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16-3 Annual Environmental Protection and Enhancement Program
MGB outline program for annual environmental protection and enhancement
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Republic of the Philippines
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
MINES AND GEOSCIENCES BUREAU
REGIONAL OFFICE NO. ___
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AND ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
1.0
Corporate Data
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.0
Project name
Company name(s) and address(es)
Contact/title
Project Description
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
Project details
2.1.1 Project location
2.1.2 Estimated capital cost
2.1.3 Minerals (types to be mined)
2.1.4 Mining method(s) (open pit/underground)
2.1.5 Estimated production (daily or annual mill/plant throughput)
2.1.6 Process plant/mill (type of process)
2.1.7 Proposed mine life (years)
Mineral reserves/resources
2.2.1 Reserves/resources (MT in each category)
2.2.2 Average grade of ore (each mineral commodity)
2.2.3 Cut-off grade
2.2.4 Potential for additional reserves
Access/transportation
2.3.1 Road (preference and alternates)
2.3.2 Air access (origin and destination points)
2.3.3 Shipping (preferred port facilities, alternates)
Power supply
2.4.1 Requirements
2.4.2 Supply alternatives
Mining equipment
2.5.1 List of mobile/fix equipment
2.5.2 List of all diesel powered equipment
Workforce information
2.6.1 Total operational workforce
2.6.2 Housing options (camp, neighboring communities, new town)
Development schedule
2.7.1 Site construction/development start-up (quarter/year)
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2.7.2
3.0
Production start-up (quarter/year)
Environmental Impacts and Control
Acceptable levels of impacts to the surrounding environment resulting
from mining activities associated with mining are to be presented in this section
as COMMITMENTS. These commitments are expected to control impacts to
acceptable level.
In order to establish accurate and appropriate control strategies, it is
necessary to go through a rigorous process of itemizing and detailing all
elements of the mining operations that are predicted/expected to result in
acceptable impact on the following resources:
3.1
Land resources
3.1.1
Acceptable impacts associated during the construction,
development, mining operations and mineral processing:
3.1.1.1 For underground mines
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Headframes and associated engineering
structures and installations;
Shafts and winzes;
Box cut excavations to mine portals,
adits/drifts, etc.; and
Subsidence.
3.1.1.2 For open cut mines
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Final void (pit) and high wall;
Overburden spoil piles (low wall);
Haulroads; and
Slopes.
3.1.1.3 General
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All surface mine buildings and other
structures, including foundations;
Access roads and other infrastructure such
as airstrips, pipelines, fuel installations,
railways, power (transmission) lines, and
pollution control structures;
Stockpiles and dumps;
Plant, including derelict equipment;
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Water supply and storages, including
settling and treatment ponds;
Watercourse crossings and diversions;
Hard stands and parking areas;,
Contaminated land;
Removal of plants and animals
communities; and
All other disturbed surfaces.
3.1.1.4 Others
Residential, recreation and/or community
facilities of a temporary or semipermanent nature
for mine workforce, support staff and Contractors,
each with associated service infrastructure that
may need to be rehabilitated.
3.1.2
Control strategies
3.1.2.1 Progressive rehabilitation
3.1.2.2 Rehabilitation standard
3.1.2.3 Rehabilitation methods
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3.2
Premining preparation;
Final landform design;
Surface preparation;
Revegetation method; and
Maintenance.
Water resources
3.2.1
Acceptable impacts associated with potential source(s) of water
contamination:
3.2.1.1 Stockpiles drainage including sedimentation (waste
dumps/spoils and ore);
3.2.1.2 Mine dewatering or pit drainage including utilization for
road watering, processing, disposal by
evaporation;
3.2.1.3 Process water;
3.2.1.4 Tailings pond;
3.2.1.5 Infrastructure;
3.2.1.6 Sewerage;
3.2.1.7 Solid waste disposal;
3.2.1.8 Product waste and consumable use, storage and disposal;
and
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3.2.1.9 Others.
3.2.2
Control strategies
3.2.2.1
3.2.2.2
3.2.2.3
3.2.2.4
3.2.2.5
3.2.2.6
3.2.2.7
3.2.2.8
3.2.2.9
3.3
Noise
3.3.1
Acceptable levels emanating from potential source(s) of noise:
3.3.1.1
3.3.1.2
3.3.1.3
3.3.1.4
3.3.1.5
3.3.1.6
3.3.2
Road vehicles, including off-highway trucks;
Explosives;
Crusher and other ore treatment plant;
Earthmoving plant (mining equipment);
Powerhouse; and
Others.
