Stakeholder Input for Protections Framework Logic
Concern → Evidence → Risk Pathway → Requested Protection → Trigger → Accountability → Benefit
Purpose
The purpose of this form is to gather specific, evidence-based input to help shape potential community protections, monitoring commitments, and accountability measures related to the Hermosa Project.
This is not a general opinion form. Submissions should identify a specific concern, explain the basis for that concern, describe the potential pathway of impact, and recommend a practical protection, monitoring measure, trigger, or accountability provision that could be considered for inclusion in a Community Protections and Benefits Agreement.
Submissions should focus on practical, measurable, and implementable protections or benefits that can be monitored, verified, and incorporated into a formal agreement.
Section 1: Stakeholder Information
Do you live, work, own property, operate a business, or provide services in the affected area?
Section 3: Specific Concern or Opportunity
What specific concern, risk, gap, or opportunity are you identifying?
Describe the issue in concrete terms. Identify what could happen, where, to whom, and under what conditions.
Section 4: Basis for the Concern
Please summarize the evidence or experience supporting your input.
Section 5: Impact Pathway
Describe the impact pathway below.
Use this structure:Source → Pathway → Receptor → Consequence
Example: Mine-related dust → wind transport during dry conditions → nearby residents / schools / workers → increased exposure to particulate matter or metals.
Section 6: Requested Protection
Requested language or concept:
Section 7: Trigger and Response
A meaningful protection should not simply say “monitor.” It should identify what happens if monitoring shows a problem.
Section 8: Accountability
Section 9: Community Support or Offset
If the impact cannot be fully avoided, what community protection, mitigation, or offset should be considered?
Section 10: Priority Rating
Section 11: Defining an Effective Protection
Section 12: Final CPBA Recommendation. Complete this sentence:
To protect the community, the CPBA should consider including a commitment from South32 to:
…and reported to the public:
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