INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATASHEET
APPRAISAL STAGE
I. Basic Information
Date prepared/updated: 07/21/2008
Report No.: AC2856
Public Disclosure Authorized
1. Basic Project Data
Country: Vietnam
Project ID: P090374
Project Name: VN-GEF-Coastal Cities Project
Task Team Leader: William D. Kingdom
GEF Focal Area: International waters
Global Supplemental ID:
Estimated Appraisal Date: June 3, 2008
Estimated Board Date: December 18, 2008
Managing Unit: EASUR
Lending Instrument: Specific Investment
Loan
Sector: General water, sanitation and flood protection sector (100%)
Theme: Pollution management and environmental health (P);Other environment and
natural resources management (S)
IBRD Amount (US$m.):
0.00
Public Disclosure Authorized
IDA Amount (US$m.):
0.00
GEF Amount (US$m.):
5.00
PCF Amount (US$m.):
0.00
Other financing amounts by source:
BORROWER/RECIPIENT
2.69
Financing
Gap
0.00
2.69
Environmental Category: A - Full Assessment
Simplified Processing
Simple []
Repeater []
Is this project processed under OP 8.50 (Emergency Recovery)
Yes [ ]
No [X]
or OP 8.00 (Rapid Response to Crises and Emergencies)
Public Disclosure Authorized
2. Project Objectives
The Project Objective is to reduce river pollution in Quy Nhon City in a financially and
environmentally sustainable manner through piloting of a new low cost wastewater
treatment technology and thereby improving the marine and coastal ecosystems along the
coastline of Vietnam.
This project is linked to the Coastal Cities Environmental Sanitation project (CCESP)
which was approved in December 2006 and the Phase 1 activities have been commenced.
The GEF grant will finance only the construction of a wastewater treatment plant
(WWTP) whilst the sewerages and household connections feeding the plant will be
provided under the CCESP.
Public Disclosure Authorized
3. Project Description
Component 1: Construction of Chemically Enhanced Treatment Plant (CEPT)
The component consists of the construction of a 7,000m3/d capacity Chemically
Enhanced Primary Treatment (CEPT) plant with secondary treatment by trickling filters
serving an estimated 60,000 people. The plant will be connected to a sewerage system
financed under the IDA Coastal Cities Environmental Sanitation Project (CCESP).
Component 2: Public Communication and Replication Strategy. This component
consists of two main parts: (i) a public communication program aimed to dialogue
between public institutions and citizens to raise public awareness and understanding of
the key issues related to the project; and (ii) a program of dissemination and replication
of project achievements.
Component 3: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation. This component
comprises funding for M&E and other project management activities related specifically
to the CEPT plan. Most project management activities will be covered by IDA financing
under CCESP.
4. Project Location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard
analysis
Quy Nhon is located in the south-central region of Vietnam. It is the capital city of Binh
Dinh Province with a total population of 252,000 and an urban population of 232,000 in
2003.
The CEPT plant will be established in Nhon Binh Ward, north of Ha Thanh River,
north-west of the coastal city of Qui Nhon to serve a population of about 60,000 people
in the first phase and with a treatment capacity of 7,000 cubic meters per day. Ha Thanh
river flows into the Thi Nai lagoon, which is a wetland with intensive aquaculture and
fishing activities and is being proposed for a marine protected area. The lagoon is
connected with the East sea.
Environmental. The city is located in coastal areas of South Vietnam. The city has
attractive beaches and other natural or historic attractions which makes it important
tourist destinations. Urban land use is intense and this limits space for the provision of
wastewater facilities. The city has an environmental sanitation system consisting of
combined sewers that are generally in poor condition. Flooding due to poor drainage
systems, poor wastewater management with no treatment facilities and environmental
sanitation issues are the major concerns of people living in Qui Nhon.