Control strategies
3.3.2.1
3.3.2.2
3.3.2.3
3.3.2.4
3.3.2.5
3.3.2.6
3.4
Tailings impoundment;
Tailings dam seepage collectors;
Freshwater dams;
Treatment of residual voids or worked-out underground
mine;
Diversion banks;
Sediment control dam;
Groundwater;
Sewage; and
Others.
Restriction of hours of activity;
Permanent or temporary relocation of residences affected;
Changing mining methods or equipment used;
Construction of sound barriers, e.g., spoil embankments;
Soundproofing of residences; and
Others.
Air Quality
3.4.1
Acceptable levels of air quality
3.4.1.1 Dust from mining activities;
3.4.1.2 Dust from plant processing area (crushers);
3.4.1.3 Fumes from flotation and concentrate storage and CIL
areas;
3.4.1.4 Gases from underground mine shafts;
3.4.1.5 Dust from vehicle movement;
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3.4.1.6 Dust from exploration activities such as drilling and the
forming of access tracks; and
3.4.1.7 Others.
3.4.2
Control strategies
3.4.2.1 Dust suppression
3.5
Conservation values
3.5.1
Nature issues
3.5.1.1 Acceptable levels of impact
3.5.1.2 Control strategies
3.5.2
Visual aesthetics
3.5.2.1 Acceptable levels of impact
3.5.2.2 Control strategies
3.5.3
Recreation and education
3.5.3.1 Acceptable levels of impact
3.5.3.2 Control strategies
3.6
Heritage and cultural values
3.6.1
3.6.2
3.7
Social issues
3.7.1
3.7.2
4.0
Acceptable levels of impact
Control strategies
Acceptable levels of impact
Control strategies
Approach and Scope of Environmental Monitoring Program
4.1
Monitoring
4.1.1
4.1.2
Significant impacts to be monitored
Sources of impact
4.1.2.1 Mining activities/infrastructure
Open pit/voids, underground portals, subsidence,
shafts, mine waste dumps, tailings dam, sediment
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dams, freshwater dams, diversions, roads and
borrow pits, buildings, etc.
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Parameters to be monitored
Purposes of monitoring
Monitoring methods
Monitoring locations
Monitoring frequency
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Parameters to be monitored
Purposes of monitoring
Monitoring methods
Monitoring locations
Monitoring frequency
4.1.2.2 Noise
4.1.2.3 Air quality
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Parameters to be monitored
Purposes of monitoring
Monitoring methods
Monitoring locations
Monitoring frequency
4.1.2.4 Conservation values
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Parameters to be monitored
Purposes of monitoring
Monitoring methods
Monitoring locations
Monitoring frequency
4.1.2.5 Heritage and cultural values
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Parameters to be monitored
Purposes of monitoring
Monitoring methods
Monitoring locations
Monitoring frequency
4.1.2.6 Social issues
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Parameters to be monitored
Purposes of monitoring
Monitoring methods
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5.0
Monitoring locations
Monitoring frequency
Research Proposals at the Mine
Examples of research proposals
Land resources - Tailings rehabilitation
Water resources
- Tailings dam seepage and water balance
6.0
Total Cost of EPEP
Contractors/Permittees are required to supply an estimate of the total cost
of their Environmental Protection and Enhancement Program based on the
commitments presented in the EPEP document. Such estimate shall serve as the
basis in the determination of a Mine Rehabilitation Fund as required by the Act.
It is therefore important that estimates be as accurate and comprehensive as
possible. The MRF is intended as reasonable security for minimum compliance
with the environmental protection and enhancement provisions and/or conditions
of the agreement.
Based on the EPEP, cost estimates can be calculated by:
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Defining elements to be rehabilitated over the life of the mine (tailings
dams, waste dumps, etc.);
Defining the maximum area of land for each type of elements during the
life-of-the-mine;
Defining the agreed rehabilitation standards and/or activities (reprofiling,
sealing, revegetation, etc.);
Quantifying the rehabilitation activities (slope depth of cover, seed mix,
etc.);
Establishing a unit cost for each activity;
Applying the established unit costs to each activity for each area of
disturbance; and
Summing the area costs for the whole site.
The cost should be compiled on the basis of a comprehensive
Schedule of Rehabilitation covering the life-of-the-mine. In this Schedule,
each area of disturbed land, the nature and extent of disturbance, and the
estimated annual cost per unit area of rehabilitation works necessary to
achieve the standards suitable for agreed post-mining land use, need to be
identified and described.
7.0
Name and Signature of Applicant or Person(s) preparing the EPEP (Specify PRC
and PTR numbers)
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8.0
Plan(s)/Map(s) of the Proposed Operations showing location of area(s) subject of
operations, access to property, location of works and roads, water courses,
working areas, camps and other surface facilities
Bibliography
List of Maps
List of Tables
