Environmental and Social Impact Assessment - Gibe III

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Gibe III – Environmental and Social Impact Assessment 300 ENV R CS 002 C - A9003099 Mr. Mohammed Abdi (Wildlife Expert) Mr. Mulugeta Sergawi (Resettlement Planner) Mr. Samuel Tegodahu (Autocad/GIS Specialist) Dr. Seyoum Mengistu (Aquatic Ecologist) Mr. Sisay Nune (Forester, Land Use Expert) Mr. Tamirat Tilahun (Land Use Surveyor) Mr. Temsgen Yimer (Sociologist) Dr. Tesfaye Wudneh (Fishery Expert) Mr. Tibebe S. (Agriculture Expert) Prof. Zerihun Woldu (Terrestrial Ecologist) 1.4 Complementary Initiatives and Associated Reports This Environmental and Social Impact Assessment is accompanied by the following volumes of reports: i) Environmental Impact Assessment: Additional Study on downstream Impacts The Downstream Impacts associated with the construction and operation of Gibe III scheme are addressed in a separate report. ii) Environmental and Social Management Plan The Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) is also presented in a separate report. The objective of the ESMP is to ensure effective implementation of mitigation, management and monitoring measures. iii) Resettlement Action Plan: Gibe III Hydroelectric Project The Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) is documented in a separate report. The RAP for the Gibe III Hydroelectric facilities (dam and reservoir, EEPCO permanent camp and the Chida-Sodo Road Realignment Project, etc), details about the resettlement and compensation commitments and the process by which resettlement and compensation will be implemented are presented in this report. iv) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment: Gibe III-Sodo Transmission Line A 65 km long 400 kV transmission line is to be constructed between Gibe III and Sodo substation. An ESIA has been carried out and the result presented in this report. v) Resettlement Action Plan: Gibe III-Sodo Transmission Line A 65 km long 400 kV transmission line is to be constructed between Gibe III and Sodo substation will affect privately owned properties and farmland. Therefore, EEPCO’s EMU has prepared a standalone RAP report. vi) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment: Chida-Sodo Road Realignment A section of the existing Chida-Sodo road and the bridge across the Omo River will be submerged by Gibe III reservoir. This is a Federal Road and a new alignment and a sight for a bridge across the Omo CESI SpA - Mid-Day International Consulting Engineers Page 31
Gibe III – Environmental and Social Impact Assessment 300 ENV R CS 002 C - A9003099 (downstream of the dam has been selected) has been proposed. An ESIA has been carried out and the finding presented in this report. vii) Public consultation and Disclosure Plan Since the middle of 2006 as part of the ESIA study and preparation of ESMP and RAP several public consultation have been carried out with local, regional and Federal agencies, institutions, potentially affected people and communities, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) etc. to obtain information and to seek views on the design, construction and operation of the hydroelectric facilities, including their potential impacts, and means and methods of mitigation. The concerns, priorities and opinions of the affected stakeholders related to Gibe III project were recorded in this report. 1.5 Report Structure The report has been developed following African Development Bank and the World Bank guidelines for preparing environmental impact assessments (Operational Directive 4.01) and it is composed by different parts describing all the key elements considered in the present study as necessary to assess all the positive and negative effects generated from the realization of the Gibe III hydroelectric project. In the following Chapter 2 the study introduces the policy, legal, and institutional Framework in force and actual territorial national policies and strategies, particularly referring to the environmental matters that are potentially involved by the development of the project. Chapter 3 describes the proposed technical project and locational solution referring to the Basic and to the successive Level 1 Design, also dealing with Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) dam alternative in comparison with a BF rockfill dam. It defines the main technological and dimensional features of the project describing all the components and actions planned. Work programme, access roads, camps and site installations and facilities are also described, besides the definition of potential pollution and waste dumping during construction activities, as well as the related mitigative technical actions to be adopted. An analysis of project and location alternatives has been also developed. The Environmental Impact Assessment methodology applied in the present study in order to evaluate the temporary and permanent impact of a project on the natural and human environment is presented in the Chapter 4. A matrix that links project activities to the environmental components, considering the impacts (both positive and negative) generated by the project activities during all the different temporal phases of the project has been developed. In the Chapter 5 the Physical, Biological and Socio-Economical Environment, including the attitudes of the local communities and authorities, are specifically described, in order to give a complete framework of the environment involved by the construction and operational stage of the new hydroelectric power plant, concerning both upstream and downstream environment. Project benefits resulting from the realization of Gibe III hydroelectric project are exposed in the Chapter 6, where, besides the energetic positive consequences represented by power generation and the prospects to export power, also socio-economical benefits such as improvements in local access, job opportunities and related gender issues, internal navigation possibility have been presented. Concerning environmental positive effects, the avoidance of CO2 emission and the improvement of fishery resources have been exposed. CESI SpA - Mid-Day International Consulting Engineers Page 32
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