by chemical and hydrocarbon spills. Leachate of landfill and septic tank

systems. Inflow of irrigated runoff and drainage water. Poaching and illegal harvesting of plant material (development and operational phase) -

Poaching and illegal harvesting of vegetation.

2.2 LAND USE, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL – MITIGATING MEASURES The following is a summary of the proposed management plan, which will prepare and maintain the area for farming activities:

Namibian companies contracted to conduct professional services. Liaison with regional and national governmental agencies through appropriate financial

and social responsibility reporting. Infrastructure developments such as electricity generation, water and sanitation systems

and node development to be maintained by implementing agencies. Where possible, public and private partnership projects should be considered.

3 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMP Table 1 to Table 4 outline the management of the impacts during the development and operational

phases. Contents of these tables could be incorporated into a health, safety and environmental (HSE) quality management system. The proponent would be responsible to assign the responsibilities and to ensure that the tasks are executed.

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Ta

ble

1. P

lan

nin

g f

or

Develo

pm

en

t, O

pera

tio

ns

an

d F

utu

re D

eco

mm

issi

on

ing

of

the P

roje

ct

Acti

vit

y

Ob

jecti

ve

Acti

on

T

imin

g

Pro

of

of

Co

mp

lia

nce

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

Co

mp

lia

nce

To

co

mply

wit

h a

ll l

egal

requ

irem

ents

fo

r th

e dev

elo

pm

ent

and o

per

atio

ns

of

the

agri

cult

ura

l fa

rm i

n

Nam

ibia

.

To

ali

gn t

he

agri

cult

ura

l pro

ject

wit

h N

DP

5 a

nd t

he f

utu

re

pla

nn

ed N

DP

6.

Ap

ply

fo

r th

e nec

essa

ry p

erm

its

fro

m t

he

var

iou

s m

inis

trie

s, l

oca

l au

tho

riti

es a

nd a

ny

oth

er b

odie

s th

at g

over

n t

he

dev

elo

pm

ent

and o

per

atio

ns

of

the

pro

ject

(su

ch a

s w

ater

per

mit

s an

d f

uel

inst

alla

tio

n c

erti

fica

tes.

Ongo

ing d

uri

ng

conti

nu

ed

oper

atio

ns.

All

co

ntr

acts

, per

mit

s,

cert

ific

ates

an

d o

ther

leg

al

do

cum

ents

on f

ile.

Pro

po

nen

t

Ba

selin

e

Det

erm

ine

bas

elin

e p

oll

uti

on

condit

ions.

Co

llec

t so

il a

nd w

ater

sam

ple

s w

her

e

requ

ired

an

d a

nal

yse f

or

chem

ical

s o

f

conce

rn.

Ongo

ing d

uri

ng

conti

nu

ed

oper

atio

ns.

An

alys

is r

esu

lts

on f

ile.

In

dep

enden

t S

peci

alis

t

Co

nsu

ltan

t

Ap

po

intm

en

ts

To

appo

int

repu

table

contr

acto

rs a

nd/o

r o

per

atio

nal

per

sonnel

and

est

abli

sh t

he

EM

P, a

legal

req

uir

emen

t th

at

form

s par

t o

f th

e co

ntr

act

wit

h

the

contr

acto

r an

d/o

r

emplo

yees

.

Ap

po

int

contr

acto

rs a

nd/o

r em

plo

yee

s and

ente

r in

to a

gre

ements

whic

h i

ncl

udes

the

EM

P. N

amib

ian

co

mpanie

s to

be

contr

acte

d

for

serv

ices

, d

evia

tio

ns

to b

e ju

stif

ied.

Ensu

re t

hat

the

conte

nts

of

the

EM

P a

re

under

sto

od b

y th

e c

ontr

acto

r, s

ub-

contr

acto

rs, em

plo

yees

and

all

per

son

nel

who

wil

l be

pre

sent

on s

ite.

Ongo

ing d

uri

ng

conti

nu

ed o

per

atio

ns

and p

oss

ible

min

or

const

ruct

ion e

ven

ts.

Co

ntr

acts

on f

ile.

P

ropo

nen

t; C

ontr

acto

r

Ma

na

gem

en

t M

ainta

in a

manag

ement

syst

em

to i

mple

men

t an

d m

onit

or

hea

lth, sa

fety

and

envir

onm

enta

l m

atte

rs.

A h

ealt

h,

safe

ty a

nd e

nvir

onm

enta

l

coo

rdin

ato

r to

im

ple

men

t th

e E

MP

an

d

over

see

occ

upat

ional

hea

lth

an

d s

afet

y as

wel

l as

gener

al e

nvir

onm

enta

l re

late

d

com

pli

ance

at

the

site

.

Hav

e th

e fo

llo

win

g e

mer

gency p

lans,

equ

ipm

ent

and p

erso

nn

el i

n p

lace

to

deal

wit

h a

ll e

mer

gen

cies

:

EM

P/

Em

ergen

cy R

espo

nse

Pla

n a

nd

HS

E

Man

ual

s

Ad

equ

ate

pro

tect

ion a

nd i

ndem

nit

y

insu

rance

co

ver

fo

r in

ciden

ts;

Ongo

ing d

uri

ng

conti

nu

ed o

per

atio

ns

and p

oss

ible

min

or

const

ruct

ion e

ven

ts.

Do

cum

enta

tio

n o

n f

ile.

Pro

po

nen

t; C

ontr

acto

r

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Acti

vit

y

Ob

jecti

ve

Acti

on

T

imin

g

Pro

of

of

Co

mp

lia

nce

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

Co

mply

wit

h t

he

pro

vis

ions

of

all

rele

van

t

safe

ty s

tandar

ds;

Pro

cedu

res,

equ

ipm

ent

and

mat

eria

ls

requ

ired

fo

r em

ergency p

lans

to b

e se

t u

p.

Rest

ora

tio

n

To

ensu

re t

hat

, sh

ou

ld t

he

pro

ject

clo

se a

rea

sonable

envir

onm

enta

l re

sto

rati

on a

nd

po

llu

tio

n r

emed

iati

on p

lan c

an

be

imple

men

ted.

To

ensu

re t

hat

an

y p

roje

ct a

ctiv

itie

s an

d

dev

elo

pm

ents

can b

e re

aso

nab

ly

dec

om

mis

sio

ned

and

en

vir

onm

enta

l

rest

ora

tio

n i

s po

ssib

le.

Ongo

ing d

uri

ng

conti

nu

ed

oper

atio

ns.

An

nu

al a

sses

smen

t o

f

po

llu

tio

n r

isk.

Pro

po

nen

t

Eco

no

my

Mai

nta

in a

po

siti

ve

inpu

t in

to

the

loca

l an

d r

egio

nal

eco

no

my

and a

gri

cult

ura

l se

cto

r.

Imple

men

t pro

ject

as

pla

nn

ed w

ith

asso

ciat

ed p

osi

tive

inpu

ts i

nto

the

eco

no

my

and s

ecto

r.

Ongo

ing d

uri

ng

conti

nu

ed

oper

atio

ns.

Fin

ance

s pai

d i

nto

the

loca

l

and r

egio

nal

eco

no

mie

s;

nu

mber

of

emplo

yees.

Pro

po

nen

t

Rep

ort

ing

M

ainta

in a

syst

em t

o r

epo

rt o

n

mo

nit

ori

ng o

f th

e pro

ject

as

ou

tlin

ed i

n t

he E

MP

.

Mai

nta

in a

syst

em o

f m

onit

ori

ng a

nd

repo

rtin

g o

n a

spec

ts o

f th

e E

MP

, w

hic

h w

ill

be

requ

ired

fo

r su

bm

issi

on t

o a

llo

w f

or

futu

re E

CC

ren

ewal

appli

cati

ons.

Du

ring o

per

atio

ns

as

wel

l as

po

ssib

le

futu

re

dec

om

mis

sio

nin

g o

f

the

devel

opm

ent

Mo

nit

ori

ng R

epo

rts

Pro

po

nen

t; C

ontr

acto

r

Pu

blic

Co

mm

un

ica

tio

n /

C

om

mu

nic

ati

on

st

rate

gy

Man

agem

ent

of

com

mu

nic

atio

n

to i

nte

rest

ed a

nd a

ffect

ed

par

ties

reg

ardin

g f

utu

re

dev

elo

pm

ents

.

Open

co

mm

unic

atio

n r

egar

din

g f

utu

re

dev

elo

pm

ent

and e

mplo

yment

oppo

rtu

nit

ies

to e

mplo

yees

thro

ugh e

mplo

yee

s’

man

agem

ent

stru

ctu

res.

Lia

iso

n w

ith r

egio

nal

an

d n

atio

nal

go

ver

nm

enta

l ag

enci

es

thro

ugh a

ppro

pri

ate

finan

cial

and s

oci

al r

espo

nsi

bil

ity

repo

rtin

g.

Ongo

ing d

uri

ng

conti

nu

ed

oper

atio

ns.

Co

mm

unic

atio

n r

eco

rd t

o

be

kep

t o

n f

ile.

Pro

po

nen

t

En

vir

on

men

tal

Cle

ara

nce

Ren

ew

al

Ren

ew t

he

EC

C e

ver

y t

hre

e

yea

rs.

Ap

ply

fo

r re

new

al o

f th

e E

CC

P

rio

r to

expir

y o

f

EC

C

Ren

ewed E

CC

P

ropo

nen

t;

Indep

enden

t S

peci

alis

t

Co

nsu

ltan

t

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Ta

ble

2.

