Bi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report
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Final Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 39176 January 2018 Republic of Azerbaijan: Road Network Development Program – Tranche 3 Masalli to Astara Motorway (Financed by the Asian Development Bank) Part II - Loan 2831 AZE, Covering Sections B & C Prepared by Azeravtoyol OJSC for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The final 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 October 2017) Currency Unit – Azerbaijan New Manat (AZN) AZN 1.00 = USD 0.5886 USD 1.00 = AZN 1.6988 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank AAY – AzerAvtoYol BEMR – Biannual Environmental Monitoring Report EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment EMP – Environmental Management Plan EPM – Environmental Protection Manager GRM – Grievance Redress Mechanism PIU – Project Implementation Unit PPE – Personal Protective Equipment RoW – Right of Way SSEMP – Site-Specific Environmental Management Plan WEIGHTS AND MEASURES m – Metre km – Kilometre Final Environmental Monitoring Report for the Masalli to Astara Motorway (Part II) ii TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 6 A. Introduction to Project .................................................................................... 6 B. Project Details ................................................................................................ 6 C. Objectives of Biannual and Final Environmental Reporting .......................... 10 D. Methodology ................................................................................................ 10 E. Project organization and environmental management team ......................... 11 II. ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS DURING PROJECT PREPARATION AND CONTRACTOR MOBILISATION ................................................................................13 III. ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS DURING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ..............14 A. Introduction .................................................................................................. 14 B. Summary of Contractor Environmental Management ................................... 14 C. Site-Specific Environmental Management Plan ............................................ 16 D. Instrumented Monitoring ............................................................................... 17 E. Key Issues and Non-Compliances ............................................................... 18 F. Health and Safety ......................................................................................... 22 G. Documentation ............................................................................................. 23 H. Inspections and Audits ................................................................................. 24 I. Consultations ............................................................................................... 25 J. Grievance Redress Mechanism ................................................................... 25 IV. FINAL AUDIT & REINSTATEMENT ..............................................................................31 A. Introduction .................................................................................................. 31 B. Reinstatement .............................................................................................. 31 V. CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................37 Final Environmental Monitoring Report for the Masalli to Astara Motorway (Part II) iii LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1: MAP OF SECTION B PROJECT INCLUDING MAIN FEATURES ........................... 7 FIGURE 2: MAP OF SECTION C PROJECT INCLUDING MAIN FEATURES ........................... 9 FIGURE 3: SECTION B CONTRACTOR ORGANISATION CHART .........................................12 FIGURE 4: SECTION C CONTRACTOR ORGANISATION CHART .........................................12 FIGURE 5: HIRKAN FOREST BOUNDARY PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION (L) AND DURING- CONSTRUCTION (R). THE ORIGINAL BOUNDARY STREAM IS VISIBLE ON THE LEFT, WITH THE CLEARED AREA OF FOREST BETWEEN THE STREAM AND TEMPORARY NOISE BARRIERS. .............................................................................15 FIGURE 6: HIRKAN FOREST LATER IN CONSTRUCTION (MAY 2015), SHOWING NEW BOUNDARY STREAM (L) AND A YEAR LATER (APRIL 2016) SHOWING THE EXTENT OF RECOVERY; ABUNDANT OAK SAPLINGS ARE WELL ESTABLISHED (R) 15 FIGURE 7: EXAMPLE OF A COMPLETED SITE AUDIT CHECKLIST (SECTION B) ...............17 FIGURE 8: NOISE AND AIR QUALITY MONITORING ON SECTION B ...................................17 FIGURE 9: EXAMPLES OF MINOR NON-COMPLIANCES AND SUBSEQUENT CORRECTIVE ACTION: TOP: BUND PROBLEM/SOLUTION AT SECTION B ASPHALT PLANT; AND BOTTOM: PROBLEM/SOLUTION AT SECTION B OIL STORAGE AREA ........19 FIGURE 10: WORKER BATHROOM (L) AND WORKER ACCOMMODATION (R) BOTH AT SECTION C CAMP .....................................................................................................19 FIGURE 11: HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATE .....................23 FIGURE 12: HIV AWARENESS TRAINING AT THE SECTION C CAMP .................................23 FIGURE 13: INSPECTION OF PAPERWORK ON SECTION B ................................................24 FIGURE 14: PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS ON SECTION B (L) AND SECTION C (R)................25 FIGURE 15: SECTION B REINSTATEMENT. OPEN CROSSING BRIDGE, WITH VEGETATION RE-ESTABLISHING ITSELF (L) AND FINISHED SECTION WITH FENCING AND SMOOTHING COMPLETED (R) .......................................................31 FIGURE 16: SECTION B REINSTATEMENT. FENCING FOR INSTALLATION STORED AT CONTRACTOR CAMP (L) AND DISMANTLING OF THE ASPHALT PLANT (R) .......32 FIGURE 17: DISMANTLING AND CLEARANCE OF SECTION B CAMP IN EARLY 2018 .......32 FIGURE 18: SECTION C FINAL REINSTATEMENT: REMOVAL OF LAST MATERIAL AT STOCKPILE AT KM 53+200 .......................................................................................34 FIGURE 19: SECTION C FINAL REINSTATEMENT: SMOOTHING, CLEARING AND FENCING ...................................................................................................................34 FIGURE 20: SECTION C FINAL REINSTATEMENT: OPEN CULVERTS .................................35 FIGURE 21: RVO BORROW PIT ..............................................................................................35 Final Environmental Monitoring Report for the Masalli to Astara Motorway (Part II) iv LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1: WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TO SECTION B CONTRACTOR ..................................20 TABLE 2: WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TO SECTION C CONTRACTOR ..................................22 TABLE 3: GRIEVANCE REGISTER – SECTION B ...................................................................26 TABLE 4: GRIEVANCE REGISTER – SECTION C...................................................................29 TABLE 5: FINAL AUDIT CHECKLIST: SECTION B ..................................................................33 TABLE 6: FINAL AUDIT CHECKLIST: SECTION C ..................................................................36 Final Environmental Monitoring Report for the Masalli to Astara Motorway (Part II) v 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), plus the contract for the Lenkaran Bridge. 2. This report relates to the contracts for Sections B and C only. 3. The Executing Agency for the project is the Azeravtoyol Open Joint Stock Company1 (abbreviated to AAY in the present report). The funding agency is the Asian Development Bank (ADB). 4. Following screening2, an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was carried out for the project in 2007. The EIA report was approved by AAY 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). 5. The Engineer appointed by AAY 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. 6. Key milestones relating to the construction contracts are summarised below: • Section B Contract Agreement: 29th March 2013. • Notice to Commence for Section B was issued on 18th June 2013. • Section C Contract Agreement: 31st October 2013. • Notice to Commence for Section C was issued on 27th January 2014. • Completion dates for both contracts: September 25, 2017 B. Project Details Section B 7. Section B of the Masalli–Astara motorway Project has an overall length of 19.35 km, commencing from the east of Girdani village in Lenkaran Rayon and ending in the vicinity of Mamusta village. Section B includes two interchanges, located at km 29.6 and km 34.8 and 10 bridges /underpasses. The new road alignment passes through an agricultural area that is heavily marked with irrigation channels and ditches. 8. The total of the earthworks was 2,065,308 m3 and the total asphalt requirement was 395,013 m3. 1 Formerly called “The Road Transport Service Department” (The change