GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT (LGED) Public Disclosure Authorized Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP-2) ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK T PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized (Environmental Management Framework (EMF) RTIP-2) FINAL REPORT Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Original Verion: December 2011 Updated: February, 2012 Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP-2) Table of Contents Executive Summary .................................................................... vii 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ vii 2. Environmental Policy, Legal and Administrative Framework ............................................ viii 3. Description of Baseline Environment ................................................................................ ix 4. Environmental Management Procedure .............................................................................. x 5. Institutional Arrangement and Capacity Building ............................................................... xii 6. Stakeholder Consultations ................................................................................................. xiii 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 16 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 16 1.2 Project Description ..................................................................................................... 16 1.3 Objectives of EMF ...................................................................................................... 19 1.4 Approach and Methodology ....................................................................................... 20 1.5 Overview of the EMF .................................................................................................. 21 1.6 Environmental Code of Practices ................................................................................ 22 2. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ... 23 2.1 Relevant Government Policies, Acts, Rules, Strategies and Guidelines ................. 23 2.1.1 Environmental Conservation Act (ECA), 1995 .................................................... 23 2.1.2 Environment Conservation Rules (ECR), 1997 and Amendments ...................... 24 2.1.3 Environmental Policy, 1992 ................................................................................ 25 2.1.4 Environmental Action Plan, 1992 ....................................................................... 25 2.1.5 National Environmental Management Plan (NEMAP), 1995 .............................. 25 2.1.6 Bangladesh Wildlife (Preservation) Order, 1973 (Amended in 1994) ................ 26 2.1.7 National Conservation Strategy (NCS), 1992 ...................................................... 26 2.1.8 Wetland Policy, 1998 (Draft) .............................................................................. 26 2.1.9 National Water Policy, 1999 ............................................................................... 26 2.1.10 National Water Management Plan, 2001 (Approved in 2004) ......................... 27 2.1.11 The National Fisheries Policy, 1999 .................................................................. 27 2.1.12 The Protection and Conservation of Fish Rules, 1985 ...................................... 28 2.1.13 National Agricultural Policy, 1999 .................................................................... 28 2.1.14 Coastal Zone Policy, 2005 ................................................................................. 28 Environmental Management Framework (EMF) i Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP-2) 2.1.15 The Embankment and Drainage Act, 1952 ....................................................... 29 2.1.16 Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan ..................................... 29 2.1.17 LGED’s Guidelines and Environmental Code of Practices ................................. 30 2.2 Environmental Clearance Procedure ...................................................................... 30 2.3 World Bank’s Environmental Safeguard Policy ....................................................... 31 2.4 IFC Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines .................................................. 32 2.5 Implication of GOB Policies in RTIP-2 ..................................................................... 32 2.6 Implication of Safeguard Policies of WB in RTIP-2 .................................................. 33 3. DESCRIPTION OF BASELINE ENVIRONMENT ................................................. 34 3.1 General .............................................................................................................. 34 3.2 Environmental Baseline for Road Improvement Project. .................................. 36 3.2.1 Description of the Subproject ..................................................................... 36 3.2.2 Physical Environment ................................................................................. 36 3.2.3 Biological Environment ............................................................................... 38 3.2.4 Socio-economic Environment ..................................................................... 39 3.3 Environmental Baseline- Rural Road Maintenance ........................................... 44 3.3.1 Subproject Description ............................................................................... 44 3.3.2 Physical Environment ................................................................................. 44 3.3.3 Biological Environment ............................................................................... 45 3.3.4 Socio-economic Environment ..................................................................... 46 3.4 Environmental Baseline-Piloting Rural Waterways ........................................... 51 3.4.1 Description of Subproject .............................................................................. 51 3.4.2 Physical Environment ..................................................................................... 51 3.4.3 Biological Environment .................................................................................. 54 3.4.4 Socio-economic Environment ........................................................................ 55 3.5 Environmental Baseline: Improvement of Rural Growth Center ...................... 60 3.5.1 Description of Subproject ........................................................................... 60 3.5.2 Physical Environment ................................................................................... 60 3.5.2 Biological Environment ................................................................................ 61 Environmental Management Framework (EMF) ii Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP-2) 3.5.4 Socio-economic Environment ............................................................................ 61 4. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE ............................................ 64 4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 64 4.2 General Principles for Environmental Management .............................................. 64 4.3 Environmental Assessment Process of RTIP-2 Components .................................. 65 4.4 Environmental Assessment Procedure ................................................................... 67 4.4.1 Regulatory Clearance Requirements and current : ........................................ 67 4.4.2 Screening ........................................................................................................ 67 4.4.3 Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) ......................................................... 68 4.4.4 Description of the Environment ..................................................................... 68 4.4.5 Scoping ............................................................................................................ 70 4.4.6 Stakeholder Consultation at all Stages of Project .......................................... 70 4.4.7 Impact Identification :..................................................................................... 72 4.4.8 Environmental Management Plan .................................................................. 78 A. Environmental Mitigation Plan ........................................................................ 78 Environmental Management Measures ................................................................. 79 Rural Road Improvements ...................................................................................... 84 Rural Road Maintenance ........................................................................................ 90 Rural Waterways ..................................................................................................... 92 Growth Centre Markets .......................................................................................... 95 B. Environmental Monitoring Plan ...................................................................... 97 Rural Road Improvement ........................................................................................ 97 Rural Road Maintenance .......................................................................................