Environmental Monitoring Report

7th Bi-annual Report January 2015

AZE: Road Network Development Program – Project 3

Prepared by Azer Road Service OJC (Ministry of Transport) for the Asian Development Bank.

In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.

Bi-annual Environmental Monitoring Report

Project Number: 39176

January 2015

Republic of Azerbaijan: Road Network Development Program: Project I Masalli to Astara Motorway

(Financed by the Asian Development Bank)

Report 7: 1st July 2014 to 31st December 2014

Part II - Loan 2831 AZE, Covering Sections B & C

Prepared by Azer Road Service OJC (Ministry of Transport) for the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The bi-annual environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature.

CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (As of 1 January 2015)

Currency Unit – Azerbaijan New Manat (AZN)

AZN 1.00 = USD 1.27 USD 1.00 = AZN 0.79

ABBREVIATIONS

ADB – Asian Development Bank ARS – Azerbaijan Road Service AZN – Azerbaijan New Manat BOD – Biological Oxygen Demand EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment EMP – Environmental Management Plan EPM – Environmental Protection Manager EPP – Environmental Protection Plan GRM – Grievance Redress Mechanism IPC – Interim Payment Certificate MENR – Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources PIU – Project Implementation Unit PMC – Project Management Consultant PPE – Personal Protective Equipment SSEMP – Site-Specific Environmental Management Plan STD – Sexually Transmitted Disease ADB – Asian Development Bank ARS – Azerbaijan Road Service EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment EMP – Environmental Management Plan EPM – Environmental Protection Manager EPP – Environmental Protection Plan GRM – Grievance Redress Mechanism MENR – Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources PIU – Project Implementation Unit PPE – Personal Protective Equipment SSEMP – Site-Specific Environmental Management Plan

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

m – Metre km – Kilometre

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION ...... 5 A. Introduction to Project ...... 5 B. Objectives of Biannual Environmental Reporting ...... 6 C. Methodology ...... 6 D. Construction Activities and Project Progress during previous six months ...... 6 E. Project organization and environmental management team ...... 7 F. Relationships with Contractors, owner, lender, etc...... 8

II. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ...... 9 A. Status ...... 9 B. Results ...... 9 C. Action ...... 11

III. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT...... 12 A. Status ...... 12 B. Documents ...... 13 C. Inspections and Audits ...... 14 D. Non-Compliance and Corrective Actions ...... 14 E. Consultations and Complaints ...... 21 F. Emerging Issues ...... 26 G. Conclusions ...... 26

IV. APPENDICES ...... 27 Appendix 1: Environmental Monitoring Results ...... 27 Appendix 2: Example Site Audit Checklists...... 70 Appendix 3: List of Consultation Attendees...... 79

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LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1: SECTION B: OVERFLOWING SEPTIC TANK (L) AND NON-COMPLIANT CHEMICAL STORAGE (R) TAKEN IN SEPTEMBER 2014 ...... 15

FIGURE 2: NEW BUNDING AT THE SECTION B ASPHALT PLANT ...... 16

FIGURE 3: SECTION B: IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS BY NOVEMBER 2014 AT THE NE CORNER OF THE CAMP (L) AND AREA IN WHICH NON-COMPLIANT CHEMICAL STORAGE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED (R) ...... 16

FIGURE 4: SECTION B: RECURRENT NON-COMPLIANT OIL STORAGE (L) AND PUBLIC ROAD USED FOR ACCESS THAT REQUIRES REPAIR (R) ...... 17

FIGURE 5: SECTION C: NON-COMPLIANT VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AT SECTION C PLANT AREA IN SEPTEMBER 2014 (L) AND THE SAME LOCATION IN NOVEMBER 2014 (R) ...... 19

FIGURE 6: SECTION C: NEW SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS AT THE PLANT AREA ENTRANCE (L) AND OIL FILL AREA THAT REQUIRES BUNDING (R) ...... 20

FIGURE 7: PUBLIC CONSULTATION AT THE SECTION B CAMP ...... 22

FIGURE 8: PUBLIC CONSULTATION AT THE SECTION C CAMP ...... 23

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 1: MONTHLY PROGRESS OF THE SECTION B CONTRACTOR DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS ...... 7

TABLE 2: MONTHLY PROGRESS OF THE SECTION C CONTRACTOR DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS ...... 7

TABLE 3: INSTRUCTIONS TO SECTION B CONTRACTOR DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS ...... 18

TABLE 4: INSTRUCTIONS TO SECTION C CONTRACTOR DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS ...... 20

TABLE 5: GRIEVANCE REGISTER – SECTION B ...... 24

TABLE 6: GRIEVANCE REGISTER – SECTION C...... 25

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I. INTRODUCTION

A. Introduction to Project

1. The Masalli to Astara Motorway is a new 62 km motorway section of the M-3 highway corridor that links the capital city, Baku, to the south of the country and the town of Astara, which straddles the Azeri/Iranian border. The project is split into three sections; A (0 - 22.15 km), B (22.15 - 45.00 km), and C (45.00 – 62.14 km).

2. The Executing Agency for the project is the Azeri Road Service (ARS) Open Joint Stock Company1.

3. Following screening2, an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was carried out for the project in 2007. The EIA report was approved by ARS and ADB, and has served as a basis for the development of the specification and contract documents, and for the preparation and pricing of the Contractor Environmental Management Plan (EMP).

4. The Engineer appointed by ARS is Nippon Koei UK Ltd. The construction contract for Section B was awarded to Özgün Construction Industry and Trading Co. Inc. Section C was awarded to Polat LLC in November 2013.

5. The first bi-annual environmental monitoring report covered the period 1st March to 31st August 2011 (Section A only). Subsequent bi-annual environmental monitoring reports covered the following periods:

st st  Second: 1 September 2011 to 31 May 20123 (Section A only).  Third: 1st June 2011 to 31st December 2012 (Section A & Lenkaran Bridge).  Fourth: 1st January 2013 to 30th June 2013 (Section A, Lenkaran Bridge & Section B).  Fifth: 1st July 2013 to 31st December 2013 (All contracts).  Sixth: 1st January 2014 to 30th June 2014 (All contracts).  Seventh: 1st July 2014 to 31st December 2014 (All contracts). 6. From the Fifth issue onwards, the report has been split according to loan source into two; Part I, covering Section A and Lenkaran Bridge (Loan 2354 AZE), and Part II, covering Sections B & C (Loan 2831 AZE).

7. Key milestones relating to mobilisation are summarised below:

 Overall Contract agreement: 15th Dec 2010.  The Engineer mobilised on 21st February 2011.  Section B Contract Agreement: 29th March 2013.  Notice to Commence for Section B was issued on 18th June 2013.  Earthworks began on Section B in August 2013.  Section C Contract Agreement: 31st October 2013.  Notice to Commence for Section C was issued on 27th January 2014.

1 Formerly called “The Road Transport Service Department” (The change of name took effect on 22nd February 2007) 2 Screening was carried out according to ADB’s Environment Policy and Operations Manual (OM) 20. The project was classified as Category A, principally due to the anticipated resettlement issues triggering the ADB Policy on Involuntary Resettlement (1995). 3 Due to the extended period of inactivity during the winter season, and so that the present report includes the results of the ADB mid-term review

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B. Objectives of Biannual Environmental Reporting

8. The purpose of the Biannual Environmental Monitoring Reports is to provide a summary of the key issues relating to environmental management over the past six months. The summary includes an update on overall project progress, the status of SSEMP implementation, any progress made with environmental management, environmental monitoring results, and other relevant issues such as non-compliance and corrective actions, and monitoring of the Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM).

9. The Reports are prepared by ARS and are intended to inform ADB and any other interested parties of the status of environmental management of the project. The Reports are summaries; more detailed information is included in the monthly and quarterly reports prepared by the Contractors and the Engineer.

C. Methodology

10. The Biannual Environmental Monitoring Reports are prepared by reviewing and extracting key information from a number of sources, as follows:

 Contractors’ Quarterly Environmental Management Reports;  Contractors’ Grievance Registers;  Engineer’s Quarterly and Monthly Progress Reports;  Engineer’s Environmental Specialist’s Field Reports;  Monthly instrumented monitoring results;  Ad Hoc reports from the Contractors on training and public consultation; and  Correspondence between ARS, Engineer and Contractors relating to environmental and social issues.

11. In addition, some information and opinion in the reports results from site visits, technical meetings and public meetings and interviews over the preceding six months.

D. Construction Activities and Project Progress during previous six months

12. Key milestones and construction activities relating to the past six months’ work are summarised below:

Section B

 Table 1 below shows the Contractor’s monthly progress throughout the current reporting period.  During the present reporting period the Contractor has mobilised his crusher plant, asphalt plant and concrete plant.  The following permanent Works are being carried out: clearing/grubbing, topsoil removal/stockpiling, and removal/ replacement of unsuitable materials.  Utility relocation and almost 40% of the culverts are completed, and road works have started.  Works on 5 Bridges are ongoing.  Interim Payment Certificate (IPC) 4 has been paid.  The Engineer has submitted a draft of Variation Order No 1 (VO1) for the PIU/ADB to review and comment upon.

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Table 1: Monthly Progress of the Section B Contractor During the last Six Months

Month Progress (%)

July 2014 3.3 August 2014 3.1 September 2014 3.1 October 2014 0.9 November 2014 0.9 December 2014 0.7

Section C

 Table 2 below shows the Contractor’s monthly progress throughout the current reporting period.  During the present reporting period the Contractor completed construction of his main camp and has completed mobilisation.  Design of the bridges and cross sections of the road are being compiled.  The geological studies for the bridges are completed.  Interim Payment Certificate (IPC) 2 has been submitted by the Contractor.

Table 2: Monthly Progress of the Section C Contractor During the last Six Months

Month Progress (%)

July 2014 0.1 August 2014 0.7 September 2014 1.4 October 2014 3.7 November 2014 1.8 December 2014 2.2

E. Project organization and environmental management team

13. The Section B Contractor’s EPM is Reshad Kerimov.

14. During the present reporting period, the PIU became concerned with the use of the same EPM for multiple contracts, and requested the replacement of Reshad Kerimov on the Section C Contractor’s team with a full time expert. After several requests to the Section C Contractor, Reshad Kerimov was finally replaced towards the end of the present reporting period. His successor, Emil Aliyev, was granted a three month probationary period on the 11th November 2014.

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15. In November 2014, the PIU appointed Yusif Atakishiyev to act as the PIU’s Environmental Specialist. The newly appointed Project Management Consultant (PMC) is assisting the PIU on environmental issues through the provision of Mr. Azad Aliyev.

F. Relationships with Contractors, owner, lender, etc.

16. The relationships between contractors, Engineer, Owner, and Lender are considered normal working relationships.

17. At the working level, communication with regards to environmental issues remains good.

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II. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

A. Status

Section B

18. Regular monthly monitoring has been carried out in accordance with the SSEMP throughout the current reporting period.

19. The sampling has been carried out by Platan Group, who then send the samples for analysis at the Central Laboratory of the Ministry of Ecology and National Resources of Azerbaijan.

Section C

20. Regular monthly monitoring has been carried out in accordance with the SSEMP throughout the current reporting period.

21. The sampling has been carried out by Platan Group, who then send the samples for analysis at the Central Laboratory of the Ministry of Ecology and National Resources of Azerbaijan.

B. Results

Section B

22. All water quality monitoring results for all determinands and all monitoring stations were below Azeri national standards during the present reporting period. The full results are provided in Appendix 1; in addition, an example stamped results form in Azeri language has been provided. Some further observations on the results are provided below:

 pH, conductivity and DO showed very little variance between stations and between survey dates.

 Turbidity rose slightly month on month during the present reporting period, and in the later surveys, the Ogru and Gamlishi Rivers had significantly higher turbidity than at other stations. All results were, however, lower than the pre-construction monitoring.

 Heavy metal levels are all well below the national standards, and show very little variance between the pre-construction monitoring and tall months of the present reporting period.

