Part II guidance Notes Pillar I – Laws, Policies, and Institutions


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Participatory Environmental Monitoring Committees in 
Mining Contexts
, 2019). 
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Government should ensure that mining entities publish biodiversity monitoring reports 
through printed material or other accessible and culturally appropriate means such as 
websites, television, or radio announcements. 
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Government should impose sanctions for non-compliance through an established method of 
determining sanctions, with escalating violation categories. The regulatory framework should 
enable government agencies to legally apply pre-defined, objective sanctions.
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Governments are encouraged to establish an accountability mechanism that is accessible and 
culturally appropriate where mining community members can file a complaint and seek 
resolution. 
4.4 Waste
4.4.1 Enact standards and codes 
to ensure mine waste structures 
are appropriately and safely 
designed, operated, maintained, 
and closed. 
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Government should require accountability for the design, construction, operation, and 
management of mine waste facilities. 
• 
Government should require quality assurance and quality control to ensure: 

Good quality and safe construction of waste structures

Effective maintenance to ensure proper operation

Regular monitoring to ensure proper function

Regular, periodic executive review 

Public environmental reporting. 
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Governments should review and consider the following benchmarks: 

For tailings management: The 
Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management


For mine waste management: IFC’s 


Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines for 
Mining
 and the EU’s 
Directive 2006/21/EC on Management of Waste from Extractive 
Industries

For additional examples of good legal frameworks for mine waste management refer to the 
IGF’s 
Mine Waste Management: Case studies from Ghana and Canada
 and 
Guidance for 
Governments: Environmental management and mining governance


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Governments should assess re-mining of waste materials during the feasibility study and 
before the complete sealing of waste dumps to mitigate the risk of attracting informal mining 
at the site post-closure. 
4.4.2.a Require mining entities to 
plan, design, construct and 
operate waste structures such 
that geotechnical, climate, and 
environmental risks are assessed 
and managed throughout the 
mine life cycle. 
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Decisions regarding the types of mine waste facilities and their locations should take into 
consideration: 

The potential impact on the health and livelihood of community members, including 
women and children 

Existing and potential climate change impacts

Mine expansion forecasts

Other environmental and social risk factors.
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Mine waste structures should be designed to respond to emergencies such as power outages, 
seismic events, and major weather events (such as emergency and flood overflow spillways 
and channels). 
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Mine waste facilities must be managed and monitored throughout the life of the mine and 
after mine closure, including the ongoing management of geotechnical and geochemical risks 
and environmental impacts. 
• 
Government should ensure that the mining entity undertakes an alternatives assessment at 
the planning stage that takes into consideration alternative uses for the land post-closure. 


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