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Initial Environmental Examination Uzbekistan Initial Environmental Examination March 2017 Uzbekistan: Djizzak Sanitation System Development Project Rehabilitation and Construction of Sewerage Collectors, Networks, and Pumping Stations in Djizzak City Prepared by the Project Coordination Unit of the Uzbekistan Communal Services Agency (UCSA) and project development consultant SU-YAPI Engineering and Consulting Inc. for the Asian Development Bank. This is an updated version of the draft originally posted in August 2014 available on https://www.adb.org/projects/46135-002/main#project-documents. 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 on ADB’s 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. i Table of Contents Executive Summary FOREWORD ............................................................................................................................................... 1 I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1 A. THE PROPONENT AND PURPOSE OF THE IEE ........................................................................................ 1 B. PROJECT STATUS AND DOCUMENTATION .............................................................................................. 1 C. EXTENT AND BOUNDARIES OF THE IEE .................................................................................................. 2 D. CONTENT OF THE IEE AND METHODOLOGY APPLIED ............................................................................ 2 E. POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK .............................................................................. 2 II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT .................................................................................................. 5 A. TYPE OF PROJECT AND CATEGORY ....................................................................................................... 5 B. NEED FOR PROJECT ............................................................................................................................... 5 C. PROJECT DETAILS .................................................................................................................................. 6 1) The Pumping Stations ......................................................................................................................... 6 2) The Industrial and Commercial Enterprises ........................................................................................ 3 D. ...................................................................................................................................................................... 8 E. SUBPROJECT LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS OF THE WORK ..................................................................... 8 III. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................... 9 A. PHYSICAL RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................... 9 1) Geography and Climate ...................................................................................................................... 9 2) Air Quality and Noise .......................................................................................................................... 9 3) Topography, Geology, Soils and Hydrology ...................................................................................... 10 4) Surface Water ................................................................................................................................... 10 5) Groundwater ..................................................................................................................................... 11 6) Ecological Resources ......................................................................................................................... 12 7) The Pumping Stations ....................................................................................................................... 12 B. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................... 13 1) Agricultural and Mineral Development ............................................................................................ 13 2) Transportation (road, rail air) ........................................................................................................... 13 3) Power Sources and Transmission ...................................................................................................... 13 4) Industries and Employment .............................................................................................................. 13 C. SOCIAL, CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE VALUES .................................................... 13 1) Socioeconomic Profile ....................................................................................................................... 13 2) Standard of Living and Community Health ....................................................................................... 15 D. HUMAN SETTLEMENT IN THE ROW ....................................................................................................... 16 E. ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL FEATURES AND SITES ................................................................ 16 IV. ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ................... 17 A. PRECONSTRUCTION PERIOD ................................................................................................................ 17 B. CONSTRUCTION PERIOD ....................................................................................................................... 18 C. OPERATING PERIOD .............................................................................................................................. 22 D. IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE IMPACTS ...................................................................................... 23 E. ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENTS ....................................................................................................... 23 F. SOCIAL SECTOR IMPACTS .................................................................................................................... 23 1) Social Assessment ............................................................................................................................. 23 2) Poverty Impact .................................................................................................................................. 24 3) Resettlement ..................................................................................................................................... 24 ii V. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES .................................................................................................... 24 VI. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ..................................................................................... 24 VII. INFORMATION DISCLOSURE, CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION ........................... 26 B. INFORMATION DISCLOSED ..................................................................................................................... 27 VIII. THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP) .......................................................... 27 A. THE MITIGATION AND MONITORING TABLES (EMIT) & (EMOT) ........................................................... 28 1) Environmental Mitigation Table (EmiT): ........................................................................................... 28 2) Environmental Monitoring Table (EmoT):......................................................................................... 29 IX. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS AND TECHNICAL CAPACITY ............................... 30 A. APPROVAL OF THE IEE ......................................................................................................................... 30 X. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ..................................................................................................... 31 XI. INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY ...................................................................................................... 32 XII. MITIGATION AND MONITORING COSTS ................................................................................ 33 A. ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION AND MONITORING COSTS .................................................................... 33 B. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND RESETTLEMENT COSTS ...................................................... 34 XIII. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................................................... 34 XIV. ANNEXES ..................................................................................................................................... 37 Annex 1 Sample Newspaper Notice of Public Meeting and Consultation Brochure Annex 2 Consultation Session Minutes and Attendance Sheets Annex 3
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