Th

e D

eve

lop

men

t P

ha

se (

Co

nst

ructi

on

an

d M

ain

ten

an

ce A

ctiv

itie

s)

Cri

teri

a

Na

ture

M

itig

ati

on

M

on

ito

rin

g

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

Sk

ills

, T

ech

no

log

y &

D

evelo

pm

en

t

Enhan

ced

skil

ls a

nd t

echno

logy t

ransf

er

to t

he

regio

n a

nd s

ubse

qu

ent

pro

mo

tio

n

of

eco

no

mic

dev

elo

pm

ent.

Tra

inin

g m

ust

be p

rovid

ed t

o N

amib

ian

s to

ult

imat

ely

emplo

y a

pre

do

min

antl

y N

amib

ian w

ork

forc

e.

Tra

ined p

erso

nnel

to

be i

ssu

ed w

ith t

rain

ing c

erti

fica

tes

or

man

ager

ial

refe

rence

let

ters

. S

kil

ls d

evel

opm

ent

and

impro

vem

ent

pro

gra

ms

to b

e m

ade

avai

lable

as

identi

fied

du

ring p

erfo

rman

ce a

sses

smen

ts.

Co

pie

s o

f tr

ainin

g

cert

ific

atio

n o

r m

anag

eria

l

refe

rence

s o

n f

ile.

Bi-

an

nu

al tr

ainin

g

sum

mar

y re

po

rt.

Pro

po

nen

t; C

ontr

acto

r;

Dir

ecto

rs &

Pu

bli

c

Rel

atio

ns

per

sonnel

.

HIV

/AID

S,

In-

mig

rati

on

, In

form

al

Sett

lem

en

ts a

nd

C

om

mu

nic

ab

le

Dis

ea

se

Incr

ease

d s

pre

ad o

f H

IV/A

IDS

and

com

mu

nic

able

dis

eas

e;

Incr

ease

d i

nfl

ux

to t

he

regio

n a

nd A

uss

enkeh

r in

par

ticu

lar.

Incr

ease

d i

nfo

rmal

set

tlem

ent

and a

sso

ciat

ed s

oci

al c

hal

len

ges

.

Em

plo

yment

for

loca

l peo

ple

(al

read

y es

tabli

shed)

sho

uld

be

mai

nta

ined

. D

evia

tio

ns

fro

m t

his

pra

ctic

e s

ho

uld

be

just

ifie

d.

Edu

cati

onal

pro

gra

ms

/ m

ater

ial

on H

IV/A

IDs

and

com

mu

nic

able

dis

eas

es t

o b

e p

rovid

ed t

o e

mplo

yees.

Bi-

an

nu

al su

mm

ary r

epo

rt

of

HIV

edu

cati

onal

pro

gra

mm

es a

nd

tra

inin

g.

Bi-

an

nu

al re

po

rt a

nd

revie

w o

f em

plo

yee

dem

ogra

phic

s (a

ge,

gen

der

,

nu

mber

of

sick

days

).

Pro

po

nen

t; D

irec

tors

& P

ubli

c R

elat

ions

Per

sonnel

.

Em

plo

ym

en

t

The a

gri

cult

ura

l se

cto

r pla

ys a

n

impo

rtan

t ro

le i

n p

rovid

ing

em

plo

yment

to l

oca

ls.

If s

kil

ls e

xis

t lo

call

y N

amib

ians

mu

st b

e em

plo

yed

.

Alt

ernat

ivel

y, t

rain

ing m

ust

be

pro

vid

ed t

o N

amib

ians

to

ult

imat

ely

emplo

y a

pre

do

min

antl

y N

amib

ian w

ork

forc

e.

Bi-

an

nu

al re

po

rt o

f

emplo

yee

reco

rds.

Pro

po

nen

t; D

irec

tors

& P

ubli

c R

elat

ions

Per

sonnel

.

Hea

lth

& S

afe

ty

Ris

ks

incl

ude

wo

rk r

elat

ed i

nju

ries

su

ch

as f

alli

ng f

rom

hei

ghts

, ac

cid

ents

invo

lvin

g v

ehic

les,

heav

y c

onst

ruct

ion

mac

hin

ery

and/o

r ch

emic

als.

Qu

alif

ied o

per

ato

rs t

o w

ork

wit

h h

eav

y m

achin

ery.

All

Hea

lth

an

d S

afet

y st

and

ards

spec

ifie

d i

n t

he

Lab

ou

r A

ct

and o

ther

appli

cable

legis

lati

on s

ho

uld

be

com

pli

ed w

ith.

All

sta

ff m

ember

s m

ust

be

bri

efed

abo

ut

po

tenti

al h

ealt

h

risk

s an

d i

nju

ries

on s

ite.

All

sta

ff i

nvo

lved

in

devel

opm

ent

acti

vit

ies

or

handli

ng

of

chem

ical

s m

ust

at

all

tim

es w

ear

per

sonal

pro

tect

ive

equ

ipm

ent

(PP

E).

Saf

e w

ork

ing c

ondit

ions

mu

st b

e p

rovid

ed w

hen

wo

rkin

g a

t

hei

ghts

or

in c

onfi

ned

space

s.

Sel

ecte

d p

erso

nnel

sho

uld

be

trai

ned i

n f

irst

aid

.

The c

onta

ct d

etai

ls o

f al

l em

erg

ency s

ervic

es m

ust

be

read

ily

avai

lable

.

Ensu

re t

hat

all

per

son

nel

rec

eive

adequ

ate

inst

ruct

ion o

n

An

y i

nci

den

ts m

ust

be

reco

rded

wit

h a

ctio

n t

aken

to p

reven

t fu

ture

occ

urr

ence

s. I

nci

den

ts

sum

mar

y to

be

incl

uded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al re

po

rt.

The r

epo

rt s

ho

uld

co

nta

in

dat

es w

hen

tra

inin

g w

as

condu

cted

and w

hen

saf

ety

equ

ipm

ent

and s

tru

ctu

res

wer

e in

spec

ted

an

d

mai

nta

ined.

Co

ntr

acto

r; P

ropo

nen

t

Page 5 of 19.


Cri

teri

a

Na

ture

M

itig

ati

on

M

on

ito

rin

g

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

oper

atin

g o

f eq

uip

ment

/ handli

ng o

f haz

ardo

us

subst

ance

s.

Co

nfi

rm o

per

ato

rs h

ave

the

trai

nin

g a

nd /

or

skil

ls r

equ

ired

for

the

use

of

hea

vy m

achin

ery.

Tra

ffic

Im

pa

cts

T

raff

ic i

nci

den

ts m

ay o

ccu

r du

ring

del

iver

y o

f equ

ipm

ent

and

bu

ildin

g

mat

eria

ls, m

ost

ly a

t th

e t

urn

off

to

the

pro

ject

are

a.

Reg

ula

tio

n o

f tr

affi

c du

ring d

eliv

erie

s fo

r devel

opm

ent

acti

vit

ies

especi

ally

fo

r an

y s

pec

ial

or

abno

rmal

lo

ads

whic

h

may

be

requ

ired

.

Ere

ct w

arnin

g s

ign

s w

her

e H

MV

may f

requ

entl

y o

per

ate.

Ere

ct a

dequ

ate

war

nin

g s

igns

asso

ciat

ed w

ith a

ny

traf

fic

risk

s. C

over

all

open

lo

ads

(su

ch a

s sa

nd t

ransp

ort

atio

n).

Tra

nsp

ort

lab

ou

rers

in b

use

s as

far

as

po

ssib

le.

Reg

ula

r m

ainte

nan

ce a

nd s

ervic

ing

of

all

veh

icle

s.

All

veh

icle

s ar

e to

be

road

wo

rth

y.

All

dri

ver

s ar

e t

o a

dher

e to

all

the

Nam

ibia

n r

equ

irem

ents

in

term

s o

f o

per

atin

g t

he v

ehic

le d

riven

.

Vis

ual

obse

rvat

ion o

f

impac

ts o

n t

raff

ic s

ho

uld

be

mad

e.

An

y t

raff

ic c

om

pla

ints

rece

ived m

ust

be

taken u

p

wit

h t

he

rele

van

t au

tho

riti

es

and d

iscu

ssed

wit

h t

he

Pro

po

nen

t.

An

y i

nci

den

ts m

ust

be

reco

rded

wit

h a

ctio

n t

aken

to p

reven

t fu

ture

occ

urr

ence

s. I

nci

den

ts

sum

mar

y to

be

incl

uded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al re

po

rt.

Co

ntr

acto

r, P

ropo

nen

t

No

ise

No

ise

du

e to

pre

sence

of

hea

vy

mac

hin

ery

on s

ite

The s

ite

is s

itu

ated

in a

ru

ral

area

wit

h n

o n

earb

y vil

lages

.

Wo

rld H

ealt

h O

rgan

izat

ion g

uid

elin

e o

n m

axim

um

no

ise

level

s (G

uid

elin

es f

or

Co

mm

unit

y N

ois

e, 1

999

) to

pre

ven

t

hea

ring

im

pai

rmen

t is

fo

llo

wed

. T

his

lim

its

no

ise

level

s to

an a

ver

age

of

70

dB

over

a 2

4 h

ou

r per

iod w

ith m

axim

um

no

ise

level

s no

t exce

edin

g 1

10

dB

du

ring t

he

per

iod.

Hea

ring p

rote

cto

rs m

ust

be

issu

ed a

s par

t o

f P

PE

if

requ

ired

/ w

her

e appli

cable

.

An

y c

om

pla

ints

rec

eived

regar

din

g e

xce

ssiv

e no

ise

sho

uld

be

reco

rded w

ith

no

tes

on a

ctio

n t

aken.

An

y

neg

ativ

e ef

fect

s ca

use

d

fro

m e

xce

ssiv

e vib

rati

ons

sho

uld

be

reco

rded a

s w

ell.

