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Environmental Impact Assessment on The E1776 v16 REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS Public Disclosure Authorized ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON THE COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS FOR PLOVDIVTSI DAM Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Sofia, May 2009, Final Document i TABLE OF CONTENTS І. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... 1 ІІ. LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................... 7 ІІІ. DESCRIPTION OF THE DESIGN OF PLOVDIVTSI DAM ..................................................10 ІV. BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFORMATION ..................13 4.1. AIR ....................................................................................................................................13 4.1.1. Climate ....................................................................................................................13 4.1.2. Air Quality ..........................................................................................................18 4.2. WATER .............................................................................................................................18 4.3 GEOLOGIC BASE ............................................................................................................20 4.4. SOILS .................................................................................................................................23 4.5. WASTE ...............................................................................................................................24 4.6. HARMFUL PHYSICAL FACTORS – NOISE ...................................................................24 4.7. FLORA ..............................................................................................................................24 4.8. FAUNA .............................................................................................................................25 4.8.1 Ichtiofauna ...............................................................................................................25 4.8.2 Herpetofauna (Amphibia and Reptiles) .....................................................................26 4.8.3 Mammalian Fauna ....................................................................................................26 4.8.4 Ornitofauna ..............................................................................................................27 4.9. LANDSCAPE ....................................................................................................................28 4.10. SOCIO-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTAND HEALTH FACTOR ....................................28 4.11. CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE ...........................................................................29 V. POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS ..........................30 5.1. AIR ....................................................................................................................................30 5.2. WATER .............................................................................................................................33 Surface water .....................................................................................................................33 Defining of the Ecological Runoff ......................................................................................35 Ground water .....................................................................................................................40 5.3. GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT ..........................................................................................40 5.4. SOILS ................................................................................................................................41 5.5. WASTE .............................................................................................................................41 5.6. HARMFUL PHYSICAL FACTORS - NOISE ....................................................................44 5.7. FLORA ..............................................................................................................................45 5.8. FAUNA .............................................................................................................................46 5.8.1 Ichtiofauna ...............................................................................................................46 5.8.2 Amphibia and Reptiles .............................................................................................47 5.8.3 Mammalian Fauna ....................................................................................................47 5.8.4 Ornitofauna ..............................................................................................................47 ii 5.9. LANDSCAPE ..........................................................................................................48 5.10. Health factor and Social Significance .......................................................................49 5.11. SAFETY OF PLOVDIVTSI DAM .............................................................................................50 5.11.1 DAM SAFETY PRACTICE IN BULGARIA ...............................................................................50 5.11.2 SPECIFIC NORMS AND REGULATIONS ................................................................................51 5.12. TRANS-BORDER EFFECT .................................................................................................56 5.13. SOCIAL EFFECT ..............................................................................................................57 VІ. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ...........................................................................................57 VІІ. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ........................................................................59 VII.А. ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................59 VІІ.В. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN .................................................................63 VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS ................................................................................................................64 APPENDICES 1. Annex 1 – Terms of Reference for Supplementary Information related to Environmental Impact Assessment for Completion of the Construction of Plovdivtsi Dam 2. Annex 2 –Environment Management Action Plan for Plovdivtsi Dam 3. Annex 3 – Environmental Monitoring Plan 4. Annex 4 – Methodologies and Sources used in the Environmental Impact Assessment Report 5. Annex 5 – Waste Classification 6. Topographic map 1:25 000 7. BG 0000372 Tsigansko gradishte Protected Area Map 8. Forest map 1:10 000 9. Construction Master Plan of Plovdivtsi Dam 1:25 000 10. Cross section of Plovdivtsi Dam 11. Photographs 12. List of Design Documents of Plovdivtsi Dam 13. Excerpt from Protocol No. 2 to Art.3, paragr. б of the Agreement on Settlement of Outstanding Financial Matters and Development of the Economic Cooperation between People‟s Republic of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Greece 14. Minutes of Meetings, Views at the Municipalities of Madan, Rudozem, Smolian in 2007 and 2008 . 15. Protocols of laboratory analysis of water iii ABBREVIATIONS USED AIM ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM BAN BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BD BASIN DIRECTORATE VIK WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE COMPANY EU EUROPEAN UNION EEB ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERT BOARD EPA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT EEA ENVIRONMENTAL EXECUTIVE AGENCY IWI INSTITUTE ON WATER ISSUES IPP INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DESIGN MRDPW MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MOEW MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND WATER EIA ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT NGO NON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS ALV ADMISSIBLE LIMIT VALUES PWPP DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PLANT RIEW REGIONAL INSPECTORATE OF ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RIHSC REGIONAL INSPECTORATE ON HEALTH SAFETY AND CONTROL WSS WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM CMS CENTRAL MEASURING STATION KOPS COMMITTEE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BCA BULLETIN FOR CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE UF UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY UASG UNIVERSITY OF CONSTRUCTION, ARCHITECTURE AND GEODESY CFSP CRUSHING & FLUSHING SORTING PLANT MS METHODOLOGIES AND SOURCES iv Plovdivtsi Dam Final EIA Report І. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background This is the final Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIA) concerning the completion works for Plovdivtsi Dam. Work on the dam started in 2000 and stopped in 2001 because of lack of funds was prepared on the basis of the following background documents: (i) the Plovdivtsi Dam EIA report prepared before commencement of works in 2000 and approved by Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water (RIEW) - Smolyan Region) and (ii) the Environmental Due Diligence Report (EDDR) prepared by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works (MRDPW) in October 2007, and (iii) site visits and information and documents obtained additionally. This final EIA Report is part of the documents required for granting the World Bank‟s financing requested by the Government of Bulgaria (GOB) for the investments proposed under the Municipal Infrastructure Development Project including completion of the construction of the Plovdivtsi Dam water supply system. This EIA report is prepared in compliance with the World Bank‟s requirements stated in the Terms of Reference (ToR) (Annex
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