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12.3.5 Roads and Transportation .............................................................................. 256 12.3.6 District Emergency Response Support .......................................................... 257 12.4 NGOs, CBOs and Public Interest .......................................................................... 259 12.4.1 Placencia BTIA................................................................................................. 259 12.4.2 Friends of Nature (FoN) .................................................................................. 260 12.4.3 The Peninsula Citizens for Sustainable Development (PCSD) .................... 260 12.4.4 The Placencia Humane Society ....................................................................... 261 12.5 Impacts to Community ........................................................................................... 261 CHAPTER 13: ALTERNATIVES FOR DEVELOPMENT .......................................... 265 13.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 265 13.2 The ‘No Action Alternative’ ................................................................................... 266 13.3 Development Alternatives ...................................................................................... 267 13.4 Recommended Option ............................................................................................ 269 CHAPTER 14: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION ....................... 271 14.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 271 14.2 Site Preparation and Construction........................................................................ 274 14.2.1 Site Preparation and Vegetation Clearance .................................................. 274 14.2.2 Dredging and Land Filling Activities ............................................................. 276 14.2.3 Aesthetics .......................................................................................................... 280 14.2.4 Solid Waste Generation ................................................................................... 281 14.2.5 Wastewater Generation and Disposal ............................................................ 281 14.2.6 Storage of Raw Material and Equipment ...................................................... 282 14.2.7 Transportation of Raw Material and Equipment ......................................... 282 14.2.8 Noise Pollution .................................................................................................. 283 14.2.9 Air Quality ........................................................................................................ 285 14.2.10 Emergency Response ..................................................................................... 285 14.2.11 Social ............................................................................................................... 286 14.3 Operational Phase ................................................................................................... 286 14.3.1 Water Supply and Consumption .................................................................... 286 14.3.2 Water Storage ................................................................................................... 287 14.3.3 Wastewater Generation and Disposal ............................................................ 288 14.3.4 Solid Waste Management ................................................................................ 291 14.3.5 Transportation and Related Facilities (Marina, Piers, and Floating Docks) .......... 293 14.3.6 Energy Generation Impacts ............................................................................ 296 14.3.7 Emergency Preparedness ................................................................................ 297 14.3.8 Social and Economic Impacts ......................................................................... 299 CHAPTER 15: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING .................................................. 302 15.1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................... 302 15.2 Yum Balisi’s Monitoring Programme ................................................................... 302 15.3 Reporting ................................................................................................................. 307 LITERATURE CITED ...................................................................................................... 308 APPENDIX ................................................................................................................... 315 Environmental Impact Assessment –November 2010 vii
Authors Note: Older maps and literature review indicate that the project site is identified as Fisherman’s Caye. However, it appears that the Lands and Survey Department, when issuing the land grants and other pertinent documentations, identified the caye as Cat’s Caye. Hence, in this document reference is made to the caye as Fisherman’s Caye with the exception of the reports on Appendix G: In Water Surveys of Channels at Cat’s Caye 2008, and Appendix H: Report on Subsoil Investigation on Cat’s Caye Range. In addition, in the document some words were used interchangeably. Also with measurements the metric system or the English system were used interchangeably for accuracy or ease of rounding off. Please note that for distance at sea the kilometer or mile were used instead of the nautical mile. Word used interchangeably Pond - Lagoon Caye –Island Environmental Impact Assessment –November 2010 viii
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Figure 1.13 : Welcome Center - Rest
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Figure 1.14: Transient Utility Pier
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Figure 1.15b: Transient Dock Enviro
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Figure 1.15e: Floating Dock at PC 1
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1.4.5 Walkways and Access Routes A
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Figure 1.16: Swimming Platform. 1.4
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1.4.8 Utility Zone Due to Yum Balis
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associated with this issue. Wastewa
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visitors to the island will be tran
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1.4.11 Operational Phase 1.4.11.1 S
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CHAPTER 2: PERMITS AND REGULATORY F
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against unnecessary damage or from
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approved by DOE for the storage or
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2.4.2 Housing and Town Planning Act
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2.7.1 The Forests (Protection of Ma
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A recent Statutory Instrument (SI 7
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Part VIII Special Provisions in Rel
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2.12.3 Belize Water Industry Act No
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Planning Act complement each other,
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2.15 International Conventions and
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CHATER 3: ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS 3.
