University of Montenegro Faculty for Electrical Engineering
Environmental Assessment Report with the Enviromental Management Plan for the Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics (BIO-ICT)
Draft
June 2014
Contents 1. SUMMARY
The Project of the Centre of Excellence in BIO-ICT is implemented within the project " Higher Education and Research for Innovation and Competitiveness" -HERIC, with the support of the World Bank loan.
Holder of the Project is the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE) in Podgorica (RSRI1), University of Montenegro, while the partners are: Institute for Marine Biology (IMB), University of Montenegro (RSRI), Institute for Public Health (IPH), Montenegro (RSRI), Biotechnical Faculty (BTF), University of Montenegro (RSRI),
1 Registered Scientific Research Institution (National) 2 Centre for TeleInFrastrukture, Aalborg University, Denmark (ISRI2), St. Petersburg scientific research centre for ecological safety, Russian academy of sciences (SRCES-RAS) (ISRI), DOO Green House Jovović (NCE3), and COGI D.O.O. (NCE).
Section 2 includes all the pieces of legislation that have to be taken into account in the process of drafting the environment impact assessment of the BIO-ICT project. Section 3 offers a brief description of all the locations where the project activities will take place. The description of the analysed alternatives that refer to the implementation of the BIO-ICT Project is presented in the Section 4, while section 5 contains the analysis of the segments of the environment. Description of the possible significant environment impacts and environment management plan are given in the sections 6 and 7 respectively. Strengthening of the capacities and distribution of responsibilities are discussed in the section 8. Members of the environmental assessment team, and the brief information about their professional engagement have been presented in the section 9, while literature and documentation used for the development of this Report are contained in the section 10.
2. LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK
When it comes to impact of an intervention on the environment, Montenegrin legislation includes a set of regulations, the Law on Environment Impact Assessment being the most important among them. The text below lists all the pieces of legislation that have to be taken into account in the process of developing the environmental assessment of the BIO-ICT project.
Law on Spatial Planning and Construction of Structures (Official Gazette of MNE 51/08) Law on Environmental Impact Assessment (Official Gazette of RMNE 80/05) Law on Environment (Official Gazette of MNE 48/08) Law on Nature Conservation (Official Gazette of RMNE 51/08) Law on Air Protection (Official Gazette of MNE 25/10) Law on Waters (Official Gazette of 27/07) Law on Waste Management (Official Gazette of MNE 64/11) Law on the Protection from Noise in Environment (Official Gazette of MNE 28/11) Law on the Protection of Cultural Monuments (Official Gazette of RMNE 47/91) Rulebook on quality and sanitary-technical requirements for the discharge of waste water into the recipient and public sewage system, manner of and procedure for examining quality of waste water, minimum number of tests to be performed and contents of the report on the established quality of waste water (Official Gazette of MNE 45/08, 9/10 and 26/12)
2 International Scientific Research Institution 3 National Commercial Entity 3 Decree on classification and categorisation of surface waters (Official Gazette of MNE 2/07) Decree on establishing type of pollutants, limit values and other standards of air quality (Official Gazette of MNE 45/08) Rulebook on allowed quantities of hazardous and harmful substances in soil and methods for testing them (Official Gazette of RMNE 18/97). Decree on limit values of the emissions of pollutants into the air from stationary sources (Official Gazette of MNE 10/11)
Potential impact of BIO-ICT Project will also be assessed against the following documents: Wold Bank Policy on the Environmental Impact Assessment (OP/BP/GP 4.01) World Bank Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook (PPAH).
To do minor civil works in the IMB in Kotor (renovation of the wet laboratory), the project will need to obtain a permit, since the Institute building has the status of a cultural monument. On 14 April 2014 the Authority for Protection of Cultural Properties - Regional Unit Kotor issued the Decision on Conservatory Conditions for Development of the Project Documentation No. UP/I-05-62/2014-3.
No other project activities, including the supply of equipment and material will require a permit.
3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Key applications that will be developed within the BIO-ICT Project fall within the area of sustainable agriculture, monitoring of the eco-systems of sea water, crops and forests, development of the techniques for control and reduction of air pollution, analysis and standardisation of food products, control of the soil quality, improvement in the public health sector. Project objectives include the state-of-the- art research results, products and services in all these areas.
BIO-ICT Project has been organized in 8 Work Packages: WP1–Management, WP2–Dissemination, WP3–Improvement of Infrastructure, WP4 – Hiring of Staff and Mobility, WP5–ICT and Agriculture, WP6–ICT Environmental Monitoring, WP7– Commercialization and WP8–Sustainability of the Project.
Description of the Project activities is presented by individual sites in Kotor, Danilovgrad and Podgorica and by Work Packages that include the activities that might have an impact on the environment (WP5 and WP6). List of Equipment and Material to be supplied within the WP3 – Improvement of Infrastructure, has been attached to the project application.
3.1. Description of Project activities in the Institute for Marine Biology in Kotor, which will be the site for the system of the glass aquarium for placing ICT bio- sensors on shells, Work Package 6 (WP6) with the supporting documentation.
Renovation of the Wet Laboratory
4 Renovation will be done in the IMB Wet Laboratory, which is in the immediate vicinity of the sea. It is not within the main complex of Institute building and it was built as an annex after the earthquake in 1979 for the needs of the experimental aquarium. That is why it does not have any roof structure but a flat roof, i.e. roof terrace. The premises are in poor condition due to the leaking from the roof terrace caused by the damages in the hydro insulation. Entrance to the laboratory, appearance of the roof terrace and the contact zone with the rest of the aquarium (as is) is presented in the images below 1-3.
Image 1. Entrance to the laboratory IMB
Image 2. Roof terrace IMB
Image 3. Contact zone with the rest of the aquarium
5 The laboratory room is 40.3 m2 (9.59 x 4.20 m). The interior is composed of the concrete elements (sinks) on the left side and the empty space (images 4 and 5) covered in ceramic tiles up to the height of 1.70 m. There are water and electricity installations in the laboratory, but it should be checked and the worn out parts should be replaced.
In order to prevent the leaking from the roof, the roof terrace and the contact zone with the rest of the aquarium should first be insulated by the hydro insulation material.
Interior Works
The interior works include removing of the existing plaster, putting a new lawyer of plaster and laying ceramic tiles on the floor and the walls up to 1.70 m of height, as well as on the existing concrete sinks. The worn out water sinks and sewage pipes have to be replaced and new taps installed. Electricity installation that is on the wall surfaces should be checked and worn out parts should be replaced. The system of switches and ceiling lighting should be replaced. Plastic pipes should be installed and used for the installation of the hose for bringing seawater to the laboratory.
Image 4. Interior of the laboratory
Image 5. Concrete sink and water supply and sewage installations
On the exterior walls the window elements are in very poor condition, just like the windows facing the interior of the big aquarium, on the opposite side of the exterior
6 wall. Two-wing doors are used as entrance to the room. The worn out and rotten doors and windows have to be replaced. Since the room is in the contact zone with the main Institute building, the Institute for Protection of the Monuments of Culture will insist on covering the 5 fields beneath the exterior windows in stone, so that the facade is in line with the rest of the stone building. Image 6 shows the exterior part of the laboratory.
Image 6. Exterior facing Kotor
The wet laboratory will use the water from the municipal water supply grid that the Institute building is already connected to.
This particular site is connected to the faecal sewage grid and water from the wet laboratory is taken to that connection. Table 1 shows the maximum concentrations of hazardous and harmful matters in the wastewaters permitted to be discharged to the public sewage grid.
Table 1. Maximum concentrations of hazardous and harmful matters in the wastewaters permitted to be discharged into the public sewage grid („Official Gazette of Montenegro “ No. 45/08, 09/10 and 26/12) Measurement Maximum permitted Parameter Unit concentration (MDK) pH 6-9 Temperature ºC 40 Colour mg/l Pt scale 20 Smell Noticeable Sedimentable matters ml/lh 10 Total suspended matters mg/l 300
BPK5 mgO2/l 500
HPK (K2Cr2O7) mgO2/l 700 Aluminium mg/l 4.0 Arsenic mg/l 0.2 Copper mg/l 1.0 Barium mg/l 5.0 Boron mg/l 4.0 Zink mg/l 2.0 Cobalt mg/l 2.0 Solder mg/l 2.0 Cadmium mg/l 0.1 7 Potassium mg/l 0.01 Total chrome mg/l 2.0 Chrome 6+ mg/l 0.2 Manganese mg/l 4.0 Nickel mg/l 2.0 Lead mg/l 2.0 Selenium mg/l 0.1 Silver mg/l 0.5 Iron mg/l 5.0 Vanadium mg/l 0.1 Total phenols mg/l 0.5 Fluorides mg/l 5.0 Sulphite mg/l 10 Sulphide mg/l 1.0 Sulphates mg/l 400 Chlorides mg/l 500 Total phosphorus mgP/l 7 Active Chlorine mg/l 0.3 Ammonium ion (N) mgN/l 15.0 Nitrites (N) mgN/l 30.0 Nitrates (N) mgN/l 50.0 Mineral oils mg/l 10.0 Total oils and fats mg/l 50 Aldehydes mg/l 2.0 Alcohols mg/l 10 Total aromatic carbo-hydrogens mg/l 0.4 Total nitrated carbohydgrogens mg/l 0.1 Total halogen carbohydrogens mg/l 1.0 Total organophosphate pesticides mg/l 0.1 Total organochlorine pesticides mg/l 0.05 Total surface active substances mg/l 20.0 Total detergents mg/l 4.0 Radioactivity Bq/l 1.0 Wastewater that is discharged in the public sewage grid cannot contain: . inflammable and explosive matters; . harmful gasses (hydrogen sulphide, sulphur oxide, nitrogen oxide, cyanide hydrogen, chlorine etc.); . solid viscous matter and floating matters like: ashes, cane, hey, metal scraps, plastic and wood, glass, cloths, feathers, meat, animal bowels, sediments generated through water treatment, residues of disinfectants and other chemicals and colours, bulk garbage, etc.; . acid, alkali and aggressive matters; . waste water from health care, veterinary and other organizations where presence of pathogen micro-organisms can be expected, without prior disinfection; . radioactive matters; . atmospheric duct cannot contain more than 0.03 mg/l of diluted or gaseous carbon hydrogen; . other harmful matters.
Water is discharged through special systems, buildings and devices that according to their purpose are divided to: . interior sewage, that contains the connecting discharge duct installation (the connection), buildings and devices with facilities for collection, treatment and discharge of waste water to public sewage;
8 . public sewage grid that contains installation, buildings and devices used for collecting, discharging and treating wastewater from public areas and interior sewage.
Interior sewage grid has to be constructed and maintained in such a way that: . in the conditions of normal operation there is no possibility of overflowing and penetration of polluted water . it is protected from the impact of slow water action on the public sewage grid; . it is constructed of material that is water-proof and resistant to acids and other hazardous and harmful matters within the pH range 6.5-9.0; . the minimum diameter of the duct connection that is defined on the basis of hydraulic calculation cannot be less than 150 mm.
The existing system for discharging wastewater from the wet laboratory to the municipal sewage grid, which is within the existing building of the Institute for Marine Biology in Kotor, has been designed in such a way that it avoids any contamination of the surrounding land, surface and ground water.
In the renovation works on the room of the wet laboratory we will use the appropriate equipment and tools the use of which will not cause any significant emission of particulate matter into the air, due to the pace of works on the site and the time of certain operations. Solid construction waste that can be generated during the reconstruction of the room of the wet laboratory - the construction grid and other kinds of materials generated in the process of replacement of windows and doors will be removed from the site in line with the regulations and terms and conditions issued by the utility company to the investor. Local self-government shall define the site where the investor will be able to dispose the generated solid construction waste.
