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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP) FOR THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF SEAPLANE PLATFORM AT AMILLA FUSHI BAA ATOLL July 2020 Prepared for Manta Air Male’, Maldives Consultant CDE Consulting, Maldives Lead Consultant’s Declaration I certify that statements made in this Environmental and Management Plan (EMP) are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and available information at time of writing this report. Mariyam Hana Saeed i Letter of Commitment Manta Air has provided the commitment letter. (Please refer to next page) ii MANTA AVIATION PRIVATE LIMITED I C-0811/2016 KANEERU VILLA (4TH FLOOR) I ORCHID MAGU I MALE', 202121 MALDIVES T: +960 3319911 I F: +960 3314477 www.mantaair.mv Date: 08th July 2020 Ref: LTCO-20/025 Mr. Ibrahim Naeem Director General, Environmental Protection Agency, Male', Republic of Maldives. Dear Sir, Sub: Environmental Management Plans for the proposed installation and operation of a seaplane platforms at Amilla Fushi, Baa Atoll. As the proponent of the above mentioned project, we guarantee that we have read the report and to the best of our knowledge all non-technical information provided here is accurate and complete. We also hereby confirm our commitment to carry out and bear costs of environmental mitigation measures and monitoring outlined in the EMP report. Thanking you. Yours Sincerely, TABLE OF CONTENTS Lead Consultant’s Declaration ......................................................................................................... i Letter of Commitment .................................................................................................................... ii 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE EMP ............................................................. 1 1.2 TITLE .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 PROPONENT .................................................................................................................. 1 1.4 RATIONALE AND NEED ............................................................................................. 2 1.5 SCOPE ............................................................................................................................. 2 1.6 LOCATION ..................................................................................................................... 2 1.7 CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS .................................................................... 1 1.8 PROJECT FINANCING ................................................................................................. 1 1.9 STRUCTURE OF EMP .................................................................................................. 1 1.10 DOCUMENT CONTROL ............................................................................................... 1 1.11 REVIEW AND UPDATES ............................................................................................. 1 2 POLICY AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE ................................................................................ 3 2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT ................................................... 3 iii 2.2 AVIATION ...................................................................................................................... 5 2.3 WASTE MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION PREVENTION .................................. 6 2.4 LAND ACQUISITION ................................................................................................... 8 2.5 CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PLACES AND OBJECTS ACT ............................. 9 2.6 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ............................................................................. 9 2.7 GHG EMISSIONS AND RESOURCE EFFICIENCY ................................................. 10 2.8 LABOUR AND WORKING CONDITIONS ............................................................... 10 2.9 HEALTH, SAFETY AND SECURITY ........................................................................ 15 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................... 17 3.1 PROJECT COMPONENTS .......................................................................................... 17 3.2 ›GENERAL SITE CONDITIONS ................................................................................ 17 3.3 DETAILED PROJECT OUTLINE ............................................................................... 20 3.4 PROJECT SCHEDULE AND LIFE SPAN .................................................................. 23 3.5 LABOUR REQUIREMENT AND SERVICES ........................................................... 24 3.6 WASTE MANAGEMENT, LOGISTICS AND SAFETY MEASURES ..................... 24 3.7 HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES ....................................................................... 25 3.8 SUMMARY OF PROJECT INPUTS AND OUTPUTS ............................................... 25 4 BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................................... 29 iv 4.1 EXISTING SITE CONDITION .................................................................................... 29 4.2 SENSITIVE AREAS ..................................................................................................... 29 4.3 CLIMATE AND METEOROLOGY ............................................................................ 29 4.4 NATURAL HAZARDS AND RISKS .......................................................................... 30 4.5 CULTURAL AND HERITAGE VALUES .................................................................. 31 5 IDENTIFICATION OF RISKS AND IMPACTS ................................................................. 32 5.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 32 5.2 IMPACT IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION .................................................. 32 5.3 EVALUATION OF CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ......................................................... 33 6 IMPACT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS ........................................................................... 47 6.1 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT PLAN .................. 47 7 ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITY AND COMPETENCY ................................................. 57 7.1 EXISTING ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE ........................................................ 57 7.2 COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING ...................................................................... 65 7.3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................. 66 8 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE ........................................................ 67 8.1 OBJECTIVE .................................................................................................................. 67 8.2 KEY FACTORS ............................................................................................................ 67 v 8.3 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND EMERGENCY SCENARIO MAPPING .......... 68 8.4 EMERGENCIES COVERED IN THE ERP ................................................................. 69 8.5 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM (EMT) ........................................................ 69 8.6 EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (ERT) .................................................................. 69 8.7 EMERGENGY RESPONSE TRAININGS .................................................................. 70 8.8 EMERGENCY RESPONSE FACILITIES ................................................................... 70 8.9 RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES .......................................................................... 70 9 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ..................................................................................... 71 9.1 STAKEHOLDER IDENTIFICATION ......................................................................... 71 9.2 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PLAN .................................................................. 76 10 EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS ................................................................................ 87 10.1 OBJECTIVE .................................................................................................................. 87 10.2 KEY FACTORS ............................................................................................................ 87 10.3 PROCESS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION DURING AN EMERGENCY ......... 88 10.4 RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................. 90 11 GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS ........................................................................................ 91 11.1 OBJECTIVE .................................................................................................................. 91 12 MONITORING AND REVIEW ....................................................................................... 92 vi 12.1 OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................ 92 12.2 MONITORING DURING OPERATIONAL PHASE .................................................. 92 13 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................. 96 14 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................