
<p><strong>TABLE OF CONTENTS </strong></p><p><a href="#3_0">TABLE OF CONTENT</a><a href="#3_0">S</a><a href="#3_0">.</a><a href="#3_0">............................................................................................... 2 </a><a href="#6_0">LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................... 6 </a><a href="#7_0">LIST OF FIGURES......................................................................................................... 6 </a><a href="#9_0">ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................. 8 </a><a href="#10_0">EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................. 9 </a></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1"><a href="#20_0"><strong>1</strong></a></li><li style="flex:1"><a href="#20_0"><strong>INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................19 </strong></a></li></ul><p></p><p><a href="#20_1">Project Location....................................................................................... 19 </a><a href="#0_0">Project Salient Features ........................................................................... 20 </a><a href="#0_1">Project Justification ................................................................................. 21 </a><a href="#0_2">Project Objectives.................................................................................... 21 </a><a href="#0_3">Fertilizer Blending Process...................................................................... 21 </a><a href="#0_4">Equipment at the plan</a><a href="#0_4">t</a><a href="#0_4">.</a><a href="#0_4">............................................................................ 22 </a><a href="#0_5">ESIA Scope and Objective ...................................................................... 23 </a><a href="#0_6">Report Structure....................................................................................... 23 </a></p><p><a href="#0_7"><strong>ESIA METHODOLOGY.......................................................................25 </strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_8">ESIA Process ........................................................................................... 25 </a><a href="#0_9">ESIA Scoping .......................................................................................... 25 </a><a href="#0_10">Baseline Studies....................................................................................... 26 </a><a href="#0_11">Impact Identification and Evaluation of Significance ............................. 26 </a><a href="#0_12">Identification of Impacts.......................................................................... 26 </a><a href="#0_6">Impact Assessment and Analysis ............................................................ 27 </a><a href="#0_13">Impact Mitigation .................................................................................... 28 </a><a href="#0_14">Public Consultation.................................................................................. 29 </a></p><p><a href="#0_7"><strong>LEGAL FRAMEWORK .......................................................................30 </strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_15">Kenya Air Quality Emission Standards................................................... 36 </a><a href="#0_16">National Noise Emission Guideline</a><a href="#0_16">s</a><a href="#0_16">.</a><a href="#0_16">...................................................... 38 </a><a href="#0_16">Solid Waste Managemen</a><a href="#0_16">t</a><a href="#0_16">.</a><a href="#0_16">....................................................................... 39 </a><a href="#0_17">International Conventions........................................................................ 39 </a></p><p><a href="#0_7"><strong>PROJECT DESCRIPTION...................................................................40 </strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_18">Project Overview ..................................................................................... 40 </a><a href="#0_7">Activities within Project Phases .............................................................. 42 </a><a href="#0_19">Pre-Construction Activities ..................................................................... 42 </a><a href="#0_20">Construction Phase .................................................................................. 42 </a><a href="#0_7">Operational Activities.............................................................................. 43 </a><a href="#0_21">Raw Materials Used................................................................................. 43 </a><a href="#0_22">Limestone ................................................................................................ 43 </a><a href="#0_23">Gypsum.................................................................................................... 43 </a><a href="#0_24">Muriate of Potash..................................................................................... 43 </a><a href="#0_25">Di-ammonium Phosphate ........................................................................ 44 </a><a href="#0_26">Urea ......................................................................................................... 