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10 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (ESMP)
10.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter provides the ESMP for the Azura-Edo IPP. Elements of this plan
will be taken forward and incorporated into a comprehensive project
Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) that will be used to
deliver the Project’s EHS regulatory compliance objectives and other related
commitments.
This ESMP is a delivery mechanism for environmental and social mitigation
measures made in the EIA Report. The purpose of the ESMP is to ensure that
these recommendations are translated into practical management actions
which can be adequately resourced and integrated into the Project phases.
The ESMP is, therefore, an environmental management tool used to ensure
that undue or reasonably avoidable adverse impacts of construction, operation
and decommissioning are prevented and that the positive benefits of the
Projects are enhanced (Lochner, 2005).
10.1.1 Overview and Scope
The ESMP has been developed to meet international standards on
environmental and social management performance, specifically those set out
by the WB and IFC. This ESMP will be incorporated into Azura Power’s
Environmental Management System (EMS), which Azura Power will develop
before the Project becomes operational.
The ESMP is intended to cover those activities described in Chapter 3 of this
EIA report. It covers project activities during construction, operation and
decommissioning and will be subject to thorough reviews prior to the
commencement of activities to ensure completeness. The ESMP does not
include measures for activities related to equipment and facility fabrication
being done offsite. It should be noted that this provides the outline
requirements for environmental management. Provision will be made for
updating the outline ESMP once the detailed project design is complete and
for adapting the ESMP to relevant project stages as part of the overall ESMS.
The plan details the mitigation and enhancement measures Azura Power has
committed to implement through the life of the Project and includes desired
outcomes; performance indicators; targets or acceptance criteria; and timing
for actions and responsibilities. Azura Power will have principal
responsibility for all measures outlined in the ESMP, but may delegate
responsibility to its contractors, where appropriate. In cases where other
individuals or organisations have responsibility for mitigation measures, this
is clearly indicated within the ESMP table.
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