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POSITIVE IMPACT OPPORTUNITIES Jobs and Foreign Exchange Revenues TABLE 3 KEY DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES NEGATIVE IMPACT RISKS Reduction of 3 common forest types and area tourism quality MITIGATING COUNTER IMPACT MEASURES Provide assistance with area road maintenance and rehabilitation of the mining site following use The Mountain Pine Ridge Granite Quarry EIA / Ecoworks Page 12 of 167
1. THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION Maps at appropriate scales must be provided with proper labels and legends to illustrate the general settings of the project related development sites as well as surrounding areas likely to be affected. These maps shall include topographic contours, where available, as well as location of major surface waters, roads, parks or reserves, political boundaries, protected areas and existing adjacent land uses (tourism, agricultural, industrial). Additionally the following should be provided: 1. Give the general project location and coordinates of the proposed site for the extraction process and overburden storage and or disposal site. 2. Provide the following plans: a. Illustrate clearly on a 1:25,000 scaled map, with legible legend, the project location and siting of the development, storage site(s), land ownership, and a description of the land tenure of the project area; b. Identify existing and proposed access road(s), and transportation routes. 3. Describe the activities/facilities provided in the plans above. 4. Describe the processes involved in the development of this project including; site preparation, Granite rock prospecting, open cast mining/quarrying operations (including machinery and equipments to be used), extraction and production operations. 5. Provide outline of the overall management structure anticipated for the proposed activities; and 6. Describe the overall development plan and present the rational/justification behind the identification and selection of project location (project justification). PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS Project Objectives, Ownership, Location & Land Tenure The project objectives are to extract granite boulders and blocks from a mining site located in the northwestern section of the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve; transport the blocks to a milling factory located at Mile 46.2 on the Western Highway (Belmopan City); cut & polish the boulders and blocks into finished floor tiles, bricks, counter-tops and other building products; and subsequently export them for sale in the US and other international markets. The project developer is Caribbean Marble and Concrete Manufacturing Limited (CMCML), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caribbean Investors Limited, both of which are limited liability companies duly registered in Belize (see Addenda 2 - 3). The project site lies approximately 12.5 miles (20 Km) southeast of San Antonio Village by road, or approximately half the distance by air, in the Cayo District of Belize (see Illustrations 5 - 8). More specifically, the project site is located on a 40-acre (16-Ha) parcel of the Reserve extending southwest from Oak Burn Line Road, along an unnamed trail and between two upper branches of Pinol Creek, which discharges directly into the Macal River, upstream and across the divide from Vaqueros Creek, which supplies nearby San Antonio Village. The Mountain Pine Ridge Granite Quarry EIA / Ecoworks Page 13 of 167
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Page 17 and 18: TABLE 1 PRIMARY CHARACTERISTICS OF
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Page 21 and 22: TABLE 2 LEGISLATION RELEVANT TO THE
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Page 33 and 34: The Mountain Pine Ridge Granite Qua
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Page 37 and 38: Water Supply & Treatment Total pota
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Page 55 and 56: FLORA AND FAIUNA Aquatic Habitat &
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ILLUSTRATION 30: HPA SITE 4 NORTH V
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