An

y i

nci

den

ts m

ust

be

reco

rded

wit

h a

ctio

n t

aken

to p

reven

t fu

ture

occ

urr

ence

s. I

nci

den

ts

sum

mar

y to

be

incl

uded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al re

po

rt.

Pro

po

nen

t

Wa

ste P

rod

ucti

on

An

y w

ast

e pro

du

ced

as

a r

esu

lt o

f th

e

dev

elo

pm

ent

pro

cess

, in

clu

din

g w

aste

wat

er.

All

was

te p

rodu

ced m

ust

be

coll

ecte

d a

nd

sen

t to

the

exis

ting d

ispo

sal

faci

lity

. D

ispo

sal

of

haz

ardo

us

was

te t

o b

e

at a

haza

rdo

us

was

te d

ispo

sal

faci

lity

.

A r

egis

ter

of

haz

ardo

us

was

te d

ispo

sal

sho

uld

be

kep

t. T

his

sho

uld

incl

ude

type

of

was

te,

vo

lum

e as

Co

ntr

acto

r

Page 6 of 19.


Cri

teri

a

Na

ture

M

itig

ati

on

M

on

ito

rin

g

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

Wat

er c

onta

min

ated

wit

h h

ydro

carb

ons

may n

ot

be

dis

po

sed o

f o

n-s

ite.

w

ell

as d

ispo

sal

met

ho

d/f

acil

ity.

An

y c

om

pla

ints

rec

eived

regar

din

g w

aste

sho

uld

be

reco

rded

wit

h n

ote

s o

n

acti

on t

aken

. In

cid

ents

sum

mar

y to

be

incl

uded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al re

po

rt.

Gro

un

dw

ate

r,

Su

rfa

ce W

ate

r a

nd

So

il

Co

nta

min

ati

on

Hydro

carb

on p

oll

uti

on f

rom

spil

ls o

r

leak

s fr

om

vehic

les,

or

chem

ical

s (s

uch

as h

erbic

ides

an

d p

esti

cides

) m

ay

cau

se

wat

er p

oll

uti

on i

n c

ases

wher

e t

he

leak

s

and s

pil

ls a

re n

ot

contr

oll

ed a

nd l

eft

to

seep

into

the g

rou

nd (

dra

inag

e w

ater

and

ult

imat

ely

the

Ora

ng

e R

iver

).

Reg

ula

r in

spec

tio

ns

and m

ainte

nan

ce o

f al

l vehic

les

to

ensu

re n

o l

eaks

are

pre

sent.

Veh

icle

s to

be

serv

iced a

nd f

uel

led a

t ap

pro

pri

ate

faci

liti

es

(su

ch a

s w

ork

sho

p)

on a

n i

mper

meab

le s

urf

ace w

ith r

elat

ed

po

llu

tio

n m

anag

emen

t st

ruct

ure

s.

All

was

te m

ust

be

rem

oved

fro

m t

he p

roje

ct o

per

atio

nal

area

and d

ispo

sed o

f ti

meo

usl

y.

An

y s

pil

ls m

ust

be

clea

ned u

p i

mm

edia

tely

.

Sel

ect

alte

rnat

ive

chem

ical

s/m

ater

ials

that

wo

uld

no

t po

se a

thre

at t

o t

he

gro

undw

ater

, e.

g. w

ater

bas

ed p

aints

vs.

so

lven

t bas

ed p

aints

.

Hydro

carb

on f

uel

spil

ls t

o b

e re

med

iate

d a

nd s

ignif

icant

spil

ls t

o b

e lo

gged

on a

n i

nci

dent

regis

ter.

Po

llu

ted s

oil

and b

uil

din

g r

ubble

mu

st b

e tr

ansp

ort

ed a

way

fro

m t

he

site

to

an a

ppro

ved

an

d a

ppro

pri

atel

y cl

ass

ifie

d

was

te d

ispo

sal

site

.

Po

llu

ted s

oil

mu

st b

e re

med

iate

d w

her

e p

oss

ible

.

Flo

w a

tten

uat

ion s

tru

ctu

res

to b

e em

plo

yed a

t dra

inage

wat

er d

isch

arge p

oin

ts w

her

e ap

pli

cable

.

Imple

menta

tio

n o

f in

ciden

ts r

egis

ter.

Imple

men

tati

on o

f m

ainte

nance

regis

ter

for

all

equ

ipm

ent

and f

uel

/ h

azar

do

us

subst

ance

(su

ch a

s ch

emic

als)

sto

rage

area

s. A

ll c

hem

ical

s to

be

han

dle

d a

nd s

tore

d a

cco

rdin

g t

o

A r

egis

ter

of

all

inci

dents

mu

st b

e m

ainta

ined

on a

da

ily b

asis

. T

his

sho

uld

incl

ude

mea

sure

s ta

ken

to

ensu

re t

hat

su

ch i

nci

dents

do

no

t re

pea

t th

em

selv

es.

All

spil

ls o

r le

aks

mu

st b

e

repo

rted

on a

nd c

lean

ed u

p

imm

edia

tely

.

An

y i

nci

den

ts m

ust

be

reco

rded

wit

h a

ctio

n t

aken

to p

reven

t fu

ture

occ

urr

ence

s. I

nci

den

ts

sum

mar

y to

be

incl

uded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al re

po

rt.

Co

ntr

acto

r

Page 7 of 19.


Cri

teri

a

Na

ture

M

itig

ati

on

M

on

ito

rin

g

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

Mat

eria

l S

afet

y D

ata

Shee

t (M

SD

S)

label

s.

Fir

e

The p

oss

ibil

ity o

f a

fire

spre

adin

g t

o t

he

surr

ou

ndin

g a

gri

cult

ura

l u

nit

s.

Sto

rage

and h

andli

ng o

f fl

amm

able

pro

du

cts

sho

uld

be

acco

rdin

g t

o t

hei

r M

SD

S i

nst

ruct

ions.

A h

oli

stic

fir

e pro

tect

ion a

nd p

reventi

on p

lan i

s nee

ded

.

All

fir

e pre

cau

tio

ns

and

fir

e co

ntr

ol

at t

he

faci

lity

mu

st b

e

up t

o d

ate.

Fir

efig

hti

ng m

easu

res

as p

er t

he M

SD

S o

f pro

du

cts

sho

uld

be

adher

ed t

o w

her

e r

elev

ant.

No

open

fir

es s

ho

uld

be

allo

wed

nea

r veget

ated

are

as.

A r

egis

ter

of

all

inci

dents

mu

st b

e m

ainta

ined

on a

da

ily b

asis

. T

his

sho

uld

incl

ude

mea

sure

s ta

ken

to

ensu

re t

hat

su

ch i

nci

dents

do

no

t re

pea

t th

em

selv

es.

An

y i

nci

den

ts m

ust

be

reco

rded

wit

h a

ctio

n t

aken

to p

reven

t fu

ture

occ

urr

ence

s. I

nci

den

ts

sum

mar

y to

be

incl

uded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al re

po

rt.

Co

ntr

acto

r, P

ropo

nen

t

Eco

syst

em

an

d

Bio

div

ers

ity

Imp

act

The i

mpact

on t

he

eco

logic

al

envir

onm

ent

cau

sed b

y devel

opm

ent

acti

vit

ies,

incl

udin

g t

he

clea

ring

an

d

exca

vat

ion o

f th

e re

mai

nin

g o

pen a

reas

etc.

whic

h i

n t

urn

can

res

ult

in l

and

deg

radat

ion.

All

lar

ge i

ndig

eno

us

trees

on t

he r

iver

bank

to

be

pro

tect

ed.

If h

um

an w

ildli

fe c

onfl

ict

exis

ts t

he

Min

istr

y

Envir

onm

ent,

Fo

rest

ry a

nd

To

uri

sm (

ME

FT

) m

ust

be

consu

lted.

Lim

it c

lear

ing

of

land

to

are

as

that

wil

l be

irri

gat

ed. P

lan

ro

ads

to m

inim

ize

imp

act

beyo

nd i

rrig

able

lan

d.

Pre

vent

off

-ro

ad d

rivin

g o

r m

ovem

ent

of

eart

hm

ovin

g

equ

ipm

ent

ou

tsid

e o

f ar

eas

des

ign

ated f

or

clea

rin

g.

No

du

mpin

g o

f ro

cks

and r

emo

ved s

oil

in e

nvir

onm

enta

lly

sen

siti

ve

areas

. W

her

e p

oss

ible

it

can

be

use

d t

o f

ill

ero

sio

n d

itches,

if

any a

re p

rese

nt.

Veh

icle

mo

vem

ent

rest

rict

ed t

o p

lann

ed o

pera

tio

nal

are

as

and n

o o

ff-r

oad d

rivin

g t

o b

e a

llo

wed

. D

evia

tio

ns

to b

e

mo

tivat

ed.

It i

s re

com

men

ded t

hat

ded

icat

ed r

oads

be

des

igned a

nd m

ainta

ined.

Reg

ula

r in

spec

tio

n m

ust

be

per

form

ed t

o m

onit

or

for

any

irre

gu

lar

acti

vit

ies

ou

tsid

e th

e dev

elo

pm

ent

foo

tpri

nt.

An

y i

nci

den

ts m

ust

be

reco

rded

wit

h a

ctio

n t

aken

to p

reven

t fu

ture

occ

urr

ence

s. I

nci

den

ts

sum

mar

y to

be

incl

uded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al re

po

rt.

