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State Water Holding Polish Waters Regional Water Management Authority in Szczecin ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ODRA-VISTULA FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROJECT – 8524 PL Environmental category B – in accordance with the World Bank OP 4.01 Component 1: Flood protection of the Lower and Middle Odra Subcomponent 1B: Flood Protection on the Middle and Lower Odra Contract 1B.2/3: Modernization works on boundary sections of Odra River, Stage I to pro- vide Good Condition for Ice-breaking – Part 3 Issue Date Prepared by Verified by Customer's approval I November 2020 Dorota Kowalczyk Waldemar Krzysztof ODRA-VISTULA FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROJECT co-funded by: the World Bank, Loan Agreement no. 8524 PL the Council of Europe Development Bank, Framework Loan Agreement no. LD 1866 European Union Cohesion Fund (IE OP 2014-2020), pre-contract 3.2-20 and 3.2-21 State Budget ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN Component: 1 – Flood protection of the Lower and Middle Odra Subcomponent: 1B – Flood Protection on the Middle and Lower Odra Contract: Task 1B.2/3 Modernization works on boundary sections of Odra River, Stage I to provide Good Condition for Ice-breaking – Part 3 Project Implementation Unit: State Water Holding Polish Waters Regional Water Management Authority in Szczecin Study prepared by: Odra-Vistula Flood Management Project Implementation Unit at the State Water Holding Polish Waters Regional Water Management Authority in Szczecin Technical support consultant of RZGW in Szczecin for the Odra-Vistula Flood Management Project – Joint Venture: SWECO Consulting Sp. z o. o., SWECO Nederland B.V., Sweco Engineering Sp. z o. o., Ekocentrum – Wrocławski Ośrodek Usług Ekologicznych Sp. z o. o. Szczecin, September 2020 Environmental Management Plan Contract 1B.2/3 Modernization works on boundary sections of Odra River, Stage I to provide Good Condition for Ice-breaking – Part 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 1. INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................................14 1.1 ODRA-VISTULA FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROJECT (OVFMP) ....................................................................14 1.2 FLOOD PROTECTION OF THE MIDDLE AND LOWER ODRA (COMPONENT 1 OF OVFMP) ...........................15 2. TASK DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................................16 2.1 TASK LOCATION .......................................................................................................................................16 2.2 TASK CHARACTERISTICS ..........................................................................................................................17 3. INSTITUTIONAL, LEGAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS ......................................29 3.1 INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED IN THE TASK IMPLEMENTATION ........................................................................29 3.2 APPLICABLE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION ..........................................................................29 3.3 EIA PROCEDURE IN POLAND ....................................................................................................................29 3.4 WORLD BANK GUIDELINES .......................................................................................................................29 3.5 CURRENT STATUS OF THE EIA PROCEDURE FOR THE TASK .......................................................................30 3.6 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ...........................................................................................................31 4. DESCRIPTION OF ELEMENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE TASK AREA .........................32 4.1 LAND AND LANDSCAPE .............................................................................................................................32 4.2 CLIMATE ..................................................................................................................................................32 4.3 SANITARY CONDITION OF THE AIR ............................................................................................................33 4.4 SOILS AND EARTH .....................................................................................................................................34 4.5 SURFACE WATERS.....................................................................................................................................35 4.6 GROUNDWATER ........................................................................................................................................37 4.7 ACOUSTIC CLIMATE ..................................................................................................................................38 4.8 NATURE ....................................................................................................................................................39 4.9 CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND OBJECTS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE ...............................................................49 4.10 POPULATION .............................................................................................................................................49 5. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT CHARACTERISTICS BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................50 5.1 LAND AND LANDSCAPE .............................................................................................................................50 5.2 CLIMATE ..................................................................................................................................................50 5.3 SANITARY CONDITION OF THE AIR ............................................................................................................51 5.4 SOILS AND EARTH .....................................................................................................................................51 5.5 SURFACE WATERS.....................................................................................................................................52 5.6 GROUNDWATER ........................................................................................................................................56 5.7 ACOUSTIC CLIMATE ..................................................................................................................................56 5.8 NATURE ....................................................................................................................................................57 5.9 CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND OBJECTS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE ...............................................................74 5.10 POPULATION .............................................................................................................................................75 5.11 HUMAN HEALTH AND SAFETY ...................................................................................................................75 5.12 EXTRAORDINARY THREATS ......................................................................................................................76 1 Environmental Management Plan Contract 1B.2/3 Modernization works on boundary sections of Odra River, Stage I to provide Good Condition for Ice-breaking – Part 3 5.13 CUMULATIVE AND TRANSBOUNDARY IMPACTS ........................................................................................77 6. DESCRIPTION OF MITIGATION MEASURES .....................................................................................80 6.1 LAND AND LANDSCAPE .............................................................................................................................80 6.2 CLIMATE ..................................................................................................................................................81 6.3 CONDITION OF THE AIR .............................................................................................................................82 6.4 SOILS AND EARTH .....................................................................................................................................82 6.5 SURFACE WATERS.....................................................................................................................................83 6.6 GROUNDWATER ........................................................................................................................................84 6.7 ACOUSTIC CLIMATE ..................................................................................................................................85 6.8 NATURE ....................................................................................................................................................85 6.9 CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND OBJECTS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE ...............................................................88 6.10 POPULATION .............................................................................................................................................88 6.11 HUMAN HEALTH AND SAFETY ...................................................................................................................89 6.12 EXTRAORDINARY THREATS ......................................................................................................................91