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200 MW Photovoltaic Power Project Kom Ombo – Aswan Arab Republic of Egypt 200 MW Photovoltaic Power Project Kom Ombo – Aswan Arab Republic of Egypt Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Volume 2 – Main text Prepared for: March 2020 DOCUMENT INFORMATION PROJECT NAME 200 MW Photovoltaic Power Plant, Kom Ombo, Egypt 5CS PROJECT NUMBER 1305/001/068 DOCUMENT TITLE Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Report CLIENT ACWA Power 5CS PROJECT MANAGER Reem Jabr 5CS PROJECT DIRECTOR Ken Wade ISSUE AND REVISION RECORD VERSION DATE DESCRIPTION AUTHOR REVIEWER APPROVER 1 02/03/2020 Version 1 RMJ/MKB MKB/RMJ KRW Regardless of location, mode of delivery or 1 Financial Capital function, all organisations are dependent on 2 Social Capital The 5 Capitals of Sustainable Development to enable long term delivery of its products or services. 3 Natural Capital Sustainability is at the heart of everything that 4 Manufactured Capital 5 Capitals achieves. Wherever we work, we strive to provide our clients with the means to maintain and enhance these stocks of capital 5 Human Capital assets. DISCLAIMER 5 Capitals cannot accept responsibility for the consequences of This document is issued for the party which commissioned it and for this document being relied upon by any other party, or being used specific purposes connected with the above-identified project only. It for any other purpose. This document contains confidential information and proprietary should not be relied upon by any other party or used for any other intellectual property. It should not be shown to other parties without purpose consent from the party which commissioned it. 5 Capitals Environmental and Management Consulting Principal office: PO Box 119899 Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE '+971 4 343 5955 6+971 4 343 9366 CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ____________________________________________ 1 1.1 Project Background _______________________________________________ 1 1.2 Key Project Information ____________________________________________ 2 1.3 Objectives of the ESIA ______________________________________________ 2 1.4 Structure of the ESIA _______________________________________________ 3 2 PROJECT INFORMATION ______________________________________ 6 2.1 Project Rationale __________________________________________________ 6 2.2 Project Location ___________________________________________________ 8 2.3 Land Use and Site Condition ______________________________________ 10 2.3.1 Land Ownership ________________________________________________________ 10 2.3.2 Land Use and Site Conditions ____________________________________________ 11 2.4 Project Description ________________________________________________ 19 2.4.1 PV Components ________________________________________________________ 19 2.4.2 Internal Roads __________________________________________________________ 20 2.4.3 Utilities __________________________________________________________________ 20 2.4.4 Associated Facilities _____________________________________________________ 21 2.4.5 Project Operational Requirement ________________________________________ 22 2.5 Project Construction ______________________________________________ 24 2.5.1 Construction Activities ___________________________________________________ 24 2.5.2 Construction Requirements ______________________________________________ 25 2.5.3 Utilities & Waste _________________________________________________________ 25 2.6 Decommissioning of the Project ___________________________________ 27 2.7 Project Alternatives _______________________________________________ 27 2.7.1 No Project Alternative ___________________________________________________ 27 2.7.2 Site Selection ___________________________________________________________ 28 2.7.3 Solar Power Technology _________________________________________________ 28 3 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK __________________________________ 29 3.1 Introduction ______________________________________________________ 29 3.2 National Regulations ______________________________________________ 29 3.2.1 Egyptian Environmental Law, Regulation and Standards __________________ 29 3.2.2 International and Regional Conventions/Protocols ________________________ 31 3.3 Lender Requirements _____________________________________________ 33 3.3.1 EBRD Performance Requirements (PRs) ___________________________________ 33 Kom Ombo - 200 MW Photovoltaic Power Project i ESIA - Volume 2 – Main text 3.3.2 African Development Bank (AFDB) _______________________________________ 35 3.3.3 Equator Principles III (2013) ______________________________________________ 36 3.3.4 IFC Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability ____ 40 3.3.5 IFC EHS Guidelines (2007) ________________________________________________ 43 4 APPROACH TO ESIA _______________________________________ 45 