Montserrat Port Development Project Environmental and Social Impact Assessment - Addendum for the Alternative K Port Layout
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File No: 1276661021 Draft Report Montserrat Port Development Project Environmental and Social Impact Assessment - Addendum for the Alternative K Port Layout PREPARED FOR: PREPARED BY: Government of Montserrat Stantec Consulting International Ltd. Montserrat Port Authority 10220-103 Avenue NW, Suite 500 PO Box 383 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 0K4 Little Bay, Montserrat (780) 917-7000 May 31, 2021 Montserrat Port Development Project Environmental and Social Impact Assessment: Addendum for the Alternative K Port Layout Prepared for: Government of Montserrat Montserrat Port Authority PO Box 383 Little Bay, Montserrat Prepared by: Stantec Consulting International Ltd. 10220-103 Avenue NW, Suite 500 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 0K4 File No: 1276661021 Draft Report May 31, 2021 MONTSERRAT PORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... V ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................................. XIV 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 1 1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW AND RATIONALE ..................................................................... 2 1.2 PROPONENT INFORMATION ....................................................................................... 3 1.3 PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THIS ESIA ADDENDUM ................................................... 3 1.4 TEAM OF CONSULTANTS ............................................................................................ 4 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................. 4 2.1 BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR THE PROJECT........................................................16 2.2 PROJECT LOCATION ..................................................................................................16 2.3 PROJECT DESIGN FEATURES ...................................................................................16 2.3.1 Dredging ......................................................................................................17 2.3.2 Coastal Protection ........................................................................................17 2.3.3 Pier, Ro-Ro Ramp, and Mooring Dolphin .....................................................18 2.3.4 Civil Utilities ..................................................................................................19 2.3.5 Pavements ...................................................................................................21 2.3.6 Road Works .................................................................................................21 2.3.7 Lighting and Electrical Infrastructure ............................................................22 2.3.8 Project Design Standards, Codes and Guidelines ........................................23 2.4 PROJECT SCHEDULE .................................................................................................23 2.5 CONSTRUCTION..........................................................................................................23 2.5.1 Notice of Commencement of Activities .........................................................24 2.5.2 Construction of the Access Road .................................................................25 2.5.3 Dredging ......................................................................................................25 2.5.4 Construction of the Pier, Ro-Ro Ramp, Mooring Dolphin, and Coastal Protection .....................................................................................................26 2.6 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ..............................................................................27 2.6.1 Maintenance Dredging .................................................................................27 2.6.2 General Maintenance ...................................................................................28 2.6.3 Vessel Berthing and Servicing ......................................................................28 2.6.4 Port Operations ............................................................................................28 2.7 DECOMMISSIONING ....................................................................................................29 2.8 ANTICIPATED EMISSIONS, DISCHARGES AND WASTES ........................................29 2.9 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL PROTECTION PROCEDURES ...............................29 2.10 PROJECT ALTERNATIVES ..........................................................................................30 2.11 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ....................................................................30 3.0 CONSULTATION AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ...........................................32 i File No. 1276661021 MONTSERRAT PORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 4.0 OVERVIEW OF IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CONCLUSIONS FROM ORIGINAL ESIA ................................................................................................34 5.0 BASELINE CONDITIONS .............................................................................................38 5.1 UPDATED OVERVIEW OF MARINE BENTHIC HABITAT ............................................38 5.2 UPDATED OVERVIEW OF SOCIAL BASELINE CONDITIONS ....................................46 5.2.1 Social Surveys Methodology ........................................................................46 5.2.2 Fishers who Moor in Little Bay .....................................................................47 5.2.3 Users of the Little Bay Reef ..........................................................................55 5.2.4 Users of the Bat Cave ..................................................................................62 5.2.5 Bird Watching at Rendezvous Bluff ..............................................................63 5.2.6 Businesses in Close Proximity to the Port ....................................................64 6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR CURRENT LAYOUT .....................65 6.1 POTENTIAL CHANGES TO PREVIOUSLY ASSESSED PROJECT-RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS .......................................................................................65 6.1.1 Summary of Key Changes to Previously Assessed Impacts .........................75 6.1.2 VC-Specific Implications of Changes to Previously Assessed Impacts .........76 6.2 POTENTIAL CHANGES TO PREVIOUSLY ASSESSED CUMULATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS .......................................................................................81 6.3 POTENTIAL CHANGES TO IMPACTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE PROJECT .....................................................................................................................84 7.0 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR CURRENT LAYOUT .......................................85 7.1 SUMMARY OF PROJECT IMPACTS ............................................................................85 7.1.1 The Fishers who Moor in Little Bay ..............................................................87 7.1.2 Users of the Little Bay Reef ..........................................................................88 7.1.3 Bird Watching and Bat Tours at Rendezvous Bluff .......................................89 7.1.4 Business Immediately Adjacent to The Port .................................................89 7.2 CUMULATIVE SOCIAL AND GENDER IMPACTS ........................................................89 7.3 POTENTIAL CHANGES TO PREVIOUSLY ASSESSED PROJECT-RELATED SOCIAL IMPACTS ........................................................................................................90 8.0 REFERENCES ..............................................................................................................97 8.1 LITERATURE CITED ....................................................................................................97 ii File No. 1276661021 MONTSERRAT PORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT LIST OF TABLES Table E.1 Valued Components and Associated Potential Project-related Impacts ............. vii Table 1.1 Project, Proponent, and Consultant Information .................................................. 3 Table 2.1 Comparative Overview of Key Project Characteristics for the Original Layout with the Current Layout ........................................................................... 9 Table 2.2 Key Measurements for Pier, Mooring Dolphin, and Ro-Ro Ramp .......................19 Table 2.3 Key Measurements of Roadway ........................................................................21 Table 2.4 Design Vessel Capacities for the Little Bay Port Development Project ...............27 Table 3.1 List of Commercial Establishments Surveyed in 2019 ........................................32 Table 5.1 Results of Underwater Video Collected in the Project Footprint in November 2020 .................................................................................................39 Table 5.2 Long-Spined Sea Urchins Observed During Quantitative Transect Surveys in the Project Footprint in November 2020 ...........................................44 Table 5.3 Attitudes Towards being Provided with Trailers (N=12) ......................................48 Table 5.4 Approximate Cost of Transporting Trailers Per Trip ...........................................48 Table 5.5 Approximate Hours Per Week Spent Fishing .....................................................50