Description of other activities in the IMB
Institute for Marine Biology - Kotor, together with the partner Institute for Public Health, shall be responsible for the implementation of the activities within the WP6. One of the bio-sensor systems for determining the cardio activities of the shells (Mediterranean Mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis) will be installed in the Institute for Marine Biology. This system is based on monitoring of the heartbeats of the autochthonous invertebrate and their response to the possible pollution accidents. Aquarium system with shells will be installed in the wet laboratory, while the seawater will be supplied to the aquariums through hoses and pumps from the site in front of the IMB. At the same time, this work package will include seasonal analyses of the physical-chemical characteristics of seawater, sediment and mussels, contents of the heavy metals in the sediment and in the mussels’ meat, qualitative and quantitative composition of the phytoplankton and bio-toxins contents in the mussels’ meat. It will also include microbiological and sanitary analysis of the seawater and mussels’ meat, as well as the movements and speed of sea currents in Boka-Kotor Bay.
Sampling for determining the physical-chemical, microbiological and sanitary characteristics, as well as analysis of Phytoplankton and bio toxins will be done once a month and in the periods of alarm - stress, while the contents of the heavy metals will be determined twice a year.
9 During the activities within the WP6 IMB and IPH laboratories will conduct usual procedures using the best laboratory practice for ensuring safety in the laboratories, safe waste disposal and operational procedures.
3.2. Description of activities in the COGIMAR site (WP6)
The combined sea fish and shells farm will be located in the furthest northern part of the Boka-Kotor Bay on the left side of the trunk road Kotor - Risan in the aquatorium between the place Orahovac and Bajova kula, in the unpopulated area on the site Brbat which covers the surface of about 2 hectares.
Image 7 shows the map with the precise site of the Brbat farm. Depth of the sea in that area is 25 m in the western and about 30 m in the eastern side of the cage. The average depth is about 27 m. Seabed is stony in the beginning and then sludgy about 18m from the coast. In the seabed there are no reefs or underwater bumps, which is very important for the smooth and good exchange of water through the system of continuous seawater flux. A large number of streams and underwater springs (vruljas) bring large quantities of fresh, oxygen-enriched water, particularly in the autumn, winter and spring period.
Image 7. Map with the precise site of the farm - Brbat (in green) In the period of lower inflow of fresh water, the general direction of sea currents in the Kotor Bay is towards exit and the speeds range from 12 to 17 cm/sec, while in the strait Verige it can reach as much as 34 cm/sec. In the middle layer of water at the depths of 5 - 20 m the currents also keep the exit direction but their speed goes down. In the rainy periods, these currents are more intensive and their speeds can reach up to 45-50 cm/sec. In the period of flux and reflux the dynamics of the currents also change. These exit currents are set off by entrance currents that move immediately above the seabed on the depths of more than 40 m.
Average annual sea temperature amounts to about 170 C. The lowest temperatures have been recorded in February - about 00 C, while the highest have been recorded in July and August, when the average sea temperature is about 240 C.
10 The most frequent winds are bora (bura), sirocco (jugo) and mistral. The average number of days with strong winds ranges between 7 and 8 days per year, while storm winds are very rare.
The second bio-sensor system for monitoring the cardio-activities of the shells (Mediterranean Mussels, Mytilus galloprovincialis) will be installed in the COGIMAR fish and shell farm and just like the one in the IMB, this system will be installed in the room with the aquariums, while the system of pumps and hoses will be used to supply water from the farm site. The system will record data on-line during the project, and it will ensure fast response in case of pollution and accidents. At the same time, once a month the farm will record the biological and ecological condition of fish and shells and their possible response to the stress caused by pollution. Activities in the farm COGIMAR will not have any effect on the environment since they will only include the monitoring of the heartbeats of shells and the biological and ecological condition of the farmed organisms, i.e. no chemical analyses will be done in this site. Image 8 shows the site of the fish and shell farm.
Image 8. COGIMAR site used for sea fish and shell farm
3.3. Description of the activities in the Biotechnical Faculty and the Experimental Field in Lješkopolje (WP5)
Biotechnical Faculty possesses an experimental field in Lješkopolje (Image 9) with 25 ha of vineyard, an orchard, greenhouses with field crops and vegetable and wine cellar of 300 hl capacity. Viticulture, Wine and Fruit Production Centre of the Biotechnical Faculty in Podgorica has one of the richest collections of the domestic, domesticized and introduced varieties of vine in the Balkans (408 genotypes).
The experimental field in Lješkopolje is an expert and research basis for development of all areas of agriculture, particularly viticulture and viniculture.
Weather stations will be located in the following sites 1. Experimental field of the Biotechnical Faculty in Lješkopolje (Podgorica) 2. Zagarač (Municipality of Danilovgrad) 3. Golubovci – Balabansko polje (Podgorica) 4. Godinje – (Crmnica, Municipality of Bar)
11 Weather stations will be located in these sites (there are two already and two more will be bought). These stations will ensure weather data that will be used as the basis for decisions on treatment of the vineyards.
Project activities will not have any impact on the environment since they will only include monitoring of the phenophases in the vine development and occurrence of diseases. Data from the weather stations will be taken from the website.
Sampling of vine with the disease symptoms and analysis of samples in the laboratory and examination of resistance to the presence of fungicide
Samples will be taken from the sites of weather stations, as well as from other sites in Montenegro. The data will be used to develop the anti-resistant strategy aimed at using the most efficient fungicides to fight plant diseases on the vine. Anti-resistant strategy will also aim at reducing the number of treatments, which will reduce the danger of the possible negative environmental impact.
In the BTF laboratories the samples of vine leaves will be processed to examine resistance to the presence of fungicide and the soil sample will be processed as well with the view to researching the nutritive elements.
Image 9. Experimental field in Lješkopolje
3.4. Description of the Activities in the Site Green House Jovović (WP5)
The site Green House Jovović (Image 10) is located in Sige in the Municipality of Danilovgrad.
12 Image 10. Site of the Green House Jovović
Experiment Plan
Design of the experiment would include two systems for fertilizing and irrigation for each of the sites, which means nine options in total (Table 2). The surface of the basic plot would be 12 m2 (3 x 4 m).
Bringing in of nutrients (N, P, K and microelements) would mean the optimum nutrition in the first option (F100), while it would ensure nutrition with 50% of the established needs in the second option (F50) and 50% more than the established needs in the third option.
The first option of irrigation would refer to the conditions in which the needs of the culture would be absolutely met (I100), while in the second option the amount of the added water would be 50% of the calculated value of the evapotranspiration of culture (I50), and it would be 50% above the calculated values in the third option. The system would have fertilization controls (FC) and irrigation control (IC) to be used in the research of the independent action of the given factors.
Table 2. Experiment options 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Option F100 F100 F100 F50 F50 F50 F50 F100 F150 FC I100 I50 I150 I100 I50 I150 I100 I50 I150 IC
The experiment designed in this way, with the three repetitions requires 30 basic plots (12 m2 x 30 =360 m2) so with the protection belt it would amount to about 1000m2.
Necessary analyses 13 In the beginning and at the end of the vegetation
2 cultures x 10 options x 3 repetitions = 60 experimental plots
{18 soil parameters + 9 plod parameters + 9 list parameters} x 60 experimental plots = 2160 analyses/year
Dynamics of nutrients during the vegetation
4 additional stages x 10 parameter lists x 60 samples/year = 2400 analyses/year
Monitoring Agricultural Production
Detailed records keeping on all the applied measures (cultivation of the land, fertilization, irrigation), as well as on the yields and morphological characteristics of the fruits for the overall production of the GHJ and experimental field of the BTF. Monitoring climate parameters and analysis of the applied measures.
Agriculture Database and Web Applications
Possibility to digitalize pedological map, results of the soil analysis and issuing online recommendations.
Applying appropriate models and developing programmes for automatized irrigation.
3.5. Description of the activities in the Institute for Public Health (WP5 and WP6)
Institute for Public Health (IPH) manages the largest database related to the public health services and population health condition. Laboratory for sanitary chemistry and ecotoxicology and laboratory for sanitary microbiology that will participate in the implementation of the Project have been accredited according to ISO 17025.
Within the Work Package 5, the Laboratory for sanitary chemistry and eco-toxicology will work on preparation of samples of fruit and leaves using the method of microwave digestion or dry burning. After that, the contents of the nutrients, microelements and some metals (as needed) will be determined using the ICP (inductively coupled plasma), AAS (atomic absorption spectroscopy) or GFAAS (graphite furnace atomic absorption).
Within the WP6 the Laboratory for sanitary microbiology will work on the analyses of the sea water samples and shell meat samples, particularly on the identification of the faecal Coliform bacteria and enterococci, while their characterisation after purchasing of the new instruments will be done by mass spectroscopy (determining the bacteria strains, establishing whether they are the same in the sea water and in the shell meat).
None of the activities that will be done by the laboratories in the Project will have any negative consequences for the environment, since the Institute does the same or similar activities in its daily operations. 14 During the activities within WP5 and WP6, the IPH laboratories will use the usual procedures of best laboratory practices to ensure safety in the laboratories, safe waste disposal and operational procedures.
3.6. Description of the Activities in the Faculty for Electrical Engineering (WP5 and WP6)
Activities of these Work Packages will be done in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in the laboratories established within the Centre of Excellence. Among other things, they will produce circuit boards, sensors and similar items, which will have no impact on the environment, except for the generation of electronic waste. The electronic waste will be disposed in compliance with the instructions and within the recycling centre already existing in the landfill "Livade" in Podgorica. There are already some experiences in recycling electronic waste and Faculty of Electrical Engineering has already had cooperation with the recycling centre. The Faculty of Electrical Engineering will continue improving its activities aimed at reducing their environment impact. Therefore they plan to organize trainings for their employees related to the mitigation of the environment impact and monitoring. These will be implemented by the Professor Darko Vuksanović, PhD from the Faculty of Metallurgy and Technology.
Renovation of one of the laboratories in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, listed as one of the activities in the Project Application, will be financed from the Faculty funds, as well as the construction works that are already in progress and therefore are not included in this document.
4. DESCRIPTION OF THE CONSIDERED ALTERNATIVES
As mentioned earlier, within the existing building of the Institute for Marine Biology there is a ground floor of the building of the wet laboratory that is to be renovated. In that sense, no alternative solution was considered that might include other sites or similar options.
Choice of equipment for execution of works was conditioned first of all by the Investor's choice of the equipment that is most convenient for this kind of works and that has to meet the requirements of the technological procedure.
For the Project activities envisaged to be done in Podgorica and Danilovgrad, no alternative solutions were considered in terms of alternative sites for Project implementation.
5. ANALYSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENT SEGMENTS
15 Since the Project is implemented in Kotor, Podgorica and Danilovgrad, this Chapter will provide a summary of the segments that are related to the environment in all of the three towns.
Kotor
Population (density and concentration)
As already mentioned, the zone of the site where the existing wet laboratory in the building of the Institute for Marine Biology in Kotor is to be renovated is located on the sea coast, while in its vicinity there are buildings used for various purposes. That means that there are not only buildings for business, tourism and hospitality industry, but also some residential buildings. In the surrounding zone there are also buildings used for business purposes, for tourism and hospitality industry as well as residential buildings, so it can be said that this is the zone with a certain density of population. As for the planned Project, it will not affect demographic characteristics of the zone.
Flora and Fauna
The area of the Kotor Bay and particularly its "internal pocket" or the area surrounding the Institute for Marine Biology and the Port of Kotor (Riva) are under the intensive impact of both natural and human factor. This impact is particularly strong in the process of natural and artificial (anthropogenic) eutrophication.
Natural eutrophication is a result of the climate factors (precipitation, inflow of fresh water with nutritious salts (nutrients) necessary for the sea life.