Co

ntr

acto

r, P

ropo

nen

t

Ille

ga

l H

un

tin

g

an

d P

oa

ch

ing

of

Wil

d A

nim

als

a

nd

Pla

nt

Ma

teri

al

Ille

gal

hu

nti

ng a

nd

po

achin

g o

f w

ild

anim

als

and p

lant

mat

eria

l in

conse

rvat

ion a

rea a

nd a

long t

he

Ora

nge

Riv

er (

incl

udin

g k

udu

and

wil

d h

ors

es).

All

em

plo

yee

s sh

ou

ld b

e edu

cate

d i

n i

ndu

ctio

n a

bo

ut

the

val

ue

of

bio

div

ersi

ty.

Str

ict

condit

ions

pro

hib

itin

g h

arv

esti

ng a

nd

po

achin

g o

f

fau

na

and f

lora

sho

uld

be

par

t o

f em

plo

yment

contr

acts

.

A r

egis

ter

of

all

inci

dents

mu

st b

e m

ainta

ined

This

sho

uld

incl

ude

mea

sure

s

taken

to

en

sure

that

su

ch

inci

den

ts d

o n

ot

repea

t

Co

ntr

acto

r, P

ropo

nen

t

Page 8 of 19.


Cri

teri

a

Na

ture

M

itig

ati

on

M

on

ito

rin

g

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

Dis

cipli

nar

y act

ions

to b

e ta

ken a

gai

nst

em

plo

yees

fai

ling t

o

com

ply

wit

h c

ontr

actu

al c

ondit

ions.

th

emse

lves.

In

cidents

su

mm

ary

to b

e in

clu

ded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al re

po

rt.

Du

st

Exce

ssiv

e d

ust

gener

ated

fro

m t

illa

ge

and t

he

mo

vem

ent

of

vehic

les

aro

und

the

pro

ject

are

a.

This

wil

l be a

ggra

vat

ed

du

ring p

erio

ds

of

stro

ng w

inds.

Per

sonnel

iss

ued

wit

h d

ust

mas

ks

wher

e re

qu

ired

and

regu

lar

du

st s

uppre

ssio

n o

n f

requ

entl

y t

ravel

led r

oad

s.

Du

st m

itig

atio

n m

easu

res

whic

h m

ay

be

consi

der

ed i

ncl

ude

(bu

t ar

e no

t li

mit

ed t

o)

the

foll

ow

ing:

Wet

ting o

f gra

vel

ro

ads

(wher

e a

ppro

pri

ate)

.

Mai

n t

illa

ge

acti

vit

ies

to b

e co

ndu

cted

in c

alm

co

ndit

ions.

Mo

nit

ori

ng

of

du

st

accu

mu

lati

on

on

surr

ou

ndin

g

agri

cult

ura

l u

nit

s.

An

y c

om

pla

ints

rec

eived

regar

din

g w

aste

sho

uld

be

reco

rded

wit

h n

ote

s o

n

acti

on t

aken

.

An

y i

nci

den

ts m

ust

be

reco

rded

wit

h a

ctio

n t

aken

to p

reven

t fu

ture

occ

urr

ence

s. I

nci

den

ts

sum

mar

y to

be

incl

uded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al re

po

rt.

Co

ntr

acto

r, P

ropo

nen

t

Imp

act

on

U

tiliti

es,

In

fra

stru

ctu

re

an

d S

erv

ices

An

y d

amage

cau

sed t

o e

xis

ting

infr

astr

uct

ure

(su

ch a

s ro

ads)

an

d w

ater

or

elec

tric

ity

supply

wh

ere

such

uti

liti

es

are

pre

sent.

Addit

ional

pre

ssu

re o

n

esse

nti

al a

nd r

elat

ed g

over

nm

enta

l

serv

ices

.

Ap

po

int

qu

alif

ied a

nd r

epu

table

co

ntr

acto

rs.

Lia

iso

n w

ith t

he l

oca

l au

tho

riti

es a

nd s

uppli

ers

of

serv

ices

.

Achil

l Is

land I

nvest

men

ts t

o r

epo

rt a

ny i

ncr

ease

s in

dem

and

for

serv

ices

to

reg

ional

co

unci

l.

Rep

ort

pro

po

sed i

ncr

ease

in

dem

and f

or

serv

ices

to

lo

cal

and r

egio

nal

au

tho

riti

es.

Co

ntr

acto

r, P

ropo

nen

t

Heri

tag

e a

nd

A

rch

aeo

log

y T

he d

isco

ver

y o

f ar

chae

olo

gic

ally

or

cult

ura

lly

impo

rtan

t si

tes.

The

dam

age

and o

r d

estr

uct

ion o

f im

po

rtan

t

arch

aeo

logic

al f

inds.

If a

ny

arch

aeo

logic

ally

im

po

rtan

t ar

tefa

ct i

s fo

und,

any

wo

rk i

n t

hat

are

a m

ust

be

hal

ted

an

d t

he r

elev

ant

auth

ori

ties

mu

st b

e in

form

ed. F

irst

ly, th

e N

amib

ian P

oli

ce. S

eco

ndly

,

the

Nat

ional

Mo

nu

men

ts C

ou

nci

l deal

ing w

ith h

erit

age.

Imple

men

t ch

ance

-fin

d p

roce

du

res

as s

tipu

late

d i

n t

he

Speci

alis

t A

sses

sment

Rep

ort

fo

r th

e pro

ject

.

Dev

elo

pm

ent

ph

ase

act

ivit

ies

may o

nly

co

nti

nu

e at

th

at

loca

tio

n o

nce

per

mis

sio

n h

as b

een g

rante

d.

Rec

ord

an

y d

isco

ver

ies

and

pro

of

of

no

tifi

cati

ons

to

auth

ori

ties

on f

ile.

All

info

rmat

ion a

nd

repo

rtin

g t

o b

e in

clu

ded i

n a

repo

rt. In

cidents

su

mm

ary

to b

e in

clu

ded

in

a b

i-a

nn

ua

l re

po

rt.

Co

ntr

acto

r

Cu

mu

lati

ve

Imp

act

These

are

im

pact

s o

n t

he

envir

onm

ent,

whic

h r

esu

lt f

rom

the

incr

ementa

l

impac

t o

f th

e act

ion w

hen

ad

ded

to

oth

er

pas

t, p

rese

nt,

an

d r

easo

nab

ly f

ore

seea

ble

futu

re a

ctio

ns

regar

dle

ss o

f w

ho

under

takes

su

ch o

ther

act

ions.

C

um

ula

tive

impac

ts c

an r

esu

lt f

rom

Ad

dre

ssin

g e

ach

indiv

idu

al i

mpac

t re

com

men

ded

in t

he

EM

P w

ou

ld r

edu

ce t

he

cum

ula

tive

impac

t.

Rev

iew

ing r

epo

rts

for

any

new

or

re-o

ccu

rrin

g i

mp

acts

or

pro

ble

ms

wo

uld

aid

in i

den

tify

ing c

um

ula

tive

impact

s an

d

hel

p i

n p

lan

nin

g, if

the

exis

ting

mit

igat

ions

are

insu

ffic

ient.

Sto

rmw

ater

mea

sure

s to

be

des

igned a

s no

t to

hav

e a

Bi-

an

nu

al su

mm

ary r

epo

rt

or

clo

se-o

ut

repo

rt b

ased

on

bi-

annu

al (

one

sam

ple

du

ring p

eak

usa

ge

and o

ne

sam

ple

du

ring l

ow

usa

ge)

wat

er m

onit

ori

ng r

esu

lts

Pro

po

nen

t

Page 9 of 19.


Cri

teri

a

Na

ture

M

itig

ati

on

M

on

ito

rin

g

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

indiv

idu

ally

min

or,

bu

t co

llec

tivel

y si

gnif

ican

t act

ions

takin

g p

lace

over

a

per

iod o

f ti

me.

In r

elat

ion t

o a

n a

ctiv

ity,

it m

eans

the

imp

act

of

an a

ctiv

ity

that

in

itse

lf m

ay

no

t be s

ignif

icant,

may

bec

om

e si

gnif

ican

t w

hen

ad

ded

to

the

exis

ting a

nd p

ote

nti

al i

mpact

s re

sult

ing

fro

m s

imil

ar o

r div

erse

act

ivit

ies

or

under

takin

gs

in t

he

area.

Po

ssib

le c

um

ula

tive

impac

ts a

sso

ciat

ed

wit

h t

he

dev

elo

pm

ent

phas

e in

clu

de

gro

undw

ater

, su

rfac

e w

ater

an

d s

oil

po

llu

tio

n.

det

rim

enta

l af

fect

or

conce

ntr

ated f

low

onto

adja

cent

farm

ing o

per

ato

rs.

and s

oil

an

alys

es.

Ta

ble

3.

Th

e O

pera

tio

na

l P

ha

se

Cri

teri

a

Na

ture

M

itig

ati

on

M

on

ito

rin

g

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

Sk

ills

, T

ech

no

log

y a

nd

D

evelo

pm

en

t

Enhan

ced

skil

ls t

o t

he

\\K

aras

Regio

n.

Achil

l Is

land I

nvest

men

ts m

ust

em

plo

y lo

cal

Nam

ibia

n’s

wher

e po

ssib

le. D

evia

tio

ns

fro

m t

his

pra

ctic

e s

ho

uld

be

just

ifie

d.

Max

imis

e c

ontr

ibu

tio

n t

o t

he

Nam

ibia

n e

cono

my

by

contr

ibu

tio

n t

o i

ndu

stry

dev

elo

pm

ent

and u

sing

Nam

ibia

n

suppli

ers.

Achil

l Is

land I

nvest

men

ts s

ho

uld

co

nsi

der

makin

g

eco

no

mic

edu

cati

on a

vai

lable

to

em

plo

yees

who

wis

h t

o

rece

ive

it (

ou

tsid

e o

f no

rmal

bu

sines

s ho

urs

).

