Part II guidance Notes Pillar I – Laws, Policies, and Institutions
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MPF Part II Guidance Notes - For Ratification (1)
party review to ensure accuracy. • Governments should require the use of costing models and templates to ensure consistent and complete costing using realistic rates and costs for the jurisdiction and location of the mine. • The following provides examples of costing models: o Reclaim 7.0 User Manual: Mining version used in northern Canada. o Standardized Reclamation Cost Estimator used in Nevada. o Estimated Rehabilitation Cost Calculator used in Queensland. 5.2.3.b Require mining entities to provide financial assurance that is issued or held only by qualified and approved financial institutions, insurance companies, or other appropriately regulated institutions. • Government should ensure that financial assurance is held only by a qualified and approved financial institution, insurance company, or other appropriately regulated institution. Those institutions must have sufficient capital to fulfill the requirements of the financial assurance. If the financial assurance is held by an institution outside of the country, the government should ensure it will be able to readily access the funds to carry out closure or rehabilitation work. Government should require regular independent audits of these institutions. • In the event government holds the funds, the funds should be placed in separate designated accounts that can only be accessed to cover closure costs in the event the mine operator fails to fulfill its closure obligations and should ensure accountability through independent oversight. 5.2.3.c Require mining entities to, in the event that the mining entity cannot fulfill its closure obligations, providing government the right to gain immediate and unencumbered access to the full amount of the financial assurance to cover the costs of all outstanding work programs. • Government should provide clear procedures related to the management and access to, or release of, the financial assurance that ensure the full amount of the funds are made available immediately in the event the mining entity cannot fulfill its closure obligations. 5.2.3.d Require mining entities to allow for draw-down or release of a portion of financial assurance as • Regulations should authorize the partial release of financial assurance as progressive reclamation is undertaken and outstanding closure costs are reduced. Reductions in financial 30 progressive or other closure activities are completed and approved. assurance should be commensurate with demonstrated completion of progressive reclamation activities and closure criteria. • Governments should regularly review the fully costed closure plan and require appropriate adjustments to the cost estimate accordingly. Download 0.9 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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