Initial Environmental Examination Report ________________________________________ Project Number: 47021-002 Loan Number: 3239 PAK: Federally Administered Tribal Areas Water Resources Development Project Initial Environmental Examination Report for Command Area Development of Raghagan Dam, District Bajaur Prepared by Project Management Unit, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan For the Asian Development Bank Date received by ADB: October 2019 NOTES (i) The fiscal year (FY) of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and its agencies ends on 30 June. (ii) In this report “$” refer to US dollars. This initial environmental examination report 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. 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. Project Management Unit • PMU FATA Water Resources Development Project FWRDP Merged Areas Secretariat FEDERALLY ADMINISTERED TRIBAL AREAS WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION (IEE) COMMAND AREA DEVELOPMENT OF RAGHAGAN DAM SUB PROJECT (BAJAUR DISTRICT) 2019 JOINT VENTURE: FATA WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CONSULTANTS House # 3, Street # 1, Near Board Bazar, Tajabad, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Tel: +92 91 5601635 - 6 Fax: +92 91 5840807 E-mail: [email protected] Initial Environmental Examination: FATA Water Resources Development Project CARD Sub Project TABLE OF CONTENTS S. No. Description Page No. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................... 1 General .................................................................................................................. 1 Project Background ................................................................................................ 1 Project Consultants ................................................................................................ 2 Purpose of This Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) ........................................ 2 IEE Methodology .................................................................................................... 3 Study Area ............................................................................................................. 4 Baseline Survey Methodology ................................................................................ 4 Impact Assessment Methodology ........................................................................... 5 Report Format ........................................................................................................ 6 Project Categorization ............................................................................................ 7 POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ..................................................... 8 General .................................................................................................................. 8 National Policy and Legal Framework .................................................................... 8 Regulations for Environmental Assessment, Pakistan EPA .................................... 9 Regulatory Clearances, EPA .................................................................................10 Guidelines for Environmental Assessment, Pakistan EPA .....................................10 Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of IEE and EIA Regulations, (2000)….. .............................................................................................................................10 National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS) ...............................................10 ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), 2009 ...................................................15 Project Categorization ...........................................................................................16 Other Environment Related Legislations ...............................................................17 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................... 19 Project Features ....................................................................................................19 Project Location ....................................................................................................24 Project Objectives .................................................................................................24 Construction Planning ...........................................................................................25 RBC Gravity 1 .......................................................................................................25 RBC Gravity 2 .......................................................................................................27 LBC Gravity 1 ........................................................................................................29 LBC Gravity 2 ........................................................................................................31 LBC Gravity 3 ........................................................................................................33 LBC Lift 1 ..............................................................................................................35 i | TOC Initial Environmental Examination: FATA Water Resources Development Project CARD Sub Project LBC Lift 2 ..............................................................................................................37 Sub Project Implementation ..................................................................................40 Executing Agency .................................................................................................40 Design Consultant .................................................................................................41 Provincial Development Working Party..................................................................41 Terms of Partnership .............................................................................................41 Operation and Maintenance (O&M) .......................................................................41 DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................... 42 General .................................................................................................................42 Baseline Survey Methodology ...............................................................................42 Study Area ............................................................................................................44 Physical Environment ............................................................................................44 Topography ...........................................................................................................44 Climate ..................................................................................................................45 Hydrology ..............................................................................................................45 Regional Geology ..................................................................................................46 Geology of the Project Area ..................................................................................46 Soil ........................................................................................................................47 Seismology ...........................................................................................................47 Ambient Air Quality and Noise ...............................................................................49 Water Resources ..................................................................................................51 Land use and Land Cover .....................................................................................54 Biological Environment ..........................................................................................55 Flora ......................................................................................................................55 Fauna ....................................................................................................................59 Avifauna ................................................................................................................60 Endangered Species .............................................................................................61 Protected areas / National sanctuaries ..................................................................62 Socio-Economic Environment ...............................................................................62 Administrative Set Up ............................................................................................63 Demographic Profile ..............................................................................................63 Population .............................................................................................................64 Family Size 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