 Nitrates / Nitrites and other major ions are well below the standards at all locations. There was some mild temporal variance in nitrates, which rose somewhat during the warmer months, possibly a result of increased bacterial activity or perhaps elevated upstream fertiliser use.

 Oil and grease levels are constant throughout the reporting period at a very low level, well below the limits.

 Faecal coliform levels are generally rather high at all stations, which is not surprising given the high level of farming in the project area, and the low prevalence of sanitary disposal and treatment of sewage. Coliform levels were particularly high during July (averaging above 900 per 100ml).

23. All air quality monitoring results for all determinants and all monitoring stations were below Azeri national standards during the present reporting period. Particulate, NO2 and CO

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readings all rose slightly month on month between June and September at most stations. As no one station showed any significant change in comparison to others, the increase is unlikely to be as a result of the project works.

24. Noise and vibration monitoring results were all below the permitted limits. Despite the results being below the limits, noise and vibrations were in general a little higher than in the previous reporting period. Several locations had fairly high noise readings; Yuxari Nuvadi had a reading of 48 dB in July, and Sapnakaran had readings of 47 dB in Auguts and 48 in September and October. Sovu had similarly high readings of 49 dB in August and 48 in September and October. The high noise readings are highly likely to be as a result of the considerable crushing and extraction activities that are ongoing by third parties in the Lenkaran River area.

Section C

25. All water quality monitoring results for all determinands and all monitoring stations were below Azeri national standards during the present reporting period. The full results are provided in Appendix 1. Some further observations on the results are provided below:

 pH, conductivity and DO showed very little variance between stations and between survey dates.

 Turbidity levels were similar to the pre-construction levels (i.e. on the high side) at all stations and during all surveys, although they rose somewhat during July, especially at the Suhari and Gulyari stations, where levels were just of the limits at 28.8 and 29.8 mg/l respectively.

 BOD was generally well below the permitted limits at all stations throughout the monitoring period. The Penser River had the lowest BOD levels of all sections, at an average of1.3 mg/l.

 Heavy metal levels are all well below the national standards, and show very little variance between the pre-construction monitoring and tall months of the present reporting period.

 Nitrates / Nitrites and oil and grease results are all well below the standards at all locations.

 Faecal coliform levels are generally rather high at all stations, which is not surprising given the high level of farming in the project area, and the low prevalence of sanitary disposal and treatment of sewage. Coliform levels were particularly high during July at all stations, averaging above 900 per 100ml.

26. All air quality monitoring results for all determinants and all monitoring stations were below Azeri national standards during the present reporting period. Particulate, NO2 and CO readings were all higher than the pre-construction levels, however all stations showed similar readings throughout the reporting period, with no station standing out as of concern.

27. Noise and vibration monitoring results were all below the permitted limits. Despite the results being below the limits, noise and vibrations were in general a little higher than in the previous reporting period. Several locations had fairly high noise readings; Yuxari Nuvadi had a reading of 48 dB in July, and Sapnakaran had readings of 47 dB in Auguts and 48 in September and October. Sovu had similarly high readings of 49 dB in August and 48 in September and October. The high noise readings are highly likely to be as a result of the considerable crushing and extraction activities that are ongoing by third parties in the Lenkaran River area.

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28. Pre-construction noise and vibration monitoring results showed moderate to high levels of background noise in the project area. Noise was particularly high in Burjali and Yuxari Nuvadi villages, and this has continued over the past six months, with generally moderate noise and vibration levels, and high levels at the two stations that are impacted by the extraction industry ongoing in the Lenkaran Bridge area.

C. Action

29. No action is required on either Section B or Section C in response to the monitoring results from the present reporting period.

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III. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

A. Status

Section B

30. There has been little change in the level of environmental management over the past six months. In general, environmental management on Section B has continued to be of an acceptable standard during the present reporting period. Although each site visit by the Engineer uncovers several minor non-compliances (see Part D below) these are usually addressed quickly. General cleanliness is good, and the physical mitigation measures set out in the SSEMP are generally all constructed and functioning as designed. Plant equipment on site, such as crusher and concrete plant are all modern, new, and functioning to high standards (see Figure 4). Activity- based mitigation measures are also being implemented, with one or two exceptions (see Part D below). The management of the Section B Contractor are far more proactive with matters related to environmental management, and support is provided to the EPM in that regard.

31. There have been no accidents during the reporting period involving the public or workers.

32. Following a drawn our series of updates and improvements, the Contractor’s SSEMP for the “Moscow Forest” section (between km 39+000 to km 40+000) was finally approved by the ADB on the 26th November 2014, with the condition that a comment/response matrix be submitted in the near future. This was submitted by ARS to the ADB on the 12 th November 2014.

33. Immediately after the approval of the SSEMP, the Contractor was instructed to commence preparation for work in the Moscow Forest area. A letter4 was also sent to the Contractor highlighting the mitigation measures that need to be completed prior to work commencing.

34. The majority, if not all, of the site clearance and mitigation works in the Moscow Forest area are expected to be carried out during the next reporting period, and the Engineer will be working closely with the Contractor to ensure that all work in this sensitive area is carried out strictly in accordance with the specific SSEMP that has been developed. This will include preparation work such as gaining approvals for the forest clearance, training all workers on the SSEMP and its provisions, and consulting with local residents.

Section C

35. Over the past six months the Section C Contractor has completed mobilisation and begun work on the alignment. The work carried out to date is largely site clearance, some earthworks, and work on culverts and bridges.

36. The work on the alignment is generally being carried out in accordance with the SSEMP, with only a handful of minor non-compliances observed (see Part D below). Health and Safety practices, whilst not ideal, are notably better on Section C than on the other sections.

37. The Contractor’s “office camp” (in Burjali village) is generally very well managed. The camp area is clean and tidy, accommodation is of a good standard, and the welding area is well equipped. Health and safety standards are also good. Despite the generally good standard of management, a couple of minor non-compliances have been observed over the past six months.

4 See letter NK474

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In each case, the issues have been addressed by the Contractor following instructions from the Engineer.

38. At the Contractor’s “plant camp” (at km 33+000 / Yuxari Nuvadi village), the facilities are of a good standard in general, however numerous non-compliances were observed during the reporting period (see Part D below for further information). As with the “office camp”, the Contractor generally resolved any problems raised by the Engineer within an acceptable timeframe.

39. There have been no accidents during the reporting period involving the public or workers.

B. Documents

Section B

40. As noted above, the SSEMP for the “Moscow Forest” area was recently approved. Applicable SSEMPs are therefore in place for the entirely of Section B.

41. Quarterly Environmental Reports were submitted as required during the past six months, and were completed to a satisfactory level of quality.

42. During a September audit by the Engineer, it was noted that although weekly site inspections were being carried out and recorded via the audit checklists, those checklists were not being signed by the EPM and the DSC's representative. Despite a follow up letter to remind the Contractor of this requirement, inspection of paperwork during a November audit showed that the checklists were still not being signed. Worse, the inspection found that the EPM had failed to carry out the required audits/checklists on at least four occasions over the past few months. This means that instead of an improvement since the last audit, there has been a significant failure in the environmental management on the project. The EPM had no valid excuse for this failure; it was claimed that as he was always on site dealing with issues that the checklist was not necessary. The EPM was berated for this lazy attitude and reminded that the weekly audits, checklists, and corresponding action are perhaps the most important of his responsibilities. A follow up letter5 was sent to the Contractor demanding the following procedure:

 Every week, the EPM shall inform the Engineer in advance of when he intends to make his site audit.

 The Engineer shall provide a staff member to accompany the EPM on his site audit.

 Both the EPM and the Engineer's representative shall sign the audit checklist upon finishing the audit.

 The EPM shall submit to the Engineer a copy of the audit checklist on a weekly basis; not later than 48 hrs after the audit took place.

Section C

43. Site checklists are being regularly completed by the Section C EPM; an example checklist is provided in Appendix 2. The second and third Quarterly Environmental Reports were submitted during the present reporting period, and these were prepared to a good standard.

5 See letter NK461

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44. The Contractor is required to submit a written inventory, illustrated with photographs, of the condition of all roads, agricultural land and other infrastructure that is likely to be affected by the construction of the Works. This activity has still not been completed, despite numerous verbal and official reminders from the Engineer. As the Contractor’s mobilization is now complete, and possession of most working areas have been granted, it is surely now too late for this exercise to have any meaningful results. This is very disappointing as the requirement for this survey was added to the specification for Section C as a result of lessons learned on the other sections.

C. Inspections and Audits

45. The ADB's project team have visited the site numerous times in the past six months, including a visit by the ADM mission at the end of November 2014.

46. The Section B contractor’s EPM conducts ad hoc site visits on a daily basis, with a full audit of all sites once a week.

47. The Engineer’s Environmental Specialist has made two visits to all construction sites during the reporting period; on the 5th-13th September, and the 11th -21st November.

48. The Executing Agency has made a number of ad hoc visits to site as required.

D. Non-Compliance and Corrective Actions

Section B

49. The Contractor has greatly advanced the construction works on site over the past six months, and has done so within the bounds of the SSEMP; all works on the alignment were compliant, and the site was clean, tidy, and well maintained. Culverts and other working areas were clearly demarcated with warning barriers. The location of the section B borrow pit is far from ideal from the environmental perspective, but was being well operated during audits.

50. The situation on the Contractor’s camp was less impressive. In a September audit, the Engineer noted that numerous non-compliances that had already been raised with the Contractor remained unaddressed, as follows:

 Vehicles were being maintained outside the workshop area, causing significant oil spills and, therefore, environmental contamination;

 The sedimentation tank at the concrete plant had been improved since the previous notice of non-compliance, however it remained in poor condition, and was in need of emptying;

 The plant area was still unfenced;

 Drums of oil and other chemicals were for a third time observed stored at various locations on site outside the designated bunded area;

 The majority of trucks were observed to be carrying material without tarpaulins to prevent spillage and dust generation; and

 Empty oil drums and other metal waste generated by the workshops and welding area were present in significant quantities about the camp.

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51. In addition to the above list of recurring issues, a number of new problems were observed:

 A large pile of concrete plasticiser tanks and used oil drums was present alongside the drainage ditch adjacent to the vehicle washing station (see Figure 1);

 The vehicle washing station waste water tank appeared to be silted up and in need of emptying;

 A number of makeshift receptacles were observed holding used oil around the site;

 The septic tank at the NE corner of the camp was overflowing into the adjacent ditch, and a small pipe in the same area was discharging sewage into the same ditch (see Figure 1); and

 The four large bitumen tanks at the asphalt plant were not bunded.

Figure 1: Section B: Overflowing septic tank (L) and non-compliant chemical storage (R) taken in September 2014

52. During a November audit, most of the above issues had been remedied:

 The bitumen tanks at the asphalt plant were fully bunded (see Figure 2);

 No vehicles were being maintained outside the workshop area, and there was no evidence of oil spills from recent maintenance;

 The sedimentation tank at the concrete plant was operational and had been emptied recently;

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 Empty oil drums and other metal waste generated by the workshops and welding area had been removed;

 The large pile of concrete plasticiser tanks and used oil drums that was present alongside the drainage ditch adjacent to the vehicle washing station had been removed (see Figure 2);

 The vehicle washing station, whilst not ideal, has been improved;

 No makeshift receptacles were observed holding used oil around the site as they were previously; and

 The sewage discharge at the NE corner of the camp has now been directed to a septic tank, and the whole area has been gravelled (see Figure 3).

Figure 2: New bunding at the Section B Asphalt Plant

Figure 3: Section B: Improved arrangements by November 2014 at the NE corner of the camp (L) and area in which non-compliant chemical storage has been addressed (R)

53. Despite the above progress, a small number of new or outstanding issues and non- compliances were observed during the November site inspection, as follows:

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 The plant area was still not entirely fenced;

 Although drums of oil were not casually stored around the site any more, there was a number of oil drums and chemical containers stored under a tarpaulin adjacent to the proper oil storage area (see Figure 4). Unlike during previous visits, this is not thought to be due to negligence, but rather due to a lack of sufficient capacity in the oil storage area, which will need extending;

 The septic tank at the NE corner of the camp was no longer overflowing into the adjacent ditch, but remains in a poor condition, and is clearly too small. The Contractor stated that it is already planning to install a large new tank to replace the current one; and

 Public roads used by the Contractor for access to camp and site have deteriorated since the previous visit. Examples of unacceptable road deterioration include; at the entrance to the camp, on the diversion by the camp, on the road between the camp and the Lerik highway (see Figure 4), and on the access road to Bridge 8.

