Initial Environmental Examination Project Number: 51012-003 September 2020 Uzbekistan: Skills Development for a Modern Economy Project (Part 3 of 3) Prepared by the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations (MOELR) and the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education (MHSSE) for 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. 187 Figure 141: Transformer at the Turakurgan Service PC Heating. 593. The central Turakurgan Service PC have its own 7 mini boiler rooms. Coal is used as a fuel. Figure 142: Coal warehouse of the Turakurgan Service PC 188 Figure 143: Coal boilers at the Turakurgan Service PC Water. 594. Water supply of the Central Turakurgan Service PC of Namangan Province is provided from the village supply system. There is one water collecting point at the college territory. Figure 144: Drinking water at the Turakurgan Service PC 189 Wastewater. 595. Turakurgan Service PC is not connected to sewage network. There are septic tanks within PTC area served for the outside toilets. Figure 145: Soakpit outside toilets at the Turakurgan Service PC Trees. 596. On the territory of the Turakurgan Service PC there are lots of fur and fruit trees. There are no rare and protected plants in the project area. Figure 146: Trees of the Turakurgan Service PC 11. Syrdarya Province a) Province Level Location 597. The area of the province is 5,100 km 2. It is located in the central part of Uzbekistan on the left side of the Syr Darya river bordering with provinces – Djizak, Tashkent and counties – Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. The region consists of 8 districts: Akaltyn, Bayaut, Gulystan, Havast, Mirzabad, Sodoba, 190 Sayhunabad, Syrdarya. The administrative center is the city of Gulistan. The climate is typically conti- nental and arid. The vast steppe occupies a significant part of the region. The amount of precipitation varies from 130-360 mm per year on the plains to 440-620 mm in the foothills. In the southeast of the region, dry winds blow for several days in the summer and dust storms rage, damaging crops. The warm period is 247 days, the annual sum of positive temperatures is 50°C. 598. Physical and climatic features. The average annual air temperature is 15.1° C, with an absolute maximum in July - 42.2° C and a minimum in January - 16.8° C. The average minimum - -2.2° C, the average maximum - + 35.2° C. The soil surface in the summer months heats up to 69° C, in the winter months it cools down to -8° C. Both air and soil are characterized by high seasonal and daily amplitudes of air temperature. The area is arid, as the annual rainfall varies from 300 mm to 405 mm. Due to surface overheating in the summer, rare and light rains, and generally low rainfall, soil drought develops during the year. 599. The region is characterized by a predominance of weak winds at a speed of 0-1 m/s, which con- tribute to the non-proliferation of harmful substances from emission sources. 600. Light winds (0-1 m / s) contribute to the delay of harmful substances near low sources. Quite often (in 34.8% of cases) winds occur at a speed of 2-3 m / s. Higher wind speeds (4-5 m / s) achieve a repeatability of 6%. These winds have a cleansing function and help disperse gaseous emissions from sources. Strong winds, above 6 m / s, are very rare, the frequency of cases of such winds is about 1.3%. In the annual course, the winds of the northern, eastern, and southern directions have the greatest fre- quency. Very rarely there are winds from the southeast. Surface water. 601. In the area, large surface watercourses are absent, except for small irrigation networks. At a dis- tance of 18 km southeast of the Akaltin Service PC and 33 km northeast of the Zarbdor Service PC, the Sardoba Reservoir is located, which was built in 2017 on the territory of the watercourse of the central network of the South Mirzachul Canal. Its depth is 30 meters, capacity - 922 million cubic meters of water. Groundwater 602. In hydrogeological terms, the site is located in a zone with a low occurrence of groundwater (25- 30 m). The maximum level position is observed in June-August, the minimum in November-February. The groundwater regime depends on vegetation irrigation and precipitation. Groundwater is relatively high in salinity. Groundwater is not aggressive to concrete on all types of cement. The presence of a waterproof clay screen and drainage ditches prevents the pollution of groundwater by different enter- prises. Soil. 603. The soils in the study