Environmental Assessment
Volume C-6
Slurry Pipeline
Reclamation and Closure
Ambatovy Project
209
January 2006
6.2
DECOMMISSIONING AND ABANDONMENT
All sites associated with the project will be stabilized and reclaimed to a
condition that will mitigate residual impacts, promote revegetation and not
impair pre-disturbance land use activities. All buried portions of the pipeline will
be drained and abandoned in place, and exposed portions of the pipeline will be
removed for salvage. Applicable international standards for infrastructure
abandonment (IFC, World Bank) in place at the time of abandonment will be
met.
Following satisfactory decommissioning and abandonment of project
infrastructure, and relevant clean-up and reclamation activities described earlier,
final decommissioning will occur.
Decisions on road abandonment will be made with local authorities and
stakeholders. If roads are to be abandoned, erosion control measures will be
installed, watercourse crossing structures will be removed, and road surfaces will
be allowed to revegetate. Cross drains, parallel ditches and diversion berms will
be installed on reclaimed slopes susceptible to water erosion, to divert runoff into
vegetated areas adjacent to the RoW.
6.3
GENERAL CONSTRUCTION MITIGATIONS
General mitigations which apply to the project are as follows:
•
Applicable regulators, communities and land users will be kept apprised
of all construction schedules.
•
The local communities will be notified so that anyone using the area
will be aware of construction activities and to ensure appropriate
avoidance or precautionary measures can be implemented.
•
Identified land users will be notified of the construction schedule at least
two weeks prior to clearing or other construction work.
•
All construction activities will be restricted to the designated RoW, sites
and other workspaces.
•
Construction traffic will be restricted to the RoW, existing access and
appropriate detours. All safety and road closure regulations will be
adhered to by construction traffic.
•
Vehicle and equipment operators will maintain appropriate speeds and
will be advised of potential encounters with wildlife while on access
routes and RoW. Any wildlife encountered will be given the right of
way.