54. The above issues were discussed with the EPM, and follow-up letters6 requesting action were also sent. Photographic evidence of resolution of the majority of the above issues has now been provided.

Figure 4: Section B: Recurrent non-compliant oil storage (L) and public road used for access that requires repair (R)

55. During the past six months, the Contractor’s EPM has clearly been working hard dealing with non-compliances, however it is obvious from the above lists that a pattern is emerging; during every audit by the Engineer, many of the non-compliances previously noted are dealt with at the specific location that they previously occurred. However, the audits usually find several non-compliances unaddressed or recurring elsewhere, as well as several new non-compliances. This is thought to be largely a result of short-sightedness of the EPM, coupled with the lack of recent comprehensive internal audits and checklists (as noted in Part C above).

56. The EPM was berated at the end of the present reporting period, to highlight the importance of carrying out comprehensive internal audits, and the importance of addressing problems raised by the checklists rather than solely addressing non-compliance notices that result from the Engineer’s audits. It is expected that the number of non-compliances will continue to decline over the next six months.

6 See letters NK408, NK409 & NK462

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Table 3: Instructions to Section B Contractor During the last Six Months

No Date Description of Instruction 1 21/07/2014 Letter No NK327 Letter from the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources 2 15/08/2014 Letter No NK357 Letter from the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources 3 14/09/2014 Letter No NK395 Gross Negligence regarding Dust Control 4 19/09/2014 Letter No NK401 Environmental Audit Checklists 5 21/09/2014 Letter No NK408 New Environmental Management Issues 6 22/09/2014 Letter No NK409 Recurring Environmental Management Issues 7 19/11/2014 Letter No NK461 Environmental Audit Checklists 8 19/11/2014 Letter No NK462 Eiroetal Maageet İssues 9 28/11/2014 Letter No NK474 Eiroetal Maageet ad Workig i Mosco Forest

Section C

57. During the present reporting period the Section C Contractor completed mobilisation and began initial works on the road alignment. It was therefore possible to carry out full audits of the Contractor’s camps, working areas and borrow pits during the last six months.

58. At the plant area (adjacent to the Section B working area at km 33+000) the crusher plant is well designed and installed such that production of noise and dust are minimised. Staff working at the crusher plant were all wearing PPE. The concrete batching plant was similarly well designed and constructed. It is a new and modern facility, with excellent drainage and cleaning arrangements. Dust is minimised by a covered conveyor system, and noise is also minimal. The vehicle washing area, oil change station and workshops are also well designed and installed, and were largely in good working condition when inspected.

59. However, during a September audit by the Engineer, the following non-compliances were observed elsewhere on the plant area:

 Vehicles were being maintained outside the workshop area (see Figure 5). This was odd as the workshop itself was empty. Enquiries determined that the vehicles being maintained outside belonged to a subcontractor. It was explained that the SSEMP applies to all subcontractors, and that their vehicles must be maintained in the designated area;

 Drums of oil were observed stored outside the designated bunded area;

 The entrance to the camp needed improvement to security and wheel washing arrangements;

 The fuel fill area required a concrete floor; and

 The plant area was unfenced.

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Figure 5: Section C: Non-compliant vehicle maintenance at Section C plant area in September 2014 (L) and the same location in November 2014 (R)

60. Out on the working areas of the road alignment there were also several non-compliances, as follows:

 There was insufficient damping of the access road leading to the Section C works, resulting in high levels of dust in proximity to residences;

 Evidence of washing out of concrete was present at Bridge no. 2;

 The contractor team at Bridge no. 2 were not adhering to the Solid Waste Management Plan; and

 Insufficient shade/shelter was present for the contractor staff working in the hot sun at culvert installation sites.

61. A follow-up audit in November determined that the majority of the above non-compliances had been satisfactorily addressed (see Figures 5 & 6 for examples), although several issues remained, as follows:

 Despite the removal of the temporary vehicle service area as described above, vehicles were still being maintained outside the workshop area. This was due to the workshop being full;

 Although the oil change area is clean and has compliant facilities for disposal of spent oil, the new oil drums being used for dispensing are not in a compliant bund (see Figure 6);

 The wheel washer was mostly filled with mud and contained insufficient water to be effective; and

 The plant area fencing has been extended since the previous visit, but is still incomplete.

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Figure 6: Section C: New security arrangements at the plant area entrance (L) and oil fill area that requires bunding (R)

Table 4: Instructions to Section C Contractor During the last Six Months

No Date Description of Instruction 1 03/09/2014 Letter No. NK148 Site Specific Environmental Management Plan 2 16/09/2014 Letter No NK179 Replacement of Environmentalist for Section C 3 18/09/2014 Letter No NK183 Environmental Audit checklists 4 22/09/2014 Letter No NK196 Failure to Carry out Pre-construction Audit 5 20/11/2014 Letter No NK259 Environmental management issues 6 20/11/2014 Letter No NK260 Failure to Carry out Pre-construction Audit

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E. Consultations and Complaints

Section B

62. During the present reporting period public consultations were held on the following dates at the Contractor Camp (transport and refreshments provided by the Contractor). The Executive and Municipal Authorities also attended, as did the Engineer.

 4th July 2014: Haftoni, Laj and Yuxari Nuvadi villages

 9th August 2014: Haftoni, Laj and Saglakuce villages.

 9th October 2014: Haftoni, Laj and Yuxari Nuvadi villages.

 24th November: Kargalan, Saglakuce and Sapnakaran villages

63. The list of participants is provided in Appendix 3, and photos of one of the meetings are shown in Figure 7.

64. During each meeting the EPM delivered a presentation, which focussed on three main subjects:

 The construction process and schedule;

 HIV awareness; and

 The Grievance Redress Mechanism.

65. Following the presentation, attendees were then given an opportunity to make comments or ask questions.

66. Various questions were asked during the meetings, mainly relating to the GRM and employment, however one request was raised during the 4th July meeting, and one grievance each during the 9th October and 24th November meetings:

 A request was made for assistance in clearing the rainwater drainage channels in Laj village. The Contractor responded that the all attempts would be made to assist the village (the request was indeed carried out following the meeting).

 A grievance was lodged regarding the poor state of the access road near Bridge no. 3. The Contractor responded that the Acting Project Manager is aware of the issue and that it will be solved once the weather allows.

 A grievance was lodged regarding the poor state of the access road near Bridge no. 4. The Contractor responded that the Acting Project Manager is aware of the issue and that it will be solved once the weather allows.

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Figure 7: Public Consultation at the Section B camp

67. A summary of all grievances to date and how they were resolved is provided in Table 5 below.

Section C

68. During the present reporting period public consultations were held on the 24th September, 28th October, and the 28th November at the Contractor Camp (transport and refreshments provided by the Contractor). Attendees to the first two meetings included residents from Yuxari Nuvadi, Burjali, Hirkan, Shiakaran and Gulyatan villages, as well as the Executive and Municipal Authorities and the Engineer. The November meeting focussed only on Shiakaran village. The list of participants is provided in Appendix 3, and photos of one of the meetings are shown in Figure 8.

69. During each meeting the EPM delivered a presentation, which focussed on three main subjects:

 The construction process and schedule;

 HIV awareness; and

 The Grievance Redress Mechanism.

70. Following the presentation, attendees were then given an opportunity to make comments or ask questions, however, other than provision of positive comments about the impact that the finished project will have, none of the attendees raised any questions during the first two meetings. In the November meeting there were only two questions, relating to clarifications on the GRM, and relating to the availability of jobs.

71. Two grievances were received relating to Section C during the present reporting period.

 During the site clearance the contractor was interrupted by a land owner between Ch. 60+950 ~ 61+400. They claimed that they had not been reimbursed for all of his land.

 During a visit by the Engineer’s Social Specialist in September 2014, a grievance was lodged regarding night time noise from the crushing plant. It was suspected that the grievance was possibly “for show” to try and obtain compensation, however the operators

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of the crusher plant were nevertheless reminded that night time operation of the plant is not permitted.

Figure 8: Public Consultation at the Section C camp

72. A summary of all grievances to date and how they were resolved is provided in Table 6 below.

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Table 5: Grievance Register – Section B

Date How grievance Description of the Contact No Tranche Location Plaintiff Notes, undertaken actions Status Received was received issues/complaints details

Contractor appointed the During the delivery of water truck on that roads and Haftoni From local materials construction the local roads had been 1 Section B 15.08.2013 Rovshen Zeynalov 050-546-86-20 Solved settlement Municipality vehicles caused dust on local watered by sprinkler truck on roads July, August and during dry weather periods every hour Contractor had been Request was accepted and a requested for recruited Haftoni From local 15 workers recruited from 2 Section B 26.08.2013 Rovshen Zeynalov workers from close 050-546-86-20 Solved settlement Municipality close communities communities

From local Contractor was requested to Request was accepted and 3 Section B Laj Village 04.07.2014 Executive Cefer Bayramov excavate the village channel 070-203-94-69 the Laj village channel Solved Representative for rain water excavated for rain water

From local Village access road near the Village access road near the 4 Section B Laj Village 09.10.2014 Executive Cefer Bayramov 070-203-94-69 Solved Bridge No 3 is destroyed Bridge No 3 is repaired Representative

Kargalan Village access road near the 5 Section B 24.11.2014 In meeting Vaqif Aliyev TBC Under process Pending village Bridge No 4 is destroyed

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Table 6: Grievance Register – Section C

Date How grievance Description of the Contact No Tranche Location Plaintiff Notes, undertaken actions Status Received was received issues/complaints details

During the site clearance the contractor was Between Contractor interrupted by a land Contractor has informed km waiting for Directly from owner between Ch. 60+950 Engineer by its official 1 Section C 21.07.2014 Names unknown Unknown answer 60+950 & landowners ~ 61+400. They claimed letter MASAC-107/14 from 61+400 that they had not been dated 22 July 2014 Engineer reimbursed for all of his land Yuxari During the installation of Contractor has been From local Crushing plant there was a reminded about night time 2 Section C Nuvadi 10.09.2014 Names unknown Unknown Solved Municipality noise at night time at Plant working restrictions village Yard

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F. Emerging Issues

73. No emerging issues are reported.

G. Conclusions

74. The last six months have been a very busy period for Sections B and C, and there has been a lot of engineering work completed. In parallel, both contractors have worked hard to address physical non-compliances that have been drawn to their attention.

75. General compliance, particularly at construction sites, has been acceptable, however both contractors have been a little short-sighted and reactionary in their approach to environmental management; the focus has been solely on correcting the problems raised rather than trying to prevent future problems.

76. Document-level compliance is now good for Section C, with the exception of the pre- construction audit records, which are yet to be submitted. The Section B Contractor has restored compliance in many areas, but still has some work to do to eliminate the regular minor compliances that are observed during site inspections. The EPM in particular must remain focussed on his key task of carrying out site audits (and completing corresponding checklists).

77. Completion of the “Moscow Forest” SSEMP has been an unexpected challenge, but the issue has now been resolved, and the document is expected to be approved by the ADB in the very near future. This will in turn allow work in the “Moscow Forest” to commence.

78. Public consultations were recognised as a weak point in the previous Biannual Report, and as a result there has been some improvement in the consultation process over the past six months; meeting frequency has been significantly increased on Sections B and C from once every six months to once a month, the contractors have been more proactive in encouraging attendance (for example by providing transport and refreshments), and record-keeping has also improved. Despite these achievements, further effort is needed with the consultations, in particular with record-keeping.

