44192-016: Draft Initial Environmental Examination
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Initial Environmental Examination (Draft) May 2015 BAN: Second SASEC Bangladesh-India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project Prepared by Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited (PGCB) for the Asian Development Bank. Table of contents Table of contents ................................................................................................................... i List of Tables ......................................................................................................................... iii List of Figures ....................................................................................................................... iv List of Maps ........................................................................................................................... iv List of Photographs ............................................................................................................ iv Currency Equivalents .......................................................................................................... v Weights and Measures ...................................................................................................... ix Executie Summary ............................................................................................................... x 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Overview of the Investment Programme .......................................................... 3 1.2 Environmental Requirements ............................................................................... 3 1.3 Structures of the Report ....................................................................................... 3 2. Policy, Legal and Administrative Framework ..................................................... 4 2.1 National Environmental Requirements .............................................................. 4 2.1.1 Environmental Authority ................................................................................ 4 2.1.2 Securing Environmental Clearance ............................................................. 4 2.1.3 Relevant International Environmental Agreements ................................ 6 2.2 Environmental Requirements of ADB ................................................................. 7 3. Baseline, Potential Impacts and Environmental Management Plan ......... 10 3.1 Project Description ............................................................................................... 10 3.1.1 Objectives and Benefits ............................................................................... 10 3.1.2 Project components and activities ............................................................. 10 3.1.3 Implementation Activities ............................................................................ 12 Pre-construction phase ............................................................................................... 13 Construction phase .................................................................................................... 13 Post-construction phase ............................................................................................ 14 3.2 Availability of construction equipment and work schedule ......................... 15 3.3 Analysis of Alternatives........................................................................................ 15 3.4 Description of the Existing Environment ......................................................... 18 3.4.1 Natural Hazards ............................................................................................ 18 3.4.2 Meteorology .................................................................................................... 22 i 3.4.3 Surface Water Quality .................................................................................. 22 3.4.4 Ground Water Quality ................................................................................... 22 3.4.5 Air Quality ....................................................................................................... 23 3.4.6 Noise Quality ........................................................................................... ....... 23 3.4.7 Agriculture Resources ................................................................................... 24 3.4.8 Terrestrial Flora .............................................................................................. 24 3.4.9 Terrestrial Fauna........................................................................................ .... 25 3.4.10 Socio-economic Profile ................................................................................. 25 3.5 Anticipated Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures ................... 27 3.5.1 Pre-construction and Design Phase ........................................................... 27 3.5.2 Construction Phase ....................................................................................... 27 3.5.3 Operation Phase ............................................................................................. 29 3.6 Public and Stakeholder Consultations .............................................................. 30 3.7 Grievance Redress Mechanism .......................................................................... 31 3.8 Environmental Management Plan ..................................................................... 31 3.8.1 Mitigation ......................................................................................................... 31 3.8.2 Monitoring ....................................................................................................... 37 3.8.3 Implementation Arrangement .................................................................... 38 3.8.4 EMP and Monitoring Budget ........................................................................ 38 3.9 Conclusion and Recommendations ................................................................... 39 Appendix 1 ............................................................................................................................ 41 Environment Conservation Rules 1997 ....................................................................... 41 Appendix 2 Environment Conservation Rules 1997 ................................................ 46 Appendix 3 Name of Participants ................................................................................. 51 Appendix 4 Layout Plans.................................................................................................. 52 ii List of Tables Table 1: Tentative Financial Plan (US $ million) ........................................................ 3 Table 2: Comparison of Environmental Requirements of ADB and GOB ....................... 8 Table 3: Project Components and activities ........................................................... 10 Table 4: Comparisons of Alternative Routes ........................................................... 15 Table 5: Administrative units crossed by TL ........................................................... 18 Table 6: Water level at Padma River in different return periods ................................ 18 Table 7: Surface Water Quality Analysis Report ...................................................... 22 Table 8: Ground Water Quality Analysis Report ...................................................... 23 Table 9: Base information of Ambient Air Quality ................................................... 23 Table 10: Bangladesh Standards for Ambient Air Quality ......................................... 23 Table 11: Noise Monitoring Report ........................................................................ 24 Table 12: Standard for Ambient Noise .................................................................. 24 Table 13: Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for proposed project..................... 32 Table 14: Environmental Monitoring Plan for the Proposed Project ............................ 37 Table 15: Budget for the EMP and Monitoring Plan .................................................. 39 Table 16: Name of Participants ............................................................................ 51 iii List of Figures Figure 1: DOE Application Process for Securing ECC ....................................................... 5 Figure 2: Grievance Redress Committee ........................................................................... 31 List of Maps Map 1: Base Map of the Project ...................................................................... 2 Map 2: Proposed Bheramara - Ishwardi 230 kV T/L ..........................................11 Map 3: Proposed New AP of TL ......................................................................17 Map 4: Flood vulnerability map of Bangladesh..................................................19 Map 5: Seismic zone of Bangladesh ................................................................21 List of Photographs Photo 1: Proposed place in Bheramara sub-station ...........................................11 Photo 2: Proposed place in Ishwardi sub-station ...............................................12 Photo 3: RL : 16.054 m PWD (Ishwardi SS) .....................................................20 Photo 4: RL: 17.462 m PWD (Bheramara SS) ..................................................20 Photo 5: RL : 13.649 m PWD (agricultural land- Char Mokarampur) ....................20