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