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PRIORITIZED ROAD INVESTMENT and MANAGEMENT ENHANCEMENTS (PRIME) PROJECT Federated States of Micronesia PRIORITIZED ROAD INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT ENHANCEMENTS (PRIME) PROJECT Federated States of Micronesia ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FINAL Prepared for With Funding from December 2020 Federated States of Micronesia PRIME Project Environmental and Social Management Framework CONTENTS 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Environmental and Social Assessment Overview ...................................................................... 1 1.2 Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) .................................................... 1 2. Project Background and Rationale .................................................................................. 3 2.1 Overview of the ‘PRIME’ Project ............................................................................................... 3 2.2 Climate Adaptation and Resilience Objectives .......................................................................... 3 2.3 ‘PRIME’ Investments and Activities ........................................................................................... 4 2.4 Project Location ........................................................................................................................ 7 3. Legislative & Regulatory Framework ............................................................................. 13 3.1 FSM National Government Legislation, Regulations and Policy Requirements ....................... 13 3.2 State Government Legislation, Regulation and Policy Requirements ...................................... 20 3.3 International Standards and Guidelines .................................................................................. 27 3.4 Comparison of WB ESF and FSM Legislative Requirements .................................................. 33 4. Existing Environment ...................................................................................................... 39 4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 39 4.2 Project Area of Influence ......................................................................................................... 39 4.3 General Baseline Description .................................................................................................. 40 4.4 Indigeneity in FSM .................................................................................................................. 58 5. Anticipated Environmental & Social Impacts of Component 2 Physical Works ........ 60 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 60 5.2 Potential Impacts of Components 1 and 3 ............................................................................... 60 5.3 Potential Feasibility, Design and Pre-Construction Impacts under Component 2 .................... 61 5.4 Potential Construction Impacts under Component 2 ............................................................... 62 5.5 Potential Operational Impacts under Component 2 ................................................................. 71 5.6 Cumulative Impacts ................................................................................................................. 73 5.7 Risk Assessment & Impact Identification Methodology............................................................ 74 5.8 Residual “High Risk” Matters ................................................................................................... 97 5.9 Environmental and Social Sensitivities Maps .......................................................................... 97 6. Risk Management Procedures for Component 2 Works ............................................ 103 6.1 Environmental and Social Risk Screening ............................................................................. 103 6.2 Preparation of ESIA/ESMPs .................................................................................................. 104 December 2020 Final ii Federated States of Micronesia PRIME Project Environmental and Social Management Framework 6.3 Civil Works Contractor Requirements ................................................................................... 106 6.4 Implementation of ESMP and CESMP .................................................................................. 107 6.5 Risk Management for Technical Advisory Activities .............................................................. 107 7. Stakeholder Engagement, Consultation and Participation ........................................ 109 8. Institutional Arrangements, Responsibilities and Implementation ........................... 111 8.1 Institutional Responsibilities and Structures .......................................................................... 111 8.2 Implementation Roles and Responsibilities ........................................................................... 113 8.3 Implementation Process ........................................................................................................ 117 9. Budget and Financial Arrangements ........................................................................... 119 10. Monitoring and Evaluation ............................................................................................ 121 10.1 Internal Monitoring and Reporting ..................................................................................... 121 10.2 Submission and Distribution of Monitoring Reports ........................................................... 124 11. References ..................................................................................................................... 125 LIST OF TABLES Table 3-1: WHO ambient air quality guidelines (WHO 2005) ......................................................................... 28 Table 3-2: WHO noise level guidelines (WHO 1999) ..................................................................................... 31 Table 3-3: Gaps between WB ESF and FSM legislative requirements, and gap filling measures................... 34 Table 4-1: Project Area of Influence (AOI) delineations and conditions......................................................... 40 Table 5-1: Qualitative risk analysis matrix ..................................................................................................... 74 Table 5-2: Qualitative measures of likelihood ............................................................................................... 75 Table 5-3: Qualitative measures of consequence ......................................................................................... 75 Table 5-4: Outcome of Assessment of Component 1 (Spatial and Sector Planning) and Component 3 (Strengthening the Enabling Environment) Risks. .......................................................................................... 77 Table 5-5: Outcome of Assessment of Key Feasibility, Design and Pre-Construction Phase Environmental, Social, Health and Safety Risks for Component 2 .......................................................................................... 79 Table 5-6: Outcome of Assessment of Key Construction Phase Environmental, Social, Health and Safety Risks for Component 2 Physical Works ................................................................................................................... 85 Table 5-7: Outcome of Assessment of Key Operational Phase Risks Component 2 Physical Works ............ 95 Table 5-7: Key environmental and social attributes enabling assessment of level of sensitivity .................... 97 Table 5-8: ‘High’ sensitivity areas - Kosrae ................................................................................................... 98 Table 5-9: ‘High’ sensitivity areas - Pohnpei ................................................................................................. 98 Table 5-10: ‘High’ sensitivity areas - Chuuk .................................................................................................. 98 December 2020 Final iii Federated States of Micronesia PRIME Project Environmental and Social Management Framework Table 5-11: ‘High’ sensitivity areas - Yap ...................................................................................................... 98 Table 6-1: Examples of sub-plans to the Contractor Environmental and Social Management Plan .............. 107 Table 8-1: ESMF Implementation Responsibilities ....................................................................................... 118 Table 9-1: Indicative budget for implementing the ESMF ............................................................................. 119 Table 10-1: Schedule of construction reporting ............................................................................................ 123 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2-1: Location of FSM States: Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk and Yap ........................................................... 8 Figure 2-2: Extent of PRIME Road on Kosrae. ................................................................................................. 9 Figure 2-3: Extent of PRIME Road on Pohnpei. ............................................................................................. 10 Figure 2-4: Extent of PRIME Road on Chuuk. ...............................................................................................
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