Environmental and Social Impact Assessment | 1 Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Request for a preliminary assessment of the environmental impact Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Project of construction of the protective embankment on left bank of the Drina river, from Balatun upstream to Glavičica Public Disclosure Authorized Banja Luka, January 2014 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment | 2 Environmental Management Plan and Social Impact Assessment for SUBJECT Project of construction of the protective embankment on left bank of the Drina river, from Balatun upstream to Glavičica Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Republic of CLIENT Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina CONSULTANT Civil Engineering Institute “IG” L.L.C. Banja Luka REF. No. IZ-IGBL-IN- EK - 00134/14 Nebojša Knežević, M.Sc.Technology Saša Dunović, B.Sc.Technology Nevenko Samouković, B.Sc. in Civil Engineering – hydro engineer CONSULTING TEAM Ranka Pušić, B.Sc. Biology Dušan Lajšić, Bachelor of Laws PhD Branislav Đorđević Đorđe Stefanović, Bachelor of Laws Manager Director _____________________________ Slobodan Stanarević, M.Sc. in Civil engineering Environmental and Social Impact Assessment | 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 5 1.1. HISTORICAL DATA ABOUT FLOODS ON THE RIVER ...................................................................................................... 6 1.2. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECT (BAFPP) ............................................ 7 1.3. AIM OF ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS ................................................................................ 8 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION, LOCATIONS, PURPOSE AND SIZES ............................................................................ 9 2.1. DESCRIPTION OF THE EXISTING SITUATION AND DISCUSSED SOLUTIONS OF FLOOD MANAGEMENT ...................................... 9 2.1.1. Overview of designs for the area of Bijeljina ..................................................................................... 10 2.2. LOCATION OF CONSTRUCTION OF PLANNED EMBANKMENTS ..................................................................................... 11 3. DESCRIPTION OF POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF PROJECT ............................................................ 19 3.1. OVERVIEW OF THE WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................... 19 3.2. THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE LEGISLATION OF WB AND LEGISLATION OF BIH .......................................................... 21 3.3. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE PROJECT MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ..................................................... 22 3.3.1. Physical factors .................................................................................................................................. 22 3.3.2. Biological characteristics ................................................................................................................... 28 3.3.3. Allocation of land .............................................................................................................................. 31 3.3.4. Socio-cultural characteristics ............................................................................................................ 31 3.4. DESCRIPTION OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT ............................................................................................ 32 3.4.1. Impacts during the project preparation ............................................................................................ 32 3.4.2. Impacts during construction .............................................................................................................. 33 3.4.3. Impacts during the use stage ............................................................................................................ 35 3.4.4. Environmental positive impacts of the Project .................................................................................. 35 3.5. RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK ....................................................................................................... 37 3.5.1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 37 3.5.2. Legal and policy framework .............................................................................................................. 37 3.5.2.1. OP 4.12 World Bank requirements - Operational Policies OP 4.12 ............................................................... 37 3.5.2.2. National framework ...................................................................................................................................... 39 3.5.2.2.2. Property regulations relevant to the Project................................................................................. 39 3.5.2.3. Combined requirements of National legislation and the World Bank to be applied to the project .............. 44 3.5.2.4. Procedure of acquisition / expropriation and resettlement ......................................................................... 45 3.5.2.4.2. Compensation for Expropriated Real Property ........................................................................................ 46 3.5.2.4.3. Property Easements ................................................................................................................................. 47 3.5.2.4.4. Compensation for Easement .................................................................................................................... 47 3.5.2.4.5. Expropriation Process ............................................................................................................................... 48 3.5.2.4.6. Taking Possession of Expropriated Real Property .................................................................................... 48 3.5.2.4.7. De-expropriation ...................................................................................................................................... 48 3.5.2.4.8. Expropriation Process Costs ..................................................................................................................... 49 3.5.2.4.9. Process for Determining Compensation for Expropriated Real Property ................................................. 49 3.5.2.5. Appeal procedure .......................................................................................................................................... 49 3.5.2.5.1. Right to Build ............................................................................................................................................ 50 3.5.3. Process of acquisition/ expropriation and resettlement (table 10) ................................................... 52 3.5.4. Compensation matrix (table 11) ........................................................................................................ 54 3.5.5. Gender impact and mitigation measures .......................................................................................... 57 3.5.6. Institutional framework..................................................................................................................... 57 3.5.7. Monitoring and evaluation................................................................................................................ 58 4. DESCRIPTION OF ENVISAGED MEASURES FOR PREVENTION, DECREASE AND REMOVAL OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS .............................................................................................................................................................. 60 4.1. PLAN OF MEASURES FOR PREVENTION/MITIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ............................... 60 4.2. ENVIRONMENT MONITORING PLAN .................................................................................................................... 67 5. A SHORT OVERVIEW OF ALERNATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE PROJECT HOLDER AND STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR THE SELECTED SOLUTION, GIVEN THE IMPACTS ON ENVIRONMENT.................... 70 6. PLANNING ACT EXTRACT ............................................................................................................................. 71 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment | 4 7. INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE DIFFICULTIES FACED BY THE PROJECT HOLDER WHEN COLLECTING THE DATA 72 8. NON-TECHNICAL RESUME ........................................................................................................................... 72 9. WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN ...................................................................................................................... 76 10. OVERVIEW OF NEEDS FOR PERMITS ........................................................................................................ 77 11. ANALYSIS OF OPTIONS FOR READINESS IN CASE OF FLOODS ................................................................... 77 12. PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS AND DISCLOSURE ............................................................................................ 79 13. ANNEXES ................................................................................................................................................