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Gibe III – Environmental and Social Impact Assessment 300 ENV R CS 002 C - A9003099 10 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 10.1 General Considerations In order to be effective, environmental management must be fully integrated with the overall project management effort at all levels, which itself should be aimed at providing a high level of quality control, leading to a project which has been properly designed, constructed working properly and efficiently throughout its life. An Environmental and Social Management Plan has been prepared and presented in a separate report. This chapter summarise the recommended plan. 10.2 Pre-Construction Phase Prior to contractor mobilization and the commencement of construction, environmental management will be concerned with the following principal groups of activities (See Table 10.1): • Ensuring that all government and funding agency requirements and procedures relating to ESIA are complied with. • Implementation of land and property acquisition procedures including the payment of compensation. • Ensuring that the project designs and specifications incorporate appropriate measures to minimise negative impacts and to enhance beneficial impacts. • Ensuring that the appropriate environmental protection clauses have been included in the contract documents to allow control of actions by the contractor which are potentially damaging to the environment. The above activities will have to be carried out as part of the preparation of contract documents for the project. EEPCo is responsible for submitting the ESIA to Environmental Impact statement (ESIA Report) and other competent authorities for evaluation and issuing clearance according to the national procedures. 10.3 Construction Phase Most of the project environmental management activities will be carried out during the construction phase, since this is when most impacts can be expected to arise. Management will very largely be concerned with controlling impacts which may result from the actions of the Contractor, through enforcement of the construction contract clauses related to protection of the environment as a whole and of the components within it. In this respect, it is important to recognize that successful mitigation of construction impacts can only be achieved if the environmental protection measures, as set out in the construction contract, are properly enforced. The overall/primary responsibility for construction supervision and contract management, and therefore for environmental management during construction, will lie with the Engineer. The Resident Engineer (RE) will have executive responsibility for ensuring that all site environmental management and monitoring aspects are dealt with promptly and properly. The site supervision staff will be responsible for environmental management and monitoring, and their role in the management chain is crucial if effective impact control is to be achieved. CESI SpA - Mid-Day International Consulting Engineers Page 263
Gibe III – Environmental and Social Impact Assessment 300 ENV R CS 002 C - A9003099 The RE will be responsible for establishing procedures and mechanisms for effective environmental management and monitoring and will ensure that these are fully incorporated in, and integrated with, the overall construction supervision and monitoring framework. This aspect will cover matters such as the development of checklists of key points which will be monitored on a routine basis during construction and reporting mechanisms for ensuring that appropriate remedial action is taken, should monitoring reveal that this is necessary. Particular attention will be paid to establishing procedures whereby emergency action can be taken by site staff in the event of actions which may cause immediate and significant environmental damage, for example problems associated with contamination of land, groundwater or surface water through inappropriate handling of contaminating substances. It is recommended that an Environmental Inspector (EI) be appointed as a member of the construction and also supervision team. The Environmental Specialist would be responsible for reviewing and commenting on environmental aspects of work plans prepared by the Contractor during the mobilization period, as well as in developing site environmental management procedures etc. in collaboration with the RE. During the construction period, the EI would provide advice and assistance to the RE, as and when required, on all aspects of environmental management. He would also be responsible for periodic overviews of environmental monitoring during the construction period and would report directly to the Engineer. As a Project Developer, EEPCo has the responsibility to be involved with the construction supervision team to see the implementation of this Environmental Management Plan. Therefore, EEPCo must establish a Project level Environmental Management Unit and assign a responsible person to coordinate the environmental management activities. 10.4 Post-Construction/Operation Phase Continued enjoyment of the benefits arising from implementation of the project will only be achieved if effective environmental management is carried out in a timely manner. Table 10.1 sets out, in summary form, the environmental management measures to be taken with regard to controlling the potential impacts which might occur during the pre-construction, construction and operational phases of the Project. The Table also indicates the institutional arrangement (who is responsible for taking the recommended actions) for the execution of the mitigation, management and monitoring plan. However, EEPCo, as a Project Developer of this project, has the overall responsibility for the coordination and implementation of this Environmental Management Plan. EEPCo is responsible to coordinate environmental management and monitoring activities and preparation of regular status reports. CESI SpA - Mid-Day International Consulting Engineers Page 264
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