Ensu

re t

hat

an

y t

rain

ing (

on t

he j

ob a

nd/o

r ce

rtif

ied)

is

reco

rded

and/o

r m

anag

eria

l re

fere

nce

pro

vid

ed t

o t

he

emplo

yees

.

Rep

ort

ing o

f tr

ainin

g a

nd t

he

enhan

cem

ent

of

skil

ls a

nd

tran

sfer

of

tech

no

logy.

Inci

den

ts s

um

mar

y to

be

incl

uded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al

repo

rt.

The P

ropo

nen

t

Page 10 of 19.


HIV

/AID

S,

In-

mig

rati

on

, In

form

al

Sett

lem

en

ts a

nd

C

om

mu

nic

ab

le

Dis

ea

se

Incr

ease

d s

pre

ad o

f H

IV/A

IDS

;

Incr

ease

d i

nfl

ux t

o t

he

\\K

aras

Reg

ion;

Incr

ease

d i

nfo

rmal

set

tlem

ent

areas

and

asso

ciat

ed s

oci

al c

hal

leng

es.

Pri

mar

ily

emplo

y l

oca

l peo

ple

(al

read

y r

esid

ing i

n t

he

area)

as f

ar a

s po

ssib

le.

Edu

cati

onal

pro

gra

ms

and o

r m

ater

ial

on H

IV/A

IDs

and

com

mu

nic

able

dis

eas

e sh

ou

ld b

e em

plo

yed

.

Rep

ort

of

trai

nin

g

condu

cted

.

Bi-

an

nu

al re

po

rt a

nd

revie

w o

f em

plo

yee

dem

ogra

phic

s (a

ge,

gender

,

nu

mber

of

sick

days

).

Pro

po

nen

t; D

irec

tors

&

Pu

blic

Rel

atio

ns

Per

sonnel

.

Em

plo

ymen

t

The p

roje

ct w

ill

sust

ain a

nd

incr

eas

e

emplo

ymen

t in

the

\\K

aras

Reg

ion.

Lo

cal

Nam

ibia

n’s

mu

st b

e e

mplo

yed. D

evia

tio

ns

fro

m t

his

mu

st b

e ju

stif

ied.

Ad

her

e t

o a

ll N

amib

ian L

abo

ur

Act

requ

irem

ents

.

Mai

nta

in d

ocu

men

tatio

n o

f

emplo

ymen

t.

Pro

po

nen

t

Pre

ssu

re o

n

Serv

ice

Infr

ast

ructu

re

Su

stai

ned

em

plo

yment

and i

ncr

ease

d

emplo

ymen

t du

ring h

arves

tin

g s

eas

on

incr

ease

s pre

ssu

re o

n p

ubli

c

infr

astr

uct

ure

and s

ervic

es w

hic

h

incl

ude,

bu

t ar

e no

t li

mit

ed t

o, hea

lth,

edu

cati

on, sa

nit

atio

n a

nd s

ecu

rity

.

Achil

l Is

land I

nvest

men

ts t

o c

onti

nu

e re

po

rtin

g p

oss

ible

incr

ease

d d

eman

d f

or

serv

ices

to

reg

ional

co

unci

l.

Wher

e fe

asib

le, th

e c

om

pan

y m

ay

consi

der

ass

isti

ng

go

ver

nm

ent

pro

ject

s.

Rep

ort

pro

po

sed i

ncr

ease

in

dem

and f

or

serv

ices

to

lo

cal

and r

egio

nal

au

tho

riti

es.

Pro

po

nen

t

Hea

lth

, S

afe

ty &

S

ecu

rity

T

he r

isk o

f ac

ciden

ts o

r in

juri

es d

ue

to

inco

rrec

t u

se o

f m

achin

ery, equ

ipm

ent

and/o

r ch

em

ical

s, o

r eq

uip

men

t fa

ilu

re.

The h

eal

th a

nd s

afet

y re

gu

lati

ons

of

the

Lab

ou

r A

ct m

ust

be

adher

ed t

o.

An i

nte

gra

ted h

ealt

h a

nd s

afet

y m

anag

emen

t

syst

em s

ho

uld

be

imple

men

ted.

Typic

al p

reventa

tive

or

mit

igat

ing m

eas

ure

s w

ithin

th

e heal

th a

nd s

afet

y

man

agem

ent

syst

em

s in

clu

de:

Qu

alif

ied o

per

ato

rs t

o w

ork

mac

hin

ery

and/o

r eq

uip

ment,

Saf

e w

ork

sta

nd

ard o

per

atin

g p

roce

du

res,

Hea

lth a

nd s

afet

y tr

ainin

g,

Per

mit

s, w

her

e re

qu

ired

,

Em

ergen

cy r

espo

nse

pla

ns,

F

irst

aid

tre

atm

ent

and t

rain

ing,

Med

ical

pro

cedu

res

and e

mer

gen

cy s

ervic

es,

Reg

ula

r sa

fety

chec

ks

and/o

r dri

lls.

Pro

cedu

res

for

dea

ling w

ith h

ealt

h a

nd

saf

ety i

ssu

es m

ust

be

in p

lace

an

d a

ll c

onta

ct d

etai

ls f

or

emer

gen

cy p

erso

nnel

and

serv

ices

avai

lable

.

Ensu

re t

hat

all

sta

ff m

ember

s ar

e bri

efed

abo

ut

the

po

tenti

al

risk

s o

n s

ite

(incl

udin

g f

lash

flo

ods)

.

Sel

ecte

d p

erso

nnel

sho

uld

be

trai

ned i

n f

irst

aid

.

An

y i

nci

den

ts m

ust

be

reco

rded

wit

h a

ctio

n t

aken

to p

reven

t fu

ture

occ

urr

ence

s. I

nci

den

ts

sum

mar

y to

be

incl

uded

in a

bi-

annu

al r

epo

rt.

Rep

ort

ing o

f tr

ainin

g,

and

insp

ecti

ons

of

safe

ty

equ

ipm

ent

and s

tru

ctu

res.

Tra

inin

g s

um

mar

y t

o b

e in

clu

ded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al

repo

rt.

Pro

po

nen

t

Page 11 of 19.


Cri

teri

a

Na

ture

M

itig

ati

on

M

on

ito

rin

g

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

Equ

ipm

ent

mu

st b

e lo

cked a

way

so t

hat

it

do

es n

ot

enco

ura

ge

crim

inal

act

ivit

ies

(e.g

. th

eft)

.

Acce

ss t

o t

he

lock

ed a

way

equ

ipm

ent

sho

uld

alw

ays

be

stri

ctly

co

ntr

oll

ed.

No

alc

oho

l o

r re

crea

tio

nal

dru

gs

are

allo

wed

in w

ork

pla

ces

or

agri

cult

ura

l u

nit

s.

No

lab

ou

rers

under

the

infl

uen

ce o

f ei

ther

alc

oho

l o

r dru

gs

sho

uld

be

allo

wed

to

co

ndu

ct a

ny w

ork

.

Tra

ffic

G

ener

al i

ncr

ease

in t

raff

ic a

s a

resu

lt o

f th

e pro

ject

. S

igns

to b

e pla

ced a

t ju

nct

ions

wit

h m

ain r

oad

s to

war

n

onco

min

g t

raff

ic o

f o

per

atio

nal

far

min

g v

ehic

les.

All

veh

icle

s to

be f

itte

d a

nd m

ainta

ined w

ith a

dequ

ate

signal

ling d

evic

es t

o i

ncr

ease

aw

aren

ess

over

and a

bo

ve

stan

dar

d f

eatu

res.

All

oper

ato

rs /

dri

ver

s to

adher

e to

all

the

requ

irem

ents

of

the

Tra

ffic

Act

.

An

y c

om

pla

ints

rec

eived

or

inci

den

ts r

epo

rted

regar

din

g

traf

fic

issu

es s

ho

uld

be

reco

rded

. T

his

sho

uld

incl

ude

mit

igat

ion m

easu

res

to p

reven

t fu

ture

inci

den

ces.

Inci

den

ts s

um

mar

y to

be

incl

uded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al

repo

rt.

Pro

po

nen

t

Fir

e

Ou

tbre

ak o

f an

unco

ntr

oll

ed f

ire

in

agri

cult

ura

l u

nit

s, p

ack-h

ou

ses

or

oper

atio

nal

are

as.

Open

fir

es s

ho

uld

no

t be

allo

wed

ou

tsid

e o

f des

ignat

ed

area

s.

Fir

efi

gh

tin

g a

nd

Fir

e P

rev

en

tio

n:

Fir

e pre

cau

tio

ns

and f

ire

contr

ol

mu

st b

e pre

sent

at t

he s

ite.

All

fla

mm

able

mat

eria

ls m

ust

be

sto

red

acc

ord

ing t

o t

hei

r

mat

eria

l sa

fety

dat

a sh

eet

inst

ruct

ions.

A h

oli

stic

fir

e pro

tect

ion a

nd p

reventi

on p

lan i

s nee

ded

. T

his

pla

n m

ust

incl

ude

an e

mer

gen

cy

resp

onse

pla

n a

nd

fire

fighti

ng p

lan.

Exper

ience

has

sho

wn

that

the b

est

chance

to

rap

idly

pu

t

ou

t a

maj

or

fire

is

in t

he

firs

t 5

min

ute

s. I

t is

im

po

rtan

t to

reco

gnis

e th

at a

res

po

nsi

ve

fire

pre

ven

tio

n p

lan d

oes

no

t

sole

ly i

ncl

ude t

he

avai

labil

ity

of

fire

fighti

ng e

qu

ipm

ent,

bu

t

mo

re i

mpo

rtan

tly,

it

invo

lves

pre

medit

ated

mea

sure

s and

An

y i

nci

den

ts m

ust

be

reco

rded

wit

h a

ctio

n t

aken

to p

reven

t fu

ture

occ

urr

ence

s. I

nci

den

ts

sum

mar

y to

be

incl

uded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al re

po

rt.

