Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 48386-004 August 2020 AZE: Railway Sector Development Program Prepared by Azerbaijan Railways Closed Joint Stock Company for the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Asian Development Bank. This environmental monitoring report for the Railway Sector Development Program (Rehabilitation of the Sumgait-Yalama (Russian border) Railway Line) is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. JOINT VENTURE KOCKS-SSF LEAD MEMBER MEMBER SEMI-ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT Project Number: 48386-004, L3615-AZE 13 August 2020 AZERBAIJAN: Railway Sector Development Project - Rehabilitation of the Sumgait-Yalama (Russian border) Railway Line (Financed by the Asian Development Bank and Agence Francaise de Development) Semi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report January – June 2020 Prepared by: Juergen Meyer, Vugar Mammadov, CSC Safeguard specialists For Asian Development Bank Endorsed by: Mr.Elkhan Orujov, PIU director Ms.Vusala Rustamova, PIU Safeguard specialist TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .......................................................................................... 7 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Preamble ....................................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Headline Information .................................................................................................... 8 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES ..................................................... 9 2.1 Project Description ....................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Project Contracts and Management .......................................................................... 11 2.3 Project Activities during Current Reporting Period ................................................. 13 2.4 Description of Any Changes to Project Design ........................................................ 20 2.5 Description of Any Changes to agreed Construction Methods ............................... 25 3. ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD ACTIVITIES .................................................................. 26 3.1 Site Audits ................................................................................................................... 27 3.2 Issues Tracking (Based on Non-Conformance Notices) .......................................... 28 3.3 Trends ......................................................................................................................... 29 3.4 Unanticipated Environmental Impacts or Risks ....................................................... 29 4. RESULTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING .............................................................. 30 4.1 Pre-Construction Monitoring ..................................................................................... 30 4.3 Summary of Preconstruction Monitoring Results ................................................... 38 4.2 Trends ......................................................................................................................... 49 4.4 Material Resources Utilisation ................................................................................... 49 4.4.1 Current Period ......................................................................................................... 51 4.4.2 Cumulative Resource Utilisation ............................................................................ 51 4.5 Waste Management .................................................................................................... 51 4.5.1 Current Period ......................................................................................................... 52 4.5.2 Cumulative Waste Generation ................................................................................ 53 4.6 Health and Safety ........................................................................................................ 53 4.6.1 Public consultation ................................................................................................. 59 4.6.2 COVID-19 Protection Measures .............................................................................. 64 4.7 Training ....................................................................................................................... 68 4.7.1 HIV-AIDS training .................................................................................................... 68 4.7.2 Manual handling training (07.05.2020) ................................................................... 70 4.7.3 Firefighting training ................................................................................................ 72 4.7.4 Toolbox talk ............................................................................................................. 73 5. FUNCTIONING OF THE SSEMP ......................................................................................... 74 5.1 SSEMP Review ............................................................................................................ 74 6. GOOD PRACTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT ........................................ 77 6.1 Good Practice ............................................................................................................. 77 6.2 Opportunities for Improvement ................................................................................. 77 Kocks Consult GmbH in Joint Venture with SSF Ingenieure AG - 2 - 7. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................ 77 7.1 Summary ..................................................................................................................... 77 7.2 Recommendations ...................................................................................................... 77 ANNEXES .................................................................................................................................. 79 Project Activities Photos During Current Reporting Period .............................................. 79 Contractor camp ................................................................................................................... 84 Workshop area ...................................................................................................................... 89 Concrete Plant ...................................................................................................................... 93 Mechanical Plant ................................................................................................................... 94 Crushing Plant ...................................................................................................................... 95 Borrow areas ......................................................................................................................... 95 Kocks Consult GmbH in Joint Venture with SSF Ingenieure AG - 3 - LIST OF FIGURES: FIGURE 1: PROJECT LOCATION MAP ...................................................................................................... 10 FIGURE 2: PROJECT LOTS ........................................................................................................................ 11 FIGURE 3: THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DIAGRAM OF THE PROJECT .............................. 13 FIGURE 4: CAMP, WORKSHOP & PLANT YARD LOCATION MAP ......................................................... 21 FIGURE 5: CAMP LAYOUT PLAN ............................................................................................................... 22 FIGURE 6: WORKSHOP LAYOUT PLAN .................................................................................................... 23 FIGURE 7: PLANT YARD LAYOUT PLAN .................................................................................................. 24 FIGURE 8: SUMGAYITCHAY WATER QUALITY MONITORING STATION .............................................. 31 FIGURE 9: GILGILCHAY WATER QUALITY MONITORING STATION ..................................................... 32 FIGURE 10: VELVELE CHAY WATER QUALITY MONITORING STATION .............................................. 33 FIGURE 11: GARACHAY WATER QUALITY MONITORING STATION .................................................... 34 FIGURE 12: GUDYALCHAY WATER QUALITY MONITORING STATION ................................................ 35 FIGURE 13: SUSYALCHAY WATER QUALITY MONITORING STATION ................................................ 36 FIGURE 14: GUSARCHAY WATER QUALITY MONITORING STATION .................................................. 37 FIGURE 15: AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS ............................................................................... 39 FIGURE 16: SUMGAYIT AIR QUALITY, NOISE & VIBRATION MONITORING STATIONS ..................... 40 FIGURE 17: QIZILBURUN AIR QUALITY, NOISE & VIBRATION MONITORING STATIONS .................