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Solomon Islands Electricity Access and Renewable Energy Expansion Project (Phase Ii) (P162902) SOLOMON ISLANDS ELECTRICITY ACCESS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY EXPANSION PROJECT (PHASE II) (P162902) ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (ESMF) SOLOMON ISLANDS ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY December 2017 Acronym AXO Abandoned Explosive Ordnance CESMP Construction Environmental and Social Management Plan ECD Environment and Conservation Division ED Energy Department ESMP Environment and Social Management Plan ESMF Environment and Social Management Framework FPIC Free, prior, and informed consultation FTE Fixed Term Estate IA Implementing Agency IP Indigenous Peoples IPP Indigenous Peoples Plan MAL Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development MCT Ministry of Culture and Tourism MDPA Ministry of Development, Planning and Aid Coordination MECDM Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology MFT Ministry of Finance and Treasury MID Ministry of Infrastructure and Development MLHS Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey OBA Output Based Aid OP Operational Policy PE Project Engineering RSIPF Royal Solomon Islands Police Force RSIPF EOU Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Explosive Ordnance Unit SIEA Solomon Islands Electricity Authority SOP Standard Operating Procedure SP Solomon Power SREP Scaling Up of Renewable Energy Program in Low Income Countries UXO Unexploded Ordnance WB The World Bank i TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 4 PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE ESMF .................................................................................................... 6 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................................... 8 3.1 Component 1 – Hybrid Mini-grids (Indicative Sites) ........................................................... 8 3.2 Component 2 – Connections to Low-income Households ................................................ 12 3.3 Component 3 – Grid-connected Solar (PV) Power ........................................................... 15 POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS ........................................................................ 20 4.1 Project Component Activities ........................................................................................... 20 4.1.1 Component 1 – Hybrid Mini-grid Development ............................................................... 20 4.1.2 Component 2 – Connection to Low-income Households ................................................. 20 4.1.3 Component 3 – Grid-connected Solar PV ......................................................................... 20 4.2 Environmental impacts ..................................................................................................... 21 4.3 Social impacts.................................................................................................................... 22 LEGAL, POLICY FRAMEWORK AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS ................................................... 26 5.1 Institutional Framework.................................................................................................... 26 5.1.1 Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) ......................................... 26 5.1.2 Solomon Islands Electricity Authority ............................................................................... 26 5.1.3 Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) .......................................................................................................................... 26 5.1.4 Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey (MLHS) ................................................................ 27 5.1.5 Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) ............................................................................ 27 5.1.6 Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination (MDPAC) ................................ 27 5.1.7 Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MFT) ........................................................................... 27 5.1.8 Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MAL) .............................................. 27 5.1.9 Public Solicitors Office....................................................................................................... 28 5.1.10 Provincial Governments .................................................................................................... 28 5.1.11 Civil Society / Non-government Organisations (NGOs) .................................................... 28 5.2 Solomon Islands Policies, Acts and Regulations ............................................................... 28 5.2.1 Domestic Regulatory Requirements ................................................................................. 28 5.2.2 International Environmental and Social Treaties .............................................................. 32 5.3 World Bank Safeguard Policies ......................................................................................... 32 5.3.1 OP. 4.01 Environmental Assessment ................................................................................ 35 5.3.2 OP/BP 4.11 Physical Cultural Resources ........................................................................... 35 5.3.3 OP/BP 4.10 Indigenous Peoples ........................................................................................ 36 5.3.4 OP/BP 4.12 Involuntary Resettlement .............................................................................. 37 5.4 Gap Analysis ...................................................................................................................... 38 6. MEASURES TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES ..................................... 39 6.1 Environmental Mitigation Measures ................................................................................ 39 6.2 Social Mitigation Measures ............................................................................................... 40 7. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM .................................................................................. 46 8. PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE ....................................................................... 48 8.1 Public Consultation ........................................................................................................... 48 8.2 Information Disclosure ...................................................................................................... 51 9. INSTITUTIONAL ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND CAPACITY ............................................... 52 9.1 World Bank ........................................................................................................................ 52 9.2 Solomon Power ................................................................................................................. 52 9.3 Environmental and Conservation Division (ECD) .............................................................. 55 9.4 Environmental Management and Reporting Arrangements ............................................ 55 9.5 Monitoring and Supervision .............................................................................................. 57 10. BUDGET PROVISION .......................................................................................................... 59 ANNEX A - RELEVANT STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES OF SOLOMON POWER ....................... 60 ANNEX B - APPLICATION FOR SERVICE CONNECTION ........................................................................ 61 ANNEX C - Preliminary ESIA / Draft Project Environment Report (PER) for East Honiara Solar PV Generating Project ........................................................................................................... 62 ANNEX D – Additional Photos of Henderson – Fighter 1 Solar PV Facility ........................................... 1 ANNEX E - INTERNATIONAL TREATIES RATIFIED BY SOLOMON ISLANDS ............................................ 6 ANNEX F - INDIGENOUS PEOPLES PLANNING FRAMEWORK (IPPF) ..................................................... 1 ANNEX G - RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK (RPF) ...................................................................... 1 ANNEX H - LAND USE AGREEMENT ....................................................................................................... 1 ANNEX I - PROCEDURE FOR HANDLING UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE (UXO) .......................................... 1 ANNEX J Example Environmental and Social Screening Matrix ........................................................ 7 ANNEX K - TYPICAL ESMP TEMPLATE ................................................................................................... 1 ANNEX L – Summary of public consultations undertaken ................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION The Solomon Islands Electricity Access and Renewable Energy Expansion Project (SIEAREEP) (Phase II) (the Project) will comprise the following three components, which are described in more detail in Section 3 – Project Description: Component 1 – Hybrid mini-grids Component 2 – Connections to low-income households Component 3 – Grid-connected solar PV power The Project will contribute to improved lifestyle and increase shared prosperity for the low income household which is 40 percent of the population. This will provide access of low-income households to electricity in Peri-urban and rural areas of
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