INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION (IEE) Contract Package No.: CTEIP/BAR/DR/01 February 2016 Coastal Towns Environmental Infrastructure Project (CTEIP) (ADB Loan No. ID. L3133-BAN (SF)/L8284-BAN (SCF)/G0394-BAN (SCF) Batch 1: Stage I CTEIP Programme Re-Excavation &Lining of Existing Khals In Barguna Pourashava, District: Barguna. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 31 December 2017) Currency unit – taka (Tk) Tk1.00 = $0.01209 $1.00 = Tk82.650 NOTES (i) The fiscal year (FY) of the Government of Bangladesh ends on 30 June. FY before a calendar year denotes the year in which the fiscal year ends, e.g., FY2017 ends on June 2017. (ii) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. This 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. 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. Section 6: Subsection 3: Particular Specifications : APPENDIX E: Initial Environmental Examination APPENDIX E Coastal Towns Environmental Infrastructure Project (CTEIP) (ADB Loan No. ID. L3133-BAN (SF)/L8284-BAN (SCF)/G0394-BAN (SCF) Local Government Engineering Department (Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives) INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION (IEE) Batch 1: Stage I CTEIP Programme Contract Package No.: CTEIP/BAR/DR/01 Re-Excavation &Lining of Existing Khals In Barguna Pourashava, District: Barguna. February 2016 Section 6: Subsection 3: Particular Specifications: APPENDIX E: Initial Environmental Examination TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ...........................................................................................................................vii 1. NEED OF THE PROJECT .............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 BACKGROUND....................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 PURPOSE OF IEE .................................................................................................................. 2 1.3 SCOPE OF SERVICES .......................................................................................................... 2 1.4 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................... 3 2. POLICY, LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY ............................................. 6 2.1 NATIONAL RELEVANT POLICIES AND STRATEGY ........................................................... 6 2.1.1 National Environmental Policy ........................................................................................ 6 2.1.2 National Water Policy (NWP) .......................................................................................... 6 2.1.3 National Forest Policy ..................................................................................................... 6 2.1.4 Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan ................................................. 6 2.2 LEGAL INSTRUMENTS ........................................................................................................ 7 2.3 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS / FRAMEWORK ........................................................... 8 2.3.1 LGED and Barguna Pourashava................................................................................... 10 2.4 ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE PROCEDURE ................................................................ 10 2.4.1 Environmental Category: Bangladesh .......................................................................... 11 2.4.2 Environmental Category: ADB ...................................................................................... 12 2.4.3 Bangladesh Environmental Standards .......................................................................... 12 2.4.4 Institutional Capacity ..................................................................................................... 13 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................ 14 3.1. OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................... 14 3.2 LOCATION AND SELECTION OF DRAINS ......................................................................... 14 3.3 ENVIRONMENTAL CATEGORIZATION .............................................................................. 14 3.4 PROJECT DETAILS ............................................................................................................. 15 3.4.1 Objective of the Project ................................................................................................. 15 3.4.2 Existing Condition of Barguna Drainage ........................................................................... 15 3.4.3 Brief Description of the Drains ...................................................................................... 16 3.5 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES........................................................................................... 19 3.5.1 Without Project Alternative ............................................................................................ 19 3.5.2 With Project Alternative ................................................................................................. 19 3.6 QUANTITY OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL ..................................................................... 19 3.7 CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE ............................................................................................. 20 3.8 COST OF ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION MEASURES & MONITORING ....................... 20 4. ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE DATA .......................................................................................... 21 4.1 GENERAL ........................................................................................................................... 21 4.2 BARGUNA POURASHAVA AND ENVIRONMENT .............................................................. 21 4.2.1 Topography, land forms, geology and soils .................................................................. 21 4.2.2 Rainfall and Temperature .............................................................................................. 21 4.2.3 Hydrology ...................................................................................................................... 21 Package: CTEIP/BAR/DR/01: IEE ii Section 6: Subsection 3: Particular Specifications: APPENDIX E: Initial Environmental Examination 4.2.4 Drainage and Flood Control .......................................................................................... 21 4.2.6 Ambient Noise ............................................................................................................... 22 4.2.7 Groundwater Quality and Availability ............................................................................ 22 4.2.8 Biological Environment .................................................................................................. 22 4.2.10 Socio-economic Characteristics .................................................................................... 22 5. POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ................................................................................. 24 5.1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENING CONSIDERATIONS ....................................................... 24 5.2 ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES – PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE .............................................................................................................................................. 25 5.3 ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES – CONSTRUCTION PHASE ... 25 5.4 ANTICIPATED IMPACTS / MITIGATION MEASURES – O&M PHASE .............................. 26 5.5 CUMULATIVE IMPACT ASSESSMENT ............................................................................... 26 6. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ....................................................................................... 27 6.1 Procedures ............................................................................................................................ 27 6.2 Grievance Registration .......................................................................................................... 27 6.3 Grievance Redress Process ................................................................................................. 27 6.4 Records ................................................................................................................................. 28 6.5 Grievance Redress Costs ..................................................................................................... 28 7 PUBLIC CONSULTATION ..................................................................................................... xxxi31 7.1 PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS AND PARTICIPATION ............................................................ 31 7.2 STAKEHOLDERS ................................................................................................................. 31 7.3 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION – METHODS AND PROCESS ................................................... 31 7.4 FINDINGS FROM PUBLIC CONSULTATION MEETING ...................................................