TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO URBAN REGENERATION AND REVITALIZATION PROGRAMME (TT-T1086 and TT- L1057) ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (REVISION 1) Adapted from Report No. 17/2019 December 12, 2019 SUBMITTED BY ECOENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LIMITED TRINIDAD & TOBAGO URBAN REGENERATION ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL AND REVITALIZATION PROGRAMME (TT-T1086) MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 1 1.1 Authorization and Layout of Report ............................................................................. 1 1.2 Background .................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Project Categorization .................................................................................................. 2 1.4 Eligibility Criteria ........................................................................................................... 2 1.5 IDB Policies and Guidelines......................................................................................... 5 2 POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ................ 6 2.1 Trinidad and Tobago Regulatory Framework .............................................................. 6 2.1.1 Key Policies .................................................................................................................. 6 2.1.1.1 National Environmental Policy, 2018 ................................................................... 6 2.1.1.2 National Climate Change Policy, 2011 ................................................................ 7 2.1.1.3 National Spatial Development Strategy ............................................................... 7 2.1.1.4 National Policy on Gender and Development...................................................... 7 2.1.1.5 National Policy on Persons with Disabilities ........................................................ 8 2.1.1.6 Tobago Comprehensive Economic Development Plan (2013-2017) .................. 8 2.1.2 Key Laws and Agencies............................................................................................... 8 2.1.2.1 The Environmental Management Act and Authority ............................................ 9 2.1.2.2 The Town and Country Planning Act and Division .............................................. 9 2.1.2.3 Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Act and the THA ........................................ 10 2.1.2.4 Municipal Corporations Act and the Corporations ............................................. 11 2.1.2.5 State Land (Regularisation of Tenure) Act ........................................................ 11 2.1.3 Other Laws and Agencies .......................................................................................... 12 2.1.3.1 Occupational Safety and Health ........................................................................ 12 2.1.3.2 Litter .................................................................................................................... 12 2.1.3.3 Water and Sewerage.......................................................................................... 13 2.1.3.4 National Trust ..................................................................................................... 13 2.1.3.5 Equal Opportunity............................................................................................... 14 2.1.3.6 Other Agencies ................................................................................................... 14 2.1.4 EMA Rules and Other Regulations ............................................................................ 15 2.1.4.1 Certificate of Environmental Clearance Rules ................................................... 15 2.1.4.2 Noise Pollution Control Rules, 2001 .................................................................. 18 2.1.4.3 Water Pollution Rules, 2019............................................................................... 19 i TRINIDAD & TOBAGO URBAN REGENERATION ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL AND REVITALIZATION PROGRAMME (TT-T1086) MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK 2.1.4.4 Air Pollution Rules, 2014 .................................................................................... 21 2.1.4.5 Environmentally Sensitive Areas and Species .................................................. 22 2.1.4.6 Draft Waste Management (Registration & Permitting) Rules, 2018.................. 23 2.1.4.7 Trade Effluent Discharges into Public Sewerage Systems ............................... 24 2.1.5 Summary of Environmental Approvals ...................................................................... 25 2.2 IDB Policies and Guidelines....................................................................................... 26 2.2.1 Environment and Safeguards Compliance ................................................................ 26 2.2.1.1 Screening ........................................................................................................... 26 2.2.1.2 Environmental and Social Assessment ............................................................. 27 2.2.1.3 Environmental and Social Management Plans .................................................. 28 2.2.1.4 Historical Sites .................................................................................................... 29 2.2.1.5 Disaster Risk Management Policy ..................................................................... 29 2.2.2 Stakeholder Consultations ......................................................................................... 30 2.2.3 Involuntary Resettlement ........................................................................................... 31 2.2.4 Gender Equality.......................................................................................................... 31 2.2.5 Indigenous People ..................................................................................................... 32 2.2.6 Access to Information Policy ................................................................................. 33 3 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ........................................................ 35 3.1 Stakeholder Engagement Protocol ............................................................................ 35 3.2 Consultation Methods ................................................................................................ 36 3.2.1 Individual Meetings .................................................................................................... 36 3.2.2 Questionnaire Survey................................................................................................. 37 3.2.2.1 Design of the Questionnaire............................................................................... 37 3.2.2.2 Method of Administration ................................................................................... 37 3.2.2.3 Reporting ............................................................................................................ 38 3.2.3 Focus Group Meetings ............................................................................................... 38 3.2.3.1 Design of the Group ........................................................................................... 38 3.2.3.2 Arrangements ..................................................................................................... 39 3.2.3.3 The Moderator .................................................................................................... 39 3.2.3.4 Agenda ............................................................................................................... 40 3.2.3.5 Documenting the Discussions ............................................................................ 41 3.2.4 Public Meetings .......................................................................................................... 41 3.2.4.1 Preparatory Tasks .............................................................................................. 41 3.2.4.2 At the Meeting .................................................................................................... 42 ii TRINIDAD & TOBAGO URBAN REGENERATION ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL AND REVITALIZATION PROGRAMME (TT-T1086) MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK 3.2.4.3 Documenting the Proceedings ........................................................................... 42 3.2.5 Application of Information .......................................................................................... 43 4 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENTS ......................... 44 4.1 Preparing the ESA or EIA .......................................................................................... 44 4.1.1 Project Description ..................................................................................................... 44 4.1.2 Baseline Conditions ................................................................................................... 45 4.1.2.1 Level of Detail ..................................................................................................... 45 4.1.2.2 National Databases ............................................................................................ 45 4.1.2.3 Collecting Original Data ..................................................................................... 46 4.1.3 Impact Assessment .................................................................................................... 47 4.1.3.1 Level of Detail ....................................................................................................