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TILENGA PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Volume I Submitted to: National Environment Management Authority May 2018 This page has intentionally been left blank to allow for double sided printing Tilenga Project ESIA Jane Sladen BSc Groundwater Expert Stuart Heather BSc, MIOA Noise Expert Gareth Hodgkiss MSc, BSc, AMIEnvEc MIAQM Air Quality Expert Ph.D in Sociology, MA (Sociology), BA Dauda Waisswa Batega Sociologist (Hons) MSc in Energy and Environmental Deo Okure Air Quality/Noise Expert Management, BSc (Hons) Mike Bains BSc, CChem, MRSC Waste Expert Dr. Elizabeth Kyazike Ph.D. in Archaeology, BA Arts (Hons), Lead Archaeologist Leonora O’Brien MA (Hons), MA, MCIfA, MCIL Archaeology/Cultural Heritage Expert M.Sc. in Tropical Hydrogeology, M.Sc. Syliver Wadamba in Watershed Management, Hydrologist Expert B.Sc.(Hons), Diploma MSc in Water Resources Surveys, Robert Naguyo Geologist/Hydrogeologist Expert Groundwater, B.Sc (Hons) MSc. Physical Land Resources – Soil Julius Opio Soil Expert Science, BSc. (Hons) Mark Westbury MSc, BSc Social/Socio Economic Expert Laura Craggs BSc Lead GIS MSc. Geo-information Science and Peter Nsiimire GIS Support Technology Diploma, BSc (Hons) Usha Vedagiri PhD Health Expert Nick Chisholm-Batten MA (Hons), MSc, PIEMA Ecosystem Services Expert Karen Clifford BA(Hons), DipLA, MLA, CMLI Landscape and Visual Expert Neil Titley MSc, BSc, PIEMA, MIES Lead ESMP and Commitment Register May 2018 ESIA – OVERALL TABLE OF CONTENTS ESIA Volume I: List of Abbreviations Glossary of Terms Executive Summary Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Policy, Regulatory and Administrative Framework Chapter 3: ESIA Methodology Chapter 4: Project Description and Alternatives Chapter 5: Stakeholder Engagement ESIA Volume II: Chapter 6: Air Quality and Climate Chapter 7: Noise and Vibration Chapter 8: Geology and Soils Chapter 9: Hydrogeology Chapter 10: Surface Water Chapter 11: Landscape and Visual Chapter 12: Waste ESIA VOLUME III: Chapter 13: Terrestrial Vegetation Chapter 14: Terrestrial Wildlife Chapter 15: Aquatic Life ESIA VOLUME IV: Chapter 16: Social Chapter 17: Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Chapter 18: Health and Safety Chapter 19: Ecosystem Services ESIA VOLUME V: Chapter 20: Unplanned Events Chapter 21: Cumulative Impact Assessment Chapter 22: Transboundary Impacts Chapter 23: Environmental and Social Management Plan Chapter 24: Residual Impacts and Conclusions ESIA VOLUME VI: Appendix A: NEMA Approval for Scoping Report and Project Proponents Response Appendix B: Key Project Component Fact Sheets Appendix C: Early Works Project Brief (PB) Executive Summary and Enabling Infrastructure Geotechnical surveys PB Executive Summary Appendix D: A3 copy of key figures Appendix E: Additional Project Description material Appendix F: CIA VEC Summary Report Appendix G: Stakeholder Engagement Plan and supporting information Appendix H: Air Quality supporting information Appendix I: Noise and Vibration supporting information Appendix J: Soils and Geology supporting information Appendix K: Hydrogeology supporting information Appendix L: Surface Water supporting information Appendix M: Landscape and Visual supporting information Appendix N: Terrestrial Vegetation supporting information Appendix O: Terrestrial Wildlife supporting information Appendix P: Aquatic Life supporting information Appendix Q: Social supporting information Appendix R: Archaeology and Cultural Heritage supporting information Appendix: S: Ecosystem Services supporting information Appendix T: ESMP Mitigation Checklist Standalone document: ESIA Non-Technical Summary This page has intentionally been left blank to allow for double sided printing List of Abbreviations This page has intentionally been left blank to allow for double sided printing Table of Abbreviations ACRONYM DESCRIPTION 2D Two Dimensional 3D Three Dimensional AA Action Agenda AAS Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer ACDP Agriculture Cluster Development Project ACODE Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment ACOP Africa Child Online Protection ACP African Caribbean and Pacific Countries ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution AEAM Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management AECOM AECOM Limited AERMIC AMS/EPA Regulatory Model Improvement Committee AEWA Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds AFIEGO African Institute for Energy Governance AG EBM Albertine Graben Environmental Baseline Monitoring Report AG EMP Albertine Graben Environmental Management Plan AGIs Above Ground Facilities AGODA Albertine Graben Oil and Gas Districts Association AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome AIR Aerospace Information Report ALARP As Low As Reasonably Practicable ALC Area Land Committee AMS American Meteorological