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Official Website of Ilocos Norte) Initial Environmental Examination Project Number: 48325-001 July 2015 PHI: 150 MW Burgos Wind Farm Project Transmission Line and Jetty Section 11 – Heritage and Cultural Assessment Section 12 – Traffic, Access and Safety Assessment (Part 5 of 14) Prepared by EDC Burgos Wind Power Corporation for EDC Burgos Wind Power Corporation and the Asian Development Bank. The 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. Table of contents 1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Project Description ......................................................................................................................... 1 3. Assessment Methodology .............................................................................................................. 1 4. Land Use Assessment ................................................................................................................... 1 5. Noise and Vibration Assessment ................................................................................................... 1 6. Biodiversity and Conservation ....................................................................................................... 1 7. Marine Ecology and Seawater Quality ........................................................................................... 1 8. Water and Drainage Assessment .................................................................................................. 1 9. Soil and Groundwater Contamination Assessment ....................................................................... 1 10. Air Quality Assessment .................................................................................................................. 1 11. Heritage and Cultural Assessment .......................................................................................... 11-1 11.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 11-1 11.2 Legislation ...................................................................................................................... 11-1 11.3 Assessment Methodology .............................................................................................. 11-2 11.4 Baseline Conditions ....................................................................................................... 11-3 11.5 Potential Sources of Impacts and Mitigation ............................................................... 11-20 11.6 Conclusions ................................................................................................................. 11-25 11.7 References ................................................................................................................... 11-26 Table index Table 11-1 Types of heritage ........................................................................................................... 11-2 Table 11-2 Cultural and Natural Heritage in Burgos ........................................................................ 11-4 Table 11-3 Cultural and Natural Heritage in Pasuquin .................................................................... 11-7 Table 11-4 Cultural and Natural Heritage in Bacarra ....................................................................... 11-9 Table 11-5 Cultural heritage in Laoag City .................................................................................... 11-12 Table 11-6 National Heritage Sites in Ilocos Norte ........................................................................ 11-16 Table 11-7 Areas of Cultural and Natural Significance in Ilocos Norte .......................................... 11-17 Table 11-8 Summary of Impact on Historical and Cultural Resources during Operation and Maintenance Phase ..................................................................................................... 11-20 Table 11-9 Key impacts and proposed mitigation/enhancement measures .................................. 11-25 Figure index GHD | Report for EDC Burgos Wind Power Corporation - EDC Transmission Line and Jetty Projects, 71/12098 | i Figure 11-1 Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites in the Municipality of Burgos ................................. 11-6 Figure 11-2 Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites in the Municipality of Pasuquin ............................. 11-8 Figure 11-3 Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites in the Municipality of Bacarra .............................. 11-11 Figure 11-4 Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites in Laoag City ....................................................... 11-14 Figure 11-5 Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites in the Province of Ilocos Norte ............................ 11-19 Figure 11-6 Towers BL001 to BL019 along the Access Road leading to Palpalokada Landscape and Kapurpurawan Rock Formation ......................................................... 11-23 Figure 11-7 Tower BL031 along the Access Road leading to Cape Bojeador ............................... 11-24 GHD | Report for EDC Burgos Wind Power Corporation - EDC Transmission Line and Jetty Projects, 71/12098 | ii 11. Heritage and Cultural Assessment 11.1 Introduction This section presents the potential environmental, social and visual impacts of the Transmission Line and Jetty Projects to the identified heritage and cultural resources within the project site and Ilocos Norte, and the proposed mitigation measures to address the potential impacts. 11.2 Legislation The following sections briefly describe legislation relating to identification and management of heritage and cultural resources in the Philippines. 11.2.1 National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 The National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 (RA 10066) provides for the protection, conservation and promotion of the national cultural heritage, its property and histories and the ethnicity of local communities, and establishment and strengthening the National Commission for the Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and its affiliated cultural agencies, and protection of cultural workers and ensuring their professional development and well-being. 11.2.2 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 The IRR provides guidelines for the implementation of the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009. The provisions of the IRR include the following. The State shall foster the preservation, enrichment, and dynamic evolution of a Filipino national culture based on the principle of unity in diversity on a climate of free artistic and intellectual expression. The arts and letters shall enjoy the patronage of the State. The State shall conserve, promote, and popularise the nation’s historical and cultural heritage and resources, as well as artistic creations. All the country’s artistic and historic wealth constituted the protection of the State, which may regulate its disposition. The State shall recognize, respect and protect the rights of indigenous cultural communities to preserve and develop their cultures, traditions and institutions. It shall consider these rights in the formulation of national plans and policies. 11.2.3 Law creating the National Commission for Culture and the Arts Republic Act 7356 is the Act creating the NCCA in the Philippines. It is the overall policymaking body, coordinating, and grants-giving agency for the preservation, development and promotion of Philippine arts and culture. It is also an executing agency for the policies it formulates, and tasked to administer the National Endowment Fund for Culture and the Arts (NEFCA)—fund exclusively for the implementation of culture and arts programs and projects. 11.2.4 The Rule of the NCCA on Pleading, Practice and Procedure in Heritage Cases These rules shall apply to all heritage cases involving petitions for declaration, delisting, appeals on issuance of export permits, issuance of cease and desist orders, compulsory repair orders and violations of the prescriptive provisions of the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009. GHD | Report for EDC Burgos Wind Power Corporation - EDC Transmission Line and Jetty Projects, 71/12098 | 11-1 11.3 Assessment Methodology 11.3.1 Types of Heritage Resources Types of heritage covered in this assessment are presented in Table 11-1. The classifications were used as guide in conducting the inventory of the heritage sites and resources in the locality. Table 11-1 Types of heritage Type of heritage Definition Archaeological heritage Elements of archaeological heritage pertains to all remains and objects and any other traces of humankind from the past, which include structures, constructions, group of buildings, developed sites, moveable objects, monuments of other kinds as well as their context, whether situated on land or under water (Valetta, January 2012). An element of archaeological heritage is given if there is any trace of human existence of the past displaying an interaction with
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