HELWAN SOUTH 3 X 650 Mwe GAS-FIRED STEAM POWER PROJECT
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ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS GROUP Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Electricity and Energy Egyptian Electricity Holding Company Upper Egypt Electricity Production Company Public Disclosure Authorized HELWAN SOUTH 3 x 650 MWe GAS-FIRED STEAM POWER PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) Executive Summary Public Disclosure Authorized March 2013 Project No. 1573 Submitted by: Engineering Consultants Group (ECG) Bldg. 2, Block 10, El-Safarat District Nasr City 11765, Cairo, Egypt. Public Disclosure Authorized P.O. Box: 1167. Cairo 11511, Egypt. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ESIA for Helwan South 3x650 MWe Steam Power Plant RPF- Page 2 of 28 March 2013 - Project No. 1573 ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS GROUP TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATION LIST OF FIGURES GLOSSARY 1. THE PROJECT AND THE ROLE OF THE RPF 2. OBJECTIVES OF THE RPF FRAMEWORK 3. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR RESETTLEMENT IN EGYPT 4. WORLD BANK SAFEGUARD POLICIES 5. GAPS AND MEASURES TO BE CONSIDERED REFERENCES _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ESIA for Helwan South 3x650 MWe Steam Power Plant RPF- Page 3 of 28 March 2013 - Project No. 1573 ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS GROUP LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATION ARP Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) CDA Community Development Association CAPMAS Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics CEPC Cairo Electricity Production Company DAS Drainage Advisory Services EA Environmental Assessment EDHS Egyptian Demographic and Health Survey EEAA Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency EEHC Egyptian Electricity Holding Company EETC Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EPADP Egyptian Public Authority for Drainage Projects ESA Egyptian Survey Authority ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESIAF Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Framework HPP Helwan South Power Plant IR Involuntary Resettlement LDU Local Development Unit NGO Non Governmental Organization NUPG National Unified Power Grid OTL Overhead Transmission Line PAF Project Affected Family PAP Project Affected Persons RAP Resettlement Action Plan RPF Resettlement Policy Framework SRO Social and Resettlement Officer TOR Terms of Reference UEEPC Upper Egypt Electricity Production Company WB World Bank Exchange Rate: US$ / L.E. = 5.87 as of February 2011 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ESIA for Helwan South 3x650 MWe Steam Power Plant RPF- Page 4 of 28 March 2013 - Project No. 1573 ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS GROUP LIST OF FIGURES Figure -1 : Schematic Diagram for the Electrical Interconnection of the Helwan South Power Project Figure -2 : Helwan South/ Badr 500 kV TL and Helwan South / El- Minya 500 kV TL Figure -3 : Proposed Gas Supply Pipeline Figure -4 : Topography of the New Gas Pipeline Routing _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ESIA for Helwan South 3x650 MWe Steam Power Plant RPF- Page 5 of 28 March 2013 - Project No. 1573 ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS GROUP GLOSSARY* Census: Household survey that covers all Project Affected Persons irrespective of entitlement or ownership. It provides a complete inventory of all project affected persons and their assets. It can be used to minimize fraudulent claims made by people who move into the area affected by the project in the hope of being compensated and/or resettled. Project Affected Persons: Persons who are affected by the involuntary taking of land and / or the involuntary restriction of access to legally designated parks and protected areas. Environmental Impact: An effect (both positive and negative) on an environmental resource or value resulting from infrastructure development projects. Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA): A systematic procedure for enabling the possible environmental and social impacts of development projects to be considered before a decision is made as to whether the project should be given approval to proceed. Involuntary: Actions that may be taken without the displaced person’s informed consent or power of choice. Involuntary Resettlement (IR): The unavoidable displacement of people and/or impact on their livelihood, assets and common property resulting from development projects that create the need for rebuilding their livelihood, sources of income and asset bases. Monitoring: The process of repeated observations and measurements of environmental and social quality parameters to assess and enable changes over a period of time. Public Involvement: The dialogue encompassing consultation and communication between a project proponent and the public. It includes dissemination, solicitation and presentation of information. Rehabilitation/Resettlement: A term often used to describe the process of reestablishing lifestyles and livelihoods following resettlement. The term is also used to describe construction works that bring a deteriorated structure back to its original conditions. Resettlement Action Plan (RAP): A time-bound action plan with a budget, setting out resettlement strategy, objectives, options, entitlements, actions, approvals, responsibilities, monitoring and evaluation. Social Impact: An effect (both positive and negative) on a social issue resulting from infrastructure development projects Stakeholders: Those who have an interest in project development and who will be involved in the consultative process, and includes any individual or group affected by, or that believes * Source: http://www.unescap.org, http://www.adb.org , World Bank OP 4.12, and SFD’s Operational Manual for the Local Development Program. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ESIA for Helwan South 3x650 MWe Steam Power Plant RPF- Page 6 of 28 March 2013 - Project No. 1573 ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS GROUP it is affected by the project; and any individual or group that can plan a significant role in shaping or affecting the project, either positively or negatively, including the host community/population. Vulnerable Groups: Distinct groups of people who might suffer excessively from resettlement effects, such as, the old, the young, the handicapped, the poor, isolated groups and single parents. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ESIA for Helwan South 3x650 MWe Steam Power Plant RPF- Page 7 of 28 March 2013 - Project No. 1573 ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS GROUP HELWAN SOUTH 3 x 650 MWe GAS-FIRED STEAM POWER PROJECT Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) Executive Summary 1. THE PROJECT AND THE ROLE OF THE RPF The Helwan South 3x650 MWe Steam Power Plant Project is an integral part of the Egyptian Electricity Sector's on-going program to meet the ever increasing demand for electricity generation. The new thermal power plant will be constructed at a selected site south of Helwan Governorate, which is along the Nile River and about 10km south of the village of Kureimat in the Dayr El-Maymoun area. The site is within an existing piece of land allocated to the Upper Egypt Electricity Production Company (UEEPC) by Presidential Decree No. 43 of 2010 issued on 14 February 2010 for the development of the power plant. The overall proposed site area is approximately 378,000 m2. The proposed power plant will consist of three supercritical thermal steam units, with a nominal electricity generating capacity of 650 megawatts (MWe) each, which will be known as Helwan South Power Plant. The overall generating capacity of the power plant will be 1950 MWe. The power plant is intended to be operational by the end of the year 2014. The power output from the proposed plant will be sold to the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC). Since the uptake of the land needed for the power project and associated infrastructure (intake and discharge structures, workers colony, access roads, etc.) may result in land acquisition, OP 4.12 on involuntary Resettlement has been triggered and a Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) has been prepared. An RPF is the instrument used because the nature and extent of land acquisition resulting from the above infrastructure are not known at appraisal. The purpose of the RPF is to establish resettlement objectives, organizational arrangements and funding mechanisms for any resettlement operation that may be necessary. When during implementation the exact extent of land acquisition becomes known, a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) or abbreviated RAP- depending on the scale and severity of impacts - will be prepared. The various steps in preparing a RAP have been outlined in this document. It should also be emphasized that the resettlement process should be completed prior to the start of physical works. The current status with regard to the power project potable water connection and access roads is as follows: The Proposed Site The Helwan South site is located within a bare sandy area of uncultivated land. It is entirely situated on approximately more than 37 hectare rectangle- shaped piece of land located in a rural/desert area approximately 10 km south of the village of Kureimat, in the ex-Helwan _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ESIA for Helwan South 3x650 MWe Steam Power Plant RPF- Page 8 of 28 March 2013 - Project No. 1573 ENGINEERING