ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP) FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF SEAPLANE PLATFORMS AT THE WESTIN MALDIVES MIRIANDHOO RESORT BAA ATOLL 7 July 2019 Prepared for Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA) Male’, Maldives Consultant CDE Consulting, Maldives Lead Consultant’s Declaration I certify that statements made in this Environmental and Management Plan (EMP) are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and available information at time of writing this report. Dr Ahmed Shaig i Letter of Commitment Trans Maldivian Airways has provided the commitment letter. (Please refer to Appendix A) ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Lead Consultant’s Declaration ......................................................................................................... i Letter of Commitment..................................................................................................................... ii 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 .................................................................... 3 1.8 PROJECT FINANCING ................................................................................................. 3 1.9 STRUCTURE OF EMP .................................................................................................. 3 1.10 DOCUMENT CONTROL .............................................................................................. 4 1.11 REVIEW AND UPDATES ............................................................................................ 4 2 POLICY AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE ............................................................................... 5 2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT .................................................. 5 2.2 AVIATION ..................................................................................................................... 7 2.3 WASTE MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION PREVENTION .................................. 8 iii 2.4 LAND ACQUISITION ................................................................................................. 10 2.5 CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PLACES AND OBJECTS ACT .......................... 11 2.6 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION .......................................................................... 11 2.7 GHG EMISSIONS AND RESOURCE EFFICIENCY ................................................ 11 2.8 LABOUR AND WORKING CONDITIONS ............................................................... 12 2.9 HEALTH, SAFETY AND SECURITY ....................................................................... 16 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................... 18 3.1 PROJECT COMPONENTS.......................................................................................... 18 3.2 GENERAL SITE CONDITIONS ................................................................................. 18 3.3 DETAILED PROJECT OUTLINE............................................................................... 19 3.4 PROJECT SCHEDULE AND LIFE SPAN ................................................................. 23 3.5 LABOUR REQUIREMENT AND SERVICES ........................................................... 24 3.6 WASTE MANAGEMENT, LOGISTICS AND SAFETY MEASURES .................... 25 3.7 HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES ...................................................................... 26 3.8 SUMMARY OF PROJECT INPUTS AND OUTPUTS .............................................. 26 4 BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................................... 29 4.1 SENSITIVE AREAS .................................................................................................... 29 4.2 CLIMATE AND METEOROLOGY ............................................................................ 29 4.3 NATURAL HAZARDS AND RISKS.......................................................................... 30 iv 4.4 CULTURAL AND HERITAGE VALUES .................................................................. 31 5 IDENTIFICATION OF RISKS AND IMPACTS ................................................................ 32 5.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 32 5.2 IMPACT IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION .................................................. 32 5.3 EVALUATION OF CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ......................................................... 33 6 IMPACT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS........................................................................... 46 6.1 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT PLAN ................. 46 7 ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITY AND COMPETENCY ................................................ 53 7.1 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND RESPONSIBILITIES.................................... 53 7.2 COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING ...................................................................... 60 7.3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................ 61 8 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE ........................................................ 63 8.1 OBJECTIVE ................................................................................................................. 63 8.2 KEY FACTORS ........................................................................................................... 63 8.3 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND EMERGENCY SCENARIO MAPPING ......... 64 8.4 ACCIDENT CATEGORIES ........................................................................................ 64 8.5 EMERGENCY RESPONSE FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT ...................................... 65 8.6 EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAININGS .................................................................. 66 8.7 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................ 66 v 8.8 COMMUNICATION .................................................................................................... 67 8.9 POST- ACCIDENT / EMERGENCY .......................................................................... 67 8.10 RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................. 68 9 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ..................................................................................... 68 9.1 STAKEHOLDER IDENTIFICATION ........................................................................ 69 9.2 Stakeholder Engagement Plan ...................................................................................... 73 10 EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS ............................................................................... 80 10.1 OBJECTIVE ................................................................................................................. 80 10.2 KEY FACTORS ........................................................................................................... 80 10.3 PROCESS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION DURING AN EMERGENCY ........ 81 10.4 RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................. 83 11 GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS ........................................................................................ 84 11.1 OBJECTIVE ................................................................................................................. 84 11.2 KEY FACTORS ........................................................................................................... 84 11.3 RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................. 86 12 MONITORING AND REVIEW....................................................................................... 87 12.1 OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................... 87 12.2 MONITORING DURING OPERATIONAL PHASE.................................................. 87 13 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................. 91 vi 14 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................. 93 APPENDIX A: TMA’S COMMITMENT LETTER .................................................................... 94 APPENDIX B: DESIGN OF THE SEAPLANE PLATFORM .................................................... 95 APPENDIX C: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN .................................................................... 96 APPENDIX D: STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION ................................................................ 97 APPENDIX E: CVS OF CONSULTANTS ..............................................................................