Environmental Impact Assessment - Croatia

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - CROATIA

Ana Barišić, Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure-Croatia

TRANS-EUROPEAN NORTH-SOUTH MOTORWAY (TEM) 17 December 2015, Vienna, Austria

EIA AND PROJECT PREPARATION

Key steps of project preparation

• Pre-feasibility Study; • Feasibility Study; » EIA – starting moment » EIA completion – when all mitigation measures are defined (all details provided) and development consent issue • Preliminary design; • Final Detailed design; • Location permit • Construction permit • Procurement; • Implementation.

Environmental Impact Assessment - Croatia

     Legal General context (Espoo Convention) (OG Act Concerned Regulation Regulation Environmental framework on Ratification of the Convention on EIA in a Transboundary AdministrativeProcedure Act (OG 47/09) on Information and Participationof the and Public Public on Environmental Impact Assessment ( in Environmental Matters (OG 64/08) Protection (OG Act

- IT IT 6/96) 80/13 ,

153/13, 78/15 153/13,

61/14 )

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COMPETENT BODY

 NATIONAL LEVEL - Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection

 REGIONAL LEVEL - competent administrative body in the county or City of Zagreb

Other institutions

 concerned environmental authorities (ministries, state administrative and expert organizations, public sector)  regional and local authorities Regulation on the environmental impact assessment („Official

gazete”, 61/14)

Croatia

- ANNEX I ANNEX II ANNEX III

SCREENING SCREENING up to competent up to competent EIA is authorities to MANDATORY authorities to decide if an EIA decide if an EIA

is needed or not

Administrative body in the For the project for which Ministry of environmental and county or in the City of nature protection EIA is mandatory, the Zagreb nature impact assessment (Habitats Directive) is carried out within the same procedure in co- ordination with Nature Protection Directorate

ANNEX IV Mandatory content of Environmental Report Environmental Impact Assessment Assessment Impact Environmental (Environmental impact study)-an integral part of the application

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     PUBLIC PARTICIPATION concerned the wayas to: the at public the public        least 30 opinions publicandpublic concerned participatethein public debatein a have publichearing public submit hearing submit comments have ask debateincludes: questionstheduring publichearing the rightto enter and proposals objectionsinto theof book the rightof access public to inspection

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  DECISION the CB reviews: theon Decision Environmental Acceptabilitywillbeonly adoptedafter    decisioncan bein challenged the AdministrativeCourt results concernedsubmitted duringthe publicdebate opinions the

AEC’sthe opinionon acceptability ofthe project of anytransboundaryconsultations

, objectionsandproposalof andthe , public public    DIFFICULTIES delays lack „old EIA procedures” of of data – insufficient quality of

EIA

documentations

EIA procedures in road sector in 2015

1. State road DC 414, section Sparagovići – Doli –ongoing 3 2. Mainland - Pelješac with 5 access roads (bridge)- finish (30/10/2015)

4 3. Bypass –City of Pregrada –

finished (23/10/2015) 4. Highway A5 Hungarian border - Beli Manastir – border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sredanci – border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, the bridge on

2 Sava river - finish (2/11/2015) 1 5. Relocation of road D517 in

Beli Manastir -finish (7/7/2015) DESIGNING/PLANNING CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE

Integration of environmental protection Specific environmental requirements in measures in the Environmental impact Preventive environmental protection construction contracts study and requests of permits requires for the construction and operation of the motorway

Landscaping design project Environmental protection plan made by Monitoring the transport of dangerous contractors and Developer goods

Monitoring and supervision of Drainage system projects environmental protection according to its Organizing exercises/tutorials

components (water, air, soil, etc.) Restoration of entire zone devastated by Projects of construction walls for protection Audit environmental protection intervention in better condition, ie. at least against noise procedures into the initial state Controlled waste separation by type, Maintenance of closed drainage system attributes and disposal Monitoring and supervision of Setting up noise protection walls environmental protection according to its components (water, air, soil, etc.) Analysis of supervision data and monitoring Landscaping and maintenance of the area environment protection in the motorway corridor Monitoring fauna

Monitoring flora

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT (ANIMALS INWOLD) ON THE MOTORWAY ZAGREB - RIJEKA

Animal 2011 2012 2013 2014 Bear 1 3 2 3 Deer 15 25 25 44 Wild boar 3 5 1 3 Wild cat 9 5 2 1 Fox 1 9 6 14 Birds 5 4 4 3 Other: dog, rabbit and others. 10 20 7 31 Badger 4 1 1 3 Total 48 72 48 102 GOOD PRACTICE CONCRETE ACTIONS Rijeka-Zagreb Motorway d.d. is responsible for the implementation of measures to prevent incidents on the highway, which includes:

 setting 60 km of electrical fences,  6 pop-ramp,  30 unilateral exit doors for animals,  25 waste containers,  establishment of an emergency team to the highway,  setting up information boards and info terminals In Summary

 Any project which might have a significant impact on the environment must be assessed

 Whole projects are assessed

 Decisions are made by competent authorities

 The decisions of the competent authorities must be reasoned

 The results of the decisions and assessments must be followed

 There must be open and transparent consultation

 Decisions must be available for all to see THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

Ana Barišić, MINISTRY OF MARITIME AFFAIRS, TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE Directorate for EU funds, Sector for management of the Operational Programme E-mail: [email protected] www.mppi.hr