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Environment and Biodiversity Management Plan Environmental Action Plan

2014

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ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2014

for Protection of Red List Species in the Sustainable Extraction of Aggregates

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLAN 2014 of the Aggregates Division

Oyster catchers at the Rogätz gravel pit

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Dear Readers

Our gravels, sands, chippings, limestone and special products provide the foundation for lasting, sustainable construction in the building, civil, road and hydraulic engineering sectors.We place strong focus on environmental protection and the promotion of biodiversity at our production sites for aggre-gates, because here we work directly with nature and inter- vene directly in its processes.

Even during the extraction phase, our sites often are impor-tant refuges for animals and plants. We intensively strive toward preventing interference with these habitats as much as possible.

Eric WittmannPresident CEMEX Germany

Dr. Volker SchübelVice President Materials CEMEX Germany

Our goal is to find a balance between theneeds of our stakeholders, our responsibility forthe environment and our business requirements.

Based on our recultivation plans, natural habitats with astonishing biodiversity develop after the end of an extrac-tion cycle.

Our experts develop specific management and maintenance measures for each of our sites, in close coordination with the authorities and volunteer environmentalists. Our compa-ny thus lives up to its mission of ecologically sustainable management of its extraction sites, meets the statutory requi-rements and also makes a valuable contribution to biodiversi-ty and nature conservation, to the protection of rare animals and plants in Germany.

Old Elbe at the Rogätz gravel pit


Responsible Action

Duck nest on the scoop-grab excavator in the Willich gravel pit

Gravel piles in the Tönisvorst plant

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One of the priorities of CEMEX is a responsible approach to the environ-ment. With this in mind, our compa-ny has set itself the goal of being a pioneer in environmental protection and biodiversity. In practice this means: We make considerable efforts to keep the impact of our activities on nature as low as technically and economically possi-ble. We are committed to protecting the environment and promoting biodiversi-ty. Our company sees itself as an inte-gral part of society and therefore takes responsible action.

We have a good overview of the presence of endangered species in our extraction sites. Thanks to dedicated colleagues on site, as well as to our company’s own experts and volunteer conservationists that oversee the aggregates extraction process, we are able to identify many opportunities to promote biodiversi-ty and implement them with visible success in the plants.

The illustrations on the following pages show some examples.

WE PURSUE SPECIFIC GOALS

What is biodiversity? Google provi-des over 13 million hits for this word. What is sustainability? Here Google returns over 40 million hits. It the-refore seems quite safe to say that sustainability and biodiversity are topics which are very much in vogue and are widely written, published and spoken about.

Our company has the clear commit-ment to develop its sustainability activities in a systematic and meaning-ful way. In order to ensure systematic and successful work in the broad field of sustainability, CEMEX Germany focuses on three key objectives, which we have divided into six priori-ties. These six priorities translate into concrete targets and company- wide projects. In all its worldwide locations, CEMEX pursues the same sustainability strategy in all areas of the value-added chain – the priorities, however, are adapted to the specific country.

In order to live up to our commitment to a sustainable and careful interaction with nature, we want to identify, pro-tect and develop habitats in our sites. The focus of these measures is on pro-tecting species which now have their pri-mary areas of distribution in our extrac-tion sites.

These species are relatively rare in other natural habitats because their environ-mental needs are no longer satisfied.

WE SET STANDARDS

WE HAVE ACHIEVED SUCCESS

Sustainable action is a strategic prerequisiteto ensure the long-term success of our company.


Visible Success

Grey geese at the Lüttow gravel pit

Geese at the Windsheim gravel pit

Bottom and right:

Oystercatchers with offspring at the Vorst gravel pit

Wagtail at the Rogätz gravel pit

Pond turtle at the Rockenberg sand pit

Common kestrel nest in the Hermann gravel pit, Kirchhain-Niederwald

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First proof of successful breeding in the inland: avocet with offspring at the Lüttow gravel pit

Support by NABU in the conversion of a transformer station into an animal hotel at Parey

Little ringed plover nest in the Willich gravel pit


AMPHIBIANS

Protection and Development of Endangered Species Habitats

A variety of species are highly endan-gered in Germany or even face regional extinction. For example, the European green toad which has found a habitat in some of our plants is a strictly protected species. It is a pioneer settler of vegeta-tion-poor arid biotopes with temporary water bodies. Therefore the toads suf-fer from the absence or rapid drying out of suitable spawning grounds, vegeta-tion encroachment and shading of their habitats after active mining activities have ceased.

Even “traditional” recultivation with planting or reforestation is not appro- priate to this toad species. Several mining sites of CEMEX Germany have a steadily growing population of European green toads. We protect these and other amphibian species as follows.

