E1996 v3 Republic of Yemen Water Sector Support Program (WSSP) Coordination Secretariat Environmental and Social Mitigation Plans (ESMPs) For HQ and Branch Offices Rehabilitation Works Of 1. General Authority for Rural Water and Sanitation Project (GARWSP)- Sana’a Branch 2. General Authority for Rural Water and Sanitation Project (GARWSP)-HQ Building 3. Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) 4. National Water and Sewerage Authority (NWSA) October, 2012 1 Project #1 Sana'a Office Demolition and Re-construction Works General Authority for Rural Water and Sanitation Project (GARWSP) Environmental and Social Mitigation Plan (ESMP) DEMOLITION- RECONSTRUCTION OF SANA'A BRANCH BUILDING AS A RESULT OF CONFLICT AND SHOOTING BY DIFFERENT PARTIES AT AL-HASABAH, SANA'A, YEMEN By Dr. Eng. Fadhl Ali Al-Nozaily EIA expert September 2012 2 1. GARWSP, Sana'a Branch building 1.1. Project title: Demolishing of the old existing building and Reconstruction of a new building , Guard building, Gate and fence 1.2. Field visit: Visitors: Dr. Fadhl Ali Al-Nozaily (EIA Expert), Moneer Mohamed Al-Jahafi (Assistant EIA Expert). Date of visit: 5 August 2012 Picture (1) Meeting with Project director during the field visit The building was damaged by shooting Picture (2) The building will be demolished and the new building will be constructed with displacement from the street side 3 Picture (3) explosives discovered at the site by the military experts 1.3. Laboratories and equipment: There is no laboratory in this project, therefore, it will not be considered in EIA 1.4. Existing Sanitation: Toilets will be connected to the existing public sanitary network available at Amran Road. 1.5. Existing water supply: Public water supply network is the main source for water supply to the project 1.6. Depth of water aquifer in the area: Depth of wells is around 300-500m 1.7. Availability of rainwater harvesting projects in the area Not Available 1.8. Source of Electric power:- Public Electricity at the area. 1.9. The operational Cadre: They are part of the cadre of the Ministry of water and Environment 1.10. Operational regime: The building is operated as ONE shift between 8am -3pm. 1.11. Contents of the new project: - Demolishing of the old existing building and removal of debris - Excavation and Filling - Reinforced concrete - External stone walls - Internal walls - Plastering - Painting - Doors and windows - Sanitary works - Electrical works - Guard building - Gate and fence 4 1.12. Screening form results: - The project is NOT a new rather a replacement of existing project at public land - Does not raise land ownership problems - Does not affect sites or historical or cultural importance However, workers at the building need an awareness program to know that the big solids, mineral oil or garbage should not be disposed to the toilets as it will affect negatively the network and performance of the existing WWTP. Moreover, the operation and maintenance of this project will be handed over to the GARWSP management once it is constructed. 1.13. Expected Impact from the project and the management plan and monitoring: The Environmental & Social Impact Screening is listed in Tables 1. The Environmental and Social Mitigation Plan (ESMP) and its estimated cost is summarized in Table 2. The ESMP CHECKLIST which summarizes the items for impact mitigation during the implementation is presented in Table 3. 1.14. Recommendations and action taken by GARWSP: It is recommended that the project of demolishing and Reconstruction is implemented considering the following mitigation measures: A - Environmental issues to be included by the project owner  The permit to discharge the solid waste to an authorized final destination must be obtained from the responsible authorities before starting to discharge any waste. The permit to discharge the solid waste must be attached to the ESMP and no waste discharge shall take place prior to obtaining the permit to discharge.  Make sure that explosives have been removed from within the site fully in order to protect the operators’ lives. (the Security authorities have handed over all buildings and their sites after check and free them from explosives. Moreover, an explosives expert whose job is to remove explosives and landmines in a safe manner will be appointed to check the site and render it safe for workers).  Connecting effluent of sewage from the building to the public sewer system leading to the wastewater treatment plant.  Provide the rainwater harvesting system from both roofs and site to the rainfall harvesting tank and use it for irrigation and toilet flushing through pumps and networks as an alternative water resource to alleviate water scarcity.  Implementation of two pipes sanitation system for separating the greywater and uses it for irrigation through introducing tank and pump with irrigation network.  Applying solar energy as an alternative energy source to reduce electrical energy consumption with focusing on the replacement of electric by solar heaters.  Add an electric generator with generator room as a reserve energy source when power outages, to run the building, taking into account the noise and smoke from the generator in the proper site selection.  Avoid noise and its impact on the project by using low noise air conditioners.  Identify separate men and women toilets.  Emphasis on the provision of ventilation system for ground and roof storage tanks.  Including all above environmental measures in the as built drawings. 5 B – Environmental issues as commitments by the contractor to be implemented during the implementation phase of the project  Save human /workers lives: o Demolishing methodology should take place properly not to harm the people inside and outside the area of the project. o Provide safe ropes when handing on the walls during demolishing and building of external walls  Maintain property of the owner: o The available used materials and equipment of the existing building to be stored in an identified specified store by the owner.  Air quality and noise quality due to construction yard activity: o Implement the contractor camp in a convenient location away from the houses, and the main street to avoid its impact on the neighbors and get the permission of the owner on the location. The contractor should employ a care taker for the camp  Construction Workers Colony/site office: o Implement temporary room and W.C with water supply for the site supervisor and maintain water supply and continuously cleanness. o Construct a temporary kitchen and adequate W.Cs for workers and provide water for cooking and hygiene and connect it to cesspit or public sewerage network and prevent open defecation. o The solid waste and non-hazardous garbage should regularly taken out of the site and burned or transferred to land fill outside the city and for any chemical/ dangerous waste to be collected and disposed of by the specialized companies. o Drinking water facility shall be made available  Noise Pollution at site o Inspection and maintain devices that make noise o Scheduling properly the operation of the equipment and tools that make noise and disturbance and punctually operate this equipment and tools  Air Pollution o Sprinkle site with water, particularly during the drilling and filling and unloading sand, aggregate and force of employees in using masks o Covering containers when carrying the waste to the land fill in order to prevent falling waste on the road and select the route away from congested streets to reduce the time and do not cause traffic jams on the way  Equipment storage and maintenance yard: o Dangerous waste should be collected and kept at confined place. o Disposal of waste oils in a proper way or re-use it in lubricating equipment and tools or spray roads  Transportation of Construction material: o Routine check of vehicles used for transportation for the purpose of proper maintenance  Pollution (Water, soil quality): o Do not allow disposing any type of garbage on the Wadi and on the water well fields o Prevent the accumulation of water in the camp site (Filling the holes at the site and do not let it turn into ponds and swamps of standing water).  Severance due to trench opening: o Put warning signs / information near the execution sites.  Use of water on and off-site: 6 o All water on site will be transported in tankers by the Contractor of its own. No public water will be used for the existing network on the site. o No new well be allowed to dug for construction activity without proper approval from NWRA and EPA o Keep faucets well closed in the water tanks as well as repair all dripping with water leakage (if any)  Disposal of Construction debris: o Remove the excavated soil and discard to a place approved by the project supervisor engineer. o Get a confirmation letter from the landfill upon each unloaded container.  Earthwork, Rock cutting, grading, and compaction: o Proper safety measures shall be taken at site, construction sites shall be properly demarcated (Construct a temporary fence around the site based on a sketch to be agreed upon by the owner) and entry or trespassing through such sites shall be prohibited. o Worker shall use personnel protective equipment such as helmets, earmuffs, and eye- protective glasses o Keep the excavated soil away from the sides of the trench so as to prevent falling back to the trench with Supplying labors with and force them to use safety precautions for protecting their bodies during the work. o Remove wood pieces and nails from the site and keep them in piles and then dispose off. o Remove wood, stone, blocks and reinforcement steel out of the site o Make sure that piling the dust, sand, aggregates, reinforcement steel, cement bags in a way to prevent mixing of these materials with each other as well as to avoid erosion by water, especially when raining so that the material are kept quite stable  Traffic Management: o Secure assistance from local traffic police for traffic control (coordination) during construction phase (during in/out of, loading, un-loading of material and /or debris). o Warning signs/cautionary boards shall be placed near the construction site in urban areas/populated areas  Public safety: o Proper warning sign shall be placed at the construction sites. o Speed of construction vehicles shall be restricted to 50Km/hr o Prepare suitable bypass routes for the pedestrian within the site and prepare sketch to be agreed with the owner.  Nuisance to Public: o Do the necessary repairs as quick as possible when you cause a break of any kind of infrastructure services (water, electricity, sewage, communications, etc.) and make sure that the services have returned to neighboring houses (houses of beneficiaries) o Solve immediate complains/ problems with local people as soon as possible o Proper access shall be provided to the religious structures, markets, schools, and hospitals. o Use of Noise generating equipment at such points shall be restricted o Cover equipment and tools during non-operating in order to preserve them and prevent implementation delays due to malfunction. o Strict the working time to 8 hrs /day o Avoid any private property when placing construction camp or storage of construction equipment and materials.  Flushing and disinfecting: o Strict control of the material. Material shall be transported to the site in appropriate vehicles. 7 o Provision of first aid facility at construction camp and train someone to apply it and contacts (coordinate) with nearby clinics for serious cases.  Environmental Monitoring: o Establish monitoring system  Green area and nice view: o Plant appropriate number of trees and green spaces at the project site during the project implementation  Consider/ respect the dead bodies and monuments: o If dead bodies were found during excavation, transfer and buried them in a decent place. o If any monuments were found during excavations, inform the owner, who in turn informs the Ministry of Culture or the Department of Culture in the district.  Remove the implementation camp and bring the site as it was before unless the owner requested to keep part of such buildings. C- Environmental issues to be considered by the owner during the operation phase of the project:  Provide sustainable and safe water source during the life of the project (available since the public water network is available at the site).  Sorting of solid waste within the buildings and the site and disposed of by a contractor (out sourcing).  Use of awareness posters in the necessary locations for disposing the garbage on a proper place.  Awareness program should be conducted for water saving inside the building.  Employees should be aware by means of awareness program not to dump solids to the toilets since it will clog the sewers and affect negatively the operation of the WWTP. 1.15. Actions taken by GARWSP: 1.15.1. Regarding to the Environmental issues to be included by the project owner, the Engineer has included these issues in the design and accordingly in the tender document. The cost will be borne as part of the tender. The GARWSP has also taken the necessary steps to ensure that all ESMP costs are incorporated to the project cost as it appears in the WSSP restructuring paper. The GARWSP will also ensure that funds are made available for the smooth implementation and monitoring of ESMP activities. 1.15.2. Regarding to the Environmental issues as a commitments by the contractor to be implemented during the implementation phase of the project, the engineer has included an EIA item to be part of the tender document; the contractor will determine his cost and accordingly will be committed and monitored by GARWSP during the implementation. The cost will be borne by the project cost. The cost of this item is estimated in table 2 (ESMP) of this report. 1.15.3. Regarding to the Environmental issues to be considered by the owner during the operation phase of the project, GARWSP will consider that in the future during the building operation and it will be considered as part of their budget. 