KALAHI-CIDSS National Community- Driven Development Project
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Initial Environmental Examination June 2018 Philippines: KALAHI-CIDSS National Community- Driven Development Project Subproject: Ensuring Safety of Community Access to Basic Services through Construction of Water System Prepared by Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Kalahi-CIDSS NCDDP National Program Management Office for Asian Development Bank 1 ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank ACT Area Coordinating Team BLGU Barangay Local Governement Unit BSPMC Barangay Sub-project Management Committee CEAC Community Empowerment Activity Cycle CEF Community Empowerment Facilitator CDD Community Driven Development DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources DSWD Department of Social Welfare and Development EA Executing Agency EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMB Environmental Management Bureau EMP Environmental Management Plan ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan FFL Forests and Forestlands GRS Grievance Redress System IEE Initial Environmental Examination IP Indigenous Peoples IR Involuntary Resettlement KALAHI-CIDSS Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan (Linking Arms Against Poverty) – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services KC-NCDPP KALAHI-CIDSS National Community-Driven Development Project LCC Local Counterpart Contribution LGU Local Government Unit MCT-TF Municipal Coordinating Team – Technical Facilitator MCT Municipal Coordinating Team NPMO National Project Management Office NWPP-NP Northwest Panay Peninsula – Natural Park O&M Operation and Maintenance PIT Project Implementation Team PMT Project Monitoring Team POW Program of Works PPE Personal Protective Equipment PPT Project Preparation Team PT Procurement Team RPMO Regional Project Management Office SERD Southeast Asia Regional Department SP Subproject SPS ADB Safeguards Policy Statement (2009) TF Technical Facilitator 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 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Page I. INTRODUCTION 8 A. The Project 8 A. Environmental Assessment 9 II. POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK 10 A. Environmental Clearance Requirements 10 1. Government Environmental Laws, Regulations and 10 Guidelines 1. ADB Environmental Assessment Requirements 11 III. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT 11 A. Need of the Project 11 B. Sub-project Components 11 C. Location 12 B. Size or Magnitude of Operation 13 IV. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 15 A. Methodology Used for Baseline Study 15 B. Physical Characteristics 16 C. Ecological Resources 21 D. Economic Development 22 E. Social and Cultural Resources 25 C. Site Specific Existing Condition 26 V. ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND 26 MITIGATION MEASURES A. Magnitude and Significance of Impacts 26 B. Pre-construction Phase 27 C. Construction Phase 27 D. Operation and Maintenance Phase 31 E. Mitigation Measures 32 D. Cumulative Impact Assessment 32 VI. PUBLIC CONSULTATION and GRIEVANCE REDRESS 34 MECHANISM A. Public Consultation and Participation 34 E. Grievance Redress Mechanism. 34 VII. ENVIRONMENTAL and SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 35 A. Implementation Arrangements 35 B. Capacity Building 36 C. Environmental Mitigation Measures 37 D. Environmental Monitoring Plan 41 F. Reporting 42 VIII. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 43 IX. APPENDIXES 44 A. Stakeholder Consultations – List of Participants 44 B. Photographs / Documentations 56 C. Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) Checklist 59 D. Certification/No Objection Letter from PENRO 70 E. Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) 71 F. Environmental and Social Safeguard Checklist (ESSC) 79 G. Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) 82 3 List of Tables Table 1: EIS and IEE Requirements for Water Supply Projects Table 2: Subproject Location (Coordinates) Table 3: Historical Weather in the Municipality of Nabas Table 4: Projected Tourism Arrivals in Boracay and Nabas Department of Tourism Table 5: Responsibilities for ESMP Implementation Table 6: Environmental Mitigation Measures Table 7: Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMoP) List of Figures Figure 1: Subproject Location (Map) Figure 2: Site Development Plan Figure 3: Detailed Design Figure 4: Community Empowerment Activity Cycle (CEAC) Procedure and Safeguard Activities Figure 5: Elevation Map Figure 6: Soil Map Figure 7: Nabas Temperature Graph Figure 8: Average Annual Rainfall Distribution in Project Areas Figure 9: Nearest fault line and Referenced Seismic Map of the Philippines Figure 10: Geologic Map Figure 11: Watershed Map Figure 12: Land Use Map 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. Project Description. This Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) has been prepared for the KALAHI-CIDSS subproject of gravity fed level II water system in Sitio Hubson, Barangay Tagororoc, municipality of Nabas in the province of Aklan (Region VI). The executing agency (EA) of the Project is the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The program management structure is generally divided between the National Program Management Office (NPMO) (responsible for national policy and technical assistance) and the Regional Program Management Office (RPMO) (responsible for field operations). The objective of the project is to empower community by improving the provision of sustainable, reliable, and climate-resilient water supply and to improve service delivery and capacity building. 2. The project has been categorized by ADB as category B and this IEE was prepared consistent with the environmental assessment requirements of ADB’s safeguard Policy Statement of 2009 (ADB SPS). The IEE was carried out through screening and analysis of various environmental parameters, field investigations, stakeholder consultations, and field group discussions. The IEE covers the general environmental profile of the subproject and includes an assessment of the potential environmental impacts during different project phases and formulation of corresponding mitigation measures. The IEE was prepared with the active cooperation and participation of the community volunteers, stakeholders, Area Coordinating Team (ACTs), Regional Program Management Office (RPMO) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) Region VI. 3. Implementation Arrangement. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Kalahi-CIDSS NCDDP Program (KC-NCDDP) is both the executing agency (EA) and implementing agency (IA). An Area Coordinating Team (ACT) has been established by the program as community facilitators for the subproject development and implementation and will be assisted by both Regional Program Management Office (RPMO) and National Program Management Office (NPMO) Consultants in (i) capacity building and institutional strengthening; and (ii) project management and implementation support in coordination to attached concerned agencies. ACT will have an Technical facilitator represent as environmental officer to ensure environmental safeguards compliance of the project. RPMO and NPMO will assist the ACT environmental officer in the day-to-day monitoring activities. 4. Categorization and Environmental Assessment of Subproject. An environmental assessment using the Environmental and Social Screening Checklist (ESSC) (Annex F of ESMF) was conducted and results of the assessment show that the subproject is unlikely to cause significant adverse impacts thus the subproject is classified as Environmental Category B per ADB Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS). ADB SPS (2009) require that projects be assigned an environmental assessment category based on the likely intensity and severity of the potential environmental and social impacts. For the NCDDP, due to the small-scale and temporary nature of these impacts, the bank consider the NCDDP an environmental category B project. As such, the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) document serves as the environmental and social assessment instrument to defines what constitutes an environmentl assessment for this project. The ESMF, in turn, requires that DSWD screen proposed sub-project investments using the Environmental and Social Screening Checklist to identify the areas of possible social/environmental impact and identify relevant mitigating measures. 5. Subproject Scope. This report covers the level II water system with water source discharge of 0.375 liters per second and distribution system (the subproject) which includes spring 5 box to be constructed within the spring (1.30m x 1.30m dimension, 0.9 cu.m. capacity) in full and continuous flow. It will connect to the siltation tank (2m x 2m dimension, capacity of 4.046 cu.m.) where treatment will be employed through filtration and chlorination. After the treatment, the water will go to reservoir tank (3.22m x 3.10 mm, maximum storage capacity of 21.57 cu. m. and will pass through distribution lines that ranges from 32mm diameter to 100 mm diameter with total length of 5,591 linear meters. The project also includes thirty seven (37) units tap stand to support distribution lines where 6 to 8 household can benefit the water supply for every