Environmental Impact Assessment Report Faisalabad West GS & T/L I
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Environmental Impact Assessment Report Faisalabad West GS & T/L Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Overview .............................................................................................................. 1 1.2 The Project ........................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Need for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Study ............................... 2 1.4 Scope of Services and Approach to Carry Out the Study ............................... 2 1.4.1 Specific Tasks for the Study Team .............................................................. 3 1.4.2 Task Assignment ......................................................................................... 3 1.4.3 Resource Requirements .............................................................................. 3 1.4.4 Field Visits ................................................................................................... 3 1.4.5 Review of Legal and Administrative Framework .......................................... 4 1.4.6 Identification of Impacts ............................................................................... 5 1.4.7 Evaluation of Impacts .................................................................................. 5 1.4.8 Identification of Mitigation Measures ........................................................... 5 1.4.9 Development of Environmental Management Plan and Environmental Monitoring Plan ............................................................................................ 5 1.5 Structure of the Report ....................................................................................... 6 2. LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS ............................................... 7 2.1 General ................................................................................................................. 7 2.2 National Conservation Strategy (NCS) .............................................................. 7 2.3 Biodiversity Action Plan ..................................................................................... 7 2.4 Environment Related National Laws/ Policies .................................................. 7 2.4.1 Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 .............................................. 8 2.4.2 Punjab Environmental Protection (Amendment) Act, 2012 .......................... 8 2.4.3 Environmental Protection Agency Review of lEE and EIA Regulations, 2000 .................................................................................................................... 9 2.4.4 National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS), 2000 ........................... 9 2.4.5 The Antiquities Act, 1975 ........................................................................... 10 2.4.6 The Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1965, and Rules, 1969 ............................ 10 2.4.7 The Factories Act, 1934............................................................................. 10 i Environmental Impact Assessment Report Faisalabad West GS & T/L 2.4.8 The Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 ................................................................ 11 2.4.9 The Explosives Act, 1884 .......................................................................... 11 2.4.10 National Resettlement Policy and Ordinance ........................................ 11 2.4.11 The Forestry Act, 1927 .......................................................................... 11 2.4.12 The Punjab Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act, 1972 ........................................................................ 11 2.4.13 The Telegraphy Act, 1910 ..................................................................... 12 2.4.14 The West Pakistan Water and Power Act, 1958 .................................... 12 2.4.15 Safety Regulations ................................................................................ 12 2.4.16 Other Regulations .................................................................................. 12 2.5 ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES ...................................................................... 12 2.5.1 Guidelines of Pakistan EPA ....................................................................... 12 2.6 International Protocols and Obligations ......................................................... 14 2.6.1 The Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, 1979 .......................................................................................................... 14 2.6.2 The Rio Declaration, 1992 ......................................................................... 14 2.6.3 Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention), 1971 ............................... 15 2.7 JICA Guidelines ................................................................................................. 15 2.1.1 JICA Guidelines for Environmental and Social Considerations 2010 ......... 15 2.1.2 JICA’s Involuntary Resettlement Policy ..................................................... 15 3. PROJECT DISCRIPTION............................................................................................ 18 3.1 General ............................................................................................................... 18 3.2 Faisalabad West Grid Station and Allied Transmission Line Project ........... 18 3.3 Scope of Work ................................................................................................... 18 3.4 Civil works, Equipment, Machinery and other Physical Facilities Required for the Project ............................................................................................... 19 3.4.1 Civil Works and Other Facilities ................................................................. 19 3.4.2 Equipment & Machinery............................................................................. 19 3.5 Project Alignment .............................................................................................. 21 3.6 Design Aspects ................................................................................................. 25 3.6.1 Design Standards for Grid Station ............................................................. 25 3.6.4 Safety Parameters ..................................................................................... 26 ii Environmental Impact Assessment Report Faisalabad West GS & T/L 3.7 Construction Aspects ....................................................................................... 27 3.7.1 Contractor’s Arrangement .......................................................................... 27 3.7.2 Construction Schedule............................................................................... 27 3.7.3 Construction Camps .................................................................................. 27 3.7.4 Work Force ................................................................................................ 28 3.7.5 Construction Materials ............................................................................... 29 3.7.6 Work Base ................................................................................................. 31 3.8 Activities during Planning and Design Phase ................................................ 31 3.9 Activities during Construction Phase .............................................................. 32 3.10 Activities during Operation Phase ................................................................... 34 3.10.1 Foundations ........................................................................................... 35 3.10.2 Steel Works ........................................................................................... 35 3.10.3 Conductor, Overhead Ground Wire, Hardware and Insulators .............. 35 3.11 The Project Cost ................................................................................................ 36 4. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ................................................................................ 37 4.1 No Project Option .............................................................................................. 37 4.2 Alternatives of Location .................................................................................... 38 4.2.1 Development of Environmental Site Selection Criteria .............................. 38 4.2.2 Final Site Selection .................................................................................... 40 4.3 Alternative Construction Methods ................................................................... 40 4.4 Alternative Geometry ........................................................................................ 40 5. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL BASELINE CONDITIONS .................................... 41 5.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 41 5.2 Physical Environment ....................................................................................... 41 5.2.1 Topography, Geography, Geology, and Soils ............................................ 42 5.2.2 Seismology ................................................................................................ 42 5.2.3 Climate, Temperature and Rainfall ............................................................ 42 5.2.4 Groundwater Resources