44 </a><a href="#0_27">Process Description ................................................................................. 44 </a><a href="#0_28">Coal grounding ........................................................................................ 45 </a><a href="#0_29">Grinding of Raw Material........................................................................ 45 </a><br><a href="#20_1">1.0. </a><a href="#0_0">1.1. </a><a href="#0_1">1.2. </a><a href="#0_2">1.3. </a><a href="#0_3">1.4. </a><a href="#0_4">1.5. </a><a href="#0_5">1.6. </a><a href="#0_6">1.7. </a></p><p><a href="#0_7"><strong>2</strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_8">2.1. </a><a href="#0_9">2.2. </a><a href="#0_10">2.3. </a><a href="#0_11">2.4. </a><a href="#0_12">2.4.1. </a><a href="#0_6">2.4.2. </a><a href="#0_13">2.4.3. </a><a href="#0_14">2.5. </a></p><p><a href="#0_7"><strong>3</strong></a><a href="#0_7"><strong>4</strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_15">3.1.1 </a><a href="#0_16">3.1.2 </a><a href="#0_16">3.1.3 </a><a href="#0_17">3.1.4 </a></p><p><a href="#0_18">4.1 </a><a href="#0_7">4.2 </a><br><a href="#0_19">4.2.1 </a></p><p><a href="#0_7">4.3.2 </a><br><a href="#0_20">4.3 </a><a href="#0_21">4.4 </a><br><a href="#0_22">4.4.1 </a><a href="#0_23">4.4.2 </a><a href="#0_24">4.4.3 </a><a href="#0_25">4.4.4 </a><a href="#0_26">4.4.5 </a><br><a href="#0_27">4.5 </a><br><a href="#0_28">4.5.1 </a><a href="#0_29">4.5.2 </a></p><p>2<br><a href="#0_30">4.5.3 </a><a href="#0_31">4.5.4 </a><a href="#0_32">4.5.5 </a><a href="#0_33">4.5.6 </a><br><a href="#0_30">Micro Nutrients Feeding.......................................................................... 45 </a><a href="#0_31">Blend Grade Preparation ......................................................................... 45 </a><a href="#0_32">Blending and Production ......................................................................... 46 </a><a href="#0_33">Bagging.................................................................................................... 46 </a><a href="#0_7">Pollution Control Measure</a><a href="#0_7">s</a><a href="#0_7">.</a><a href="#0_7">.................................................................... 50 </a><a href="#0_34">Air pollution and its management ........................................................... 50 </a><a href="#0_35">Resource Requirements for the Project ................................................... 50 </a><a href="#0_36">Fuel Type and Sourc</a><a href="#0_36">e</a><a href="#0_36">.</a><a href="#0_36">............................................................................. 50 </a><a href="#0_7">Water Use, Demand and Supply.............................................................. 51 </a><a href="#0_37">Wastes...................................................................................................... 51 </a><a href="#0_38">Fugitive Emissions .................................................................................. 52 </a><a href="#0_39">Nois</a><a href="#0_39">e</a><a href="#0_39">.</a><a href="#0_39">....................................................................................................... 52 </a><a href="#0_40">Effluent Generation ................................................................................. 52 </a><a href="#0_41">Solid Waste Managemen</a><a href="#0_41">t</a><a href="#0_41">.</a><a href="#0_41">....................................................................... 52 </a><a href="#0_42">Hazardous Waste Management System .................................................. 52 </a><a href="#0_43">Occupational Health and Safety for Worker</a><a href="#0_43">s</a><a href="#0_43">.</a><a href="#0_43">......................................... 53 </a><a href="#0_44">Decommissioning Phase.......................................................................... 53 </a></p><p><a href="#0_7"><strong>BASELINE ENVIRONMENT ..............................................................54 </strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_45">Definition of the Study Area ................................................................... 54 </a><a href="#0_7">Political Units .......................................................................................... 55 </a><a href="#0_46">Administrative Units................................................................................ 55 </a><a href="#0_47">Climate..................................................................................................... 56 </a><a href="#0_48">Geology ................................................................................................... 56 </a><a href="#0_49">Soils ......................................................................................................... 57 </a><a href="#0_50">Surface Hydrology and Drainage ............................................................ 57 </a><a href="#0_51">Water Resource</a><a href="#0_51">s</a><a href="#0_51">.</a><a href="#0_51">..................................................................................... 58 </a><a href="#0_52">Ecological Conditions.............................................................................. 58 </a><a href="#0_53">Physical and Topographical Features ...................................................... 