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Edo College Revised Final Report Draft Report of Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) Federal Republic of Nigeria ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (ESMP) DRAFT FINAL REPORT For THE RECLAMATION, CHANNELLING AND REMEDIATION WORKS AT EDO COLLEGE EROSION STREET FLOOD AND GULLY SITE, IKPOBA OKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE NIGERIA EROSION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT (NEWMAP) State Project Management Unit (SPMU) Palm House, Benin City, Edo State DECEMBER 2018 NEWMAP EDO COLLEGE ESMP i Draft Report of Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page i Table of Contents ii List of Tables iv List of Figures v List of Plates vi List of Abbreviations and Acronyms vii Executive Summary x Chapter One: Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.1.1 Description of the Edo College Gully Erosion Intervention Site\ 3 1.2 Rational for the ESMP 11 1.3 Scope of the work 12 1.4 Approach and Methodology 13 1.5 Map of the Project Area 14 1.6 Summary of the Report 14 Chapter Two: Institutional and Legal Framework for Environmental 15 Management 2.1 World Bank Safeguards Policies triggered by NEWMAP and the proposed 15 activity 2.1.1 Relations between World Bank Safeguards Policies and Extant Laws in 15 Nigeria 2.2 Relevant Federal and Local Policy, Legal, Regulatory, and Administrative 17 Frameworks 2.2.1 The Federal Ministry of Environment 17 2.2.2 The National Policy on Environment (NPE) of 1989 18 2.2.3 Environmental Impact Assessment Act No. 86, 1992 (FMEnv) 18 2.2.4 The National Guidelines and Standards for Environmental Pollution Control 19 in Nigeria 2.2.5 The National Effluents Limitations Regulation 19 2.2.6 The NEP (Pollution Abatement in Industries and Facilities Generating 19 Waste) Regulations 2.2.7 The Management of Solid and Hazardous Wastes Regulations 19 2.2.8 National Guidelines on Environmental Management Systems (1999) 19 2.2.9 National Guidelines for Environmental Audit 19 2.2.10 National Policy on Flood and Erosion Control 2006 (FMenv) 20 2.2.11 National Air Quality Standard Decree No. 59 of 1991 20 2.2.12 The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement 20 Agency Act 2007 (NESREA Act) 2.2.13 The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency Act 2005 (NOSDRA 20 ACT) 2..3 Other Relevant Acts and Legislations at the Federal Level 20 2.3.1 Land use Act of 1978 20 2.3.2 Forestry Act of 1958 and National Agricultural Policy of 1988 21 2.3.3 Criminal Code 22 2.3.4 Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) of 1997 22 2.4 Legislations at the State Level 22 2.4.1 Edo State Legislations 23 2.4.2 Edo State Ministry of Environment and Public Utilities (EDSMEPU) 23 2.4.3 Edo State Waste Management Board (EDSWMB) 24 2.4.4 Edo State Ministry of Land, Housing & Survey 24 2.4.5 Edo State Ministry of Energy and Water Resources 25 2.4.6 Edo State Ministry of Local Government Regulations 25 NEWMAP EDO COLLEGE ESMP ii Draft Report of Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) 2.5 International Conventions and Agreements 25 2.6 Institutional Framework 26 Chapter Three: Biophysical Environment 27 3.1 Introduction 27 3.2 Assessment of Baseline Conditions 28 3.2.1 Meteorology, Air Quality and Noise 28 3.2.2 Soil and Land use 32 3.2.3 Geology and Hydrogeology 37 3.2.4 Vegetation 41 3.2.5 Biodiversity/ Wildlife 45 Chapter Four: Socio-Economic Characteristics and Public Consultation 52 4.1 Background 52 4.2 Population Characteristics of the Proposed Project Area 52 4.3 Socio-Demographic Characteristics 53 4.3.1 Gender Profile 53 4.3.2 Age Profile 53 4.3.3 Ethnic Composition 54 4.3.4 Education 55 4.4 Families and Households 55 4.4.1 Marital Status 55 4.4.2 Households Characteristics 56 4.4.3 Residential Status of Respondents 58 4.4.4 Employment Status of Respondents 58 4.4.5 Average Monthly Income of Respondents 59 4.5 Assessment of Social Infrastructure and Standard of Living 60 4.5.1 Housing Characteristics in the Project Area 60 4.5.2 Assessment of Health Status of Surveyed Households 61 4.5.2.1 Ailments Associated with the Gully and Method of Healthcare 61 4.6 Assessment of Waste Managements Methods 64 4.7 Communities’ Environmental Concerns (CECs) 65 4.7.1 Perceived Evaluation of the Gully Erosion Intervention Activities 65 4.7.2 Project Impact on Uhunmwindumwun Community 66 4.7.3 Major Needs in Uhunmwindumwun Community 67 4.7.4 Erosion control In Edo College gully site 68 4.8 Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) 69 Chapter Five - Assessment of Potential Adverse Impacts and Analysis of 74 Alternatives 5.1 Methods and techniques used in assessing and analyzing the environmental 74 and social impacts of the proposed project 5.1.15.2 Evaluation of Impact Significance and Magnitude 74 5.2 Discussion of the potentially significant adverse environmental and social 76 impacts of the proposed intervention 5.2.1 Impact Indicators 77 5.2.2 Potential Impacts 77 5. 