Social. The project will bring direct social and economic benefits to an estimated 60,000
residents living in the north-west part of the city. Adverse social impacts mainly involve
permanent and temporary land acquisition related to the construction of the WWTP and
the discharge system. No ethnic minorities groups live in the project areas.
5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists
Ms Phuong Thi Thanh Tran (EASVS)
Ms Hoa Thi Mong Pham (EASVS)
6. Safeguard Policies Triggered
Yes No
Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01)
X
Natural Habitats (OP/BP 4.04)
X
Forests (OP/BP 4.36)
X
Pest Management (OP 4.09)
X
Physical Cultural Resources (OP/BP 4.11)
X
Indigenous Peoples (OP/BP 4.10)
X
Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12)
X
Safety of Dams (OP/BP 4.37)
X
Projects on International Waterways (OP/BP 7.50)
X
Projects in Disputed Areas (OP/BP 7.60)
X
II. Key Safeguard Policy Issues and Their Management
A. Summary of Key Safeguard Issues
1. Describe any safeguard issues and impacts associated with the proposed project.
Identify and describe any potential large scale, significant and/or irreversible impacts:
OP4.01 Environmental Assessment. The project would have overall positive
environmental and social impacts by mitigating pollution caused by untreated
wastewater. The investment has limited impacts related to construction work because the
WWTP would be located in an agriculture land at a reasonable distance to residential
areas. The most adverse impacts could be the effluents on water quality of the Ha Thanh
river and Thi Nai lagoon, and air pollution on residential areas, during the operation
phase of the WWTP. Other key environmental impacts include: earthwork related to
land-filling for foundation, sludge disposal from the WWTP, and potential impacts from
application of disinfection (which may be required in the future).
OP4.04, Natural Habitats. The project will not involve any conversion of natural
habitats. Calculation of the WWTP effluent dispersion shows that the project will not
have adverse impact on the Thi Nai lagoon because the quality of the WWTP effluents in
all options including operational failure and maintenance will not be exceeding the
baseline quality of the lagoon, although exceeding the national standards in some cases.
Nevertheless, the EMP includes a monitoring requirement for water quality in the Lagoon
near the rivermouth. Thi Nai lagoon is a wetland with intensive aquaculture and fisheries.
The lagoon is being proposed for a marine protected area.
OP4.11, Physical Cultural Resources. Cultural property exists in the project site
including graves and a shrine, which are located in the buffer zone. However, all the
graves and shrine will remain in the site (buffer zone) as the shrine serve only few
festivals in a year and the local people want to keep it there as it is. The EIA report
suggested adequate mitigation for the shrine.
OP4.12, Involuntary Resettlement. About 12 ha of agricultural and aqua-cultural land
in the core area and 1.7 ha of residential land and 2.2 ha of garden land in the buffer zone
would be acquired for the construction of the WWTP. It would cause the relocation of 97
households from the buffer zone and loss of shrimp ponds of several households, who
lease the public land for shrimp cultivation but the leases expire in 2007 and 2008. As the
agricultural land in the buffer zone will not be acquired, there will not be any households
who would be severely affected by losing more than 20% of their agricultural
landholding. A RAP was prepared, based on the approved Resettlement Policy
Framework (RPF) for the CCSEP, which provides all necessary measures to minimize
and mitigate the impact on the people.
Indigenous People (OP4.10). The socio-economic survey found there are no ethnic
minorities groups living in the project areas. Therefore, OP4.10 is not triggered under this
project.
Public Disclosure. The Bank's disclosure requirements have been followed. All drafts
of the EIA, RAP, were disclosed in Washington DC and in VDIC in Hanoi by January
15, 2008. The Vietnamese translations were disclosed on January 14, 2008 at Nhon Binh
ward People Committee and the PMU office accessible to local NGOs and project
affected people. All final versions were disclosed by [May 5, 2008].
2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future
activities in the project area:
The project is expected to have significant positive benefits for the environment, public
health and the tourism-based economy due to improved sanitation services and capacity.
