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LACEEP PAYNESVILLE - KAKATA ELECTRIC LINE PROJECT LIBERIA ACCELERATED ELECTRICITY EXPANSION PROJECT (LACEEP) Public Disclosure Authorized PAYNESVILLE – KAKATA ELECTRIC CIRCUIT LINE CORRIDOR RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN – (RAP) Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA – CEDA 1 LACEEP PAYNESVILLE - KAKATA ELECTRIC LINE PROJECT RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN (RAP) REPORT PREPARED BY: CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA (CEDA) FEBRUARY 2015 CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA – CEDA 2 LACEEP PAYNESVILLE - KAKATA ELECTRIC LINE PROJECT TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.0 PROJECT BACKGROUND 1.1 Introduction/ Background 1.2 Project Location 1.3 Overall Social Impacts 1.4 Objectives of the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) 1.5 Scope of the Resettlement Action Plan 2.0 IMPACTS THAT GIVE RISE TO RESETTLEMENT 3.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 3.1 Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) 3.2 Project Activities 3.3 Project Schedule 4.0 LEGAL, REGULATORY AND POLICY FRAMEWORK 4.1 Liberian constitution 4.2 Conservation of the Forest of Liberia Act 1953 4.3 Forestry Development Authority Act of 1976 4.4 The National Resources Law of 1979 4.5 The Wildlife and National Parks Act of 1983 4.6 The Enactment of the Forestry Law of 2000 4.7 The Public Health Act 4.8 The Environmental Protection Agency Act of 2002 4.9 The Environment Protection and Management Law 4.10 Land Act 1856 4.11 County Act 1969 4.12 Land Acquisition Act 1929 4.13 Policy Framework CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA – CEDA 3 LACEEP PAYNESVILLE - KAKATA ELECTRIC LINE PROJECT 4. 14 International Requirements 4.14.1 WB Operational Policy 4.12 Involuntary Resettlement 5.0 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 5.1 Ministry of Public Works 5.2 Ministry of Finance & Development Planning 5.3 Ministry of Health & Social Welfare 5.4 Ministry of Lands, Mines & Energy 5.5 Environmental Protection Agency 5.6 National Resettlement Advisory Body 5.7 Town Level Arrangement 6.0 OVERVIEW OF THE ECONOMY 7.0 SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASELINE 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Political Environment 7.3 Administrative Structure 7.4 Socio-economic Environment 7.4.1 Introduction 7.4.2 Population Distribution 7.4.3 Population Growth 7.4.4 Population Density 7.4.5 Household Size and Dependency 7.4.6 Ethnicity and Language 7.5.7 Economic, Social, and Cultural impact of Ebola 7.5 Land Use and Ownership 7.6 Human Rights 7.7 Gender-based Violence 7.9 Vulnerability CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA – CEDA 4 LACEEP PAYNESVILLE - KAKATA ELECTRIC LINE PROJECT 7.9.1 Vulnerable Population of the Study Area 7.10 Socio-economic Conditions of Affected Counties 7.10.1 Margibi County 7.10.2 Montserrado County 7.11 Infrastructure and Services (Project Area) 7.11.1 Introduction 7.11.2 Roads 7.11.3 Electricity 7.11.4 Water and Sanitation 7.11.5 Educational Facilities 7.11.6 Health 7.11.7 Agriculture 7.11.8 Market 8.0 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT 8.1 Objectives 8.2 Stakeholders Identification 8.3 Stakeholder Engagement 8.4 Affected Communities 9.0 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENTS 9.1 Cut-off date for Eligibility 9.2 Survey Methodology 9.3 Loss of Properties and Ownership Issues 9.3.1 Properties Affected Persons (PAPs) 9.4 Valuation and compensation for Loss 9.5 Resettlement Procedures 9.6 Valuation of Crops 9.7 Strategies for Payment of Compensation CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA – CEDA 5 LACEEP PAYNESVILLE - KAKATA ELECTRIC LINE PROJECT 9.7.1 Landlessness, Joblessness, Homelessness, etc…. 10.0 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 10.2 Grievance Redress Mechanism 10.2.1 Step 1: Lodging a grievance 10.2.2 Step 2: Acknowledgement 10.2.3 Step 3: Investigation 10.2.4 Step 4: Resolution and sign-off 10.2.5 Step 5: Mediation 11.0 MONITORING AND EVALUATION 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Performance Monitoring 11.3 Impacts Monitoring 11.4 Completion Audit 11.5 Socio-economic Baseline review 11.6 Reporting 12.0 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 13.0 COST AND BUDGET 13.1 Result of joint consultative meeting LIST OF APPENDIX Appendix 1: Public Consultation with Affected Communities Appendix 4: Ministry of Agriculture Price List (2013) LIST OF TABLES Table ES1: Key Project Activities Table ES2: Affected Communities Table ES3: PAPs Dependents CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA – CEDA 6 LACEEP PAYNESVILLE - KAKATA ELECTRIC LINE PROJECT Table ES4: Summary of Head of Household Table ES5: Summary of trees and crops Table ES6: Summary of cost of trees by Community Table ES7: Summary of trees by Community Table ES8: Cost of implementation of Resettlement Action Plan Table ES9: Previous and recommended coordinates Table