Title:

Environmental Impact Assessment report for the proposed expansion project at Langer Heinrich Mine: Appendix Q: Environmental Management Plan - August 2009, Draft: Langer Heinrich Uranium Environmental Management Plan Section A - Introduction and Environmental Management Framework

Publication Year:
2009
Abstract:

In 2005 Langer Heinrich Uranium (LHU) was granted a mining license, ML 140, to mine and process uranium oxide (U308) at its site located in the Namib Naukluft Park (Figure A. 1). As part of the mining license application process (2005), an environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report (Softchem, 2005) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP) (Speiser, 2005) were submitted and approved by the relevant authorities. The EMP was then revised and approved by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) in 2008 (LHU, 2008) to cater for infrastructure and activities that included both existing facilities and those being constructed as part of the Stage II expansion programme. This EMP, the second amendment to the mine's EMP, has been amended to cater for Stage III expansion project and the 2009 EIA. It should therefore be read in the context of the 2009 EIA. In this regard, a summary table highlighting the issues identified in the EIA and the corresponding management and mitigation plans (MMPs) is included in Table A. 1 below. The EMP documents a series of management and mitigation plans (MMPs) designed to meet legal requirements and minimise the impacts associated with uranium mining in a national park. The MMPs have been compiled based on a review of the management commitments in the 2008 EMP as well as the findings and recommendations of the 2009 EIA.

Publisher:
Langer Heinrich Uranium (Pty) Limited
Series Title:
Metago Project Number: L016-01, Report No. 2, August 2009
Number:
2
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en

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