Anthropogenic (artificial) eutrophication is the result of human activities that cause input of nutrients throughout the year (and not only during the precipitation time) through wastewater that frequently causes excessive development of certain plant organisms ("sea blooming") or gradual disappearance and devastation of communities (biocenosis) in the seabed.
Flora and fauna of this part of the Kotor Bay aquatorium shows an expressive dynamism in the pelagial (open body of water), while in the sea bed the changes are much slower and more subject to negative anthropogenic eutrophication impacts.
Pelagial area (open water)
In the pelagial area the most important indicators for certain environmental situations are phytoplankton (plants) and zooplanktons (animal) organisms.
Phytoplankton The following are the dominant groups in this area: . Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) . Dinophyceae (dinoflagellates) . Prymnesiophyceae (coccolithophores) . Dictyophyceae (silicokoflagellate)
The most dominant group is Bacillariophyceae, frequently over 60-80% with the species Thalassionema nitzschioides and Pseudonitzschia spp. that are indicators of the euthrophicated environment (images 11 and 12).
16 Image 11. Thalassionema Image 12. Pseudonitzschia spp. nitzschioides
On top of these there are frequently some other species that contain phytotoxins, for example Dinophysis fortii or others that belong to the group of Dinophyceae that can have negative impact on ecological balance in the given area. This particularly occurs during the summer months (due to the increase in the population size in the coastal area) when the optimum conditions for development of phytoplankton organisms are created (calm sea, high insolation, increased sea water temperatures, intensive inflow of nutrients). That causes an enormous development of the members of this specie of over 106 cells/L, which is the cause of the "blooming sea “.
All these phenomena, short but frequent, particularly in the area IMB - Port of Kotor, indicate to the need to solve the waste water issue in this area as soon as possible.
Zooplankton The first and general regularity of the horizontal distribution of the zooplankton organisms and their biomass is the increase in the transversal direction from the open sea towards the internal waters of the Boko-Kotor Bay. The time-spatial distribution of species is reflected in their number and the quantity of the biomass.
As we go from the internal water of the Boka-Kotor Bay towards the open sea, the number of the adult forms in zooplankton increases, while the total biomass decreases and vice versa - as we go towards the closed water of the Boka-Kotor Bay (Risan and Kotor Bay) the number of species decreases and the number of the adult units in the plankton decreases, while the biomass of the total zooplankton grows. This indicates to the ecologically favourable conditions for the rich growth of the typical estuary neritic species.
Strong fluctuations of the ecological factors in the Risan Bay, and particularly in the Kotor Bay where the area IMB - Port of Kotor is located, are caused by the strong influence from the land and fresh water that flows into the sea through numerous springs, streams and underwater wells. These increase the quantity of the nutrient salts. In combination with the reduced impact from the open sea this creates specific conditions favourable for the growth and development of life in this biotope, increasing thus the production of organic matter where the plankton communities are one of the most important components.
The most important group of the zooplanktons in the Bay is the group of copepods that can make as much as up to 99% of the total zooplankton. The most dominant species of the copepods in the warmer period of the year are the calanoid copepods 17 Acartia clausi (Image 13), Ctenocalanus vanus (spring), Centropages kroyeri, Paracalanus parvus, Temora stylifera (spring, summer). Small species of copepods are characteristic for the colder period of the year and they come with a large number of juvenile forms. The most numerous among them are the cyclopoid copepods Oithona nana (Image 14), Oithona similis, poecilostomatoid Oncaea sp and harpacticoid Euterpina acutifrons. The group of copepods is not dominant only in the summer months when the most numerous is the group Caldocera (about 75% of the total zooplankton) with the dominant type Penilia avirostris.
Cladocera can be present particularly in the cooler period, particularly in the internal part of the Bay with the neritic- estuary specie Podon polifemoides.
The presence of the other species is significantly lower.
Image 13. Acartia clausi Image 14. Oithona nana
Appendicularia reaches maximum values in the beginning of the spring with the dominant specie Oikopleura dioica, and Fritillaria borealis and Fritillaria pellucida in a much lower number. The dominant species during the warmer period of the year is Oikopleura longicauda. In the waters of the Bay meroplankton (zooplankton community with large numbers of larvae of the benthos and pelagic animals) are particularly important for the zooplankton biomass. The key annual maximum, according to the available data, is present in the period February-April. Other zooplankton groups are present to a significantly lower extent (< 1000 ind m -3). Chaetognata are mostly represented in its juvenile form, and they reach the maximum values in summer with the dominant species of Sagitta setosa and Sagitta inflata. Siphonophorae are the most abundant in the spring and summer with the species Muggaea atlantica, Muggaea kochi and Lensia subtilis.
Hydromedusae, Pteropods, Thaliaceae and Ostracods appear only occasionally in small numbers. The key representatives of the hydromedusae are Obelia sp., Eirene viridula, Eutima gracilis, Rhopalonema velatum, Podocoryne minima, and Podocoryne minuta. Dominant species of the Pteropods are Limacina inflata, Limacina trochiformis and Limacina bulimoides. Thaliaceae are mostly represented by Thalia democratica, and occasionally with Doliolum sp.
Benthos (seabed) area
Seabed in the Kotor Bay and its central part is composed of sludge and clay, just like in the area from Riva (waterfront) to the Fjord Hotel. The sandy seabed can be found outside of the Kotor Bay (Risan, Tivat and Herceg Novi Bay), Rocky seabed can be found in the area from Risan to Dobrota, and the area of Muo, Prčanj and Stoliv.
Phytobenthos
18 Benthos communities present a good indicator of the ecological situation in an aquatorium in a long time period. These communities are composed of multi-annual organisms and they survive even if the conditions change significantly. There are no sufficient data related to the benthos communities that would refer to the monitoring of their biocenoses, their qualitative and quantitative composition.
However, certain degradable changes have been noted, as for example, the withdrawal of some algae and sea grass that build biocenoses of the sea grass Posidonia oceanica in the Boka-Kotor Bay. In the Kotor Bay it is still present in the site of St. Stasije in Dobrota. The reason for that is a large inflow of mineral and organic matter that caused the increased level of eutrophication, particularly in the internal part of the Bay, which has a negative effect on the species Posidonia oceanica (Image 15). Density of the underwater meadows of this kind in the Boka- Kotor Bay is rather low in comparison to the data from some other parts of the Mediterranean. If we observe the Boka-Kotor bay only, significant differences are noticeable between the site of Kotor, i.e. interior part of the Bay, in comparison to the exterior part of the Bay - Tivat and Herceg Novi. With the withdrawal of these habitats, numerous animal organisms are also withdrawing, and such areas are taken by the populations of Cymodocea nodosa (Image 16).
This indicates that through analysis of the phytobenthos one can monitor the condition of the environment in an aquatorium, development of degradable processes, as well as provision of the appropriate protection measures.
Image 15. Posidonia oceanica Image 16. Cymodocea nodosa
Zoobenthos
In the zoobenthos of the Kotor Bay, in its sludge bed, there are numerous representatives of the group Echinoidea as: Brissopsis lyrifera (Image 17) and Brissus unicolor (Image 18). Less represented are the representatives of the group Holoturoidea whose members inhabit mostly sludgy or sludgy-sandy seabed. In the group of Ophiuridea the dominant specie in the sludge seabed is Ophioura albida.
Quantitative and qualitative composition of the bethon zoocenosis is the result of environmental conditions in the aquatorium of the Kotor Bay, which is characteristic because of the inflow of fresh water, particularly in the winter period. The fresh water influences the balance of the nutrient salts in the total biological production. Similarly 19 as with phytobenthos in case of zoobenthosis, there is withdrawal of the species that cannot adapt to the changed conditions and population of species that can survive in the changed conditions. Since these are mobile forms the changes happen much faster than with phyto benthos.
Image 17. Brissopsis lyrifera Image 18. Brissus unicolor
Sea Water Quality
Sea, as a part of the environment, is a very important economic, tourism and biological resource. Therefore, the sustainable use of this resource is very important from the aspect of renewal of sea life.
Quality of the water in the shell farm in front of the Institute for Marine Biology in its surface layer does not meet the quality criteria for the water of the class "SH"(Š) (water that can be used for shell farming). The total coliform count is not dramatically increased, but unlike other farms that were subject to analysis, this farm has the count of E. coly and faecal streptococci that is significantly increased.
At the depth of 5 m in June, August and December, all the monitored pollution indicators have low values and therefore during these months the quality of water meets the values of the class "SH" (Š) (Images 19 and 20).
Image 19. Count of the analysed parameters in the samples taken from the depth of 0.5 m
20 Image 20. Count of the analysed parameters in the samples taken from the depth of 5 m.
Characteristics of the Climate
Features of the climate of the terrain are unvarying and it is mainly the Mediterranean climate that prevails.
Analysis of data of the Hydrometeorological Office shows that maximum temperatures reach up to 43 0C, while the minimum ones drop to -5 0C and that the mean annual air temperature amounts to around 16 0C. According to the rainfall measurement station Škaljari, the sum of annual precipitation varies between 1558 and 3077 mm. Precipitation most often reaches maximum in January and the minimum in August.
Relative air humidity ranges between 66 and 68%. Winds specific for this area are bora (bura) and sirocco (jugo). Bora blows from the north and north-east directions. This wind reduces temperatures, decreases cloudiness and air humidity. Sirocco is a warm wind blowing from southern direction which brings large-scale precipitation.
Air Quality
The Rulebook on the manner and requirements of air quality monitoring (Official Gazette of MNE 21/11) prescribes the manner in which air quality is monitored and data are collected, as well as the reference measurement methods, criteria for achieving the quality of data, ensuring the quality of data and their validation.
Air quality control and monitoring are conducted for the purpose of assessing, planning and managing air quality. Analysis of the results serves as a basis for the proposal of measures for improvement and enhancement of air quality.
21 Annual report was prepared on the basis of collected and processed data from the 2012 Report on Air Quality Control Programme of Montenegro which was implemented in accordance with the 2012 Monitoring Programme.
Air quality assessment was carried out in accordance with the Decree on determining type of pollutants, limit values and other standards of air quality (Official Gazette of MNE 45/08, 25/12).
Under the Decree on establishing the network of measuring points for air quality monitoring (Official Gazette of MNE 440 and 13/11), the territory of Montenegro is divided into three zones which were identified in a preliminary air quality assessment against boundaries of assessing pollutants on the basis of available data on concentrations of pollutants and by modelling the existing data. Boundaries of air quality zones coincide with external administrative boundaries of the municipalities located within these zones. The City of Kotor belongs to the Zone of Safeguarding Air Quality.
The 2012 Monitoring Programme did not include measurement of emission of pollutants into the air for the area of the City of Kotor.
Protected Buildings
Cultural heritage of Kotor is invaluable. The most important cultural landmarks are: Tower Clock (VIII century), St. Tryphon Cathedral (XII), Church of St. Luke (XII), St. Michael` s Church (XIV), Duke` s Palace (XVII), Church of St. Mary (XII), Our Lady of Health Church (XV), Church of St. Nicholas (XIX), Napoleon` s Theater etc.
Kotor is surrounded by town fortifications, i.e. walls around the town, walls above the town, walls around the hill and the fortress Sv. Ivan (San Giovanni) on the top of the hill of the same name.
There are numerous palaces in Kotor as well: Drago palace with gothic windows from the XV century; Bizanti palace from the XII century; Pima palace with typical forms from the renaissance and baroque periods, the XVI century; Grubonja palace; Grgurina palace from the XVII century (today it is the building of the Maritime Museum).
As mentioned above, the area of the site in which renovation of the existing wet laboratory room is planned is located within the Natural and Culturo-historical Region of Kotor which is registered on the World Heritage List.
