RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN FOR THE AWALI-BEIRUT WATER CONVEYOR PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized FINAL REPORT Public Disclosure Authorized Prepared by: EARTH LINK AND ADVANCED RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT S.A.R.L. (ELARD) Public Disclosure Authorized Submitted to: COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION (CDR) Date of Submission: Public Disclosure Authorized August 4th, 2010 RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION (CDR) ESIA FOR AWALI-BEIRUT WATER CONVEYER PROJECT PROJECT INFORMATION ELARD LEBANON Resettlement Action COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND DOCUMENT TYPE: Plan RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT REF:: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT NO. OF PAGES: 87 ESIA for Awali-Beirut Water Conveyer Project VERSION FINAL REPORT APPROVED BY Ramez Kayal General Manager REVIEWED BY Ricardo Khoury Senior Environmental Specialist Rachad Ghanem Senior Hydrogeologist/ Project Manager Hanadi Musharafiyeh Social Economist Wafaa Halabi Socio-Economist PREPARED BY Basma Shames Geologist / Field Coordinator Carlo Bekhazi Environmental Consultant Ghada Chehab Senior Environmental Consultant Rana Ghattas Quality Management Responsible DISCLAIMER This report has been prepared by ELARD , with all reasonable skill, care and diligence within the terms of the contract with the client, incorporating our General Terms and Conditions of Business and taking account of the resources devoted to it by agreement with the client. The information contained in this report is, to the best of our knowledge, correct at the time of printing. 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Pere Yacoub Street Sin El Fil, 2708 5803 Tel: +961 (1) 512121/2 Fax: +961 1 512123 www.elard-group.com RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION (CDR) ESIA FOR AWALI-BEIRUT WATER CONVEYER PROJECT TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................................ iii List of Tables .................................................................................................................................................................. iii List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................................. iv Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................................................I 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 1-1 2. Description of the project. ............................................................................................................................. 2-1 3. Potential impacts ............................................................................................................................................. 3-1 4. Objectives of the RAP ..................................................................................................................................... 4-1 5. Socio-economic survey .................................................................................................................................. 5-1 6. Legal framework. ............................................................................................................................................. 6-1 7. Institutional Framework. .................................................................................................................................. 7-1 8. Eligibility for compensation under Lebanese Law. .................................................................................... 8-3 9. Community participation and consultations with affected stakeholders. ........................................... 9-1 10. Appeals procedures and Grievance redress ......................................................................................... 10-1 11. Organizational responsibilities. .................................................................................................................. 11-1 12. Implementation schedule. ......................................................................................................................... 12-3 13. Estimated Costs and budget..................................................................................................................... 13-1 14. Monitoring and evaluation. ....................................................................................................................... 14-1 15. Appendices .................................................................................................................................................. 15-1 Appendix A: Summarized Socio Economic Survey at level of villages ......................................................... 15-2 Appendix B: Previous Expropriations (CDR) ........................................................................................................ 15-5 Appendix C: New Expropriations (CDR) ........................................................................................................... 15-12 Appendix D: New Expropriations (BMLWA) ...................................................................................................... 15-29 Appendix E: Public Participation – Minutes of Meeting ................................................................................. 15-32 Appendix F: Minutes of Meeting (2nd Public Participation) ........................................................................... 15-36 Appendix G: Map of Second Component ...................................................................................................... 15-41 LIST OF TABLES Table 2-1 Description of Reservoirs of Component 2 ................................................................................... 2-4 Table 2-2 Characteristics of Pumping Stations .............................................................................................. 2-5 Table 5-1 Findings at level of expropriated plots for component 1 surface features ............................ 5-1 Table 5-2 Findings at level of expropriated plots for component 2 ........................................................... 5-1 Table 8-1 Summary of Expropriation Activities .............................................................................................. 8-6 Table 8-2 Summary of Easement Rights .......................................................................................................... 8-6 PREPARED BY ELARD iii RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION (CDR) ESIA FOR AWALI-BEIRUT WATER CONVEYER PROJECT TABLE OF CONTENTS Table 9-1 Main raised concerns ....................................................................................................................... 9-1 Table 9-2 Questions raised during 2nd Public Participation ....................................................................... 9-2 Table 13-1 Summary of Costs and Budgets of Expropriation ................................................................. 13-1 Table 13-2 Summary of Estimated Budgets for Establishing Easement Rights .................................... 13-1 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2-1 Geographic Location of Project Components ..................................................................... 2-3 Figure 6-1 Expropriation Procedures ............................................................................................................ 6-3 Figure 11-1 Implementation arrangements ................................................................................................ 11-2 Figure 12-1 Implementation Schedule ........................................................................................................ 12-4 PREPARED BY ELARD iv RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION (CDR) ESIA FOR AWALI-BEIRUT WATER CONVEYER PROJECT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) was prepared in the context of the preparation of the LB-Greater Beirut Water Supply Project (GBWSP) partly financed by the World Bank. It determines the procedures required for land acquisitions and resettlement needed for project implementation, and related compensation in accordance with Lebanese Law and the Operational Policies (OP) of the World Bank (WB) defined under OP 4.12 on Involuntary Resettlement. The GBWSP project includes acquisition of public and private land covering a total area of 426,563 m2 mainly relating to two main project components establishing a Bulk Water Supply Infrastructure: Tunnels, Water Treatment plant, Transmission & Bulk Storage (including the Awali-Beirut Water Conveyor) and Supply Reservoirs, Distribution Network and Metering (Improvement and rehabilitation of the water distribution network in Beirut and its suburbs) The main impacts of the project that give rise to resettlement are the following: (i)Acquisition of land by use of the Government’s