State Water Holding Polish Waters Regional Water Management Board in Szczecin Environmental Management Plan ODRA - VISTULA FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROJECT – 8524 PL Environmental category B – pursuant to the OP 4.01 WB Component 1: Flood Protection of the Middle and Lower Odra Subcomponent 1B: Flood Protection on the Middle and Lower Odra Contract 1B.3/2 Stage II - The construction of docking-mooring infrastructure on Lower Odra River and on boundary sections of Odra River as well as new aids to navigation Issue Date Author Checked by Customer's Approval I August 2020 Waldemar Krzysztof Alicja Wilanowska Dorota Kowalczyk ODRA -VISTULA FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROJECT co-financed by: World Bank, Loan Agreement No. 8524 PL The Council of Europe Development Bank, Framework Loan Agreement No. LD 1866 The European Union Cohesion Fund (Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment 2014-2020 State Budget Environmental Management Plan Component: 1 - Flood Protection of the Middle and Lower Odra Subcomponent: 1B- Flood Protection on the Middle and Lower Odra Contract: 1B.3/2 - Stage II - The construction of docking-mooring infrastructure on Lower Odra River and on boundary sections of Odra River as well as new aids to navigation. Project Implementing Unit: State Water Holding Polish Waters Regional Water Management Board in Szczecin Authors of the Study: Odra-Vistula Flood Management Project Implementation Office in State Water Holding Polish Waters Regional Water Management Authority in Szczecin Technical Support Consultant of the Regional Water Management Authority in Szczecin for the Odra-Vistula Flood Management Project – Joint Venture: SWECO Consulting Sp. z o. o., SWECO Nederland B.V., Sweco Engineering Sp. z o. o., Ekocentrum – Wrocławski Ośrodek Usług Ekologicznych Sp. z o. o. Szczecin, August 2020 Environmental Management Plan Contract 1B.3/2 Stage II - The construction of docking-mooring infrastructure on Lower Odra River and on boundary sections of Odra River as well as new aids to navigation TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................................... 9 1. INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................................16 1.1. ODRA - VISTULA FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROJECT (OVFMP) ..................................................................16 1.2. FLOOD PROTECTION OF THE MIDDLE AND LOWER ODRA (COMPONENT 1 OVFMP) ...............................17 2. TASK DESCRIPTION 1B.3/2 - STAGE II ................................................................................................18 2.1. TASK LOCATION .......................................................................................................................................18 2.2. TASK CHARACTERISTICS ...........................................................................................................................20 3. INSTITUTIONAL, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONDITIONS ................................................28 3.1. INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TASK ............................................................28 3.2. ACTS OF NATIONAL LAW IN FORCE IN THE FIELD OF THE ENVIRONMENT ..................................................28 3.3. EIA PROCEDURE IN POLAND .....................................................................................................................28 3.4. WORLD BANK GUIDELINES ......................................................................................................................29 3.5. CURRENT STATUS OF THE EIA PROCEDURES FOR THE TASK .....................................................................29 3.6. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISMS .........................................................................................................30 4. DESCRIPTION OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE VICINITY OF THE TASK .............................................................................................................................................................31 4.1. LAND SURFACE AND LANDSCAPE..............................................................................................................31 4.2. CLIMATE ..................................................................................................................................................33 4.3. SANITARY CONDITION OF THE ATMOSPHERIC AIR .....................................................................................33 4.4. SOIL AND LAND ........................................................................................................................................34 4.5. SURFACE WATER ......................................................................................................................................35 4.6. GROUND WATER .......................................................................................................................................37 4.7. PROTECTED AREAS ...................................................................................................................................38 4.8. CULTURAL MONUMENTS ..........................................................................................................................40 4.9. POPULATION AND MATERIAL GOODS ........................................................................................................41 5. SUMMARY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT .............................................................................42 5.1. LAND SURFACE AND LANDSCAPE..............................................................................................................42 5.2. CLIMATE AND AIR QUALITY ......................................................................................................................43 5.3. GEOLOGY .................................................................................................................................................43 5.4. SOIL AND LAND ........................................................................................................................................44 5.5. SURFACE WATER ......................................................................................................................................44 5.6. GROUNDWATER ........................................................................................................................................45 5.7. WILDLIFE .................................................................................................................................................45 5.8. PROTECTED AREAS ...................................................................................................................................60 5.9. ACOUSTIC CLIMATE ..................................................................................................................................61 1 Environmental Management Plan Contract 1B.3/2 Stage II - The construction of docking-mooring infrastructure on Lower Odra River and on boundary sections of Odra River as well as new aids to navigation 5.10. CULTURAL MONUMENTS ..........................................................................................................................62 5.11. MATERIAL GOODS ....................................................................................................................................62 5.12. HUMAN HEALTH AND SAFETY ...................................................................................................................62 5.13. EXTRAORDINARY RISKS ...........................................................................................................................62 5.14. CUMULATIVE AND CROSS-BORDER IMPACT ..............................................................................................63 6. DESCRIPTION OF MITIGATION MEASURES .....................................................................................64 6.1. LAND SURFACE AND LANDSCAPE..............................................................................................................64 6.2. CLIMATE AND AIR QUALITY ......................................................................................................................65 6.3. SOIL AND LAND ........................................................................................................................................65 6.4. SURFACE WATER ......................................................................................................................................66 6.5. GROUNDWATER ........................................................................................................................................67 6.6. ACOUSTIC CLIMATE ..................................................................................................................................67 6.7. WILDLIFE .................................................................................................................................................68 6.8. PROTECTED AREAS ...................................................................................................................................69 6.9. CULTURAL MONUMENTS ..........................................................................................................................70 6.10. MATERIAL GOODS ....................................................................................................................................70