Environmental Assessment
Volume C-3.3
Slurry Pipeline
Climate and Air Quality
Ambatovy Project
32
January 2006
3.3
CLIMATE AND AIR QUALITY
3.3.1
Introduction
This section of the Ambatovy Project (the project) Environmental Impact
Assessment (EA) presents information on the air quality impact assessment of
the slurry pipeline as required by the Terms of Reference (ToR) from the
Madagascar Office National pour l’Environnement (ONE 2004). The
information presented includes details on the following:
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air quality concerns identified by stakeholders and regulators;
•
project activities that may affect air quality and mitigations incorporated
in the project design for these impacts;
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the existing air quality in the study area; and
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monitoring recommendations and further mitigations to reduce residual
air quality impacts associated with the slurry pipeline.
Potential air quality issues identified in the EA due to the slurry pipeline include
emissions from construction activities.
3.3.2
Assessment Boundaries
3.3.2.1 Temporal Scope
Temporal considerations for the EA are based on the Ambatovy Project
description and they vary among EA components because of the different ways
the project components interact with the environment. The air component does
not represent fixed points in time. Rather, the assessment was based on the
construction phase of the slurry pipeline.
3.3.2.2 Spatial Scope
The air quality assessment is a qualitative assessment of the area occupied by the
slurry pipeline. Emissions from construction activities will be localized and there
will not be any emissions during the operations phase that will affect air quality
on a regional scale.
