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47281-001: National Highway Network Development In Initial Environmental Examination Draft IEE Report Improvement and Widening of Qila Saifullah-Loralai-Waigum Rud Section of N-70 January 2014 PAK: National Highway Network Development in Balochistan Project Prepared by National Highway Authority for the Asian Development Bank. This initial environmental examination is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE STUDY ADT Average Daily Traffic BEPA Balochistan Environmental Protection Act CCBOs: Community Citizen Board Organizations. EIA: Environmental Impact Assessment. EMP: Environment Management Plan. EMAP: Environmental Management Assessment Plan. IEE: Initial Environmental Examination. IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature. (IUCN). NEQS: National Environmental Quality Standards NHA: National Highway Authority. PAPs: Project Affected People PD/PC: Project Director/Project Coordinator PEPA: Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency. PMU: Project Management Unit ROW: Right of Way VOC: Vehicle Operating Costs i IMPROVEMENT AND WIDENING OF QILA SAIFULLAH-LORALAI- WAIGUM RUD SECTION OF N-70 INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION (IEE) Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................1 1.1 GENERAL ............................................................................................. 1 1.2 PROPONENT OF THE PROJECT ........................................................................ 1 1.3 OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT .......................................................................... 1 1.4 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................ 1 1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY ................................................................................ 2 1.6 ENVIRONMENTAL CATEGORIZATION OF THE PROJECT ................................................. 2 1.7 REGULATIONS/LEGISLATION TO BE FOLLOWED ........................................................ 3 1.8 COMPONENTS OF THE REPORT ........................................................................ 3 2. POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ...................................6 2.1 GENERAL ............................................................................................. 6 2.2 NATIONAL POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ........................................................... 6 2.3 REGULATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, PAKISTAN EPA .................................... 6 2.4 REGULATORY CLEARANCES, BALOCHISTAN EPA ....................................................... 6 2.5 GUIDELINES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, PAKISTAN EPA....................................... 7 2.6 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS (NEQS) 2000 ..................................... 7 2.7 ADB’S SAFEGUARD POLICY STATEMENT (SPS), 2009 ................................................ 7 2.8 INTERACTION WITH OTHER AGENCIES ................................................................. 8 2.9 PROVINCIAL EPAS .................................................................................... 8 2.10 PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENTS OF FORESTS AND WILDLIFE ............................................... 8 2.11 PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS .......................................................................... 8 2.12 OTHER ENVIRONMENT RELATED LEGISLATIONS ........................................................ 8 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT .......................................................... 12 3.1 LOCATION OF THE PROJECT ......................................................................... 12 3.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ....................................................................... 12 3.3 KEY COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT ................................................................. 12 3.4 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ............................................................... 13 3.5 SOURCES OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL .............................................................. 13 3.6 SUB-BASE / BASE.................................................................................... 14 3.7 AGGREGATE FOR CONCRETE AND ASPHALT .......................................................... 14 3.8 SAND FOR CONCRETE ................................................................................ 14 3.9 TRAFFIC ............................................................................................. 14 3.10 CONSTRUCTION CAMPS AND WORK FORCE ........................................................... 15 3.11 MACHINERY REQUIREMENT .......................................................................... 16 4. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT ................................................... 17 4.1 GENERAL ............................................................................................ 17 4.2 METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................... 17 ii 4.3 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF PROJECT AREA ......................................................... 19 4.3.1 CLIMATE AND METEOROLOGY ........................................................................ 19 4.1.2 AIR QUALITY ........................................................................................ 20 4.1.3 NOISE ............................................................................................... 21 4.1.3 WATER SOURCES AND QUALITY ...................................................................... 23 4.1.4 TOPOGRAPHY ....................................................................................... 25 4.1.5 GEOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY OF THE PROJECT AREA .................................................. 26 4.2 ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES ............................................................................ 27 4.2.1 PROTECTED AREAS .................................................................................. 29 4.2.2 HYDROLOGY AND DRAINAGE ......................................................................... 29 4.2.3 AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE .................................................................. 30 4.2.4 SOCIOCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................... 30 4.2.5 ETHNICITY AND TRIBES .............................................................................. 31 4.2.6 OCCUPATIONS ....................................................................................... 32 4.2.7 HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ............................................................................ 32 4.2.8 EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES ............................................................................ 32 4.2.9 ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES .............................................................................. 33 5. ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ........... 34 5.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 34 5.2 PROJECT CORRIDOR ................................................................................. 34 5.3 PROJECT RIGHT OF WAY ............................................................................ 34 5.4 CORRIDOR OF IMPACT ............................................................................... 34 5.5 POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES DURING DESIGN PHASE ............................. 34 5.5.1 TOPOGRAPHY ....................................................................................... 34 5.5.2 FORMATION WIDTH IN BUILT-UP AREAS .............................................................. 34 5.5.3 LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT FOR ROW .................................................. 35 5.5.4 CHANGE IN HYDROLOGIC REGIME .................................................................... 35 5.5.5 SEISMICITY .......................................................................................... 35 5.5.6 FLORA AND FAUNA .................................................................................. 36 5.5.7 ROAD SAFETY ....................................................................................... 36 5.5.8 HISTORICAL/ ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES ................................................................ 36 5.6 POTENTIAL IMPACT AND THEIR MITIGATION DURING CONSTRUCTION ................................. 36 5.6.1 CLEARING OF RIGHT OF WAY ........................................................................ 36 5.6.2 PUBLIC UTILITIES .................................................................................... 37 5.6.3 LOCATION OF CONSTRUCTION CAMPS AND OTHER FACILITIES ........................................ 37 5.6.4 SOIL EROSION AND CONTAMINATION ................................................................. 38 5.6.5 BORROW AREAS AND OPEN PITS ..................................................................... 38 5.6.6 TOP SOIL CONSERVATION............................................................................ 38 5.6.7 OBSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN PROJECT CORRIDOR ......................................... 39 5.6.8 AIR QUALITY .......................................................................................
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