Podgorica
Air Quality
The Rulebook on the manner and requirements of air quality monitoring (Official Gazette of MNE 21/2011) prescribes the manner in which air quality is monitored and data are collected, as well as the reference measurement methods, criteria for achieving the quality of data, ensuring the quality of data and their validation.
22 Air quality control and monitoring are conducted for the purpose of assessing, planning and managing air quality. Analysis of the results serves as a basis for the proposal of measures for improvement and enhancement of air quality.
Annual report was prepared on the basis of collected and processed data from the 2012 Report on the Air Quality Control Programme of Montenegro which was implemented in accordance with the 2012 Monitoring Programme.
Air quality assessment was carried out in accordance with the Decree on determining type of pollutants, limit values and other standards of air quality (Official Gazette of MNE 45/08, 25/12).
Results of the Measurement of Concentration of Pollutants in the Air in Podgorica in 2012
LLC Centre for Eco-toxicological Research of Montenegro (CETI) implemented the 2012 Air Quality Control Programme of Montenegro. The Programme included systemic measurement of the emission of pollutants into the air in automatic measurement stations.
Continuous measurements of the following pollutants were carried out in Podgorica: nitrogen(II)oxide (NO), nitrogen(IV)oxide (NO2), total nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon(II) oxide (CO), PM10 particles, contents of lead (Pb), benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), relevant representatives of PAH-s (markers of benzo(a)pyrene), total PAHs in PM 10 and meteorological parameters.
Twelve one-hour mean values of nitrogen(IV)oxide (NO2) exceeded the prescribed limit value of 200μg/m3. All exceedances were recorded in December, while the maximum concentration was measured on 25 December at 18 hours amounting to 353.21μg/m3. Under the Decree, the limit value for one-hour mean values must not be exceeded more than 18 times a year which means that, on the basis of this parameter, air quality was satisfactory. Mean annual concentration amounted to 21.80μg/m3 and it is below the prescribed mean annual limit value (40μg/m3).
All the maximum eight-hour mean values of carbon(II)oxide (CO) in this site were below the prescribed limit value of 10mg/m3. Mean annual concentration of 0.67mg/m3 shows that air quality is satisfactory from the perspective of concentration of carbon(II)oxide (CO).
3 Mean daily values of PM10 particles exceeded the prescribed limit value (50μg/m ) 79 times (365 days of valid measurements), i.e. they exceeded 18 times the margin of tolerance whose daily mean value is set at 2. Allowed number of exceedances is 35. 3 Mean annual concentration of PM10 particles amounted to 35.83μg/m which is below the prescribed limit value and margin of tolerance.
PM10 particles were analysed in terms of contents of lead for which quality standards are prescribed at the annual level. The contents of lead, calculated as the mean value of weekly samples, is significantly below the prescribed limit value. Analyses of PM10 particles were carried out with regard to the contents of benzo(a)pyrene and other relevant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(j)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, ideno(a,2,3-
23 cd)pyrene and dibenz(a,h)anthracene and other PAHs for which standards of air quality are not prescribed, instead only measures for emission controls are prescribed. The contents of benzo(a)pyrene was calculated as the mean value of weekly samples and it amounted to 1.77 ng/m3, which is above the target value prescribed for the purpose of protecting human health and reaching the target of 1ng/m3 by 2015.
As a result of numerous forest fires in the sites across Montenegro, in the second half of August and in early September the air was loaded with pollutants which are products of biomass burning, while it was particularly loaded with PM particles. Exceedances of mean daily concentrations of PM10 particles were registered at all the measuring points during that period.
Characteristics of the Climate
The area of Podgorica and its surroundings are located, in terms of climate, in what is known as transitional sub-Mediterranean zone which starts from the sea in the south (as Mediterranean) and shifts to continental in the north. Main features are very long, warm and dry summers (maximum temperature reaches up to 40 C) and mild and rainy winters. Precipitation reaches maximum in winter and spring, and during summer it is very rare or almost non-existent. Snow is quite rare in winter and it does not stay, unless it snows with the northern wind. Characteristics of the climate in Podgorica are conditioned by specificities of the relief, elevation (40 meters ASL), air currents, proximity of the Adriatic Sea and geographic latitude. Overview of climate elements, as it is usually done for the purpose of validity of data, is presented in series for a certain number of decades.
Danilovgrad
Air Quality
The air in the municipality of Danilovgrad, just like in the municipality of Kotor, is in the Zone of Safeguarding Air Quality.
Characteristics of the Climate
The area of the municipality of Danilovgrad, which belongs to the broader area of the Zetsko-Bjelopavlićka plain, is influenced by the Adriatic-Mediterranean climate.
All its typical characteristics, slightly modified if compared to the area of the Montenegrin coast, are limited to the area in the valley of the Zeta river. Summers are long and dry here, with pronounced periods of high temperatures, while winters are mild.
Air Temperature
Mean annual air temperature is quite a variable element and ranges from 4 C on the slopes of the Maganik mountain up to 15 C in the valley of the Zeta river. The most important factor which causes these differences is altitude, as well as the fact that influence of the Adriatic Sea extends to the valley of the Zeta river.
24 In central area of the municipality, there are around 130 summer days in a year when the maximum daily temperature reaches up to and exceeds the value of 25 C, while the number of cold days (T-max 0C) rarely exceeds 5.
Cloudiness
Average annual cloudiness measured in Danilovgrad station amounts to 5.2 (expressed in tenths of coverage of sky by clouds) which is, along with cloudiness observed on the coast, the lowest value of this parameter in Montenegro. Mean cloudiness by months ranges between 3.2 in July and 6.5 in November.
There are on average 115 cloudy days per year. The lowest number of these is recorded in July (2.0) and August (3.2), and the highest in November (14.7), December (14.6) and January (14.4). Average number of sunny days is 96.3 per year, while mean value by months ranges from 4.9 days in April up to 12.8 days in August. July and September are characterised by a large number of sunny days (11.7 respectively).
Precipitation
Average sum of precipitation ranges between 2300 and 2500 mm per year, while distribution of precipitation manifests all specificities of the Mediterranean regime. The highest amount of mean annual precipitation is recorded in the mountainous regions (around 2500 mm), while these values in the broader area of the plain reach up to 2000 mm.
Mean monthly value of precipitation is the highest in the period November-January, while it is the lowest in the period June-August. Maximum precipitation of 359 mm on average is recorded in November, while the minimum of 60 mm is recorded in June.
Wind
The most frequent winds blow from south-east and north-west directions (with the frequency of occurrence of 12% respectively), while their mean velocity is around 20 m/s. Northern wind is characterised by lower frequency (6 %) and with 30 m/s it has the highest mean velocity. Western wind is the least frequent one, with merely 3%. The number of silent days is 46. Strong wind (above 8 on the Beaufort scale) is the most pronounced in February (on average 5 days maximum), while its annual frequency is 2.8 days.
6. DESCRIPTION OF POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS
6.1. Impact on Air Quality
Wet Laboratory Site at the Institute for Marine Biology in Kotor
Possible impacts on air during renovation of the existing wet laboratory room are negligible due to the scope of envisaged works, however they might have significant impact on employees to be involved in renovation in terms of emission of dust during removal of the existing mortar from the room walls.
25 The renovation of the wet laboratory would not involve handling or removal of any asbestos-containing materials. During the last three years a large part of the building was reconstructed (partly financed by the WB loan), and there were not any asbestos materials. However, if the asbestos is detected, appropriate mitigation measures from the EMP for Minor Civil Works will be implemented (Annex 1).
During operation of the wet laboratory room after the renovation, there will be no impact on air quality since the wet laboratory room will be using electric energy for the heating and cooling purposes. Air conditioning devices using refrigerant R 410-A, which is not harmful to the ozone layer, as the heat transfer fluid will be used for heating and cooling purposes. In the course of operation, there is also a possibility of fire breaking out and products of decomposition appearing in the subject facility during such fire whic may have toxic impact on air in both, working and living environments thus affecting biological organism.
The following may cause fire in the subject facility: . use of open flame (smoking etc.), . malfunction, overload and inadequate maintenance of electric devices and installations, . use of electric plates, heaters and other heating appliances with glowing hot and overly heated surfaces, . keeping and storing material which is prone to spontaneous combustion, . setting fires etc.
As a consequence of fires, smoke is formed as a visible component of combustion products composed of a thick aerosol mixture of solid, liquid and gaseous combustion products. According to the statistical data on the number of fatalities in fires, as much as in 80% of cases there occurs poisoning with carbon-monoxide and other toxic elements, while the remaining 20% dies from direct impact of the flame or from collapsing of the structure. Impact of the smoke on a biological organism during fire is reflected in several effects: . obscuration, which results from presence of the particles of soot and aerosol fuel liquids in a way that the smoke causes the effect of non-transparence. This phenomenon makes it impossible to evacuate and even to extinguish fire, . irritation is a consequence of a strong impact of the smoke ingredients on vital parts of human organism. These products cause tears, impossibility to keep one` s eyes open, difficulties in breathing due to irritation of respiratory tracts and even the spasm of larynx and its full closure, . smoke explosion, which occurs unexpectedly and is the result of a sudden contact between air and already cooled off thick smoke that comes from smouldering of a substance, . physical incapacity is a phenomenon caused by smoke already in the initial stage of fire causing weakness in muscles, sluggishness and lack of almost any urge to fight the fire or to evacuate.
During the fire, it is the lack (deficit) of oxygen O2 and the content of carbon-dioxide CO2 and carbon-monoxide CO in gaseous products of decomposition that are usually monitored and standardised.
26 Other Sites for Project Implementation
There is no impact on air quality in other sites to be used for project implementation. As with the wet laboratory room, possible impacts on air quality in other laboratory premises to be used for implementation of this project may occur in the event of fire breaking out and such impacts are described in the section concerning wet laboratory in the facility of the Institute for Marine Biology.
6.2. Impact on Water Quality
Wet Laboratory Site at the Institute for Marine Biology in Kotor
During Works Execution
The quality of water in and around the site might be at risk during execution of the renovation works in the existing wet laboratory room since this is the site located on the coast of the Boka Bay in Dobrota. The impact may result from throwing various kinds of waste materials which will be produced during execution of the renovation works due to discharge of oil, lubricants and fuels from equipment. Since this is a sensitive area, it is necessary for the investor and works contractor to ensure conditions which will prevent potential pollution of the sea water.
During Exploitation
Water quality may be at risk as a result of operation of the renovated wet laboratory room because of the contents of its functions and activities. Predominant impact may be caused by inadequate waste water treatment. Table 1 shows maximum allowed concentrations of hazardous and harmful substances in waste water to be discharged into the sewage system.
Other Sites for Project Implementation
During project implementation, water quality in other sites (Podgorica and Danilovgrad) will not be additionally at risk.
6.3. Impact on Soil
Wet Laboratory Site at the Institute for Marine Biology in Kotor
During civil works a) As for the physical impacts on soil (change of local topography, soil erosion, landslides and the like) renovation of the existing wet laboratory room will not cause their change. In fact, the site is located on flat terrain and will not lead to topographic changes, soil erosion and landslides. b) Inadequate waste disposal (construction waste and other waste materials resulting from renovation) may lead to devastation of the space during execution of the renovation works. This impact (in case it occurs) is limited in time, i.e. it would last until completion of the renovation works.
27 During Exploitation a) Impact on the soil of the wet laboratory after the renovation is completed might occur as a result of inadequate disposal of municipal waste produced by the staff. b) Since the site of the existing wet laboratory room to be renovated is part of the existing facility of the Institute for Marine Biology and represents municipal construction land, there is no impact on the quantity and quality of lost agricultural land. c) There are no mineral resources in the site and therefore there are no impacts of the project on them. d) Waste disposal may have impact on the quality of environment in the site if not managed properly. Therefore, entire construction waste should be removed from the site during and after the works execution. During project implementation, it is also necessary to remove municipal waste in accordance with the legislation.
