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Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Solutions Ltd. TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES.............................................................................................................. F LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................... G LIST OF PLATES ............................................................................................................. H LIST OF APPENDICES......................................................................................................I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................I 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Purpose................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Description of the Project ................................................................................... 2 1.2.1 Project Overview............................................................................................ 2 1.2.2 The Product..................................................................................................... 5 1.2.2 The Product..................................................................................................... 6 1.2.3 Degradation of Ethanol................................................................................... 6 1.2.4 Methods for Cleaning up Ethanol................................................................... 6 1.2.5 The Proposed Plant ......................................................................................... 6 1.2.5.1 The Storage Tank Farm .................................................................................. 6 1.2.5.2 The Dehydrating Plant .................................................................................... 7 1.2.5.3 Boiler House................................................................................................... 8 1.2.5.4 Boiler Fuel (Bunker C) and Water Tank Yard................................................ 8 1.2.5.5 Power Building............................................................................................... 9 1.2.5.6 Import/Export Facilities.................................................................................. 9 1.2.6 Process Safety Management ......................................................................... 10 1.2.6.1 Employee Involvement ................................................................................. 10 1.2.6.2 Process Hazard Analysis............................................................................... 10 1.2.6.3 Operating Procedure ..................................................................................... 10 1.2.6.4 Employees......................................................................................................... 10 1.2.6.5 Contractor ..................................................................................................... 11 1.2.6.6 Pre-Start-up Safety Review........................................................................... 11 1.2.6.7 Mechanical Integrity..................................................................................... 11 1.2.6.8 Management of Change ................................................................................ 11 1.2.6.9 Incident Investigation....................................................................................11 1.2.6.10 Emergency Planning and Response.......................................................... 12 1.2.6.11 Compliance Audit..................................................................................... 12 1.2.7 Wastewater Treatment .................................................................................. 12 1.2.8 Drainage........................................................................................................ 13 1.2.9 Site Office, Construction Yard and Materials Sourcing ............................... 13 1.2.10 Timing and Duration of Construction Phases............................................... 13 2.0 TERMS OF REFERENCE................................................................................... 15 3.0 LEGISLATION AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS........................... 23 3.1 National Legislation – Natural Environment....................................................... 23 3.1.1 Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act (1991)....................................... 23 3.1.2 Environmental Review and Permitting Process (1997)................................ 24 Ethanol Plant, Port Esquivel, St. Catherine a Jamaica Broilers Group Ltd. Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Solutions Ltd. 3.1.3 Wildlife Protection Act (1945) ..................................................................... 24 3.1.4 The Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) Act (2000) ..................................................................................................................... 24 3.1.5 The Natural Resources (Prescribed Areas)(Prohibition of Categories of Enterprise, Construction and Development) Order (1996)........................................... 25 3.1.6 Water Resources Act (1995)......................................................................... 25 3.1.7 Country Fires Act (1942).............................................................................. 26 3.1.8 Quarries Control Act (1983) ......................................................................... 27 3.1.9 The Pesticides (Amendment) Act (1996) ..................................................... 27 3.1.10 Clean Air Act (1964) ................................................................................... 28 3.1.11 The Natural Resources Conservation Authority (Air Quality) Regulations, 2002…………………………………………………………………………28 3.1.12 Noise Standards ........................................................................................... 30 3.1.13 Trade Effluent and Sewage Regulations (1996) (Draft)............................... 30 3.1.14 The Natural Resources Conservation (Portland Bight Protected Area) Regulations (1999)........................................................................................................ 32 3.1.15 Watershed Protection Act (1963).................................................................. 32 3.2 National Legislation – Social Environment...................................................... 33 3.2.1 Town and Country Planning Act (1958)....................................................... 33 3.2.2 Land Development and Utilization Act (1966) ............................................ 34 3.2.3 Public Health Act (1976) .............................................................................. 34 3.2.4 The National Solid Waste Management Authority Act (2001) .................... 35 3.2.5 Jamaica National Heritage Trust Act (1985) ................................................ 35 3.2.6 Land Acquisition Act (1947) ........................................................................ 36 3.2.7 Registration of Titles Act (1989) .................................................................. 37 3.2.8 The Factories Act (1973) .............................................................................. 37 3.2.9 Jamaica’s Energy Policy...................................................................................... 38 3.2.10 The Town and Country Planning (St. Catherine Coast) Provisional Development Order, 1964............................................................................................. 40 3.2.11 South Coast Sustainable Development Master Plan..................................... 40 3.3 International Legislative and Regulatory Considerations................................. 41 3.3.1 Cartagena Convention (Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region) (1983)............................... 41 3.3.2 Convention on Biological Diversity ............................................................. 42 4.0 METHODOLOGY AND APPROACH............................................................... 43 4.1 General Approach............................................................................................. 43 4.2 Physical Environment ....................................................................................... 44 4.2.1 Site and Situation ................................................................................................. 44 4.2.2 Climate.......................................................................................................... 44 4.2.3 Topography, Hydrogeology and Drainage ................................................... 44 4.2.4 Stormwater Runoff........................................................................................45 4.2.5 Natural Hazard Risk...................................................................................... 45 4.2.6 Air Quality.................................................................................................... 46 4.2.7 Noise ............................................................................................................. 48 4.2.8 Water Quality Methodology ......................................................................... 50 4.2.9 Marine Sediment Analysis...........................................................................