Initial Environmental Examination (Draft) _________________________________________________________________________ Project Number: 52303-001 November 2019 MON: Managing Solid Waste in Secondary Cities Proposed Grant Prepared by the Ministry of Roads Transport and Development, Mongolia for the Asian Development Bank. i CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of October 2019) Currency Unit = togrog (MNT) MNT 1.00 = $ 0.0003802 $ 1.00 = MNT 2,669.96 ABBREVIATIONS AP - Affected People ADB - Asian Development Bank AMEM - Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring (aimag) ASIA - Aimag Specialized Inspection Agency DEIA - Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment DO - Dissolved Oxygen EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment EMP - Environmental Management Plan EMoP - Environmental Monitoring Plan EMS - Environmental Monitoring Specialist EA - Executing Agency GEIA - General Environmental Impact Assessment GHG - Greenhouse Gas GRM - Grievance Redress Mechanism IA - Implementing Agency IFC - International Finance Corporation IFC EHS - IFC Environmental, Health and Safety guidelines IEE - Initial Environmental Examination LEMA - Local Emergency Management Agency MCUD - Ministry of Construction and Urban Development MET - Ministry of Environment and Tourism MOF - Ministry of Finance MNT - Mongolian Tugrik MSW - Municipal Solid Waste MSWDS - Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Site PA - Protected Area PMU - Project Management Unit PLS - Proposed Landfill Site PSC - Project Steering Committee PPTA - Protect Preparatory Technical Assistance PCU - Public Complaints Unit SPS - Safeguard Policy Statement SPA - Specially Protected Areas SPIA - Special Professional Inspection Agency SEA - Strategic Environmental Assessment SWMC - Solid Waste Management Company TA - Technical Assistance TS - Transfer Station UB - Ulaanbaatar i WEIGHTS AND MEASURES oC – Degree Celsius Km – Kilometer M – Meter m3 – Cubic meter m/sec – Meter second dB – Decibel LAeq Equivalent Continuous Level ‘’ - ‘A’-weighting = correction by factors that weight sound to correlate with the sensitivity of the human ear to sounds at different frequencies km2 – Square kilometer µg/m3 – Microgram per cubic meter GLOSSARY TERMS Aimag – Provincial country division(1st level administrative subdivision) Soum – Sub-district division Bag or bagh – Third level administrative subdivision e.g. sub-district Secondary cities – Darkhan city, Altai city, Baruun-Urt city, and Arvaikheer city (capital cities of Darkhan-Uul, Gobi-Altai, Sukhbaatar and Uvurkhangai provinces.) Project – MON: Managing Solid Waste in Secondary Cities Proposed Grant NOTE (i) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. This Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) 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 on ADB’s 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. ii Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................... 1 A. The Project ........................................................................................................................ 1 B. Key Findings ...................................................................................................................... 1 C. Recommended Actions ...................................................................................................... 2 D. Structure of The Report ...................................................................................................... 3 I. POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK...................................................... 4 A. Mongolia’s Environmental Policy ........................................................................................ 4 B. Environmental Assessment Requirements ......................................................................... 9 1. ADB Safeguard requirements for Environmental Assessment ............................................ 9 2. Environmental Impact Assessment Requirements of Mongolia ........................................ 11 C. Environmental Standards ................................................................................................. 13 E. Laws on Wildlife and Habitat Protection ........................................................................... 18 F. Mongolia’s Occupational Health and Safety Standards .................................................... 19 II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ...................................................................................... 21 A. Project Rationale .............................................................................................................. 21 B. Project Impacts, Outcomes, and Outputs ......................................................................... 22 C. Project Design Details ...................................................................................................... 24 D. Scope and Methodology of the Assessment ..................................................................... 25 III. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................ 26 A. General Condition ............................................................................................................ 26 1. Darkhan city, Darkhan-Uul aimag..................................................................................... 26 2. Altai city, Gobi-Altai aimag ............................................................................................... 28 3. Baruun-Urt city, Sukhbaatar aimag .................................................................................. 30 4. Arvaikheer city, Uvurkhangai aimag ................................................................................. 32 B. Site Specific Description .................................................................................................. 34 1. Requirements of the Mongolian Laws and Regulations .................................................... 39 2. Requirements of the EHS Guidelines for Waste Management Facilities, IFC, 2007 ......... 39 IV. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES .................................................... 41 A. Project Area of Influence .................................................................................................. 41 C. Positive and Negative Impacts ......................................................................................... 42 1. Positive Impact ................................................................................................................. 42 2. Negative Impacts ............................................................................................................. 45 D. Environmental Impact and Mitigation Measures for Construction and Operation Phases ... 0 V. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ............................................................................................... 5 VI. INFORMATION DISCLOSURE, PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS AND PARTICIPATION .............. 9 VII. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ................................................................................ 10 A. Grievance Redress Mechanism Objective ........................................................................ 10 1. Proposed Grievance Redress System ................................................................................. 10 2. GRM Steps and Timeframe ................................................................................................. 10 III. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ....................................................................... 13 A. Major Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures ................................................... 13 B. Overall Conclusion ........................................................................................................... 14 IX. APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................ 15 1. Environmental Management Plan .................................................................................... 16 i A. Objectives ........................................................................................................................ 20 B. Implementation Arrangements ......................................................................................... 20 C. Training and performance indicators ................................................................................ 21 D. Monitoring Plan ................................................................................................................ 29 E. Budget ............................................................................................................................. 33 F. Reporting ......................................................................................................................... 33 G.Mechanisms for Feedback and Adjustment ...................................................................... 34 Annex 1: Terms of Reference .............................................................................................