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Addendum to <strong>EMPR</strong> for Concessions 8(a), 9(a) and 8(b) 79Aspect Variables Frequency• Electricity use.Noise • Monitor noise levels. During operations.Water useWater qualityHazardous substancesWastes and scrapIncidental loss of equipment at seaEmployment and expenditure• Keep records of quantities of fresh water used, purposesof use, and sources of supply.• Monitor water quality of sewage effluents (chemical andmicrobiological indicators).• Keep records of quantities of hazardous substances usedand disposed of.• Keep records of accidental spills and how these wereremediated.• Maintain an Official Garbage Record Book onboard thevessel for all discharges of waste/incinerations.• Maintain records of the types and amounts of wastedisposed of at the treatment plant.• Keep records of any waste or scrap recycled.• Frequently assess the integrity of all waste storagecontainers.• Maintain a hazards database listing the type of gear lefton the seabed with the dates of loss and locations and,where applicable, the dates of retrieval.• Keep records of employees and sub-contractors involvedin operations.Monthly during operations.According to permit conditions.Monthly during operations.Monthly during operations.Weekly during operations.Monthly during operations.Monthly during operations.Monthly during operations.Continuously during operations.AnnuallyEconomic benefits • Keep a record of total expenditure. Annually – to shareholders and investorsNamagroen Prospecting & Investments October 2008
Addendum to <strong>EMPR</strong> for Concessions 8(a), 9(a) and 8(b) 80REHABILITATION AND CLOSURE PLANClosure objectives specific to the Dredging Project should be set in striving to ensure that the area will be restored to the extent that it does notextract from eco-tourism in the area.Table B.3.1: Rehabilitation and Closure Plan.REHABILITATION AND CLOSUREManagement Objective:− Establish the direct and cumulative impacts of diamond mining on key marine ecosystems and biota− Establish recovery rates of disturbed marine habitats− Allow natural recovery of marine habitats so as not to compromise other marine resource users (e.g. fishing sector)− Undertake appropriate rehabilitation during mining operations− Rehabilitate the mining area in a way that does not compromise future land-use options, particularly tourism, conservation and mariculture− If feasible, rehabilitate altered landforms, vegetation and soils as close as possible to pre-impact conditions− Leave disturbed areas, which cannot be rehabilitated, in a state that facilitates natural re-colonisation by animal and plant communities to an ecologically stablesystem in the long term− Remove or demolish all infrastructure not required by future land users− Ensure, as far as is practically possible, that all infrastructure, which cannot be removed or demolished, is safe to humans and animals− Ameliorate all physical hazardsNOTE: Active rehabilitation of the seabed below the low water mark is not required, as recovery within this highly dynamic nearshore area is a rapid and natural process.# ASPECT IMPACT DESCRIPTION MITIGATION MEASURES AND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS1 Closure of Operations Termination ofcontributions to theeconomy including taxes,employment, support tosecondary industries‣ As an interdisciplinary initiative between all involved internal and externalstakeholders, undertake to develop a Rehabilitation and Closure Plan, whichgives attention to:- approximate dates of closure applications,- objectives of closure planning,- relevant decommissioning and rehabilitation monitoring programmes,- financial provisioning for rehabilitation, restoration and reclamationactivities associated with mine closure,RESPONSIBLEPERSON/SNamagroen Prospecting & Investments October 2008
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