8 2. Monitoring Impact monitoring and compliance would be undertaken during pre-construction, construction and, post construction phases. Monitoring would be conducted to ensure that adverse environmental impacts outlined by the ESMP are properly mitigated. ESMP monitoring would be undertaken by the GARWSP subsectors’ focal persons, the Safeguards Advisor and the staff assigned by the EPA in collaboration with WUA or relevant independent body. The team will review implementation arrangements and ensure record keeping, inspect implementation procedures compliance and technical/mechanical soundness of equipment. Monitoring data and observations would be analyzed and reviewed at regular interval. The data would be compared with agreed operating standards. Depending on the scale and nature of the environmental parameter and issues to be considered, the team will decide whether visual observation and photographic documentation would be adequate or quantitate assessment of critical environmental parameters in addition to the visual observation would be needed. Where there is deviation, the team will report the deviations to the project manager and would provide recommendation for corrective action. The monitoring tables provided as table 3 identified parameters the team should follow while monitoring the ESMP activities. The EPA or an independent consultant hired by EPA would be responsible for independent monitoring of the four HQs office rehabilitation work if it is required. The GARWSP should keep in mind that this monitoring instrument may require minor or major revision if premises/facts under which it was prepared is no more valid. Changes should reflect the new reality (scale, location and new development on the ground) of each rehabilitation work. This should be done in consultation with the Bank. 9 General Authority for Rural Water and Sanitation Project (GARWSP) Sana'a Office Demolition and Re-construction Works Table -1 ENVIRONMENTAL& SOCIAL IMPACT SCREENING AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on MITIGATION Significance (Low, and/ or will it affect the following site, within 3km – 5km or MEASURES Medium, High) environmentally sensitive areas? beyond 5km) On Within Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 3-5 km 5km 1.0 SCREENING CRITERIA FOR IMPACTS DURING PROJECT PLANNING AND DESIGN National Parks and 1.1 game reserve √ 1.2 Wet-lands √ Productive traditional 1.3 agricultural/ grazing √ lands Areas with rare or 1.4 endangered flora or √ fauna Areas with outstanding 1.5 scenery/ tourist site √ Within steep slopes/ 1.6 mountains √ 1.7 Dry tropical forests √ Along lakes, along 1.8 beaches, riverine √ 1.9 Near industrial activities √ Noise reduction 1.10 Near human settlements √ √ √ Sprinkling dust Near cultural heritage 1.11 sites √ Within prime ground 1.12 water recharge area √ Within prime surface run 1.13 off √ 2.0 SCREENING CRITERIA FOR IMPACTS DURING IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION 2.1 Deforestation √ 2.2 Soil erosion and siltation √ 10 AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on MITIGATION Significance (Low, and/ or will it affect the following site, within 3km – 5km or MEASURES Medium, High) environmentally sensitive areas? beyond 5km) On Within Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 3-5 km 5km Siltation of 2.3 watercourses, dams √ Environmental degradation arising from 2.4 mining of construction √ materials Damage of wildlife 2.5 species and habitat √ Increased exposure to 2.6 agro-chemical √ √ √ Masks with filter pollutants/chlorine Hazardous wastes, 2.7 Asbestos, PCB’s √ Nuisance – smell or Noise reduction and 2.8 noise √ √ √ Mask with filter 2.9 Reduced water quality √ Increase in costs of 2.10 water treatment √ 2.11 Soil contamination √ 2.12 Loss of soil fertility √ Salinization or 2.13 alkalinization of soils √ Reduced flow and 2.14 availability of water √ Long term depletion of 2.15 water resource √ 2.16 Incidence of flooding √ Changes in migration 2.17 patterns of animals √ Introduce alien plants 2.18 and animals √ Increased incidence of 2.19 plant and animal √ diseases 3.0 SCREENING CRITERIA FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS 3.1 Loss of land/ and √ acquisition for human 11 AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on MITIGATION Significance (Low, and/ or will it affect the following site, within 3km – 5km or MEASURES Medium, High) environmentally sensitive areas? beyond 5km) On Within Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 3-5 km 5km settlement, farming, grazing Loss of assets, property-houses, 3.2 agricultural produce, √ etc. Remove explosives/ 3.3 Loss of livelihood √ √ carful during demolishing 3.4 Require a RAP or ARAP √ Loss of cultural sites, 3.5 graveyards, monuments √ Disruption of social 3.6 fabric √ Interference in 3.7 marriages for local √ people by workers Spread of STIs and HIV 3.8 and AIDS, due to √ migrant workers Increased incidence of 3.9 communicable diseases √ avoid contact with broken glass, connect with safe rope belt Health hazards to during stone wall 3.10 workers and √ √ √ demolishing, communities Fencing during demolishing Changes in human 3.11 settlement patterns √ Conflicts over use of 3.12 natural resources e.g. √ water, land, etc. Conflicts on land 3.13 ownership √ 12 AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on MITIGATION Significance (Low, and/ or will it affect the following site, within 3km – 5km or MEASURES Medium, High) environmentally sensitive areas? beyond 5km) On Within Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 3-5 km 5km Arrange a route and timing with Disruption of important 3.14 pathways, roads √ √ √ √ traffic police, cover the containers during debris transportation Good arrangement and fencing each Increased population building during the 3.15 influx √ √ √ work with the other buildings in the complex 3.16 Loss of cultural identity √ Loss of income 3.17 generating capacity √ 13 Water Sector Support Program (WSSP) General Authority for Rural Water and Sanitation Project (GARWSP) Sana'a Office Demolition and Re-construction Works Table 2-ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MITIGATION PLAN (ESMP) Costs Costs not Sl. Project Activity/ Responsible Monitoring deduncni deduncni ddni Mitigation Measure No. Environmental Issues organization Institution ddniTcdnci Tcdnci Doc Doc (YR) (YR) ntitntnIlelpmI Workers loss of EPA + 1 livelihood due to owner 500,000  Appoint an expert for Removal of remnant of explosives Consultant explosives Air quality and noise quality due to EPA + 1  Select sites for construction camp and storage yard at the Contractor (no cost) construction yard Consultant corner far from the nearest residential area. (no cost) activity  Install lavatory at construction workers colony/ site Construction Workers office. (50,000) Contractor EPA + 2 Colony/site office  Provision for collection of domestic refuse and its Consultant 120,000 disposal. (20,000)  Drinking water facility shall be made available. (50,000)  Workers working in the vicinity of equipment generating Contractor EPA + 3 Noise Pollution at site high noise levels provided with earplugs (20,000), Consultant  proper maintenance of construction equipment 20,000 /machinery and vehicles. (no cost)  Construction equipment/ machinery and vehicles to be maintained in good condition. (20,000) EPA + 4 Air Pollution  Dust cover to the vehicles carrying construction material Contractor 60,000 and dirt collected from the rehabilitation site. (no cost) Consultant  Sprinkling of water in dusty area. (20,000) During transportation, Vehicles shall be covered with 14 Costs Costs not Sl. Project Activity/ Responsible Monitoring deduncni deduncni ddni Mitigation Measure No. Environmental Issues organization Institution ddniTcdnci Tcdnci Doc Doc (YR) (YR) tarpaulin sheets. (20,000) Equipment storage and  Contractor EPA + Waste collection, storage and disposal in proper manner. 5 maintenance yard  Whenever possible (in case of lubricants) should be Consultant 20,000 reused.(20,000) Contractor Pollution (Water, soil  No waste shall be allowed to discharge into the existing EPA + 8 quality) WADI. Consultant (no cost) (no cost)  No water logging shall be allowed at construction site. Contractor Severance due to trench EPA + 9  Proper signboards/caution board shall be place near the opening Consultant construction sites. (20,000) 20,000 Use of water on and  All water on site will be transported in tankers by the Contractor EPA + 10 Contractor of its own. (100,000) off-site Consultant 100,000 No new well be allowed to dug for construction activity without proper approval from NWRA and EPA Borrow pits and  Firm-up contact with approved quarry and borrow pit Contractor EPA + 11 sources owner, obtain balance output and requirement of quarrying Consultant (no cost) material, if available. No new Quarry will be opened (no cost) unless clearance obtained from the EPA. (no cost)  Disposal of debris to the approved landfill sites located Disposal of away from habitations and well fields. (soil could well EPA + 12 be disposed to an approved site with supervisor, while Contractor 100,000 Construction debris Consultant debris should only disposed to the landfill and a certificate should be issued to prove such activity) (100,000) Contractor  Top 150 mm soil from virgin construction sites, borrow EPA + 13 Top soil areas shall be stored properly and should be reused (no Consultant (no cost) (no cost) cost) (fertile soil can be imported later from outside site)  Proper safety measures shall be taken at site, EPA + 14 Earthwork, Rock construction sites shall be properly demarcated and entry Contractor Consultant cutting, grading, and or trespassing through such sites shall be prohibited. 15 Costs Costs not Sl. Project Activity/ Responsible Monitoring deduncni deduncni ddni Mitigation Measure No. Environmental Issues organization Institution ddniTcdnci Tcdnci Doc Doc (YR) (YR) compaction  Worker shall use personnel protective equipment such as 100,000 helmets, earmuffs, and eye-protective glasses(100,000)  Secure assistance from local traffic police for traffic control during construction phase (during in/out of, Contractor EPA + 15 Traffic Management loading, un-loading of material and /or debris). Consultant 20,000  Warning signs/cautionary boards shall be placed near the construction site in urban areas/populated areas (20,000) Contractor  Proper warning sign shall be placed at the construction EPA + 16 Public safety sites. (no cost) (no cost) Consultant  Speed of construction vehicles shall be restricted to 50Km/hr(no cost)  Proper access shall be provided to the religious Contractor EPA + 17 Nuisance to Public structures, markets, schools, and hospitals. Consultant  Use of Noise generating equipment at such points shall be restricted. (no cost) Flushing and  Strict control of the material. Material shall be Contractor EPA + 18 transported to the site in appropriate vehicles. disinfecting Consultant  Provision of first aid facility at construction camp and 100,000 contacts with nearby clinics. (100,000) Disposal of Sewer Contractor EPA + 19  Disposal of debris to the approved landfill sites located pipes debris (no cost) Consultant (no cost) away from habitations and well fields (no cost) Environmental EPA + 20 20,000 Monitoring  Establish monitoring system. (20,000) Contractor Consultant 100,000  Plant 50 trees around the building (100,000) EPA + 21 Others  Remove the construction camp unless requested by the Consultant Contractor owner (no cost) Total estimated cost (YR) 680,000 600,000 16 Table 3: Summary of ESMP monitoring framework for Sana’a branch office rehabilitation work Parameter Location Monitoring means Frequency Phase GENERAL REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES Construction camp, storage Construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation of camp and Prior to and maintenance site storage yard located construction Pre-construction  Visual inspection and documentation camp and storage yard is work not on a private land Removal of remnant of Construction site  Inspection and photographic documentation of project site, Pre-construction explosives Construction site  Inspection and measurement of air quality – STANDARD TBD NA Construction Air quality Construction site and  Inspection and measurement of air quality within immediate Upon Construction immediate vicinity vicinity - STANDARD TBD complaints Construction site  Inspection and measurement of noise level - STANDARD TBD NA Construction Noise levels  Inspection of maintenance, equipment, machinery, and vehicles Construction site immediate  Inspection and measurement of noise level upon complaints - Upon Construction vicinity STANDARD TBD complaints Construction Workers Colony Construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation of Monthly and as lavatories, waste disposal and drinking water facilities needed Construction Health and safety Construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation, o Inspection of workers safety equipment, Monthly Construction o Inspection of drilling emergency response plan Waste and disposal Construction disposal site and  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Monthly and as Construction storage yard needed Top Soil Construction site  Visual inspection, measurement and photographic Weekly Construction documentation Earth, rock cutting, grading Construction site  Visual inspection, measurement and photographic Weekly Construction and compaction documentation, Surface water/Wadi Nearby wadi/riverbed  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Weekly Construction Nearby wadi/riverbed  Water quality inspection Monthly Construction Soil and Groundwater Construction site and nearest  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Monthly Construction water wells  Water quality inspection Monthly Construction Public Safety/Severance due Vicinity of construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Weekly Construction to trench opening/ Traffic Disposal of debris Vicinity of construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Weekly Construction Trees & camp restoration Storage and maintenance site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation As needed Post-construction 17 Water Sector Support Program (WSSP) General Authority for Rural Water and Sanitation Project (GARWSP) Sana'a Office Demolition and Re-construction Works Table 4- ESMP IMPLEMENTATION CHECKLIST Description of Activities Yes No Remarks, if any 1. General: Recommendations required from ESMP being met and maintained? - Have workers working in the noisy areas been provided with protective devices? - Are workers working in good sanitation system? - Are medical check-up being done for the workers? - Are construction personnel, equipment, and vehicles operating within the defined work area? - Is sprinkling of water being done during backfilling and excavation in densely populated areas? - Are garbage, construction debris, and other waste being collected regularly and disposed off properly? According to the approved methodology/sites - Are the vehicles carrying material and debris being covered properly? During transportation - Are the vehicles using approved access routes? Timing- not at peak hour - Are all necessary utility approvals, diversion plans, and traffic management plans in place? 2. Access Roads: - Are access roads properly demarcated? - Is run-off from access roads causing water logging? - 3. Camps: - Are camps located correctly? - Are a store/space provided for material and equipment handed over from the contractor - Are lavatory facilities provided in construction camps? - Is septic tank built in the camps? - Is proper drainage system provided? - Is water logging condition prevailing inside the camp? - Are potable water facilities provided inside the camp? - Are domestic refuse and solid waste collected regularly and disposed to the approved landfill sites? - Are camps secured properly? - Are all fuel stores etc. placed on appropriately sized hard stands? - Are fuelling and maintenance of equipment conducted at defined sites? Oil and grease and spare parts - Are proper records being kept on volume of waste generated - Are first aid facilities provided at sites and camps? - Are good housekeeping practices followed at camps? 17 Table 4- ESMP IMPLEMENTATION CHECKLIST Description of Activities Yes No Remarks, if any 4. i. Material storage: - Are materials stored properly? - Are soil heaps of an appropriate size? - Is there evidence of excessive wind blowing off material? If so, such material should be stored in confined places - Is there evidence of turbid waters running off from heaps? 5. Excavation and digging works: - Are excavated sites shielded properly at/near sensitive receptors like schools, mosques, and institutional buildings? - Are access points to the excavated sites or trenches appropriate? - Is top soil being salvaged and placed as specified in the contract specifications? - Are men working in excavated site or trenches equipped and protected properly? - Is cut material placed away from sides of excavated sites or trenches? 6. Backfill: - Are soil and topsoil properly replaced without mixing? Is backfill done properly? 7. Construction sites: - Are site secured properly? - Are warning signs/cautionary boards placed near the construction site? - Are deep excavated sites barricaded properly especially near schools, mosques, hospitals, and the roads? - Are good housekeeping practices followed at construction sites? - Are proper public safety provided near the operation of heavy equipment? - Are materials stored properly especially bitumen? 8. Clean up: - Is the final clean up appropriately timed up? - Has all man-made debris peers removed? - Has access to all areas been restored? - Have all excavated sites /trenches/construction camps/workers camps been restored to as close as practicable to original configurations? 