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With respect to the significant impacts identified by the EIA, the EMP
provides the linkage between each significant impact, the relevant mitigation
measures and the monitoring approach. Significant impacts are referenced to:
• applicable regulatory requirements, lenders requirements and other
commitments; and
• relevant operational controls (eg management best practices, construction
and operation specifications, procedures, and work instructions).
Azura Power will manage key contractors to ensure that the EMP is
implemented and monitored through contractual mechanisms and day-to-day
management where required. Azura Power will have its own supervisory
personnel and the Nigerian Government will oversee the project through its
various agencies.
The EMP contains the recommendation for the development of a number of
detailed management plans and procedures that lay out the specifications for
compliance with specific environmental and social elements. Key plans are
listed below.
• Construction Management Plan;
• Traffic Control Management Plan;
• Waste Management Plan;
• Site Closure and Restoration Plan;
• Influx Management Plan;
• Employment and Workforce Policy;
• Comprehensive Community Investment Plan;
• Local Employment and Procurement Policy;
• Local Employment Strategy;
• Occupational Health and Safety Policy;
• Spill Response Plan; and
• Emergency Response Plan.
CONCLUSIONS
The findings of the EIA presented in Chapter 7 indicate that there are no issues
of Major significance that could not be mitigated such that the proposed
project was not acceptable from an environmental and socio-economic
perspective.
Air quality (dust during construction and decommissioning and greenhouse
gases during operation), biodiversity, physical resettlement, economic
resettlement and workplace health and safety impacts were identified as
negative impacts of major significance and significant (for greenhouse gases)
prior to mitigation. These negative impacts require careful implementation of
effective mitigation measures and ongoing monitoring. The significance of
biodiversity impacts, physical resettlement impacts and economic
resettlement impacts can be reduced to moderate; the workplace health and
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