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IV. APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Environmental Monitoring Results

Section B

Water Quality

1) Pre-Construction Monitoring

Lakar 1 River Lakar 2 River Ogru River Gamishli River Determinand Unit Limit Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream pH 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.7 6.0-9.0 Electrical conductivity X103 0.204 0.205 0.203 0.204 0.204 0.204 0.206 0.207 - cm/cm Limpidity Cm 24.0 25.0 24.0 24.0 24.0 25.0 25.0 25.4 <30 Turbidity mg/l 26.3 26.4 26.7 25.5 25.5 25.7 24.9 24.9 <30

Dissolved O2 mg/l 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.6-6.0 BOD mg/l 1,6 1,6 1,9 1,9 2,8 2,7 2,7 2,9 3 Total roughness mqekv/l 4.13 4.15 4.18 4.22 4.56 4.59 4.60 5.15 7.0 Calcium ion Ca2+ mg/l 114.0 115.0 128.0 128.0 108.0 109.0 106.0 105.9 180.0 Magnesium ion Mg2+ mg/l 10.2 10.3 11.9 11.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 200.0 Chloride ion Cl- mg/l 145.2 146.1 148.7 148.8 138.5 139.3 137.8 138.2 350.0 2- Sulphate SO4 mg/l 266.3 261.6 269.9 269.9 178.4 178.5 177.9 177.9 500.0 - Bicarbonate ion, HCO3 mg/l 229.4 229.7 231.9 231.9 182.6 183.4 182.5 182.8 - Na++K+ ions mg/l 157.9 158.6 159.7 159.8 144.9 144.9 144.7 144.9 - Su of ios,∑ 1 mg/l 932.7 933.4 934.3 935.5 743.4 743.2 745.3 745.8 1000.0 Ammonium ion, NH4+ mg/l 0.336 0.337 0.337 0.338 0.231 0.231 0.240 0.242 0.39 Nitrite ion, NO2- mg/l 0.007 0.008 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.008 0.005 0.006 0.02 Nitrate ion, NO3- mg/l 3.22 3.24 3.20 3.23 2.52 2.53 2.34 2.40 9.0 Oil & grease mg/l 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.002 0.05 Faecal coliform per 100 <2.0x105 <2.0x105 <2.0x105 <2.0x105 <2.0x105 <2.0x105 <2.0x105 <2.0x105 <2.0 ml TSS mg/l 0.226 0.226 0.228 0.229 0.110 0.113 0.114 0.117 SSAM mg/l 0.028 0.029 0.033 0.033 0.020 0.025 0.025 0.026 0.1 Phenol mg/l 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.0002 0.0003 0.0004 0.001

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2) July 2014

Lakar 1 River Lakar 2 River Ogru River Gamishli River Determinand Unit Limit Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream pH 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.3 7.3 6.0-9.0 Electrical conductivity X103 0.202 0.201 0.201 0.202 0.200 0.201 0.212 0.213 - cm/cm Limpidity cm 21.0 22.0 23.1 23.4 20.0 20.2 24.4 24.5 <30 Turbidity mg/l 23.3 23.3 24.5 24.6 23.3 23.2 24.9 24.2 <30

Dissolved O2 mg/l 3.8 3.2 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.6-6.0 BOD mg/l 1,7 1,7 1,9 1,9 2,2 2,3 2,1 2,3 3 Total roughness mqekv/l 4.19 4.20 4.24 4.26 4.52 4.53 4.54 4.57 7.0 Calcium ion Ca2+ mg/l 118.2 118.1 126.1 126.3 110.5 110.5 107.2 107.4 180.0 Magnesium ion Mg2+ mg/l 10.3 10.3 10.4 10.4 9.9 9.8 9.9 9.8 200.0 Chloride ion Cl- mg/l 145.0 146.1 149.8 148.8 138.2 139.3 138.0 138.3 350.0 2- Sulphate SO4 mg/l 267.1 267.3 269.7 269.2 179.6 180.0 176.1 176.2 500.0 - Bicarbonate ion, HCO3 mg/l 229.2 229.0 231.4 232.1 181.4 182.5 182.0 182.5 - Na++K+ ions mg/l 158.1 158.4 159.9 159.9 145.2 145.3 145.6 145.8 - Su of ios,∑ 1 mg/l 932.6 932.5 934.0 934.0 742.4 742.6 746.4 746.5 1000.0 Ammonium ion, NH4+ mg/l 0.336 0.336 0.338 0.338 0.236 0.236 0.238 0.240 0.39 Nitrite ion, NO2- mg/l 0.005 0.006 0.007 0.007 0.008 0.008 0.006 0.006 0.02 Nitrate ion, NO3- mg/l 3.22 3.22 3.22 3.23 2.42 2.43 2.39 2.39 9.0 Phosphate Oil & grease mg/l 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.003 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.05 Faecal coliform per 100 910 912 950 950 921 925 945 950 1000 ml TSS mg/l 0.223 0.222 0.223 0.224 0.120 0.120 0.126 0.126 SSAM mg/l 0.028 0.027 0.032 0.033 0.024 0.023 0.022 0.023 0.1 Phenol mg/l 0.0002 0.0002 0.001 0.001 0.0002 0.0002 0.0001 0.0002 0.001

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3) August 2014

Lakar 1 River Lakar 2 River Ogru River Gamishli River Determinand Unit Limit Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream pH 7.7 7.7 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.6 6.0-9.0 Electrical conductivity X103 0.208 0.208 0.206 0.206 0.208 0.206 0.206 0.206 - cm/cm Limpidity cm 25.0 25.0 25.0 24.0 22.0 21.0 26.0 25.3 <30 Turbidity mg/l 26.4 26.7 25.1 25.9 23.3 23.1 23.2 24.9 <30

Dissolved O2 mg/l 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.1 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6-6.0 BOD mg/l 1,6 1,6 1,9 1,9 2,5 2,5 2,7 2,8 3 Total roughness mqekv/l 4.20 4.19 4.18 4.20 4.50 4.59 4.62 5.10 7.0 Calcium ion Ca2+ mg/l 116.0 116.0 129.0 128.0 108.0 107.0 106.0 105.8 180.0 Magnesium ion Mg2+ mg/l 10.1 10.3 11.8 11.8 9.4 9.7 9.7 9.8 200.0 Chloride ion Cl- mg/l 145.4 146.3 149.1 148.9 138.2 139.1 137.9 138.0 350.0 2- Sulphate SO4 mg/l 266.8 261.8 270.1 269.9 179.0 178.7 177.9 177.9 500.0 - Bicarbonate ion, HCO3 mg/l 229.9 229.9 232.9 231.9 182.8 183.1 182.8 182.5 - Na++K+ ions mg/l 158.1 158.5 159.9 159.8 145.0 144.9 145.2 144.8 - Su of ios,∑ 1 mg/l 933.2 933.6 935.2 935.9 743.7 743.1 745.4 745.6 1000.0 Ammonium ion, NH4+ mg/l 0.337 0.338 0.340 0.339 0.235 0.231 0.239 0.240 0.39 Nitrite ion, NO2- mg/l 0.008 0.008 0.006 0.007 0.007 0.008 0.006 0.006 0.02 Nitrate ion, NO3- mg/l 3.22 3.22 3.24 3.25 2.57 2.53 2.41 2.39 9.0 Phosphate Oil & grease mg/l 0.003 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.004 0.004 0.05 Faecal coliform per 100 834 837 910 912 890 892 867 870 <2.0 ml TSS mg/l 0.225 0.225 0.227 0.228 0.201 0.204 0.214 0.214 SSAM mg/l 0.030 0.030 0.033 0.032 0.020 0.024 0.023 0.023 0.1 Phenol mg/l 0.0002 0.0002 0.001 0.001 0.0003 0.0003 0.0002 0.0002 0.001

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4) September 2014

Lakar 1 River Lakar 2 River Ogru River Gamishli River Determinand Unit Limit Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream pH 7.6 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.4 7.5 6.0-9.0 Electrical conductivity X103 0.201 0.203 0.200 0.203 0.209 0.210 0.205 0.208 - cm/cm Limpidity cm 24.1 25.4 23.6 24.7 23.4 23.6 25.1 25.5 <30 Turbidity mg/l 24.4 25.0 25.5 25.9 23.7 23.8 22.7 23.4 <30

Dissolved O2 mg/l 4.3 4.7 4.2 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.6-6.0 BOD mg/l 1,7 1,6 1,8 1,9 2,4 2,6 2,8 2,8 3 Total roughness mqekv/l 4.21 4.23 4.19 4.21 4.50 4.52 4.60 5.64 7.0 Calcium ion Ca2+ mg/l 116.1 116.3 129.3 128.4 108.1 108.3 106.3 105.7 180.0 Magnesium ion Mg2+ mg/l 10.3 10.5 11.7 11.6 8.5 8.7 8.7 8.8 200.0 Chloride ion Cl- mg/l 145.1 145.6 148.4 149.0 139.3 139.4 138.3 138.6 350.0 2- Sulphate SO4 mg/l 266.1 267.4 270.3 271.2 178.4 178.2 178.1 177.5 500.0 - Bicarbonate ion, HCO3 mg/l 229.1 229.3 232.5 231.7 182.6 183.3 182.5 182.7 - Na++K+ ions mg/l 158.3 158.7 159.0 159.4 145.5 144.6 145.9 144.6 - Su of ios,∑ 1 mg/l 934.6 935.1 935.4 935.2 743.5 743.8 746.1 745.9 1000.0 Ammonium ion, NH4+ mg/l 0.338 0.338 0.339 0.339 0.235 0.236 0.237 0.238 0.39 Nitrite ion, NO2- mg/l 0.007 0.007 0.006 0.007 0.006 0.007 0.005 0.005 0.02 Nitrate ion, NO3- mg/l 3.26 3.27 3.25 3.27 2.53 2.52 2.44 2.42 9.0 Phosphate Oil & grease mg/l 0.002 0.002 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.05 Faecal coliform per 100 843 845 900 905 892 894 867 867 <2.0 ml TSS mg/l 0.226 0.225 0.225 0.226 0.203 0.204 0.217 0.219 SSAM mg/l 0.032 0.033 0.030 0.031 0.025 0.025 0.024 0.024 0.1 Phenol mg/l 0.0002 0.0001 0.001 0.001 0.0002 0.0003 0.0002 0.0002 0.001

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5) October 2014

Lakar 1 River Lakar 2 River Ogru River Gamishli River Determinand Unit Limit Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream pH 7.8 7.7 7.2 7.2 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.3 6.0-9.0 Electrical conductivity X103 0.200 0.201 0.217 0.217 0.220 0.221 0.210 0.208 - cm/cm Limpidity cm 26.0 25.0 25.0 25.6 23.0 23.0 22.0 23.6 <30 Turbidity mg/l 27.6 27.9 24.6 24.3 25.3 25.5 22.4 22.9 <30

Dissolved O2 mg/l 4.8 4.8 5.9 5.7 4.7 4.8 5.4 5.7 4.6-6.0 BOD mg/l 2,2 1,9 2 1,9 2,1 2,3 2,2 2,4 3 Total roughness mqekv/l 5.13 5.17 4.60 4.58 4.54 4.54 4.45 5.05 7.0 Calcium ion Ca2+ mg/l 123.0 123.3 103.0 103.2 106.0 106.7 96.0 99.1 180.0 Magnesium ion Mg2+ mg/l 11.2 11.7 7.8 7.8 9.2 9.5 8.8 9.3 200.0 Chloride ion Cl- mg/l 155.4 155.9 133.5 133.7 134.2 134.5 124.7 127.3 350.0 2- Sulphate SO4 mg/l 263.7 267.0 173.5 178.9 196.3 197.0 186.8 187.2 500.0 - Bicarbonate ion, HCO3 mg/l 229.5 229.4 182.2 183.6 213.3 213.9 193.5 193.7 - Na++K+ ions mg/l 168.2 168.1 142.3 142.7 152.5 150.8 139.4 140.2 - Sum of ios,∑ 1 mg/l 932.3 932.9 743.5 743.4 816.4 818.1 749.6 749.9 1000.0 Ammonium ion, NH4+ mg/l 0.337 0.338 0.227 0.228 0.169 0.170 0.243 0.244 0.39 Nitrite ion, NO2- mg/l 0.006 0.006 0.007 0.008 0.002 0.002 0.004 0.006 0.02 Nitrate ion, NO3- mg/l 3.13 3.15 2.37 2.40 2.59 2.58 2.26 2.33 9.0 Phosphate Oil & grease mg/l 0.002 0.002 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.003 0.004 0.05 Faecal coliform per 100 840 842 890 890 886 890 860 863 <2.0 ml TSS mg/l 0.229 0.229 0.230 0.230 0.116 0.115 0.123 0.122 SSAM mg/l 0.028 0.028 0.035 0.034 0.023 0.023 0.025 0.024 0.1 Phenol mg/l 0.0001 0.0001 0.001 0.001 0.0001 0.0002 0.0002 0.0003 0.001