59 </a><a href="#0_54">Land-Use ................................................................................................. 59 </a><a href="#0_55">Biological Environment........................................................................... 60 </a><a href="#0_56">Flora......................................................................................................... 60 </a><a href="#0_57">Fauna ....................................................................................................... 61 </a><a href="#0_7">Socio</a><a href="#0_7">– </a><a href="#0_7">Economic Environmen</a><a href="#0_7">t</a><a href="#0_7">.</a><a href="#0_7">.............................................................. 62 </a><a href="#0_19">Populatio</a><a href="#0_19">n</a><a href="#0_19">.</a><a href="#0_19">............................................................................................... 62 </a><a href="#0_58">Road Network.......................................................................................... 62 </a><a href="#0_59">Energy Access ......................................................................................... 62 </a><a href="#0_60">Housing.................................................................................................... 64 </a><a href="#0_61">Health Access .......................................................................................... 65 </a><a href="#0_62">Education, Skills, Literacy and Infrastructure ......................................... 65 </a><a href="#0_63">Mining ..................................................................................................... 66 </a><a href="#0_64">Industry and Trade................................................................................... 66 </a><a href="#0_65">Water ....................................................................................................... 66 </a><a href="#0_66">Sanitatio</a><a href="#0_66">n</a><a href="#0_66">.</a><a href="#0_66">................................................................................................ 67 </a><a href="#0_67">Employment............................................................................................. 67 </a></p><p><a href="#0_7"><strong>ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE</strong></a><a href="#0_7"><strong>S</strong></a><a href="#0_7"><strong>.</strong></a><a href="#0_7"><strong>......................................................69 </strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_68">Project Execution as Proposed ................................................................ 69 </a><br><a href="#0_7">4.6 </a><a href="#0_35">4.7 </a><br><a href="#0_34">4.6.1 </a><a href="#0_36">4.7.1 </a><a href="#0_7">4.7.2 </a><br><a href="#0_37">4.8 </a><a href="#0_38">4.9 </a><a href="#0_39">4.10 </a><a href="#0_40">4.11 </a><a href="#0_41">4.12 </a><a href="#0_42">4.13 </a><a href="#0_43">4.14 </a><a href="#0_44">4.15 </a></p><p><a href="#0_7"><strong>5</strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_45">5.1 </a><br><a href="#0_7">5.1.1 </a><a href="#0_46">5.1.2 </a><br><a href="#0_47">5.2 </a><a href="#0_48">5.3 </a><br><a href="#0_49">5.3.1 </a></p><p><a href="#0_51">5.4.1 </a><br><a href="#0_50">5.4 </a><a href="#0_52">5.5 </a><br><a href="#0_53">5.5.1 </a><a href="#0_54">5.5.2 </a><br><a href="#0_55">5.6 </a></p><p><a href="#0_7">5.7 </a><br><a href="#0_56">5.6.1 </a><a href="#0_57">5.6.2 </a></p><p><a href="#0_19">5.7.1 </a><a href="#0_58">5.7.2 </a><a href="#0_59">5.7.3 </a><a href="#0_60">5.7.4 </a><a href="#0_61">5.7.5 </a><a href="#0_62">5.7.6 </a><a href="#0_63">5.7.7 </a><a href="#0_64">5.7.8 </a><a href="#0_65">5.7.9 </a><a href="#0_66">5.7.10 </a><a href="#0_67">5.7.11 </a></p><p><a href="#0_7"><strong>6</strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_68">6.1 </a><br>3<br><a href="#0_69">6.2 </a><a href="#0_14">6.3 </a><a href="#0_70">6.4 </a><a href="#0_71">6.5 </a><a href="#0_72">6.6 </a><br><a href="#0_69">No Project Optio</a><a href="#0_69">n</a><a href="#0_69">.</a><a href="#0_69">................................................................................... 69 </a><a href="#0_14">Alternative Locatio</a><a href="#0_14">n</a><a href="#0_14">.</a><a href="#0_14">............................................................................... 70 </a><a href="#0_70">Alternative Fertilizer Grades ................................................................... 70 </a><a href="#0_71">Alternative Energy................................................................................... 70 </a><a href="#0_72">Alternative Water Source ........................................................................ 70 </a></p><p><a href="#0_7"><strong>PUBLIC PARTICIPATION..................................................................72 </strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_73">Overview ................................................................................................. 72 </a><a href="#0_74">Aim of the Stakeholder Consultations..................................................... 72 </a><a href="#0_53">Consultation Methodology ...................................................................... 72 </a><a href="#0_75">Feedback from Stakeholder Interviews ................................................... 