ES10: Compensation costs of trees and crops Table 1: Key Project Activities Table 2: Population Age 0-15 Table 3: Population69-90 Table 4: Population Data Gender Distribution, Margibi County Table 5: Population by District, Montserrado County Table 6: Mode of Transport Table 7: Water Facilities Table 8: Latrine Facilities Table 9: Educational Level Table 10: Educational Facilities Table 11: Health Facilities Table 12: Land Ownership Table 13: Market Table 14: Population of Affected Communities Table 31: Cost of Implementation of Resettlement Action Plan Table 32: Previous and Recommended Coordinates CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA – CEDA 7 LACEEP PAYNESVILLE - KAKATA ELECTRIC LINE PROJECT List of Acronyms BWI Booker Washington Institute CAS Country Assistance Strategy CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CEDA Center for Environment and Development in Africa CITES Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species CLO Community Liaison Officer EPA Environment Protection Agencies ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESMP Environmental and Social Management Program ESAP Environment and Social Assessment Procedure FDA Forestry Development Authority FGM Female Genital Mutilation FPCO Firestone Plantation Company GBV Gender Based Violence GOL Government of Liberia GPS Geographic Positioning System HFO Heavy Fuel Oil LAC Liberia Agriculture Company LACEEP Liberia Accelerated Electricity Expansion Project LEC Liberia Electricity Corporation LISGIS Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information System MLME Ministry of Land, Mines and Energy NECOLIB National Environmental Commission of Liberia NEP National Energy Policy NGOs Non-governmental Organization PCU Project Coordination Unit CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA – CEDA 8 LACEEP PAYNESVILLE - KAKATA ELECTRIC LINE PROJECT RAP Resettlement Action Plan RSC Resettlement Steering Committee UNHCR United Nation High Commission for Refugees UNDP United Nation Development Program UNEP United Nation Environmental Program WAPP West Africa Power Pool CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA – CEDA 9 LACEEP PAYNESVILLE - KAKATA ELECTRIC LINE PROJECT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Government of Liberia (GOL) has intensified its commitment to the provision of energy services through the recent development of a National Energy Policy (NEP) and supportive legislation, which calls for universal and sustainable access to affordable and reliable energy supplies in order to foster the economic, political, and social development of Liberia. LEC has expanded its facilities to more than 11,000 users, and the MLME has announced an ambitious plan to expand services to 70% of the population of Monrovia and 35% of the population country wide by 2030. The build-out of the transmission and distribution system is underway based on plans to best utilize the available and committed generation within the constraints of the originally committed funding. Against this background, the World Bank’s engagement in the energy sector, as reflected in its Country Assistance Strategy (CAS, 2009), targets rural energy and urban energy as well as regional interconnections through WAPP. The World Bank has been working very closely with the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy (MLME) and with the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) to rehabilitate and extend the network and expand electricity services in the country. Following up on this work that started with the LESEP and Additional Financing, the Bank is now financing a third project that will continue this support to LEC and to the development of the electricity sector in general, the Liberia Accelerated Electricity Expansion Project (LACEEP). For this project, an Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and a Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) have been prepared to guide the preparation of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and this Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) as the physical footprint of the project and subsequent impacts have been identified. This RAP addresses the negative social impacts from (i) the construction of the 66-kV sub-transmission line between the Paynesville substation in Monrovia and the town of Kakata; (ii) the construction of a 66/33-kV substation in Kakata; and (iii) the construction of both 22-kV and low voltage distribution lines, including the connection of new consumers along the Monrovia-No. 15 Gate section of the Paynesville-Kakata corridor. CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA – CEDA 10 LACEEP PAYNESVILLE - KAKATA ELECTRIC LINE PROJECT Purpose of the RAP The intention of the RAP is to clear the entire corridor in a careful and peaceful manner in order to catalogue all affected properties within the line corridor such as shade trees, land, food and cash crops. A successful and sensitive redress of problems which may arise will reduce delays, disputes, and