Read the Document “Best Practices in Environmental Assessment”. Using the document in entirety yet focusing on Sections 3, 4 and 6, of this document, fill out the following matrix for a mining project (each project phase 33 points): The following is the matrix!!
Project Phase
Project Activity
Pathway(s)
Valued Component(s) (Receptors)
Rationale
Construction
Construction of Access roads
Emissions
Stresses
Improvement (Associated with Potential Positive Impacts)
Clearing of land and vegetation
Emissions
Stresses
Improvement (Associated with Potential Positive Impacts)
Blasting as part of open pit operation
Emissions
Stresses
Improvement (Associated with Potential Positive Impacts)
Use of the access roads for supplying material and equipment
Emissions
Stresses
Improvement (Associated with Potential Positive Impacts)
Operation
Use of the access roads and local roads for commuting to the site
Emissions
Stresses
Improvement (Associated with Potential Positive Impacts)
Storage of Waste Rock in large quantities
Emissions
Stresses
Improvement (Associated with Potential Positive Impacts)
Chemical Extraction of Precious Metal (assume the use of Cyanide)
Emissions
Stresses
Improvement (Associated with Potential Positive Impacts)
Use of surface Water in the process of
Emissions
Stresses
Improvement (Associated with Potential Positive Impacts)
Closure
Rehabilitation of the Open Pit through filling with the waste rock and revegetation
Emissions
Stresses
Improvement (Associated with Potential Positive Impacts)
Abandonment of the industrial facility
Emissions
Stresses
Improvement (Associated with Potential Positive Impacts)
Last Completed Projects
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