ENVIRONMENTAL Public Disclosure Authorized AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT Public Disclosure Authorized FRAMEWORK MALDIVES URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND RESILIENCE PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized Ministry of National Planning and Infrastructure 2019 Public Disclosure Authorized 1 Ministry of National Planning and Infrastructure MUDRP ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ADB Asian Development Bank BOD Biological Oxygen Demand COD Chemical Oxygen Demand DBO Design, Build and Operate EA Environmental Assessment EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone EIA Environnemental Impact Assesment EOCC Emergency Operations Coordination Center EPA Environmental Protection Agency EPPA Environmental Protection and Preservation Act ESAMF Environmental and Social Assessment and Management Framework ESCP Environmental and Social Commitment Plan ESF Environmental and Social Framework ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESO Environmental and Social Officer ESS Environmental and Social Standards HDC Housing Development Corporation IDA International Development Association IPF Investment Project Financing LRA Labour Relations Authority MHUD Ministry of Housing and Urban Development MNDF Maldives National Defence Force MNPI Ministry of National Planning and Infrastructure MUDRP Maldives Urban Development and Resilience Project MWSC Male’ Water and Sewerage Company NDMA National Disaster Management Authority O&M Operations and Maintenance OP/BPs Operational Policies and Bank Procedures PDO Project Development Objective pH Acidity or alkalinity of a solution on a logarithmic scale PMU Project Management Unit STP Sewage Treatment Plant TOR Terms of Reference USD United States Dollars Environment and Social Assessment and Management Framework 2 | P a g e Ministry of National Planning and Infrastructure MUDRP Table of Contents Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ...................................................................................................................2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .....................................................................................................................................6 INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................................................8 SAFEGUARD POLICIES AND ESAMF ............................................................................................................................ 9 OBJECTIVES OF ESAMF .......................................................................................................................................... 10 STRUCTURE OF ESAMF .......................................................................................................................................... 10 PUBLIC DISCLOSURE ............................................................................................................................................... 11 DESCRIPTION OF MUDRP ............................................................................................................................... 12 COMPONENT 1: RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ................................................................. 12 Storm Water Drainage and Rainwater Harvesting and Storage Systems in Malé ....................................... 13 COMPONENT 2: REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT ........................................ 14 COMPONENT 3: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING .................................................................. 15 POTENTIAL SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ..................................................................................................... 16 POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ..................................................................................... 18 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF RISKS AND IMPACTS .............................................................................................. 18 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION ACT (4/93) .................................................................................... 18 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REGULATION ................................................................................................... 19 ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY REGULATION (REGULATION 2011/R-9) ............................................................................... 20 POLLUTION CONTROL ............................................................................................................................................. 20 NATIONAL WATER AND SEWERAGE POLICY ................................................................................................................ 20 GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR DOMESTIC WASTEWATER DISPOSAL...................................................................................... 20 NATIONAL WASTEWATER QUALITY GUIDELINES 2007 .................................................................................................. 21 DEWATERING REGULATION (213/R-1697) ............................................................................................................... 21 NOISE AND EXCESSIVE VIBRATION (POLLUTION CONTROL) REGULATIONS ......................................................................... 22 WASTE MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................................................... 22 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION ACT .................................................................................................. 22 WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY ................................................................................................................................ 22 WASTE MANAGEMENT REGULATION, 2013 ............................................................................................................... 23 RESOURCE EFFICIENCY ............................................................................................................................................ 23 MALDIVES ENERGY POLICY AND STRATEGY ................................................................................................................. 23 MALDIVES INTENDED NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION .................................................................................... 24 SECOND NATIONAL COMMUNICATION OF MALDIVES TO UNFCCC ................................................................................. 24 BIODIVERSITY........................................................................................................................................................ 24 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION ACT .................................................................................................. 24 PROTECTED AREAS ................................................................................................................................................ 25 ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS (ESA) LIST, 2014 ............................................................................................... 25 CORAL AND SAND MINING REGULATION ..................................................................................................................... 25 CONSERVATION OF OLD TREES REGULATION ............................................................................................................... 25 CUTTING DOWN AND EXPORT OF TREES AND COCONUT PALMS ....................................................................................... 26 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY ............................................................................................................................ 26 PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION ACT............................................................................................................................. 26 MALDIVES CIVIL AVIATION REGULATION, MCAR-139 AERODROME RULES ..................................................................... 27 LAND ACQUISITION AND INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT ................................................................................................ 27 LAND ACT ............................................................................................................................................................ 27 LAND USE PLANNING REGULATION ........................................................................................................................... 27 LABOUR AND WORKING CONDITIONS ......................................................................................................................... 28 Environment and Social Assessment and Management Framework 3 | P a g e Ministry of National Planning and Infrastructure MUDRP PHYSICAL CULTURAL RESOURCES .............................................................................................................................. 28 CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PLACES AND OBJECTS ......................................................................................................... 29 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT & INFORMATION DISCLOSURE .......................................................................................... 29 INTERNATIONAL LAWS ............................................................................................................................................ 30 WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS ........................................................................................... 30 OP/BP 4.01 Environmental Assessment