Project title:

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AUDIT FOR THE JAMEASTER STONE QUARRY ON PLOT 23, BLOCK 432, BBOGO VILLAGE, KIRINGO PARISH NGOGWE SUB COUNTY, BUIKWE DISTRICT.

Project Type:

Environmental Compliance Audit

Sector:

Mining

Name of Client

Dates (start/end)

Name of consortium members, if any

Jameaster Investments Limited

August 2021

None

Detailed description of the project

Services Offered

Jameaster Investments Limited – The Operator – is a registered company, incorporated in 2015. It is named after its founders Mr. James Benjamin Mukasa and Mrs. Easter Mukasa. The company invests in a number of sectors including agriculture, tourism and quarrying. This study is for the company’s stone quarry in Bbogo village, Buikwe District.

Gissat conducted an Environmental Compliance Audit to assess whether the mitigation and monitoring measures in the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for the project are achieving their intended objectives and to make recommendations in order to improve the general environmental performance of the facility. The audit, furthermore, aimed at providing a coherent statement to determine the compliance status of the project with environmental regulatory requirements, relevant permits, licenses and approval conditions. It contains essential information on facility performance for inter alia:

1. Discharges and emissions;
2. Incidents resulting in environmental impact;
3. Resource use, including chemicals, water among other inputs;
4. Environmental monitoring;
5. Waste management, including types and quantities of waste generated;
6. Compliance with the Act, non-compliance and corrective action taken.

The audit process involved the conduct of a field survey to describe the environmental and social conditions of the quarry site pertaining to sources, pathways and potential downstream receptors of contaminants.

A significant impact or non-conformance was defined for purpose of this audit, as an impact/concern that, either in isolation or combination with others, should be corrected / eliminated / mitigated for compliance. Risk assessment was based on the sensitivity of surrounding land use, land use, impact receptor.

The audit additionally addressed the following functional areas:

1. Compliance with ESMP requirements
2. National Laws and Regulations;
3. Occupational Health and Safety;
4. Management of Discharge and Emissions;
5. Solid waste management;
6. Hazardous material handling and storage;
7. Conditions of relevant approvals; and
8. Any incidents or community complaints