Inspection Checklist Mitigation Impacts Observed/Location Implementation Action Required Contractor Action/Mitigation Measure (Corrective Action # Response/Comment & Date) Yes/No (1 to 5) 1. Contractor Aware of environmental management Y environmental requirements Y awareness, Has copy of IEE, EMP; inspection and Y 4 reporting Delivering training and/or awareness to staff Y (staff induction, tool box meetings) Y Daily/weekly inspections Y Reporting 2. Groundwater Avoid construction in aquifers Y 4 The cell floor is flooded when it rains Quality Control Adequate bunding of fuel storage areas to heavily preventing any constructions Y protect from spills from taking place. Small trenches are dug to divert water from higher n/a Sludge from de-watering to be disposed of grounds to the base of cell 2. appropriately Contractor works on the quarry floor starting from the top first allowing water to drain to lower points. Refueling activities were discussed. There is no fuel stored on site, and vehicles are refueled at the yard area. However, the contractor’s excavator is refueled in the landfill cell area, due to the impracticality of moving the heavy tracked vehicle to the top each time. The Contractor was reminded that this refueling operation must be undertaken with utmost care, avoiding any spillage in this area of groundwater vulnerability.
Inspection Checklist Action/Mitigation Measure Mitigation Implementation Impacts Observed/Location Action Required (Corrective Action # & Date) Contractor Response/Comment Yes/No (1 to 5) 1. Contractor environmental awareness, inspection and reporting Aware of environmental management requirements Has copy of IEE, EMP; Delivering training and/or awareness to staff (staff induction, tool box meetings) Daily/weekly inspections Reporting Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 2. Groundwater Quality Control Avoid construction in aquifers Adequate bunding of fuel storage areas to protect from spills Sludge from de-watering to be disposed of appropriately Y Y n/a 4 The cell floor is flooded when it rains heavily preventing any constructions from taking place. Small trenches are dug to divert water from higher grounds to the base of cell 2. Contractor works on the quarry floor starting from the top first allowing water to drain to lower points. Refueling activities were discussed. There is no fuel stored on site, and vehicles are refueled at the contractor’s yard area. However, the excavator is refueled in the landfill cell area, due to the impracticality of moving the heavy tracked vehicle to the top each time. The Contractor was reminded that this refueling operation must be undertaken with utmost care, avoiding any spillage in this area of groundwater vulnerability.
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