Other Sites for Project Implementation
In other sites, there will be no additional impact on soil quality since measurement stations and sensors will be installed in them, while there will also be no impact on soil quality during operation of the existing laboratories.
6.4. Impact on Utilities Infrastructure
Wet Laboratory Site at the Institute for Marine Biology in Kotor a) To meet the needs of the existing facility, and also the needs of the existing wet laboratory room, the water from the existing water supply network will be used and its usage, as a non-renewable source, will not have significant impact given a relatively good water supply of the area. Moreover, to meet the needs of the laboratory sea water will be used as well and it will be brought to the laboratory by hose. b) The existing wet laboratory room is connected to the electric power grid in accordance with requirements of the competent electric power distribution unit, without causing environmental impact. c) Waste water appearing during operation of the wet laboratory room (sanitary and faecal water) is connected to the municipal sewage system. This solution for waste water will not have impact on soil, underground and surface waters.
d) In the course of operation of the wet laboratory, solid waste is produced by staff and it is placed in containers and transported by the utility company to the place of its disposal.
Other Sites for Project Implementation 28 a) The water from the existing water supply network is used to meet the needs of laboratories at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Biotechnical Faculty and Institute for Public Health which does not create additional impact on the existing utilities infrastructure. b) The laboratories mentioned above are connected to the electrical grid and sewage system in a way which does not create environmental impact. c) Municipal waste produced by staff is placed in containers and transported by the utility company to the sanitary landfill Livade in Podgorica.
6.5. Impact on Protected Natural and Cultural Resources and their Surroundings
The area of the site in which renovation of the existing wet laboratory room has been planned is located in the Natural and Culturo-historical Region of Kotor which is registered on the World Heritage List, however the renovation project will not have impact on this area.
Areas of other sites envisaged for implementation of the project do not belong to the Culturo-historical Region.
6.6. Impact on Landscape Characteristics
During execution of the renovation works in the existing wet laboratory room and its operation, there may be no impact on landscape characteristics since this includes only renovation of the subject room and conservation requirements will be fulfilled.
Moreover, there will be no impact on landscape characteristics in other sites envisaged for project implementation.
Conclusion: assessed environmental impacts refer to the following: - possible impacts as a result of execution of small civil works to renovate the existing wet laboratory at the IMB in Kotor, which was elaborated in a separate document in accordance with the World Bank rules (Annex 1: Check List and EMP for Minor Civil Works on Renovation of the Wet Laboratory at the IMB in Kotor). This document will form part of the contract that the IMB will conclude with the selected works contractor. - possible impacts related to security in laboratories and waste management at the IMB, IPH, BTF and FEE for which mitigation measures and monitoring plan are envisaged in chapter 7 of this document.
7. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
Mitigation Plan
Phase or Impact Mitigation Costs of Responsibilit Findings working measure implementat y* and 29 package ion of the comment measure s (fill out (if any) during supervisi on) WP5 Risk posed by Labelling of IMB, IPH, BTF Testing samples hazardous inventory will be of grape vine substances and done properly with the aim of incidents -Fire suppression examining system will be resistance to the functional presence of - Chemical fungicides substances will and be stored in Laboratory proper places testing of soil with limited samples with the access aim of -Personal conducting protection research of equipment will be nutrients used -Special vessels impermeable to water will be used Envisaged in the WP6 for the project budget Sea water quality manipulation of – laboratory samples analyses -All the other (physical and precautions will chemical be taken parameters, (decontamination identification of of work areas, heavy metals, prohibition identification of measures, using bio-toxins, sharp devices identification of with special total carbon) attention) -Emergency response procedures were introduced, along with posting the Generating list of phone special types of numbers of waste after competent testing the services samples and -Training performing laboratory staff chemical analyses in chemical laboratories - Separation of hazardous from non-hazardous waste - Proper treatment of samples after chemical analyses – Impact on health disposal of of the laboratory samples treated staff with chemical substances into the special system of collectors and removal by licenced 30 collectors
-System for registration, reporting and treatment of staff injuries is in place
WP5 Impact on - Implementation Testing segments of the of guidelines efficiency of environment and from the FAO fungicides human health International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides - Products Envisaged in the contained in the BTF project budget classification of extremely hazardous (Ia) and very hazardous (Ib) pesticides of the World Health Organization (WHO) will not be used. WP6 Biological safety - Biological and Microbiological biomedical waste analyses of is separated water and from the other samples of shell waste meat - Autoclaving and sterilisation Envisaged in the IMB, IPH - Microbiological project budget laboratory has visible labels indicating potential biological hazard
WP6 Generating small - Separation from the Envisaged in Quality of sea quantities of other waste the project water – monitoring electronic waste - Removal by budget echocardiograms licenced collectors of shells by means - Disposal in the IMB, FEE of biosensors and recycling centre in monitoring sea the landfill Livade in currents by using Podgorica floating sensors WP 6 Elaborated in a Renovation of the separate document wet laboratory at -Checklist with the the IMB EMP for minor civil works in the IMB (Annex 1)* *Items for which it is indicated that they fall within the competence of contractors will be precisely specified in tender documents.
31 Monitoring Plan
Phase Which Where How When Costs of Responsibility Findings parameter is is the is the is the monitorin * and monitored? parameter parameter parameter g comments which is monitored/ty monitored – What is the (fill out in the monitored? pe of frequency of cost of course of monitoring measurement equipment or monitoring by equipment? or contractors making continuously? incurred with reference to the the aim of relevant reports conducting on monitoring? measurement) WP5, WP6 Training BTF, IMB, Report on Once a year Envisaged in BTF, IMB, laboratory IPH delivered the project IPH staff training budget WP5,WP6 Management of biological Internal BTF, IMB, Current BTF, IMB, and records in the Twice a year IPH expenses IPH hazardous laboratory waste WP5,WP6 Medical examinations Reports on Envisaged in of staff and BTF, IMB, conducted BTF, IMB, Once a year the project record- IPH examinations, IPH budget keeping of records injuries WP6 Electronic IMB, FEE Contract with Once a year Envisaged in IMB, FEE Quality of sea waste the licenced the project water – management collector budget monitoring echocardiogr ams of shells by means of biosensors and monitoring sea currents by using floating sensors
The existing measures that are already implemented in laboratories
. Minimising procurement of hazardous substances. . For chemical substances, Material Safety Data Sheets – MSDSs are available to all the laboratory staff who are trained to handle them. . In all laboratories there are reagent lockers used for storing chemical substances, refrigerators and freezers for storing chemical substances in accordance with recommendations and digesters with lockers for keeping organic solvents and corrosive substances (with their own ventilation system). . Chemical substances are duly marked, available to the laboratory staff only, stored in an appropriate place, without being directly exposed to the sun. . All solvents are properly marked and accompanied by manual for their preparation. . A proper procedure, which is in accordance with ISO 17025, is in place for keeping, handling and storage of chemical substances and reference materials. . Moreover, each laboratory has manual for hygiene maintenance and first aid. . Food, beverages, smoking, use of cosmetics, handling contact lenses or taking medicine are forbidden in laboratories.
32 . All laboratories have fire suppression system installed (sprinklers and smoke alarms). . Microbiological laboratory has visible labels indicating potential biological hazard. . Access to the microbiological and chemical laboratory is granted to the authorised persons only. . Expired chemical substances are stored and kept (there is still no proper regulation for their disposal). . Poisonous chemical substances are kept in special lockers with ventilation in the storage. . Biomedical waste is sorted in a special way, it is autoclaved, sterilised and deposited as municipal waste – there is a manual for doing that. . Each instrument is marked with an inventory number and accompanied by registration sheet which specifies all the characteristics (date of procurement, servicing, position in laboratory etc.). . All the released gases are treated with special filtering system and then discharged into the air.
Measures that Should Be Introduced as Practice in Laboratories . Emergency response procedures, along with posting the list of phone numbers of emergency services . Laboratory should provide additional training in the fields of security and waste management for all the laboratory staff members, including students of laboratory subjects. Special Measurable Measures . Establishment of a proper medical examination of the laboratory staff. . System for registration, reporting and treatment of injuries of staff members will be established.
Procedure in the event of Fire
Fire, as an emergency, happens by accident and it can practically break out in any part of the subject facility, while its proportions, duration and consequences may not be identified and foreseen in advance. The principal prevention measure is use of effective design solutions which provide higher level of security of human and material resources. The basic concept of each planner contains a view according to which, during the fire, it is the timely and safe evacuation of the people at risk that is the most important and that the facility itself should be considered as being of secondary importance since it may be renovated. From the perspective of fire suppression, the following facts are predominantly taken into consideration: . prevention of the occurrence of fire – by applying active or primary measures, . extinguishing fire in the early – initial stage, . envisage safe evacuation of people at risk and of valuable equipment, . extinguishing and bringing fire under control, and . safeguard integrity and stability of the facility.
Prevention of fire in facilities is the most efficient if non-flammable materials are used in elements of the building structure wherever that is possible. For that purpose, 33 material that is easily flammable and has higher calorific value should be replaced by the material with higher autoignition temperature ad lower calorific value. Active measure also includes reduction of total quantity of the fire load mass in the facility, which leads to reduction of temperatures of thermic processes, fire site, temperatures of flames and sparks etc, while the source of heat should not be near flammable objects. Extinguishing pilot (small – initial) flame which occurred after losing control of the fire is possible with hand operated equipment, at times even with stepping on the fire site with an ordinary shoe. The best solution for bringing fire under control in the early stage and its early extinction are mobile extinguishing devices that may be used by everyone.
If fire extinction has not been successful with one S or CO2 device and instead it got out of control, it is necessary to carry out major intervention – more people with more equipment (devices for initial extinction and standpipe) should be included in fire extinction. After that the evacuation may start, bearing in mind that a number of persons are not skilled at technical interventions which is why in many cases their panicking makes intervention difficult. In order to ensure efficient evacuation, it is necessary during the evacuation to provide integrity of structure on the road network and environmental characteristics which are below the hazard factor.
Fire extinction should offer chances for success and even when the fire site is big and covers a couple of dozens of square meters. In this phase, stable extinguishing installations are used and members of the professional firefighting unit are present. The extinction procedure is conducted in the following phases:
I phase: It includes disconnecting electricity supply and embarking on fire extinction with hand operated equipment or water from the standpipe, if the material which is burning makes it possible. Actions in the following order should be undertaken in using the device for initial extinction of fire, type S, weight 6 and 9 kg: . device should be delivered in the place where the fire broke out within the shortest time possible, . pull out fuse of the mobile handle on the valve of the device, . hit movable handle on the valve of the device with the palm, . wait for 5 seconds, and . turn nozzle towards fire and press movable handle to the end.
Time of action is 18 seconds, while range of the flush is 4 m. Actions in the following order should be undertaken in using the device for initial extinction of the fire, type CO2, weight 5 kg: . device should be delivered in the place where the fire broke out within the shortest time possible, . open valve to the end, and . turn nozzle towards fire.
Time of action is 6 seconds, while range of the flush is 4 m. . inform the firefighting unit, and . inform staff of the Ministry of Interior and, where necessary, also inform the emergency care unit.
34 II phase: It starts when fire has not been extinguished during procedures and actions of the first phase. Upon arrival of the fire-fighters, they take over the role of managing extinction operation by taking necessary steps and actions. All those present are subordinate to the command of the person in charge of extinction operation, they follow his instructions and may not take steps and actions on their own.
III phase: This degree occurs in the case of a greater intensity fire, i.e. when the steps described above failed to extinguish it. The person in charge of extinction operation informs the firefighting unit and his superiors by means of radio operator, requesting for reinforcement in terms of manpower and equipment. Fire spreading should be stopped by the time reinforcement and, where necessary, other rescue teams arrive by using all the available fire suppression means and equipment. Upon arrival of the commanding officer or his deputy, the person in charge of fire extinction informs his superiors about current situation and after that they take over command and manage extinction operation. All the staff members are then under his command, they cannot take actions independently and he is responsible for all the actions taken until fire is finally extinguished.
8. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT AND STRENGTHENING
All national partner scientific and research institutions will be responsible for implementation of the Environmental Management Plan. Each of them will designate one member to the project team who will be responsible for monitoring implementation of impact mitigation measures, collection of data from the Monitoring Plan and reporting during regular control carried out by the Ministry of Science (at least twice a year). Data obtained from the Monitoring Plan will be used for informing, intervention or review of measures set out in the Mitigation Plan.
Obligation of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering to implement the Environmental Management Plan will be laid down in grant agreement, while obligations of partner institutions will be laid down in partnership agreements between the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, as the project leader, and other institutions (IMB, IPH and BTF).
Capacity building for implementation of the Environmental Management Plan will be carried out by training laboratory staff about the risks posed by hazardous substances and incidents, as set out in the Mitigation Plan.
Partner institution in the BIO-ICT project from Saint Petersburg (SRCES-RAS) will transfer its knowledge to the Montenegrin partners about environmental monitoring practice since it has extensive experience in that field.
9. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TEAM
Professor Darko Vuksanović, PhD, full time professor at the Faculty of Metallurgy and Technology has years of experience in preparing environmental impact assessments. In fact, so far he has prepared several hundreds of environmental impact assessments in the framework of various project endeavours (from 1998 until today). In the Faculty where he is employed, he currently performs function of a 35 dean, while in the study programme Applied Environmental Studies he teaches the following subjects: Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Design.
Ana Pešić, PhD, works as research fellow in the Laboratory for Ichthyology and Marine Fisheries at the Institute for Marine Biology in Kotor, Montenegro. She graduated in 2007 from the Faculty of Science in Kragujevac, acquiring the title of a graduate of biology – environmentalist, while she received her PhD in 2011 from the Faculty of Biology in Belgrade, thus acquiring the PhD title in biological sciences. During her six years of work at the Institute for Marine Biology, she has participated in numerous science projects, both national and international, in the field of assessment of the population dynamics of the fish species relevant for economy, biomass assessments etc. She published 37 papers in international and regional journals and conferences.
Associate Professor Nedeljko Latinović, PhD has worked at the Biotechnical Faculty since 1999. He received his PhD in 2007 from the Faculty of Agriculture in Belgrade – in the field of biotechnical science – Plant Protection. He works as professor teaching subjects Phytopharmacy, Technology of Plant Protection and
Plant Protection Products. He is involved in numerous national and international projects in the field of integrated plant protection. He prepares forecasts of the occurrence of a disease and use of plant protection products. So far, he has published over 90 scientific papers.
Associate Professor Slobodan Đukanović, PhD, associate professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering where he has been employed since 2002. He teaches several subjects at the Faculty where he is employed, and also at the Faculty for Maritime Studies in Kotor and Faculty of Production and Management in Trebinje. He currently performs function of the head of the Computer Centre.
Environmental Specialist Professor Darko Vuksanović, PhD
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Graduate of Biology Dr Ana Pešić
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Graduate of Agriculture Associate Professor Nedjeljko Latinović, PhD
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Graduate in Electrical Associate Professor Slobodan Đukanović, PhD Engineering ______
10. LITERATURE, DOCUMENTATION USED ETC.
36 1. Law on Spatial Planning and Construction of Structures (Official Gazette of MNE 51/08) 2. Law on Environmental Impact Assessment (Official Gazette of RMNE 80/05) 3. Law on Environment (Official Gazette of MNE 48/08) 4. Law on Nature Conservation (Official Gazette of RMNE 51/08) 5. Law on Air Protection (Official Gazette of MNE 25/10) 6. Law on Waters (Official Gazette of 27/07) 7. Law on Waste Management (Official Gazette of MNE 64/11) 8. Law on the Protection from Noise in Environment (Official Gazette of MNE 28/11) 9. Law on the Protection of Cultural Monuments (Official Gazette of RMNE 47/91) 10.Rulebook on quality and sanitary-technical requirements for the discharge of waste water into the recipient and public sewage system, manner of and procedure for examining quality of waste water, minimum number of tests to be performed and contents of the report on the established quality of waste water (Official Gazette of MNE 45/08, 9/10 and 26/12) 11.Decree on classification and categorisation of surface waters (Official Gazette of MNE 2/07) 12.Decree on establishing type of pollutants, limit values and other standards of air quality (Official Gazette of MNE 45/08) 13.Rulebook on allowed quantities of hazardous and harmful substances in soil and methods for testing them (Official Gazette of RMNE 18/97). 14.Decree on limit values of the emissions of pollutants into the air from stationary sources (Official Gazette of MNE 10/11)
11. ANNEXES
1. Check list and EMP for Minor Civil Works on Renovation of the Wet Laboratory at the IMB in Kotor 2. Report on Public Consultations (will be done) 3. ToR
37 Annex 1
Checklist and EMP for Minor Civil Works on Renovation of the Wet Laboratory at the Institute for Marine Biology in Kotor - draft-
PART 1: INSTITUTIONAL & ADMINISTRATIVE Country Montenegro Project title Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics – BIO-ICT (HERIC) Scope of project Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics – BIO-ICT is the project financed by the and activity Ministry of Science of Montenegro from the World Bank loan, and it is the pilot project in the country. One of the proposed activity within the project (Description of the research project) is renovation of the wet laboratory at the Institute for Marine Biology in Kotor, which is placed on the ground of the building, very close to the coastal zone. It is placed out of the main Institute building and constructed after earthquake in 1979 for the needs of the experimental aquarium. Surface of the facility is 40.3m2 with dimensions of 9.59 X 4.20 m. The following works are planned: hydroisolation of the terrace on the roof and contact zone with the main building, replacement of windows and doors, control and replacement of worn-out water supply and electrical installations, plastering and ceramic works and installation of the water supply pipe for the sea water. Water from the city water-supply system will be used for the functioning of the wet laboratory, on which the Insitite has already connected. The city's sewage system is already built at the location, so the waste water from the wet lab drains to the connection to the sewage system. Institutional WB Project Management Local Counterpart and/or arrangements (Project Team Leader) Recipient (Name and Director of the HERIC contacts) Roberta Malee Bassett Project: Center of Excellence in [email protected] Darko Petrušić Bioinformatics – BIO-ICT rg Manager of the Project: Sasa Institute for Marine Biology Ivanovic in Kotor Environment Consultant: Dr Aleksandar Joksimovic Ilinka Beatović Nikić [email protected] [email protected]
Implementation Safeguard Supervision Local Counterpart Local Contractor arrangements WB Environment Supervision Inspectorate (Name and Expert: Supervision Will be contacts) Amy Evans Will be contracted. contracted. Aevans1@worldbank. Environmen org t Environment inspectorate Consultant: Constructio Ilinka Beatović Nikić n [email protected] inspectorate Communal police Labour inspectorate SITE DESCRIPTION Name of site Institute for Marine Biology, Dobrota bb, Post. Box 69, 85 330 Kotor 38 Describe site Institute for Marine Biology is placed in the Attachment 1: Site Map [ ]Y location buiding that was constructed 200 years ago. [x] N The total surface of the building is about 1.500m2 and it consists of the two connected structure: main building and smaller part on the left of the main entrance. Respective site is located on the cadastral parcel No 2018, CU Dobrota I. The building is protected as a cultural monument (the competent institution is the Regional Institution for Protection of Cultural Monuments in Kotor), while a wider area in which the building is located is identified as part of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of the UNESCO (including the City of Kotor and Kotor-Risan part of Boka Bay).
Who owns the University of Montenegro land? Geographic Dobrota bb, Kotor description LEGISLATION Identify national Regulation on spatial planning and construction: & local Law on Spatial Planning and Construction (OG of Montenegro No 51/08, legislation & 40/10, 34/11, 47/11, 35/13, 39/13) permits that Rolebook on the design and the content of technical documentation (OG of apply to project Republic of Montenegro No 22/02) activity Regulation on the environmental and cultural heritage protection: Law on the Environment (OG of Mne No 48/08, 40/10, 40/11) Law on Nature Protection (OG of Mne No 51/08, 21/09 and 40/11) Law on Waste Management (OG of Mne No 64/11) Law on Protection from Noice in the Environment (OG of Mne No 28/11) Law on Air Protection (OG of Mne No 25/10,40/11) Law on Water (OG of Mne No 27/07, 32/11) Law on protection of cultural properties (OG No 49/10)
Considering that it is a project of renovation, the project does not require a building permit, but the work should be reported to the competent authority.
Because the building is located in the Kotor that is identified as part of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of the UNESCO, the request for the conservation conditions is submitted to the Regional Institution for Protection of Cultural Monuments in Kotor. They issued conservation conditions for the preparation of technical documentation No UP/I-05-62/2014-3 dated on April 14, 2014, with the conditions for execution of civil works on renovation of the respective facility (Attachment 1). PUBLIC CONSULTATION Identify when The data will be included after public consultation finished. /where the public consultation process took place INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING Will there be any [ x] N or [ ]Y if Yes, Attachment 2 includes the capacity building program capacity building?
