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CASE STUDY PREPARATORY SITE REPORT (PSR) OF ARAXOS QUARRY Activity 3.1 (Environmentally Friendly Practices) Final Version October 2010 DISCLAIMER FOR CASE STUDY REPORTS The present report was prepared in the framework of the project SARMa – Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management, which is co-financed by the EU within the South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme. The information reported is accurate according to the best knowledge of the authors and is the sole responsibility of the authors of this report. The publication reflects the views only of the authors; and therefore the rest of project partnership and the South East Europe Programme Managing Authority cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. PREPARATORY REPORT OF ARAXOS CASE STUDY – CONTENTS ii DELIVERABLE SUMMARY PROJECT INFORMATION Project acronym: SARMa Project title: Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management Contract number: Starting date: 1. 5. 2009 Ending date: 31. 10. 2011 Project website address: www.sarmaproject.eu Lead partner organisation: Geological Survey of Slovenia Address: Dimičeva ulica 14, SI-1000 Ljubljana Project manager: Slavko V. Šolar E-mail: [email protected] DELIVERABLE INFORMATION Title of the deliverable: Activity 3.1 Preparatory study report of Araxos Quarry WP/activity related to the WP3 / Activity 3.1 Environmentally friendly extraction practices deliverable: Type (internal or restricted or Public public): Location (if relevant): - WP leader: Institute of Geology & Mineral Exploration, Greece Department of Mineral Resources Engineering, Technical University of Grete, Activity leader: Greece Participating partner(s): IGME Author(s): Kiki Hatzilazaridou, Fotini Chalkiopoulou, Chara Papantoni E-mail: DELIVERY DEADLINES Contractual date of delivery to the JTS: Actual date of delivery to the JTS: PREPARATORY REPORT OF ARAXOS CASE STUDY – CONTENTS iii Preparatory Site Report (PSR) ACTIVITY 3.1 ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY EXTRACTION PRACTICES CASE STUDY: ARAXOS QUARRY QUARRY OPERATOR: HELLENIC QUARRIES S.A Municipality of Larissos, Prefecture of Achaia, Region of Western Greece AUTHORS: Kiki Hatzilazaridou, Geologist MSc, Institute of Geology & Mineral Exploration Fotini Chalkiopoulou, Mining Engineer, Institute of Geology & Mineral Exploration Chara Papantoni, Mineral Resources Engineer, External Associate Athens, July 2010 PREPARATORY REPORT OF ARAXOS CASE STUDY – CONTENTS iv TABLE OF CONTENTS No TITLE OF CHAPTER page 1. DESCRIPTION OF LOCATION 1 1.1 Geographical data/coordinates 1 1.2 Administrative and legal framework 2 1.3 Demographic issues 3 1.4 Infrastructure 4 1.5 Land use planning 5 1.6 Presence of integrated land-planning framework seeking to balance competing 7 interests between national and local levels, and between quarrying and conservation 1.7 Biodiversity features 9 1.8 Operational status 13 2. GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND RESOURCES 14 2.1 Type of aggregates 14 2.2 Structural geology conditions 14 2.3 Estimated reserves and ore resource potential 15 3. OPERATIONAL AND MARKET CHARACTERISTICS 15 3.1 Quarry infrastructure 15 3.2 Extraction methods and processing techniques 15 3.3 Existence of codes of practice to achieve technical excellence 17 3.4 Providing an overview of production figures 17 3.5 Uses and present market destinations 17 3.6 Operating system for remote monitoring of illegal quarrying 18 4. WASTE AND POST-CLOSURE MANAGEMENT 18 4.1 Disposal and handling of quarry waste 18 4.2 Quantification, characterization, feasibility and potential applications of recycled 18 wastes 4.3 Fit-to-purpose re-use opportunities of wastes/by-products 19 4.4 Remediation practices 19 4.5 Restoration, post-closure planning and immediate aftercare works 20 4.6 Presence of quarry closure, rehabilitation and after-use plans 21 PREPARATORY REPORT OF ARAXOS CASE STUDY – CONTENTS v No TITLE OF CHAPTER page 5. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 22 5.1 Geomorphologic exposure and visibility aspects 22 5.2 Protected areas status 22 5.3 Water (surface and groundwater), soil and air quality conditions 22 5.4 Existence of codes of practice to achieve environmental excellence 25 5.5 Systematic operation of environmental monitoring and control programme 25 5.6 Engineering geology issues 27 5.7 Noise, visual impacts, dust and emissions and aggregates extraction vs. 27 environmental management and pre-, syn -, and post-quarrying land use 6. SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS ASSESSMENT 29 6.1 Local/regional employment situation 29 6.2 Workforce directly and indirectly related to local aggregates extraction 29 6.3 Health and safety aspects (on- and off-site) 29 6.4 Local communities’ engagement and involvement in decision making and available 30 mechanisms to increase communication and discussion between stakeholders. 7. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS 30 7.1 Early stage evaluation with respect to the seven questions framework to 30 sustainability 7.2 Way forward e.g. LCA study approaches 31 8. BEST PRACTICES APPROACH 31 8.1 Possibilities for new technology applications 31 8.2 Sought operational improvements 31 8.3 Expected impacts towards sustainability 31 8.4 Optimising the efficiency of primary aggregates production e.g. water & energy 32 consumption, transport 8.5 Targeting better practises that can help achieve a better relationship between 32 protected areas and other land uses, such as how to incorporate areas of known aggregates potential into decision-making about new protected areas 8.6 Collect information on best practices and failures for aggregates extraction, e.g. 33 environmental management 8.7 Develop guidelines for post quarrying restoration 33 8.8 Determine impediments to best practice e.g. lack of knowledge, regulatory blocks 33 8.9 Prepare recommendations for industry and government actions to encourage best 34 practice 9. REFERENCES 36 PREPARATORY REPORT OF ARAXOS CASE STUDY – CONTENTS vi TABLE OF FIGURES Figure No TITLE OF FIGURE Page Fig. 1 Quarry location 1 Fig. 2 Quarry location (Detail) – Municipality of Larissos 3 Fig. 3 Road network around the quarry 4 Fig. 4 Site of Community Importance, GR 2330007 4 Fig. 5 Special Protection Area, GR 2320001 5 Fig. 6 GR 2320011 5 Fig. 7 Protection Zones of the Strofilia-Kotihi National Park 6 Fig. 8 LAND USE MAP OF GR 2320011 “WETLANDS OF KALOGRIA-LAMIA AND 7 STROFILIA FOREST Fig. 9 Spatial relation of quarry site to wetlands 9 Fig. 10 Prokopos lagoon 9 Fig. 11 Pappas lagoon 10 Fig. 12 Glareola pranticola 10 Fig. 13 Sterna albifrons 10 Fig. 14 Salicornia sp. 10 Fig. 15 Salicornia sp. 10 Fig. 16 Buteo buteo 11 Fig. 17 Falco peregrinus 11 Fig. 18 Strofilia forest 12 Fig. 19 Kotihi lagoon 12 Fig. 20 Araxos quarry 13 Fig. 21 Quarries in Araxos Quarring Area 13 Fig. 22 Internal road network 15 Fig. 23 Auxiliary buildings 15 Fig. 24 Processing plant 18 Fig. 25 Bag-filter 19 Fig. 26 View of de-dusting system 19 Fig. 27 Planting in exhausted faces 19 Fig. 28 Planting along the external access road 19 Fig. 29 PHOTOREALISTIC DISPLAY OF THE ARAXOS QUARRY ZONE AS IT WILL 21 RESULT AFTER RESTORATION BY 2014 Fig. 30a Dumper – internal transport of rock 24 Fig. 30b Loading of processing unit 24 Fig. 30c Mobile unit – Crushing, screening 24 Fig. 30d Track – transportation of final products 24 PREPARATORY REPORT OF ARAXOS CASE STUDY – CONTENTS vii Figure No TITLE OF FIGURE Page Fig. 31 Vibration monitoring stations 26 Fig. 32 Dust monitoring stations 26 Fig. 33 Water sprayed road 27 Fig. 34 Water lorry spraying roads 27 Fig. 35 Part of the de-dusting system (Conveyor belts covered) 27 PREPARATORY REPORT OF ARAXOS CASE STUDY – CONTENTS viii Preparatory Site Report (PSR) ACTIVITY 3.1: ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY EXTRACTION PRACTICES CASE STUDY: ARAXOS QUARRY 1. DESCRIPTION OF LOCATION 1.1 Geographical data/coordinates Araxos quarry (red triangle in maps), is located in the quarrying area of Achaia Prefecture of the Region of Western Greece. It belongs to the municipality of Larissos. It is located in a distance of: 260km west of Athens 30 km west-southwest of Patras 1km northwest of Araxos village >3km from other local settlements 2,9km north-west of the Araxos airport 2km from coastal line Coordinates of location using WGS84 system: 002-71-785 E 042-27-518 N Fig. 1: Quarry location PREPARATORY REPORT of ARAXOS CASE STUDY 1 1.2 Administrative and legal framework Greek legislation (Mining Code), distinguishes mineral resources in “ores” and “quarry minerals”. The distinction is made on the basis of the difference in ownership rights. The Mining Code 210/1973 defines that: “the quarry minerals, including primary aggregates, belong to the landowner” whilst the “ores” either superficial or underground, do not belong to the owner of the land. Law 669/1977, which is still in force, sets the basic lagislative framework for the exploitation of primary aggregatess (and the “quarry minerals” in general). Law 1428/1984 and its basic amendment Law 2115/1993 specialized the legislative framework for the exploitation of primary aggregates. Interventions in several points of the basic legislative framework have been made by the laws: 2576/1998, article 8 paragraph 4 2702/1999, articles 6&8 2837/2000, article 7 2947/2001, article 9 paragraph B1 3190/2003, article 19 3335/2005, articleS 13&17 3438/2006, article 14 Law 1428/1984 and its amendments contain all the essential issues related to the exploitation of primary aggregates such as: exploitation rights, process for definition of “quarrying areas”, licensing process related to mining, installment and

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