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stra REPUBLIC OF SERBIA MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION, TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT ON THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE SPATIAL PLAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN 2021 AND 2035 – Draft – Belgrade, March 2021 REPORT ON THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE SPATIAL PLAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN 2021 AND 2035 – Draft – Holder of the development: MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCION, TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE Developers: INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN AND SPATIAL PLANNING OF SERBIA Director __________________________________ Sasa Milijic, PhD, Scientific Adviser UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY Dean _______________________________ Prof. Dejan Filipovic, PhD Work team: Bosko Josimovic, PhD, Spatial Planner (objectives and indicators, evaluation of planning solutions, protection measures, guidelines for the impact assessment on lower hierarchical levels, methodology, outline of decision-making) Prof. Dejan Filipovic, PhD, Spatial Planner (bases, monitoring) Marina Nenkovic-Riznic, PhD, Spatial Planner (objectives and indicators, evaluation of alternative solutions) Prof. Marina Ilic, PhD, Technology Engineer (objectives and indicators, evaluation of planning solutions, protection measures) Prof. Aleksandar Jovovic, PhD, Mechanical Engineer (evaluation of planning solutions, protection measures) Prof. Aleksandar Cvjetic, PhD, Mining Engineer (evaluation of planning solutions, protection measures) Milan Paunovic, PhD, Biologist (evaluation of planning solutions, protection measures) Ljubisa Bezbradica, MA in Forestry Engineering (evaluation of planning solutions, protection measures) 2 CONTENTS 1. BASIS OF THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT…….. 5 1.1. Overview of the content and objectives of the Plan and its connection to other plans. 6 1.1.1. Overview of the content of the Spatial Plan………………………………………. 7 1.1.2. Description of the Plan’s objectives………………………………………….......... 20 1.1.3. Connection with other documents…………………………………...…………….. 23 1.2. An overview of the current environmental status and quality of the area covered by the report ……………………………………………………………………………. 26 1.2.1. Air quality…………………………………………………………………………. 26 1.2.2. Water quality………………………...……….………………………………….. .. 33 1.2.3. Soil quality………………………………………………………………................ 40 1.2.4. Noise levels……………………………………………………………………....... 43 1.3. Environmental characteristics of the areas for which there is a possibility of exposure to significant impact ………………………………………………………….. 45 1.4. Environmental protection issues and problems discussed in the plan and the outline of the reasons for the omission of certain issues and problems from the 48 assessment procedure ………………………………………………………………. 1.5. Outline and assessment of alternative solutions related to environmental protection 49 in the Spatial Plan ..................................................................................................................... 1.6. Results of previous consultation with interested authorities and organizations ……. 49 2. GENERAL AND SPECIFIC GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND THE CHOICE OF INDICATORS ................................... 55 2.1 General and specific objectives …………………………………………………………. 55 2.2. Choice of indicators ............................................................................................................ 55 3. ASSESSMENT OF POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS …………………….. 58 3.1 Impact assessment of alternative solutions and the reasons for the choice of the most favorable alternative …………………………………………………………………… 59 3.3. Evaluation of the characteristics and the importance of the impact of planning 70 solutions………………. 80 3.4. Cumulative and synergetic impacts ………………………………………………….. 82 3.5. Characteristics and importance of the impact of planning solutions ........................... 3.6. Description of guidelines for the prevention and reduction of negative impacts and 90 the increase of the positive impacts on the environment …………………………………... 94 3.6.1. Measures for the protection of air quality…………………………………………... 94 3.6.2. Measures for the reduction of impact on climate change…………………………... 95 3.6.3. Measures for the protection and sustainable utilization of water …………………... 95 3.6.4. Measures for protection and sustainable use of agricultural and forest land ……… 96 3.6.5. Measures to protect biodiversity, geodiversity and natural resources …………….. 97 3.6.6. Measures for the protection of landscape………………………………………....... 