39 PART 2: ENVIRONMENTAL /SOCIAL SCREENING Will the site activity include/involve Activity Status Additional references any of the following: A. Building rehabilitation [ X] Yes [ ] No See Section B. New construction [ ] Yes [ X] No See Section C. Individual wastewater treatment [ ] Yes [X ] No See Section system D. Historic building(s) and districts [ x] Yes [ ] No See Section E. Acquisition of land4 [ ] Yes [X ] No See Section F. Hazardous or toxic materials5 [ X] Yes [ ] No See Section G. Impacts on forests and/or [X ] Yes [X ] No See Section protected areas H. Handling/management of medical [ ] Yes [ X] No See Section waste I. Traffic and Pedestrian Safety [X ] Yes [ ] No See Section ACTIVITY PARAMET MITIGATION MEASURES CHECKLIST (BOLDED MEASURES ARE APPLICABLE) ER A. General Conditions Notificatio (a) The Communal Police (local inspection), the relevant building local authority ( n and shall notify the Building Inspection) and Inspection Directorate Worker Labor inspection) have been notified of upcoming activities Safety (b) The public has been notified of the works through appropriate notification in the media and/or at publicly accessible sites (including the site of the works) (c) All legally required permits have been acquired for construction and/or rehabilitation (d) All work will be carried out in a safe and disciplined manner designed to minimize impacts on neighboring residents and environment. (e) Workers’ PPE will comply with international good practice (always hardhats, as needed masks and safety glasses, harnesses and safety boots) (f) Appropriate signposting of the sites will inform workers of key rules and regulations to follow. B. General Rehabilitation and /or Air Quality (a) During interior demolition use debris-chutes above the first floor Construction Activities (b) Keep demolition debris in controlled area and spray with water mist to reduce debris dust (c) Suppress dust during pneumatic drilling/wall destruction by ongoing water spraying and/or installing dust screen enclosures at site (d) Keep surrounding environment (side walks, roads) free of debris to minimize dust (e) There will be no open burning of construction/waste material at the site (f) There will be no excessive idling of construction vehicles at sites Noise (a) Construction noise will be limited to restricted times agreed to in the permit (b) During operations the engine covers of generators, air compressors and other powered mechanical equipment should be closed, and equipment placed as far away from residential areas as possible Water (a) The site will establish appropriate erosion and sediment control measures such as e.g. hay Quality bales and/or silt fences to prevent sediment from moving off site and causing excessive turbidity in nearby streams and rivers. Waste (a) Waste collection and disposal pathways and sites will be identified for all major waste types manageme expected from demolition and construction activities. nt (b) Mineral construction and demolition wastes will be separated from general refuse, organic, liquid and chemical wastes by on-site sorting and stored in appropriate containers. (c) Construction waste will be collected and disposed properly by licensed collectors (d) The records of waste disposal will be maintained as proof for proper management as designed. (e) Whenever feasible the contractor will reuse and recycle appropriate and viable materials (except asbestos) ACTIVITY PARAMET MITIGATION MEASURES CHECKLIST
4 Land acquisitions includes displacement of people, change of livelihood encroachment on private property this is to land that is purchased/transferred and affects people who are living and/or squatters and/or operate a business (kiosks) on land that is being acquired. 5 Toxic / hazardous material includes and is not limited to asbestos, toxic paints, removal of lead paint, etc. 40 ER C. Individual wastewater treatment Water (a) The approach to handling sanitary wastes and wastewater from building sites (installation or system Quality reconstruction) must be approved by the local authorities (b) Before being discharged into receiving waters, effluents from individual wastewater systems must be treated in order to meet the minimal quality criteria set out by national guidelines on effluent quality and wastewater treatment (c) Monitoring of new wastewater systems (before/after) will be carried out D. Historic building(s) Cultural (a) If the building is a designated historic structure, very close to such a structure, or located in a Heritage designated historic district, notify and obtain approval/permits from local authorities and address all construction activities in line with local and national legislation (b) Ensure that provisions are put in place so that artifacts or other possible “chance finds” encountered in excavation or construction are noted, officials contacted, and works activities delayed or modified to account for such finds. E. Acquisition of land Land (a) If expropriation of land was not expected and is required, or if loss of access to income of legal or Acquisition illegal users of land was not expected but may occur, that the bank task Team Leader is consulted. Plan/Frame work (b) The approved Land Acquisition Plan/Framework (if required by the project) will be implemented F. Toxic Materials Asbestos (a) If asbestos is located on the project site, mark clearly as hazardous material manageme nt (b) When possible the asbestos will be appropriately contained and sealed to minimize exposure (c) The asbestos prior to removal (if removal is necessary) will be treated with a wetting agent to minimize asbestos dust (d) Asbestos will be handled and disposed by skilled & experienced professionals (e) If asbestos material is be stored temporarily, the wastes should be securely enclosed inside closed containments and marked appropriately (f) The removed asbestos will not be reused Toxic/haza (a) Temporarily storage on site of all hazardous or toxic substances will be in safe containers rdous labeled with details of composition, properties and handling information waste manageme (b) The containers of hazardous substances should be placed in an leak-proof container to nt prevent spillage and leaching (c) The wastes are transported by specially licensed carriers and disposed in a licensed facility. (d) Paints with toxic ingredients or solvents or lead-based paints will not be used G. Affects forests and/or protected Protection (a) All recognized natural habitats and protected areas in the immediate vicinity of the activity will not be areas damaged or exploited, all staff will be strictly prohibited from hunting, foraging, logging or other damaging activities. (b) For large trees in the vicinity of the activity, mark and cordon off with a fence large tress and protect root system and avoid any damage to the trees (c) Adjacent wetlands and streams will be protected, from construction site run-off, with appropriate erosion and sediment control feature to include by not limited to hay bales, silt fences (d) There will be no unlicensed borrow pits, quarries or waste dumps in adjacent areas, especially not in protected areas. PARAMET ACTIVITY MITIGATION MEASURES CHECKLIST ER H. Disposal of medical waste Infrastructur (a) In compliance with national regulations the contractor will insure that newly constructed and/or e for rehabilitated health care facilities include sufficient infrastructure for medical waste handling and medical disposal; this includes and not limited to: waste manageme . Special facilities for segregated healthcare waste (including soiled instruments “sharps”, and nt human tissue or fluids) from other waste disposal; and . Appropriate storage facilities for medical waste are in place; and . If the activity includes facility-based treatment, appropriate disposal options are in place and operational I Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Direct or (b) In compliance with national regulations the contractor will insure that the construction site is indirect properly secured and construction related traffic regulated. This includes but is not limited to hazards to Signposting, warning signs, barriers and traffic diversions: site will be clearly visible and public . traffic and the public warned of all potential hazards pedestrian . Traffic management system and staff training, especially for site access and near-site s by heavy traffic. Provision of safe passages and crossings for pedestrians where constructi construction traffic interferes. on . Adjustment of working hours to local traffic patterns, e.g. avoiding major transport activities activities during rush hours or times of livestock movement 41 . Active traffic management by trained and visible staff at the site, if required for safe and convenient passage for the public. . Ensuring safe and continuous access to office facilities, shops and residences during renovation activities, if the buildings stay open for the public.
PART 3 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN What Where How When Why Cost Phase (Is the parameter (Is the parameter to (Is the parameter to (Define the (Is the parameter (if not included in to be monitored?) be monitored?) be monitored?) frequency / or being monitored?) project budget) continuous?) During activity Appropriate On the site Review of the site Before starting To ensure safety Included in preparation marking and site Institute for works and security project budget organisation Marine Biology before starting works Control Control of During the contractor’s documentation procurement Control of quality documentation (specification of procedure of construction related to the materials) Because of materials procurement of compliance with (especially materials the materials in paints, solvents, project design chemicals) documentation Negligible costs, and to control if Included in there are illicit project budget substances in the materials (in manufacturer’s declaration)
On the site, IMB, By direct (in checking Before work start manufacturer’s declaration)
Check if the Because it is Technical design On the site consent on anticipated in IMB technical design obtained Included in is obtained from conservation project budget the Regional Before work start conditions Institution for Protection of Cultural Monuments in Kotor During activity Used materials On the site Reuse and Daily In order to reduce Negligible costs, implementation recycle whenever the total amount of Included in possible; waste project budget adequate removal in the other cases Waste management On the site Control of the Daily To prevent mixing (including separation and of hazardous and hazardous and temporary non hazardous non-hazardous storage of the waste and waste, waste, improper storage Included in construction reuse and recycle and disposal of project budget waste, paints, whenever the waste solvents, possible When needed, ie chemicals) whenever the waste is transported from Control of records the site 42 of lasting waste disposal
Accidental finds On the site If the If needed In order to prevent Negligible costs, archaeological possible Included in finds have found destruction of project budget during the cultural property rehabilitation, the contractor should cease work and inform the competent authorities Control of working time (only day To reduce the Negligible costs, Level of the On the site shift is allowed) Daily impact of the Included in noise noise on workers project budget Control if the and equipment is right neighbourhood and used properly) Air quality (dust On the site Visually Daily To reduce the Negligible costs, emission) impact of the dust Included in on workers and project budget neighbourhood) Quality of the Near the site Examination will Before and after In order to Included in sea water be done by the civil works preserve the project budget competent execution quality of the sea institution water during the works execution Worker’s safety On the site Control of using Daily Because of Negligible costs, of PPE security and included in safety of workers project budget Traffic and On the site and Control if the site pedestrian safety around the site is marked During the works Because of Negligible costs, properly and if the execution and security and included in traffic regulation transportation of safety of project budget is implemented materials and pedestrians and during waste other participants transportation of in traffic materials and waste disposal. Acting in To preserve accordance with authenticity of the the guidelines building and Negligible provided by the prevent all actions costs,included in Authority for the and activities that project budget Protection of On the site By direct Daily can change Cultural checking appearance, Properties properties, specificity and significance of cultural property. During activity During Preparation of the At least once a supervision supervision report on EMP month activity it is implementation necessary to control the implementation of the measures in the Sections A. General Conditions, B. General On the site To control the Included in Rehabilitation implementation of project budget and /or the EMP Construction Activities, D. 43 Historic building(s) F. Toxic Materials, G. Affects forests By direct and/or protected observation and areas, I. Traffic control of At least once a and Pedestrian documentation month Safety and guidelines provided by the Authority for the Protection of Cultural Properties.
44 Attachment 1
The opinion and compliance of the Ministry of Culture Authority for the Protection of Cultural Properties
Regional Unit Kotor No: UP/I-05-62/2014-3 Kotor, April 14, 2014
Authority for the Protection of Cultural Properties-Regional Unit Kotor, in accordance with the request of the University of Montenegro, Institute for Marine Biology, represented by the Director Aleksandar Joksimovic, dated on April 2, 2014, for issuing of Conservation conditions for the preparation of the technical design for the renovation of the existing laboratory placed in the ground on the south side of the building of the Institute for Marine Biology (wet laboratory), placed on the cadastral parcel No 2018, CU Dobrota I, and pursuant to the articles 102 and 148 of the Law on Protection of the Cultural Properties, (OG of Mne No 49/10), and related to the articles 196 and 200 of the Law on General Administrative Procedure, (OG of RM No 60/03 and OG of Mne No 32/11), issues the following
DECISION on conservation conditions for the preparation of the technical design for the renovation of the existing laboratory placed in the ground on the south side of the building of the Institute for Marine Biology (wet laboratory), placed on the cadastral parcel No 2018, CU Dobrota I
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1. Keep existing disposition, horizontal gabarit and height of the ground room 2. Through the study procedure, examine the best way of customizing the appearance of the existing facade to the features of the complex, both in terms of the rhythm and size of the apertures, than in terms of the relation “filled-empty” and in terms of the application of material (stone, plaster tinted). 3. Anticipate wooden doors and windows, using of PVC joinery is excluded. 4. Solve the processing of the interior in accordance with the functional requirements
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After the technical design will be finished following mentioned conditions and urbanistic-technical conditions issued by the competent Department of Municipality of Kotor, the obligation of the owner is to submit finalised technical design to Authority for the Protection of Cultural Properties-Regional Unit Kotor in order to obtain consent. Explanation
University of Montenegro, Institute for Marine Biology, represented by the Director Aleksandar Joksimovic, has addressed to the Authority for the Protection of Cultural Properties-Regional Unit Kotor with the request for issuing of the Conservation conditions for the preparation of the technical design for the renovation of the existing laboratory placed in the ground on the south side of the building of the Institute for Marine Biology (wet laboratory), placed on the cadastral parcel No 2018, CU Dobrota I.
The following documents are submitted with the request: List of real estate No 106-956-2-3215/2014 dated on April 2, 2014 and copy of the plan dated on April 2, 2014, issued by the Real Estate Authority, Regional Unit Kotor.
During the conducted procedure, examining the submitting and available documentation, it was determined the following:
- Respective room in the middle part of the south side of the Institute for Marine Biology building (palace Radoncic) is the extension of the existing building that was done several decades ago in order to solve functional needs of the Institute. The extension is done using modern materials (concrete, brick, glass) and its architectonic expression deviates from the traditional feature of the existing complex. - The needs of the Institute request the interior arrangement of the respective room, as well as customizing the appearance of its south facade to the features of the existing complex. - Starting from the mentioned state of facts, and considering the facility is located within the Natural and cultural-historic area of Kotor, inscribed in the World Heritage List, conservation conditions are determined for the preparation of the technical design for renovation of the existing ground room on the south side of the Institute for Marine Biology (wet laboratory) placed on the cadastral parcel No 2018, CU Dobrota I, and all more specified in the dispositive to be followed during the preparation of the technical design.
After the project will be finished following mentioned conditions and issued urbanistic-technical conditions, it is mandatory to submit it to Authority for the Protection of Cultural Properties-Regional Unit Kotor in order to obtain consent, pursuant to the article103 of the Law on Protection of the Cultural Properties.
Pursuant to the exposed, it solved as in the dispositive.
LEGAL NOTES: Against these Conservation conditions there is the right to appeal to the Ministry of Culture in Cetinje, within 15 days of receipt of the decision, and shall be submitted through the Authority for the Protection of Cultural Properties-Regional Unit Kotor.
