Krasnodar GRES Project Volume I11 Environmental Assessment

4) Once a final decision has been made on whether to proceed with the
recommended route, it will be necessary to incorporate findings of the
pipeline EA into a detailed design. Site specific information will be required
and the mitigation measures outlined in the pipeline EA would then be
incorporated into the environmental design specifications to deal or
ameliorate the particular impacts identified.
1.9 Summary
Combined cycle natural gas power plants are by their very nature environmentally
acceptable as a means of generating electricity. The Krasnodar GRES is no
exception, and is expected to meet with all Russian and World Bank environmental
requirements. The Russian language EIA has been approved by KREC, MEPNR and
the Ministry of Fuels and Energy. Air emissions are preliminarily estimated to
cause no long-term, significant changes in ambient air quality, nor any
environmental or health impacts, in either the local Mostovskoy environment, or
the IUCN Biosphere Reserve, which is located some 48 kilometers distant. The
plant will be utilizing dry cooling towers, thus no long-term deleterious impacts are
predicted on either water quality or availability of water for consumptive use.
Additionally, no indigenous personnel resettlement is required, and the existing
roadways and rail line will meet the area's transportation requirements.
The several unavoidable impacts expected during plant construction are transient,
short-term, and commensurate with normal construction activities. Other
potential impacts during both construction and normal plant operations are
controllable, and can be readily minimized through good environmentally sensitive
construction practices, and the development and use of appropriate mitigating
measures,
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