18 Republic of Yemen Ministry of Water and Environment Water Sector Support Program (WSSP) Environmental and Social Mitigation Plan (ESMP) Project #2 HQ Office Rehabilitation Works General Authority for Rural Water and Sanitation Project (GARWSP) REHBILITATION OF HQ BUILDING AS A RESULT OF CONFLICT AND SHOOTING BY DIFFERENT PARTIES AT AL-HASABAH, SANA'A, YEMEN By Dr. Eng. Fadhl Ali Al-Nozaily EIA expert September 2012 19 2. GARWSP main building and its sub-main buildings 2.1. Field visit: 2.1.1. The main building Visitors: Dr. Fadhl Ali Al-Nozaily (EIA Expert), Moneer Mohamed Al-Jahafi (Assistant EIA Expert). Date of visit: 5 August 2012 Picture (1) Meeting with GARWSP Chairman during the field visit Picture (2) explosives discovered at the site by the military experts 20 Picture (3): The affected areas as a result of the shooting, which may lead to serious damages in the structure of the building either reinforced concrete and/or outside stonewalls of the building outside (Picture 4) shows the burned communication network,servers andmodems (Picture 5)shows bullets of the battle which has caused to break off glasses of doors and windows, weapons destroyed the roof metallic water tank, human waste is also due the un- ability of the soldiers to move from such place which was subjected to heavy shooting . 2.1.2. Laboratory building: Picture (6): The destructed infrastructure of the lab 21 The General Secretary: Picture (7) the destructed external stone wall and windows of the general secretary building to be rehabilitated 2.1.3. The workshop beside the lab to be rehabilitated Picture (8) the destructed workshop besides the lab building to be rehabilitated 2.1.4. The buffet: Picture (9) The destructed buffet of the GARWSP to be rehabilitated 2.1.5. The steel structure store: Picture (10) the burned steel structure to be re constructed 22 2.2. Laboratories and equipment: The Laboratory will be used for analyzing water and waste qualities. COD, Nitrogen, phosphorous will end with solution to be discarded. Measure will be taken to train and increase awareness level of workers in the laboratory on disposal of liquid chemical waste in safe and healthy manners inside and outside of the laboratory. Workers will be required to store liquid chemical waste into plastic containers inside and will then be required to transfer from the plastic containers into the liquid waste evaporation small tank outside the building. 2.3. Existing Sanitation: Toilets are connected to the public sanitary network available at Amran Road. 2.4. Existing water supply: The public water network is available at the site and considered the main and sustainable source. 2.5. Depth of water aquifer in the area: Depth of wells is around 300-500m 2.6. Availability of rainwater harvesting projects in the area Not Available 2.7. Source of Electric power:- Public Electricity at the area. 2.8. The operational Cadre: They are part of the cadre of the Ministry of water and Environment 2.9. Operational regime: The building is operated as ONE shift between 8am -3pm. 2.10. Contents of the new project:  Removal of Garbage  Rehabilitation of Reinforced concrete  Rehabilitation of external stone walls  Plastering  Painting  Doors and windows  Sanitary works  Electrical works  Decoration and false ceilings  Steel structures  Rehabilitation of the main laboratory 2.11. Screening form results: - The project is NOT a new rather a rehabilitation of the existing project at public land - Does not raise land ownership problems - Does not affect sites or historical or cultural importance Moreover, the operation and maintenance of this project will be handed over to the GARWSP management once it is rehabilitated. 23 2.12. Expected Impact from the project and the management plan and monitoring: The Environmental & Social Impact Screening is listed in Tables 1. The Environmental and Social Mitigation Plan and its estimated cost (ESMP) is summarized in Table 2. ESMP CHECKLIST is presented in Table 3. 2.13. Recommendations and action taken by GARWSP: It is recommended that the project of Rehabilitation is implemented considering the following mitigation measures: A-Environmental issues to be implemented by the owner:  The permit to discharge the solid waste to an authorized final destination must be obtained from the responsible authorities before starting to discharge any waste. The permit to discharge the solid waste must be attached to the ESMP and no waste discharge shall take place prior to obtaining the permit to discharge.  Make sure that explosives have been removed from within the site fully in order to protect the operators’ lives. (Security authorities have handed over all buildings and their sites after check and free them from explosives. Moreover, an explosives expert whose job is to remove explosives and landmines in a safe manner will be appointed to check the site and render it safe for workers).  Identify a specific store for the used materials and equipment of the project, which will be handed by the contractor and replaced in the tender (considered).  Make sure that the sewerage connection to the public sewer system leading to the wastewater treatment plant (considered).  Make the necessary arrangements to provide for the future rainwater harvesting system from both roofs and site to a rainwater harvesting tank to be used for both irrigation and toilet siphon by means of pumps and pipes networks as an alternative water source to alleviate water scarcity.  Make sure that the rainwater from roofs is drained through pipes (has been considered)  Make the necessary and possible arrangements to implement two pipes system to separate the greywater in the future to be used for irrigation through introducing a tank and pump with irrigation network.  Make the necessary and possible arrangements to apply future solar energy units as an alternative energy source to reduce electrical energy consumption by focusing in the future on the replacement of electric by solar heaters.  Construct a specifically designed tank for evaporating the liquid waste received from laboratory with using plastic bottles for waste collection inside the lab.(considered in the tender document)  Add in the BoQan electric generator with generator room as a reserve energy source when power outages, to run the building and the laboratory, taking into account the noise and smoke from the generator in the proper site selection (has been considered).  Avoid noise and impact on the project by using low noise air conditioners (has been considered).  Identify separate men and women W.Cs (available in the existing building).  Emphasis on providing a sustainable source of water and the provision of ventilation system for ground storage tanks (already connected to the public water supply network).  Including all above environmental measures in the As built drawings (will be considered) B- Environmental issues to be implemented by the contractor as commitment to be implemented during the implementation phase of the project:  Save human /workers lives: 24 o Provide safe ropes when handing on the walls during maintenance of external walls  Maintain property of the owner: o The available used materials and equipment of the existing building to be stored in an identified specified store by the owner.  Air quality and noise quality due to construction yard activity: o Implement the contractor camp in a convenient location away from the houses, and the main street to avoid its impact on the neighbors and get the permission of the owner on the location. The contractor should employ a care taker for the camp  Construction Workers Colony/site office: o Implement temporary room and W.C with water supply for the site supervisor and maintain water supply and continuously cleanness. o Construct a temporary kitchen and adequate W.Cs for workers and provide water for cooking and hygiene and connect it to cesspit or public sewerage network and prevent open defecation. o The solid waste and non-hazardous garbage should regularly taken out of the site and burned or transferred to land fill outside the city and for any chemical/ dangerous waste to be collected and disposed of by the specialized companies. o Drinking water facility shall be made available  Noise Pollution at site o Inspection and maintain devices that make noise o Scheduling properly the operation of the equipment and tools that make noise and disturbance and punctually operate this equipment and tools  Air Pollution o Sprinkle site with water, particularly during unloading sand, aggregate and force of employees in using masks o Covering containers when carrying the waste to the land fill in order to prevent falling waste on the road and select the route away from congested streets to reduce the time and do not cause traffic jams on the way  Equipment storage and maintenance yard: o Dangerous waste should be collected and kept at confined place. o Disposal of waste oils in a proper way or re-use it in lubricating equipment and tools or spray roads  Transportation of Construction material: o Routine check of vehicles used for transportation for the purpose of proper maintenance.  Pollution (Water, soil quality): o Do not allow disposing any type of garbage on the Wadi and on the water well fields o Prevent the accumulation of water in the camp site(Filling the holes at the site and do not let it turn into ponds and swamps of standing water).  Use of water on and off-site: o All water on site will be transported in tankers by the Contractor of its own. No public water will be used for the existing network on the site. o No new well be allowed to dug for construction activity without proper approval from NWRA and EPA o Keep faucets well closed in the water tanks as well as repair all dripping with water leakage (if any)  Disposal of Construction debris: o Get a confirmation letter from the landfill upon each unloaded container.  Earthwork, Rock cutting, grading, and compaction: o Proper safety measures shall be taken at site, construction sites shall be properly demarcated (Construct a temporary fence around the site based on a sketch to be 25 agreed upon by the owner) and entry or trespassing through such sites shall be prohibited. o Worker shall use personnel protective equipment such as helmets, earmuffs, and eye-protective glasses o Remove wood pieces and nails from the site and keep them in piles and then dispose off. o Remove wood, stone, blocks and reinforcement steel out of the site o Make sure that piling the dust, sand, aggregates, reinforcement steal, cement bags in a way to prevent mixing of these materials with each other as well as to avoid erosion by water, especially when raining so that the material are kept quite stable  Traffic Management: o Secure assistance from local traffic police for traffic control (coordination) during construction phase (during in/out of, loading, un-loading of material and /or debris). o Warning signs/cautionary boards shall be placed near the construction site in urban areas/populated areas  Public safety: o Proper warning sign shall be placed at the construction sites. o Speed of construction vehicles shall be restricted to 50Km/hr o Prepare suitable bypass routes for the pedestrian within the site and prepare sketch to be agreed with the owner.  Nuisance to Public: o Do the necessary repairs as quick as possible when you cause a break of any kind of infrastructure services (water, electricity, sewage, communications, etc.) and make sure that the services have returned to neighboring houses (houses of beneficiaries) o Solve immediate complains/ problems with local people as soon as possible o Proper access shall be provided to the religious structures, markets, schools, and hospitals. o Use of Noise generating equipment at such points shall be restricted o Cover equipment and tools during non-operating in order to preserve them and prevent implementation delays due to malfunction. o Strict the working time to 8 hrs /day o Avoid any private property when placing construction camp or storage of construction equipment and materials.  Flushing and disinfecting: o Strict control of the material. Material shall be transported to the site in appropriate vehicles. o Provision of first aid facility at construction camp and train someone to apply it and contacts (coordinate) with nearby clinics for serious cases.  Environmental Monitoring: o Establish monitoring system  Green area and nice view: o Plant appropriate number of trees and green spaces at the project site during the project implementation  Remove the implementation camp and bring the site as it was before unless the owner requested to keep part of such buildings. C- Environmental issues to be considered by the owner during the operation of the project:  Provide a suitable and sustainable water source (the building is connected to the public water network). 26  Sort of solid waste within the buildings and the site and disposed of by a contractor.  Use of awareness posters in the necessary locations.  Make workers in the laboratory aware on the disposal of chemical waste in a healthy and safe manner inside the laboratory by means of plastic containers and then transfer into the tank prepared at the outside of the building. The laboratory will be used for analyzing water and probably wastewater quality. COD, Nitrogen, phosphorous analysis will end with solutions to be discarded. To avoid damping such chemicals including heavy metals to the public sewers, a small evaporation tank shall be used.  Awareness program should be conducted for water saving.  Employees at the building need an awareness program to know that the big solids, mineral oil or garbage should not be disposed to the toilets as it will affect negatively the network and performance of the treatment. 2.1. Actions taken by GARWSP: 2.1.1. Regarding to the Environmental issues to be included by the project owner, the Engineer has considered some of these issues to be implemented during the rehabilitation while others will be considered for the future. Accordingly, only those activities for which the costs have been included will be borne as part of the tender. The GARWSP has also taken the necessary steps to ensure that all ESMP costs are incorporated to the project cost as it appears in the WSSP restructuring paper. The GARWSP will also ensure that funds are made available for the smooth implementation and monitoring of ESMP activities. 2.1.2. Regarding to the Environmental issues as a commitments by the contractor to be implemented during the implementation phase of the project, the engineer has included an EIA item to be part of the tender document; the contractor will determine his cost and accordingly will be committed and monitored by GARWSP during the implementation. The cost will be borne by the project cost. The cost of this item is estimated in table 2(ESMP) of this report. 2.1.3. Regarding to the Environmental issues to be considered by the owner during the operation phase of the project, GARWSP will consider that in the future during the building operation and it will be considered as part of their operational budget. 