OPERATOR: JP AUTOCESTE FBiH d.o.o. MOSTAR CONSULTANT: Ecoplan d.o.o. Mostar APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE (EXTENSION) OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT FOR THE PROJECT "MOTORWAY ON CORRIDOR VC, LOT 2 SECTION DOBOJ SOUTH (KARUŠE) - SARAJEVO SOUTH (TARČIN) with a total length of 145 km" This document was financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) RESPONSIBLE PERSON: Marko Puljić, Manager of Ecoplan d.o.o. Mostar, Date September 2019 APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE (EXTENSION) OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT FOR THE PROJECT "MOTORWAY ON CORRIDOR VC LOT 2 SECTION DOBOJ SOUTH (KARUŠE) - SARAJEVO SOUTH (TARČIN) with a total length of 145 km" Ecoplan d.o.o. Mostar September 2019 PROJECT DATA OPERATOR: JP Autoceste FBiH d.o.o. Mostar Adama Buća 20, 80 000 Mostar Phone/fax: +387 36 512 300 e-mail: [email protected] website: http://www.jpautoceste.ba/ CONSULTANT: Ecoplan d.o.o. Mostar Address: dr. Ante Starčevića 3., 88 000 Mostar Tel/fax: +387 36 397-400; 397-410 e-mail: [email protected] website: www.ecoplan.ba PROJECT: APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE (EXTENSION) OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT FOR THE PROJECT "MOTORWAY ON CORRIDOR VC, LOT 2 SECTION DOBOJ SOUTH (KARUŠE) - SARAJEVO SOUTH (TARČIN) with a total length of 145 km" EXPERT TEAM: Sanja Jelavić, B.S.C.E. Fahro Belko, M.Sc. Marinko Dalmatin, B.Sc. Biologist Josip Marinčić, B.Sc. (Geol.) Borislav Puljić, Ph.D. (Architecture) Marija Rakić, B.Arch. Danijela Mandić, B.S.C.E. Anđelka Vojvodić, B.S.C.E. Marina Jeličić, B.S.C.E. Mirela Šetka Prlić, B.S.C.E. Anamarija Vukšič, B.S.C.E. Draženka Puljić, B.Sc.(Econ) CONTRACT No. C42485 MANAGER of ECOPLAN d.o.o. Mostar: Marko Puljić, B.Sc.(Economy) _______________________________ 1 APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE (EXTENSION) OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT FOR THE PROJECT "MOTORWAY ON CORRIDOR VC LOT 2 SECTION DOBOJ SOUTH (KARUŠE) - SARAJEVO SOUTH (TARČIN) with a total length of 145 km" Ecoplan d.o.o. Mostar September 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 8 NAME AND ADDRESS OF OPERATOR ............................................................................................... 10 EXCERPT FROM THE PLANNING ACT ............................................................................................... 11 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT .............................................................................................................. 14 DESCRIPTION OF THE WIDER LOCATION ......................................................................................... 14 DESCRIPTION OF THE NARROWER LOCATION ................................................................................. 15 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ..................................................................................... 18 2.3.1. LOAD-BEARING SYSTEMS AND TUNNELLING ........................................................................ ..48 2.3.2. MATERIALS USED .................................................................................................................... 50 2.3.3. LAND USE CONDITIONS DURING CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE MOTORWAY .. 51 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY THE PROJECT ............................ 53 DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ...................................................................... 53 3.1.1. POPULATION ........................................................................................................................... 53 3.1.2. SETTLEMENT STRUCTURE ....................................................................................................... 54 CLIMATIC AND METEOROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS .................................................................... 56 3.2.1. AIR TEMPERATURES ................................................................................................................ 57 3.2.2. TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOIL ............................................................................ 62 3.2.3. PRECIPITATION ........................................................................................................................ 65 3.2.4. ICING AND DEPOSITING OF SNOW ......................................................................................... 71 3.2.5. AIR HUMIDITY .......................................................................................................................... 71 3.2.6. FOG AND VISIBILITY ................................................................................................................. 72 3.2.7. WIND ..................................................................................................................................... 75 GEOMORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS ....................................................................................... 78 GEOLOGICAL, ENGINEERING-GEOLOGICAL AND GEOTECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS .................... 79 3.4.1. ENGINEERING GEOLOGICAL AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF ROCK MASSES .......... 85 3.4.2. SEISMOTECTONIC CHARACTERISTICS ..................................................................................... 87 HYDROGEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS .......................................................................................... 89 HYDROGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................................. 90 SOIL AND AGRICULTURAL LAND ...................................................................................................... 93 FLORA AND FAUNA .......................................................................................................................... 97 3.8.1. FLORA ..................................................................................................................................... 97 3.8.2. FAUNA ...................................................................................................................................106 LANDSCAPE ....................................................................................................................................109 PROTECTED PARTS OF NATURE ...................................................................................................111 CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE .......................................................................................112 HUNTING ......................................................................................................................................112 INFRASTRUCTURE ........................................................................................................................113 3.13.1. WATER MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE.........................................................................113 3.13.2. ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ...................................................................................................114 3.13.3. GAS TRANSPORT .................................................................................................................114 3.13.4. TELECOMMUNICATIONS .....................................................................................................114 IMPACT BY ROADSIDE SERVICE FACILITIES ..................................................................................114 2 APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE (EXTENSION) OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT FOR THE PROJECT "MOTORWAY ON CORRIDOR VC LOT 2 SECTION DOBOJ SOUTH (KARUŠE) - SARAJEVO SOUTH (TARČIN) with a total length of 145 km" Ecoplan d.o.o. Mostar September 2019 4. DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURE AND QUANTITIES OF EXPECTED EMISSIONS FROM PLANTS AND FACILITIES INTO THE ENVIRONMENT (AIR, WATER, SOIL) AND IDENTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ...................................................................................................................... 116 EMISSIONS RESULTING FROM PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION .........................................................116 4.1.1. ESTIMATION OF EMISSIONS DURING ROAD CONSTRUCTION..............................................116 4.1.2. ESTIMATION OF EMISSIONS DURING ROAD OPERATION.....................................................117 IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT ..............................................117 4.2.1. SOCIAL IMPACTS ...................................................................................................................119 4.2.2. IMPACT ON MICROCLIMATE .................................................................................................121 4.2.3. IMPACT ON WATERS .............................................................................................................121 4.2.4. IMPACT ON AIR .....................................................................................................................123 4.2.5. IMPACT ON SOIL AND AGRICULTURAL LAND .......................................................................126 4.2.6. IMPACT ON FLORA ................................................................................................................133 4.2.7. IMPACT ON FAUNA ...............................................................................................................135 4.2.8. IMPACT ON LANDSCAPE .......................................................................................................136 4.2.9. IMPACT ON PROTECTED PARTS OF NATURE ........................................................................136 4.2.10. IMPACT ON CULTURAL