Environmental Assessment
Volume C-7
Slurry Pipeline
Environmental and Social
Management Plans
Ambatovy Project
212
January 2006
7
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT
PLANS
This section provides highlights of selected mitigation and monitoring that will
form part of the management plans specific for the slurry pipeline. More detailed
information is provided in the mitigation and monitoring sections of each
Environmental Assessment (EA) discipline section. A full framework for the
Environmental and Social Management Plan is provided in Volume H,
Appendix 6. Mitigation and monitoring plans are divided into three sections
below: Section 7.1 presents key pre-construction work to be done; Section 7.2
presents activities to be performed for key management plans during operations;
and Section 7.3 presents activities to be completed for key management plans
during reclamation and closure.
7.1
PRE-CONSTRUCTION STUDIES
7.1.1
Water Management Plan
Stream crossings will be surveyed before pipeline construction begins to
determine the hydrologic characteristics, potential scour depths and best locations
and techniques for stream crossing construction.
7.1.2
Flora and Fauna Management Plans
Environmental monitors will proceed ahead of construction to assist in fine
tuning the route or implementing mitigation to minimize disturbance of sensitive
flora or fauna.
7.1.3
Fish and Aquatics Management Plan
Environmental monitors will proceed ahead of construction to assess stream
crossings relative to sensitive aquatic habitats for fish and other species in order
to assist in defining any necessary mitigation for impacts on such habitats, or
special crossing construction techniques as needed.