4.1 ESIA Team ________________________________________________________ 45 4.2 ESIA Methodology ________________________________________________ 45 4.2.1 Baseline Studies and Research ___________________________________________ 46 4.2.2 Project Stakeholder Analysis and Consultations ___________________________ 46 4.2.3 Impact Assessment Significance Criteria _________________________________ 51 4.2.4 Mitigation and Management Measures __________________________________ 57 4.2.5 Residual Impacts ________________________________________________________ 57 4.2.6 E&S Disclosure __________________________________________________________ 58 5 AIR QUALITY _____________________________________________ 59 5.1 Introduction ______________________________________________________ 59 5.2 Standards and Regulatory Requirements ___________________________ 59 5.2.1 National Standards _____________________________________________________ 59 5.2.2 Lenders Requirements ___________________________________________________ 59 5.3 Baseline Conditions _______________________________________________ 61 Day 2 _________________________________________________________________ 76 Day 3 _________________________________________________________________ 78 5.4 Sensitive Receptors _______________________________________________ 81 5.5 Potential Impacts, Mitigation, Management & Residual Impact _____ 83 5.5.1 Construction Phase _____________________________________________________ 83 5.5.2 Operation Phase ________________________________________________________ 88 5.6 Monitoring _______________________________________________________ 90 6 NOISE AND VIBRATION _____________________________________ 91 6.1 Introduction ______________________________________________________ 91 6.2 Standards and Regulatory Requirements ___________________________ 91 6.2.1 National Standards _____________________________________________________ 91 6.2.2 Lenders Requirements ___________________________________________________ 92 6.3 Baseline __________________________________________________________ 93 6.4 Sensitive Receptors _______________________________________________ 96 6.5 Potential Impacts, Mitigation, Management & Residual Impact _____ 98 6.5.1 Construction Phase _____________________________________________________ 98 Kom Ombo - 200 MW Photovoltaic Power Project ii ESIA - Volume 2 – Main text 6.5.2 Operational Phase _____________________________________________________ 104 6.6 Monitoring ______________________________________________________ 104 7 SOIL, GEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER ________________________ 105 7.1 Introduction _____________________________________________________ 105 7.2 Standards and Regulatory Requirements __________________________ 105 7.2.1 Other Lender Requirements ____________________________________________ 107 7.3 Baseline Data ___________________________________________________ 108 7.3.1 Geology & Geomorphology ____________________________________________ 108 7.3.2 Seismology ____________________________________________________________ 111 7.3.3 Floods _________________________________________________________________ 112 7.3.4 Soils ___________________________________________________________________ 112 7.3.5 Surface Water _________________________________________________________ 120 7.3.6 Groundwater __________________________________________________________ 121 7.4 Sensitive Receptors ______________________________________________ 121 7.5 Potential Impacts, Mitigation, Management & Residual Impact ____ 122 7.5.1 Construction Phase ____________________________________________________ 122 7.5.2 Operational Phase _____________________________________________________ 127 7.6 Monitoring ______________________________________________________ 129 8 SOLID WASTE AND WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT ________________ 130 8.1 Introduction _____________________________________________________ 130 8.2 Standards and Regulatory Requirements __________________________ 130 8.2.1 National Requirements _________________________________________________ 130 8.2.2 Lenders Requirements __________________________________________________ 131 8.3 Baseline _________________________________________________________ 133 8.4 Potential Impacts, Mitigation, Management & Residual Impact ____ 136 8.4.1 Construction Phase ____________________________________________________ 136 8.4.2 Waste Characterization ________________________________________________ 139 8.4.3 Waste Management Hierarchy _________________________________________ 140 8.4.4 Operational Phase _____________________________________________________ 145 8.5 Monitoring ______________________________________________________ 150 9 TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY ____________________________________ 151 9.1 Introduction _____________________________________________________
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