TRANSFORD LLC Multifunctional Transshipment Terminal at Port of Poti, Georgia Updated Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Tbilisi 2015 Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 7 2 Updated ESIA ............................................................................................................... 8 3 Environmental and Social Objectives of the Report ..................................................... 10 4 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Methodology ....................................... 10 5 Legal and Regulatory Framework ................................................................................ 11 5.1 Georgian legislation .............................................................................................. 11 5.2 Environmental Standards in Georgia .................................................................... 15 5.3 Environmental Impact Assessment in Georgia ..................................................... 17 5.4 IFC Performance Standards ................................................................................. 18 5.5 International Conventions ..................................................................................... 19 5.6 Marine sediment quality guidelines ....................................................................... 20 5.7 Gaps between Georgian legislation and IFC requirements ................................... 21 6 Project Description ...................................................................................................... 22 6.1 Planned composition of the Terminal .................................................................... 22 6.2 Existing facilities ................................................................................................... 28 6.3 Site Conditions ..................................................................................................... 29 6.4 Key Construction Activities Planned for Phase I ................................................... 31 6.5 Dredging works..................................................................................................... 31 6.6 Terminal Operation Schedule and Personnel ....................................................... 32 6.7 Organization of Construction Works ..................................................................... 33 6.8 Water and Energy Consumption ........................................................................... 35 6.9 Waste management during the construction ......................................................... 36 6.10 Decommissioning phase in case of terminating the operations ............................. 38 7 Analysis of Alternatives ............................................................................................... 40 7.1 No-action Alternative ............................................................................................ 40 7.2 Location Alternative .............................................................................................. 40 7.3 Profile (or functional) Alternative ........................................................................... 40 7.4 Design Alternatives ............................................................................................... 40 7.5 Dredge Disposal Alternatives ................................................................................ 41 8 Baseline Conditions for Physical Environment ............................................................. 42 8.1 Study area for Environmental Baseline ................................................................. 42 8.2 Meteorological Conditions .................................................................................... 43 8.3 Ambient Air Quality ............................................................................................... 46 8.4 Marine Sediments Quality ..................................................................................... 47 8.5 Noise baseline measurement ............................................................................... 50 2 8.6 Natural Radiation Background .............................................................................. 50 8.7 Geology, Hydrogeology and Soils ......................................................................... 51 8.8 Seismic Conditions ............................................................................................... 55 8.9 Hydrological conditions ......................................................................................... 56 8.10 Modeling of Wave Parameters .............................................................................. 57 8.11 River Rioni Silts Dynamics .................................................................................... 68 8.12 Vulnerability of Poti Coast and Rioni Delta to Climate Change ............................. 71 9 Climate change issues in Georgia as per the UNFCCC .............................................. 74 10 Baseline conditions for Biological Environment ........................................................... 76 10.1 Forest and secondary meadow ............................................................................. 76 10.2 Terrestrial and aquatic fauna ................................................................................ 76 10.3 Marine biota .......................................................................................................... 77 10.4 Protected Areas .................................................................................................... 78 11 Socio-Economic Baseline Conditions .......................................................................... 79 11.1 Poti Municipality .................................................................................................... 79 11.2 Poti Population Demography and ethnical composition ........................................ 80 11.3 Employment and Economy ................................................................................... 81 11.4 Infrastructure ........................................................................................................ 82 11.5 Vulnerable Population........................................................................................... 83 11.6 Education ............................................................................................................. 83 11.7 Cultural Heritage ................................................................................................... 84 11.8 Information Availability .......................................................................................... 84 11.9 Public Healthcare ................................................................................................. 84 12 Prediction and Assessment of Impacts, Suggestion for Mitigation ............................... 87 12.1 Climate change impacts for Construction Phase ................................................... 87 12.2 Climate change impacts for O&M Phase .............................................................. 87 12.3 Impacts of dredging works at Construction Phase ................................................ 88 12.4 Impacts of dredging works at O&M Phase ............................................................ 94 12.5 Impact on water quality at Construction Phase ..................................................... 95 12.6 Impact on water quality at O&M Phase ................................................................. 95 12.7 Impact of Berth-1 demolition and impact on soil at Construction Phase ................ 98 12.8 Impact on soil quality at O&M Phase .................................................................... 98 12.9 Noise impact analysis for Construction Phase ...................................................... 98 12.10 Noise impact analysis for O&M Phase ................................................................ 101 12.11 Impact on landscape and visual impact at Construction Phase ........................... 103 12.12 Impact on landscape and visual impact at O&M Phase ...................................... 104 12.13 Impact on flora and fauna at Construction Phase ............................................... 104 12.14 Impact on flora and fauna at O&M Phase ........................................................... 104 12.15 Impact on the atmospheric air at Construction Phase ......................................... 105 3 12.16 Impact on the atmospheric air at O&M Phase ..................................................... 114 12.17 Impact on socio-economic environment at Construction Phase .......................... 115 12.18 Impact on socio-economic environment at O&M Phase ...................................... 115 13 Cumulative Impacts ................................................................................................... 116 14 Environmental and Social Mitigation Framework ....................................................... 119 15 Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) .......................................... 135 16 Environmental and Social Management Plan ............................................................ 136 17 Outline (Framework) Environmental and Social Management Plans ......................... 141 17.1 Outline Community H&S Management Plan ....................................................... 141 17.2 Outline Stakeholder Engagement Plan