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Azura Power West Africa Limited Azura-Edo Independent Power Project: Environmental Impact Assessment February 2012 Prepared by: Karen Opitz, Tunde Morakinyo, Bhavin Vyas, Nomsa Fulbrook-Bhembe For and on behalf of Environmental Resources Management Approved by: Henry Camp Signed: Position: Partner Date: 28 February 2012 This report has been prepared by Environmental Resources Management the trading name of Environmental Resources Management Limited, with all reasonable skill, care and diligence within the terms of the Contract with the client, incorporating our General Terms and Conditions of Business and taking account of the resources devoted to it by agreement with the client. We disclaim any responsibility to the client and others in respect of any matters outside the scope of the above. This report is confidential to the client and we accept no responsibility of whatsoever nature to third parties to whom this report, or any part thereof, is made known. Any such party relies on the report at their own risk.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION Azura Power West Africa Limited (‘Azura Power’), a Nigerian-registered subsidiary of Amaya Capital Limited (‘Amaya’), proposes to develop a 450 MW Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) Power Plant on the outskirts of Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. The Project comprises a power plant, a short transmission line connecting the power plant to the adjacent Benin North Substation, and a short pipeline spur connecting the power plant to the Escravos Lagos Pipeline System. The proposed site for the Project is located in the north-eastern outskirts of Benin City, Edo State in Nigeria. The Project site is adjacent to the Ihovbor Power Plant which is currently under construction under the auspices of the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP). The Project requires an EIA in terms of the Nigerian Environmental Impact Assessment Act No 86 (1992) and in order to fulfil World Bank requirements for financing. The purpose of the EIA is to ensure that potential environmental and social impacts associated with development of the Project are identified, assessed and managed appropriately. Mitigation measures are then developed and incorporated into the project to eliminate, minimise or reduce adverse impacts and, where practicable, to enhance benefits. Azura Power has appointed Environmental Accord (EnvAccord) and Environmental Resources Management Limited (ERM) to develop the EIA, the main results of which are presented in this executive summary. PROJECT OVERVIEW The Project will comprise a 450 MW (net) gas-fired power plant a short transmission line (less than 1 km) connecting the power plant to the Benin North substation (adjacent to the Project site) and a short underground gas pipeline spur (circa 1km in length) connecting the power plant to the country’s main gas trunk line, the Escravos Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS). The Project and this EIA do not include the Benin North substation which is currently being constructed under the management of the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP). This substation was initiated and funded prior to the establishment of Azura Power and its construction and operation is not dependent upon the Azura-Edo IPP. PROJECT JUSTIFICATION The project is justified primarily on the basis of the need for additional electricity supply to meet and support the growing demand for power in Nigeria to support economic growth. AZURA EDO IPP I DRAFT EIA REPORT
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Federal Ministry of Environment Pri
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The proposed Project requires an EI
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as a building or irrigation system)
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instrument for monitoring and contr
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Convention Concerning the Protectio
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Box 1.2 World Bank Safeguard Polici
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• Step 5. Stakeholder Consultatio
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Chapter Title Description 8 Mitigat
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commensurate sums that will need to
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operation of the Project. The imple
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2.4.3 Social Sustainability A detai
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signing of a Memorandum of Understa
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Key Component OCGT Associated Machi
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Gas Turbine Building The four gas t
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Government parastatal that has been
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3.2.10 Fire Protection The gas turb
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foundations and is associated with
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SI. No Waste Water 3. Water Based S
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3.3.4 Administration Buildings The
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the area reserved for the HRSG and
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3.6 OPERATION 3.6.1 Maintenance It
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Job title Level of Skill Business M
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Figure 3.2 Staff Organogram Plant M
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3.8.2 Alternative Site Location Sev
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the next 20 years, the vast bulk of
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climate but straddles the Tropical
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The relative humidity of Nigeria is
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4.4 GEOLOGY The Study Area is locat
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4.5.1 Soil Types 4.5.2 Soil Quality
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season and were observably lower du
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increased with depth, showing a sig
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subsoil (15.00 - 35.00 x 10 3 cfu/g
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higher heterotrophic fungi concentr
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The results of the inorganic and or
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cfu/100ml at Orior-Osemwende during
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Air quality measurements were taken
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Figure 4.6 Sampling Locations for N
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Sample Code Noise Level - dB (A) A7
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Figure 4.7 Sampling Points ((Flora)
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All flora habitats surveyed were fo
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Figure 4.12 Fallow Land with Guinea
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Figure 4.16 A view of re-growing se
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Figure 4.19 Plant Species Discorea
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Conservation Status Scientific Name
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Species identified in the project a
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Urho-Nisen-Urho-Nisen, which will b
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• Participation of those with acc
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Table 5.2 Key Socio-Economic Indica
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Figure 5.3 Age Distribution, Edo St