The r

epo

rt s

ho

uld

co

nta

in

dat

es o

f fi

re d

rill

s an

d w

hen

fire

equ

ipm

ent

was

tes

ted.

Pro

po

nen

t

Page 12 of 19.


Cri

teri

a

Na

ture

M

itig

ati

on

M

on

ito

rin

g

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

acti

vit

ies

to t

imeo

usl

y pre

ven

t, c

urb

an

d a

vo

id c

on

dit

ions

that

may r

esu

lt i

n f

ires

.

No

ise

No

ise

as a

res

ult

of

eith

er m

achin

e an

d /

or

equ

ipm

ent

oper

atio

ns.

Fo

llo

w W

orl

d H

ealt

h O

rganiz

atio

n g

uid

elin

es o

n m

axim

um

no

ise

level

s (G

uid

elin

es f

or

Co

mm

unit

y N

ois

e, 1

999

) to

pre

vent

hear

ing i

mpai

rment.

This

lim

its

no

ise

lev

els

to a

n

aver

age

of

70

dB

over

a 2

4 h

ou

r per

iod w

ith m

axim

um

no

ise

level

s no

t exce

edin

g 1

10

dB

du

ring t

he

per

iod.

Per

sonnel

wo

rkin

g i

n n

ois

y envir

onm

ents

mu

st b

e is

sued

wit

h h

eari

ng p

rote

cto

rs.

An

y c

om

pla

ints

rec

eived

regar

din

g e

xce

ssiv

e no

ise

sho

uld

be

reco

rded w

ith

no

tes

on a

ctio

n t

aken.

Inci

den

ts s

um

mar

y to

be

incl

uded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al

repo

rt.

Pro

po

nen

t

Du

st

Du

st g

ener

ated f

rom

the

mo

vem

ent

of

veh

icle

s ar

ou

nd o

per

atio

nal

are

as a

nd

the

expo

sure

of

bar

e so

il d

uri

ng

agri

cult

ura

l ac

tivit

ies.

This

wil

l be

aggra

vat

ed d

uri

ng p

erio

ds

of

stro

ng

win

ds.

Per

sonnel

mu

st b

e is

sued

wit

h d

ust

mas

ks

if r

equ

ired

.

Du

st a

bat

emen

t m

easu

res

to b

e em

plo

yed o

n t

he m

ost

freq

uen

tly

use

d r

oad

s.

Reg

ula

r vis

ual

insp

ecti

on.

A s

takeh

old

er c

om

pla

ints

regis

ter

mu

st b

e m

ainta

ined.

Co

mpla

ints

mu

st b

e

inves

tigat

ed a

nd, if

appro

pri

ate,

act

ed u

po

n.

Co

mpla

ints

su

mm

ary

to b

e

incl

uded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al

repo

rt.

Pro

po

nen

t

Wa

ste

Pro

du

cti

on

A

ny w

ast

e w

hic

h c

an i

ncl

ude h

azar

do

us

was

te, su

ch a

s h

ydro

carb

ons

or

do

mes

tic

was

te.

All

leg

al r

equ

irem

ents

reg

ardin

g e

fflu

ent

handli

ng a

nd

dis

po

sal

sho

uld

be

foll

ow

ed.

In p

arti

cula

r th

e n

eces

sary

wat

er a

bst

ract

ion p

erm

its

and a

uth

ori

sati

ons

sho

uld

be

obta

ined

fro

m t

he

Min

istr

y o

f A

gri

cult

ure

Wat

er a

nd

Lan

d

Ref

orm

(M

AW

LR

).

All

oth

er o

rgan

ic/b

iolo

gic

al w

aste

mu

st b

e dis

po

sed o

f o

r

trea

ted w

itho

ut

del

ay

to p

reven

t at

tract

ing p

ests

.

All

ablu

tio

n f

acil

itie

s to

be

oper

ated

an

d m

ainta

ined

acco

rdin

g t

o s

pec

ific

atio

n. E

du

cati

on r

egar

din

g t

he

use

of

such

fac

ilit

ies

to b

e pro

vid

ed, and t

he

envir

onm

enta

l

deg

radat

ion d

ue

to m

isu

se.

Sta

ff t

o r

ecei

ve

trai

nin

g o

n w

aste

han

dli

ng a

nd

the

pri

nci

ple

s o

f re

du

ce, re

use

and r

ecyc

le.

Chem

ical

and f

uel

han

dli

ng a

nd s

tora

ge

acco

rdin

g t

o M

SD

S

label

s. C

hem

ical

s to

be s

tore

d i

n a

way

that

ru

no

ff w

ater

An

y c

om

pla

ints

rec

eived

regar

din

g w

aste

sho

uld

be

reco

rded

wit

h n

ote

s o

n

acti

on t

aken

.

All

dat

a to

be

com

pil

ed in a

bi-

an

nu

al re

po

rt.

Pro

po

nen

t

Page 13 of 19.


Cri

teri

a

Na

ture

M

itig

ati

on

M

on

ito

rin

g

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

wo

uld

no

t w

ash c

hem

ical

s in

to t

he

river

. N

o c

hem

ical

/ f

uel

sto

rage

sho

uld

be

wit

hin

the

1:1

00

yea

r fl

oo

d l

ine

of

the

Ora

nge R

iver

Fo

llo

w t

he

IFC

pro

cedu

res

for

sto

rage

and h

andli

ng

of

chem

ical

s to

pre

vent

toxin

s an

d n

utr

ient

fro

m e

nte

ring t

he

Ora

nge R

iver

and g

rou

ndw

ater

.

Gro

un

dw

ate

r,

Su

rfa

ce W

ate

r a

nd

So

il

Co

nta

min

ati

on

Hydro

carb

on p

oll

uti

on m

ay

resu

lt f

rom

mac

hin

e an

d e

qu

ipm

ent

spil

ls a

nd o

r

leak

ages

. In

crea

se o

f nu

trie

nt

level

s o

r o

rgan

ic p

oll

uta

nts

(fr

om

eff

luen

ts a

nd

fert

iliz

ers)

in t

he

soil

that

can l

each

to

shal

low

gro

und w

ater

.

Spil

led h

azar

do

us

was

te s

uch

as

fuel

s

and o

il.

All

veh

icle

s m

ust

be

serv

iced

an

d m

ainta

ined

reg

ula

rly.

Spil

l co

ntr

ol

by

makin

g u

se o

f dri

p t

rays

when n

eed

ed.

All

hyd

roca

rbo

n b

ased

flu

ids

mu

st b

e re

mo

ved

fro

m s

ite

and

dis

po

sed o

f at

a r

eco

gnis

ed h

azar

do

us

was

te d

ispo

sal

faci

lity

.

An

y p

oll

ute

d s

oil

or

wat

er t

o b

e tr

eate

d a

s a

haz

ardo

us

was

te.

Mai

nta

in d

rain

age

pip

es a

nd c

han

nel

s.

Em

plo

y bes

t pra

ctic

e ir

rigat

ion m

etho

ds.

Imple

men

tati

on o

f bes

t sa

linit

y m

anagem

ent

pra

ctic

es

So

il f

lush

ing s

ho

uld

be

min

imis

ed t

o r

edu

ce p

oll

uti

on o

f th

e

Ora

nge R

iver

.

Mo

nit

or

soil

qu

alit

y.

Bi-

annu

al m

onit

ori

ng o

f in

take

wat

er q

ual

ity;

dra

inage

wat

er q

ual

ity a

nd w

ater

upst

ream

and d

ow

nst

ream

of

the

dra

inag

e po

ints

.

Do

cum

enta

tio

n o

f u

se o

f al

l ch

emic

als,

her

bic

ide,

pes

tici

des

and n

utr

ients

. M

inim

ise

appli

cati

on o

f her

bic

ides

, pes

tici

des

and n

utr

ients

as

far

as p

oss

ible

to

min

imis

e t

oxin

s an

d

nu

trie

nts

ente

ring

the

gro

undw

ater

.

Inci

den

t re

cord

s k

ept

of

all

signif

icant

chem

ical

and

hyd

roca

rbo

n s

pil

ls a

nd r

emed

iati

on m

easu

res

taken.

Re-

use

dra

inage

wat

er w

her

e p

oss

ible

(fo

r ex

ample

du

st

suppre

ssio

n).

Rep

ort

ing o

f al

l sp

ills

or

leak

ages

. T

he

repo

rt s

ho

uld

conta

in t

he

foll

ow

ing

info

rmat

ion:

Dat

e an

d d

ura

tio

n o

f sp

ill

Pro

du

ct s

pil

led

Vo

lum

e o

f sp

ill

Rem

edia

l act

ion t

aken

Inci

den

ts s

um

mar

y to

be

incl

uded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al

repo

rt.

Pro

po

nen

t

Page 14 of 19.


Cri

teri

a

Na

ture

M

itig

ati

on

M

on

ito

rin

g

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

Po

ach

ing

, H

un

tin

g o

r R

em

ov

al o

f P

lan

t M

ate

ria

l

Per

sonnel

sho

uld

be

dis

cou

raged

fro

m

par

takin

g i

n p

oac

hin

g a

nd m

ade a

war

e

of

the

legal

im

pli

cati

ons

on c

on

du

ctin

g

such

off

ence

s.