2.3 Description of Potential Impacts 79 5.3 Discussion of Project Alternatives 82 Chapter Six - Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) 84 6.1 Proposed Mitigation Measures 84 6.1.1 Description of Mitigation Methods 91 6.2 Capacity Building Plan (Training and Awareness) 105 NEWMAP EDO COLLEGE ESMP iii Draft Report of Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) 6.3 Public Consultation Plan 105 6.4 Labour Influx and Gender Based-Violence (GBV) 106 6.4.1 Labour Influx 106 6.4.2 Gender Based Violence 107 6.4.3 Description of Grievance Mechanism 109 6.5 Environmental and Social Management, Monitoring and Evaluation Plan 109 6.5.1 Environmental Management System 111 6.5.2 Monitoring and Auditing Plans 112 6.6 Maintenance Procedures 120 6.7 Decommissioning and Abandonment 120 6.8 Frame work for Implementation of the ESMP 121 6.8.1 Institutional Arrangements, Responsibilities and Accountabilities 121 6.8.1.1 Pre-construction Phase 121 6.8.1.2 Construction Phase 122 6.8.1.3 Operational and Maintenance Phase 124 6.9.2 Assessment and Improvement 126 6.8.3 Reporting Requirements 127 6.8.4 Training/Capacity Building 128 6.8.5 Budget 130 6.8.6 ESMP Disclosure 130 Chapter Seven: Summary Recommendations And Conclusion 131 Annexures An-1 List of Tables 2.1 Safeguard Policies Triggered by NEWMAP Project at Edo College 1 15 3.1 Summary of average Temperature and Precipitation in Benin City, 2016 28 3.2 Monitoring Sites for Meteorology (Nov 2017) 29 3.3a Air Pollutants/Noise Levels (Nov 2017) 32 3.3b Noise Pollutants/Noise Levels (Nov 2017) 32 3.4 Summary of Soil physico-chemistry in Edo College Site 33 3.5 Summary of Soil Microbiology Properties in Edo College Site 35 3.6 Summary of Groundwater physico-chemical properties, Edo College site 40 3.7 Plant Species Composition, Habit and Utility within the Study Area. 43 3.8 Population Density of key Economic Plant Species in the Study Area 44 3.9 Checklist of Wildlife and other invertebrate Fauna common in the study area 47 4.1 Type of Materials in the Building and Tenure Systems in Uhunmwindumwun Community 61 5.1 Environmental Components and potential Impact Indicators 77 5.2 Potential Adverse Impacts during Different Project Phases 78 6.1 Mitigation Measures for Identified Associated and Potential Impacts of the 85 NEWMAP Gully intervention Project in Edo College Site 6.2 Waste Management guidelines for NEWMAP gully erosion intervention project in 101 Edo College 6.3 Environmental and Social Management Plan for the Proposed Edo College gully 114 intervention project 6.4 Training Plan 129 NEWMAP EDO COLLEGE ESMP iv Draft Report of Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) List of Figures 1.1a Edo College Catchment Area 5 1.1b High Resolution Digital Imagery Map of Edo College Erosion Site showing the 6 Soil, Air Quality and Borehole sampling points 1.1.c High Resolution Digital Imagery Map of Edo College Gully Erosion Site (3D 7 Model) 3.1 General meteorological parameters of Benin City from 1996 – 2015 (NASA SSE) 29 3.2 Wind Rose for the project area and its receiving Environment 30 3.3 Rainfall mm Distribution Pattern for Benin 31 3.4 Geological Map of Benin City modified after Akujieze, 2004 38 4.1 Graphical representation of gender in the Uhunmwindumwun community 53 4.2 Age profile of Respondents (Source: Field Survey 2017) 54 4.3 Ethnic Composition of Respondents (Source: ESMP Field Survey, 2017) 54 4.4 Educational Proflle of Respondents (Source: ESMP Field Survey, 2017) 55 4.5 Marital Status Profile of Respondents (Source: Field Survey 2017) 56 4.4 Residential Status of Respondents (Source: ESMP Field Survey, 2017) 55 4.5 Ethnic Composition of Respondents (Source: ESMP Field Survey, 2017) 56 4.6 Head of Households (Source: Field Survey 2017) 57 4.7 Size of Household 57 4.8 Residential Status of Respondents (Source: Field Survey 2017) 58 4.9 Occupational Profile of Respondents (Source: Field Survey, 2017) 59 4.10 Average Income Profile of Respondents 60 4.11 Perceived Illness Associated with Gully Erosion 63 4.12 Health Care Methods of Respondents (ESMP Field Survey, 2017) 64 4.13 Waste Management System Adopted by Respondents (ESMP Field Survey, 65 2017) 4.14 Project Impacts on Respondents (ESMP Field Survey, 2017) 66 4.15 Effects of Gully development (ESMP Field Survey, 2017) 67 4.16 Needs in Community (ESMP Field Survey, 2017) 68 4.17 Benefit from Previous Erosion interventions (ESMP Field Survey, 2017) 69 4.18 Flowchart of Stages in Grievance Redress Mechanism 70 NEWMAP EDO COLLEGE ESMP v Draft Report of Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) List of Plates 1.1 Edo College building undermine by erosion gully 4 1.2 Typical drainage within catchment area 5 3.1 Plantain and Cassava plantations at the lower
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