This page has intentionally been left blank to allow for double sided printing Tilenga Project ESIA Non-Technical Summary Contents 0 PREFACE ................................................................................................................................ 3 0.1 This Document ......................................................................................................................... 3 0.2 The ESIA Report ...................................................................................................................... 3 0.3 Relationship to Other ESIA Reports.......................................................................................... 3 0.4 ESIA Report: Disclosure and Consultation ................................................................................ 3 0.5 Contacting the Project .............................................................................................................. 4 1 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Tilenga Project ......................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 The Project Area ...................................................................................................................... 8 1.3 Need for the Project ................................................................................................................. 8 1.4 The Project Proponents .......................................................................................................... 10 1.5 Tilenga Project Phases and Schedule .................................................................................... 10 1.6 Potential Future Field Developments ...................................................................................... 11 2 IMPACT ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK ................................................................................ 11 2.1 ESIA Standards and Guidelines ............................................................................................. 11 2.2 Ugandan EIA Process ............................................................................................................ 11 2.3 International Finance Corporation Performance Standards ..................................................... 13 2.4 Objectives of the ESIA ........................................................................................................... 13 2.5 The ESIA Report .................................................................................................................... 14 3 ESIA APPROACH AND METHODS ....................................................................................... 15 3.1 ESIA Approach and Stages .................................................................................................... 15 3.2 Assessing Impact Significance ............................................................................................... 17 3.3 Mitigation and Management ................................................................................................... 19 3.4 Residual Impacts ................................................................................................................... 19 4 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................... 21 4.1 Project Components ............................................................................................................... 21 4.2 Project Phases ....................................................................................................................... 22 4.3 Decommissioning Phase ........................................................................................................ 29 4.4 National Content .................................................................................................................... 29 4.5 Logistics & Procurement ........................................................................................................ 30 4.6 Waste Management ............................................................................................................... 30 4.7 Impact Mitigation Hierarchy .................................................................................................... 31 4.8 Analysis of Alternatives .......................................................................................................... 32 5 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ........................................................................................... 33 5.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................ 33 5.2 ESIA Stakeholder Engagement Activities ............................................................................... 34 5.3 How Information from Stakeholders Helped the ESIA Process................................................ 37 5.4 Ongoing Engagement ............................................................................................................ 37 6 IMPACT ASSESSMENT SUMMARY ...................................................................................... 37 6.1 Project Phases ....................................................................................................................... 37 6.2 Physical Environment ............................................................................................................. 38 6.3 Biological / Ecological Environment ........................................................................................ 58 6.4 Social ..................................................................................................................................... 73 6.5 Unplanned Events ................................................................................................................ 101 6.6 Potential Cumulative Impacts ............................................................................................... 102 6.7 Transboundary Impacts ........................................................................................................ 107 7 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN .................................................... 109 7.1 Project Proponents Integrated Management System ............................................................ 110 7.2 Project ESMP....................................................................................................................... 112 7.3 Supporting Strategies and Plans .......................................................................................... 113 7.4 Monitoring of the Implementation of Mitigation Measures ...................................................... 113 7.5 Environmental Inspections and Audits .................................................................................. 114 8 CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................... 115 9 References .......................................................................................................................... 116 February 2019 Tilenga Project ESIA Non-Technical Summary 10 Acronyms and Abbreviations ................................................................................................ 118 Figures Figure 1: Geographic Context of Project Location .............................................................................. 5 Figure 2: Lake Albert Development Map ............................................................................................ 6 Figure 3: Indicative Layout of Tilenga Project ..................................................................................... 7 Figure 4: Project Area and Project Area of Influence .......................................................................... 9 Figure 5: Project Schedule ............................................................................................................... 11 Figure 6: Ugandan EIA Process ....................................................................................................... 12 Figure 7: Tilenga Project ESIA Structure .......................................................................................... 15 Figure 8: Simplified Impact Assessment Process ............................................................................. 15 Figure 9: Impact Identification and Assessment Process .................................................................. 17 Figure 10: Mitigation Hierarchy ........................................................................................................ 20 Figure 11: Indicative Schematic of the Industrial Area ...................................................................... 22 Figure 12: Upgraded and New Roads .............................................................................................. 24 Figure 13: Typical Open-cut Pipeline Construction Technique .......................................................... 26 Figure 14: Victoria Nile HDD Crossing Construction Technique ........................................................ 26 Figure 15: Preliminary Production Profile ......................................................................................... 28 Figure 16: National Content Development .......................................................................................