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6) November 2014

Lakar 1 River Lakar 2 River Ogru River Gamishli River Determinand Unit Limit Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream pH 7.5 7.6 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.3 6.0-9.0 Electrical conductivity X103 0.198 0.200 0.219 0.220 0.224 0.223 0.212 0.203 - cm/cm Limpidity cm 27.0 27.4 25.0 25.8 23.0 23.0 22.2 23.8 <30 Turbidity mg/l 28.3 28.7 25.1 25.7 25.3 25.3 22.7 23.1 <30

Dissolved O2 mg/l 4.9 4.8 5.4 5.6 4.7 4.9 5.6 5.8 4.6-6.0 BOD mg/l 2,4 2,1 2,0 2,0 2,4 2,1 2,2 2,4 3 Total roughness mqekv/l 5.19 5.20 4.66 4.65 4.58 4.59 4.47 5.07 7.0 Calcium ion Ca2+ mg/l 123.5 123.8 103.6 103.3 106.2 106.2 96.4 99.6 180.0 Magnesium ion Mg2+ mg/l 11.8 11.9 7.9 7.9 9.4 9.6 8.9 9.0 200.0 Chloride ion Cl- mg/l 156.0 155.9 133.7 133.9 134.7 134.9 125.7 126.1 350.0 2- Sulphate SO4 mg/l 263.8 267.6 173.7 178.8 196.4 197.1 187.0 187.2 500.0 - Bicarbonate ion, HCO3 mg/l 229.7 229.6 182.1 183.5 213.7 213.8 194.3 194.7 - Na++K+ ions mg/l 168.2 168.1 146.3 146.7 152.6 150.7 139.6 140.0 - Sum of ios,∑ 1 mg/l 932.4 932.8 743.8 743.9 816.6 818.6 749.0 749.5 1000.0 Ammonium ion, NH4+ mg/l 0.339 0.338 0.228 0.228 0.170 0.173 0.246 0.248 0.39 Nitrite ion, NO2- mg/l 0.007 0.006 0.006 0.007 0.002 0.003 0.004 0.005 0.02 Nitrate ion, NO3- mg/l 3.19 3.20 2.38 2.43 2.45 2.47 2.27 2.29 9.0 Phosphate Oil & grease mg/l 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.003 0.004 0.05 Faecal coliform per 100 835 838 876 881 880 883 854 858 <2.0 ml TSS mg/l 0.222 0.224 0.233 0.232 0.120 0.121 0.125 0.126 SSAM mg/l 0.024 0.026 0.037 0.039 0.025 0.025 0.024 0.023 0.1 Phenol mg/l 0.0001 0.0001 0.001 0.001 0.0002 0.0001 0.0002 0.0002 0.001

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7) December 2014

Lakar 1 River Lakar 2 River Ogru River Gamishli River Determinand Unit Limit Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream pH 7.5 7.5 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 6.0-9.0 Electrical conductivity X103 0.190 0.192 0.224 0.225 0.221 0.226 0.219 0.220 - cm/cm Limpidity cm 27.3 28.1 25.3 25.5 23.5 23.7 22.7 23.5 <30 Turbidity mg/l 28.7 28.9 25.6 25.9 26.2 27.3 22.7 23.8 <30

Dissolved O2 mg/l 4.3 4.5 5.6 5.7 4.8 4.9 5.7 5.9 4.6-6.0 BOD mg/l 2,7 2,6 2,0 2,0 2,4 2,7 2,7 2,5 3 Total roughness mqekv/l 5.23 5.24 4.68 4.67 4.56 4.59 4.49 5.09 7.0 Calcium ion Ca2+ mg/l 123.2 123.5 103.7 103.8 106.6 106.7 96.0 99.1 180.0 Magnesium ion Mg2+ mg/l 11.9 11.9 7.5 7.8 9.7 9.6 9.0 9.0 200.0 Chloride ion Cl- mg/l 156.0 156.6 133.3 133.6 134.8 135.3 125.9 126.6 350.0 2- Sulphate SO4 mg/l 263.9 266.3 173.8 174.9 196.6 197.0 187.7 187.1 500.0 - Bicarbonate ion, HCO3 mg/l 229.9 229.6 182.3 183.7 213.9 214.4 194.6 194.9 - Na++K+ ions mg/l 168.5 168.8 146.7 146.8 152.7 151.3 139.6 138.1 - Sum of ios,∑ 1 mg/l 933.1 933.6 743.9 743.9 817.7 818.9 749.4 749.6 1000.0 Ammonium ion, NH4+ mg/l 0.337 0.337 0.229 0.228 0.172 0.174 0.249 0.250 0.39 Nitrite ion, NO2- mg/l 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.006 0.003 0.003 0.004 0.005 0.02 Nitrate ion, NO3- mg/l 3.23 3.24 2.41 2.44 2.48 2.47 2.31 2.29 9.0 Phosphate Oil & grease mg/l 0.001 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.002 0.003 0.05 Faecal coliform per 100 830 832 870 878 882 889 850 859 <2.0 ml TSS mg/l 0.221 0.220 0.230 0.231 0.122 0.123 0.120 0.121 SSAM mg/l 0.020 0.022 0.030 0.034 0.022 0.024 0.026 0.027 0.1 Phenol mg/l 0.0002 0.0001 0.001 0.001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0002 0.001

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Air Quality

1) Pre-Construction Monitoring

Monitoring locations Determinand Concentration Allowed concentration Contractor Camp Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.063 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 1 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.060 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 2 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.062 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 3 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.063 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 4 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.055 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sapnakaran village Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.063 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Yuxari Nuvadi village Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.062 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Mamusta village Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.060 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Lenkaran Borrow Pit Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.073 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Sovu Borrow Pit Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.075 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5

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2) July 2014

Monitoring locations Determinand Concentration Allowed concentration Contractor Camp Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.055 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Sensitive Receptor 1 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.050 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 2 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.052 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 3 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.054 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 4 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.056 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sapnakaran village Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.057 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Yuxari Nuvadi village Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.065 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Mamusta village Dust 0.1 0.5

NO2 0.036 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Lenkaran Borrow Pit Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.075 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sovu Borrow Pit Dust 0.1 0.5

NO2 0.043 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5

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3) August 2014

Monitoring locations Determinand Concentration Allowed concentration Contractor Camp Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.060 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Sensitive Receptor 1 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.062 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 2 Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.066 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 3 Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.063 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 4 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.060 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sapnakaran village Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.057 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Yuxari Nuvadi village Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.070 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Mamusta village Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.079 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Lenkaran Borrow Pit Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.060 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Sovu Borrow Pit Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.062 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5

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4) September 2014

Monitoring locations Determinand Concentration Allowed concentration Contractor Camp Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.067 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Sensitive Receptor 1 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.065 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Sensitive Receptor 2 Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.069 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Sensitive Receptor 3 Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.070 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Sensitive Receptor 4 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.065 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sapnakaran village Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.060 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Yuxari Nuvadi village Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.078 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Mamusta village Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.082 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Lenkaran Borrow Pit Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.067 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Sovu Borrow Pit Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.065 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5

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5) October 2014

Monitoring locations Determinand Concentration Allowed concentration Contractor Camp Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.060 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 1 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.058 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 2 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.056 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 3 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.063 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Sensitive Receptor 4 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.060 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sapnakaran village Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.070 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Yuxari Nuvadi village Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.077 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Mamusta village Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.080 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Lenkaran Borrow Pit Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.060 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sovu Borrow Pit Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.058 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5

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6) November 2014

Monitoring locations Determinand Concentration Allowed concentration Contractor Camp Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.055 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 1 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.052 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 2 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.049 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 3 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.058 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 4 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.055 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sapnakaran village Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.065 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Yuxari Nuvadi village Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.070 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5

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7) December 2014

Monitoring locations Determinand Concentration Allowed concentration Contractor Camp Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.040 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 1 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.038 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 2 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.039 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 3 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.046 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 4 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.046 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sapnakaran village Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.050 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Yuxari Nuvadi village Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.060 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5

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Noise & Vibration

1) Pre-Construction Monitoring

Noise level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 33 50 Sensitive Receptor 1 32 50 Sensitive Receptor 2 34 50 Sensitive Receptor 3 30 50 Sensitive Receptor 4 29 50 Luveser village 40 50 Sovu village 44 50 Sapnakaran village 40 50 Yuxari Nuvadi village 41 50 Mamusta village 27 50

Vibration level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 54 77 Sensitive Receptor 1 51 77 Sensitive Receptor 2 53 77 Sensitive Receptor 3 52 77 Sensitive Receptor 4 41 77 Luveser village 69 77 Sovu village 70 77 Sapnakaran village 63 77 Yuxari Nuvadi village 64 77 Mamusta village 39 77

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2) July 2014

Noise level (dB)

Monitoring locations Measuring results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 39 50 Sensitive Receptor 1 35 50 Sensitive Receptor 2 35 50 Sensitive Receptor 3 35 50 Sensitive Receptor 4 33 50 Luveser village 46 50 Sovu village 41 50 Sapnakaran village 35 50 Yuxari Nuvadi village 48 50 Mamusta village 30 50

Vibration level (dB)

Monitoring locations Measuring results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 47 77 Sensitive Receptor 1 44 77 Sensitive Receptor 2 43 77 Sensitive Receptor 3 44 77 Sensitive Receptor 4 45 77 Luveser village 60 77 Sovu village 40 77 Sapnakaran village 50 77 Yuxari Nuvadi village 63 77 Mamusta village 30 77

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3) August 2014

Noise level (dB)

Monitoring locations Measuring results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 40 50 Sensitive Receptor 1 38 50 Sensitive Receptor 2 39 50 Sensitive Receptor 3 40 50 Sensitive Receptor 4 41 50 Luveser village 37 50 Sovu village 49 50 Sapnakaran village 47 50 Yuxari Nuvadi village 40 50 Mamusta village 38 50

Vibration level (dB)

Monitoring locations Measuring results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 50 77 Sensitive Receptor 1 48 77 Sensitive Receptor 2 46 77 Sensitive Receptor 3 49 77 Sensitive Receptor 4 48 77 Luveser village 55 77 Sovu village 70 77 Sapnakaran village 73 77 Yuxari Nuvadi village 50 77 Mamusta village 48 77

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4) September 2014

Noise level (dB)

Monitoring locations Measuring results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 42 50 Sensitive Receptor 1 40 50 Sensitive Receptor 2 38 50 Sensitive Receptor 3 41 50 Sensitive Receptor 4 42 50 Luveser village 39 50 Sovu village 48 50 Sapnakaran village 48 50 Yuxari Nuvadi village 42 50 Mamusta village 40 50

Vibration level (dB)

Monitoring locations Measuring results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 52 77 Sensitive Receptor 1 53 77 Sensitive Receptor 2 48 77 Sensitive Receptor 3 53 77 Sensitive Receptor 4 49 77 Luveser village 58 77 Sovu village 73 77 Sapnakaran village 74 77 Yuxari Nuvadi village 52 77 Mamusta village 53 77

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5) October 2014

Noise level (dB)

Monitoring locations Measuring results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 39 50 Sensitive Receptor 1 37 50 Sensitive Receptor 2 37 50 Sensitive Receptor 3 40 50 Sensitive Receptor 4 39 50 Luveser village 40 50 Sovu village 48 50 Sapnakaran village 48 50 Yuxari Nuvadi village 39 50 Mamusta village 37 50