All

em

plo

yee

s sh

ou

ld b

e in

form

ed d

uri

ng i

ndu

ctio

n o

f th

e

val

ue

of

bio

div

ersi

ty. R

ule

s an

d r

egu

lati

ons

reg

ardin

g t

he

ille

gal

har

ves

ting o

f n

atu

ral

reso

urc

es f

rom

the

surr

ou

ndin

gs

mu

st b

e m

ade

clea

r an

d t

he d

isci

pli

nar

y st

eps

that

wil

l be

foll

ow

ed a

gai

nst

per

pet

rato

rs m

ust

be

issu

ed i

n w

riti

ng a

nd

form

par

t o

f th

e em

plo

yee’

s co

ntr

acts

.

A r

epo

rtin

g o

f an

y i

nci

dents

mu

st b

e m

ainta

ined

in a

bi-

an

nu

al

sum

mar

y re

po

rt.

Pro

po

nen

t

Eco

syst

em

an

d

Bio

div

ers

ity

Imp

act

Eco

syst

em a

nd

bio

div

ersi

ty i

mp

acts

wil

l m

ost

ly b

e a

s a r

esu

lt o

f th

e

cum

ula

tiv

e ef

fect

of

oth

er i

mpact

s su

ch

as g

rou

nd

wat

er,

surf

ace

wat

er a

nd

so

il

conta

min

atio

n,

fire

, po

ach

ing

or

ille

gal

har

vest

ing o

f pla

nt

mat

eria

l.

Tre

es l

iste

d a

s th

reat

ened

by

IUC

N o

r in

App

endix

2 o

f

CIT

ES

and t

ho

se p

rote

cted

by

fore

stry

legis

lati

on s

ho

uld

no

t be

rem

oved u

nle

ss p

erm

its

fro

m M

EF

T h

ave

bee

n

obta

ined

. S

uch

tre

es i

ncl

ude

larg

e tr

ees

on t

he

ban

ks

of

the

Ora

nge R

iver

as

iden

tifi

ed p

er t

he

ori

gin

al E

colo

gy

Stu

dy

condu

cted

.

Pho

togra

phic

do

cum

enta

tio

n o

f veget

atio

n o

n t

he

river

ban

k a

nd a

t po

ints

alo

ng

th

e dra

inage l

ines

to

mo

nit

or

po

tenti

al c

han

ges

ov

er t

ime.

Rai

se a

war

enes

s o

f w

ork

ers

on

th

e val

ue o

f bio

div

ersi

ty

and t

he n

eed f

or

its

pro

tect

ion.

An

y i

nci

den

ts m

ust

be

reco

rded

wit

h a

ctio

n t

aken

to p

reven

t fu

ture

occ

urr

ence

s. I

nci

den

ts

sum

mar

y to

be

incl

uded

in a

bi-

an

nu

al re

po

rt.

Pro

po

nen

t

Cu

mu

lati

ve

Imp

acts

T

hes

e ar

e i

mpact

s o

n t

he e

nvir

onm

ent,

whic

h r

esu

lt f

rom

the i

ncr

em

enta

l

imp

act

of

the

acti

on

when a

dded t

o

oth

er p

ast

, pre

sent,

an

d r

easo

nably

fore

seea

ble

fu

ture

act

ion

s re

gar

dle

ss o

f

who

un

der

takes

su

ch o

ther

act

ions.

Cu

mu

lati

ve i

mpact

s ca

n r

esu

lt f

rom

indiv

idu

ally

min

or,

bu

t co

llec

tivel

y

sig

nif

ican

t act

ions

takin

g p

lace

over

a

per

iod

of

tim

e. I

n r

elat

ion

to

an

acti

vit

y, it

mean

s th

e i

mpact

of

an

acti

vit

y t

hat

in i

tsel

f m

ay n

ot

be

sig

nif

ican

t, m

ay b

eco

me

sig

nif

icant

when a

dd

ed t

o t

he

exis

tin

g a

nd

po

tenti

al i

mp

acts

res

ult

ing f

rom

sim

ilar

or

div

erse

act

ivit

ies

or

un

der

takin

gs

in

the a

rea.

Po

ssib

le c

um

ula

tive

impac

ts a

sso

ciat

ed

Ad

dre

ssin

g e

ach

indiv

idu

al i

mpac

t re

com

men

ded

in t

he

EM

P w

ou

ld r

edu

ce t

he

cum

ula

tive

impac

t.

Rev

iew

ing b

i-an

nu

al a

nd

an

nu

al r

epo

rts

for

any

new

or

re-

occ

urr

ing i

mpac

ts o

r pro

ble

ms

wo

uld

aid

in i

denti

fyin

g

cum

ula

tive

impac

ts a

nd h

elp i

n p

lannin

g i

f th

e ex

isti

ng

mit

igat

ions

are

insu

ffic

ient.

Rep

ort

po

or

wat

er q

ual

ity

to O

RA

SE

CO

M.

Bi-

an

nu

al su

mm

ary

repo

rt

bas

ed o

n a

ll i

nci

dents

an

d

wat

er m

onit

ori

ng r

esu

lts

and

so

il a

nal

yses

.

Pro

po

nen

t

Page 15 of 19.


Cri

teri

a

Na

ture

M

itig

ati

on

M

on

ito

rin

g

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

wit

h t

he

dev

elo

pm

ent

phas

e in

clu

de

gro

undw

ater

, su

rfac

e w

ater

an

d s

oil

po

llu

tio

n. A

ddit

ional

im

pac

ts i

ncl

ude

soci

al i

mpac

ts w

hic

h r

elat

e to

ser

vic

e

del

iver

y an

d s

oci

al c

hal

lenges.

Ta

ble

4.

Dec

om

mis

sio

nin

g P

ha

se

Cri

teri

a

Na

ture

M

itig

ati

on

M

on

ito

rin

g

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

Wa

ste

Pro

du

ctio

n

Upo

n d

eco

mm

issi

onin

g, w

aste

wil

l be

pro

du

ced i

n t

he

form

of

bu

ildin

g r

ubble

,

and o

bso

lete

equ

ipm

ent,

str

uct

ure

s,

and/o

r re

sidu

al p

rodu

cts

that

can

be

use

d

else

wher

e o

r so

ld a

s sc

rap.

So

il p

oll

ute

d b

y h

ydro

carb

ons

mu

st b

e

trea

ted a

s haz

ardo

us

was

te.

To

red

uce

th

e am

ou

nt

of

was

te a

ll r

e-u

sable

mat

eria

l m

ust

be

rem

oved t

o a

no

ther

sit

e o

r so

ld.

Tho

se i

tem

s th

at c

anno

t be u

sed a

gai

n m

ust

be

scra

pp

ed i

n

the

appro

pri

ate

manner

.

Upo

n d

emo

liti

on o

f th

e bu

ildin

gs

and c

oncr

ete

the

rubble

mu

st b

e re

mo

ved f

rom

the

pro

per

ty a

nd t

aken

to

an

appro

ved d

um

psi

te.

Reh

abil

itat

ion i

f nec

essa

ry i

s to

be

do

ne u

sing f

unds

set

asid

e fo

r su

ch p

urp

ose

.

Reg

ula

r vis

ual

insp

ecti

ons

to b

e per

form

ed d

uri

ng

dec

om

mis

sio

nin

g.

A r

egis

ter

of

was

te

pro

du

ced a

nd d

ispo

sal

met

ho

ds

to b

e m

ainta

ined

du

ring d

eco

mm

issi

onin

g.

Pro

po

nen

t; C

ontr

acto

r

Eco

log

ica

l Im

pa

ct

Oper

atio

ns

spannin

g m

any y

ear

s m

ay

crea

te n

ew h

abit

at f

or

fau

na

and f

lora

.

Upo

n d

eco

mm

issi

onin

g t

hes

e habit

ats

wil

l be

des

tro

yed.

Wher

e new

habit

ats

wer

e cr

eate

d, th

at a

re n

ow

occ

upie

d b

y

sensi

tive

or

pro

tect

ed f

auna

or

flo

ra, th

e M

EF

T o

r o

ther

appro

pri

ate

org

aniz

atio

ns

mu

st b

e co

nta

cted

to

est

abli

sh t

he

conse

rvat

ion s

tatu

s an

d h

andli

ng t

her

eof.

A r

epo

rt s

ho

uld

be

com

pil

ed

of

any

sensi

tive

or

pro

tect

ed

fau

na

and f

lora

that

es

tabli

shed i

tsel

f o

n t

he

pre

mis

es.

The

repo

rt s

ho

uld

incl

ude

all

acti

ons

tak

en t

o

relo

cate

or

dea

l w

ith t

he

situ

atio

n.

Pro

po

nen

t; C

ontr

acto

r

Em

plo

ym

en

t

Dec

om

mis

sio

nin

g o

f th

e agri

cult

ura

l

pro

ject

wil

l le

ad t

o r

etre

nch

men

ts o

r re

-

loca

tio

n o

f st

aff.

Pla

n i

n a

dvan

ce f

or

mee

tin

g t

he L

abo

ur

Act

’s r

equ

irem

ents

for

retr

ench

ing

sta

ff i

f re

qu

ired

.

In t

he

yea

r pri

or

to

dec

om

mis

sio

nin

g,

dra

ft

pla

ns

for

handli

ng o

f

emplo

yees

. T

he

repo

rt

sho

uld

incl

ude

bu

dget

ing

for

retr

ench

ments

an

d

po

ssib

le a

lter

nat

ive

po

siti

ons

else

wher

e.

Pro

po

nen

t; D

irec

tors

& P

ubli

c R

elat

ions

per

sonnel

or

Hu

man

Res

ou

rce

Dep

artm

ent.

Page 16 of 19.


