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Environmental and Social Management FrameworkTo become meaningful all proposed or identified mitigation measures must beintegrated into project design, the tender documents and in the works contracts(see Box 2.4). They should follow the guidelines to be established by DoR/GESUfor good and proven technical practices as outlined in the Environmental Code ofPractice (see Annex 2)Using this approach, the mitigation measures will automatically become part ofthe project construction and operation phase. By including mitigation measures inthe contract or in specific items in the Bill of Quantities, monitoring andsupervision of mitigation implementation will be covered under the engineeringsupervision provisions of the contract. For this the provisions mentioned in PublicWorks Directives of the Government of Nepal must be followed.Environmental and Social Safeguard and Mitigation Measuresmust be included in:Box 2.4Project Design: Mitigation measures should be integrated in the design of theproject itself. The need to adhere to the Environmental Code of Practice. Suchapproach will enhance the mitigation measures in terms of specific mitigationdesign, cost estimation of the mitigation measure, and specific implementationcriteria. Integration of mitigation measures in the design phase will also help instrengthening the benefits and sustainability of the project.Project Work Contracts: The project contractor should be bound by theparameters contractual clauses identified in the environmental and socialassessment pertaining to specific mitigation measures in the contract. It needsto be ensured that the contractor is aware and understand the respectivecontractual clauses ad obligations. The final acceptance of the completed worksshould not occur until the environmental clauses have been satisfactorilyimplemented.Bill of Quantities: The tender instruction to bidders should explicitly mentionthe site-specific mitigation measures to be performed, the materials to be used,the specified and excluded sites for material retrieval, labour campspecifications, arrangements, and waste management and disposal areas, aswell other site-specific environmental requirements. Such a definition wouldclearly exhibit the cost requirement to undertake mitigation measures, whichotherwise might be lost as the bidders in an attempt to be more competitivemay not include the price realistic enough to fund mitigation measures andother protection measures.Supervision and Monitoring: The purpose of supervision is to make sure thatspecific mitigation parameters identified in the environmental and socialassessment and as bound by the contract is satisfactorily implemented.Likewise, monitoring is necessary such that the mitigation measures areactually put into practice.Chapter 2-22 April 2007
Environmental and Social Management FrameworkSlope stability(8) Preparation of the Environmental/Social Management Action Plan (EMAP)An Environmental Management Action Plan (EMAP) 2 consists of the descriptiveset of mitigation, monitoring, and institutional measures to be taken duringimplementation and operation to eliminate adverse environmental impacts, offsetthem, or reduce them to acceptable levels. The guiding principles and technicalsolution aspects, tailored for Nepalese conditions, are reflected in theEnvironmental Code of Practice outlined in Ch. 2.3. and Annex 2 of this ESMF.Any construction will not begin before an EMAP is prepared and approved by theconcerned agency.The EMAP shall also clearly identify the roles and responsibilities of institutionsand involved (contractual) parties to carry out the management activities, anddefine the location of verification of the prescribed measures. It is recommendedthat the implementation tables being prepared for the forthcoming sub-projectsunder the SRN Program utilize a standard tabulated format in presenting thearrangements for implementing the mitigation measures, as shown in Table. 2.8:Table 2.8: Mitigation Implementation – Description of ArrangementsMitigationImplementation ResponsibilityActivity Project Design Contract Bill of Quantity MonitoringContractor must Identify stabilizationcomply with clauses area.Specify bio-engineering pertaining to Provide list ofand relevant techniques. safeguard and species to formitigation clauses in plantingthe contract. requirementsSpoil disposalWatermanagementLand usePlants andwildlifeQuarries andborrow pitsStone crushingand asphaltplantsIdentify mass balancetechniques.Safe tipping areasidentified and enforced.Design spoil traps.Design safe dischargedrainage and techniques(check dam) to naturalwater course.Explore use of marginalland.Check impacts arelimited to compensatedtrees and products.Consider constructionaffecting forests andproductive crop lands.Design bunds to screennoise and dust.Design re-gradingslopes.Use bio-engineeringtechniques forrehabilitation.Specify noise andemission requirements;Specify siting criteriaDoDoDo -Do, especiallyexclude hunting andcollecting activitiesDoDoQuantify disposaland extractionvolume.Physical works forsafe dischargedrainage listed.-Quantify restorationcosts and presenttechnicalspecifications.Amount to beincluded incontractor's ownexpense.Disallow non-permissiblespeciesAdequacy, quality ofvegetation.Survival rate of plants.Presence of scouring,erosion, damage to property,water supply disruption.Complaints from localpeopleEvidence of fresh surfaceerosion, presence of gullies,increase in water turbidity,loss of agriculture forestland.Slope condition.Public complaints.Quantify actual land usepattern for construction andother activities.Public complaints.Check habitats re-createdon marginal roadside land.Check for water ponding,formation of gullies, waterturbidity.Check unauthorizedquarrying activities.Control siting and emission.Dust control equipmentbeing utilized.Public complaints.2 Sometimes referred as to Environmental Management Plan (EMP)April 2007 Chapter 2-23
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