Environmental Assessment
Volume A-5
Introduction
Regulatory Framework
Table 5-1
Project Permits and Licences
Authority
Permit/License
Commission sur les Grands Investissements
Miniers (CGIM)
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Certificate of Eligibility under the LGIM
Ministry of Energy and Mines
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Exploration
-
Timber Concession (exploration)
-
Surface Water Appropriation
-
Export (testing and analysis)
-
Construction and mine safety
-
Export (nickel and cobalt)
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Hazardous and solid waste disposal
-
Exploitation
-
Storage of explosives
-
Construction (open pit/process plant)
-
Timber Concession (mining)
-
Surface Water Diversion
-
Groundwater Appropriation
-
Discharge of Dredged or fill material into streams
-
Air emissions
Ministry of the Environment
-
Environmental Impact Assessment
-
Notice of Impact
-
Environmental Management System
-
Effluent discharge
-
Groundwater discharge
Ministry of Territory development and local
authorities
-
Occupation Domaniale (determines project site building plans
and legal status)
-
Construction (buildings)
-
Construction (employee hygiene/sanitary facilities)
Ministry of Transport
-
Construction (airport/airstrip)
-
Transport of petroleum products and hazardous chemicals
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Construction (port)
Civil Engineering Ministry
-
Alignment and building construction
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Construction (roads, railways, bridges)
Ministry of Telecommunications
-
Radio
-
Construction of transmission, radio, aerial cables
Ministry of Water and Forests
-
Removal of sensitive flora
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Relocation of sensitive fauna
Ministry of Agriculture
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Construction (dams, channels and dykes)
Ministry of Culture
-
Relocation of sacred sites and monuments
Ministry of Army
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Possession of weapons for security personnel
Once the environmental authorization is granted following EA approval, the
following authorizations, permits, licenses and agreements will have to be
obtained (Table 5-1).
Also, where the project component is located near protected areas, such as along
the slurry pipeline right-of-way (see Volume C), the National Association for the
Management of Protected Areas (ANGAP), the governmental body that controls
and regulates national protected zones, has to be consulted to verify the needs for
any special permits and authorizations. Logging is also a complex issue:
additional special permits may be required with local and regional governments.
Ambatovy Project
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January 2006