Prepared by: mr Zorica Cubrovic, graduate architect, senior conservator Bozana Smolovic, graduate lawer Director, Anastazija Miranović sign and stamp Deliver: -to submitter of the request -in the case files -in the archive
Annex 2 Report on Public Consultation (will be done) Annex 3
Terms of Reference MONTENEGRO
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE
TERMS OF REFERENCE for the Environmental Assessment and EMP development for Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics
1. Introduction
This Terms of Reference (ToR) shall cover and support the conduction of the site-specific Environmental Assessment (EA) and development of the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for the Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics. The potential environmental impact of the CoE Grant project will be assessed through a procedure based on: the World Bank (WB) Environmental Assessment safeguard policy (OP/BP/GP 4.01 on EA); The WB Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook (PPAH) and the relevant legislation of the Government of Montenegro (GoM). Where GoM environmental legislation should provide insufficient safeguards, the CoE will comply with WB safeguard policies and procedures and with best international practice for laboratory safety, waste disposal and operating procedures.
2. Background of the Project
The Government of Montenegro implements, through the Ministry of Science (MoS) and Ministry of Education the “Higher Education and Research for Innovation and Competitiveness Project” HERIC, with the support of the WB loan. HERIC Project Component 3 – "Establishing a Competitive Research Environment" – will support, inter alia, establishment of the first Centre of Excellence in Montenegro as a pilot for future centres. The Call for Grants for Establishment of the First Centre of Excellence was opened on May 30 2013.
After two-stage evaluation process, the Final Evaluation Committee proposed to the Council for Science to recommend the proposal of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of Montenegro (hereinafter: the applicant), with the project of Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics - BIO-ICT (hereinafter: the project) to the MoS for pre-selection and to invite for negotiation phase. The requested grant is 3,702,683 €. The estimated overall duration of the project is 36 months.
Partner institutions are: Registered National Scientific Research Institutions (RSRI): Institute for Marine Biology in Kotor; Institute for Public Health in Podgorica and Biotechnical Faculty in Podgorica. International Research Scientific Institutions (ISRI): Centre for TeleInFrastrukture, Aalborg University, Denmark and St. Petersburg scientific research center for ecological safety, Russian academy of sciences (SRCES RAS). National Commercial Entities (NCE): DOO Green House Jovovic and COGI DOO.
The project foresees, among other, the implementation of the information and communication technologies (ICT) in the area of sustainable agriculture, monitoring of the crops, forest and water/sea ecosystem, development of techniques for controlling and reducing air pollution, analysis and standardization of food products, control of land quality, improvement in the public health area. In order to deliver new products and services in the area of bioinformatics, the BIO-ICT will use the ICT platform, developed by the applicant’s research staff, to boost the life sciences research, conducted by the staff from the RSRIs. This multidisciplinary approach provides the means of resolving numerous issues in life sciences in Montenegro through the incorporation of the ICT solutions developed in Montenegro. In addition, two companies, members of consortium, have their own potentials in the field and they can benefit from the project outcomes. The international partners are well-recognized institutions having long-lasting collaborations with the RSRIs.
3. Objectives
The result of environmental screening is that activities of the proposed project correspond with WB category “B” and require a partial Environmental Assessment (EA) and development of the Environmental Management Plan (EMP). The applicant will conduct site-specific EA to evaluate potential environmental impact of the pre-selected project. The output of the EA process will be the EA report with specific Environmental Management Plan (EMP) consisting of the set of mitigation, monitoring and institutional measures and implementation arrangements to be taken to eliminate adverse environmental impacts of the project proposal, offset them, or reduce them to acceptable level. The WB favors preventive measures over mitigation or compensatory measures, whenever feasible. For the need of disclosure and public consultation, the EA Report with the EMP will be prepared in both Montenegrin and English languages.
4. EA Requirements/Regulations
Environmental Assessment and development of the EMP for the project will be conduct through a procedure based on: The WB Environmental Assessment safeguards policy (OP/BP/GP 4.01 on EA), the WB Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook (PPAH)6 and the relevant legislation of the Government of Montenegro (GoM). Where GoM environmental legislation should provide insufficient safeguards, the project will comply with WB safeguard policies and procedures and with best international practice for laboratory safety, waste disposal and operating procedures. Environmental Management Framework (EMF) as a part of the Guidelines for the Applicants for preparing an application for a Pilot CoE, provides International Best Practice in Safety of Research Laboratories. Considering that the proposed activities involve, among other, research related to improvement of agricultural productivity, the EMF also provides the FAO Code of Conduct for Pesticide7.
5. Study Area and Possible Major Issues
Locations to be considered as projects sites include but not limited are: Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Podgorica; Institute for Public Health in Podgorica; Biotechnical Faculty in Podgorica with its experimental site, Institute for Marine Biology in Kotor, DOO Green House Jovovic in Danilovgrad and COGI D.O.O. in Kotor. Beside field research in agriculture, sites for research related to ICT implementation in viticulture are not precise defined, therefore the EMP should be structured in a way to deal with the any new potential location next to experimental site of Biotechnical Faculty.
Possible major issues that should be considered under the EA process include but are not limited to: laboratory safety (including appropriate trainings, material storage and waste management practices), minor civil works related to the rehabilitation of laboratories and agricultural and ecological field works.
6 http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/topics_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/ifc+sustainabi lity/publications/publications_handbook_ppah__wci__1319577543003
7 International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides, Revised version; Adopted by the Hundred and Twenty-third Session of the FAO Counsil in November 2002; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Rome, 2005 6. Scope of work
The work on conducting of the EA and development of the EMP is made up of the following tasks:
Task 1: Provide brief description of Montenegrin requirements related to EA process, including the environmental legislation, which is applicable to the project activities and obligation of the applicant/partners to obtain any permit or approval of the competent authority. The task also includes the WB requirements outlined in the EMF. Task 2: Provide brief description of the proposed project; Provide brief description of all sites/locations where project activities will implement; Provide detailed description of the sensitive locations, like coastal zone in Kotor, and other, if any (protected areas, sites near the watercourses, wetlands, habitats of protected or sensitive species etc). Provide detailed description of the work packages (WP) whose implementation could induce environmental impact (WP3, WP5, WP6). Give the list and short description of the equipment and materials that will be purchased within the WP3. Provide short review of the alternatives (if any) and explain the main reasons for selecting the chosen one, from the view point of the environmental impacts. Task 3: Provide the description of the environment (baseline conditions); Collect, evaluate and present baseline data on the relevant environmental characteristics: natural environment, occurrences and activities and built environment of the project areas taking into account the projects activities; Task 4: Determination of the potential impact of the project; The applicant shall identify significant positive and negative impacts of the project activities. Special attention will be put on unavoidable or irreversible impacts, if any. The assessment of the impacts of the project should focus on, but are not limited to: laboratory safety; hazardous and non-hazardous waste storage and disposal; the treatment of the electronic waste related to proposed fabricating circuit boards, sensors, programmable circuits and other devices; agriculture and ecological field works; minor civil works related to reconstruction of the facilities at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and to reconstruction of the laboratory at the Institute of Marine Biology. Task 5: Development of the EMP to prevent or mitigate the assessed negative environmental impacts of the project activities; The EMP should clearly present proposed mitigation and monitoring actions as well as the institutions responsible for the EMP implementation. The Mitigation Plan should define key environmental issues which should be managed; describe specific mitigation measures to manage each possible impact; identify the authorities responsible for mitigation implementation and give estimated costs for each measure (which should be integrate with overall projects costs) . Mitigation measures should be feasible and practical as well easily observed and checked. For proposed minor civil works, Checklist and EMP for Minor Civil Works is required (provided in the EMF), which will be incorporated into the EA/EMP. If the minor civil works can not be identified now, Checklist and EMP will be prepared later during the project implementation (with appropriate public consultation). The Monitoring Plan should propose a plan of feasible actions to monitor the implementation of mitigation measures proposed in the Mitigation Plan. Proposed format for the Environmental Management Plan is attached in the Annex 1. Task 6: Identification of institutional arrangement and strengthening related to implementation of EMP; Provide details about responsibilities for mitigation and monitoring actions; In addition, who will supervise the implementation of Mitigation Plan; who will collect the data from Monitoring Plan and report; explain how all monitoring data is going to be used; Identify the current capability of the applicant and partner institutions and areas where capacity need to be improved related to environmental management; Propose training requirements related to EMP implementation and other necessary support like purchase of monitoring equipment etc, and estimated costs for institutional strengthening. Task 7: Disclosure and Public Consultation; The applicant is responsible for disclosing the draft EA report with the EMP in a public place (library, municipal or government building etc.) near the project site(s) and on the applicant’s and partner institutions’ websites, and place a notification in the local media (e.g. newspaper). The notification should indicate where the EA Report with the EMP may be viewed with a suitable feedback mechanism in place for comments or queries (both on-line and hard copy), as well as when and where the stakeholder consultation will be held. The draft EA Report with the EMP should be available on the public place at least seven days prior the public consultation meeting. 8 The applicant will organize and conduct a public stakeholder consultation to present the project and the EMP. The final version of the EA Report with the EMP (revised following reasonable comments received during public consultations) will be published on the Applicant’s web-site and will contain an Annex on the public consultations, to include: Manner in which notification of the public consultation was announced, date(s) and location(s) for public consultations, identified stakeholders, List of Attendees, Meeting Agenda, Summary Meeting Minutes, all collected comments and objections and the manner of their treatment.
7. The Environmental Assessment Team
The applicant (with the partner institutions) can prepare the EA report with the EMP with their own staff or can hire an independent consultant. The Environmental Assessment process requires the interdisciplinary analyses. The general skills required of the Environmental Assessment Team are: environmental management, environmental impact assessment, agriculture, biology, medicine, microbiology, chemistry and ICT. In addition, the Team should include: - At least one Environmental Specialist with minimum of five years experience in such areas as environmental analyses; - At least one Graduate of Biology with minimum of five years experience in research related to marine biology; - At least one Graduate of Agriculture with minimum of five years experience in research related to plant production or soil; - At least one Graduate of Electrical engineer with minimum of five years experience in ICT research.
8. Schedule
The draft and the final version of the EA Report with the EMP must be reviewed and approved by the MoS and WB. Complete work as defined in the ToR should be finalized before the signing of the Grant Contract. The MoS will include CoE grant recipient commitment to implement the requirements set forth in the EA/EMP into the grant contract. 9. EA Report with the EMP
The EA report should be concise and limited to significant environmental issues whose results should be incorporated into the EMP. The EA Report with the EMP should have the following outline:
- Executive Summary - Legal and Administrative Framework - Description of Proposed Project - Description of the Environment - Significant Environmental Impacts - Environmental Management Plan - Institutional Arrangement and Strengthening - Public Involvement - References - Environmental Assessment Team - ToR for EA/EMP
Annex: - Record on the Public Consultation
8 The Applicant has the right to disclose the EA Report with the EMP (both draft and final version) in a manner where published information will not disclose any of the confidential information related to the innovation process itself but will sufficiently explain how the financed activities will mitigate any of the associated environmental impacts Attachment:
Annex 1 (word file)
Environmental Management Plan Format
A) MITIGATION PLAN Phase Issue Mitigating Cost of Responsibility* Supervision measure mitigation observation and (if substantial) comments (to be filled in during supervision)
* Items indicated to be the responsibility of the contractor shall be specified in the bid documents
B) MONITORING PLAN Phas What Where How When Monitorin Responsibilit Supervisio e parameter is the is the is the g Cost y n is to be parameter parameter parameter What is the observatio monitored to be to be to be cost of n and ? monitored monitored monitored- equipment comments ? / type of frequency of or (to be filled monitorin measuremen contractor in during g t or charges to supervision equipment continuous? perform with ? monitoring reference to ? adequate measuring reports)