Environmental and Social Impact Assessment - Gibe III

Gibe III – Environmental and Social Impact Assessment 300 ENV R CS 002 C – A9003099
Table of Contents
0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................1
0.1 Introduction.......................................................................................................................1
0.2 Project Description ...........................................................................................................1
0.2.1 Project Location................................................................................................................................1
0.2.2 Gibe III Hydropower Scheme............................................................................................................2
0.2.3 Transmission Line .............................................................................................................................4
0.2.4 Access Roads.....................................................................................................................................4
0.3 Policy, Legal, and Administrative Framework.................................................................7
0.3.1 Regulatory Framework of FDRE ......................................................................................................7
0.3.2 African Development Bank Guidelines..............................................................................................7
0.3.3 World Bank........................................................................................................................................7
0.3.4 International Conventions.................................................................................................................8
0.4 Description of the Project Environment ...........................................................................8
0.4.1 Dam and Reservoir/upstream............................................................................................................8
0.4.2 Baseline Information: Downstream Area........................................................................................12
0.4.3 Baseline Information: Gibe III-Sodo Transmission Line ................................................................14
0.5 Project Alternatives.........................................................................................................15
0.6 Potential Impacts and Benefit Enhancement and Mitigation Measures .........................16
0.6.1 Beneficial/ Positive Impacts ............................................................................................................16
0.6.2 Adverse Impacts and Mitigation Measures: Dam and Reservoir....................................................17
0.6.3 Impacts on Downstream Environment Lower Omo and Mitigation Measures ...............................20
0.6.4 Adverse Impacts and Mitigation Measures: Gibe III-Sodo Transmission Line...............................21
0.6.5 Adverse Impacts and Mitigation Measures: Chida-Sodo Road Realignment..................................22
0.6.6 Cumulative Impact Assessment .......................................................................................................22
0.7 Environmental Management and Monitoring Program..................................................22
0.7.1 Environmental Management ...........................................................................................................22
0.7.2 Environmental Monitoring ..............................................................................................................23
0.7.3 Monitoring Framework ...................................................................................................................24
0.8 Public Consultations and Disclosure Plan ......................................................................24
0.9 Environmental Mitigation, Management, Monitoring and Training Costs ....................26
0.10 Contacts ..........................................................................................................................28
1 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................29
1.1 Purpose of the study........................................................................................................29
1.2 Background.....................................................................................................................29
1.3 Impact assessment responsibility and Assessment Team ...............................................30
1.4 Complementary Initiatives and Associated Reports.......................................................31
1.5 Report Structure..............................................................................................................32
2 POLICY, LEGAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK.................................35
2.1 Institutional and administrative framework....................................................................35
2.1.1 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.......................................................................................35
2.1.2 Regional Government......................................................................................................................35
2.1.3 Environmental Protection Authority ...............................................................................................36
2.1.4 Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation ...........................................................................................37
2.1.5 EEPCo’s Environmental Monitoring Unit ......................................................................................37
2.2 National policies and strategies ......................................................................................37
2.2.1 The Constitution ..............................................................................................................................37
2.2.2 Conservation Strategy of Ethiopia ..................................................................................................38
2.2.3 Environmental Policy of Ethiopia ...................................................................................................38
2.2.4 Ethiopian Water Resources management Policy.............................................................................39
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