35173-015: Urban Water Supply and Sanitation (Sector) Project
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Initial Environmental Examination Document Stage: Final Project Number: 35173-015 May 2018 NEP: Urban Water Supply and Sanitation (Sector) Project (Chainpur Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Subproject) Prepared by Ministry of Water Supply, Government of Nepal for the Asian Development Bank. This final initial environmental examination 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. IEE of Chainpur Small Town Water Supply and Sanitation Project Initial Environmental Examination May 2018 NEP: Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project (UWSSSP) Chainpur Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project Chainpur, Bajhang District Prepared by the Ministry of Water Supply (MoWS) for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) 1 IEE of Chainpur Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project BDA/PEA JV, May 2018 ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AP Affected Person DI Ductile Iron DSMC Design, Supervision and Management Consultant DRTAC Design Review and Technical Audit Consultant DWSS Department of Water Supply and Sewerage EARF Environmental Assessment and Review Framework EIA Environment Impact Assessment EMP Environment Management Plan EMR Environmental Monitoring Report EPA Environment Protection Act EPR Environment Protection Rules EO Environmental Officer ES Environmental Specialist ESA Environmental Safeguard Assistant ESE Environmental Safeguard Expert GI Galvanized Iron GoN Government of Nepal GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism HHs Households HDPE High Density Polyethylene IBAT Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool ICG Implementation Core Group IEE Initial Environmental Examination MoFE Ministry of Forests and Environment MoWS Ministry of Water Supply NDWQS National Drinking Water Quality Standard NPR Nepalese Rupees PMO Project Management Office RPMO Regional Project Management Office ROW Right of way REA Rapid Environmental Assessment SPS Safeguard Policy Statement SDG Sustainable Development Goal ToR Terms of Reference i IEE of Chainpur Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project BDA/PEA JV, May 2018 USD United States Dollar UWSSSP Urban Water Supply & Sanitation Sector Project VDC Village Development Committee WTP Water Treatment Plant WHO World Health Organization WSSDO Water Supply and Sanitation Divisional Office WUSC Water Users and Sanitation Committee ii IEE of Chainpur Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project BDA/PEA JV, May 2018 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES C Celsius/centigrade dBA decibel audible Ha hectare/s km kilometer/s kph kilometer/s per hour M meter/s m3 cubic meter/s amsl above mean sea level mg/l milligram/s per liter mm millimeter/s iii IEE of Chainpur Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project BDA/PEA JV, May 2018 NOTES This Initial Environmental Examination (draft) 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. The draft IEE and its environmental management plans will be updated during project implementation. 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. iv IEE of Chainpur Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project BDA/PEA JV, May 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................... viii I Introduction ...............................................................................................................................- 1 - A. Name and Address of the Individual Institution Preparing the Report ...................................- 1 - B. Basis and Extent of IEE Study ...............................................................................................- 1 - C. Objectives and Scope of the Environmental Study ................................................................- 2 - D. Relevancy of the Project ........................................................................................................- 3 - II Policy, Legal and Administrative Framework ........................................................................- 5 - A. Nepal’s Environmental Policy Framework .............................................................................- 5 - B. Nepal’s Environmental Legal Framework ..............................................................................- 5 - C. Environmental Assessment Requirements ......................................................................... - 11 - D. IEE Approval Process of Nepal ........................................................................................... - 14 - III Approach and Methodologies for Conducting IEE ........................................................... - 16 - IV Description Of The Project .................................................................................................. - 19 - A. Location and Accessibility of the Project Area .................................................................... - 19 - B. Existing Water Supply Situation .......................................................................................... - 20 - C. Existing Sanitation Situation ............................................................................................... - 20 - D. Type, Catergory and Need of the Sub-Project .................................................................... - 20 - E. Project Sub-Components .................................................................................................... - 25 - F. Community Participation ..................................................................................................... - 31 - G. Support Activities ................................................................................................................ - 31 - V DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT .............................................................................. - 32 - VI ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES .................. - 38 - VII: Analysis of Alternatives ........................................................................................................ - 47 - A. With- and Without-Subproject Alternatives ......................................................................... - 47 - B. With subproject’s location alternative: ................................................................................. - 47 - C. Alternatives Relative to Planning and Design ..................................................................... - 47 - VIII INFORMATION DISCLOSURE, CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION.......................... - 49 - A. Information Disclosure, Consolations and Participations .................................................... - 49 - B. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ............................................................................. - 51 - IX ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ........................................................................... - 56 - A. Institutional Arrangement .................................................................................................... - 56 - B. Safeguard Implementation Arrangement ............................................................................ - 57 - C. Environmental Monitoring Program .................................................................................... - 73 - D. Institutional Capacity Development Program ...................................................................... - 74 - E. Staffing Requirement and Budget ....................................................................................... - 75 - X MONITORING AND REPORTING .......................................................................................... - 80 - XI CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................ - 81 - v IEE of Chainpur Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project BDA/PEA JV, May 2018 LIST OF TABLES Table I-1: Criteria for Requirement of IEE and/or EIA for Drinking Water Supply Projects as per Annex 1 and Schedule G and Annex 3 Schedule H of Environment Protection Regulation 1997 Amendment 2007 .. 3 Table II-1: Other Relevant Environmental Act, Rules, Plan, Policies & Guidelines of Nepal ......................... 6 Table II-2: SPS 2009 Safeguard Requirements ...................................................................................... - 12 - Table II-3: The GoN IEE Report Preparation, Review, Approval and Implementation Process ................... 12 Table II-4: Relevant Environmental Quality Standards ................................................................................. 13 Table III-1: Study Team for IEE Study of the Project ............................................................................... - 18 - Table IV-1: Salient feature of the project ....................................................... 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