Wastewater treatment is new for the city, but appropriate WWT technology has been
chosen to meet the national environmental standards.
According to the proposed plan, the agricultural land in the buffer zone will not be
acquired and the farmers will continue to cultivate in the site. It's a fear from the people
that the constructed WWTP would have some impact on the environment and water
source, which could impact to the cultivation activities.
3. Describe any project alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize
adverse impacts.
The proposed project builds on the experience gained in implementing the IDA Coastal
Cities Environmental Sanitation Project. Alternatives have included facility location and
treatment technologies. The selected location would allow minimal resettlement. The
treatment technology has been selected to meet environmental national standards.
Hydraulic modeling of effluent dispersion for three secondary treatment technologies,
namely facultative pond, trickling filter and oxidation ditch, has been undertaken to
provide the City authorities with a comprehensive comparison of potential environmental
impacts, land requirement, investment and operation costs.
The result of water quality modeling shows that all three secondary treatment
technologies at full capacity would allow meeting the national environmental standards,
except for Coliforms level in the cases of the oxidation ditch and trickling filter
alternatives at low tides. Recommendation is therefore made that provision for
disinfection should be included in the design of the WWTP if the technology of Trickling
filter or Oxidation ditch is selected. The EMP suggests monitoring of residual free
Chlorine in Ha Thanh river water and safety measures for workers working at the
disinfection facility. Precautionary measure such as warning signs along the so that water
from the river will not be used for drinking and bathing purposes unless the monitoring
result has shown satisfactory level is also required.
4. Describe measures taken by the borrower to address safeguard policy issues. Provide
an assessment of borrower capacity to plan and implement the measures described.
Environment.
The provincial Project Management Unit (PMU) has no relevant background to
supervise the preparation and implementation of safeguard policies. To mitigate this, an
independent environmental expert was hired to prepared the EIA report. An experienced
international consultant which is responsible for technical design was also in charge of
providing environmental data, assistance and advice in preparing the safeguard
documents. The EIA report was reviewed and approved by the provincial Departments of
Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE). Regular reporting on environmental
compliance will be required to be submitted by PMU to both IDA and DONRE during
the project implementation.
During the project implementation, technical assistance will be included to cover
construction supervision and institutional strengthening. The construction management
consultants (CMC) will be responsible for the oversight of mitigation measures.
Independent environmental monitoring consultants (IEMC) will be hired to provide
guidance to the CMC and also to PMU in monitoring the overall environmental impacts
of the project and the implementation of the EMP. As part of the CCESP, institutional
strengthening will include capacity building for environmental management for the PMU
staff, contractors, and other concerned local stakeholders.
Social.
A Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) has been prepared in line with the approved
Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF), and approved by Binh Dinh PPC. A resettlement
site in the same ward (Nhon Binh ward) will be developed under CCESP to host the
relocated DHs. Consultations with the DHs showed that most of them (91 out of 97
relocated DHs) would choose to move to the proposed resettlement site. Since the
agricultural land in the buffer zone will not be acquired, there will not be significant
impact on the income sources of the people.
There is a staff, responsible for RAP implementation in the PMU. This staff has been
trained on the safeguards policies and their implementation. The PMU will work closely
with the local authorities in RAP implementation and monitoring. Regular reports on
resettlement progress will be required to be submitted to the Bank.
Implementation arrangements. The PMU will establish an office with social and
environmental specialists to manage and supervise safeguard. Independent consultants
will assist the PMU in monitoring compliance of safeguards throughout project
implementation.
5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and
disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people.
The project key stakeholders include:
- Provincial and city People's Committees- who are responsible for guiding the
development planning of their respective areas.
- Provincial Departments of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE), the Water
Supply and Drainage companies and Urban Environment Companies (URENCO) who is
responsible for providing the project-assisted environmental sanitation services.
- City's compensation, assistance and resettlement council.
- City's and ward's people committees.