72 </a><a href="#0_76">Consulted Parties ..................................................................................... 72 </a><a href="#0_77">Summary of Responses ........................................................................... 72 </a></p><p><a href="#0_7"><strong>IMPACTS & MITIGATION MEASURES .........................................74 </strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_73">Introduction ............................................................................................. 74 </a><a href="#0_78">Impact Assessment and Evaluation ......................................................... 74 </a><a href="#0_51">Impacts during Implementation/Construction Phase............................... 75 </a><a href="#0_79">Site Clearance Impacts ............................................................................ 75 </a><a href="#0_80">Material Sourcing and Transportation Impacts ....................................... 75 </a><a href="#0_81">Occupational Health and Safety Impacts................................................. 75 </a><a href="#0_82">Air Quality Impacts ................................................................................. 76 </a><a href="#0_83">Noise and Vibration Impacts ................................................................... 76 </a><a href="#0_84">Water Quality Impact</a><a href="#0_84">s</a><a href="#0_84">............................................................................. 77 </a><a href="#0_85">Land Use Impacts .................................................................................... 77 </a><a href="#0_86">Soil Quality Impacts ................................................................................ 77 </a><a href="#0_87">Impact on Ecology................................................................................... 78 </a><a href="#0_88">Socio-Economic Environment................................................................. 78 </a><a href="#0_89">Impacts during Operation Phase.............................................................. 79 </a><a href="#0_90">Impacts on Air Quality ............................................................................ 79 </a><a href="#0_91">Impacts on Water Quality........................................................................ 79 </a><a href="#0_72">Impacts on Land Use ............................................................................... 79 </a><a href="#0_92">Noise and Vibration Impacts ................................................................... 80 </a><a href="#0_93">Impact due to Solid and Hazardous Waste Generation ........................... 80 </a><a href="#0_94">Impact of Road Transportation................................................................ 80 </a><a href="#0_95">Impact on Biological Environment.......................................................... 81 </a><a href="#0_96">Socio</a><a href="#0_96">–</a><a href="#0_96">Economic Environmen</a><a href="#0_96">t</a><a href="#0_96">.</a><a href="#0_96">............................................................... 81 </a><a href="#0_92">Impact Significance ................................................................................. 82 </a><a href="#0_97">Decommissioning Phase.......................................................................... 84 </a></p><p><a href="#0_98"><strong>ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.........86 </strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_99">Introduction ............................................................................................. 86 </a><a href="#0_100">Objective of Environmental and Social Management Plan..................... 86 </a><a href="#0_101">Environmental and Social Management Plan.......................................... 86 </a></p><p><a href="#0_7"><strong>ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN .....................................93 </strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_102">Introduction ............................................................................................. 93 </a><a href="#0_103">Identification of the Key Monitoring Indicators...................................... 93 </a></p><p><a href="#0_104"><strong>CONCLUSION .......................................................................................96 </strong></a><a href="#0_104"><strong>BIBLIOGRAPHY...................................................................................97 </strong></a><br><a href="#0_7"><strong>7</strong></a><a href="#0_7"><strong>8</strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_73">7.1 </a><a href="#0_74">7.2 </a><a href="#0_53">7.3 </a><a href="#0_75">7.4 </a><br><a href="#0_76">7.4.1 </a><a href="#0_77">7.4.2 </a></p><p><a href="#0_73">8.1 </a><a href="#0_78">8.2 </a><a href="#0_51">8.3 </a><br><a href="#0_79">8.3.1 </a><a href="#0_80">8.3.2 </a><a href="#0_81">8.3.3 </a><a href="#0_82">8.3.4 </a><a href="#0_83">8.3.5 </a><a href="#0_84">8.3.6 </a><a href="#0_85">8.3.7 </a><a href="#0_86">8.3.8 </a><a href="#0_87">8.3.9 </a><a href="#0_88">8.3.10 </a><br><a href="#0_89">8.4 </a><br><a href="#0_90">8.4.1 </a><a href="#0_91">8.4.2 </a><a href="#0_72">8.4.3 </a><a href="#0_92">8.4.4 </a><a href="#0_93">8.4.5 </a><a href="#0_94">8.4.6 </a><a