Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized i Environmental Assessment and Review Framework (EARF) for Dasu-Islamabad TL Project TOC TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATION ........................................................................................................ vii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... ES-1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................1-1 1.1 RATIONALE ..............................................................................................................1-1 1.2 AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT .............................................................................1-1 1.3 NEED FOR PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW FRAMEWORK (EARF) DOCUMENT ...........................................................................1-2 1.4 SCOPE OF SERVICES AND APPROACH TO CARRY OUT THE STUDY ..................1-2 1.4.1 Specific Tasks for the Study Team ....................................................................1-3 1.5 THE STUDY TEAM ......................................................................................................1-4 1.6 STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT ..................................................................................1-5 CHAPTER 2: POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ...............................2-1 2.1 GENERAL ..............................................................................................................2-1 2.2 NATIONAL POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK .....................................2-1 2.2.1 Overview ...........................................................................................................2-1 2.2.2 National Environment Policy, 2005 ...................................................................2-2 2.2.3 National Forest Policy Pakistan, 2001 ...............................................................2-2 2.2.4 Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 ...................................................2-3 2.2.5 Regulations for Environmental Assessment ......................................................2-3 2.2.6 Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of IEE/EIA Regulations 2000 ..............................................................................................2-4 2.2.7 18th Constitutional Amendment .........................................................................2-4 2.3 GUIDELINES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ..............................................2-5 2.3.1 Guidelines for the Preparation and Review of Environmental Reports .............2-5 2.3.2 Guidelines for Public Consultation ...................................................................2-6 2.4 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS, 2000 (NEQS, 2000) ............2-6 2.5 NATIONAL RESETTLEMENT POLICY AND ORDINANCE .........................................2-7 2.6 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL - RELATED STATUTES .................................................2-7 2.6.1 The Land Acquisition Act 1894 ..........................................................................2-7 2.6.2 The Telegraph Act, 1885 ...................................................................................2-7 2.6.3 Affected Persons Ordinance, 2001 ...................................................................2-7 2.6.4 Electricity Act, 1910 ..........................................................................................2-8 2.6.5 The West Pakistan Water and Power Act, 1958 ................................................2-8 2.6.6 The Forest Act, 1927; (and Provincial Acts and Rules) .....................................2-8 ESIC-NTDC ii Environmental Assessment and Review Framework (EARF) for Dasu-Islamabad TL Project TOC 2.6.7 NWFP Hazara Forest Act, 1936 ........................................................................2-8 2.6.8 Provincial Wildlife Protection Acts .....................................................................2-8 2.6.9 Antiquities Act, 1975 .........................................................................................2-9 2.6.10 Provincial Local Government Ordinance, 2001 .................................................2-9 2.6.11 Regulation of Mines and Oil Fields and Mineral Development Act, 1948 ...........2-9 2.6.12 Factories Act, 1934 ...........................................................................................2-9 2.6.13 Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 ...............................................................................2-9 2.6.14 Explosives Act, 1884 .........................................................................................2-9 2.7 INTERACTION WITH OTHER AGENCIES ................................................................ 2-10 2.7.1 Provincial EPAs ............................................................................................. 2-10 2.7.2 Forests and Wildlife Departments, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab ............. 2-10 2.7.3 Provincial Revenue Departments ................................................................... 2-11 2.7.4 Local Government & Local Administration ...................................................... 2-11 2.8 WORLD BANK’ STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES .................................................... 2-12 2.8.1 Environmental Assessment (OP 4.01) ............................................................ 2-12 2.8.2 Involuntary Resettlement (OP 4.12) ............................................................... 2-13 2.8.3 Natural Habitat (OP 4.04) ............................................................................... 2-14 2.8.4 Forestry (OP 4.36) .......................................................................................... 2-14 2.8.5 Environmental Action Plans (OP 4.02) ............................................................ 2-14 2.8.6 Projects on International Waterways (OP 7.50) ............................................... 2-15 2.8.7 Physical Cultural Resources (OP 4.11) ........................................................... 2-15 2.8.8 Disclosure Policy (BP 17.50) ........................................................................... 2-15 2.9 OTHER PERTINENT INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS ......................................... 2-16 2.9.1 The Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, 1979 2-16 2.9.2 The Rio Declaration, 1992 ............................................................................. 2-16 2.9.3 Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention), 1971 .................................... 2-16 2.9.4 Convention on Biological Diversity ................................................................. 2-16 2.10 NTDC’s SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS ....................................................................... 2-17 CHAPTER 3: PROJECT DESCRIPTION .................................................................................3-1 3.1 GENERAL ..............................................................................................................3-1 3.1.1 Location of Dasu Hydropower Project ...............................................................3-1 3.1.2 Location of 500 kV Dasu-Islamabad Transmission Lines ..................................3-2 3.2 PROJECT COMPONENTS ..........................................................................................3-2 3.2.1 Power House Complex .....................................................................................3-2 3.2.2 Transmission Lines ...........................................................................................3-5 3.2.2 Grid Station .......................................................................................................3-8 ESIC-NTDC iii Environmental Assessment and Review Framework (EARF) for Dasu-Islamabad TL Project TOC 3.3 DESIGN ASPECTS ......................................................................................................3-9 3.3.1 Transmission Lines ...........................................................................................3-9 3.3.2 Towers ............................................................................................................ 3-11 3.3.3 Safety Parameters .......................................................................................... 3-14 3.3.4 Grid Station Site Selection Guidelines ............................................................. 3-16 3.4 CONSTRUCTION ASPECTS ..................................................................................... 3-17 3.4.1 Construction Schedule .................................................................................... 3-17 3.4.2 Construction Camps ....................................................................................... 3-17 3.4.3 Work Force ..................................................................................................... 3-17 3.4.4 Construction Procedures ................................................................................. 3-18 3.5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) ................................................................ 3-20 3.6 ANALYSIS OF PROJECT ALTERNATIVES ............................................................... 3-20 CHAPTER 4: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL BASELINE CONDITIONS AND THEIR ANALYSIS ...................................................................................4-1 4.1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................4-1