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[i a a o I SIN31NO3 JO 331VJ Slg W.-IS1S Uo!SSmsUflAJ PaiS°Jd yn?hJVfhg Bujagali Project Transmission Svstem EIS 4.2 Need for the Project 988............................................................ 4.3 Technical Options ............................................................ .I)03 4.4 Alternative Options and Transmission Line Corridors ........................................... .109 4.5 Substation Site Alternatives ................. ........................................... 22 0 4.6 Route and Site Optimisation: Stage 1 ............................................................ 26 4.7 Route and Site Optimisation: Stage 2 . ........................................................... 37 4.8 Other Alternatives Considered ] 8............................................................8 4.9 Summary ............................................................ 140 5. PROJECT CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND DECOMMISSIONING.... ]145 5.1 Life Cycle Overview ............................................................. 145 5.2 Transmission Line............................................................ ] 46 5.2.1 Key Activities and Progranime .46 5.2.2 Procurement, Manufacturing and Transportation .] 48 5.2.3 Construction Overview.1 50 5.2.4 Access Roads ................... 157 5.2.5 Equipment . 165 5.2.6 Labour Force. 66 5.2.7 Testing and Comissioning .1 66 5.2.8 Operation and Maintenance .1 66 5.3 Kawanda Substation . 173 5.3.1 Enineering. 74 5.3.2 Procurement, Manufacturing and Transport . 74 5.3.4 Labour Force. 77 5.3.5 Testing and Commissioning . 77 5.3.5 Operation and Maintenance . 78 5.3.6 Decommissioning . 78 6. Public Consultation and Disclosure Programme . 179 6.1 Regulatory Context .9 9.. 6.1.1 Government of Uganda Requirements.1 79 6.1.2 World Bank-Group Requirements . 79 6.2 Consultation and Disclosure Methodology . 183 6.2.1 Consultation .1 83 6.2.2 Disclosure and Accompanying Consultation Activities . 84 6.3 Results of the Consultation Activities . .193 6.4 The Panel of Experts . 199 7. Impact Identification, Management & Monitoring . .201 7.1 Compliance Screening . 201 7.1 . 1 Government of Uganda Policies and Regulations . 201 7.1.2 World BankhInternational Financial Corporation Policies and Procedures .203 7.1.3 African Development Bank (AfDB) Policies and Procedures .204 7.1.4 International Treaties and Conventions .205 7.2 Key Project Issues. 2 07 7.2.1 Resettlement and Compensation .207 7.2.2 Impacts on Forest Reserve Lands .213 7.2.3 Impacts on Lubigi Swamp. 223 7.2.4 Impacts on Public Health .225 7.2.5 Impacts on Aesthetics . 2230 7.2.6 General Construction Related Issues .233 7.2.7 Cumulative Effects ............ 234 AES Nile Power ii March, 2061 Bujagali Project Transmission .Svstem EIS 7.2.8 Developmental & Community Benefits .......................................................... 237 7.3 Summary of Impact Management, Net Effects and Monitoring Measures ..... 237 8. Environmental Action Plan.......................................................... 261 0 8.1 Environmental Management .......................................................... 262 8.2 Relationship of the EAP to other Project Plans . ................................ 263 8.3 EAP Component Plans .......................................................... 264 8.3.1 AESNP EnvirornmentalManual .......................................................... 264 8.3.2 Public Consu'Ltationand Disclosure Plan (PCDP) ............................................ _..266 8.3.3 Resettlement Action Plan (RA4P).......................................................... 266 8.4 Construction Contractor's Plans .. 267 8.4.1 Hydropower Facility Environmental Mitigation Plan and Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMP and EMoP) .271 8.4.2 UEB Transmlission System Environmental Mitigation Plan (UEMP) .271 8.4.3 UEB TransmiissionSystem Environmental Monitoring Plan (UEMoP). 272 8.4.4 Health and Safety Management Procedures .273 8.5 Implementation of the Environmental Action Plan . .273 8.5.1 AESNP's Cornmitments.273 8.5.2 BEC's Cornmitments.287 8.5.3 Reporting lines and decision-making .288 8.5.4 Environmental Auditing .289 8.6 Responsibilities and Costs for Environmental Mitigation Measures .. 291 8.7 Responsibilities and Costs for Environmental Monitoring Measures .. 294 8.8 Institutional Strengthening .. 297 8.8.1 Uganda Energy Board (UEB) .298 8.8.2 Forest Department .298 0 j 8.8.3 Local Plannirg Authorities .299 8.8.4 NEMA .299 8.9 Cash Flow for Mitigation, Monitoring and Community Development.. 299 9. REFERENCES .303 TABLES Table 2.1: World Bank Group and IFC Safeguard Policies: An Overview .29 Table 2.2: International Environmental Conventions to Which Uganda is a Signatory .34 Table 3.1: Summary of Biodiversity and Conservation Importance of the Five Indicator Taxa Surveyed in Mabira Forest Reserve .61 Table 3.2: Locations of Transect Sites Used for Ecological Survey Within Mabira FR. 73 Table 3.3: Population Distribution and Density (1991) .80 Table 3.4: Land Use along Route Corridor (km) .87 Table 3.5: 1997 Production Statistics for Food Crops in Mukono and Mpigi Districts .89 Table 3.6: Top 10 Outpatients Department Diagnoses in 1995 for All Reporting Distnrct .90 Table 3.7: Cumulative reported AIDS cases by year in Uganda .91 Table 3.8: lealth Profile for Mukono District and Uganda for the Year 1993.92 O Tab]e 4.1: Summary of Key Impacts of Route Corridors (from WS Atkins, 1998). 117 Table 4.2: Summary of Impacts of Three Potential Substation Sites in the Kawanda Area (from WVSAtkins 2000 .125 ALESNile Power iii March, 2001 Bujagali Project Transmission SyvstemEIS Table 4.3. Other Alternatives Reviewed During EIA Studies and Conclusions of Those Reviews .................................................... ]'91. Table 5.1: Existing Bridge Crossings in Mabira Forest and Works Required .............. 1 8 Table 6.1 Summary of Consultation Activities for the Bujagali Project Transmission System ......................... .,. ., P1' 5 Table 7.1: Compliance of the Bujagali Electrical Transmission System Project with Government of Uganda Policies and Regulations .. ... ... 20:2 Table 7.2: Compliance of the Bujagali Electrical Transmission System Project with World Barn'IFC Operational Policy 2..23 Table 7.3: Compliance of the Bujagali Electrical Transmission System Project with International Treaties and Conventions Ratified by Uganda ............................ 2(5 Table 7.4: Total Land Requirements