- Local residents and business in the targeted service areas.
- The Fatherland Front of Nhon Binh ward, a local mass organization
These key stakeholders have been directly involved in project preparation, involving
planning meetings and consultations. Three public meetings and one workshop were
held during June and September 2006 to discuss environmental and resettlement issues.
Both the PAHs, the Nhon Binh ward people Committee and the Fatherland Front had no
further environmental concerns, rather than the ones covered in the EIA report, and
expressed full support to the project. Consultations with the project affected people,
including the ones to be resettled on resettlement options and rehabilitation measures
were conducted and the mechanism for further consultations as well as grievances redress
procedures were developed in the prepared RAP.
B. Disclosure Requirements Date
Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other:
Was the document disclosed prior to appraisal? N/A
Date of receipt by the Bank
01/11/2008
Date of "in-country" disclosure
01/14/2008
Date of submission to InfoShop
01/15/2008
For category A projects, date of distributing the Executive
05/10/2008
Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors
Resettlement Action Plan/Framework/Policy Process:
Was the document disclosed prior to appraisal? N/A
Date of receipt by the Bank
01/14/2008
Date of "in-country" disclosure
01/14/2008
Date of submission to InfoShop
01/15/2008
Indigenous Peoples Plan/Planning Framework:
Was the document disclosed prior to appraisal?
Date of receipt by the Bank
Date of "in-country" disclosure
Date of submission to InfoShop
Pest Management Plan:
Was the document disclosed prior to appraisal?
Date of receipt by the Bank
Date of "in-country" disclosure
Date of submission to InfoShop
* If the project triggers the Pest Management and/or Physical Cultural Resources,
the respective issues are to be addressed and disclosed as part of the Environmental
Assessment/Audit/or EMP.
If in-country disclosure of any of the above documents is not expected, please
explain why:
N/A
C. Compliance Monitoring Indicators at the Corporate Level (to be filled in when the
ISDS is finalized by the project decision meeting)
OP/BP/GP 4.01 - Environment Assessment
Does the project require a stand-alone EA (including EMP) report?
Yes
If yes, then did the Regional Environment Unit or Sector Manager (SM)
Yes
review and approve the EA report?
Are the cost and the accountabilities for the EMP incorporated in the
Yes
credit/loan?
OP/BP 4.11 - Physical Cultural Resources
Does the EA include adequate measures related to cultural property?
Yes
Does the credit/loan incorporate mechanisms to mitigate the potential
Yes
adverse impacts on cultural property?
OP/BP 4.12 - Involuntary Resettlement
Has a resettlement plan/abbreviated plan/policy framework/process
Yes
framework (as appropriate) been prepared?
If yes, then did the Regional unit responsible for safeguards or Sector
Yes
Manager review the plan?
The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information
Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the World Bank's
Yes
Infoshop?
Have relevant documents been disclosed in-country in a public place in a
Yes
form and language that are understandable and accessible to project-affected
groups and local NGOs?
All Safeguard Policies
Have satisfactory calendar, budget and clear institutional responsibilities
Yes
been prepared for the implementation of measures related to safeguard
policies?
Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been included in the project
Yes
cost?
Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project include the
Yes
monitoring of safeguard impacts and measures related to safeguard policies?
Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed with the
Yes
borrower and the same been adequately reflected in the project legal
documents?
D. Approvals
Signed and submitted by:
Name
Date
Task Team Leader:
Mr William D. Kingdom
04/30/2008
Environmental Specialist:
Ms Phuong Thi Thanh Tran
04/24/2008
Social Development Specialist
Ms Hoa Thi Mong Pham
04/24/2008
Additional Environmental and/or
Social Development Specialist(s):
Approved by:
Regional Safeguards Coordinator:
Mr Panneer Selvam Lakshminarayanan
07/15/2008
Comments:
Sector Manager:
Ms Hoonae Kim
07/22/2008
Comments: