Environmental Management Plan ____________________________________________________ Loan 2860 (SF) January 2014 ARM: Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project - Additional Financing Improvement of Water Supply System of Gavar Town and Karmirgyugh Village This environmental management plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. HGSN LLC - JINJ LTD Improvement of the water supply systems of Gegharkunik region settlements _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Date of submission - 27/12/2013 Date of approval – 21.01.2014 WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION SECTOR PROJECT - ADDITIONAL FINANCING FUNDED BY ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK SUBPROJECT VI IMPROVEMENT OF GEGHARKUNIK REGION WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS L2860-ICB-1-06/2 IMPROVEMENT OF WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS IN GAVAR TOWN AND KARMIRGYUGH VILLAGE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN Yerevan, January, 2014 Subproject VI, Package VI.2 Environmental management plan ii HGSN LLC - JINJ LTD Improvement of the water supply systems of Gegharkunik region settlements _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION SECTOR PROJECT - ADDITIONAL FINANCING FUNDED BY ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK SUBPROJECT VI IMPROVEMENT OF GEGHARKUNIK REGION WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS L2860-ICB-1-06/2 IMPROVEMENT OF WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS IN GAVAR TOWN AND KARMIRGYUGH VILLAGE Book VI.2.3 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN HGSN LLC, Director V. Hovasapyan Environmental expert K.Sahakyan Yerevan, January, 2014 Subproject VI, Package VI.2 Environmental management plan iii HGSN LLC - JINJ LTD Improvement of the water supply systems of Gegharkunik region settlements _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ SUBPROJECT VI IMPROVEMENT OF GEGHARKUNIK REGION WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS L2860-ICB-1-06/2 IMPROVEMENT OF WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS IN GAVAR TOWN AND KARMIRGYUGH VILLAGE COVER OF THE DETAILED DESIGN Book VI.2-1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS AND EXPLANATORY PART Book VI .2-2 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Book VI.2-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN Book VI.2-4 - DETAILED DRAWINGS Book VI.2-5 - BILL OF QUANTITIES Book VI.2-6 - COST ESTIMATES Subproject VI, Package VI.2 Environmental management plan iv HGSN LLC - JINJ LTD Improvement of the water supply systems of Gegharkunik region settlements _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT ..................................................................................................... 1 2. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SAFEGUARD DOCUMENTS ................................................... 1 3. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 1 4. SCOPE OF WORKS ................................................................................................................................ 3 4.1 Description of the existing water supply systems ................................................................................... 3 4.2 Description of proposed rehabilitation works ........................................................................................ 4 5. BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ................................................................................. 5 5.1 Geographic location and climate of Gavar town and Karmirgyugh village .......................................... 5 5.2 Biodiversity ............................................................................................................................................. 6 6. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS .................................................................................... 7 7. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MITIGATION MEASURES ................................................................ 8 8. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ............................... 10 9. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTATIONS ........................................................................................... 11 10. GRIEVANCE MECHANISM FOR AFFECTED PUBLIC .................................................................. 13 11. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN .................................................................................... 14 LIST OF APPENDICES APPENDIX 1. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT MATRIX............................................................................ 15 APPENDIX 2. SITE SPECIFIC ENVIRONMANTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN .................................................... 17 APPENDIX 3. FIELD VISITS CHECKLIST ............................................................................................................. 19 APPENDIX 4. COMPLAINTS LOG .......................................................................................................................... 22 APPENDIX 5. UNANTICIPATED IMPACT / SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT / ACCIDENT NOTICE ...................... 23 APPENDIX 6.EMISSIONS / AMBIENT MONITORING FORM ............................................................................ 24 APPENDIX 7. SUBPROJECT LAYOUT .................................................................................................................. 25 Subproject VI, Package VI.2 Environmental management plan v HGSN LLC - JINJ LTD Improvement of the water supply systems of Gegharkunik region settlements _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AWSC ADB PMU Armenian Water and Sewage Company/ Project Management Unit of Asian Development Bank BVJ Buried Valve Junctions DD Detailed Design DRR Daily Regulating Reservoir EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan IEE Initial Environmental Examination JV Joint Venture MPV Maximum Permitted Value RA Republic of Armenia RA MoNP RA Ministry of Nature Protection SSEMP Site Specific EMP WSS Water Supply and Sanitation WSSSP Water Supply & Sanitation Sector Project W&W Systems Water and Wastewater Systems Subproject VI, Package VI.2 Environmental management plan vi HGSN LLC - JINJ LTD Improvement of the water supply systems of Gegharkunik region settlements _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT Project implementation for the improvement of W&W systems will improve public health and environment for about 400,000 people (households and other consumers) are living in 18 towns and up to 92 villages through providing safe, reliable and sustainable water supply. The outcome of the Project is improved access to safe, reliable, and sustainable WSS services managed on commercial principles and environmentally sound practices. The Project will also support poverty reduction by (i) reducing the incidence of waterborne diseases and costs of medical care; (ii) improving the time poverty of women due to labor intensive housework such as water collection, which may allow them to participate more in social and economic activities; (iii) providing safer and more reliable water supply; and (iv) improving the quality of life of households in all the project towns and villages by improving their access to safe and sustainable drinking water. Similar to the original WSSP, the Additional Financing Project will fund two project components which include: (i) municipal infrastructure rehabilitation and improvement; and (ii) management improvement and development which include gender features. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SAFEGUARD DOCUMENTS In accordance with the ADB Environmental policy (November, 2002) the Subproject is ranked to B category which does not need extended EIA, excluding also Environmental expertise, according to the RA law on “Environmental Impact Assessment” (issued on November 20, 1995) and the RA Government decree “Threshold of environmental impact activities subject to expertise” (N-193, 30 March 1999). As a B Category Project ADB Policy required development of Initial Environmental Examination/ IEE reports for each Subproject (1 report) and site specific Environmental Management Plan/EMP (separately report for each lot of the subproject). 3. INTRODUCTION This report is developed for the Subproject on the Improvement of W&W Systems in Gavar town and Karmirgyugh village of Gagharkunik region, the design of which has been performed by the JV agreement of HGSN and JINJ LTDs. The water supply systems rehabilitation involves reconstruction of a DRR, water supply distribution network and construction of new ones, as well as construction of valve nodes and water metering chambers of individual houses. As a result of the construction work implementation, as well as further operation and maintenance of the water supply systems there might be undesirable negative impacts on the environment. Subproject VI, Package VI.2 Environmental management plan 1 HGSN