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Belarus Integrated Solid Waste Management Project Component III MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS Public Disclosure Authorized BELARUS INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT Component III Persistent Organic Pollutant Stockpile Management Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Impact Assessment Minsk January, 2010 Public Disclosure Authorized Final Report Public Disclosure Authorized TABLE OF CONTENTS MAP OF LOCATION ................................................................................................................................................. 4 SHORT COUNTRY PROFILE ................................................................................................................................. 5 GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................................................................. 6 ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................... 8 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................. 15 1.1 EIA SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................... 16 1.2 EIA METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................ 19 1.3 EXPLANATORY NOTE ON THE PROJECT OPTION CHOICE ....................................................................... 20 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................................. 21 2.2 PROJECT SCOPE AND BENEFITS .......................................................................................................................... 21 2.3 PROJECT COMPONENTS ...................................................................................................................................... 22 2.4 PROJECT FINANCING, COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT ................................................................................. 24 3. INSTITUTIONAL, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ...................................................... 25 3.1 INSTITUTIONAL, LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF POPS .............. 25 3.2 NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO THE CONTENT OF EIA ........................................................................................ 26 4. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................................................... 29 4.1 GEOGRAPHY ...................................................................................................................................................... 29 4.2 CLIMATE ............................................................................................................................................................ 29 4.3 GEOLOGY .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 4.4 SOILS ................................................................................................................................................................. 30 4.5 AMBIENT AIR ..................................................................................................................................................... 31 4.6 WATER RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................................... 31 4.7 BIODIVERSITY AND PROTECTED AREAS ............................................................................................................. 32 4.8. POPULATION, ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ............................................ 34 4.9 CURRENT CONCENTRATION OF PESTICIDES AND PCBS IN THE ENVIRONMENT ................................................... 35 4.9.2 Current assessment of environmental contamination with PCBs ............................................................. 37 4.9.3 Assessment of environmental contamination by PCDD/PCDF ................................................................ 38 4.10 CURRENT IMPACT OF THE SLONIM OBSOLETE PESTICIDE BURIAL SITE ON THE ENVIRONMENT ......................... 39 4.11 CURRENT IMPACT OF THE PCB CONTAINING EQUIPMENT STORAGE SITE IN MINOITY VILLAGE ON THE ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................................................................................... 41 5. PROJECT ALTERNATIVES .............................................................................................................................. 44 5.1 ZERO SCENARIO OR NOT HAVING A PROJECT ..................................................................................................... 44 5.2 REGIONAL ALTERNATIVES ................................................................................................................................. 44 5.2.1 The Slonim obsolete pesticide burial site ................................................................................................ 44 5.2.2 The PCB containing equipment storage site in Minoity village (the Lida District) ............................... 48 6. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................................................................... 50 6.1 BENEFICIARY’S CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT THE EMP ......................................................................................... 50 6.1.1 Regulatory and institutional capacity ....................................................................................................... 50 6.1.2 Monitoring capacity .................................................................................................................................. 51 6.2 RISK MITIGATION PLAN ...................................................................................................................................... 53 A. RISK MITIGATION PLAN ................................................................................................................................ 54 6.3 MONITORING PLAN ........................................................................................................................................... 64 7 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ................................................................................................................................. 70 7.1. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PROJECT PREPARATION ............................................................................................ 70 7.2 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ...................................................................................... 71 2 8 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................................................... 72 ANNEX 1. EIA REPORT PREPARATION TEAM .............................................................................................. 73 ANNEX 2. REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................................... 74 ANNEX 3. MINUTES OF PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS ..................................................................................... 77 ANNEX 4. MINUTES OF PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS ..................................................................................... 80 ANNEX 5. MINUTES OF PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS ..................................................................................... 82 ANNEX 6. MINUTES OF PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS ..................................................................................... 84 ANNEX 7. MAP OF PESTICIDES MONITORING POINTS ............................................................................. 86 ANNEX 8. MAP OF PCB MONITORING POINTS ............................................................................................. 87 ANNEX 9. MAP OF THE SLONIM OBSOLETE PESTICIDE BURIAL SITE ................................................ 88 ANNEX 10. MAP OF THE PCB CONTAINING EQUIPMENT STORAGE SITE IN THE MINOITY VILLAGE (THE LIDA DISTRICT) ....................................................................................................................... 89 ANNEX 12. DATA OF THE INVENTORY OF POPS OBSOLETE PESTICIDES STOCKPILED IN WAREHOUSES IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS .......................................................................................... 90 ANNEX 13. DATA OF LOCAL GROUNDWATER MONITORING IN THE VICINITY OF THE SLONIM OBSOLETE PESTICIDE BURIAL SITE IN 2008 ................................................................................................ 96 ANNEX 14. TERMS OF REFERENCE AND SCOPE OF SERVICES .............................................................. 97 ANNEX 15. MINUTES, LISTS OF PARTICIPANTS, MASS MEDIA EVIDENCE COPIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS IN RUSSIAN ...................................................................................................................................... 104 3 MAP OF LOCATION Figure 1. Map of Europe Figure
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