| Category | Definition
| Issues/activities | Examples(individualcircumstances
may warrant different categories)
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| A High potential impact | Activities which due to their type, scale or location have the potential for major adverse impacts on the environment, the workforce, their immediate dependants or the community at large. These may not be readily predictable, and are usually irreversible, diverse or sensitive.
Full formal assessment with specialist inputs is required.
Monitoring and reporting by specialists will normally be required.
| —Major pollution of air, soil or water
—Clearing of significant areas of natural vegetation (what definition?)
—Impact on habitat important to endangered / protected species or fragile areas eg wetlands, small islands etc.
—Bulk storage of inflammable, explosive or hazardous material
—Use, handling or production of toxic or substances hazardous to health in significant quantities or at high exposure levels.
—Processes that can give rise to high societal risks as well as significant risks to the workforce
—Work that directly affects public safety
—Significant numbers of people being moved from the project site (whether or not they have formal rights)
—Substantial job losses planned or expected in the future
—Large non-local labour force being brought into the project site (whether for a temporary construction period or longer)
—Effects on cultural property or vulnerable groups
—Use of forced or child labour
—Uncontrolled use of armed security forces
| —Mining and mineral processing
—Oil and gas exploration and development
—Oil refineries and large tank farms and pipelines
—Petrochemical, plastics and chemical manufacturing
—Potentially sources of major pollution eg leather tanning, asbestos processing
—Nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel processing
—Thermal power plants (>300MW) and transmission
—Iron and steel plants and other metal processing and production plants
—Cement (clinker) production
—Pulp mills
—Large scale agriculture and forestry involving clearing of natural forest (what definition?)
—Large dams, water extraction and treatment projects
—Major road, railway or airport developments
—Sea ports and inland waterways
—Large scale tourism developments
—Involuntary resettlement
—flood management projects, major transfer schemes, large-scale irrigation development
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| B Medium potential impact | Activities which could cause adverse impacts on the environment, the workforce, their immediate dependants or the community at large, but these are unlikely to be as diverse or sensitive as those from High Risk activities and remedial measures can more easily be implemented.
Full review by the BPU is required.
Regular self-reporting by the Company would usually be adequate with monitoring by the relevant host country agencies.
| Activities which could have some environmental impact, but do not have the potential for major pollution and are not sited in environmentally sensitive areas.
Activities which could have some impact on workers and others, but which do not have the potential for a major incident and are not sited in areas where any uncontrolled activity on site could impinge on the local population.
Some job losses but usually by natural wastage.
| —Manufacture of glass and ceramic products
—Manufacture of structural iron and steel products
—Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
—Spinning, weaving and finishing of natural and synthetic fibres
—Thermal power plants <300MW
—Cement production (milling)
—Processing of pulp to paper and board—this could be vicariously high impact if the source product is from an unsustainable source, is this considered?
—Sawmilling and manufacture of veneer, plywood and other wood based materials board—this could be vicariously high impact if the source product is from an unsustainable source, is this considered?
Fruit and vegetable processing
—small dams and micro-hydro since these are often undertaken on small rivers/streams in sensitive, upland areas.
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| C Low potential impact | Activities which are unlikely to cause material adverse impacts.
Basic review.
Reporting or monitoring is not normally required.
| Minimal environments impacts
Workers' rights properly protected through national legislation and company policy
No substantial movement of people into or out of the project site
| —Public transport vehicles
—Telecommunications
—Business services
—Sales of minimal impact goods into stock
—Replacement/refurbishment of existing equipment
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