Infrastructure and Equipment Design and Safety
Potentially community health impacts are related to dust and noise due to the movement of heavy equipment, materials and project personnel during construction and heavy trucks with raw and processed materials during operation, affecting the population of rural villages and settlements located within a few kilometers away from the cellulose plant. To avoid/minimize risks on public health and disturbance in living conditions associated with construction/operation activities, the Sponsor has set in place specific programs and preventive/mitigation actions, including: earth roads pavement and watering, noise monitoring and vehicle/machinery controls.  

Potential community safety risks are related to increased vehicular traffic and the potential for accidents involving both humans and domestic animals. To avoid/minimize risks associated with its vehicular movements, the Sponsor has set in place safety programs and preventive mitigation actions including: road signals, vehicle control, safety and defensive driver training and sanctions for traffic violators.

Forest operations can affect communities? health and safety primarily due to the risk of impacts from wood transportation, from tree falls during storms or harvesting, and due to forests fires which can represent a risk to nearby households or communities. Klabin has a series of operational procedures applicable to planting and harvesting operations including increased setbacks of plantations from residential buildings to avoid accidental tree falls during harvesting or due to natural storm events.  The Company also has procedures for contractors conducting harvesting and transport activities that include driver safety requirements in transportation of wood.  Klabin also has a well-structured forestry fire prevention plan that includes watch towers, radio communication, meteorological monitoring, permanent terrestrial monitoring, training, fire fighting trucks and a network of water supply points for fire fighting. Klabin?s fire brigade relies on 36 direct employees and 50 other employees from contractor?s fire fighting teams. 

Hazardous Materials Management and Safety
Klabin plans to have contractual terms and conditions for contractors transporting hazardous materials during the construction and operational phases of the project requiring them to have: valid environmental license for the transportation of hazardous materials; specific driver?s license to drive trucks containing hazardous materials; contractors must have valid agreements with emergency response companies that provide 24/7 services; hazardous material loads must be accompanied by material safety data sheets (MSDS) and trucks must have emergency response equipment in case of a spill. Spill prevention and response planning at the pulp mill site will include procedure for response to accidents involving hazardous materials within or near the Project site.  

Ecosystem Services
The total water availability within the Tibagi River Basin is estimated at 32 million m3/day.  Water uses of this river system include about 41% for municipal water utilities, 33% for industrial uses (about half of which is destined for pulp and paper facilities), and an additional 17% for agricultural uses.  According to the Project ESIA, the volume of water required during operations will be approximately 8,100 m3/hr and the consumptive use will be approximately 0.11 m3/second.  Based on available hydrological information presented in the ESIA, the Tibagi River average flow is estimated to be approximately 292 m3/second and the low flow (Q 7,10) is estimated to be 34 m3/second.   The Project?s consumptive use is estimated to represent less than 1% of the average flow and 2.3% of the low flow.  

The ESIA identifies the Maua Hydroelectric Power Plant, a 360 MW hydropower project which came into operation at the beginning of 2013, and a water user downstream of the Project?s intake and discharge structures.  Results of the preliminary effluent discharge model indicate that there will be no impact to the surface water quality that could impact the quality of the Maua?s reservoir water. Based on the above information, the Project is not expected to have a negative effect on the Tibagi River?s water quality or affect its current receiving water body classification as defined by local law. 

Community Exposure to Disease
Other potential risks on public health are to workers influx, involving towns where workers camps will be established, including sexually transmitted and other communicable diseases. The PBA includes the ?Anthropic (Social) Monitoring Program? in which mitigation measures include:
Contractors will favor local workers and training will be available for jobs available during constructions.
Medical services will be provided to workers at the construction site and workers will be subject to initial medical examination.
Awareness regarding sexually transmitted diseases will be provided to workers

Security Personnel
Klabin has access protocols for its operations in Tel?maco Borba which include checkpoints prior to entry into company facilities, and will also implement means of access control at the construction site and workers? accommodations. Security personnel are unarmed and are trained to respond to potential treats to company facilities and infrastructure, including procurement of public safety officials to address criminal activities.