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Environmental Assessment Volume D
Process Plant Table of Contents
3.7.4 Issue Scoping.................................................................................................70
3.7.5 Impact Assessment........................................................................................71
3.7.6 Impact Analysis ..............................................................................................72
3.7.7 Conclusions....................................................................................................72
3.8 WATER QUALITY .........................................................................................................73
3.8.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................73
3.8.2 Study Area .....................................................................................................73
3.8.3 Baseline Summary.........................................................................................74
3.8.4 Issue Scoping.................................................................................................76
3.8.5 Impact Assessment........................................................................................77
3.9 VISUAL AESTHETICS ..................................................................................................82
3.9.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................82
3.9.2 Study Area .....................................................................................................82
3.9.3 Baseline Summary.........................................................................................82
3.9.4 Issue Scoping.................................................................................................83
3.9.5 Impact Assessment........................................................................................84
3.9.6 Conclusions....................................................................................................91
4 BIOLOGICAL ............................................................................................................ 92
4.1 FLORA...........................................................................................................................92
4.1.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................92
4.1.2 Study Area .....................................................................................................92
4.1.3 Baseline Summary.........................................................................................92
4.1.4 Issue Scoping.................................................................................................94
4.1.5 Key Question FL-1 What Effect Will the Mine Have on the Loss or
Alteration of Plant Communities?...................................................................95
4.2 FAUNA - PROCESS PLANT .......................................................................................100
4.2.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................100
4.2.2 Study Area ...................................................................................................100
4.2.3 Baseline Summary.......................................................................................101
4.2.4 Impact Assessment......................................................................................102
4.3 FISH AND AQUATIC RESOURCES...........................................................................129
4.3.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................129
4.3.2 Study Area ...................................................................................................129
4.3.3 Baseline Summary.......................................................................................129
4.3.4 Issue Scoping...............................................................................................132
4.3.5 Key Question FA-1: What Effect Will the Project Have on Aquatic
Habitat, the Abundance of Aquatic Biota, and Local Harvest of Fish
or Aquatic Biota?..........................................................................................133
4.3.6 Conclusions..................................................................................................140
4.4 NATURAL HABITATS AND BIODIVERSITY ..............................................................141
4.4.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................141
4.4.2 Study Area ...................................................................................................142
4.4.3 Baseline Summary.......................................................................................142
4.4.4 Impact Assessment......................................................................................144
4.4.5 Conclusions..................................................................................................158
4.5 PROTECTED AREAS .................................................................................................159
4.5.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................159
4.5.2 Study Area ...................................................................................................159
4.5.3 Baseline Summary.......................................................................................159
4.5.4 Issue Scoping...............................................................................................160
4.5.5 Impact Assessment......................................................................................160
4.5.6 Conclusions..................................................................................................163
Ambatovy Project iv January 2006
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