Vibration level (dB)

Monitoring locations Measuring results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 48 77 Sensitive Receptor 1 47 77 Sensitive Receptor 2 49 77 Sensitive Receptor 3 50 77 Sensitive Receptor 4 45 77 Luveser village 57 77 Sovu village 70 77 Sapnakaran village 72 77 Yuxari Nuvadi village 48 77 Mamusta village 47 77

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6) November 2014

Noise level (dB)

Monitoring locations Measuring results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 35 50 Sensitive Receptor 1 32 50 Sensitive Receptor 2 33 50 Sensitive Receptor 3 36 50 Sensitive Receptor 4 33 50 Sapnakaran village 36 50 Yuxari Nuvadi village 41 50

Vibration level (dB)

Monitoring locations Measuring results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 40 77 Sensitive Receptor 1 43 77 Sensitive Receptor 2 40 77 Sensitive Receptor 3 47 77 Sensitive Receptor 4 40 77 Sapnakaran village 49 77 Yuxari Nuvadi village 63 77

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Noise level (dB)

Monitoring locations Measuring results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 30 50 Sensitive Receptor 1 28 50 Sensitive Receptor 2 30 50 Sensitive Receptor 3 32 50 Sensitive Receptor 4 28 50 Sapnakaran village 32 50 Yuxari Nuvadi village 38 50

Vibration level (dB)

Monitoring locations Measuring results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 35 77 Sensitive Receptor 1 32 77 Sensitive Receptor 2 33 77 Sensitive Receptor 3 37 77 Sensitive Receptor 4 31 77 Sapnakaran village 40 77 Yuxari Nuvadi village 44 77

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Section C

Water Quality

1) Pre-Construction Monitoring (May 2014)

Penser 1 River Penser 2 River Suhari River Gulyari River Determinand Unit Lake Limit Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream pH 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.4 6.0-9.0 Electrical conductivity X103 0.184 0.183 0.204 0.206 0.221 0.223 0.226 0.227 0.220 - cm/cm Limpidity cm 23.0 23.1 23.0 23.3 22.6 23.7 21.5 22.3 19.4 <30 Turbidity mg/l 26.1 26.3 27.9 28.7 28.6 28.8 29.5 28.9 20.9 <30

Dissolved O2 mg/l 4.0 4.1 4.8 5.1 4.7 4.8 5.4 5.4 3.4 4.6-6.0 BOD mg/l 2,2 2,4 2,3 2,4 2,1 2,4 2,3 2,3 2,3 3 Total roughness mqekv/l 5.20 5.22 4.68 4.68 4.59 4.59 5.08 5.08 4.01 7.0 Calcium ion Ca2+ mg/l 123.3 123.3 103.0 103.1 106.2 106.1 96.6 99.1 94.4 180.0 Magnesium ion Mg2+ mg/l 11.3 11.3 8.3 8.6 8.3 8.4 9.3 9.3 9.3 200.0 Chloride ion Cl- mg/l 156.7 156.7 131.5 131.9 135.1 136.6 126.5 126.8 123.1 350.0 2- Sulphate SO4 mg/l 263.0 264.1 173.1 174.2 196.5 197.6 188.1 187.5 180.3 500.0 - Bicarbonate ion, HCO3 mg/l 229.2 229.3 182.6 183.6 213.0 215.4 196.1 197.0 190.0 - Na++K+ ions mg/l 167.3 167.4 146.0 146.2 151.6 151.7 139.3 140.7 139.3 - Su of ios,∑ 1 mg/l 933.4 933.6 743.1 744.0 818.0 817.3 749.4 749.8 730.1 1000.0 Ammonium ion, NH4+ mg/l 0.338 0.338 0.331 0.330 0.177 0.178 0.254 0.256 0.243 0.39 Nitrite ion, NO2- mg/l 0.005 0.005 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.002 0.02 Nitrate ion, NO3- mg/l 3.27 3.27 2.38 2.39 2.35 2.38 2.36 2.37 2.34 9.0 Phosphate Oil & grease mg/l 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.05 Faecal coliform per 100 <1.5x107 <1.5x107 <1.3.x104 <1.3x104 <1.4x106 <1.4x106 <1.9x103 <1.9x103 <1.5x107 <2.0 ml TSS mg/l 0.223 0.224 0.235 0.236 0.129 0.131 0.125 0.126 0.119 SSAM mg/l 0.027 0.027 0.035 0.035 0.029 0.032 0.026 0.027 0.023 0.1 Phenol mg/l 0.0001 0.0001 0.0002 0.0001 0.001 0.001 0.0002 0.0002 0.0001 0.001

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2) July 2014

Penser 1 River Penser 2 River Suhari River Gulyari River Determinand Unit Lake Limit Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream pH 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.3 6.0-9.0 Electrical conductivity X103 0.183 0.183 0.205 0.206 0.223 0.222 0.226 0.227 0.225 - cm/cm Limpidity cm 23.4 23.5 23.4 23.5 22.8 23.9 21.6 21.8 19.4 <30 Turbidity mg/l 26.1 26.5 27.6 28.2 28.7 28.8 29.8 29.7 20.7 <30

Dissolved O2 mg/l 4.3 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.8 5.6 5.5 3.4 4.6-6.0 BOD mg/l 2,3 2,3 2,4 2,3 2,4 2,5 2,3 2,3 2,3 3 Total roughness mqekv/l 5.21 5.20 4.68 4.68 4.58 4.57 5.09 5.09 4.03 7.0 Calcium ion Ca2+ mg/l 123.0 123.1 103.2 103.4 106.4 106.3 96.9 97.2 94.4 180.0 Magnesium ion Mg2+ mg/l 11.4 11.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.3 9.4 9.4 9.1 200.0 Chloride ion Cl- mg/l 156.4 156.4 131.6 131.9 135.4 136.5 126.8 126.8 123.6 350.0 2- Sulphate SO4 mg/l 263.0 264.3 173.1 174.3 196.5 196.6 188.3 187.4 180.0 500.0 - Bicarbonate ion, HCO3 mg/l 229.5 229.4 182.8 182.9 213.1 215.3 196.1 196.3 190.9 - Na++K+ ions mg/l 167.3 167.2 146.2 146.4 151.6 151.6 139.1 140.3 139.2 - Su of ios,∑ 1 mg/l 933.5 933.4 743.1 744.0 818.2 818.3 749.4 749.5 729.0 1000.0 Ammonium ion, NH4+ mg/l 0.338 0.338 0.330 0.330 0.175 0.175 0.256 0.257 0.245 0.39 Nitrite ion, NO2- mg/l 0.004 0.003 0.004 0.004 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.002 0.02 Nitrate ion, NO3- mg/l 3.26 3.27 2.38 2.39 2.35 2.34 2.36 2.37 2.36 9.0 Phosphate Oil & grease mg/l 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.05 Faecal coliform per 100 875 878 910 905 895 898 864 870 796 1000 ml TSS mg/l 0.223 0.223 0.235 0.236 0.126 0.126 0.128 0.127 0.122 SSAM mg/l 0.027 0.027 0.033 0.034 0.025 0.026 0.026 0.027 0.024 0.1 Phenol mg/l 0.0002 0.0002 0.0002 0.0001 0.001 0.001 0.0002 0.0002 0.0001 0.001

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3) August 2014

Penser 1 River Penser 2 River Suhari River Gulyari River Determinand Unit Lake Limit Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream pH 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.4 6.0-9.0 Electrical conductivity X103 0.207 0.208 0.206 0.206 0.208 0.206 0.206 0.206 0.228 - cm/cm Limpidity cm 25.0 25.0 25.0 24.0 22.0 21.0 26.0 25.3 19.7 <30 Turbidity mg/l 26.4 26.7 25.1 25.9 23.3 23.1 23.2 24.9 21.3 <30

Dissolved O2 mg/l 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.1 4.5 4.5 4.5 3.7 4.6-6.0 BOD mg/l 1,6 1,6 1,9 1,9 2,5 2,5 2,7 2,8 2,8 3 Total roughness mqekv/l 4.20 4.19 4.18 4.20 4.50 4.59 4.62 5.10 4.05 7.0 Calcium ion Ca2+ mg/l 116.0 116.0 129.0 128.0 108.0 107.0 106.0 105.8 94.1 180.0 Magnesium ion Mg2+ mg/l 10.1 10.3 11.8 11.8 9.4 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.3 200.0 Chloride ion Cl- mg/l 145.4 146.3 149.1 148.9 138.2 139.1 137.9 138.0 123.8 350.0 2- Sulphate SO4 mg/l 266.8 261.8 270.1 269.9 179.0 178.7 177.9 177.9 180.3 500.0 - Bicarbonate ion, HCO3 mg/l 229.9 229.9 232.9 231.9 182.8 183.1 182.8 182.5 190.4 - Na++K+ ions mg/l 158.1 158.5 159.9 159.8 145.0 144.9 145.2 144.8 139.1 - Su of ios,∑ 1 mg/l 933.2 933.6 935.2 935.9 743.7 743.1 745.4 745.6 729.3 1000.0 Ammonium ion, NH4+ mg/l 0.337 0.338 0.340 0.339 0.235 0.231 0.239 0.240 0.247 0.39 Nitrite ion, NO2- mg/l 0.008 0.008 0.006 0.007 0.007 0.008 0.006 0.006 0.003 0.02 Nitrate ion, NO3- mg/l 3.24 3.25 3.24 3.25 2.57 2.53 2.41 2.39 2.40 9.0 Phosphate Oil & grease mg/l 0.003 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.004 0.004 0.002 0.05 Faecal coliform per 100 880 883 915 910 900 903 871 877 791 1000 ml TSS mg/l 0.226 0.226 0.229 0.228 0.111 0.110 0.120 0.119 0.128 SSAM mg/l 0.029 0.029 0.033 0.032 0.020 0.024 0.023 0.023 0.026 0.1 Phenol mg/l 0.0002 0.0002 0.001 0.001 0.0003 0.0003 0.0002 0.0002 0.0002 0.001

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4) September 2014

Penser 1 River Penser 2 River Suhari River Gulyari River Determinand Unit Lake Limit Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream pH 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.5 6.0-9.0 Electrical conductivity X103 0.203 0.204 0.207 0.208 0.204 0.205 0.204 0.205 0.224 - cm/cm Limpidity cm 25.1 25.4 25.3 24.2 22.5 21.7 26.1 25.4 20.1 <30 Turbidity mg/l 26.6 26.7 25.0 25.0 23.3 23.5 23.6 24.7 21.8 <30

Dissolved O2 mg/l 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.3 3.9 4.6-6.0 BOD mg/l 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,5 2,8 2,9 2,7 2,7 2,9 3 Total roughness mqekv/l 4.23 4.26 4.19 4.21 4.55 4.58 4.66 5.15 4.4 7.0 Calcium ion Ca2+ mg/l 116.3 116.5 129.7 128.5 109.0 108.6 106.3 105.5 94.6 180.0 Magnesium ion Mg2+ mg/l 10.4 10.5 11.9 11.9 9.6 9.8 9.7 9.7 9.7 200.0 Chloride ion Cl- mg/l 145.6 146.5 149.0 148.0 138.5 139.6 137.0 138.4 123.8 350.0 2- Sulphate SO4 mg/l 266.8 261.6 270.5 269.6 179.3 178.4 177.2 177.4 180.6 500.0 - Bicarbonate ion, HCO3 mg/l 229.0 229.2 232.3 231.5 182.9 183.3 182.4 182.7 190.8 - Na++K+ ions mg/l 158.4 158.6 159.4 159.6 145.3 144.5 145.7 144.8 139.4 - Su of ios,∑ 1 mg/l 933.6 933.7 935.6 935.9 743.2 743.3 745.9 745.7 728.1 1000.0 Ammonium ion, NH4+ mg/l 0.335 0.336 0.338 0.339 0.234 0.235 0.235 0.247 0.243 0.39 Nitrite ion, NO2- mg/l 0.007 0.008 0.005 0.006 0.008 0.008 0.007 0.007 0.004 0.02 Nitrate ion, NO3- mg/l 3.25 3.25 3.24 3.26 2.50 2.52 2.43 2.42 2.43 9.0 Phosphate Oil & grease mg/l 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.004 0.004 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.004 0.05 Faecal coliform per 100 885 888 910 914 904 907 870 874 805 1000 ml TSS mg/l 0.224 0.225 0.228 0.229 0.114 0.116 0.120 0.120 0.125 SSAM mg/l 0.025 0.025 0.030 0.033 0.024 0.026 0.023 0.023 0.024 0.1 Phenol mg/l 0.0001 0.0002 0.0001 0.0001 0.0002 0.0003 0.0002 0.0003 0.0001 0.001

