Initial Environmental Examination PAK: MFF Power Transmission
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Initial Environmental Examination June 2016 PAK: MFF Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program Tranche 4 ─220 KV Nowshera Grid Station and Allied Transmission Line Prepared by the National Transmission and Despatch Company for the Asian Development Bank. This is an updated version of the draft originally posted in December 2014 available on http://www.adb.org/projects/documents/pak-pteipt-tranche4-nowshera-grid-station-and-allied- transmission-line-iee. This initial environmental examination 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section on ADB’s website. 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. Power Transmission and Enhancement Multi-tranche Financing Facility Tranche-IV NTDC New 220 kV Nowshera Grid Station Initial Environmental Examination TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ACRONYMS ...................................................................................................... I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................. 1 CHAPTER - 1: INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................1-1 1.1 Project Overview ......................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Scope of the Study and Personnel ............................................................ 1-1 1.3 The Study Objectives .................................................................................. 1-2 1.4 The Report Structure ................................................................................... 1-2 CHAPTER - 2: POLICY, LAW AND PROTOCOLS ..................................................2-1 2.1 The ADB Environmental Assessment Guidelines .................................... 2-1 2.2 Statutory Framework ................................................................................... 2-1 2.2.1 Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 .............................. 2-1 2.2.2 National Conservation Strategy (NCS) – Pakistan ...................... 2-2 2.2.3 Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of IEE and EIA Regulations, 2000 ........................................................................ 2-2 2.2.4 NTDC Safety Considerations ....................................................... 2-3 2.2.5 National Environmental Quality Standards - 2010 ....................... 2-4 2.2.6 The Constitution of Pakistan 1973 ............................................... 2-5 2.2.7 Pakistan Penal Code 1860 .......................................................... 2-5 2.2.8 The Drainage Act 1973 ................................................................ 2-5 2.2.9 Local Government Ordinance 1979 ............................................. 2-5 2.2.10 The Telegraphy Act 1910 ............................................................ 2-5 2.2.11 The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act 1974 .................................. 2-5 2.2.12 Guidelines for Sensitive and Critical Areas .................................. 2-5 2.2.13 The Forest Act 1927 .................................................................... 2-5 2.2.14 The Antiquities Act 1976 .............................................................. 2-5 2.2.15 Factories Act 1934 ....................................................................... 2-5 2.2.16 The Public Health (Emergency Provision Act 1954 read with West Pakistan Epidemic Control Act 1958) Act .................................... 2-6 ESIC TOC-I Power Transmission and Enhancement Multi-tranche Financing Facility Tranche-IV NTDC New 220 kV Nowshera Grid Station Initial Environmental Examination 2.2.17 Explosive Act 1884 ...................................................................... 2-6 2.2.18 Conventions, Protocols, Agreements and Understandings at International Level ....................................................................... 2-6 2.2.19 Employment of Child Act, 1991 ................................................... 2-6 2.2.20 Labour Laws ................................................................................ 2-6 2.2.21 Electricity Act IX of 1910 with Electric Rules 1937....................... 2-6 CHAPTER - 3: DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ..................................................3-1 3.1 Type of the Project ...................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Categorization of the Project ...................................................................... 3-1 3.3 Need for the Project .................................................................................... 3-1 3.4 Location and Scale of the Project .............................................................. 3-1 3.5 Design Criteria ............................................................................................. 3-2 3.5.1 Design Criteria for Grid Station .................................................... 3-2 3.5.2 Design Criteria for Transmission Lines ........................................ 3-2 3.6 Work and Material ........................................................................................ 3-2 3.6.1 Estimated Work/Major Work Items .............................................. 3-2 3.6.2 Material Requirements................................................................. 3-3 3.6.3 Raw Materials Availability ............................................................ 3-3 3.6.4 Machinery to be Used .................................................................. 3-3 3.6.5 Equipment and Installation .......................................................... 3-4 3.6.6 Construction Schedule................................................................. 3-4 3.7 Construction Logistics ............................................................................... 3-4 3.7.1 Work Base ................................................................................... 3-4 3.7.2 Labour Supply ............................................................................. 3-5 3.7.3 Labour Camp ............................................................................... 3-5 3.7.4 Machinery Maintenance and Equipment Yard ............................. 3-5 3.7.5 Material Depot ............................................................................. 3-5 3.7.6 Machinery Repair Workshop ....................................................... 3-5 3.7.7 Approach to Work Base ............................................................... 3-6 3.7.8 Petrol Pump and CNG Pump ....................................................... 3-6 3.7.9 Camp Offices ............................................................................... 3-6 ESIC TOC-II Power Transmission and Enhancement Multi-tranche Financing Facility Tranche-IV NTDC New 220 kV Nowshera Grid Station Initial Environmental Examination 3.7.10 Security Arrangements ................................................................ 3-6 3.7.11 Healthcare ................................................................................... 3-6 3.7.12 Labour Reporting Officer ............................................................. 3-6 3.7.13 Labour Transport ......................................................................... 3-6 3.7.14 Work Uniform and Health and Safety Equipment ........................ 3-6 3.7.15 Signology ..................................................................................... 3-7 3.7.16 Lighting and illumination .............................................................. 3-7 3.7.17 Estimated Cost of the Project ...................................................... 3-7 3.8 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES .................................................................. 3-9 3.8.1 No Project Option ........................................................................ 3-9 3.8.2 Alternatives of Location ............................................................... 3-9 3.8.3 Logistic Alternatives ....................................................................3-11 3.8.4 Summary of Alternatives.............................................................3-12 CHAPTER - 4: DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE ............... 4-13 4.1 Project Area ................................................................................................4-13 4.1.1 General Characteristics of Project Area .....................................4-13 4.1.2 Affected Administrative Units ......................................................4-13 4.2 Physical Environment ................................................................................4-14 4.2.1 Topography, Geography, Geology, and Soils .............................4-14 4.2.2 Seismology .................................................................................4-14 4.2.3 Climate, Temperature and Rainfall .............................................4-14 4.2.4 Groundwater ...............................................................................4-16 4.2.5 Surface water .............................................................................4-16