3. Monitoring Impact monitoring and compliance would be undertaken during pre-construction, construction and, post construction phases. Monitoring would be conducted to ensure that adverse environmental impacts outlined by the ESMP are properly mitigated. ESMP monitoring would be undertaken by the GARWSP subsectors’ focal persons, the Safeguards Advisor and the staff assigned by the EPA in collaboration with WUA or relevant independent body. The team will review implementation arrangements and ensure record keeping, inspect implementation procedures compliance and technical/mechanical soundness of equipment. Monitoring data and observations would be analyzed and reviewed at regular interval. The data would be compared with agreed operating standards. Depending on the scale and nature of the environmental parameter and issues to be considered, the team will decide whether visual observation and photographic documentation would be adequate or quantitate 27 assessment of critical environmental parameters in addition to the visual observation would be needed. Where there is deviation, the team will report the deviations to the project manager and would provide recommendation for corrective action. The monitoring tables provided as table 3 identified parameters the team should follow while monitoring the ESMP activities. The EPA or an independent consultant hired by EPA would be responsible for independent monitoring of the four HQs office rehabilitation work if it is required. The GARWSP should keep in mind that this monitoring instrument may require minor or major revision if premises/facts under which it was prepared is no more valid. Changes should reflect the new reality (scale, location and new development on the ground) of each rehabilitation work. This should be done in consultation with the Bank. 28 General Authority for Rural Water and Sanitation Project (GARWSP) HQ office maintenance Works Table -1 ENVIRONMENTAL& SOCIAL IMPACT SCREENING AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on site, MITIGATION Significance (Low, Medium, and/ or will it affect the following within 3km – 5km or beyond MEASURES High) environmentally sensitive areas? 5km) On Within 3- Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 5 km 5km 1.0 SCREENING CRITERIA FOR IMPACTS DURING PROJECT PLANNING AND DESIGN National Parks and 1.1 game reserve √ 1.2 Wet-lands √ Productive traditional 1.3 agricultural/ grazing √ lands Areas with rare or 1.4 endangered flora or √ fauna Areas with 1.5 outstanding scenery/ √ tourist site Within steep slopes/ 1.6 mountains √ 1.7 Dry tropical forests √ Along lakes, along 1.8 beaches, riverine √ Near industrial 1.9 activities √ Noise reduction Near human 1.10 settlements √ √ √ Sprinkling dust Near cultural heritage 1.11 sites √ Within prime ground 1.12 water recharge area √ Within prime surface 1.13 run off √ 2.0 SCREENING CRITERIA FOR IMPACTS DURING IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION 2.1 Deforestation √ Soil erosion and 2.2 siltation √ 29 AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on site, MITIGATION Significance (Low, Medium, and/ or will it affect the following within 3km – 5km or beyond MEASURES High) environmentally sensitive areas? 5km) On Within 3- Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 5 km 5km Siltation of 2.3 watercourses, dams √ Environmental degradation arising 2.4 from mining of √ construction materials Damage of wildlife 2.5 species and habitat √ Increased exposure Masks with 2.6 to agro-chemical √ √ √ filter pollutants/chlorine Hazardous wastes, 2.7 Asbestos, PCB’s √ Noise reduction Nuisance – smell or 2.8 noise √ √ √ and Mask with filter Reduced water 2.9 quality √ Increase in costs of 2.10 water treatment √ 2.11 Soil contamination √ 2.12 Loss of soil fertility √ Salinization or 2.13 alkalinization of soils √ Reduced flow and 2.14 availability of water √ Long term depletion 2.15 of water resource √ 2.16 Incidence of flooding √ Changes in migration 2.17 patterns of animals √ Introduce alien plants 2.18 and animals √ Increased incidence 2.19 of plant and animal √ diseases 3.0 SCREENING CRITERIA FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS 3.1 Loss of land/ and √ acquisition for human 30 AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on site, MITIGATION Significance (Low, Medium, and/ or will it affect the following within 3km – 5km or beyond MEASURES High) environmentally sensitive areas? 5km) On Within 3- Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 5 km 5km settlement, farming, grazing Loss of assets, property-houses, 3.2 agricultural produce, √ etc. Remove 3.3 Loss of livelihood √ √ explosives Require a RAP or 3.4 ARAP √ Loss of cultural sites, 3.5 graveyards, √ monuments Disruption of social 3.6 fabric √ Interference in 3.7 marriages for local √ people by workers Spread of STIs and 3.8 HIV and AIDS, due to √ migrant workers Increased incidence of 3.9 communicable √ diseases Avoid smelling chlorine; avoid contact with broken glass, Health hazards to check stability 3.10 workers and √ √ √ of the structure communities and connect with safe rope belt during stone wall maintenance Changes in human 3.11 settlement patterns √ Conflicts over use of 3.12 natural resources e.g. √ water, land, etc. Conflicts on land 3.13 ownership √ 3.14 Disruption of √ √ √ √ Arrange a important pathways, route and 31 AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on site, MITIGATION Significance (Low, Medium, and/ or will it affect the following within 3km – 5km or beyond MEASURES High) environmentally sensitive areas? 5km) On Within 3- Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 5 km 5km roads timing with traffic police, cover the containers during debris transportation Good arrangement and fencing Increased population each building 3.15 influx √ √ √ during the work with the other buildings in the complex Loss of cultural 3.16 identity √ Loss of income 3.17 generating capacity √ 32 Water Sector Support Program (WSSP) General Authority for Rural Water and Sanitation Project (GARWSP) HQ office maintenance Works Table 2-ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MITIGATION PLAN (ESMP) Costs Costs not Sl. deduncni deduncni ddni Project Activity/ Responsible Monitoring ddni Tcdnci Doc No. Environmental Issues Mitigation Measure organization Institution Tcdnci (YR) Doc (YR) ntitntnIlelpmI Workers loss of EPA + 500,000 1 livelihood due to  Appoint an expert for Removal of remnant of owner Consultant explosives explosives Air quality and noise EPA + Contractor quality due to  Select sites for construction camp and storage yard at Consultant 1 (no cost) construction yard the corner far from the nearest residential area. (no (no cost) activity cost)  Install lavatory at construction workers colony/ site EPA + office. (50,000) Contractor Consultant Construction Workers 2  Provision for collection of domestic refuse and its 120,000 Colony/site office disposal. (20,000)  Drinking water facility shall be made available. (50,000)  Workers working in the vicinity of equipment EPA + Contractor generating high noise levels provided with earplugs Consultant 3 Noise Pollution at site (20,000), 20,000  proper maintenance of construction equipment /machinery and vehicles. (no cost) 4 Air Pollution  Construction equipment/ machinery and vehicles to be Contractor EPA + maintained in good condition. (20,000) 33 Costs Costs not Sl. deduncni deduncni ddni Project Activity/ Responsible Monitoring ddni Tcdnci Doc No. Environmental Issues Mitigation Measure organization Institution Tcdnci (YR) Doc (YR)  Dust cover to the vehicles carrying construction Consultant 60,000 material and dirt collected from the rehabilitation site. (no cost)  Sprinkling of water in dusty area. (20,000) During transportation, Vehicles shall be covered with tarpaulin sheets. (20,000) Equipment storage and  Waste collection, storage and disposal in proper Contractor EPA + 5 manner. Consultant maintenance yard  Whenever possible (in case of lubricants) should be 20,000 reused.(20,000) EPA + 6  OUT Consultant EPA + 7  OUT Consultant Pollution (Water, soil  No waste shall be allowed to discharge into the Contractor EPA + 8 existing WADI. Consultant quality)  No water logging shall be allowed at construction site. (no cost) no cost) (no cost) Contractor EPA + Severance due to trench 9  Proper signboards/caution board shall be place near the Consultant opening construction sites. (20,000) 20,000 Use of water on and  All water on site will be transported in tankers by the Contractor EPA + 10 Contractor of its own. (100,000) Consultant off-site 100,000 No new well be allowed to dug for construction activity without proper approval from NWRA and EPA Borrow pits and  Firm-up contact with approved quarry and borrow pit Contractor EPA + 11 sources owner, obtain balance output and requirement Consultant quarrying (no cost) of material, if available. No new Quarry will be opened (no cost) unless clearance obtained from the EPA. (no cost) 34 Costs Costs not Sl. deduncni deduncni ddni Project Activity/ Responsible Monitoring ddni Tcdnci Doc No. Environmental Issues Mitigation Measure organization Institution Tcdnci (YR) Doc (YR)  Disposal of debris to the approved landfill sites located EPA + away from habitations and well fields. (soil could well Contractor Consultant Disposal of 12 be disposed to an approved site with supervisor, while 100,000 Construction debris debris should only disposed to the landfill and a certificate should be issued to prove such activity) (100,000)  Top 150 mm soil from virgin construction sites, EPA + 13 Top soil borrow areas shall be stored properly and should be Contractor Consultant reused (no cost) (fertile soil can be imported later from (no cost) outside site)  Proper safety measures shall be taken at site, EPA + Earthwork, Rock construction sites shall be properly demarcated and Consultant Contractor entry or trespassing through such sites shall be 100,000 14 cutting, grading, and prohibited. compaction  Worker shall use personnel protective equipment such as helmets, earmuffs, and eye-protective glasses (100,000)  Secure assistance from local traffic police for traffic EPA + control during construction phase (during in/out of, Contractor Consultant 15 Traffic Management loading, un-loading of material and /or debris). 20,000  Warning signs/cautionary boards shall be placed near the construction site in urban areas/populated areas (20,000) EPA +  Proper warning sign shall be placed at the construction Contractor Consultant 16 Public safety sites. (no cost)  Speed of construction vehicles shall be restricted to 50Km/hr(no cost)  Proper access shall be provided to the religious EPA + 17 Nuisance to Public structures, markets, schools, and hospitals. Contractor Consultant  Use of Noise generating equipment at such points shall (no cost) be restricted. (no cost) 35 Costs Costs not Sl. deduncni deduncni ddni Project Activity/ Responsible Monitoring ddni Tcdnci Doc No. Environmental Issues Mitigation Measure organization Institution Tcdnci (YR) Doc (YR) Flushing and  Strict control of the material. Material shall be Contractor EPA + 18 transported to the site in appropriate vehicles. Consultant disinfecting  Provision of first aid facility at construction camp and 100,000 contacts with nearby clinics. (100,000) Disposal of Sewer Contractor EPA + 19  Disposal of debris to the approved landfill sites located Consultant pipes debris (no cost) away from habitations and well fields (no cost) EPA + Environmental 20 Contractor Consultant Monitoring  Establish monitoring system. (20,000) 20,000 EPA +  Plant 50 trees around the building (100,000) 21 Others Contractor Consultant  Remove the construction camp unless requested by 100,000 the owner (no cost) Total estimated cost (YR) 680,000 600,000 36 Table 3: Summary of monitoring framework for GARWSP HQ rehabilitation work Parameter Location Monitoring means Frequency Phase GENERAL REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES Construction camp, storage Construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation of camp and Prior to and maintenance site storage yard located construction Pre-construction  Visual inspection and documentation camp and storage yard is work not on a private land Removal of remnant of Construction site  Inspection and photographic documentation of project site, Pre-construction explosives Construction site  Inspection and measurement of air quality – STANDARD TBD NA Construction Air quality Construction site and  Inspection and measurement of air quality within immediate Upon Construction immediate vicinity vicinity - STANDARD TBD complaints Construction site  Inspection and measurement of noise level - STANDARD TBD NA Construction Noise levels  Inspection of maintenance, equipment, machinery, and vehicles Construction site immediate  Inspection and measurement of noise level upon complaints - Upon Construction vicinity STANDARD TBD complaints Construction Workers Colony Construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation of Monthly and as lavatories, waste disposal and drinking water facilities needed Construction Health and safety Construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation, o Inspection of workers safety equipment, Monthly Construction o Inspection of drilling emergency response plan Waste and disposal Construction disposal site and  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Monthly and as Construction storage yard needed Top Soil Construction site  Visual inspection, measurement and photographic Weekly Construction documentation Earth, rock cutting, grading Construction site  Visual inspection, measurement and photographic Weekly Construction and compaction documentation, Surface water/Wadi Nearby wadi/riverbed  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Weekly Construction Nearby wadi/riverbed  Water quality inspection Monthly Construction Soil and Groundwater Construction site and nearest  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Monthly Construction water wells  Water quality inspection Monthly Construction Public Safety/Severance due Vicinity of construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Weekly Construction to trench opening/ Traffic Disposal of debris Vicinity of construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Weekly Construction Trees & camp restoration Storage and maintenance site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation As needed Post-construction 37 Water Sector Support Program (WSSP) General Authority for Rural Water and Sanitation Project (GARWSP) HQ office maintenance Works Table 4- ESMP IMPLEMENTATION CHECKLIST Description of Activities Yes No Remarks, if any 9. General: Recommendations required from ESMP being met and maintained? - Have workers working in the noisy areas been provided with protective devices? - Are workers working in good sanitation system? - Are medical check-up being done for the workers? - Are construction personnel, equipment, and vehicles operating within the defined work area? - Is sprinkling of water being done during backfilling and excavation in densely populated areas? - Are garbage, construction debris, and other waste being collected regularly and disposed off properly? According to the approved methodology/sites - Are the vehicles carrying material and debris being covered properly? During transportation - Are the vehicles using approved access routes? Timing- not at peak hour - Are all necessary utility approvals, diversion plans, and traffic management plans in place? 10. Access Roads: - Are access roads properly demarcated? - Is run-off from access roads causing water logging? - 11. Camps: - Are camps located correctly? - Are a store/space provided for material and equipment handed over from the contractor - Are lavatory facilities provided in construction camps? - Is septic tank built in the camps? - Is proper drainage system provided? - Is water logging condition prevailing inside the camp? - Are potable water facilities provided inside the camp? - Are domestic refuse and solid waste collected regularly and disposed to the approved landfill sites? - Are camps secured properly? - Are all fuel stores etc. placed on appropriately sized hard stands? - Are fuelling and maintenance of equipment conducted at defined sites? Oil and grease and spare parts - Are proper records being kept on volume of waste generated - Are first aid facilities provided at sites and camps? 37 Table 4- ESMP IMPLEMENTATION CHECKLIST Description of Activities Yes No Remarks, if any - Are good housekeeping practices followed at camps? 12. i. Material storage: - Are materials stored properly? - Are soil heaps of an appropriate size? - Is there evidence of excessive wind blowing off material? If so, such material should be stored in confined places - Is there evidence of turbid waters running off from heaps? 