Woltersdorf gravel pit: Measures to promote the protection of amphibians (natterjack and European green toad)

Lüttow gravel pit: Measures to promote the protection of amphibians (natterjack and European green toad)

Nieder-Mörlen gravel pit: Securing old and providing new spawning waters

Niederweimar gravel pit: Protecting temporary wetlands in the mining area

Saalburg quartzite pit: Securing old and creating new spawning waters

Kraatz gravel pit: Monitoring protected species (mapping the wet spaces) and protecting all spawning waters until the end of the larvae stage

Osnabrück-Piesberg quarry: Protection, develop-ment and regular maintenance of spawning waters; the quarry is the only location in Osnabrück where all 12 amphibian species of the metropolitan area share the same living space

Niederkleen limestone quarry: Participation in the Amphibian Ark Project of the District Government

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Temporary surface waterswith tadpoles at the Kraatz gravel pit.

The area was protected for the spawning time.

The European green toad is a strictly protected species


The quarry wall with sand martin breeding tubes in the Kraatz gravel pit was excluded from mining operations during the breeding season.

The sand martin seeks bare steep walls of light and medium soil as breeding places, in which it digs 50 to 70 cm long tubes. Since they never nest a second time in the same tubes, the swallows always require new nesting areas. 80% of the domestic sand martin population therefore use mining areas in gra-vel and sand mines as a habitat, which we prepare and protect during the entire nesting period. An excerpt from a publication series of the State Agency for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Geology of Meck-lenburg-Western Pomerania, Issue 1/2013, titled “Oberflächennahe Rohstoffgewinnung und Rekultivierung ehemaliger Tagebau- flächen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern” (Near Surface Mineral Extraction and Re-cultivation of Former Mining Areas in Me-cklenburg-Western Pomerania) shows that our measures have been effective:

SAND MARTIN

“In the last 15 years, stable sand martin colonies were able to develop in the open-cast mines Lüttow and Zweedorf. Based on the entire population figures for the entire state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (30,000 - 60,000), the average evidence of breeding tubes for this species in Lüttow and Zweedorf leads to the conclusion that these are breeding colonies with a supra- regional significance. In peak years, over 600 breeding tubes were counted in these open cast mines. The evaluated figures of recent years also show that targeted care and development measures can encourage the settlement of sand martins.” Altogether, 1510 breeding tubes were coun-ted in regional gravel pits in 2013 alone, and observations in the Willich gravel pit have noted consistently up to 50 breeding pairs in recent years.

The sand martin with a length of about 12 cmand a weight of about 14 grams isthe smallest European swallow.

Gravel works Heuchelheim, Kaarst, Leese, Lüttow, Niederweimar, Parey, Rogätz, Schweringen, Stenden, Wiershop, Wietersheim, Willich, Woltersdorf, Zweedorf, Rockenberg sand pit: Adaptation of mine development to the protection and provision of steep walls suitable as nesting sites for sand martins; avoidance of disturbance during the breeding season

Sand martins at the entrance to their nest cavity


FOR PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY

Monitorings to Protect Sensitive Habitats

Valuable biotopes with a large number of protected species have evolved as a direct result of activities at many of our mining sites. We want to ensure that our aggregates extraction processes do not affect sensitive habitats and adjacent areas. That is why we undertake, for example, long-term ground-water observations at each of our locations with wet mining.

We undertake observations / monitorings within our mining sites of species living in habitats that are particularly valuable for biodiversity and derive from these any ne-cessary measures.

Herrmann gravel pit, Kirchhain-Niederwald: Monitoring of avifauna (birds) by the Hessian Society of Ornithology and Nature Protection

Immelborn gravel pit: Plant sociological monito-ring every two years

Kleinenbroich gravel pit: Annual counting of amphibians

Kraatz gravel pit: Monitoring of protected species (mapping of the total mining area and specifically rewetting) to ensure mining operations are in line with the conservation of protected species

Niederweimar gravel pit: Year-round monitoring of the avifauna by NABU

Osnabrück-Piesberg quarry: Regular monitoring of the natterjack toads by the amphibian officer of Osnabrück city, adjustment of operations and prepa-ration of habitats

Parey and Rogätz gravel pits: Monitoring of the common tern that enjoys special protection under the Federal Nature Conservation Act

Rogätz gravel pit: Monitoring for realization of the development concept, together with the DBU Natur-erbe GmbH, the Federal Forest Enterprise (Bundes-forstbetrieb) and the Lower Nature Conservation Authority (Untere Naturschutzbehörde) of Börde district

Rosing gravel pit: Monitoring of the avifauna

Saalburg quartzite pit: A forest area of 3.5 hectares was excluded from mining operations for the purpo-se of protection of bats and hollow trees as well as monitoring of bats and amphibians

Stenden and Vorst gravel pits: Regular monitoring of specially protected animal species

Vorst gravel pit: Nature protection inspection before any excavation measures

Weichering gravel pit: Amphibian monitoring

Willich gravel pit: Sand martin monitoring by NABU

Windsheim gravel pit: Counting and observation of the common tern breeding colonies by NABU volunteers

Zweedorf, Lüttow gravel pits: Bird censuses and observations by staff of the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve and the Gustav Clodius Expert Group for Ornithology and Bird Protection in southwestern Mecklenburg

