SYNTHESIS REPORT of BASELINE STUDY REPORTS of Sarma MODEL SITES
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SYNTHESIS REPORT OF BASELINE STUDY REPORTS OF SARMa MODEL SITES Activity 3.1 (Environmentally friendly extraction practices)) Final Version 12 April 2011 DELIVERABLE SUMMARY PROJECT INFORMATION Project acronym: SARMa Project title: Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management Contract number: SEE/A/151/2.4/X Starting date: 01.05.2009 Ending date: 31.12.2011 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 Activity 3.1 (Environmentally friendly extraction practices) Title of the deliverable: Synthesis Report WP/activity related to the WP3 / Activity 3.1 deliverable: Type (internal or restricted or Public public): Location (if relevant): - WP leader: Institute of Geology & Mineral Exploration (IGME), Greece Activity leader: Technical University of Crete, Greece (TUC) Participating partner(s): All partners Authors: Zach Agioutantis, Stelios Maurigiannakis, Andriani Athousaki (TUC) E-mail: [email protected] DELIVERY DEADLINES Contractual date of delivery to the JTS: Actual date of delivery to the JTS: DISCLAIMER 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. ii Table of Contents Table of Contents ..............................................................................iii List of Figures...................................................................................iv List of Tables....................................................................................iv Executive Summary ............................................................................ 1 Chapter 1: Introduction ....................................................................... 2 Chapter 2: Background and Methodology .................................................. 6 2.1 Background .............................................................................. 6 2.2 Data Collection.......................................................................... 6 2.3 Methodology of Analysis ............................................................... 7 Chapter 3: Brief Descriptions of Case Studies ............................................ 13 3.1 The Araxos Case Study ................................................................ 14 3.2 The Kovilovaca Case study ........................................................... 17 3.3 The Lanca Dei Francesi case study.................................................. 20 3.4 The Revarsarea case study ........................................................... 23 3.5 The Šljunčara Trsenik case study ................................................... 26 Chapter 4: Best Practices .................................................................... 29 4.1 Air Pollution ............................................................................ 29 4.2 Blasting .................................................................................. 30 4.3 Ecology and Biodiversity .............................................................. 31 4.4 Nature Conservation................................................................... 32 4.5 Noise ..................................................................................... 34 4.6 Planning ................................................................................. 34 4.7 Quarry Fines and Waste............................................................... 36 4.8 Restoration and Rehabilitation ...................................................... 37 4.9 Social Issues and Community......................................................... 39 4.10 Transport .............................................................................. 40 4.11 Visual Disturbance and Landscape................................................. 41 4.12 Water................................................................................... 42 Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations........................................... 44 References ..................................................................................... 51 Appendix A: Abbreviations................................................................... 53 iii List of Figures Figure 1: Case studies analyzed.............................................................. 7 Figure 2: Data Collection ..................................................................... 8 Figure 3: Data Processing .................................................................... 10 Figure 4: Issues and categories of best practice analysis (1/2)........................ 11 Figure 5: Issues and categories of best practice analysis (2/2)........................ 12 Figure 6: The Araxos quarry ................................................................. 14 Figure 7: Araxos quarry facilities ........................................................... 14 Figure 8: Aerial view of the Kovilovača deposit and quarry............................ 17 Figure 9: Settling ponds at the Kovilovača operation ................................... 17 Figure 10: The “Lanca Dei Francesi” case study ......................................... 20 Figure 11: Other views of the “Lanca dei Francesi” quarry............................. 20 Figure 12: The Revarsarea quarry and town .............................................. 23 Figure 13: Satellite image of the pilot site dark brown the natural landscape along the Sava river flood plain. ................................................................... 26 Figure 14: Equipment used for excavation in different parts of the Šljunčara Trsenik quarry ................................................................................. 26 Figure 15: Quarry operation ................................................................. 45 Figure 16: Quarry restoration ............................................................... 45 List of Tables Table 1: Summary of case studies .......................................................... 13 Table 2: The Araxos case study ............................................................. 15 Table 3: The Kovilovaca case study ........................................................ 18 Table 4: The Lanca Dei Francesi case study .............................................. 20 Table 5: The Revarsarea case study........................................................ 23 Table 6: The Šljunčara Trsenik case study ................................................ 26 Table 7: Air pollution- EFQ + SI + SD ....................................................... 29 Table 8: Blasting-EFQ + SI + SD ............................................................. 30 Table 9: Ecology + Biodiversity-EFQ + SI + SD + REST ................................... 31 Table 10: Nature Conservation-EFQ + SI + SD + REST.................................... 33 Table 11: Noise-EFQ + SI + SD ............................................................... 34 Table 12: Planning-EFQ + REST + SI + SD ................................................. 35 Table 13: Quarry Fines + Waste-EFQ + SI + SD + REST................................... 36 Table 14: Restoration + Rehabilitation -REST + SI + SD ................................. 38 Table 15: Social Issues and Community-SI + SD .......................................... 39 Table 16: Transport + Traffic- EFQ + SD................................................... 41 Table 17: Visual + landscape- EFQ + SI + SD .............................................. 41 Table 18: Water- EFQ + SI + SD ............................................................. 42 Table 19: Summary of Do’s and Dont’s .................................................... 47 Table 20: Summary of short messages ..................................................... 51 iv Executive Summary This synthesis report summarizes, compares and analyzes the information obtained from case studies, questionnaires, as well as material collected for WP3.1, regarding best practices in quarrying. This report will form the basis for the joint manual, which is an output of WP3 and will also include information on illegal quarrying and recycling. This synthesis report, as well as the manual, targets the stakeholders at the local level, i.e. the quarry operator (industry) as well as the society / community and the local authorities. This is an important consideration since the recommendations and the messages would have been different if the report was compiled solely for the operator, or solely for the community or the public authority / government or for any other stakeholder. When operators lose the social license to operate the dispute is between them and the community, not them and the public authority. A Social License to Operate exists when a mineral exploration or mining project is seen as having the approval and the broad acceptance of the immediate and wider community to conduct its activities. It is a license which can not be provided by civil authorities,