WEST AFRICAN POWER POOL NATIONAL POWER AUTHORITY Public Disclosure Authorized 225 KV MAN (CÔTE D’IVOIRE) - YEKEPA (LIBERIA) - NZÉRÉKORE (GUINEA) - BUCHANAN (LIBERIA) - MONROVIA (LIBERIA) - BUMBUNA (SIERRA LEONE) - LINSAN (GUINEA) INTERCONNECTION PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN (SIERRA LEONE) DECEMBER 2011 Public Disclosure Authorized Côte d’Ivoire - Liberia - Sierra Leone - Guinea Interconnection Project (Sierra Leone RAP) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Study Environmental and Social Environmental & Social Resettlement Action Impact Assessment Management Plan Plan (RAP) Report (ESIA) Report (ESMP) Report Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Report: This report contains the results of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA). The ESIA is a formal process to predict the environmental consequences of human development activities and to plan appropriated measures to eliminate or reduce adverse effects and enhances positive effects. Environmental & Social Management Plan (ESMP) Report: This report contains the measures to be taken during the implementation and operation of a project to eliminate or offset adverse environmental impacts or to reduce them to acceptable levels, and the actions needed to implement these measures. Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) Report: This report contains the resettlement action plan which is based on up-to-date and reliable information about the proposed resettlement and its impacts on the displaced persons and other adversely affected groups, and the legal issues involved in resettlement. Côte d’Ivoire - Liberia - Sierra Leone - Guinea Interconnection Project (Sierra Leone RAP) TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 9 1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ..................................................................................25 1.1. The National Power Authority ............................................................................25 1.2. Project Description .............................................................................................28 1.3. Scope of Resettlement Action Plan ...................................................................31 1.4. Project Area of Influence ....................................................................................32 2. IMPACTS THAT GIVE RISE TO RESETTLEMENT ..........................................................35 2.1. Consultations ......................................................................................................35 2.2. Right of Way Selection .......................................................................................36 2.3. Compensation & Resettlement ..........................................................................38 2.4. Construction of Site Offices ..............................................................................39 2.5. Storage and transportation of equipment and materials .................................39 2.6. Check Survey of Line Route ..............................................................................40 2.7. Clearing of Right-of-Way ....................................................................................40 2.8. Tower Spotting ....................................................................................................41 2.9. Construction of access and tower corridor tracks ...........................................41 2.10. Clearing and excavation of tower base and foundation ..................................42 2.11. Clearing of tower track .......................................................................................43 2.12. Clearing and excavations for substations ........................................................43 2.13. Erection of towers and stringing of transmission lines ...................................43 3. OBJECTIVES OF RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN .......................................................45 4. SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFORMATION OF AFFECTED POPULATION ...............................47 4.1. Location and Size ...............................................................................................47 4.2. Human Settlement Pattern .................................................................................52 4.3. General Land Use ...............................................................................................53 4.4. Climate and Vegetation ......................................................................................53 5. LEGAL, REGULATORY AND POLICY FRAMEWORK ....................................................56 5.1. The Constitution of the Republic of Sierra Leone, 1991 ..................................56 5.2. The National Power Authority Act, 1982 ...........................................................56 5.3. National Lands Policy, 2005 ...............................................................................57 5.4. Forestry Act, 1988 and Forestry Regulation, 1989 ...........................................57 Côte d’Ivoire - Liberia - Sierra Leone - Guinea Interconnection Project (Sierra Leone RAP) 5.5. The Environment Protection Agency Act, 2008 ................................................57 5.6. World Bank Group Safeguard Policies and Guidelines ...................................58 6. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ......................................................................................59 6.1. Ministry of Lands, Country Planning and the Environment ............................59 6.2. The Surveys and Lands Department .................................................................59 6.3. Town & Country Planning Department ..............................................................60 6.4. Environment Protection Agency .......................................................................61 6.5. Special Purpose Company .................................................................................61 6.6. The Land Valuation Committees of District Councils ......................................61 6.7. The Land Title Registry ......................................................................................62 6.8. The Forestry and Wildlife Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security (MAFFS) ...................................................................................................62 6.9. The Geological Surveys Department, Ministry of Mines, Mineral Resources and Political Affairs ..........................................................................................................63 6.10. The Sierra Leone Museum Board ......................................................................63 6.11. District Councils .................................................................................................64 6.12. Elders of Chiefdoms, Towns and Villages ........................................................64 7. ELIGIBILITY .....................................................................................................................65 7.1. Eligibility Criteria ................................................................................................70 7.2. Displaced Persons .............................................................................................71 7.3. Project Affected Persons ...................................................................................72 8. VALUATION and COMPENSATION LOSS ......................................................................72 8.1. Resettlement Procedure ....................................................................................73 8.2. Exploration of Land Compensation Method .....................................................74 8.3. Determination of Values .....................................................................................76 8.4. Overview of MEWR/NPA’s Asset Valuation Principles .....................................77 8.5. Strategies for Payment of Compensation .........................................................80 9. RESETTLEMENT MEASURES ........................................................................................83 9.1. Assistance to the Vulnerable .............................................................................83 9.2. Identification of the Vulnerable ..........................................................................85 9.3. Mechanism for Selection of Vulnerable ............................................................85 9.4. Level of Assistance ............................................................................................85 9.5. Grievance Procedure ..........................................................................................86 Côte d’Ivoire - Liberia - Sierra Leone - Guinea Interconnection Project (Sierra Leone RAP) 9.6. Livelihood Restoration Programme ..................................................................93 9.7. Landlessness, joblessness, homelessness, marginalization, food insecurity and loss of basic resources ............................................................................................94 10. SITE SELECTION, SITE PREPARATION AND LOCATION .......................................97 11. HOUSING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIAL SERVICES .......................................98 11.1. Buildings .............................................................................................................98 11.2.