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were classed as vulnerable by virtu
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Orior-Osemwende Orior-Osemwende is
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the communities within the Project
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Figure 5.6 Traditional Leadership S
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conflict could be a problem in the
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There are distinct gender divisions
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Petty Trading According to FGDs som
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the house. Almost a quarter of hous
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have no formal schooling; while app
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Name of sacred site worshipped in c
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Figure 5.11 Map showing the locatio
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stretches of the walls and moats re
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Figure 5.14 The Location of Moats S
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native doctors or herbalists. With
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project and its potential impacts (
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The Project identified the Nigerian
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Figure 6.2 Community Engagement in
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Figure 6.6 Consultation with the Ed
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Details of the asset census survey
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Stakeholder Engagement Engagement A
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6.5 KEY ISSUES RAISED This section
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6.6 PROJECT GRIEVANCE MECHANISM Gri
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to ensure that projects can proceed
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7 BIOPHYSICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC IM
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2. Evaluation of the importance (or
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In addition to predicted impacts, t
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Significance for Socio-economic Imp
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Table 7.2 Species Value / Sensitivi
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Box 7.4 Mitigation Hierarchy for Pl
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AERMOD is considered to be appropri
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Figure 7.2 Wind Roses for Bohicon,
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Country Averaging period Recommende
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The WHO guidelines are particularly
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7.3.5 Receptors per year for a sing
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7.3.6 Impact Description and Signif
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Process Emissions: NO x and CO The
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Figure 7.5 1 h maximum NO 2, the Pr
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The values in Table 7.13 will there
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impacts exactly or take account of
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Figure 7.6 Operational noise levels
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also be required for the burial of
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The impact of the Project on water
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Artanema longifolium (a flowering p
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Table 7.18 Summary of Impact Signif
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The site will also generate general
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include estimates for the physical
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7.10.2 Impact Description and Signi
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for impacts to demographics during
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As discussed above, and due to the
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Project’s construction phase will
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during decommissioning is expected
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Due to the high unemployment rate i
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contract workers. An additional num
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enefit the local communities. These
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impact on a small number of inhabit
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Besides the construction of the pla
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• Psychological impacts associate
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7.15.4 Impact Description and Signi
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Impact Significance The extent of t
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• Bitumen shall not be overheated
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8.2.2 Operation With the implementa
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• Oil interceptors and silt traps
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• All surface water or other cont
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• Reduce or prevent off-site sedi
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8.5.2 Operation • After construct
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8.6.2 Operation • Waste shall be
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8.8 ECONOMIC RESETTLEMENT As noted
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impacts over the operations period.
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Effective and ongoing implementatio
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• Frequent and regular disclosure
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8.13.2 Operation reduce the potenti
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• Personal Protective Equipment (
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8.14.3 Decommissioning The health a
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Figure 9.1 Annual mean NO 2, cumula
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Table 9.1 Summary of cumulative imp
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impact is not due to the operation
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9.3 SOILS AND GEOLOGY The implement
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9.10 EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMY The Pro
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10 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEM
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Table 10.1 Environmental Management
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10.2.2 Communication Azura Power wi
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The management of change procedure
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Impacts Management Plans Impacts to
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frequency of this reporting will be
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Table 10.4 Construction Phase: Envi
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Table 10.5 Operational Phase: Envir
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impacts were considered to be negli
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Federal Environmental Protection Ag
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World Health Organization (2007) pH
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