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5) October 2014

Penser 1 River Penser 2 River Suhari River Gulyari River Determinand Unit Lake Limit Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream pH 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.6 6.0-9.0 Electrical conductivity X103 0.200 0.200 0.202 0.204 0.201 0.203 0.206 0.207 0.222 - cm/cm Limpidity cm 25.0 25.2 25.6 24.6 22.7 21.8 26.0 25.9 20.4 <30 Turbidity mg/l 26.0 26.8 25.2 25.8 23.7 23.8 24.4 24.8 22.9 <30

Dissolved O2 mg/l 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.3 3.5 4.6-6.0 BOD mg/l 1,2 1,3 1,5 1,5 2,9 2,9 2,6 2,8 2,7 3 Total roughness mqekv/l 4.20 4.25 4.15 4.16 4.51 4.56 4.60 5.05 4.3 7.0 Calcium ion Ca2+ mg/l 116.5 117.0 128.2 128.8 108.7 108.9 107.6 107.5 96.2 180.0 Magnesium ion Mg2+ mg/l 10.6 10.7 11.3 11.6 9.9 9.9 9.4 9.6 9.9 200.0 Chloride ion Cl- mg/l 145.1 146.2 149.3 148.6 139.2 139.9 138.3 138.9 124.0 350.0 2- Sulphate SO4 mg/l 265.1 266.5 270.9 271.5 178.5 178.8 176.5 177.1 181.8 500.0 - Bicarbonate ion, HCO3 mg/l 228.3 228.8 233.3 233.7 184.1 184.5 183.0 182.9 190.2 - Na++K+ ions mg/l 158.1 158.4 159.6 159.6 145.5 144.6 145.4 144.9 139.7 - Su of ios,∑ 1 mg/l 933.2 933.4 935.1 935.5 743.8 743.8 745.4 745.8 728.6 1000.0 Ammonium ion, NH4+ mg/l 0.336 0.337 0.339 0.339 0.235 0.236 0.237 0.239 0.241 0.39 Nitrite ion, NO2- mg/l 0.006 0.007 0.005 0.005 0.007 0.008 0.006 0.007 0.005 0.02 Nitrate ion, NO3- mg/l 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 2.51 2.52 2.43 2.43 2.40 9.0 Phosphate Oil & grease mg/l 0.003 0.003 0.004 0.004 0.003 0.004 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.05 Faecal coliform per 100 890 893 900 910 904 906 872 874 809 1000 ml TSS mg/l 0.223 0.224 0.229 0.229 0.110 0.114 0.121 0.124 0.126 SSAM mg/l 0.022 0.024 0.031 0.032 0.025 0.026 0.026 0.026 0.028 0.1 Phenol mg/l 0.0002 0.0002 0.0001 0.0002 0.0003 0.0003 0.0001 0.0002 0.0002 0.001

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6) November 2014

Penser 1 River Penser 2 River Suhari River Gulyari River Determinand Unit Lake Limit Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream pH 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.6 6.0-9.0 Electrical conductivity X103 0.195 0.198 0.200 0.202 0.201 0.201 0.200 0.201 0.218 - cm/cm Limpidity cm 24.2 25.0 24.1 24.7 22.3 22.4 25.0 25.6 20.0 <30 Turbidity mg/l 25.6 26.1 26.7 26.5 24.1 24.4 25.1 25.5 21.3 <30

Dissolved O2 mg/l 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3 3.8 4.6-6.0 BOD mg/l 1,4 1,3 1,3 1,3 3,0 2,9 2,7 2,9 2,3 3 Total roughness mqekv/l 4.21 4.23 4.10 4.13 4.50 4.48 4.53 5.00 4.0 7.0 Calcium ion Ca2+ mg/l 116.7 117.2 128.2 128.3 108.8 108.9 107.2 107.6 95.7 180.0 Magnesium ion Mg2+ mg/l 10.0 10.2 11.0 11.0 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.9 9.1 200.0 Chloride ion Cl- mg/l 145.0 146.0 149.6 148.9 139.1 139.5 138.7 138.8 124.2 350.0 2- Sulphate SO4 mg/l 265.0 265.2 270.6 271.9 178.2 178.4 176.7 177.5 180.6 500.0 - Bicarbonate ion, HCO3 mg/l 228.0 228.1 233.7 233.9 184.0 184.4 183.3 182.8 189.0 - Na++K+ ions mg/l 158.0 158.5 159.2 159.7 145.4 144.9 145.1 144.6 138.2 - Su of ios,∑ 1 mg/l 933.2 933.2 935.0 935.3 743.9 743.9 745.6 745.7 728.4 1000.0 Ammonium ion, NH4+ mg/l 0.335 0.336 0.337 0.339 0.232 0.234 0.238 0.239 0.240 0.39 Nitrite ion, NO2- mg/l 0.005 0.006 0.004 0.006 0.005 0.005 0.006 0.006 0.004 0.02 Nitrate ion, NO3- mg/l 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 2.50 2.51 2.40 2.42 2.39 9.0 Phosphate Oil & grease mg/l 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.004 0.003 0.003 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.05 Faecal coliform per 100 880 883 885 890 900 903 870 873 800 1000 ml TSS mg/l 0.222 0.223 0.224 0.225 0.118 0.118 0.124 0.124 0.125 SSAM mg/l 0.020 0.022 0.030 0.032 0.025 0.025 0.026 0.026 0.027 0.1 Phenol mg/l 0.0001 0.0002 0.0001 0.0002 0.0002 0.0003 0.0002 0.0002 0.0001 0.001

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7) December 2014

Penser 1 River Penser 2 River Suhari River Gulyari River Determinand Unit Lake Limit Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream Upstream Downstream pH 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.4 6.0-9.0 Electrical conductivity X103 0.193 0.193 0.201 0.202 0.203 0.204 0.202 0.202 0.209 - cm/cm Limpidity cm 24.0 24.2 24.1 24.3 22.2 22.0 25.3 25.2 20.4 <30 Turbidity mg/l 25.9 25.6 26.4 26.8 24.3 24.4 26.1 26.7 21.9 <30

Dissolved O2 mg/l 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 3.5 4.6-6.0 BOD mg/l 1,3 1,4 1,3 1,3 3,3 3,0 2,9 2,9 2,2 3 Total roughness mqekv/l 4.19 4.22 4.13 4.15 4.47 4.48 4.50 5.19 4.3 7.0 Calcium ion Ca2+ mg/l 116.2 117.0 128.3 128.3 108.0 108.3 107.3 107.8 95.0 180.0 Magnesium ion Mg2+ mg/l 10.4 10.3 11.2 11.3 9.5 9.5 9.3 9.3 9.6 200.0 Chloride ion Cl- mg/l 145.2 146.3 149.3 148.3 139.0 139.1 138.3 138.5 124.1 350.0 2- Sulphate SO4 mg/l 265.2 265.3 270.1 271.2 178.3 178.5 176.2 177.3 180.6 500.0 - Bicarbonate ion, HCO3 mg/l 228.2 228.2 233.5 233.6 184.7 184.8 183.3 182.3 189.4 - Na++K+ ions mg/l 158.2 158.4 159.6 159.5 145.6 144.7 145.2 144.3 138.1 - Su of ios,∑ 1 mg/l 933.0 933.1 935.3 935.4 743.5 743.6 745.4 745.5 728.4 1000.0 Ammonium ion, NH4+ mg/l 0.333 0.333 0.334 0.335 0.230 0.232 0.230 0.237 0.241 0.39 Nitrite ion, NO2- mg/l 0.004 0.005 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.005 0.005 0.004 0.004 0.02 Nitrate ion, NO3- mg/l 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 2.52 2.51 2.38 2.40 2.37 9.0 Phosphate Oil & grease mg/l 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.002 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.05 Faecal coliform per 100 885 888 889 894 906 908 877 879 810 1000 ml TSS mg/l 0.221 0.222 0.223 0.226 0.119 0.120 0.121 0.122 0.127 SSAM mg/l 0.023 0.022 0.032 0.032 0.026 0.025 0.027 0.028 0.025 0.1 Phenol mg/l 0.0001 0.0001 0.0002 0.0002 0.0002 0.0003 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.001

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Air Quality

1) Pre-Construction Monitoring (May 2014)

Monitoring locations Determinand Concentration Allowed concentration Contractor Camp Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.040 0.085 Carbon monoxide 1 5 Sensitive Receptor 1 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.039 0.085 Carbon monoxide 1 5 Sensitive Receptor 2 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.042 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 3 Dust 0.1 0.5

NO2 0.040 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 4 Dust 0.1 0.5

NO2 0.041 0.085 Carbon monoxide 1 5 Sensitive Receptor 5 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.042 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 6 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.050 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 7 Dust 0.1 0.5

NO2 0.035 0.085 Carbon monoxide 1 5 Burjali village Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.052 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Yuxari Nuvedi village Dust 0.3

NO2 0.055 Carbon monoxide 3 Bellebur village Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.040 0.085 Carbon monoxide 1 5

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2) July 2014

Monitoring locations Determinand Concentration Allowed concentration Contractor Camp Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.045 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 1 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.040 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 2 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.043 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 3 Dust 0.1 0.5

NO2 0.043 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 4 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.042 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 5 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.046 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 6 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.055 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 7 Dust 0.1 0.5

NO2 0.039 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Burjali village Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.055 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Yuxari Nuvedi village Dust 0.3

NO2 0.057 Carbon monoxide 3 Bellebur village Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.045 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5

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3) August 2014

Monitoring locations Determinand Concentration Allowed concentration Contractor Camp Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.050 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 1 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.043 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 2 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.042 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 3 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.052 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 4 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.055 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 5 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.050 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 6 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.058 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 7 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.040 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Burjali village Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.063 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Yuxari Nuvedi village Dust 0.3

NO2 0.061 Carbon monoxide 3 Bellebur village Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.050 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5

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4) September 2014

Monitoring locations Determinand Concentration Allowed concentration Contractor Camp Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.045 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 1 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.047 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 2 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.049 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 3 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.050 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 4 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.051 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 5 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.046 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 6 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.053 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 7 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.039 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Burjali village Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.066 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Yuxari Nuvedi village Dust 0.4

NO2 0.063 Carbon monoxide 4 Bellebur village Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.045 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5

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5) October 2014

Monitoring locations Determinand Concentration Allowed concentration Contractor Camp Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.040 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 1 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.039 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 2 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.035 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 3 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.042 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 4 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.046 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 5 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.040 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 6 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.049 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 7 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.030 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Burjali village Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.069 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Yuxari Nuvedi village Dust 0.4

NO2 0.067 Carbon monoxide 4 Bellebur village Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.040 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5

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6) November 2014

Monitoring locations Determinand Concentration Allowed concentration Contractor Camp Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.038 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 1 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.035 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 2 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.030 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 3 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.038 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 4 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.040 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 5 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.037 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 6 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.042 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 7 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.031 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Burjali village Dust 0.4 0.5

NO2 0.067 0.085 Carbon monoxide 4 5 Yuxari Nuvedi village Dust 0.4

NO2 0.062 Carbon monoxide 4 Bellebur village Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.038 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5

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7) December 2014

Monitoring locations Determinand Concentration Allowed concentration Contractor Camp Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.035 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 1 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.030 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 2 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.028 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 3 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.034 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 4 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.036 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 5 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.033 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Sensitive Receptor 6 Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.039 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Sensitive Receptor 7 Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.028 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5 Burjali village Dust 0.3 0.5

