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Scoping Report and Terms of Reference Annex A Scoping Report and Terms of Reference ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY LINE, DAR ES SALAAM -ISAKA-MWANZA (1,219KM), TANZANIA UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF WORKS, TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION Reli Assets Holding Company (RAHCO) Sokoine Drive/Railway Street, P.O.Box 76959, Dar es Salaam Tel: +255 22 2112695; Fax: +255 22 2116525 Email: [email protected] Submitted To: National Environment Management Council Regent Estate, Mikocheni, P. O. Box 63154, Dar es Salaam. Tel: +255 22 2774852/ 0713608930; Fax: +255 22 2774901 E-mail: [email protected] Consultant: Ardhi University Consultancy Unit (ACU) P. O. Box 35176, Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. Tel: +255 22 2775004; Fax: +255 22 2775391; E-mail: [email protected] OCTOBER 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................ i PART A: SCOPING REPORT ........................................................................................................... 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background and Justification .................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Nature of the Project .................................................................................................................. 2 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................ 3 2.1 Location (Route) ...................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Project Activities ..................................................................................................................... 5 2.2.1 Mobilization or pre-construction phase ......................................................................... 5 2.2.2 Construction phase ......................................................................................................... 5 2.2.3 Demobilization of Temporary structures ........................................................................ 6 2.2.4 Operation phase.............................................................................................................. 6 2.2.5 Decommissioning Phase ................................................................................................. 6 2.3 The Project Design .................................................................................................................. 6 2.4 Project Requirements and Waste Generation ........................................................................ 7 2.4.1 Construction materials and labor force ......................................................................... 7 2.4.2 Wastes generation .......................................................................................................... 7 3.0 KEY ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................. 8 3.1 Physical Environment .......................................................................................................... 8 3.2 Biological Environment ........................................................................................................ 8 3.3 Social Environment .............................................................................................................. 9 4.0 SCOPING AND HOW IT WAS CONDUCTED ................................................................................ 10 4.1 Methodology ......................................................................................................................... 10 4.2 Stakeholder Groups and How They Were Involved During Scoping Exercise....................... 10 5.0 BOUNDARIES OF THE PROJECT ................................................................................................. 16 5.1 Institutional boundaries ........................................................................................................ 16 5.2 Temporal boundaries ............................................................................................................ 16 5.3 Spatial boundaries ................................................................................................................ 16 6.0 PROJECT ALTERNATIVES............................................................................................................ 17 i 6.1 No project alternative .......................................................................................................... 17 6.2 Change alignment ................................................................................................................. 17 7.0 SYNTHESIS OF RESULTS OF THE SCOPING EXERCISE ................................................................. 18 7.1 Synthesis of the results ......................................................................................................... 18 7.1.1 Potential Positive impacts ............................................................................................. 18 7.1.2 Negative impacts ........................................................................................................... 19 PART B: DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE ................................................................................................ 22 APPENDICES .......................................................................................................................................... 28 Appendix I: Results of Stakeholders Consultations .......................................................................... 28 Appendix II: List of stakeholders Consulted ..................................................................................... 67 ii PART A: SCOPING REPORT 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background and Justification The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania (GoT) through the Reli Assets Holding Company (RAHCO) is embarking on a major railway revitalization programme in the country by rehabilitation and constructing new railway line links. The GoT intends to construct a Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza via Isaka (1,219 km). This partly follows the African Union (AU) and East African Community (EAC) decision in 2006 that that all new railway development project will be to standard gauge specification. RAHCO intends to lay a separate SGR line alongside the existing Metre Gauge Railway (MGR) along the entire length from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza via Isaka. The SGR project is in line with the overall aim of the GoT to revitalize and reinvigorate the rail sector so as it can contribute more to the national economy. Moreover, currently over 95% of the traffic leaving the port of Dar es Salaam is transported by road to detrimental of the road network. It is thus expected that the upgrading of the rail sector especially the Dar es Salaam-Isaka-Mwanza, will increase freight and passenger capacity as well as releasing pressure on the roads network. The SGR also will reduce the travel times for both goods and passengers. The GoT is committed to fund this project from her own financial sources. RAHCO, a public owned company, mandated by the GoT to promote and manage the rail infrastructure in the country, has commissioned the Ardhi University (ARU) to undertake Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the proposed SGR project. The ESIA study is being conducted in accordance with the Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit regulations (2005), formulated under the Environmental Management Act No. 20 of 2004 (Cap. 191). The Regulations provides for the National Environment Management Council (NEMC) to oversee the ESIA process, which culminates with an award of the Environmental Certificate by the Minister responsible for Environment. The Certificate is among other prerequisite approvals required before the project is implemented. Scoping is used to identify the key issues of concern at an early stage in the EIA Process. There are project benefits accrued from the process of scoping early, such as appropriate route selection and identification of possible alternatives of both technologies and rail alignment. Scoping also identifies and initiates involvement of all interested and affected parties (IAPS) such as the proponent and planning and members of the public. The results of scoping study determine the scope, depth and terms of reference (TOR) to be addressed within the Environmental Statement (EIS). The environmental Statement is the main output of the EIA process providing the environmental authority with sufficient information on the proposed project to warrant the issuance or refusal of an environmental certificate. This scoping exercise was conducted between August and September 2017. 1 1.2 Nature of the Project The project is about a major rail development that will link the ports of Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean coast and Mwanza on Lake Victoria shores, Tanzania. In accordance with EIA and Audit Regulations, (2005), the major infrastructure development projects fall under the mandatory category (Category I), which require a full EIA study. 2 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.1 Location (Route) The proposed SGR will run parallel to the existing Metre Gauge Railway from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza via Isaka. The SGR will traverse nine (9) regions
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