13. Excavation and digging works: - Are excavated sites shielded properly at/near sensitive receptors like schools, mosques, and institutional buildings? - Are access points to the excavated sites or trenches appropriate? - Is top soil being salvaged and placed as specified in the contract specifications? - Are men working in excavated site or trenches equipped and protected properly? - Is cut material placed away from sides of excavated sites or trenches? 14. Backfill: - Are soil and topsoil properly replaced without mixing? Is backfill done properly? 15. Construction sites: - Are site secured properly? - Are warning signs/cautionary boards placed near the construction site? - Are deep excavated sites barricaded properly especially near schools, mosques, hospitals, and the roads? - Are good housekeeping practices followed at construction sites? - Are proper public safety provided near the operation of heavy equipment? - Are materials stored properly especially bitumen? 16. Clean up: - Is the final clean up appropriately timed up? - Has all man-made debris peers removed? - Has access to all areas been restored? - Have all excavated sites /trenches/construction camps/workers camps been restored to as close as practicable to original configurations? 38 Project #3 HQ Office Rehabilitation Works Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) Environmental and Social Mitigation Plan (ESMP) REHBILITATION OF HQ BUILDING AS A RESULT OF CONFLICT AND SHOOTING BY DIFFERENT PARTIES AT AL-HASABAH, SANA'A, YEMEN By Dr. Eng. Fadhl Ali Al-Nozaily EIA expert September 2012 39 3. MWE main building and its sub-main buildings 3.1. Field visit: 3.1.1. The main building Visitors: Dr. Fadhl Ali Al-Nozaily (EIA Expert), Moneer Mohamed Al-Jahafi (Assistant EIA Expert). Date of visit: 8 August 2012 Picture (1) A tour inside the building guided by the Guard during the field visit Picture (2) The affected areas as a result of the shooting, which may lead to serious damages in the structure of the building either reinforced concrete and/or outside stonewalls of the building outside 40 (picture 3) shows the burned communication network, servers and modems Picture (4) Destruction inside and outside the building which has caused to break off glasses of doors and windows, human waste is also in place. Picture (5) explosives discovered at the site by the military experts 3.1.2. Human Resources Development building: Picutre (6): The shooted window and outside wall of the HRD building- A tour with MrYasin (Head of the HRD dept) and the guard- building to be rehabilitated 3.2. Existing Sanitation: Toilets are connected to the existing public sanitary network available at Amran Road. 3.3. Existing water supply: The public water network is available at the site 3.4. Depth of water aquifer in the area: Depth of wells is around 300-500m 3.5. Availability of rainwater harvesting projects in the area Not Available 3.6. Source of Electric power:- Public Electricity at the area. 41 3.7. The operational Cadre: They are part of the cadre of the Ministry of water and Environment 3.8. Operational regime: The building is operated as ONE shift between 8am -3pm. 3.9. Contents of the new project (MWE HQ office):  Doors and windows  Walls (stone and block)  Plastering and painting  Sanitary and plumbing works  Air conditioning  Parking zinc  Electric works 3.10. Contents of the new project (HRD building):  Doors and windows  Walls (stone and block)  Plastering and painting  Sanitary and plumbing works  Air conditioning  Electric works 3.11. Screening form results: - The project is NOT a new rather a Rehabilitation of the existing building at a public land - Does not raise land ownership problems - Does not affect sites or historical or cultural importance Moreover, the operation and maintenance of this project will be handed over to the MWE management once it is rehabilitated. 3.12. Expected Impact from the project and the management plan and monitoring: The Environmental & Social Impact Screening is listed in Tables 1. The Environmental and Social Mitigation Plan and its estimated cost (ESMP) is summarized in Table 2. ESMP CHECKLIST is presented in Table 3. 3.13. Recommendations and action taken by MWE: It is recommended that the project of Rehabilitation is implemented considering the following mitigation measures: A- Environmental issues to be the responsibility of the owner:  The permit to discharge the solid waste to an authorized final destination must be obtained from the responsible authorities before starting to discharge any waste. The permit to discharge the solid waste must be attached to the ESMP and no waste discharge shall take place prior to obtaining the permit to discharge. 42  Make sure that explosives have been removed from within the site fully in order to protect the operators’ lives. (Security authorities have handed over all buildings and their sites after check and free them from explosives. Moreover, an explosives expert whose job is to remove explosives and landmines in a safe manner will be appointed to check the site and render it safe for workers).  Identify a specific store for the used materials and equipment of the project , which will be handed by the contractor and replaced in the tender (considered).  Make sure that the sewerage connection to the public sewer system leading to the wastewater treatment plant (considered).  Make the necessary arrangements to provide for the future rainwater harvesting system from both roofs and site to a rainwater harvesting tank to be used for both irrigation and toilet siphon by means of pumps and pipes networks as an alternative water source to alleviate water scarcity.  Make sure that the rainwater from roofs is drained through pipes (has been considered)  Make the necessary and possible arrangements to implement two pipes system to separate the greywater in the future to be used for irrigation through introducing a tank and pump with irrigation network.  Make the necessary and possible arrangements to apply future solar energy units as an alternative energy source to reduce electrical energy consumption by focusing in the future on the replacement of electric by solar heaters.  Add in the BoQan electric generator with generator room as a reserve energy source when power outages, to run the building, taking into account the noise and smoke from the generator in the proper site selection (has been considered).  Avoid noise and impact on the project by using low noise air conditioners (has been considered).  Identify separate men and women W.Cs (available in the existing building).  Emphasis on providing a sustainable source of water and the provision of ventilation system for ground storage tanks (already connected to the public water supply network).  Including all above environmental measures in the As built drawings (will be considered) B- Environmental issues to be implemented by the contractor as commitment to be implemented during the implementation phase of the project  Save human /workers lives: o Provide safe ropes when handing on the walls during maintenance of external walls  Maintain property of the owner: o The available used materials and equipment of the existing building to be stored in an identified specified store by the owner.  Air quality and noise quality due to construction yard activity: o Implement the contractor camp in a convenient location away from the houses, and the main street to avoid its impact on the neighbors and get the permission of the owner on the location. The contractor should employ a care taker for the camp  Construction Workers Colony/site office: o Implement temporary room and W.C with water supply for the site supervisor and maintain water supply and continuously cleanness. o Construct a temporary kitchen and adequate W.Cs for workers and provide water for cooking and hygiene and connect it to cesspit or public sewerage network and prevent open defecation. o The solid waste and non-hazardous garbage should regularly taken out of the site and burned or transferred to land fill outside the city and for any chemical/ dangerous waste to be collected and disposed of by the specialized companies. 43 o Drinking water facility shall be made available  Noise Pollution at site o Inspection and maintain devices that make noise o Scheduling properly the operation of the equipment and tools that make noise and disturbance and punctually operate this equipment and tools  Air Pollution o Sprinkle site with water, particularly during unloading sand, aggregate and force of employees in using masks o Covering containers when carrying the waste to the land fill in order to prevent falling waste on the road and select the route away from congested streets to reduce the time and do not cause traffic jams on the way  Equipment storage and maintenance yard: o Dangerous waste should be collected and kept at confined place. o Disposal of waste oils in a proper way or re-use it in lubricating equipment and tools or spray roads  Transportation of Construction material: o Routine check of vehicles used for transportation for the purpose of proper maintenance.  Pollution (Water, soil quality): o Do not allow disposing any type of garbage on the Wadi and on the water well fields o Prevent the accumulation of water in the camp site(Filling the holes at the site and do not let it turn into ponds and swamps of standing water).  Use of water on and off-site: o All water on site will be transported in tankers by the Contractor of its own. No public water will be used for the existing network on the site. o No new well be allowed to dug for construction activity without proper approval from NWRA and EPA o Keep faucets well closed in the water tanks as well as repair all dripping with water leakage (if any)  Disposal of Construction debris: o Get a confirmation letter from the landfill upon each unloaded container.  Earthwork, Rock cutting, grading, and compaction: o Proper safety measures shall be taken at site, construction sites shall be properly demarcated (Construct a temporary fence around the site based on a sketch to be agreed upon by the owner)and entry or trespassing through such sites shall be prohibited. o Worker shall use personnel protective equipment such as helmets, earmuffs, and eye-protective glasses o Remove wood pieces and nails from the site and keep them in piles and then dispose off. o Remove wood, stone, blocks and reinforcement steel out of the site o Make sure that piling the dust, sand, aggregates, reinforcement steal, cement bags in a way to prevent mixing of these materials with each other as well as to avoid erosion by water, especially when raining so that the material are kept quite stable  Traffic Management: o Secure assistance from local traffic police for traffic control (coordination) during construction phase (during in/out of, loading, un-loading of material and /or debris). o Warning signs/cautionary boards shall be placed near the construction site in urban areas/populated areas  Public safety: o Proper warning sign shall be placed at the construction sites. 44 o Speed of construction vehicles shall be restricted to 50Km/hr o Prepare suitable bypass routes for the pedestrian within the site and prepare sketch to be agreed with the owner.  Nuisance to Public: o Do the necessary repairs as quick as possible when you cause a break of any kind of infrastructure services (water, electricity, sewage, communications, etc.) and make sure that the services have returned to neighboring houses (houses of beneficiaries) o Solve immediate complains/ problems with local people as soon as possible o Proper access shall be provided to the religious structures, markets, schools, and hospitals. o Use of Noise generating equipment at such points shall be restricted o Cover equipment and tools during non-operating in order to preserve them and prevent implementation delays due to malfunction. o Strict the working time to 8 hrs /day o Avoid any private property when placing construction camp or storage of construction equipment and materials.  Flushing and disinfecting: o Strict control of the material. Material shall be transported to the site in appropriate vehicles. o Provision of first aid facility at construction camp and train someone to apply it and contacts (coordinate) with nearby clinics for serious cases.  Environmental Monitoring: o Establish monitoring system  Green area and nice view: o Plant appropriate number of trees and green spaces at the project site during the project implementation  Remove the implementation camp and bring the site as it was before unless the owner requested to keep part of such buildings. C- Environmental issues to be considered by the owner during the operation of the project:  Provide a suitable and sustainable water source (the building is connected to the public water network).  Sort of solid waste within the buildings and the site and disposed of by a contractor.  Use of awareness posters in the necessary locations.  Awareness program should be conducted for water saving.  Employees at the building need an awareness program to know that the big solids, mineral oil or garbage should not be disposed to the toilets as it will affect negatively the network and performance of the treatment. 3.14. Actions taken by MWE: 3.14.1. Regarding to the Environmental issues to be included by the project owner, the Engineer has considered some of these issues to be implemented during the rehabilitation while others will be considered for the future. Accordingly, only those activities for which their cost have been included will be borne as part of the tender. The MWE has also taken the necessary steps to ensure that all ESMP 45 costs are incorporated to the project cost as it appears in the WSSP restructuring paper. The owner will also ensure that funds are made available for the smooth implementation and monitoring of ESMP activities. 3.14.2. Regarding to the Environmental issues as a commitments by the contractor to be implemented during the implementation phase of the project, the engineer has included an EIA item to be part of the tender document; the contractor will determine his cost and accordingly will be committed and monitored by MWE during the implementation. The cost will be borne by the project cost. The cost of this item is estimated in table 2 (ESMP) of this report. 3.14.3. Regarding to the Environmental issues to be considered by the owner during the operation phase of the project, MWE will consider that in the future during the building operation and it will be considered as part of their operational budget. 4. Monitoring Impact monitoring and compliance would be undertaken during pre-construction, construction and, post construction phases. Monitoring would be conducted to ensure that adverse environmental impacts outlined by the ESMP are properly mitigated. ESMP monitoring would be undertaken by the MWE subsectors’ focal persons,the Safeguards Advisor and the staff assigned by the EPA in collaboration with WUA or relevant independent body. The team will review implementation arrangements and ensure record keeping, inspect implementation procedures compliance and technical/mechanical soundness of equipment. Monitoring data and observations would be analyzed and reviewed at regular interval. The data would be compared with agreed operating standards. Depending on the scale and nature of the environmental parameter and issues to be considered, the team will decide whether visual observation and photographic documentation would be adequate or quantitate assessment of critical environmental parameters in addition to the visual observation would be needed. Where there is deviation, the team will report the deviations to the project manager and would provide recommendation for corrective action. The monitoring tables provided as Table 3identified parameters the team should follow while monitoring the ESMP activities. The EPA or an independent consultant hired by EPA would be responsible for independent monitoring of the four HQs office rehabilitation work if it is required. The MWE should keep in mind that this monitoring instrument may require minor or major revision if premises/facts under which it was prepared is no more valid. Changes should reflect the new reality (scale, location and new development on the ground) of each rehabilitation work. This should be done in consultation with the Bank. 46 Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) HQ office maintenance Works Table -1 ENVIRONMENTAL& SOCIAL IMPACT SCREENING AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on site, MITIGATION Significance (Low, Medium, and/ or will it affect the following within 3km – 5km or beyond MEASURES High) environmentally sensitive areas? 5km) On Within 3- Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 5 km 5km 1.0 SCREENING CRITERIA FOR IMPACTS DURING PROJECT PLANNING AND DESIGN National Parks and 1.1 game reserve √ 1.2 Wet-lands √ Productive traditional 1.3 agricultural/ grazing √ lands Areas with rare or 1.4 endangered flora or √ fauna Areas with 1.5 outstanding scenery/ √ tourist site Within steep slopes/ 1.6 mountains √ 1.7 Dry tropical forests √ Along lakes, along 1.8 beaches, riverine √ Near industrial 1.9 activities √ Noise Near human reduction 1.10 settlements √ √ √ Sprinkling dust Near cultural heritage 1.11 sites √ Within prime ground 1.12 water recharge area √ Within prime surface 1.13 run off √ 2.0 SCREENING CRITERIA FOR IMPACTS DURING IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION 2.1 Deforestation √ 2.2 Soil erosion and √ 47 AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on site, MITIGATION Significance (Low, Medium, and/ or will it affect the following within 3km – 5km or beyond MEASURES High) environmentally sensitive areas? 5km) On Within 3- Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 5 km 5km siltation Siltation of 2.3 watercourses, dams √ Environmental degradation arising 2.4 from mining of √ construction materials Damage of wildlife 2.5 species and habitat √ Increased exposure Masks with 2.6 to agro-chemical √ √ √ filter pollutants/chlorine Hazardous wastes, 2.7 Asbestos, PCB’s √ Noise reduction Nuisance – smell or 2.8 noise √ √ √ and Mask with filter Reduced water 2.9 quality √ Increase in costs of 2.10 water treatment √ 2.11 Soil contamination √ 2.12 Loss of soil fertility √ Salinization or 2.13 alkalinization of soils √ Reduced flow and 2.14 availability of water √ Long term depletion 2.15 of water resource √ 2.16 Incidence of flooding √ Changes in migration 2.17 patterns of animals √ Introduce alien plants 2.18 and animals √ Increased incidence 2.19 of plant and animal √ diseases 48 AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on site, MITIGATION Significance (Low, Medium, and/ or will it affect the following within 3km – 5km or beyond MEASURES High) environmentally sensitive areas? 5km) On Within 3- Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 5 km 5km 3.0 SCREENING CRITERIA FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS Loss of land/ and acquisition for human 3.1 settlement, farming, √ grazing Loss of assets, property-houses, 3.2 agricultural produce, √ etc. Remove 3.3 Loss of livelihood √ √ explosives Require a RAP or 3.4 ARAP √ Loss of cultural sites, 3.5 graveyards, √ monuments Disruption of social 3.6 fabric √ Interference in 3.7 marriages for local √ people by workers Spread of STIs and 3.8 HIV and AIDS, due to √ migrant workers Increased incidence of 3.9 communicable √ diseases avoid contact with broken glass, check stability of the Health hazards to structure and 3.10 workers and √ √ √ connect with communities safe rope belt during stone wall maintenance Changes in human 3.11 settlement patterns √ Conflicts over use of 3.12 natural resources e.g. √ water, land, etc. 49 AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on site, MITIGATION Significance (Low, Medium, and/ or will it affect the following within 3km – 5km or beyond MEASURES High) environmentally sensitive areas? 5km) On Within 3- Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 5 km 5km Conflicts on land 3.13 ownership √ Arrange a route and timing with Disruption of 3.14 important pathways, √ √ √ √ traffic police, roads cover the containers during debris transportation Good arrangement and fencing Increased population each building 3.15 influx √ √ √ during the work with the other buildings in the complex Loss of cultural 3.16 identity √ Loss of income 3.17 generating capacity √ 50 Water Sector Support Program (WSSP) Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) HQ office maintenance Works Table 2-ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MITIGATION PLAN (ESMP) Costs Costs not Sl. Project Activity/ Responsible Monitoring Included Included Mitigation Measure No. Environmental Issues organization Institution etneTitni etneTitnic c Der Der (YR) (YR) ntitntnIlelpmI Workers loss of EPA + 1 livelihood due to  Appoint an expert for Removal of remnant of owner 500,000 Consultant explosives explosives Air quality and noise Contractor quality due to  Select sites for construction camp and storage yard at EPA + 1 (no cost) construction yard the corner far from the nearest residential area. (no Consultant (no cost) activity cost)  Install lavatory at construction workers colony/ site office. (50,000) Contractor Construction Workers EPA + 2  Provision for collection of domestic refuse and its 120,000 Colony/site office Consultant disposal. (20,000)  Drinking water facility shall be made available. (50,000)  Workers working in the vicinity of equipment Contractor EPA + generating high noise levels provided with earplugs 3 Noise Pollution at site (20,000), Consultant 20,000  proper maintenance of construction equipment /machinery and vehicles. (no cost)  Construction equipment/ machinery and vehicles to be Contractor EPA + 4 Air Pollution maintained in good condition. (20,000) Consultant  Dust cover to the vehicles carrying construction 60,000 material and dirt collected from the rehabilitation site. 51 Costs Costs not Sl. Project Activity/ Responsible Monitoring Included Included Mitigation Measure No. Environmental Issues organization Institution etneTitni etneTitnic c Der Der (YR) (YR) (no cost)  Sprinkling of water in dusty area. (20,000) During transportation, Vehicles shall be covered with tarpaulin sheets. (20,000) Equipment storage and  Waste collection, storage and disposal in proper Contractor EPA + 5 manner. maintenance yard Consultant  Whenever possible (in case of lubricants) should be 20,000 reused.(20,000) EPA + 6  OUT Consultant EPA + 7  OUT Consultant Pollution (Water, soil  No waste shall be allowed to discharge into the Contractor EPA + 8 existing WADI. quality) Consultant  No water logging shall be allowed at construction site. (no cost) no cost) (no cost) Severance due to trench Contractor EPA + 9  Proper signboards/caution board shall be place near the opening Consultant 20,000 construction sites. (20,000) Use of water on and  All water on site will be transported in tankers by the Contractor EPA + 10 Contractor of its own. (100,000) off-site Consultant 100,000 No new well be allowed to dug for construction activity without proper approval from NWRA and EPA Borrow pits and  Firm-up contact with approved quarry and borrow pit Contractor EPA + 11 sources owner, obtain balance output and requirement quarrying Consultant (no cost) of material, if available. No new Quarry will be opened (no cost) unless clearance obtained from the EPA. (no cost) Disposal of  Disposal of debris to the approved landfill sites located EPA + 12 Contractor Construction debris away from habitations and well fields. (soil could well Consultant be disposed to an approved site with supervisor, while 52 Costs Costs not Sl. Project Activity/ Responsible Monitoring Included Included Mitigation Measure No. Environmental Issues organization Institution etneTitni etneTitnic c Der Der (YR) (YR) debris should only disposed to the landfill and a 100,000 certificate should be issued to prove such activity) (100,000)  Top 150 mm soil from virgin construction sites, EPA + 13 Top soil borrow areas shall be stored properly and should be Contractor Consultant (no cost) reused (no cost) (fertile soil can be imported later from outside site)  Proper safety measures shall be taken at site, Earthwork, Rock construction sites shall be properly demarcated and Contractor entry or trespassing through such sites shall be EPA + 100,000 14 cutting, grading, and prohibited. Consultant compaction  Worker shall use personnel protective equipment such as helmets, earmuffs, andeye-protective glasses(100,000)  Secure assistance from local traffic police for traffic control during construction phase (during in/out of, Contractor EPA + 15 Traffic Management loading, un-loading of material and /or debris). 20,000 Consultant  Warning signs/cautionary boards shall be placed near the construction site in urban areas/populated areas (20,000)  Proper warning sign shall be placed at the construction Contractor EPA + 16 Public safety sites. (no cost) Consultant  Speed of construction vehicles shall be restricted to 50Km/hr(no cost)  Proper access shall be provided to the religious Contractor EPA + (no cost) 17 Nuisance to Public structures, markets, schools, and hospitals. Consultant  Use of Noise generating equipments at such points shall be restricted. (no cost) 53 Costs Costs not Sl. Project Activity/ Responsible Monitoring Included Included Mitigation Measure No. Environmental Issues organization Institution etneTitni etneTitnic c Der Der (YR) (YR) Flushing and  Strict control of the material. Material shall be Contractor EPA + 18 transported to the site in appropriate vehicles. disinfecting Consultant  Provision of first aid facility at construction camp and 100,000 contacts with nearby clinics. (100,000) Contractor Disposal of Sewer EPA + 19  Disposal of debris to the approved landfill sites located pipes debris Consultant (no cost) away from habitations and well fields (no cost) Environmental EPA + 20 Contractor Monitoring  Establish monitoring system. (20,000) Consultant 20,000 100,000  Plant 50 trees around the building (100,000) EPA + 21 Others Contractor  Remove the construction camp unless requested by Consultant the owner (no cost) EPA + Total estimated cost (YR) 680,000 600,000 Consultant 54 Table 3: Summary of monitoring framework for MEW office rehabilitation work Parameter Location Monitoring means Frequency Phase GENERAL REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES Construction camp, storage Construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation of camp and Prior to and maintenance site storage yard located construction Pre-construction  Visual inspection and documentation camp and storage yard is work not on a private land Removal of remnant of Construction site  Inspection and photographic documentation of project site, Pre-construction explosives Construction site  Inspection and measurement of air quality – STANDARD TBD NA Construction Air quality Construction site and  Inspection and measurement of air quality within immediate Upon Construction immediate vicinity vicinity - STANDARD TBD complaints Construction site  Inspection and measurement of noise level - STANDARD TBD NA Construction Noise levels  Inspection of maintenance, equipment, machinery, and vehicles Construction site immediate  Inspection and measurement of noise level upon complaints - Upon Construction vicinity STANDARD TBD complaints Construction Workers Colony Construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation of Monthly and as lavatories, waste disposal and drinking water facilities needed Construction Health and safety Construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation, o Inspection of workers safety equipment, Monthly Construction o Inspection of drilling emergency response plan Waste and disposal Construction disposal site and  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Monthly and as Construction storage yard needed Top Soil Construction site  Visual inspection, measurement and photographic Weekly Construction documentation Earth, rock cutting, grading Construction site  Visual inspection, measurement and photographic Weekly Construction and compaction documentation, Surface water/Wadi Nearby wadi/riverbed  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Weekly Construction Nearby wadi/riverbed  Water quality inspection Monthly Construction Soil and Groundwater Construction site and nearest  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Monthly Construction water wells  Water quality inspection Monthly Construction Public Safety/Severance due Vicinity of construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Weekly Construction to trench opening/ Traffic Disposal of debris Vicinity of construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Weekly Construction Trees & camp restoration Storage and maintenance site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation As needed Post-construction 55 Water Sector Support Program (WSSP) Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) MEW Office Rehabilitation Works Table 4- ESMP IMPLEMENTATION CHECKLIST Description of Activities Yes No Remarks, if any 17. General: Recommendations required from ESMP being met and maintained? - Have workers working in the noisy areas been provided with protective devices? - Are workers working in good sanitation system? - Are medical check-up being done for the workers? - Are construction personnel, equipment, and vehicles operating within the defined work area? - Is sprinkling of water being done during backfilling and excavation in densely populated areas? - Are garbage, construction debris, and other waste being collected regularly and disposed off properly? According to the approved methodology/sites - Are the vehicles carrying material and debris being covered properly? During transportation - Are the vehicles using approved access routes? Timing- not at peak hour - Are all necessary utility approvals, diversion plans, and traffic management plans in place? 18. Access Roads: - Are access roads properly demarcated? - Is run-off from access roads causing water logging? - 19. Camps: - Are camps located correctly? - Are a store/space provided for material and equipments handed over from the contractor - Are lavatory facilities provided in construction camps? - Is septic tank built in the camps? - Is proper drainage system provided? - Is water logging condition prevailing inside the camp? - Are potable water facilities provided inside the camp? - Are domestic refuse and solid waste collected regularly and disposed to the approved landfill sites? - Are camps secured properly? - Are all fuel stores etc. placed on appropriately sized hard stands? - Are fuelling and maintenance of equipment conducted at defined sites? Oil and grease and spare parts - Are proper records being kept on volume of waste generated - Are first aid facilities provided at sites and camps? 56 Table 4- ESMP IMPLEMENTATION CHECKLIST Description of Activities Yes No Remarks, if any - Are good housekeeping practices followed at camps? 20. i. Material storage: - Are materials stored properly? - Are soil heaps of an appropriate size? - Is there evidence of excessive wind blowing off material? If so, such material should be stored in confined places - Is there evidence of turbid waters running off from heaps? 21. Excavation and digging works: - Are excavated sites shielded properly at/near sensitive receptors like schools, mosques, and institutional buildings? - Are access points to the excavated sites or trenches appropriate? - Is top soil being salvaged and placed as specified in the contract specifications? - Are men working in excavated site or trenches equipped and protected properly? - Is cut material placed away from sides of excavated sites or trenches? 22. Backfill: - Are soil and topsoil properly replaced without mixing? Is backfill done properly? 