NO2 0.060 0.085 Carbon monoxide 3 5 Yuxari Nuvedi village Dust 0.3

NO2 0.058 Carbon monoxide 3 Rvo village Dust 0.2 0.5

NO2 0.035 0.085 Carbon monoxide 2 5

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Noise & Vibration

1) Pre-Construction Monitoring (May 2014)

Noise level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 31 50 Sensitive Receptor 1 29 50 Sensitive Receptor 2 30 50 Sensitive Receptor 3 32 50 Sensitive Receptor 4 31 50 Sensitive Receptor 5 32 50 Sensitive Receptor 6 35 50 Sensitive Receptor 7 30 50 Burjali village 47 50 Yuxari Nuvadi village 47 50 Bellebur village 31 50

Vibration level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 36 77 Sensitive Receptor 1 30 77 Sensitive Receptor 2 28 77 Sensitive Receptor 3 26 77 Sensitive Receptor 4 28 77 Sensitive Receptor 5 29 77 Sensitive Receptor 6 26 77 Sensitive Receptor 7 27 77 Burjali village 30 77 Yuxari Nuvadi village 54 77 Bellebur village 36 77

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2) July 2014

Noise level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 31 50 Sensitive Receptor 1 33 50 Sensitive Receptor 2 30 50 Sensitive Receptor 3 35 50 Sensitive Receptor 4 32 50 Sensitive Receptor 5 34 50 Sensitive Receptor 6 33 50 Sensitive Receptor 7 31 50 Burjali village 47 50 Yuxari Nuvadi village 47 50 Bellebur village 31 50

Vibration level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 35 77 Sensitive Receptor 1 30 77 Sensitive Receptor 2 29 77 Sensitive Receptor 3 30 77 Sensitive Receptor 4 30 77 Sensitive Receptor 5 31 77 Sensitive Receptor 6 32 77 Sensitive Receptor 7 32 77 Burjali village 33 77 Yuxari Nuvadi village 56 77 Bellebur village 35 77

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3) August 2014

Noise level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 33 50 Sensitive Receptor 1 34 50 Sensitive Receptor 2 31 50 Sensitive Receptor 3 38 50 Sensitive Receptor 4 34 50 Sensitive Receptor 5 36 50 Sensitive Receptor 6 32 50 Sensitive Receptor 7 34 50 Burjali village 48 50 Yuxari Nuvadi village 47 50 Bellebur village 33 50

Vibration level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 37 77 Sensitive Receptor 1 32 77 Sensitive Receptor 2 33 77 Sensitive Receptor 3 35 77 Sensitive Receptor 4 32 77 Sensitive Receptor 5 35 77 Sensitive Receptor 6 34 77 Sensitive Receptor 7 33 77 Burjali village 44 77 Yuxari Nuvadi village 61 77 Bellebur village 37 77

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4) September 2014

Noise level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 35 50 Sensitive Receptor 1 34 50 Sensitive Receptor 2 36 50 Sensitive Receptor 3 33 50 Sensitive Receptor 4 31 50 Sensitive Receptor 5 37 50 Sensitive Receptor 6 30 50 Sensitive Receptor 7 36 50 Burjali village 49 50 Yuxari Nuvadi village 45 50 Bellebur village 35 50

Vibration level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 38 77 Sensitive Receptor 1 35 77 Sensitive Receptor 2 36 77 Sensitive Receptor 3 34 77 Sensitive Receptor 4 35 77 Sensitive Receptor 5 33 77 Sensitive Receptor 6 37 77 Sensitive Receptor 7 35 77 Burjali village 54 77 Yuxari Nuvadi village 51 77 Bellebur village 38 77

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5) October 2014

Noise level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 32 50 Sensitive Receptor 1 33 50 Sensitive Receptor 2 30 50 Sensitive Receptor 3 34 50 Sensitive Receptor 4 30 50 Sensitive Receptor 5 34 50 Sensitive Receptor 6 29 50 Sensitive Receptor 7 32 50 Burjali village 47 50 Yuxari Nuvadi village 48 50 Bellebur village 32 50

Vibration level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 35 77 Sensitive Receptor 1 32 77 Sensitive Receptor 2 34 77 Sensitive Receptor 3 32 77 Sensitive Receptor 4 34 77 Sensitive Receptor 5 30 77 Sensitive Receptor 6 34 77 Sensitive Receptor 7 34 77 Burjali village 58 77 Yuxari Nuvadi village 50 77 Bellebur village 35 77

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6) November 2014

Noise level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 30 50 Sensitive Receptor 1 31 50 Sensitive Receptor 2 32 50 Sensitive Receptor 3 30 50 Sensitive Receptor 4 29 50 Sensitive Receptor 5 31 50 Sensitive Receptor 6 26 50 Sensitive Receptor 7 30 50 Burjali village 42 50 Yuxari Nuvadi village 43 50 Bellebur village 30 50

Vibration level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 32 77 Sensitive Receptor 1 30 77 Sensitive Receptor 2 31 77 Sensitive Receptor 3 29 77 Sensitive Receptor 4 31 77 Sensitive Receptor 5 28 77 Sensitive Receptor 6 32 77 Sensitive Receptor 7 31 77 Burjali village 52 77 Yuxari Nuvadi village 48 77 Bellebur village 32 77

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7) December 2014

Noise level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 28 50 Sensitive Receptor 1 30 50 Sensitive Receptor 2 29 50 Sensitive Receptor 3 26 50 Sensitive Receptor 4 25 50 Sensitive Receptor 5 26 50 Sensitive Receptor 6 24 50 Sensitive Receptor 7 28 50 Burjali village 38 50 Yuxari Nuvadi village 35 50 Rvo village 28 50

Vibration level (dB)

Monitoring locations Results Allowed Haftoni Settlement 30 77 Sensitive Receptor 1 28 77 Sensitive Receptor 2 28 77 Sensitive Receptor 3 26 77 Sensitive Receptor 4 30 77 Sensitive Receptor 5 26 77 Sensitive Receptor 6 29 77 Sensitive Receptor 7 28 77 Burjali village 48 77 Yuxari Nuvadi village 45 77 Rvo village 30 77

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Example page of raw data from monitoring laboratory

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Appendix 2: Example Site Audit Checklists

Below is a sample site audit checklist prepared by the Section B Contractor’s EPM during the reporting period.

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Appendix 3: List of Consultation Attendees

Section B

Name Sex Age Resident of Serxan Resulov Male 36 Haftoni Resul Balayev Male 32 Haftoni Heyder Tagiyev Male 35 Haftoni Qalib Veliyev Male 45 Haftoni Ziya Orucov Male 27 Haftoni Emin Talayev Male 26 Haftoni Ibad Ibadov Male 29 Haftoni Kamran Ferziyev Male 39 Haftoni Qaras Dadasov Male 35 Haftoni Vusle Ezizova Female 30 Haftoni Zeyneb Veliyeva Female 41 Haftoni Terane Gurbanova Female 35 Haftoni Ramal Imanov Male 32 Laj Rovhsan Aliyev Male 33 Laj Zaur Bayramov Male 25 Laj Fedail Imanov Male 37 Laj Qurban Kerimov Male 30 Laj Fuad Adiloglu Male 51 Laj Feride Aliyeva Female 36 Laj Sevda Ferecova Female 40 Laj Rovshen Qasimov Male 44 Yuxari Nuvadi Efsun Cunayev Male 42 Yuxari Nuvadi Dadas Dadasov Male 25 Yuxari Nuvadi Subhan Piriyev Male 35 Yuxari Nuvadi Orxan Alanov Male 29 Yuxari Nuvadi Dadashova Sabina Female 31 Yuxari Nuvadi Aydinova Fidan Female 34 Yuxari Nuvadi Idris Veliyev Male 30 Haftoni Namiq Tagiyev Male 29 Haftoni Eli Huseynov Male 40 Haftoni Zaman Orucov Male 51 Haftoni Tale Balayev Male 42 Haftoni Eldar Pasayev Male 34 Haftoni Zamin Imanov Male 45 Haftoni Zakir Qarayev Male 41 Haftoni Veysel Memmedov Male 39 Haftoni Xedice Aliyeva Female 34 Haftoni Zehra Talibova Female 40 Haftoni Nisa Ibadova Female 38 Haftoni Iman Aliyev Male 32 Laj Dadas Qulamov Male 33 Laj Vusal Kishiyev Male 25 Laj Emin Zekiyev Male 37 Laj Hasan Karimov Male 30 Laj Adil Guliyev Male 51 Laj Suqra Aliyeva Female 46 Laj Xanim Dadashova Female 43 Laj Rovshen Qasimov Male 44 Saglakuce Nebi Sadiqov Male 32 Saglakuce Sahmar Veliyev Male 24 Saglakuce Agabala Hebibov Male 31 Saglakuce Eli Nubarov Male 32 Saglakuce

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Name Sex Age Resident of Tale Zekiyev Male 29 Saglakuce Letife Ferecova Female 37 Saglakuce Kamale Axundova Female 39 Saglakuce Ali Ahmadov Male 35 Kargalan Rza Ibadov Male 33 Kargalan Farid Agayev Male 29 Kargalan Nizami Ferecov Male 45 Kargalan Alim Gurbanov Male 38 Kargalan Adam Umudov Male 53 Kargalan Naibe Qafarova Female 34 Kargalan Firuze Kamalova Female 49 Kargalan Naib Qafarov Male 36 Saglakuce Saib Budaqov Male 34 Saglakuce Kamal Orucov Male 40 Saglakuce Ferid Heyderov Male 32 Saglakuce Musarza Agayev Male 50 Saglakuce Ibadet Adilov Male 37 Saglakuce Xanaga Gurbanov Male 45 Saglakuce Camal Manafov Male 44 Saglakuce Emil Caniyev Male 32 Saglakuce Sebine Aliyeva Female 52 Saglakuce Xanim Gurbanova Female 43 Saglakuce Eli Gurbanov Male 32 Sapnakaran Kamil Veliyev Male 50 Sapnakaran Kamran Mecidov Male 45 Sapnakaran Raise Melikova Female 48 Sapnakaran

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Section C

Name Sex Age Resident of Ramin Ceferov Male 44 Yuxari Nuvadi Davud Orucov Male 38 Yuxari Nuvadi Terane Dadasova Female 40 Yuxari Nuvadi Solmaz Veliyeva Female 52 Yuxari Nuvadi Gunel Qasimov Female 39 Yuxari Nuvadi Zamin Veliyev Male 47 Burjali Amid Hesimov Male 44 Burjali Lale Selimova Female 40 Burjali NigarTagiyeva Female 49 Burjali Anara Quliyeva Female 35 Burjali Samir Salayev Male 24 Burjali Nezir Qasimov Male 30 Hirkan Eli Ferecov Male 34 Hirkan Zehra Xaniyeva Female 50 Hirkan Xanim Piriyeva Female 52 Hirkan Peri Nagiyeva Female 49 Hirkan Rasim Quliyev Male 65 Shiakaran Baba Amanov Male 27 Shiakaran Ferid Rustamov Male 39 Shiakaran Iman Novruzov Male 36 Shiakaran Sadiqe Aliyeva Female 44 Shiakaran Semed Bayramov Male 45 Shiyakaran Fariz Rizvanov Male 50 Shiyakaran Gurban Gurbanov Male 61 Shiyakaran Selim Ferecov Male 55 Shiyakaran Ibad Veliyev Male 58 Shiyakaran Saleh Heyderov Male 63 Shiyakaran Naib Quliyev Male 45 Shiyakaran Oruc Orucov Male 48 Shiyakaran Ferid Mecidov Male 39 Shiyakaran Bilal Bagirov Male 40 Shiyakaran Camal Heyderov Male 49 Shiyakaran Vekil Veliyev Male 47 Shiyakaran Musa Balayev Male 57 Shiyakaran Ibadet Amanov Male 56 Shiyakaran Talib Talibov Male 35 Kakalos Semed Sadiqov Male 47 Kakalos Vezir Amalov Male 50 Gulyatan Emin Imanov Male 55 Gulyatan

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