href="#0_95">8.4.7 </a><a href="#0_96">8.4.8 </a><br><a href="#0_92">8.5 </a><a href="#0_97">8.6 </a></p><p><a href="#0_98"><strong>9</strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_99">9.1 </a><a href="#0_100">9.2 </a><a href="#0_101">9.3 </a></p><p><a href="#0_7"><strong>10 </strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_102">10.1 </a><a href="#0_103">10.2 </a></p><p><a href="#0_104"><strong>11 </strong></a><a href="#0_104"><strong>12 </strong></a></p><p>4</p><p><a href="#0_104"><strong>13 </strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_105">13.1 </a></p><p><a href="#0_104"><strong>APPENDICES.........................................................................................98 </strong></a></p><p><a href="#0_105">APPENDIX 1: List of Public Consultation ............................................. 98 </a><a href="#0_104">APPENDIX 2: Sample Questionnaires ................................................... 99 </a><a href="#0_104">APPENDIX 3: Photographic Plat</a><a href="#0_104">e</a><a href="#0_104">.</a><a href="#0_104">....................................................... 100 </a><br><a href="#0_104">13.2 </a><a href="#0_104">13.3 </a></p><p>5</p><p><strong>LIST OF TABLES </strong></p><p><a href="#10_1">Table 1-1: Salient Project Feature</a><a href="#10_1">s</a><a href="#10_1">.</a><a href="#10_1">.................................................................................... 9 </a><a href="#16_0">Table 1-2: Summary Beneficial Impacts .......................................................................... 15 </a><a href="#19_0">Table 1-3: Summary of the results of the Impact Assessment.......................................... 18 </a><a href="#0_106">Table 1-1: Salient Features of the Project......................................................................... 20 </a><a href="#0_16">Table 3-1: Summary of National Policies......................................................................... 31 </a><a href="#0_107">Table 3-2: Summary of National Laws............................................................................. 32 </a><a href="#0_108">Table 3-3: Ambient Air Quality Tolerance Limits ........................................................... 36 </a><a href="#0_109">Table 3-4: National Air Quality Standards for General Pollutants................................... 37 </a><a href="#0_110">Table 3-5: Maximum Permissible Noise Levels............................................................... 38 </a><a href="#0_111">Table 3-6: Maximum permissible noise Levels for construction sites (within facility</a><a href="#0_111">)</a><a href="#0_111">.</a><a href="#0_111">.. 38 </a><a href="#0_112">Table 3-7: International Conventions ............................................................................... 39 </a><a href="#0_113">Table 4-1: Details of the Proposed Site ............................................................................ 40 </a><a href="#0_114">Table 4-2: Stack Dimension.............................................................................................. 50 </a><a href="#0_115">Table 4-</a><a href="#0_115">3: Details of major Pollution Control Equipment’s</a><a href="#0_115">............................................. 50 </a><a href="#0_25">Table 5-1: Machakos County Assembly Wards ............................................................... 55 </a><a href="#0_14">Table 5-2: Area and Administrative Units by Sub-County .............................................. 56 </a><a href="#0_116">Table 5-3: Major Agro </a><a href="#0_116">– </a><a href="#0_116">Ecological Zones across the County ........................................ 58 </a><a href="#0_7">Table 5-4: Education Statu</a><a href="#0_7">s</a><a href="#0_7">.</a><a href="#0_7">............................................................................................. 66 </a><a href="#0_117">Table 8-1: </a><a href="#0_117">Identification of Potential Impacts </a><a href="#0_117">............................................................... 74 </a><a href="#0_118">Table 8-2: Impact Significance Criteria............................................................................ 82 </a><a href="#0_119">Table 8-3: Potential Environmental Impacts of Proposed Project activity (Without </a><a href="#0_119">mitigation measures</a><a href="#0_119">)</a><a href="#0_119">.</a><a href="#0_119">........................................................................................................ 82 </a><a href="#0_120">Table 8-4: Potential Environmental Impacts of Proposed Project activity (With Mitigation </a><a href="#0_120">Measures).......................................................................................................................... 84 </a><a href="#0_16">Table 9-1: Environmental and Social Management Plan ................................................. 87 </a><a href="#0_121">Table 10-1: Environment Monitoring Indicator</a><a href="#0_121">s</a><a href="#0_121">.</a><a href="#0_121">............................................................. 93 </a><a href="#0_122">Table 10-2: Environmental Monitoring Pla</a><a href="#0_122">n</a><a href="#0_122">.</a><a href="#0_122">................................................................... 94 </a></p>
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