23. Construction sites: - Are site secured properly? - Are warning signs/cautionary boards placed near the construction site? - Are deep excavated sites barricaded properly especially near schools, mosques, hospitals, and the roads? - Are good housekeeping practices followed at construction sites? - Are proper public safety provided near the operation of heavy equipment? - Are materials stored properly especially bitumen? 24. Clean up: - Is the final clean up appropriately timed up? - Has all man-made debris peers removed? - Has access to all areas been restored? - Have all excavated sites /trenches/construction camps/workers camps been restored to as close as practicable to original configurations? 57 Republic of Yemen Water Sector Support Program (WSSP) Project #4 NWSA Office Rehabilitation Works National Water and Sewerage Authority (NWSA) Environmental and Social Mitigation Plan (ESMP) REHBILITATION OF NWSA BUILDING AS A RESULT OF CONFLICT AND SHOOTING BY DIFFERENT PARTIES AT AL-HASABAH, SANA'A, YEMEN By Dr. Eng. Fadhl Ali Al-Nozaily EIA expert September 2012 58 4. NWSA main building and its sub-main buildings 4.1. Field visit: 4.1.1. The main building Visitors: DrFadhl Ali Al-Nozaily (EIA Expert), Moneer Mohamed Al-Jahafi (Assistant EIA Expert). Date of visit: 8 August 2012 Picture (1) A tour inside the building guided by the Guard during the field visit Picture (2) The affected areas as result of the shooting, which may lead to serious damages in the structure of the building either reinforced concrete and/or outside stonewalls of the building outside (Picture 3) shows the burned documents and communication network and computers 59 Picture (4) explosives discovered at the site by the military experts 4.1.2. Mosque, Parking, Store steel structure: Picture (5): The shooted ceiling and outside wall of the store building 4.2. Existing Sanitation: Toilets are connected to the public sanitary network available at Amran Road. 4.3. Existing water supply: The public water network is available at the site as the main water supply source 4.4. Depth of water aquifer in the area: Depth of wells is around 300-500m 4.5. Availability of rainwater harvesting projects in the area Not Available 4.6. Source of Electric power:- Public Electricity at the area. 4.7. The operational Cadre: They are part of the cadre of the Ministry of water and Environment 4.8. Operational regime: The building is operated as ONE shift between 8am -3pm. 4.9. Contents of the new project (NWSA HQ office):  Doors and windows  Walls (stone and block)  Plastering and painting and tiles  Sanitary and plumbing works  Air conditioning 60  Electric works 4.10. Contents of the new project (other works):  Rehabilitation of the Mosque  Rehabilitation of Parking shade  Rehabilitation of Steel structure of store 4.11. Screening form results: - The project is NOT a new rather a Rehabilitation of the existing project at a public land - Does not raise land ownership problems - Does not affect sites or historical or cultural importance Moreover, the operation and maintenance of this project will be handed over to the MWE management once it is rehabilitated. 4.12. Expected Impact from the project and the management plan and monitoring: The Environmental & Social Impact Screening is listed in Tables 1. The Environmental and Social Mitigation Plan and its estimated cost (ESMP) is summarized in Table 2. ESMP CHECKLIST is presented in Table 3. 4.13. Recommendations and action taken by NWSA: It is recommended that the project of Rehabilitation is implemented considering the following mitigation measures: A- Environmental issues to be the responsibility of the owner:  The permit to discharge the solid waste to an authorized final destination must be obtained from the responsible authorities before starting to discharge any waste. The permit to discharge the solid waste must be attached to the ESMP and no waste discharge shall take place prior to obtaining the permit to discharge.  Make sure that explosives have been removed from within the site fully in order to protect the operators’ lives. (Security authorities have handed over all buildings and their sites after check and free them from explosives. Moreover, an explosives expert whose job is to remove explosives and landmines in a safe manner will be appointed to check the site and render it safe for workers).  Identify a specific store for the used materials and equipment of the project , which will be handed by the contractor and replaced in the tender (considered).  Make sure that the sewerage connection to the public sewer system leading to the wastewater treatment plant (considered).  Make the necessary arrangements to provide for the future rainwater harvesting system from both roofs and site to a rainwater harvesting tank to be used for both irrigation and toilet siphon by means of pumps and pipes networks as an alternative water source to alleviate water scarcity.  Make sure that the rainwater from roofs is drained through pipes (has been considered)  Make the necessary and possible arrangements to implement two pipes system to separate the greywater in the future to be used for irrigation through introducing a tank and pump with irrigation network.  Make the necessary and possible arrangements to apply future solar energy units as an alternative energy source to reduce electrical energy consumption by focusing in the future on the replacement of electric by solar heaters. 61  Add in the BoQ an electric generator with generator room as a reserve energy source when power outages, to run the building, taking into account the noise and smoke from the generator in the proper site selection (has been considered).  Avoid noise and impact on the project by using low noise air conditioners (has been considered).  Identify separate men and women W.Cs (available in the existing building).  Emphasis on providing a sustainable source of water and the provision of ventilation system for ground storage tanks (already connected to the public water supply network).  Including all above environmental measures in the As built drawings (will be considered) B- Environmental issues to be implemented by the contractor as commitment to be implemented during the implementation phase of the project  Save human /workers lives: o Provide safe ropes when handing on the walls during maintenance of external walls  Maintain property of the owner: o The available used materials and equipment of the existing building to be stored in an identified specified store by the owner.  Air quality and noise quality due to construction yard activity: o Implement the contractor camp in a convenient location away from the houses, and the main street to avoid its impact on the neighbors and get the permission of the owner on the location. The contractor should employ a care taker for the camp  Construction Workers Colony/site office: o Implement temporary room and W.C with water supply for the site supervisor and maintain water supply and continuously cleanness. o Construct a temporary kitchen and adequate W.Cs for workers and provide water for cooking and hygiene and connect it to cesspit or public sewerage network and prevent open defecation. o The solid waste and non-hazardous garbage should regularly taken out of the site and burned or transferred to land fill outside the city and for any chemical/ dangerous waste to be collected and disposed of by the specialized companies. o Drinking water facility shall be made available  Noise Pollution at site o Inspection and maintain devices that make noise o Scheduling properly the operation of the equipment and tools that make noise and disturbance and punctually operate this equipment and tools  Air Pollution o Sprinkle site with water, particularly during unloading sand, aggregate and force of employees in using masks o Covering containers when carrying the waste to the land fill in order to prevent falling waste on the road and select the route away from congested streets to reduce the time and do not cause traffic jams on the way  Equipment storage and maintenance yard: o Dangerous waste should be collected and kept at confined place. o Disposal of waste oils in a proper way or re-use it in lubricating equipment and tools or spray roads  Transportation of Construction material: o Routine check of vehicles used for transportation for the purpose of proper maintenance. 62  Pollution (Water, soil quality): o Do not allow disposing any type of garbage on the Wadi and on the water well fields o Prevent the accumulation of water in the camp site (Filling the holes at the site and do not let it turn into ponds and swamps of standing water).  Use of water on and off-site: o All water on site will be transported in tankers by the Contractor of its own. No public water will be used for the existing network on the site. o No new well be allowed to dug for construction activity without proper approval from NWRA and EPA o Keep faucets well closed in the water tanks as well as repair all dripping with water leakage (if any)  Disposal of Construction debris: o Get a confirmation letter from the landfill upon each unloaded container.  Earthwork, Rock cutting, grading, and compaction: o Proper safety measures shall be taken at site, construction sites shall be properly demarcated (Construct a temporary fence around the site based on a sketch to be agreed upon by the owner) and entry or trespassing through such sites shall be prohibited. o Worker shall use personnel protective equipment such as helmets, earmuffs, and eye-protective glasses o Remove wood pieces and nails from the site and keep them in piles and then dispose off. o Remove wood, stone, blocks and reinforcement steel out of the site o Make sure that piling the dust, sand, aggregates, reinforcement steal, cement bags in a way to prevent mixing of these materials with each other as well as to avoid erosion by water, especially when raining so that the material are kept quite stable  Traffic Management: o Secure assistance from local traffic police for traffic control (coordination) during construction phase (during in/out of, loading, un-loading of material and /or debris). o Warning signs/cautionary boards shall be placed near the construction site in urban areas/populated areas  Public safety: o Proper warning sign shall be placed at the construction sites. o Speed of construction vehicles shall be restricted to 50Km/hr o Prepare suitable bypass routes for the pedestrian within the site and prepare sketch to be agreed with the owner.  Nuisance to Public: o Do the necessary repairs as quick as possible when you cause a break of any kind of infrastructure services (water, electricity, sewage, communications, etc.) and make sure that the services have returned to neighboring houses (houses of beneficiaries) o Solve immediate complains/ problems with local people as soon as possible o Proper access shall be provided to the religious structures, markets, schools, and hospitals. o Use of Noise generating equipment at such points shall be restricted o Cover equipment and tools during non-operating in order to preserve them and prevent implementation delays due to malfunction. o Strict the working time to 8 hrs /day o Avoid any private property when placing construction camp or storage of construction equipment and materials. 63  Flushing and disinfecting: o Strict control of the material. Material shall be transported to the site in appropriate vehicles. o Provision of first aid facility at construction camp and train someone to apply it and contacts (coordinate) with nearby clinics for serious cases.  Environmental Monitoring: o Establish monitoring system  Green area and nice view: o Plant appropriate number of trees and green spaces at the project site during the project implementation  Remove the implementation camp and bring the site as it was before unless the owner requested to keep part of such buildings. C- Environmental issues to be considered by the owner during the operation of the project:  Provide a suitable and sustainable water source (the building is connected to the public water network).  Sort of solid waste within the buildings and the site and disposed of by a contractor.  Use of awareness posters in the necessary locations.  Awareness program should be conducted for water saving.  Employees at the building need an awareness program to know that the big solids, mineral oil or garbage should not be disposed to the toilets as it will affect negatively the network and performance of the treatment. 4.14. Actions taken by NWSA: 4.14.1. Regarding to the Environmental issues to be included by the project owner, the Engineer has considered some of these issues to be implemented during the rehabilitation while others will be considered for the future. Accordingly, only activities for which the costs cost have been included will be borne as part of the tender. The NWSA has also taken the necessary steps to ensure that all ESMP costs are incorporated to the project cost as it appears in the WSSP restructuring paper. The owner will also ensure that funds are made available for the smooth implementation and monitoring of ESMP activities. 4.14.2. Regarding to the Environmental issues as a commitments by the contractor to be implemented during the implementation phase of the project, the engineer has included an EIA item to be part of the tender document; the contractor will determine his cost and accordingly will be committed and monitored by NWSA during the implementation. The cost will be borne by the project cost. The cost of this item is estimated in table 2 (ESMP) of this report. 4.14.3. Regarding to the Environmental issues to be considered by the owner during the operation phase of the project, NWSA will consider that in the future during the building operation and it will be considered as part of their operational budget. 5. Monitoring Impact monitoring and compliance would be undertaken during pre-construction, construction and, post construction phases. Monitoring would be conducted to ensure that adverse environmental impacts outlined by the ESMP are properly mitigated. 64 ESMP monitoring would be undertaken by the NWSA subsectors’ focal persons, the Safeguards Advisor and the staff assigned by the EPA in collaboration with WUA or relevant independent body. The team will review implementation arrangements and ensure record keeping, inspect implementation procedures compliance and technical/mechanical soundness of equipment. Monitoring data and observations would be analyzed and reviewed at regular interval. The data would be compared with agreed operating standards. Depending on the scale and nature of the environmental parameter and issues to be considered, the team will decide whether visual observation and photographic documentation would be adequate or quantitate assessment of critical environmental parameters in addition to the visual observation would be needed. Where there is deviation, the team will report the deviations to the project manager and would provide recommendation for corrective action. The monitoring tables provided as Table 3identified parameters the team should follow while monitoring the ESMP activities. The EPA or an independent consultant hired by EPA would be responsible for independent monitoring of the four HQs office rehabilitation work if it is required. The NWSA should keep in mind that this monitoring instrument may require minor or major revision if premises/facts under which it was prepared is no more valid. Changes should reflect the new reality (scale, location and new development on the ground) of each rehabilitation work. This should be done in consultation with the Bank. 65 Water Sector Support Program (WSSP) National Water and Sewerage Authority (NWSA) NWSA Office Rehabilitation Works Table -1 ENVIRONMENTAL& SOCIAL IMPACT SCREENING AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on site, MITIGATION Significance (Low, Medium, and/ or will it affect the following within 3km – 5km or beyond MEASURES High) environmentally sensitive areas? 