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ENVIRO PIONEER SOLUTIONS Executive Summary EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Name/Title of Project The title of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for this project is “The Proposed 609.14 Hectares (1505.21 Acres) Oil Palm Plantation at Felcra Berhad Bekok, Mukim Bekok, District of Segamat, Johor by FELCRA Berhad ”. FELCRA Berhad is land owner of 609.14 hectares (1505.21 acres) at Mukim Bekok, Segamat District, Johor. In March 2010, FELCRA Berhad noticed the potential of Mukim Bekok in the Segamat District, Johor and proposed to develop the area via oil palm plantation. In order to proceed with the implementation, FELCRA Plantation Services Sdn Bhd is appointed as a subsidiary company of FELCRA Berhad, will then represent FELCRA Berhad to prepare any requirement by the authority in order to develop and manage the land for oil palm plantation purpose. Project Description The Proposed Project covers an oil palm plantation area of about 609.14 hectares (1505.21 acres) at FELCRA Berhad Bekok, Mukim Bekok, District of Segamat, Johor. The land is owned by FELCRA Berhad. This Proposed Project area will divide into two (2) stages during estate development phase, which is the Stage 1 for Plantation 1 and Stage 2 for Plantation 2. The oil palm plantation implementation schedule of the proposed project includes three (3) phases – Estate Development Phase, Estate Maintenance Phase, and Production Phase. The project estimates to plant approximately 87,000 trees of oil palm in the proposed development area. During Phase 1 – Estate Development Phase, boundary demarcation and positioning will be conducted, along with the construction of accessible roads, site facilities, drainage system and silt trap. Once the site is cleared and vegetation waste properly disposed, cover crop seeding and palm oil tress planting will be carried out. This phase is estimated to be completed in one (1) year. Proper waste management at the project site will be enforced and carried out throughout the whole estate development phase. The next phase is Phase 2 – Estate Maintenance Phase, which is planned to be three (3) years long. Palm oil trees cares and dead trees replacement will be carried out throughout the 2 nd ES-1 FELCRA Berhad – EIA For The Proposed Oil Palm Plantation ENVIRO PIONEER SOLUTIONS Executive Summary quarter and 4 th quarter in the first year of this phase. Fertilizing work will be done throughout the first year and every two quarters in the subsequent years. The soil will then be tested in the last quarter at the end of this phase. Throughout the three years, weed maintenance and waste management will be carried out. The last phase is the Production Phase. Phase 3 is planned from the 5 th year to the 25 th year of the Proposed Project. Weed maintenance, soil testing and fertilizing will be done one month once a year, while waste management will be carried out every single month. The yield from the oil palm trees will continuously be collected and sold throughout this phase. Project Proponent Project Proponent : FELCRA Berhad Contact person : Mr. Mohd Nawawi Bin Wahab Designation : Pengurus Besar Perancang Projek Mailing address : Aras 2A, Wisma FELCRA, Lot 4780, Jalan Rejang, Taman Setapak Jaya, 50772 Kuala Lumpur. Tel : 03 – 4145 5000 Fax : 03 – 4142 8162 Technical Consultant : FELCRA Plantation Services Sdn Bhd Contact person : Mr. Mohd Fairus Bin Mohamad Yusuf Designation : Ketua Unit Khidmat Runding Dan Kejuruteraan Pertanian Mailing address : B-02-04, Jalan 3/4C, Desa Melawati, Mukim Setapak, 53100 Kuala Lumpur. Tel : 03 – 41613320 Fax : 03 – 41425020 ES-2 FELCRA Berhad – EIA For The Proposed Oil Palm Plantation ENVIRO PIONEER SOLUTIONS Executive Summary EIA Consultant EIA Consultant : Enviro Pioneer Solutions EIA Team Leader : Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd Fadhil Md Din Contact person : Ir. Benny Tan Cheah Hee Designation : Manager Mailing address : 26, Jalan Storey, 80300 Johor Bahru, Johor H/P : 019 – 885 8502 Email : [email protected] Project Location The proposed project will be sited at: FELCRA Berhad Bekok, Mukim Bekok, District of Segamat, Johor The proposed project is located within Segamat District with centre coordinates of Latitude N 2° 15’ 57.97” and Longitude E 103° 9’ 49.22” . Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the key plan and location plan of the project site respectively. Some sensitive receptors that are within 5km radius from the proposed project location are shown in Figure 3. The Table 1 show the existing land use profile within 5 km radius from the proposed project site. The proposed project location is within Mukim Bekok, Segamat District, Johor State. At an area of 785km 2, Mukim Bekok is the largest mukim in Segamat District, located at the eastern side of Segamat, next to Mukim Labis and connected to Mukim Chaah. Bekok is well-known especially among nature lovers, since Bekok is the western entrance to Endau Rompin National Park, as well as having a refreshing waterfall known as Sungai Bantang Waterfall. Besides the waterfall and the entrance to the largest state park in Johor, Bekok also houses several aborigine settlements, such as Kampung Kudong and Kampung Kemidak. Mukim Bekok is considered as one of the remote towns in Johor, located roughly about 10km from the junction of the Federal Route 1 and later accessible via railway. ES-3 FELCRA Berhad – EIA For The Proposed Oil Palm Plantation ENVIRO PIONEER SOLUTIONS Executive Summary Figure 1 : Key plan of the proposed project site ES-4 FELCRA Berhad – EIA For The Proposed Oil Palm Plantation ENVIRO PIONEER SOLUTIONS Executive Summary Stage 1 (Plantation 1) Stage 2 (Plantation 2) Figure 2 : Location plan of the proposed project site ES-5 FELCRA Berhad – EIA For The Proposed Oil Palm Plantation ENVIRO PIONEE R SOLUTIONS Executive Summary P1 N 2°17'8.80" E 103°10'5.73" P1 P2 N 2°16'11.93" E 103°8'42.03" P3 N 2°15'50.12" E 103°8'50.88" P4 N 2°15'47.19" E 103°9'25.05" Stage 1 (Plantation 1) P5 N 2°16'8.36" E 103°9'26.89" P7 P6 N 2°16'7.75" P2 E 103°9'33.35" P5 P6 P8 P7 N 2°16'11.04" E 103°9'33.65" P3 P8 N 2°16'7.24" P4 E 103°10'17.15" P9 N 2°15'32.59" E 103°10'14.13" PROPOSED PROJECT SITE P9 P10 N 2°15'32.33" Stage 2 P10 E 103°10'17.36" (Plantation 2) P13 P11 N 2°14'54.28" E 103°10'14.07" P12 N 2°14'52.62" E 103°10'28.79" P11 P12 P13 N 2°15'22.37" E 103°10'59.89" Figure 3: Landsat satellite image showing the location of the proposed project site Source: Google Earth (31 January 2018) ES-6 FELCRA Berhad – EIA For The Proposed Oil Palm Plantation ENVIRO PIONEER SOLUTIONS Executive Summary Existing Landuse The proposed project was deforested since of 31 st December 2016 and has been gazette to the agriculture activity. The existing landuse of the proposed project site consists a major portion of bushes and only small portion of small-sized trees as shown in Figure 4 due to the deforestation in the past years and left over. Figure 5 shows another typical view of the proposed project site bordering Sime Darby’s oil palm and Labis Tengah Forest Reserve. Figure 4 : A typical view at the proposed Figure 5 : Another typical view of the proposed project site i.e. dominated by bushes. project site with bushes (foreground) bordering Sime Darby’s oil palm (mid background, left) and Labis Tengah Forest Reserve (mid background, right and hills in the far background). The another oil palm plantation within 5 km radius are Ladang Kempas Kelebang and Ladang Chan Wing. The only entities within 5 km radius from the proposed project site are Kampung Bekok and Kampung Sri Tembayan. The forest within 5 km radius from the proposed project site are Hutan Simpan Paloh, Hutan Simpan Labis and Hutan Lipur Sungai Bantang. Figure 6 shown the landuse map within 5km radius surrounding the proposed project site. Table 1 show the existing land use profile within 5 km radius from the proposed project site. ES-7 FELCRA Berhad – EIA For The Proposed Oil Palm Plantation ENVIRO PIONEER SOLUTIONS Executive Summary Kampung Sri Tembayan (3.2km) Kampung Bekok (3.0km) Proposed Project Site (Existing a major portion of 1km bushes and a small portion of small trees) 2km 3km 4km 5km Ladang Kempas (Malaya) Ladang Gunung Mas (1.5km) Klebang (1.5km) Figure 6: Land use map within 5km radius surrounding the proposed project site Source: Google Earth (4 th June 2018) Table 1 : Existing land use profile within 5 km radius from the proposed project site Displacement Sector Direction Land Use Profile (km) North Ladang Tong Lee 0.50 West Railway 0.0 0 – 1 km East Hutan Rizab Labis - South Ladang Kempas (Malaya) Klebang 0.9 North Ladang Kempas 1.1 1 – 2 km North Ladang Gunung Emas 1.50 East Hutan Rizab Labis - ES-8 FELCRA Berhad – EIA For The Proposed Oil Palm Plantation ENVIRO PIONEER SOLUTIONS Executive Summary West Plantation - South Ladang Kempas (Malaya) 1.0 North Ladang Tay Chor 2.7 North Ladang Hock Lee 2.5 Northwest Kampung Bekok 3.0 2 – 3 km East Hutan Rizab Labis - West Plantation - South Ladang Beradin 2.9 North Kampung Sri Tembayan 3.20 3 – 4 km North Hutan Lipur Sungai Bantang - North Hutan Lipur Sungai Bantang - East Ladang Timor 4.1 4 – 5 km Southeast Ladang New Paloh 4.3 Southeast Ladang Kepong (Malay) 4.5 ES-9 FELCRA Berhad – EIA For The Proposed Oil Palm Plantation ENVIRO PIONEER SOLUTIONS Executive Summary SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATING MEASURES Magnitude of Significant significant P2M2 Reference Page potential impacts potential impacts Estate Development Phases (Site preparation to land clearing and land preparation, crop introduction and planting) Air Pollution – Less significant · All transportation