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World Bank Document RP781 VOL. 5 Lao People's Democratic Republic Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity Public Disclosure Authorized Ministry of Public Works and Transport Department of Roads LAO TRANSPORT SECTOR PROJECT PHRD Grant No. TF 090478, Project ID No. P 102398 INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION (IEE) NATIONAL ROAD 6A (NR 6A), 124KM Hang Long Village- Dan Village (Houaphan Province) Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized PREPARED BY: iiiO,0~%'~/2it@1~11/2a1/2ji f 0"'/2-~/4f 0' @ LAO TRAhSPORT EK(;lNEEKISG CONSULTAAT In Association with kiiloo & ~~ii~gi'of 0-§3ha&ii-~l juD@ Public Disclosure Authorized SD & XP CONSULTANTS GROUP February 2009 .41r/lrsr/.1.of Pubfit Works ~r/zrlT~(IIISPOI-I Find Report Lr~oT/-clnsporr Sector Project(L TSP) Initiul Environrnentaf Exanzination(1EE) Fe~lsihifi(11stucb Nutionaf Road 6A Table of Contents ACRONYMS AND ABREVIATIONS ............ .............................................................................................4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................... .................... .......................................................................................5 I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................9 II. OBJECTIVE ............................................................................................................................................ 10 Ill. LEGAL FRAMEWORK ...........................................................................................................................13 Environment Protection Law (1999) ......................................................................... 13 Road Law (1999) ..........................................................................................................13 Land Law (2003) ..........................................................................................................14 Labour Law (1999) .......................................................................................................14 Land Management and Registration ........................................................................... 15 Forestry Law (2005) ................................................................................................. 16 Council of Minister's Decree No . 118/PCM(1989) ........................................................ 16 Decree 1074 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (1997) .................................. 16 Decree on the Preservation of Culture, Historical and Natural Heritage (1997) .......... 16 Regulation on Environmental Impact Assessment (2004) ........................................... 17 Regulation on Environment Impact Assessment of Road Projects (2004) .................. 17 Regulation on Compensation and Resettlement of People Affected By Development Project (2005) ............................................... .... ........................ ...... .. ................... 18 IV . STUDY SCOPE AND METHODOLOGIES .............................................................19 4.1 Scope of Study .............................................................................................................19 4.2 Study Methodologies ....................................................................................................19 V . ENVIRONMENTAL AlVD SOCIAL ALIGNMENT SHEETS ..........................................20 VI . POTENTIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ......................................................................... 34 Environmental Effects Related to Project Location and Design ....................................34 Location issues .................................................................................................................34 Impact on fauna and flora .................................................................................................34 Land use and Resettlement ..............................................................................................35 Encroachment on historical and cultural sites .................................................................. 35 Interference with drainage patterns, and water quality ..................................................... 39 Effects on Other Utilities or Traffic ....................................................................................39 Visual effects and aesthetics ............................................................................................39 Environmental Effects Related to Project Construction ...............................................39 Natural vegetation and wildlife ..........................................................................................39 Land use and resettlement ...............................................................................................40 Health and Safety .............................................................................................................40 Erosion and silt control ......................................................................................................41 Nuisance to areas of human settlement (Community Relations Plan) ............................. 41 Interference with utilities and traffic ..................................................................................42 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS RELATED TO OPERATION .......................................42 Operation and maintenance capacity ...............................................................................42 Road safety ....................................................................................................................... 42 Noise, vibration, dust, spills and runoff of hazardous materials ....................................... 42 Land use and resettlement ...............................................................................................43 Social impacts ..................................................................................................................43 Gender Issues................................................................................................................... 43 Ethn~cm~nor~t~es ................................................................................................................ 43 VII . POTENTIAL POSITIVE IMPACT ASSESSMENT ............................................................................... 44 7.1 SOCIAL IMPACT .......................................................................................................... 44 7.2 CHANGE OF QUALITY OF LIFE ................................................................................. 44 L TEC iri a.ssocintior~wit11 SDBXP Co17.sllltn1~t.sGrolrp Pri~e1 of 73 Feasibility study N~ltiot~(~iRoui 6.4 7.3 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT...................................................................................... 44 7.4 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................... 44 VIII . ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN .................................................................44 8.1 DESIGN STAGE ................................................................................................................................ 45 Location issues ................................................................................................................45 Impact on fauna and flora .................................................................................................45 Land use and resettlement ...............................................................................................45 Encroachment on cultural and historical sites .................................................................. 46 Interference with drainage patterns, and water quality .....................................................46 Effects on either utilities or traffic ...................................................................................... 46 Visual effects and aesthetics ............................................................................................46 MOBILIZATION AND CONSTRUCTION STAGE ........................................................46 Natural vegetation and wild life .........................................................................................47 Land use and resettlement Destruction of residential and agricultural lands through road widening and realignment .................................................................................................47 Health and safety Solid waste of construction camps ......................................................48 Erosion and silt control ......................................................................................................48 Nuisance to areas of human resettlement ........................................................................ 49 Interference with utilities and traffic .................................................................................. 49 OPERATION STAGE ..................................................................................................49 Road Safety ......................................................................................................................49 Noise and vibration, dust, spills and runoff of hazardous materials ................................. 50 Natural vegetation and wild life .........................................................................................50 Social Impact ......................... .. ..............................................................................
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