SANCTUM INLE RESORT HOTEL Initial Environmental Examination Sanctum Inle Resort Hotel PREPARED BY E GUARD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES COMPANY LIMITED Initial Environmental Examination Table of Contents 1.Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................... 5 .................................................................................................................................... 8 2.Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 12 2.1. Background History of Inle Lake ............................................................................................ 12 3.Scope of the IEE study ............................................................................................................................. 14 4.Review on Existing Environmental Protection Laws and Regulation ..................................................... 14 5.Description of the Project ........................................................................................................................ 26 5.1. Type of the Project .................................................................................................................... 27 5.2. Requirement of Investor ........................................................................................................... 29 5.3. Location of the Proposed Project ............................................................................................ 30 5.4. Present Status of the Hotel ....................................................................................................... 30 5.5. Project Components .................................................................................................................. 30 5.6. Proposed Implementation Schedule ........................................................................................ 34 5.7. Economic Feasibility ................................................................................................................. 34 5.8. Purpose and Objective of Initial Environmental Examination ............................................ 35 5.9. Adopted Procedure ................................................................................................................... 35 5.10. Project Proponent Information ........................................................................................... 35 5.11. Information on IEE Survey Team ....................................................................................... 37 6.Description of the Environment ............................................................................................................... 38 6.1. Physical Resources in the Project Area ................................................................................... 38 6.2. Ecological Resources ................................................................................................................. 44 6.3. Economic Development ............................................................................................................ 51 6.4. Social and Cultural Resources ................................................................................................. 52 7.Screening of Potential Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures ............................................... 53 7.1. Impact on Environmental Resource ........................................................................................ 54 7.2. Impact on Ecological Resources .............................................................................................. 56 7.3. Impact on Human ..................................................................................................................... 57 7.4. Waste Disposal .......................................................................................................................... 59 8.Assessment of Significance ..................................................................................................................... 63 8.1 Environmental Impact and Significance ................................................................................. 65 9.Institutional Requirements and Environmental Management and Monitoring Plan ................................ 70 9.1 The Environmental Management Plan ................................................................................... 70 9.2 Environmental Monitoring Plan .............................................................................................. 86 1 Initial Environmental Examination 9.3. Duty and Responsibilities of the Party responsible for the Implementation of EMP Team andHSETeam………………………………………………………………………….95 10.Corporate Social Responsibility Plan .................................................................................................. 100 11.Public Consultation and Information Disclosure ................................................................................. 101 12.Biodiversity Management Plan ............................................................................................................ 105 13.Environment, Health and Safety Guidelines for Tourism and Hospitality Development .................... 114 14.Conclusions and Recommendations .................................................................................................... 118 APPENDICES Appendix 1.Public hearing attendance lists .............................................................................................. 123 Appendix 2. Sanctum Inle Resort Hotel Layout Plan ............................................................................... 130 Appendix 3. Wastewater Treatment System Flow Diagram ..................................................................... 131 Appendix 4. Water Treatment System Unit .............................................................................................. 132 Appendix 5. Sanctum Inle Resort Hotel Evacuation Plan ........................................................................ 134 Appendix 6: Recorded Photos of Field Survey ......................................................................................... 135 Appendix 7. Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Calculation ........................................................................... 136 Appendix 8: Investor‟s Commitment on Environmental Conservation and 2% CSR Fund ..................... 137 Appendix 9: Laboratory result of Tube well water ................................................................................... 139 Appendix 10: Detailed result of hourly environmental dust monitoring of the hotel site ........................ 140 Appendix 11: Detailed result of measurement of day and night noise level of hotel site ......................... 141 Appendix 12: Detailed list of machineries and equipment for hotel......................................................... 142 Tables Table 1: Relevant Environmental Laws and Regulations of Myanmar ...................................................... 15 Table 2: Manpower Requirement during the Operation Phase ................................................................... 32 Table 3: Detailed Information of Proponent ............................................................................................... 36 Table 4: Detailed Information of Proposed Organization ........................................................................... 36 Table 5: Information on IEE Survey Team ................................................................................................. 37 Table 6: Sanctum Inle Resort Hotel‟s Air Quality ...................................................................................... 40 Table 7: International Guidelines used to compare Dust conditions of the Site ......................................... 40 Table 8: Ground Water Quality Analysis ................................................................................................... 41 Table 9: Sanctum Inle Hotel's Noise level Measurement ........................................................................... 42 Table 10: International Guidelines used to compare Current Noise Level of the Site ............................... 44 Table 11: Ecological Resources and its Existing Conditions ...................................................................... 47 Table 12: Waste Containers or Bins for each Department .......................................................................... 60 2 Initial Environmental Examination Table 13: Various Waste Streams for the Sanctum Inle Resort Hotel ........................................................ 61 Table 14: Environmental Impact and Significance ..................................................................................... 67 Table 15: Parameter for Environmental Quality ......................................................................................... 71 Table 16: Monitoring Plan for Environmental Quality ............................................................................... 72 Table 17: Environmental Management Plan ............................................................................................... 73 Table 18: Environmental Monitoring Plan ................................................................................................. 87 Table 19: Corporate Social Responsibility