Environmental and Social Impact Assessment - Gibe III

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.
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