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INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATASHEET APPRAISAL STAGE I. Basic Information Date prepared/updated: 05/11/2010 Report No.: AC5125 Public Disclosure Authorized 1. Basic Project Data Original Project ID: P079116 Original Project Name: Environmentally Sensitive Tourist Areas Project (Montenegro) Country: Montenegro Project ID: P120659 Project Name: Additional Financing for Montenegro Environmentally Sensitive Tourist Areas Project Task Team Leader: Sanyu Sarah Senkatuka Lutalo Estimated Appraisal Date: June 14, 2010 Estimated Board Date: September 14, 2010 Managing Unit: ECSSD Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Sector: Solid waste management (95%);Central government administration (5%) Public Disclosure Authorized Theme: Pollution management and environmental health (50%);Environmental policies and institutions (25%);Other urban development (25%) IBRD Amount (US$m.): 5.82 IDA Amount (US$m.): 0.00 GEF Amount (US$m.): 0.00 PCF Amount (US$m.): 0.00 Other financing amounts by source: Borrower 0.26 Financing Gap 0.30 0.56 Environmental Category: B - Partial Assessment Public Disclosure Authorized Simplified Processing Simple [] Repeater [] Is this project processed under OP 8.50 (Emergency Recovery) Yes [ ] No [X] or OP 8.00 (Rapid Response to Crises and Emergencies) 2. Project Objectives The main objective of the Project is to create ecological and commercially sustainable solid waste collection and disposal services in Montenegro coastal municipalities, needed to maintain a clean, environmentally attractive coastal area. This objective was to be achieved through: (i) developing the sector’s institutional policy and regulatory framework; (ii) rehabilitating two existing municipal disposal sites that operate without sanitary conditions, to function as properly designed regional sanitary landfills; (iii) closing existing disposal sites in an environmentally acceptable manner; (iv) provision of modern collection equipment; (v) initiating a pilot recycling campaign; and (vi) Public Disclosure Authorized strengthening multi-municipal joint companies (MJCs) that would be created to operate the two regional solid waste disposal systems. Additional to the environmental benefits the project seeks to achieve, it aims at bolstering tourism prospects by eliminating the solid waste collection and disposal problems that are gravelly affecting environmentally sensitive tourist areas in the coast. 3. Project Description The MESTAP project has three components (although activities to be financed through the proposed AF are mainly focused on one main sub-component under Component 1 - Environmental Infrastructure Component - in particular development of a regional sanitary landfill for Bar and Ulcinj): Component I. Environmental Infrastructure: This component was to finance improvement of environmental infrastructure in the coastal municipalities by rehabilitating two of the existing municipal landfills that operated without sanitary conditions, and developing in the same areas properly designed Regional Landfills. The Project was to finance landfills in Kotor, to serve Kotor and Budva, and in Bar, to serve Bar and Ulcinj, including the equipment needed for operation. The component was also to finance equipment for collection and transport of solid wastes to the landfills. The first phase of the sanitary landfill in Kotor was constructed and operated successfully, but it filled up and was closed. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is supposed to finance a new landfill in Kotor. However the landfill in Bar has not yet been constructed, and is to be partly financed through the proposed additional financing. Waste collection equipment was also purchased through the original credit. Component II. Environmental Rehabilitation: The first sub-component under this component entails closing of Uncontrolled Disposal Sites. The Project was to finance equipment and civil works needed to permanently close five current municipal unsanitary disposal sites in an environmentally sound manner, and institute long-term environmental monitoring. The second sub-component under this component was the Pilot Recycling Campaign. The Project was to finance works for the rehabilitation of solid waste management facilities, recycling equipment and technical assistance to support a pilot program of recycling that includes: (i) the execution of a public dissemination campaign, with particular attention to local schools; (ii) the introduction of separation of wastes at the source in selected locations; (iii) a study on recycling options, demand, and markets; and (iv) the improvement of current informal recycling practices in Kotor’s landfill. Two uncontrolled waste disposal sites have been closed through the project, and two more are to be closed through co-financing from the EIB. A waste recycling center was also established at Lovanja in Kotor through the project. This recycling center operated fully while the Lovanja landfill in Kotor was operational and is now operating at lower capacity. Component III. Technical Assistance: The first sub-component under this component is Project Management, under which the Project was to finance equipment and consultant services for Project management, including auditing and follow-up social monitoring, and for the supervision of the proposed regional landfills. The second sub-component was for Sector Institutional Development under which the Project was to finance consultant services and training to support the GoM to strengthen the newly created MJCs and further develop the regulatory framework for the sector. The MJCs for both the Kotor, Budva and Tivat and for the Bar and Ulcinj municipalities have been established to manage the respective landfills. 4. Project Location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis The Montenegro Coastal Area represents a unique and valuable location with high environmental, cultural and historical value, comprising one of the country’s most important tourism resources. The shore area also offers a large number of small ports and picturesque villages. The selected site for the regional sanitary solid waste landfill for the municipalities Bar and Ulcinj is located in Mozura, across the bay of Hladna, in the territory of Bar municipality, about 17 km Southeast of the town of Bar and 11 km in Northwest direction from Ulcinj. The site is about 1500 m from the Adriatic Sea and 295 m above sea level. The area allocated for the sanitary landfill is about 24.4 ha. Due to the land configuration in the zone around the planned landfill location, there are no inhabited or business structures in a radius of around 850 meters. There is an existing 2 km Macadam access road from the main road to the landfill site. A new access 2.5 km access road to the site from the existing primary road from Bar and Ulcinj will be constructed. The site and its surrounding area do not represent any protected nature or cultural zones. The area has a Mediterranean climate distinguished by a mild, very rainy winter period and a distinctly dry, relatively long and warm summer period. The annual precipitation in this region amounts to about 1353.3 [l/m2]. The general landscape is typified by Mediterranean vegetation, with olive-trees, pomegranate-trees, oleanders and chestnut- trees. The Mozura site itself is covered with dense Maccia vegetation. The site is situated on a gently sloping terrain composed mostly of limestone. In terms of the geomorphologic characteristics, two main types of relief exist in the area (i) Karst and (ii) Deluvial, and to a lesser extent proluvial- fluvial and colluvial forms are present. In outcrops along the road laterite formation near the surface and several meters into the rock mass could be observed. This clayey material appears to seal cracks and joints, increase permeability and decelerate karstification. Ground and surface drainage flows towards the Adriatic Sea. In the vicinity of the location for the landfill there is non- perennial creek that drains surface waters during the rainy seasons of a year. Several km south-east of the location, out of few springs in between the flysch sediments and the aquifer of the anticlinal structure Mozura, Bratika rijeka, Kule and Mulina rivers are formed. However, the landfill location is not situated in their drainage area and would not influence waters in these water flows and springs. The seismic risk for the project area is considered significant. On the seismological risk map for Montenegro the coastal area is situated in the highest seismic risk zone of the country zone IX), which corresponds to a 10% probability of a seismic event of a Mercali scale intensity of at least IX occurring within 50 years (which would mean a return period of such an event of 500 years). Intensity IX approximately means the destruction or severe damage of about 50% of the built environment. A well engineered landfill would very likely withstand this magnitude earthquake relatively undamaged, if it is not located on a geological structure which may be reactivated during the seismic event. Due diligence carried out to assess the seismic characteristics of the area confirmed that at the site itself there are no indications of slope stability issues, strong karst phenomena which could lead to surface collapse during strong seismic events, or geological faults or weakness zones which might be reactivated during seismic events. All the above issues have been taken into consideration in assessing the potential environmental impacts of the project, and measures