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43405-025: Urban Services Improvement Investment Program Initial Environmental Examination ______________________________________ March 2021 Georgia: Urban Services Improvement Investment Program – Tranche 3 Construction of Abasha Water Supply System Sub-Project (ABA-01) (Variation Order #03) Prepared by United Water Supply Company of Georgia LLC for the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia and the Asian Development Bank. 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. 2 Supplementary IEE Project Number: 43405-025 GEO: Urban Services Improvement Investment Program (USIIP/T3) CONSTRUCTION OF ABASHA WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM SUB- PROJECT (ABA-01) (VARIATION ORDER #03) 3 2021 ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank DEPP Department of Environmental protection and Permits EA Executing Agency EARF Environmental Assessment and Review Framework EHS Environmental Health & Safety EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EIP Environmental Impact Permit EMP/ Environmental Management Plan/ Site-Specific Environmental Management Plan SSEMP ES/ SES Environmental Specialist/ Senior Environmental Specialist GoG Government of Georgia GRC Grievance Redress Committee GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism IPMO Investment Program Management Office USIIP Urban Sector Improvement Investment Program IA Implementing Agency IEE Initial Environmental Examination MFF Multi-tranche Financing Facility MoERA Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture MoRDI Ministry of Regional Development & Infrastructure NEA National Environmental Agency PMD Projects Management Department SC Supervision Consultant UWSCG United Water Supply Company of Georgia WSS Water Supply & Sewerage 4 Content Executive Summary .................................................................................................... 7 Introduction........................................................................................................................... 7 Description of the Project ...................................................................................................... 7 Objectives of Supplementary IEE Report (VO#03) ............................................................... 8 Description of the Environment ............................................................................................. 8 1. Policy, Legal and Administrative Framework ..................................................... 11 1.1. ADB Environmental Safeguard Policy .......................................................................... 11 1.2. Georgian Law of Environmental protection .................................................................. 12 1.3. Environmental Regulations and Standards .................................................................. 19 1.4. Licenses & Approvals Required ................................................................................... 26 1.5. Comparison of the National legislation and ADB Requirements ................................... 26 1.6. Harmonization of the ADB and Georgian Legislation Requirements ............................ 30 1.7. Administrative Framework ........................................................................................... 30 2. Description of the Construction Activities .......................................................... 32 2.1. Project Description ...................................................................................................... 32 2.2. Additional activities covered by the variation order N. 03 ............................................. 32 3. Anticipated Environmental impacts and mitigation measures ......................... 37 3.1. Impact on the atmospheric air quality .......................................................................... 37 3.2. Noise and Vibration ..................................................................................................... 38 3.3. Impact on Soil .............................................................................................................. 40 3.4. Impact of water sources ............................................................................................... 40 3.5. Impact on Biological Environment ................................................................................ 41 3.6. Impact on Traffic .......................................................................................................... 42 3.7. Impacts on Archaeological Sites .................................................................................. 42 3.8. Waste Management..................................................................................................... 43 3.9 Workers Safety during COVID-19 Pandemic Period ..................................................... 45 3.10 Community Safety Aspect ........................................................................................... 47 4. Environmental Management Plan ........................................................................ 48 5. Institutional Arrangements, Monitoring and Reporting ..................................... 65 6. Information disclosure, public consultation and GRM ...................................... 69 6.1. Information disclosure and public consultations ........................................................... 69 6.2. Public consultation meetings ....................................................................................... 69 6.3. Grievance Redress Mechanism ................................................................................... 70 5 7. Conclusions and recommendations .................................................................... 71 7.1. Conclusions ................................................................................................................. 71 7.2. Recommendations ....................................................................................................... 72 Annex 1. The Extract From Lepl Napr Evidencing The Property Right on Land and the Photos of Abasha Service-Center Territory .............................................. 73 the photos of abasha service-center territory ........................................................ 75 Annex 2. The extract from LEPL NAPR evidencing the property right on land and the photos of abasha wellfield ................................................................................. 76 Annex 3. The photos of the pipeline construction territory ................................... 81 Annex 4. The list of participants and photos .......................................................... 83 Annex 5. Minutes of the meeting and the list of participants ................................ 88 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction 1. This Supplementary Initial Environmental Examination (SIEE) has been prepared as part of the Asian Development Bank funded, Urban Services Improvement Investment Program (USIIP), Tranche 3, ABA-01 Sub-project: Construction of Water Supply System in Abasha, due to changes (VO#3) under the sub-project and is considered together with existing IEE1. 2. SIEE considered the possible environmental impacts of the construction of an additional water pipeline and a local Service Center building in Abasha. The objective of the study is to Review potential impacts in environment and develop relevant mitigation measures. Ensure the implementation of the project in accordance with relevant ERAF, IEE/EMP, SEMP, etc. 3. The Urban Services Improvement Investment Program was developed as the Government’s response to the lack of adequate and/or safe water supply, sewerage and sanitation in urban areas of Georgia. This is intended to optimize social and economic development in selected urban areas through improved urban water and sanitation services, and is financed by the ADB through its Multi-tranche Financing Facility. The Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure is the Executing Agency and the “United Water Supply Company of Georgia”, LLC is the Implementing Agency of the Investment Program. UWSCG is a 100% state-owned company. 4. The Investment Program will improve infrastructure through the development, design and implementation of a series of subprojects, each providing improvements in a particular sector (water supply and/or sewerage) in one town. Sub-projects will rehabilitate existing infrastructure and/or create new and expanded infrastructure to meet the present and future demand. Water supply improvements will include source augmentation and head works, pumping systems, treatment facilities, transmission and distribution network; and, sewerage improvement works will include sewer network, pumping stations, main collectors and waste water treatment plants. 5. It is proposed to improve the water supply system in Abasha under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded Urban Services Improvement Investment Program (USIIP). 6. The following measures are suggested so that roads and inhabitants are not subject to repeated disturbance by work in the same area for different purposes: (i) scheduling construction in
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