43439-033: Zhetybai-Zhanaozen Road Section (Km 0-73) Initial
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Initial Environmental Assessment Project Number: 43439-033 Second draft 15 May 2015 Kazakhstan: CAREC Corridor 2 (Mangystau Oblast Sections) Investment Program, Project 2 [Zhetybai- Zhanaozen Road Section (Km 0–73)] Prepared by Committee of Roads under the Ministry of Investments and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan This initial environmental assessment 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. 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. INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT KAZ: CAREC CORRIDOR 2 (MANGISTAU OBLAST SECTION) ZHETYBAI-ZHANAOZEN 0-73 KM Content ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................................................... 7 EXECTUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................... 8 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................17 PROJECT DESCRIPTION .....................................................................................................................17 POLICIES, ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK ..........................................22 General Provisions ............................................................................................................................................... 22 Legislative Power in Kazakhstan .......................................................................................................................... 22 Executive Power in the Republic of Kazakhstan ................................................................................................... 22 Institutional Framework for Environment Protection .......................................................................................... 23 Legislation on environmental issues of the Republic of Kazakhstan ..................................................................... 25 Other regulations pertaining to the Project implementation ............................................................................... 27 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION .......................................................................................................................... 28 International Conventions and Protocols the Republic of Kazakhstan is a Party: ................................................. 28 Legal framework of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Environmental Impact Assessment ................................ 30 ADB Safeguards ................................................................................................................................................... 30 The Project Categorization ................................................................................................................................... 31 ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................31 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................33 Physiographic conditions ..................................................................................................................................... 33 Climate ................................................................................................................................................................ 34 Precipitation ........................................................................................................................................................ 34 Wind .................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Air Quality ........................................................................................................................................................... 37 Noise ................................................................................................................................................................... 37 GENERAL GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE ..................................................................................................................... 37 Geologico-engineering conditions ........................................................................................................................ 39 2 INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT KAZ: CAREC CORRIDOR 2 (MANGISTAU OBLAST SECTION) ZHETYBAI-ZHANAOZEN 0-73 KM Structural properties of soils of the working layer and roadside ................................................................... 40 Seismicity............................................................................................................................................................. 41 Hydrogeology ...................................................................................................................................................... 41 Hydrology ............................................................................................................................................................ 41 Soil Mantle .......................................................................................................................................................... 42 ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES ..................................................................................................................42 Fauna ................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Vegetation ........................................................................................................................................................... 43 Special Protected Areas ....................................................................................................................................... 44 Species listed in the Red Book of Kazakhstan ....................................................................................................... 45 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ......................................................................................................45 Infrastructure around the project road ................................................................................................................ 45 Housing development and communications ........................................................................................................ 48 Demography and populated localities ................................................................................................................. 48 Ethnic and religious groups .................................................................................................................................. 48 Quality of life ....................................................................................................................................................... 49 Markets and economically active population ...................................................................................................... 49 Condition of public health and common diseases ................................................................................................ 49 Educational Institutions ....................................................................................................................................... 49 Minerals, Mineral Resources and Industry ........................................................................................................... 50 Gender issues ...................................................................................................................................................... 51 Archaeological and Historical Heritage ................................................................................................................ 52 Land use and agricultural activities ...................................................................................................................... 53 PROJECT ACTIVITIES IMPACT .........................................................................................................54 Methodology ....................................................................................................................................................... 54 Impacts of the road rehabilitation and maintenance ........................................................................................... 55 Type of the estimated impacts ............................................................................................................................. 55 Impacts of the construction works on the Physical Environment ......................................................................... 55 Results of preliminary screening .......................................................................................................................... 56 3 INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL