NOOR Boujdour 22 kV Power Line Boujdour Province Specific Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Vol. 2 - Main Text Prepared for: ACWA Power January 2017 DOCUMENT INFORMATION Project NOORo IV Boujdour 22 kV Power Line Project Number 1305/001/041 Report Title Specific Environmental and Social Impacts Assessment. Vol. 2 – Main Text Client ACWA Power Project Manager Carlos Ponte Project Director Ken Wade ISSUE AND REVISION RECORD Issue Issue Date Description Author Reviewed Approved AGL/ 1 9th December 2016 Internal Draft (2) ZMJ/ CPM SMM Final Version 2 24th January 2017 based on MoM AGL from CNEIE 1 Financial Capital Regardless of location, mode of delivery or function, all organisations are dependent on The 5 Capitals of Sustainable Development to 2 Social Capital enable long-term delivery of its products or services. 3 Natural Capital Sustainability is at the heart of everything that 4 Manufactured Capital 5 Capitals achieves. 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Postal 3150 UAE '+971 4343 5955 Spain '+34 91 19 66 666 NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY The Non-technical summary for the Boujdour PV and Power Line (PL) is presented on a separate document (SESIA Vol.1 Non-technical Summary). The power line is an ancillary facility of the Boujdour 20 MW photovoltaic power project and therefore, in order to follow Good International Practice, the scope of the NTS report has considered both infrastructures. Erreur ! Utilisez l'onglet Accueil pour appliquer Title au texte que vous souhaitez faire apparaître ici. i SESIA Vol 2 Main Text CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION _______________________________________________ 9 1.1 Assessment Objectives _____________________________________________ 9 1.2 Report Structure __________________________________________________ 10 2 LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK _________________________ 12 1.1 National Framework ______________________________________________ 12 1.1.1 Environmental protection _________________________________________________ 12 1.1.2 Environmental Impact Assessment _________________________________________ 13 1.1.3 Public Consultation _______________________________________________________ 13 1.1.4 Ecology and Biodiversity __________________________________________________ 13 1.1.5 Air Quality _______________________________________________________________ 13 1.1.6 Water Quality ____________________________________________________________ 14 1.1.7 Soil Quality _______________________________________________________________ 15 1.1.8 Seismicity ________________________________________________________________ 15 1.1.9 Protected Areas __________________________________________________________ 15 1.1.10 Waste Management ____________________________________________________ 15 1.1.11 Labour _________________________________________________________________ 16 1.1.12 Socio-Economic ________________________________________________________ 16 1.1.13 Cultural Heritage ________________________________________________________ 16 1.1.14 Traffic and Road Safety __________________________________________________ 16 1.1.15 Landscape and Visual ___________________________________________________ 17 1.1.16 Urban Planning _________________________________________________________ 17 1.1.17 Project Development ____________________________________________________ 17 1.2 International and Regional Conventions ___________________________ 17 1.3 International Requirements ________________________________________ 20 1.3.1 IFC Requirements_________________________________________________________ 20 1.3.2 Equator Principles ________________________________________________________ 23 1.4 Standards and Guidelines _________________________________________ 27 1.4.1 Soil Quality _______________________________________________________________ 27 1.4.2 Water and Wastewater ___________________________________________________ 28 1.4.3 Air Quality _______________________________________________________________ 33 1.4.4 Noise and Vibration ______________________________________________________ 35 2.1.1 Electric and Magnetic Field _______________________________________________ 36 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ________________________________________ 37 3.1.1 Project Location and Conditions __________________________________________ 37 Erreur ! Utilisez l'onglet Accueil pour appliquer Title au texte que vous souhaitez faire apparaître ici. i SESIA Vol 2 Main Text 3.2 Potential Sensitive Receptors ______________________________________ 39 3.3 Project Design ____________________________________________________ 40 3.4 Resource Use and Waste Streams __________________________________ 40 3.4.1 Water Supply ____________________________________________________________ 40 3.4.2 Wastewater Management ________________________________________________ 41 3.4.3 Non-Hazardous Solid Waste _______________________________________________ 41 3.4.4 Hazardous Materials and Wastes __________________________________________ 42 3.5 Project Alternatives _______________________________________________ 42 3.5.1 No Project Scenario ______________________________________________________ 42 3.5.2 Alternative Alignment ____________________________________________________ 42 3.6 Construction Schedule and Workforce _____________________________ 42 4 SESIA METHODOLOGY ________________________________________ 46 4.1 Introduction ______________________________________________________ 46 4.2 Baseline Conditions _______________________________________________ 46 4.3 Impact Assessment Significance Criteria ___________________________ 47 5 CONSULTATION PROCESS ______________________________________ 52 5.1 Public Consultation Meeting _______________________________________ 52 5.2 Stakeholder Engagement Plan ____________________________________ 54 6 AIR QUALITY ________________________________________________ 55 6.1 Introduction ______________________________________________________ 55 6.2 Methodology _____________________________________________________ 55 6.3 Baseline __________________________________________________________ 56 6.3.1 Air quality Conditions _____________________________________________________ 57 6.4 Sensitive Receptors _______________________________________________ 57 6.5 Construction Assessment __________________________________________ 58 6.5.1 Potential Impacts ________________________________________________________ 58 6.5.2 Mitigation Measures ______________________________________________________ 60 6.5.3 Residual Impacts _________________________________________________________ 61 6.6 Decommissioning Assessment _____________________________________ 61 7 NOISE AND VIBRATION ________________________________________ 62 7.1 Introduction ______________________________________________________ 62 7.2 Methodology _____________________________________________________ 62 7.2.1 Noise ____________________________________________________________________ 62 Erreur ! Utilisez l'onglet Accueil pour appliquer Title au texte que vous souhaitez faire apparaître ici. ii SESIA Vol 2 Main Text 7.3 Baseline __________________________________________________________ 64 7.3.1 Noise ____________________________________________________________________ 64 7.3.2 Vibration_________________________________________________________________ 65 7.4 Sensitive Receptors _______________________________________________ 65 7.5 Construction Assessment __________________________________________ 65 7.5.1 Potential Impacts ________________________________________________________ 65 7.5.2 Mitigation Measures ______________________________________________________ 68 7.5.3 Residual Impacts _________________________________________________________ 70 7.6 Decommissioning Assessment _____________________________________ 70 8 SOIL AND GROUNDWATER _____________________________________ 71 8.1 Introduction ______________________________________________________ 71 8.2 Methodology _____________________________________________________ 71 8.3 Baseline __________________________________________________________ 72 8.3.1 Topography and Geology ________________________________________________ 73 8.3.2 Seismicity ________________________________________________________________ 73 8.3.3 Hydrology _______________________________________________________________ 73 8.3.4 Soil contamination _______________________________________________________ 73 8.4 Sensitive Receptors _______________________________________________ 74 8.5 Construction Assessment __________________________________________ 74 8.5.1 Potential Impacts ________________________________________________________ 74 8.5.2 Mitigation Measures ______________________________________________________ 78 8.5.3 Residual Impacts _________________________________________________________ 80 8.6 Decommissioning