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Environmental Monitoring Report Bi-annual Report Project Number: 47235-001 PAK July 2018 Loan 3159-PAK/3160-PAK(COL): Trimmu and Panjnad Barrages Improvement Project (TPBIP) Prepared by Tariq Jan, Environmentalist, Trimmu Panjnad Barrage Consultants for the Project Management Office, Irrigation Department, Government of Punjab and the Asian Development Bank Biannual Environmental Monitoring Report (July – December 2017) ABBREVIATIONS 3Rs Reduce, Reuse, Recycle ADB Asian Development Bank AFFF Aqueous Film Forming Foam As Arsenic BAEMR Bi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report CCA Cultural Command Area DCP Dry Chemical Power DO Dissolved Oxygen EC Electrical Conductivity EGC Engineering General Consultants EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan EMMP Environmental Management & Monitoring Plan EPA Environmental Protection Agency EPRM Environmental Progress Review Meeting ERP Emergency Response Plan ESIA Environmental & Social Impact Assessment GEL Global Environment Lab GCC General Conditions of Contract HSE Health, Safety & Environment I/C HSE Incharge Health, Safety & Environment IPC Interim Payment Certificate LTI Loss Time Injury M&E Monitoring & Evaluation MTC Medical Treatment Case NEQS National Environmental Quality Standards NESPAK National Engineering Services Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. NOC No Objection Certificate PAPs Project Affected Persons PCSIR Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research PEPA Pakistan Environmental Protection Act PEQS Provincial Environmental Quality Standards PID Punjab Irrigation Department PMO Project Management Office PPEs Personal Protective Equipment RD Reduced Distance RGB Right Guide Bank RMB Right Marginal Bund ROW Right of Way RWI Restricted Work Injury SCL Sinohydro Corporation Limited SMEC SMEC International Pty. Limited SP Special Provision SSEMP Site Specific Environmental Management Plan SWMP Solid Waste Management Plan TBT Tool Box Talk TDS Total Dissolved Solid TMP Traffic Management Plan TPBC Trimmu Panjnad Barrages Consultants TRIR Total Recordable Injury Rate Biannual Environmental Monitoring Report (July – December 2017) TS Trimmu Sidhnai UA/UC Unsafe Act/Unsafe Condition WED World Environment Day WHO World Health Organization This 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. 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. Biannual Environmental Monitoring Report (July – December 2017) Islamic Republic of Pakistan Bi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report ADB LOAN No. 3159/3160-PAK Project Number: 47235-001 (July to December 2017) Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Trimmu Barrage Project (TPBIP/ICB-01) Prepared by: Tariq Jan, Environmentalist Trimmu Panjnad Barrage Consultants (TPBC) Initial Review by: Engr. Anwar Hussain Mujahid Environmental Specialist TPBC For: Project Management Office, Irrigation Department, Government of the Punjab Final Review by: Malik Pervaiz Arif, Director Environment & Social PMO Barrages, Canal Bank, Mustafabad, Lahore Consultants: Joint Venture of NESPAK (Pvt) Ltd., SMEC Pty Int’l, Engineering General Consultants (EGC) Ltd. Biannual Environmental Monitoring Report (July – December 2017) Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Trimmu Barrage Bi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report Jul-Dec 2017 TRIMMU AND PANJNAD BARRAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Bi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 1.1. Project Background ............................................................................................ 1 1.2. Salient Features of Barrage ............................................................................... 1 1.3. Project Scope of Work........................................................................................ 3 1.3.1. Civil Works .................................................................................................. 3 1.3.2. Mechanical & Electrical Works (M&E) ......................................................... 4 1.3.3. Building Works ............................................................................................ 4 1.4. Construction Activities ........................................................................................ 4 1.5. Overall Progress about HSE Issues ................................................................... 5 1.6. Changes in Contractor’s HSE Organogram ........................................................ 5 1.7. Relationship with the PMO, TPBC & Contractor ................................................. 6 1.8. Site Specific Environmental Management Plan (SSEMP) .................................. 6 1.9. EMP Performance Monitoring ............................................................................ 6 1.10. Environmental Checklists for Monitoring ............................................................ 7 1.11. PMO and Consultant’s Monitoring Activities ....................................................... 7 1.11.1. Instrumental Monitoring Performance at Trimmu Barrage Project ............... 7 1.11.2. Environmental Progress Review Meetings (EPRMs) in the reported period 8 1.11.3. PMO, TPBC & Contractor’s Staff Site Visit to Check HSE Compliance ....... 8 1.11.4. Field Visit by Environment & Social Team of Asian Development Bank .... 10 1.12. Institutional Arrangements of Trimmu Barrage Project ..................................... 11 1.12.1. Project Management Office (PMO) ........................................................... 11 1.12.2. Construction Supervision Consultants....................................................... 12 1.12.3. Contractor ................................................................................................. 13 2. ENVIRONMENTal MONITORING PERFORMANCE ..................................................... 14 2.1. Environmental Monitoring Summary ................................................................. 14 2.2. Types of Monitoring .......................................................................................... 14 2.3. Compliance Monitoring/Internal Monitoring ...................................................... 14 2.3.1. Surface Water Quality Analysis ................................................................. 14 2.3.2. Noise Monitoring ....................................................................................... 18 2.4. Instrumental Monitoring/Effects Monitoring/External Monitoring ....................... 21 2.4.1. Drinking Water (Ground Water) Quality Monitoring ................................... 22 NESPAK – SMEC – EGC (TPBC) Page i Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Trimmu Barrage Bi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report Jul-Dec 2017 2.4.2. Waste Water Analysis ............................................................................... 23 2.4.3. Ambient Air Quality Monitoring .................................................................. 24 3. ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL MANAGEMENT ........................................................... 26 3.1. Flora & Fauna .................................................................................................. 26 3.2. Borrow Area ..................................................................................................... 26 3.3. Traffic Management Plan Implementation ........................................................ 27 3.4. Cofferdam & Water Filtration Plant Inauguration by Project Director ................ 29 3.5. Installation of Signboards, Diversion Signs....................................................... 29 3.6. Dust Abatement & Air Emission Monitoring ...................................................... 30 3.7. Tree Plantation Plan ......................................................................................... 30 3.8. Oil Spill Management ....................................................................................... 31 3.9. Fuel Storage Area ............................................................................................ 32 3.10. Environmental Management and Monitoring Plan (EMMP) .............................. 32 3.11. Campsite Management & Labor Accommodation ............................................. 33 3.12. Field Visits of TPBC Environmental Specialist to Trimmu Barrage ................... 34 3.13. Grievance Redressal Committee ...................................................................... 36 3.14. Complaint Register ........................................................................................... 37 3.15. Employment Status .......................................................................................... 38 3.16. Social Issues on Site ........................................................................................ 38 3.17. Waste Management ......................................................................................... 39 3.17.1. Waste Water Collection and Disposal ....................................................... 39 3.17.2. Solid Waste Management ......................................................................... 39 4. OCCUPATIONAL