Initial Environmental Examination December 2014 PAK: Pakistan Power Transmission Enhancement Program Tranche-IV (220 kV Nowshera Grid Station and Allied Transmission Line) Prepared by Environment and Social Impact Cell (ESIC), NTDC for the Asian Development Bank. Power Transmission and Enhancement Multi-tranche Financing Facility Tranche-IV NTDC New 220 kV Nowshera Grid Station Initial Environmental Examination TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ACRONYMS ...................................................................................................... I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................. 1 CHAPTER - 1: INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................1-1 1.1 Project Overview ......................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Scope of the Study and Personnel ............................................................ 1-1 1.3 The Study Objectives .................................................................................. 1-2 1.4 The Report Structure ................................................................................... 1-2 CHAPTER - 2: POLICY, LAW AND PROTOCOLS ..................................................2-1 2.1 The ADB Environmental Assessment Guidelines .................................... 2-1 2.2 Statutory Framework ................................................................................... 2-1 2.2.1 Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 .............................. 2-1 2.2.2 National Conservation Strategy (NCS) – Pakistan ...................... 2-2 2.2.3 Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of IEE and EIA Regulations, 2000 ........................................................................ 2-2 2.2.4 NTDC Safety Considerations ....................................................... 2-3 2.2.5 National Environmental Quality Standards - 2010 ....................... 2-4 2.2.6 The Constitution of Pakistan 1973 ............................................... 2-5 2.2.7 Pakistan Penal Code 1860 .......................................................... 2-5 2.2.8 The Drainage Act 1973 ................................................................ 2-5 2.2.9 Local Government Ordinance 1979 ............................................. 2-5 2.2.10 The Telegraphy Act 1910 ............................................................ 2-5 2.2.11 The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act 1974 .................................. 2-5 2.2.12 Guidelines for Sensitive and Critical Areas .................................. 2-5 2.2.13 The Forest Act 1927 .................................................................... 2-5 2.2.14 The Antiquities Act 1976 .............................................................. 2-5 2.2.15 Factories Act 1934 ....................................................................... 2-5 2.2.16 The Public Health (Emergency Provision Act 1954 read with West Pakistan Epidemic Control Act 1958) Act .................................... 2-6 ESIC TOC-I Power Transmission and Enhancement Multi-tranche Financing Facility Tranche-IV NTDC New 220 kV Nowshera Grid Station Initial Environmental Examination 2.2.17 Explosive Act 1884 ...................................................................... 2-6 2.2.18 Conventions, Protocols, Agreements and Understandings at International Level ....................................................................... 2-6 2.2.19 Employment of Child Act, 1991 ................................................... 2-6 2.2.20 Labour Laws ................................................................................ 2-6 2.2.21 Electricity Act IX of 1910 with Electric Rules 1937....................... 2-6 CHAPTER - 3: DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ..................................................3-1 3.1 Type of the Project ...................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Categorization of the Project ...................................................................... 3-1 3.3 Need for the Project .................................................................................... 3-1 3.4 Location and Scale of the Project .............................................................. 3-1 3.5 Design Criteria ............................................................................................. 3-2 3.5.1 Design Criteria for Grid Station .................................................... 3-2 3.5.2 Design Criteria for Transmission Lines ........................................ 3-2 3.6 Work and Material ........................................................................................ 3-2 3.6.1 Estimated Work/Major Work Items .............................................. 3-2 3.6.2 Material Requirements................................................................. 3-3 3.6.3 Raw Materials Availability ............................................................ 3-3 3.6.4 Machinery to be Used .................................................................. 3-3 3.6.5 Equipment and Installation .......................................................... 3-4 3.6.6 Construction Schedule................................................................. 3-4 3.7 Construction Logistics ............................................................................... 3-4 3.7.1 Work Base ................................................................................... 3-4 3.7.2 Labour Supply ............................................................................. 3-5 3.7.3 Labour Camp ............................................................................... 3-5 3.7.4 Machinery Maintenance and Equipment Yard ............................. 3-5 3.7.5 Material Depot ............................................................................. 3-5 3.7.6 Machinery Repair Workshop ....................................................... 3-5 3.7.7 Approach to Work Base ............................................................... 3-6 3.7.8 Petrol Pump and CNG Pump ....................................................... 3-6 3.7.9 Camp Offices ............................................................................... 3-6 ESIC TOC-II Power Transmission and Enhancement Multi-tranche Financing Facility Tranche-IV NTDC New 220 kV Nowshera Grid Station Initial Environmental Examination 3.7.10 Security Arrangements ................................................................ 3-6 3.7.11 Healthcare ................................................................................... 3-6 3.7.12 Labour Reporting Officer ............................................................. 3-6 3.7.13 Labour Transport ......................................................................... 3-6 3.7.14 Work Uniform and Health and Safety Equipment ........................ 3-6 3.7.15 Signology ..................................................................................... 3-7 3.7.16 Lighting and illumination .............................................................. 3-7 3.7.17 Estimated Cost of the Project ...................................................... 3-7 3.8 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES .................................................................. 3-9 3.8.1 No Project Option ........................................................................ 3-9 3.8.2 Alternatives of Location ............................................................... 3-9 3.8.3 Logistic Alternatives ....................................................................3-11 3.8.4 Summary of Alternatives.............................................................3-12 CHAPTER - 4: DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE............... 4-13 4.1 Project Area ................................................................................................4-13 4.1.1 General Characteristics of Project Area .....................................4-13 4.1.2 Affected Administrative Units ......................................................4-13 4.2 Physical Environment ................................................................................4-14 4.2.1 Topography, Geography, Geology, and Soils .............................4-14 4.2.2 Seismology .................................................................................4-14 4.2.3 Climate, Temperature and Rainfall .............................................4-14 4.2.4 Groundwater ...............................................................................4-16 4.2.5 Surface water .............................................................................4-16 4.2.6 Air Quality ...................................................................................4-16 4.2.7 Noise ..........................................................................................4-16 4.3 Biological Environment .............................................................................4-16 4.3.1 Terrestrial Habitats, Forests and Endangered Species ..............4-16 4.3.2 Protected Areas/ National Sanctuaries .......................................4-17 4.3.3 Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquatic Biology .......................................4-17 4.4 Economic Development .............................................................................4-17 4.4.1 Agriculture, Livestock and Industries ..........................................4-17 ESIC TOC-III