97 3.6.7. Measures of rational use of non-renewable and greater utilization of renewable 97 energy sources 98 3.6.8. Measures to improve the waste management system ……………………………… 3.6.9. Measures to protect and improve the health of the population ………………… 98 3.6.10. Measures for the protection of cultural heritage and preservation of historical and 98 archaeological sites …………………………………………………………………… 99 3.6.11. Disaster and emergency protection measures ………………….. 3 3.6.12. Environmental protection measures from cross-boundary impacts …………………. 4 4. GUIDELINES FOR MAKING IMPACT ASSESSMENTS AT LOWER HIERARCHY LEVELS НА ………………………………………………………………… 101 5. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAM DURING THE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION……………………………………………………............................... 102 5.1. Description of the objectives of the Spatial Plan ……………………………………..... 102 5.2. Indicators for monitoring the state of the environment ………………......................... 103 5.3. Rights and obligations of competent authorities ………………………………………. 108 6. OVERVIEW OF THE METHODOLOGY USED IN MAKING THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ................................................................... 109 7. PRESENTATION OF THE DECISION-MAKING METHOD ……………………..... 111 8. CONCLUSIONS REACHED WHEN DRAFTING THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY) 113 ………………... 128 LIST OF GRAPHS…………………………………………………………………….. 129 LIST OF IMAGES………………………………………………………………………… 130 LIST OF TABLES ……………………………………………………………………….. 5 1. BASIS OF THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT According to Article 13 of the Law on Strategic Environmental Assessment, the bases of the strategic assessment include the following: overview of the content and objectives of the plan and programme and their connection to other plans and programmes; overview of the current environmental status and quality in the area that the report refers to; environmental characteristics in areas likely to be exposed to significant impact; environmental protection issues and problems considered in the plan or programme and the outline of reasons for omission of certain issues and problems from the assessment procedure; outline and evaluation of the prepared alternative solutions related to environmental protection in the plan and programme, including the alternative solution of non-realization of the plan and programme and the most favourable alternative solutions from the aspect of environmental protection; results of previous consultations with interested authorities and organizations relevant from the aspect of objectives and evaluation of potential impact of the strategic assessment. The Spatial Plan of the Republic of Serbia (hereinafter: the Spatial Plan), for which the Strategic Environmental Assessment is being developed (hereinafter: the Strategic Assessment), is the basic planning document of spatial planning and development in the Republic of Serbia. The development of this Spatial Plan is based on two previous spatial plans (the first was adopted in 1996, and the second was adopted in 2010), implementation programmes and reports on the implementation of the 2010 Spatial Plan, “Serbia 2025” investment programme, strategies and development documents of the Republic of Serbia, results of previous research, requirements of competent public institutions and bodies, as well as international frameworks and documents in the area of spatial planning and development. The task of the development of the Spatial Plan is to provide national platform for spatial organization and structure that determines the manner in which the territory of the Republic of Serbia is used for the purpose of ensuring optimum and sustainable utilization of land. The Spatial Plan promotes the achievement of national/state objectives of spatial development despite various challenges, including depopulation, urbanization, regional inequalities, rural development, environmental degradation, technical infrastructure and insufficient or unproductive utilization of available territorial capital. Legal basis for the preparation of the Plan and Strategic Assessment The Spatial Plan was prepared in accordance with the Decision on the preparation of the Spatial Plan of the Republic of Serbia for the period from 2021 to 2035 (Official Gazette of RS, number 48/19). It was developed in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Planning and Construction (Official Gazette of RS, no. 72/09, 81/09 - corr., 64/10 – decision of the CC, 24/11, 121/12, 42/13 – decision of the CC, 50/13 – decision of the CC, 98/13 – decision of the CC, 132/14, 145/14, 83/18, 31/19 and 37/19 – other law) and the Rulebook on the content, manner and the procedure of preparation of documents of spatial and urban planning (Official Gazette of RS, number 32/19), as well as with other relevant laws, bylaws and regulations. Strategic Assessment is part of documentary basis of the Spatial Plan. It is prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Environmental Protection (Official Gazette of RS, no.135/04,