ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP) FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF SEAPLANE PATFORMS AT W MALDIVES, FESDHOO, ALIF ALIF ATOLL August 2020 Prepared for Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA) Male’, Maldives Consultant CDE Consulting, Maldives Lead Consultant’s Declaration I certify that statements made in this Environmental Management Plan are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and available information. Mariyam Hana Saeed i Letter of Commitment Trans Maldivian Airways has provided the commitment letter. (Please refer to Appendix A) i TABLE OF CONTENTS Lead Consultant’s Declaration ......................................................................................................... i Letter of Commitment ...................................................................................................................... i 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE EMP ............................................................. 1 1.2 TITLE .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 PROPONENT .................................................................................................................. 1 1.4 RATIONALE AND NEED ............................................................................................. 2 1.5 SCOPE ............................................................................................................................. 2 1.6 LOCATION ..................................................................................................................... 2 1.7 CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS .................................................................... 1 1.8 PROJECT FINANCING ................................................................................................. 1 1.9 STRUCTURE OF EMP .................................................................................................. 1 1.10 DOCUMENT CONTROL ............................................................................................... 1 1.11 REVIEW AND UPDATES ............................................................................................. 1 2 POLICY AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE ................................................................................ 3 2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT ................................................... 3 2.2 AVIATION ...................................................................................................................... 5 2.3 WASTE MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION PREVENTION .................................. 6 ii 2.4 LAND ACQUISITION ................................................................................................... 8 2.5 CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PLACES AND OBJECTS ACT ............................. 9 2.6 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ............................................................................. 9 2.7 GHG EMISSIONS AND RESOURCE EFFICIENCY ................................................. 10 2.8 LABOUR AND WORKING CONDITIONS ............................................................... 11 2.9 HEALTH, SAFETY AND SECURITY ........................................................................ 15 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................... 17 3.1 PROJECT COMPONENTS .......................................................................................... 17 3.2 GENERAL SITE CONDITIONS .................................................................................. 17 3.3 DETAILED PROJECT OUTLINE ............................................................................... 20 3.4 PROJECT SCHEDULE AND LIFE SPAN .................................................................. 23 3.5 LABOUR REQUIREMENT AND SERVICES ........................................................... 24 3.6 WASTE MANAGEMENT, LOGISTICS AND SAFETY MEASURES ..................... 26 3.7 HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES ....................................................................... 27 3.8 SUMMARY OF PROJECT INPUTS AND OUTPUTS ............................................... 27 4 BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................................... 30 4.1 SENSITIVE AREAS ..................................................................................................... 30 4.2 CLIMATE AND METEOROLOGY ............................................................................ 30 4.3 MARINE ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................... 31 iii 4.4 NATURAL HAZARDS AND RISKS .......................................................................... 31 4.5 CULTURAL AND HERITAGE VALUES .................................................................. 32 5 IDENTIFICATION OF RISKS AND IMPACTS ................................................................. 33 5.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 33 5.2 IMPACT IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION .................................................. 33 5.3 EVALUATION OF CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ......................................................... 34 6 IMPACT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS ........................................................................... 47 6.1 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT PLAN .................. 47 7 ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITY AND COMPETENCY ................................................. 60 7.1 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND RESPONSIBILITIES .................................... 60 7.2 COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING ...................................................................... 67 7.3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................. 68 8 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE ........................................................ 69 8.1 OBJECTIVE .................................................................................................................. 69 8.2 KEY FACTORS ............................................................................................................ 69 8.3 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND EMERGENCY SCENARIO MAPPING .......... 70 8.4 ACCIDENT CATEGORIES ......................................................................................... 70 8.5 EMERGENCY RESPONSE FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT ....................................... 71 8.6 EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAININGS ................................................................... 72 iv 8.7 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................. 72 8.8 COMMUNICATION .................................................................................................... 73 8.9 POST- ACCIDENT / EMERGENCY ........................................................................... 73 8.10 RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................. 74 9 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ..................................................................................... 75 9.1 STAKEHOLDER IDENTIFICATION ......................................................................... 75 9.2 Stakeholder Engagement Plan ....................................................................................... 80 10 EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS ................................................................................ 91 10.1 OBJECTIVE .................................................................................................................. 91 10.2 KEY FACTORS ............................................................................................................ 91 10.3 PROCESS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION DURING AN EMERGENCY ......... 92 10.4 RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................. 94 11 GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS ........................................................................................ 95 11.1 OBJECTIVE .................................................................................................................. 95 11.2 KEY FACTORS ............................................................................................................ 95 11.3 RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................. 97 12 MONITORING AND REVIEW ....................................................................................... 98 12.1 OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................ 98 12.2 MONITORING DURING OPERATIONAL PHASE .................................................. 98 v 13 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................... 102 14 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................ 104 APPENDIX A: TMA’S COMMITMENT LETTER .................................................................. 106 APPENDIX B: DESIGN OF THE SEAPLANE PLATFORM .................................................. 107 APPENDIX C: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN .................................................................. 108 APPENDIX D: STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION NOTES ...............................................