area are represented by typical sierozems, and by lowerings, by siero- zemno-meadow. The soils are mainly old-irrigated, medium cultivated, loamy, sometimes cartilaginous, subject to irrigation erosion. Soil of grayish-brown color, moist, solid consistency with the inclusion of nodules. Soils are non-saline, slightly alkaline. b) Akaltin Service PC Location 604. The college is located in the Galaba village and surrounded with residential areas and fields. Being located close to industrial zone there is cotton processing plant in 0.4 km. Distance to road is 5 meters and 800 meters to highway M39. Distance to protected areas: Zamin National Park is on 81 km and Zamin National Reserve is on 90 km. The nearest large water surface is Zardoba water reservoir at 191 a distance of 18 km southeast of the Akaltin Service PC. Figure 147: Layout view to Akaltin Service College Buildings 605. The main building of the central PTC was built in 2008. It is a three-storied building that houses a study building. College capacity is 405 seats. Territory is 2.19 hectares. 606. On the territory within the red line of the site, whose area is 2.19 hectares (21,900 m2), there are 10 capital buildings and structures. The existing workshops and study rooms are located in different buildings, which are 3-storey buildings of complex frame construction with transverse spans between the bearing walls of 3-6-18 meters. The remaining buildings and structures are auxiliary household and en- gineering purposes. The total built-up area is 2680 m2, which is in the balance of the territory - 12.2%. 607. Most of the territory is occupied by an open-air stadium with an area of 3300 m2, which is 15% in the balance of the territory. The remaining 72.8% of the territory is partially landscaped and has large empty areas suitable for development. College needs full reconstruction; College territory needs devel- opment and better landscaping. 192 Figure 148: Entrance to Akaltin Service PC Water supply. 608. There is no water supply in Akaltin Service College. Water is brought by car and filled in tanks. Wastewater 609. Akaltin Service PC is not connected to central and to local sewage network. There are septic tanks within PTC area serving the toilets within the PTC. 193 Figure 149: Inside toilets with water supply of the Akaltin Service PC Heating. 610. The Akaltin Service PC have its own boiler room. The premises of the PTC are heated by boilers. As fuel in furnaces gas is used. Figure 150: Heating equipment of the Akaltin Service PC 194 Electricity 611. The Akaltin Service PC is connected to the central power supply network of the Province. A trans- former is installed within the PTC area. The transformer is in good condition and fully satisfies the needs of PTC. Figure 151: Electricity supply at the Akaltin Service PC 12. Surkhandarya Province a) Province Level Location 612. The area of the province is 20,800 km 2. It is located in the southern part of Uzbekistan, bordering with Kashkadarya province, and with countries – Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan. The region con- sists of 14 districts: Angor, Bandihan, Baysun, Denau, Jarkurgan, Kizirik, Kumkurgon, Muzrabad, Altynsay, Saryasia, Sherabad, Shurchy, Termez, Uchun. The administrative center is the city of Termez. The climate is from dry desert in the south, to subtropical in the north (in the Uzun area). The average temperature in January is + 3 °C, in July - + 30 °C. On the plains, rainfall ranges from 130 mm to 360 mm per year, in foothills - from 440 mm to 620 mm. Physical Environment of Province 613. Climate features. The territory is located in subtropical latitudes, surrounded by high ridges block- ing the movement of air masses from the north, west, which determines its significant overheating in summer. In general, the described territory is noted for high average annual air temperatures, insignificant amount of precipitation, high volatility values, significant amount of soil warming, prevalence of north- east winds. The highest average monthly air temperature of 28.6-30.5 ° C is observed in July-August, and the lowest in December-February with average monthly temperatures of 0.2-5.9 ° C. Frosts are char- acteristic for the spring months when cold air invades from north to south. Precipitation falls mainly in the winter-spring period, the rest of the year is dry, rainless. Annual precipitation varies from 189 to 264 mm. In direct proportion to the amount of precipitation and air temperature is humidity and volatility.