Minerals And Mining (Health, Safety And Technical Regulations, 2012) (L.I. 2182)
Regulation 267
A manager of a mine shall in relation to the mine ensure that
(a) an emergency spillway is constructed which leads into an emergency pond for treatment of overflow from the tailings storage facility before release into the environment;
(b) the spillway is lined with gunite or concrete in a manner that ensures that overflowing water cannot erode the channel;
(c) an emergency pump and an emergency electric power generator is available to be installed at any time in case of exceptional high water inflow or in case of the failure of the installed equipment; and
(d) the system to divert natural run-off water from entering the tailing storage facility has a capacity for a one-in-thousand year twenty-four hour storm event
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36 Second Cantonments Cl, Accra
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- Telephone: 030 277 1318
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