Society AMICAAL Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders’ Initiative for Community Action on Aids at the Local Level ANC Antenatal care AoI Area of Influence API American Petroleum Institute May 2018 1 Table of Abbreviations ACRONYM DESCRIPTION AQ Air Quality AR Albertine Rift ARDP Albertine Rift Development Project ARI Acute Respiratory Infection ARLPI Acholi Religious Leaders’ Peace Initiative ART Antiretroviral therapy ATIA Access to Information Act AUOGS Association of Ugandan Oil and Gas Service Providers AUTO Association of Uganda Tour Operators AWE Air Water Earth Ltd BAP Biodiversity Action Plan BAT Best Available Technique BAU Business as Usual BCP Border Control Post BDL Below Detection Limit BFO Biodiversity Field Officer BHIC Bugungu Heritage and Information Centre BIRC Bunyoro Inter-Religious Council BIRUDO Buliisa Initiative for Rural Development Organisation BKK Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom BLAC Biodiversity and Livelihood Advisory Committee BLFCS Buliisa Livestock Farmers Cooperative Society BMP Biodiversity Management Plan BMU Beach Management Unit BOCP Blowout Contingency Plan BP Blood Pressure BPEO Best Practical Environmental Option May 2018 2 Table of Abbreviations ACRONYM DESCRIPTION BS Blood Slides BTEX Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylenes BTVET Business, Technical, Vocational Education and Training BUCAWA Buliisa Catholic Women’s Association BULOGA Bunyoro Local Oil and Gas Advocacy Group BUWODA Buliisa Women’s Development Organisation BVS Block Valve Stations bwpd Barrels of water per day BWR Bugungu Wildlife Reserve C&O Commissioning and Operations C&P-C Construction and Pre-Commissioning CA Contract Area CAA Civil Aviation Authority CAO Chief Administrative Officer CATR Corrective Action Tracking Register CBC Complete Blood Count CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CBNRM Community Based Natural Resource/Forest Management CBO Community Based Organisation CCC Criterion Continuous Concentration CCEDLP Community Content, Economic Development and Livelihood Plan CCFU Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda CCO Certificates of Customary Ownership CCR Central Control Room CCTV Closed-Circuit Television CDO Cotton Development Organisation CDP Community Development Plan May 2018 3 Table of Abbreviations ACRONYM DESCRIPTION CEC Cation Exchange Capacity CECP Community Environmental Conservation Plan CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CEFAS Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science CERD Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination CFC Chlorofluorocarbon CFM Collaborative Forest Management CFPr Chance Find Procedure CFR Central Forest Reserve CFU Colony Forming Units CGCC China Gezhouba Construction Company CGV Chief Government Valuer CH4 Methane CH Critical Habitat CHA Critical Habitat Assessment CHARM Chemical Hazard and Risk Management CHMP Cultural Heritage Management Plan CHP Combined Heat and Power CHQS Critical Habitat Qualifying Species CHSSSP Community Health, Sanitation, Safety, and Security Plan CIA Cumulative Impact Assessment CIDI Community Integrated Development Initiatives CIEEM Chartered Institute for Ecology and Environmental Management CIfA Chartered Institute for Archaeologists CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species CLA Communal Land Association CLO Community Liaison Officer May 2018 4 Table of Abbreviations ACRONYM DESCRIPTION CMC Criteria Maximum Concentration CMD Community Medicine Distributors CMO Catchment Management Organisation CMS Convention on Migratory Species CNOOC China National Offshore Oil Company CO Carbon Monoxide CO2 Carbon Dioxide COMAH Control of Major Accident Hazards COS Carbonyl Sulphide CPa Conservative Party CP Cathodic Protection CPF Central Processing Facility CPUE Catch per Unit Effort CR Critically Endangered CRA Chemical Risk Assessment CRC Convention on the Rights of Children CRED Civic Response on Environment and Development CRI Cuttings Re-injection CRPD Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities CS2 Carbon Disulphide CSBI Cross Sector Biodiversity Initiative CSCO Civil Society Coalition on Oil and Gas CSEMP Construction Environmental and Social Management Plan CSF Cerebrospinal fluid CSM Conceptual Site Model CSO Civil Society Organisation CSR Corporate Social Responsibility May 2018 5 Table of Abbreviations ACRONYM DESCRIPTION CTLO Community and Tourism Liaison Officer CWA Community Wildlife Area DALYs Disability-Adjusted Life Years DCDO District Community Development Officer DCIC Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration DD Data Deficient DDP District Development Plan DEO District Environmental Officer DFR Directorate of Fisheries Resources DHIS2 District Health Information System 2 DHMT District Health Management Team DHO District Health Officer DHSV Down-Hole Safety