Earth Systems - Environmental Research and Consulting

CONSULTING SERVICES

CLOSURE AND REHABILITATION

Earth Systems has expertise in closure and rehabilitation planning for resource development projects, from the preparation of conceptual closure and rehabilitation plans at the project feasibility/early operations phase, to the preparation of final closure plans towards the end of project life. See Closure and Rehabilitation Information Sheet.

Services Provided:
• Identifying rehabilitation issues, options and constraints, (e.g. by assessing land capability; identifying biodiversity issues; designing revegetation trials; investigating surface water and groundwater issues; assessing cultural, archaeological or heritage issues; and advising on, or conducting, community consultation).
• Developing integrated rehabilitation and closure strategies that allow life-of-project closure planning that is responsive to project planning decisions, changing regulatory frameworks, and evolving corporate and stakeholder expectations.
• Designing and managing targeted research programs to define closure issues and refine closure options.
• Problem solving in areas such as decommissioning of pits, tailing storage facilities, other water bodies, waste dumps, and site facilities and infrastructure.
• Assessing risks and liability associated with rehabilitation and closure.
• Preparing rehabilitation plans, conceptual closure plans, interim closure plans and final closure plans to meet site, corporate, government, community or financier requirements.
• Designing and/or conducting closure and post-closure monitoring programs.

Experience:
• Preparing rehabilitation and closure plans for mining and petroleum projects in arid, semi-arid and tropical climates in Australia, Asia, the Pacific and Africa.
• Familiarity with current best practice closure planning, including preparing plans conforming with the closure planning guidelines of the International Finance Corporation/World Bank, Rio Tinto, and the Australian and New Zealand Minerals and Energy Council & Minerals Council of Australia.