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Proponents have responsibility to |
- avoid, minimize and remedy adverse impacts - internalize the envtal and social costs of the proposal - prepare plans for managing impacts - repair or make restitution for envtal damages
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avoidance, mitigation, compensation |
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avoidance |
generally the most desirable avoids mitigation expenses achieve it by modifying plans designs or schedules ex: remove a chemical of concern from production do not build a road through a wetland |
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mitigation |
defined as the application of design, construction or scheduling principles to minimize or eliminate potential adverse impacts and where possible enhance envtal quality ex: measures to restore or rehabilitate ecosystems, recreate habitats and values resources can involve: scaling down or relocating the proposal, changes in planning, design, engineering, project management, measures to manage the impacts, environmental rehabilitation, restoration of the site to its previous state, replacement of the envtal values lost at another location
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compensation |
concerned with impacts remaining after mitigative options exhausted can be measures to recreate habitats or valued resources can be monetary payments for damage caused by project ex: monetary payment to community after release of toxic substance to natural environment a new forest was planted in the community to compensate for the one destroyed by a project |
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monitoring and follow-up |
- verify accuracy of impact-predictions - establish what impacts actually occur - modify mitigation measures to improve their effectiveness - have to monitor to ensure that: impact predictions are accurate, avoidance mitigation and compensatiion measures are achieving goals, regulations and standards are being met, envtal operating criteria are being adhered to
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