CONSTRUCTION OF BALADJARI AND GANDJA LOCOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE WORKSHOPS Republic of Azerbadjian Environmmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Environmmental Management Performance (EMP) Task 3 - Preliminary Design for the Construction of Two Locomotive Maintenance WORKSHOPS BALADJARI and GANDJA Project Lot Package Doc Type Seq. Num Version BGW ALL IMP 303 001 02 QUALITY WORKFLOW Written by Reviewed by Approved by Name and Ilkin KANGARLI Jörg FISCHER Francisco ROMERO Fernando TURRIÓN Surname Lawyer Geographer PhD. Engineer. Production Engineer. Project Position Environmental Package manager. Manager consultant responsible. Date 18/08/2016 18/08/2016 18/08/2016 18/08/2016 DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION Project BGW Baladjari and Gandja Locomotive Maintenance Workshops Lot ALL All lots Package IMP Impact Assessment Studies Document 303 Report Number 001 ‐ Version 02 Adaptation to national requirements. DOCUMENT VERSION – RECORD OF THE MODIFICATIONS Version Date Version description 01 15/12/2015 First issue. 02 18/08/2016 Adaptation to national requirements – publishing version ‐ ‐ ‐ Construction of Baladjari and Gandja Locomotive Maintenance Workshop ABBREVIATIONS ADY “Azerbaijan Railways” CJSC EA Environmental Assessment EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMaP Environmental Management Plan EMoP Environmental Monitoring Plan EPMC Environmental Project Management and Control Consultant IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development MENR Ministry of Ecology and National Resources MPC Maximum Permitted Concentrations PCDP Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan SCE State Committee of Ecology SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment SEE State Environmental Expertise TPSD Technical and Production Service Department of ADY WB World Bank Ingerop ESIA &EMP– BGW_ALL_IMP_303_001_01 Page 3 / 132 Environmmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), Environmmental Management Performance (EMP) TABLE OF CONTENTS Construction of Baladjari and Gandja Locomotive Maintenance Workshops ............................................. 1 Quality Workflow ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Document identification ........................................................................................................................... 2 Document version – Record of the modifications ...................................................................................... 2 ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Table of contents ...................................................................................................................................... 4 List of Tables ............................................................................................................................................. 8 List of figure .............................................................................................................................................. 9 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 11 Background on Azerbaijan Railway Network and its’ Development Priorities ........................... 11 Project brief ................................................................................................................................ 13 Purpose of the document ........................................................................................................... 14 Safeguard policy .......................................................................................................................... 16 Executive summary ..................................................................................................................... 16 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO‐ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ....................................................................... 17 Climate ........................................................................................................................................ 18 Temperature ........................................................................................................................ 18 Rainfall ................................................................................................................................. 19 Solar radiation ..................................................................................................................... 19 Local context of the project sites ........................................................................................ 19 Geology ....................................................................................................................................... 21 The Local context of the project sites ................................................................................. 21 Seismicity .................................................................................................................................... 22 The Local context of the project sites ................................................................................. 23 Surface and groundwater hydrology .......................................................................................... 23 Rivers ................................................................................................................................... 24 Lakes .................................................................................................................................... 24 Reservoirs ............................................................................................................................ 24 Channels .............................................................................................................................. 24 Groundwaters ...................................................................................................................... 25 The Local context of the project sites ................................................................................. 25 Landscape and vegetation .......................................................................................................... 26 Soils ............................................................................................................................................. 28 ESIA&EMP – BGW_ALL_IMP_303_001_01 Ingerop Page 4 / 132 Construction of Baladjari and Gandja Locomotive Maintenance Workshop Land use ...................................................................................................................................... 29 Biological Diversity ...................................................................................................................... 31 Fishery and water ecology ................................................................................................... 31 Wildlife................................................................................................................................. 31 Flora ..................................................................................................................................... 32 Local context of project sites ............................................................................................... 32 Protected territories ............................................................................................................ 33 Local context of the project sites ........................................................................................ 33 Urban development .................................................................................................................... 33 Contemporary Land use at project sites ................................................................................... 35 Demographics ........................................................................................................................... 37 Administrative divisions ............................................................................................................ 37 Economy ................................................................................................................................... 37 Social groups and poverty ......................................................................................................... 38 Historic monuments, archaeological and cultural resources ................................................... 39 CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ...................................................................................................... 41 General Environmental situation ................................................................................................ 41 Preexisting environmental risks at the project sites ................................................................... 41 Environmental conditions of the surroundings and potentially affected poblation .................. 41 The Local context at Baladjari project site .......................................................................... 42 The Local context at Gandja project site ............................................................................. 43 Briefing of environmental status on both sites ................................................................... 46 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 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