Azura-Edo Independent Power Plant Environmental Impact ... - IFC

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
ACRONYMS
1 INTRODUCTION 1-1
1.1 BACKGROUND 1-1
1.2 INTRODUCING THE PROJECT 1-1
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE EIA PROCESS 1-3
1.4 PROJECT LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY CONTEXT 1-10
1.5 STRUCTURE OF THIS EIA REPORT 1-25
2 PROJECT JUSTIFICATION 2-1
2.1 NEED FOR THE PROJECT 2-1
2.2 AZURA POWER’S COMPANY OBJECTIVES 2-2
2.3 PROJECT BENEFITS 2-3
2.4 ENVISAGED SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS 2-3
3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 3-1
3.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW 3-1
3.2 POWER PLANT 3-3
3.3 UTILITIES AND ANCILLARY SERVICES 3-14
3.4 PROJECT SCHEDULE 3-16
3.5 CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING 3-16
3.6 OPERATION 3-19
3.7 DECOMMISSIONING 3-24
3.8 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES 3-24
4 DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT – BIOPHYSICAL BASELINE 4-1
4.1 INTRODUCTION 4-1
4.2 TOPOGRAPHY 4-1
4.3 CLIMATE 4-1
4.4 GEOLOGY 4-6
4.5 SOILS 4-6
4.6 HYDROLOGY AND GEOHYDROLOGY 4-15
4.7 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY 4-20
4.8 NOISE AND VIBRATION 4-22
4.9 TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY 4-24
5 DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT - SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASELINE5-1
5.1 INTRODUCTION 5-1