Zweedorf, Lüttow, Wiershop, Woltersdorf gravel pits: Sand martin monitoring by NABU, adjustment of mining and dump operations to secure and create steep walls

Development of Flutmulde Rogätz up to 2013.It was created for ecological purposes in 2002.2002

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2. CERTIFICATIONS

Audit and award of the CEMEX Environmental and Recultivation Certificate 2013, involving all gravel pits and quarries, 2nd quarter

3. PUBLICATIONS

Publications on current topics in the specialist and local press

4. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORINGS

All gravel pits and quarries with water law per-mits for the abstraction and reintroduction of discharge water: Monitoring of water quality, water levels and abstraction and discharge quantities

All gravel pits and quarries with permits for the receipt and backfilling with external soils: Che-mical proof of the suitability of the soils (declaration and identity analyses)

Medenbach limestone quarry: Ongoing monito-ring of the flow volume in the Erdbach cave system adjacent to the quarry

6. PROJECTS

Corporate Group: Creation of a backfill balance to optimise the use of natural resources, 2nd quarter;

Long term investment planning for securing the site in order to optimise the use of natural resources, 1st quarter;

Regular review of the recultivation provisions of extraction sites;

Setting up a site-based database for geological drilling sites to optimise the use of natural resour-ces, ongoing from 2012;

Data acquisition and data entry into the calendar module for compliance with environment-related incidental provisions regarding operating licences, ongoing

Leese gravel pit: Development of the gravel lake for recreational use, in collaboration with the Weser collective municipality

Niederkleen limestone pit: In the selection process as possible location for the Darmstadt Regional Administrative Council Amphibian Ark Project

Parey gravel pit: Adaptation of extraction plans to the anticipated establishment of bathing areas at the gravel lake, in collaboration with the municipality of Parey

Rogätz, Niederweimar, Kleinenbroich, Wieters-heim gravel pits: Archaeological prospections

Rogätz gravel pit: Introduction of rafts as additio- nal nesting aids for the common tern population living in the gravel pit, in cooperation with the local nature conservation agency of the Börde district

Family Day at the Vorst gravel pit 2013 Common tern

1. PUBLIC RELATIONS ACTIVITIES

Helmstadt quarry: Helmstadt Whitsun Market

Medenbach limestone quarry: Open Day on July 11

Leese, Schweringen, Windheim gravel pits, Klein-hammer greywacke quarry: Tour of site with school and kindergarten groups from the surrounding com-munities

Lüttow, Zweedorf, Woltersdorf, Breitenfelde gravel pits: Open House days at regular intervals for amateur geologists and collectors of stones, fossils and minerals; GeoPark Nordisches Steinreich taster courses

Saalburg quartzite plant: Group tours through the opencast mines

Northern region: Support and sponsorship of the GeoPark Nordisches Steinreich in Schleswig-Hol-stein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania;Donation of stones for the Schalsee Biosphere Reser-ve and sponsorship of Biosphere Reserve manage-ment projects

Bark, Woltersdorf, Wiershop, Zweedorf, Lüttow, Breitenfelde, Windheim gravel pits: Support of communities and district authorities by delivering grit and sand for playgrounds and sports facilities

Kleinenbroich gravel pit: Sponsorship of the Förderverein Jugend und Seniorenhilfe (Association for Youth and Senior Citizen Welfare) of the town of Korchenbroich for the purchase of playground equipment

Leese gravel pit: Cooperation with the community of Leese in the plans for extraction and subsequent use for the planned mining expansion, to support and facilitate the community’s tourism policy in the area

Lüttow, Woltersdorf, Wiershop, Zweedorf gravel pits: By-the-day provision of search areas for training rescue dogs from the Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft Stormarn e.V. (German Life-guard Association) of the Lauenburg district for the Workers Samaritan Federation, and of the district associations Büchen and Schwarzenbek for the German Red Cross

Medenbach limestone quarry: Support of the Speläologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hessen e.V. (Hesse Speleological Work Group) for further on-site exploration of the karst caves, and of the association Zeitsprünge in charge of the karst nature trail and the Museum of Erdbach

Niederweimar gravel pit: Support of the association for the planned open-air museum Zeiteninsel (Time Island)

Wietersheim gravel pit: Support of the association Weserfreunde e.V. with delivery of sand

5. ACTIVITIES AT MUNICIPAL LEVEL

Joachim Wunder (cen-ter), Northern Regional Manager, presents a donation cheque to Klaus Jarmatz, Office Head of Biosphere Reserve Administration Schalsee. Right: Volker Hempelt, Permits / Safety of North gravel pits

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DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

If you are interested in obtaining more information on our environmental action plan, or have any questions about an event, measure, or on the subject of recultivation in general, please call us at:

PHONE 0049 (0) 391 / 635360

CONTACT

Holger Miethe, Manager Deposits, Permits and Environmental ProtectionMartin Freimuth, Project Manager

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