PAD - LGED

waterways component may have significant environmental impacts on aquatic life, human
health, agriculture, land use etc.
42. Approach to Address Environmental Safeguard Issues. Since the exact locations of
the subprojects have not been finalized at the project preparation stage except for the first year
RPM component and the roads under PBMC, it was not possible to carry out a full
environmental assessment for the entire project prior to appraisal. Instead, an Environmental
Management Framework (EMF) has been prepared by the borrower describing the general
baseline condition and typical environmental impacts from different types of subprojects during
preconstruction, construction and operation. The EMF also provides the guidelines to comply
with national legislation and World Bank safeguards policies, and defines the environmental
requirements needed for processing the financing of each sub-component. In addition, the EMF
has laid out the procedures for screening each subproject for potential environmental impacts,
and how to determine the scope of appropriate Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The
environmental screening/assessment will take into consideration the impact on the natural
habitats and will recommend appropriate measures to reduce the disturbance to the natural
habitats. Although it is highly unlikely that any designated physical cultural resources will be
affected by the subprojects, the EMF has provision of ‘Chance find’ procedures conforming to
applicable legislations on heritage. In addition, the relevant Environmental, Health and Safety
Guidelines of the World Bank Group/International Finance Corporation (IFC) will be applicable
to the project.
43. The subprojects (waterways improvement, growth center construction and improvement
of Upazila roads) which may have potential environmental impacts will be implemented from
the second year of project implementation after proper environmental screening and assessment.
Only subcomponents for maintenance of roads will be carried out during the first year of the
project. These subprojects are expected to require only environmental screening. According to
the EMF, subproject specific Environmental Management Plans (EMP) need to be prepared for
all subprojects having environmental impacts and the EMPs will be an integral part of the Bill of
Quantities (BOQ). The EMF also provides the Environmental Code of Practice (ECP), which
will be included in all subproject civil works contracts through a set of special environmental
clauses (SECs) included in the Technical Specification of the biding documents.
44. Borrower’s capacity on environmental safeguard. The Local Government Engineering
Department (LGED) has prepared the ‘Environmental Assessment Guidelines for LGED
Projects’ with the support of the Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP-I) in late 2008.
The guidelines aimed to provide the framework EIA for planning, implementation and
subsequent operation of different sector projects undertaken by LGED. The guidelines constitute
simple procedures and formats to undertake IEE and EIA of proposed projects and subprojects to
identify potential negative impacts and draw up an EMP where necessary. LGED has also
prepared the Environmental Code of Practice (ECP) and Environmental Supervision Manual
(ESM) for the project. LGED has implemented several World Bank-funded projects and is
familiar with Bank safeguard policies. An Environmental Unit headed by the Additional Chief
Engineer (Maintenance) has been established in LGED. Further capacity development of the
Environmental Unit is required to fully integrate environmental issues in LGED’s projects and
programs design and implementation. As part of the institutional development support, the
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