5km) On Within 3- Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 5 km 5km 1.0 SCREENING CRITERIA FOR IMPACTS DURING PROJECT PLANNING AND DESIGN National Parks and 1.1 game reserve √ 1.2 Wet-lands √ Productive traditional 1.3 agricultural/ grazing √ lands Areas with rare or 1.4 endangered flora or √ fauna Areas with outstanding 1.5 scenery/ tourist site √ Within steep slopes/ 1.6 mountains √ 1.7 Dry tropical forests √ Along lakes, along 1.8 beaches, riverine √ 1.9 Near industrial activities √ Noise reduction 1.10 Near human settlements √ √ √ Sprinkling dust Near cultural heritage 1.11 sites √ Within prime ground 1.12 water recharge area √ Within prime surface run 1.13 off √ 2.0 SCREENING CRITERIA FOR IMPACTS DURING IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION 2.1 Deforestation √ 66 AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on site, MITIGATION Significance (Low, Medium, and/ or will it affect the following within 3km – 5km or beyond MEASURES High) environmentally sensitive areas? 5km) On Within 3- Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 5 km 5km 2.2 Soil erosion and siltation √ Siltation of 2.3 watercourses, dams √ Environmental degradation arising from 2.4 mining of construction √ materials Damage of wildlife 2.5 species and habitat √ Increased exposure to Masks with 2.6 agro-chemical √ √ √ filter pollutants/chlorine Hazardous wastes, 2.7 Asbestos, PCB’s √ Noise reduction Nuisance – smell or 2.8 noise √ √ √ and Mask with filter 2.9 Reduced water quality √ Increase in costs of 2.10 water treatment √ 2.11 Soil contamination √ 2.12 Loss of soil fertility √ Salinization or 2.13 alkalinization of soils √ Reduced flow and 2.14 availability of water √ Long term depletion of 2.15 water resource √ 2.16 Incidence of flooding √ Changes in migration 2.17 patterns of animals √ Introduce alien plants 2.18 and animals √ Increased incidence of 2.19 plant and animal √ diseases 67 AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on site, MITIGATION Significance (Low, Medium, and/ or will it affect the following within 3km – 5km or beyond MEASURES High) environmentally sensitive areas? 5km) On Within 3- Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 5 km 5km 3.0 SCREENING CRITERIA FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS Loss of land/ and acquisition for human 3.1 settlement, farming, √ grazing Loss of assets, property- 3.2 houses, agricultural √ produce, etc. Remove 3.3 Loss of livelihood √ √ explosives 3.4 Require a RAP or ARAP √ Loss of cultural sites, 3.5 graveyards, monuments √ Disruption of social 3.6 fabric √ Interference in 3.7 marriages for local √ people by workers Spread of STIs and HIV 3.8 and AIDS, due to √ migrant workers Increased incidence of 3.9 communicable diseases √ avoid contact with broken glass, check stability of the Health hazards to structure and 3.10 workers and √ √ √ connect with communities safe rope belt during stone wall maintenance Changes in human 3.11 settlement patterns √ Conflicts over use of 3.12 natural resources e.g. √ water, land, etc. Conflicts on land 3.13 ownership √ 3.14 Disruption of important √ √ √ √ Arrange a route and 68 AREAS OF IMPACT IMPACT EVALUATION POTENTIAL Is the subproject site/ activity within Extent or coverage (on site, MITIGATION Significance (Low, Medium, and/ or will it affect the following within 3km – 5km or beyond MEASURES High) environmentally sensitive areas? 5km) On Within 3- Beyond No Yes Low Medium High Site 5 km 5km pathways, roads timing with traffic police, cover the containers during debris transportation Good arrangement and fencing Increased population each building 3.15 influx √ √ √ during the work with the other buildings in the complex 3.16 Loss of cultural identity √ Loss of income 3.17 generating capacity √ 69 Water Sector Support Program (WSSP) National Water and Sewerage Authority (NWSA) NWSA Office Rehabilitation Works Table 2-ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MITIGATION PLAN (ESMP) Costs Costs not Sl. deduncni deduncni ddni Project Activity/ Responsible Monitoring ddni Tcdnci Doc No. Environmental Issues Mitigation Measure organization Institution Tcdnci (YR) Doc (YR) ntitntnIlelpmI Workers loss of 500,000 EPA + 1 livelihood due to  Appoint an expert for Removal of remnant of owner Consultant explosives explosives Air quality and noise Contractor quality due to  Select sites for construction camp and storage yard at EPA + 1 (no cost) construction yard the corner far from the nearest residential area. (no Consultant (no cost) activity cost)  Install lavatory at construction workers colony/ site office. (50,000) Contractor Construction Workers EPA + 2  Provision for collection of domestic refuse and its 120,000 Colony/site office Consultant disposal. (20,000)  Drinking water facility shall be made available. (50,000)  Workers working in the vicinity of equipment Contractor EPA + generating high noise levels provided with earplugs 3 Noise Pollution at site (20,000), Consultant 20,000  proper maintenance of construction equipment /machinery and vehicles. (no cost)  Construction equipment/ machinery and vehicles to be EPA + 4 Air Pollution Contractor maintained in good condition. (20,000) Consultant  Dust cover to the vehicles carrying construction 70 Costs Costs not Sl. deduncni deduncni ddni Project Activity/ Responsible Monitoring ddni Tcdnci Doc No. Environmental Issues Mitigation Measure organization Institution Tcdnci (YR) Doc (YR) material and dirt collected from the rehabilitation site. 60,000 (no cost)  Sprinkling of water in dusty area. (20,000) During transportation, Vehicles shall be covered with tarpaulin sheets. (20,000) Equipment storage and  Waste collection, storage and disposal in proper Contractor EPA + 5 manner. maintenance yard Consultant  Whenever possible (in case of lubricants) should be 20,000 reused.(20,000) EPA + 6  OUT Consultant EPA + 7  OUT Consultant Pollution (Water, soil  No waste shall be allowed to discharge into the Contractor EPA + 8 existing WADI. quality) Consultant  No water logging shall be allowed at construction site. (no cost) no cost) (no cost) Contractor Severance due to trench EPA + 9  Proper signboards/caution board shall be place near the opening Consultant construction sites. (20,000) 20,000 Use of water on and  All water on site will be transported in tankers by the Contractor EPA + 10 Contractor of its own. (100,000) off-site Consultant 100,000 No new well be allowed to dug for construction activity without proper approval from NWRA and EPA Borrow pits and  Firm-up contact with approved quarry and borrow pit Contractor EPA + 11 sources owner, obtain balance output and requirement quarrying Consultant (no cost) of material, if available. No new Quarry will be opened (no cost) unless clearance obtained from the EPA. (no cost) 71 Costs Costs not Sl. deduncni deduncni ddni Project Activity/ Responsible Monitoring ddni Tcdnci Doc No. Environmental Issues Mitigation Measure organization Institution Tcdnci (YR) Doc (YR)  Disposal of debris to the approved landfill sites located away from habitations and well fields. (soil could well Contractor Disposal of EPA + 12 be disposed to an approved site with supervisor, while 100,000 Construction debris Consultant debris should only disposed to the landfill and a certificate should be issued to prove such activity) (100,000)  Top 150 mm soil from virgin construction sites, EPA + 13 Top soil borrow areas shall be stored properly and should be Contractor Consultant (no cost) reused (no cost) (fertile soil can be imported later from outside site)  Proper safety measures shall be taken at site, Earthwork, Rock construction sites shall be properly demarcated and Contractor EPA + entry or trespassing through such sites shall be 100,000 14 cutting, grading, and prohibited. Consultant compaction  Worker shall use personnel protective equipment such as helmets, earmuffs, and eye-protective glasses(100,000)  Secure assistance from local traffic police for traffic control during construction phase (during in/out of, Contractor EPA + 15 Traffic Management loading, un-loading of material and /or debris). 20,000 Consultant  Warning signs/cautionary boards shall be placed near the construction site in urban areas/populated areas (20,000)  Proper warning sign shall be placed at the construction Contractor EPA + 16 Public safety sites. Consultant  Speed of construction vehicles shall be restricted to (no cost) 50Km/hr (no cost)  Proper access shall be provided to the religious Contractor EPA + 17 Nuisance to Public structures, markets, schools, and hospitals. (no cost) Consultant  Use of Noise generating equipment at such points shall be restricted. (no cost) 72 Costs Costs not Sl. deduncni deduncni ddni Project Activity/ Responsible Monitoring ddni Tcdnci Doc No. Environmental Issues Mitigation Measure organization Institution Tcdnci (YR) Doc (YR) Flushing and  Strict control of the material. Material shall be Contractor EPA + 18 transported to the site in appropriate vehicles. disinfecting Consultant  Provision of first aid facility at construction camp and 100,000 contacts with nearby clinics. (100,000) Disposal of Sewer Contractor EPA + 19  Disposal of debris to the approved landfill sites located pipes debris Consultant (no cost) away from habitations and well fields (no cost) Environmental EPA + 20 Contractor Monitoring  Establish monitoring system. (20,000) Consultant 20,000  Plant 50 trees around the building (100,000) EPA + 21 Others Contractor  Remove the construction camp unless requested by Consultant 100,000 the owner (no cost) EPA + Total estimated cost (YR) 680,000 600,000 Consultant 73 Table 3: Summary of monitoring framework for NWSA office rehabilitation work Parameter Location Monitoring means Frequency Phase GENERAL REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES Construction camp, storage Construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation of camp and Prior to and maintenance site storage yard located construction Pre-construction  Visual inspection and documentation camp and storage yard is work not on a private land Removal of remnant of Construction site  Inspection and photographic documentation of project site, Pre-construction explosives Construction site  Inspection and measurement of air quality – STANDARD TBD NA Construction Air quality Construction site and  Inspection and measurement of air quality within immediate Upon Construction immediate vicinity vicinity - STANDARD TBD complaints Construction site  Inspection and measurement of noise level - STANDARD TBD NA Construction Noise levels  Inspection of maintenance, equipment, machinery, and vehicles Construction site immediate  Inspection and measurement of noise level upon complaints - Upon Construction vicinity STANDARD TBD complaints Construction Workers Colony Construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation of Monthly and as lavatories, waste disposal and drinking water facilities needed Construction Health and safety Construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation, o Inspection of workers safety equipment, Monthly Construction o Inspection of drilling emergency response plan Waste and disposal Construction disposal site and  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Monthly and as Construction storage yard needed Top Soil Construction site  Visual inspection, measurement and photographic Weekly Construction documentation Earth, rock cutting, grading Construction site  Visual inspection, measurement and photographic Weekly Construction and compaction documentation, Surface water/Wadi Nearby wadi/riverbed  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Weekly Construction Nearby wadi/riverbed  Water quality inspection Monthly Construction Soil and Groundwater Construction site and nearest  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Monthly Construction water wells  Water quality inspection Monthly Construction Public Safety/Severance due Vicinity of construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Weekly Construction to trench opening/ Traffic Disposal of debris Vicinity of construction site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation Weekly Construction Trees & camp restoration Storage and maintenance site  Visual inspection and photographic documentation As needed Post-construction 74 Water Secretor Support Program (WSSP) National Water and Sewerage Authority (NWSA) NWSA Office Rehabilitation Works Table 4- ESMP IMPLEMENTATION CHECKLIST Description of Activities Yes No Remarks, if any 25. General: Recommendations required from ESMP being met and maintained? - Have workers working in the noisy areas been provided with protective devices? - Are workers working in good sanitation system? - Are medical check-up being done for the workers? - Are construction personnel, equipment, and vehicles operating within the defined work area? - Is sprinkling of water being done during backfilling and excavation in densely populated areas? - Are garbage, construction debris, and other waste being collected regularly and disposed off properly? According to the approved methodology/sites - Are the vehicles carrying material and debris being covered properly? During transportation - Are the vehicles using approved access routes? Timing- not at peak hour - Are all necessary utility approvals, diversion plans, and traffic management plans in place? 26. Access Roads: - Are access roads properly demarcated? - Is run-off from access roads causing water logging? - 27. Camps: - Are camps located correctly? - Are a store/space provided for material and equipment handed over from the contractor - Are lavatory facilities provided in construction camps? - Is septic tank built in the camps? - Is proper drainage system provided? - Is water logging condition prevailing inside the camp? - Are potable water facilities provided inside the camp? - Are domestic refuse and solid waste collected regularly and disposed to the approved landfill sites? - Are camps secured properly? - Are all fuel stores etc. placed on appropriately sized hard stands? - Are fuelling and maintenance of equipment conducted at defined sites? Oil and grease and spare parts - Are proper records being kept on volume of waste generated 75 Table 4- ESMP IMPLEMENTATION CHECKLIST Description of Activities Yes No Remarks, if any - Are first aid facilities provided at sites and camps? - Are good housekeeping practices followed at camps? 28. i. Material storage: - Are materials stored properly? - Are soil heaps of an appropriate size? - Is there evidence of excessive wind blowing off material? If so, such material should be stored in confined places - Is there evidence of turbid waters running off from heaps? 29. Excavation and digging works: - Are excavated sites shielded properly at/near sensitive receptors like schools, mosques, and institutional buildings? - Are access points to the excavated sites or trenches appropriate? - Is top soil being salvaged and placed as specified in the contract specifications? - Are men working in excavated site or trenches equipped and protected properly? - Is cut material placed away from sides of excavated sites or trenches? 30. Backfill: - Are soil and topsoil properly replaced without mixing? Is backfill done properly? 31. Construction sites: - Are site secured properly? - Are warning signs/cautionary boards placed near the construction site? - Are deep excavated sites barricaded properly especially near schools, mosques, hospitals, and the roads? - Are good housekeeping practices followed at construction sites? - Are proper public safety provided near the operation of heavy equipment? - Are materials stored properly especially bitumen? 32. Clean up: - Is the final clean up appropriately timed up? - Has all man-made debris peers removed? - Has access to all areas been restored? - Have all excavated sites /trenches/construction camps/workers camps been restored to as close as practicable to original configurations? 76 77