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3.3 Navigation Routes The project a
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Figure 3.2 (Cont’d): Monthly Wind
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3.4.3 Rainfall The wet season from
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3.4.4 Tropical Storms and Hurricane
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diagonal or transverse to the sub-l
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In the Pelican Cayes the currents i
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Figure 3.8: Underlying Geology of t
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3.7.2 The Geology of the Southern C
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3.8.2 Southern Reef Complex South o
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As mentioned earlier, the project s
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Environmental Impact Assessment - N
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Figure 3.17c: Cross Section Profile
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Drogue F3: The third drogue was rel
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the seagrass beds which collapsed (
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Inter-tidal roots are covered with
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live as bushy clusters, others form
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eventually settles on and stresses
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Table 3.4: Birds Known to Frequent
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CHAPTER 4: IMPACTS TO MARINE ECOLOG
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4.2.3 Algae Figure 4.1: Vegetation
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4.2.5 Ascidians The Pelican Cayes h
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Plate 4.5a and 4.5b: Patch Reef 4.2
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Plate 4.6a: Halimeda spp. Plate 4.6
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4.3.2 Fish Fish surveys were conduc
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Plate 4.7a: Pit Area Left after Ini
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Organisms were classified as: 1. Co
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CHAPTER 5: WATER RESOURCES 5.1 Intr
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Figure 5.1: Mean Annual Isohyet Map
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5.3.2 Projected Potable Water Deman
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Table 5.2: Analysis of Options to S
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The barge would require that it cou
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Figure 5.3: Flow diagram of a Rever
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Pure desalination water is somewhat
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Distribution will be facilitated by
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would need to rely on the available
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To address these issues the IP1 pon
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5.8 Surface Water Analysis 5.8.1 Wa
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Table 5.4a: Results of the In Situ
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Table 5.4c: Results of the In-situ
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• Conductivity • Ph b) Laborato
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considered separate water masses (V
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6.3.2 Domestic Wastewater Character
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ensure disinfection from these orga
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6.4.2.1 Environmental Impacts Assoc
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Table 6.3: Domestic Wastewater Load
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associated with this issue. As a re
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Figure 6.1: Sample of Plan Layout o
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Figure 6. 3: Flow Plan for Sequenci
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These systems have an aerobic diges
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plant combines the principles of si
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carried out by the mangroves. This
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CHAPTER 7: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT 7
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entire amount of waste generated ca
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mainland along with the inorganic w
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Table 7.3: Estimated Daily Per Capi
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Figure 7.2: Characterization Result
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Considering this, the staff of the
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will have easy access to the loadin
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CHAPTER 8: ENERGY GENERATION 8.1 En
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some 8 miles of underground/underwa
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Table 8.2: A Comparison of Three Ty
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diesel fuel for the generator will
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considered two of the main polluter
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CHAPTER 9: MARINE TRANSPORTATION 9.
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docking and mooring facilities asso
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Figure 9.2: Berthing Facility Sitin
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All utility lines (electricity and
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Figure 9.3: Sample of a Floating Do
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Table 9.1: Mitigation Matrix of Nav
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2. Indirect Negative Impacts Risks
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10.2 Options for supply of Required
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Burrow Site 2 (BS-2), at the left e
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Figure 10.1: Transect of Proposed B
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10.4 Environmental Impacts of Dredg
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10.6 Method of Extraction and Mitig
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Table 11.1: Summary of the Disaster
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11.4 Contact Information Contact in
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clearance of fringing mangroves wil
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these seismic movements by ensuring
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4. Ensure that all electrical wires
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• The establishment shall provide
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improving and providing increased p
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• Suppliers will be asked to prov
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Fisherman’s Caye is a mangrove is
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In addition, management will establ
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Town via the Commerce Bight Port (1
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The village has 24 hours electricit
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12.2.4 Placencia The village of Pla
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Table 12.3: Social Infrastructure/A
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Dangriga and Toledo. The movement o
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12.4 NGOs, CBOs and Public Interest
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sustainable with respect water qual
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The emphasis in the protection of t
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CHAPTER 13: ALTERNATIVES FOR DEVELO
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the property and existing infrastru
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Siting of Ecolodges/Overwater caban
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CHAPTER 14: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS A
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Table 14.2: Impact Matrix for Opera
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of signs of high bird habitation. H
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installation of the proposed struct
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14.2.4 Solid Waste Generation Durin
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iv. All workers transported to the
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generating noise of 80 dBA (decibel
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Design: vii. Brine from proposed ba
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14.3.4 Solid Waste Management On is
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Tub’ technology. xi. Implement a
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ii. Proper siting of both wind turb
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xx. Provide training to staff in fi
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Another social concern is the impac
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The parameters chosen for the Yum B
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Table 15.1b: Wastewater Quality Mon
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Table 15.1e: Coastal Dynamics Monit
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Cooley, H., P. H. Gleick, and G.Wol
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Pelican Cays, Belize. In: Natural H
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APPENDIX Appendix A: The Conveyance
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Appendix A: The Conveyances (Minist
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BESST ENGINEERING DATA DESCRIPTION
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Appendix D: Earth Tub - Green Mount
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Aerobics and odor control Maintaini
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TERMS OF REFERENCE AND FORMAT FOR A
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3.7 Identify and develop a water qu
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5.8 Determine the need for dredging
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7.04 Evaluate options for the const
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Appendix F: List of Contributors to
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Under Mr. Fabro’s term in office,
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X Regional Forum: Renewable Energy
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OBJECTIVE Juan R. Rancharan To maxi
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Liaised with other agencies, manage
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Kenya, Zambia and Swaziland. 1991 I
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Appendix I: List of Flora and Fauna
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Porifera: Sponges Scientific Name C
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Photographic Collection of Flora an
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