Cri

teri

a

Na

ture

M

itig

ati

on

M

on

ito

rin

g

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

Du

st

Du

st w

ill

be

gen

erat

ed d

uri

ng t

he

Dec

om

mis

sio

nin

g P

has

e a

nd m

ight

be

aggra

vat

ed d

uri

ng p

erio

ds

of

stro

ng

win

ds.

It i

s re

com

men

ded

that

reg

ula

r du

st s

uppre

ssio

n b

e in

clu

ded

in t

he

dec

om

mis

sio

nin

g p

hase

, w

hen

du

st b

eco

mes

an i

ssu

e.

Per

sonnel

sho

uld

be

issu

ed w

ith

du

st m

asks

for

wo

rk i

n

du

sty

envir

onm

ents

.

Reg

ula

r vis

ual

insp

ecti

on.

A c

om

pla

ints

regis

ter

mu

st

be

mai

nta

ined

, in

whic

h a

ny

com

pla

ints

fro

m t

he

com

mu

nit

y m

ust

be

logged

.

Co

mpla

ints

mu

st b

e

inves

tigat

ed a

nd, if

appro

pri

ate,

act

ed u

po

n.

Pro

po

nen

t; C

ontr

acto

r

No

ise

No

ise

po

lluti

on w

ill

exis

t du

e to

hea

vy

veh

icle

s ac

cess

ing

the

site

to

co

llec

t

rubble

fro

m d

emo

lish

ed b

uil

din

g

mat

eria

ls.

No

ise

level

s du

ring t

his

ph

ase

sho

uld

fo

llo

w t

he

Wo

rld

Hea

lth O

rganiz

atio

n g

uid

elin

e o

n m

axim

um

no

ise

level

s

(Gu

idel

ines

fo

r C

om

mu

nit

y N

ois

e, 1

999

) to

pre

ven

t hear

ing

impai

rmen

t. T

his

lim

its

no

ise

level

s in

in

du

stri

al a

reas

to

an

aver

age

of

70

dB

over

a 2

4 h

ou

r per

iod w

ith m

axim

um

no

ise

level

s no

t exce

edin

g 1

10

dB

du

ring t

he

per

iod.

When t

he n

ois

e le

vel

s ar

e to

o h

igh t

hen

all

per

son

nel

mu

st

be

issu

ed w

ith h

eari

ng p

rote

cto

rs a

nd n

eigh

bo

urs

mu

st b

e

no

tifi

ed o

f th

e ti

me

and d

ura

tio

n o

f dec

om

mis

sio

nin

g.

A c

om

pla

ints

regis

ter

mu

st

be

mai

nta

ined

, in

whic

h a

ny

com

pla

ints

fro

m t

he

com

mu

nit

y m

ust

be

logged

.

Co

mpla

ints

mu

st b

e

inves

tigat

ed a

nd, if

appro

pri

ate,

act

ed u

po

n.

Pro

po

nen

t; P

ubli

c R

elat

ions

Per

sonnel

;

Co

ntr

acto

r.

Gro

un

dw

ate

r,

Su

rfa

ce W

ate

r a

nd

So

il

Co

nta

min

ati

on

Haz

ardo

us

and

eco

logic

ally

det

rim

enta

l

subst

ance

s (s

uch

as

hydro

carb

ons

and

chem

ical

s) w

hic

h a

re s

pil

led m

ay

conta

min

ate

soil

and

dra

inag

e w

ater

as

wel

l as

wat

er i

n t

he

Ora

ng

e R

iver

.

All

pre

cau

tio

ns

are

to b

e ta

ken

to

pre

vent

conta

min

atio

n o

f

the

soil

as

this

co

uld

ente

r th

e ec

osy

stem

. L

eakag

es f

rom

veh

icle

s m

ight

occ

ur

espec

iall

y if

th

ey

are

serv

iced

on s

ite.

Dra

inag

e w

ater

mig

ht

spre

ad p

oll

uta

nts

to

nei

ghbo

uri

ng

rece

pto

rs. P

oll

uta

nts

in t

he

soil

and b

uil

din

g r

ubble

mu

st b

e

tran

spo

rted

aw

ay

fro

m t

he s

ite

to a

n a

ppro

ved, appro

pri

atel

y

clas

sifi

ed w

aste

dis

po

sal

site

.

Rep

ort

ing o

f al

l sp

ills

or

leak

s is

to

be

com

ple

ted b

y

dec

om

mis

sio

nin

g

Co

ntr

acto

r.

Pro

po

nen

t; C

ontr

acto

r

Hea

lth

, S

afe

ty

an

d S

ecu

rity

H

ealt

h a

nd S

afet

y ri

sks,

sim

ilar

to

pre

vio

us

phas

es w

ill

be

pre

sent.

All

oth

er

risk

s as

soci

ated

wit

h d

emoli

tio

ns

mu

st b

e

consi

der

ed.

Adeq

uat

e m

easu

res

to e

nsu

re s

afet

y o

f st

aff

on s

ite,

incl

udi

ng:

Pro

per

tra

inin

g o

f o

per

ato

rs;

Fir

st a

id t

reat

men

t;

Med

ical

ass

ista

nce

;

Em

ergen

cy t

reat

men

t;

Pro

tect

ive

clo

thin

g,

foo

twea

r,

glo

ves

an

d

be l

ts;

safe

ty

go

ggle

s and s

hie

lds.

Du

ring d

eco

mm

issi

onin

g, a

regis

ter

of

all

inci

den

ts m

ust

be

mai

nta

ined

on a

wee

kly

bas

is. T

his

shou

ld i

ncl

ude

mea

sure

s ta

ken

to

ensu

re

that

su

ch inci

den

ts d

o n

ot

repea

t it

self

.

Pro

po

nen

t; C

ontr

acto

r

Fir

e

Ou

tbre

ak o

f an

unco

ntr

oll

ed f

ire.

O

pen

fir

es s

ho

uld

no

t be

allo

wed

ou

tsid

e des

ignat

ed a

reas

. A

ny i

nci

den

ts m

ust

be

reco

rded

mo

nth

ly w

ith

Pro

po

nen

t

Page 17 of 19.


Cri

teri

a

Na

ture

M

itig

ati

on

M

on

ito

rin

g

Resp

on

sib

le B

od

y

Fir

efi

gh

tin

g a

nd

Fir

e P

rev

en

tio

n:

Fir

e pre

cau

tio

ns

and f

ire

contr

ol

mu

st b

e pre

sent.

All

per

sonnel

to

be

sensi

tise

d a

bo

ut

fire

pro

tect

ion

mea

sure

s.

A h

oli

stic

fir

e pro

tect

ion a

nd p

reventi

on p

lan m

ust

be

dra

fted

fo

r th

e dec

om

mis

sio

nin

g p

has

e an

d i

ncl

ude

an

emer

gency r

espo

nse

an

d f

iref

ighti

ng p

lan.

Exper

ience

has

sho

wn

that

the b

est

chance

to

rap

idly

pu

t

ou

t a

maj

or

fire

is

in t

he

firs

t 5

min

ute

s. I

t is

im

po

rtan

t to

reco

gnis

e th

at a

res

po

nsi

ve

fire

pre

ven

tio

n p

lan d

oes

no

t

sole

ly i

ncl

ude t

he

avai

labil

ity

of

fire

fighti

ng e

qu

ipm

ent,

bu

t

mo

re i

mpo

rtan

tly,

invo

lves

pre

med

itat

ed m

easu

res

and

acti

vit

ies

to t

imeo

usl

y pre

ven

t, c

urb

an

d a

vo

id c

on

dit

ions

that

may r

esu

lt i

n f

ires

.

acti

on t

aken

to

pre

vent

futu

re o

ccu

rren

ces.

The r

epo

rt s

ho

uld

co

nta

in

dat

es w

hen

fir

e d

rill

s w

ere

condu

cted

and w

hen

fir

e

equ

ipm

ent

was

test

ed.

Po

ach

ing

, H

un

tin

g o

r R

em

ov

al o

f P

lan

t M

ate

ria

l

Per

sonnel

sta

yin

g a

nd w

ork

ing o

n s

ite

may

use

th

e o

ppo

rtu

nit

y to

ill

egal

ly h

unt

or

trap

anim

als.

Edu

cati

on i

s key

to p

reven

tio

n.

All

em

plo

yee

s m

ust

be

info

rmed

of

the

val

ue

of

bio

div

ersi

ty. R

ule

s an

d r

egu

lati

ons

regar

din

g t

he

ille

gal

har

ves

tin

g o

f nat

ura

l re

sou

rces

fro

m

the

surr

ou

ndin

gs

mu

st b

e m

ade c

lear

and

the

dis

cipli

nar

y

step

s th

at w

ill

be

foll

ow

ed a

gai

nst

per

pet

rato

rs m

ust

be

issu

ed i

n w

riti

ng a

nd f

orm

par

t o

f th

e em

plo

yee’

s co

ntr

acts

.

An

y i

nci

den

ts m

ust

be

reco

rded

mo

nth

ly w

ith

acti

on t

aken

to

pre

vent

futu

re o

ccu

rren

ces.

Pro

po

nen

t

Page 18 of 19.


4 CONCLUSIONS The above EMP, if properly implemented will help minimise adverse impacts on the environment. Where impacts occur, immediate action must be taken to reduce the escalation of effects associated

with these impacts. As a living document and to ensure the relevance this EMP must be reviewed (where applicable) continually by the proponent.

The EMP should be used as an on-site reference document during all phases of the proposed project, and auditing should take place in order to determine compliance with the EMP for the proposed area,

and parties responsible for transgression of the EMP should be held responsible for any rehabilitation that may need to be undertaken.

Monitoring reports must be submitted to the MEFT every six months to allow for environmental clearance certificate renewal after three years. This is a requirement by MEFT.

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