Environmental Impact Assessment of a Scrap Metal Smelting Plant

• Published in: Environmental Impact Assessments and Mitigation Vol. 1; pp. 155 - 196
• Main Authors: Mercy Manyuchi, Musaida, Mbohwa, Charles, Muzenda, Edison, Sukdeo, Nita
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom CRC Press 2021; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: EIA Policy; Mitigation Measures; Scrap Metal; EIA Report; Post-operational Activities; Environmental Management Act; EMP; World Bank Guidelines; EIA Process; Smelting Plant; Road Safety Posters; EPFI; Local Development Plan; Smelting Process; Vegetation Loss; Full EIA; Weigh Bridge; Smelting Project; EMA; Violating; Environmental Issues; EIA; Public Infrastructure; Related Environmental Issues
• ISBN: 0367220113; 0367558017; 9780367220112; 9780367558017
• DOI: 10.1201/9780429270307-6

This chapter focuses on the EIA development of a scrap metal smelting project. The smelter was established as a solid waste management measure for scrap metal. Environmental impacts, such as excess heat during the processing stage, noise from trucks delivering, as well as smoke from the coal being used in the smelter are anticipated. The EMP developed for the client recommended the use of heat integration as well as new technologies so that the negative impacts are harnessed. This chapter focuses on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) development of a scrap metal smelting project. It identifies policies and legislation that are likely to affect or have implications for the smelting plant. The chapter focuses on those sections in the different acts which relate to the smelting plant and its operations, the local authority, and related environmental issues. It discusses environmental impacts likely to be caused by the operations of the smelter during the entire life cycle of the project from planning, designing, operational, and decommissioning stages. The chapter deals with the environmental management plan (EMP) as regards planning, operational, and post-operational activities. EMP is a tool that is used for checks and balances in the life of the smelter plant. In the EMP, the potential environmental impacts and mitigatory measures are identified and evaluated to indicate the levels of severity of the impacts to the environment. The EMP also provides the mitigatory measures that address the negative impacts.