INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATASHEET
APPRAISAL STAGE
I. Basic Information
Date prepared/updated: 03/20/2007
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: January 4, 2006
Estimated Board Date: March 25, 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$m.):
2.70
PCF Amount (US$m.):
0.00
Other financing amounts by source:
BORROWER/RECIPIENT
0.30
Financing
Gap
0.00
0.30
Environmental Category: A - Full Assessment
Simplified Processing
Simple []
Repeater []
Is this project processed under OP 8.50 (Emergency Recovery)
Yes [ ]
No [X]
Public Disclosure Authorized
2. Project Objectives
The objective is to improve the environmental sanitation in the project cities in a
sustainable way leading to an enhanced quality of life for city residents.
3. Project Description
Component 1 - Flood control, drainage and wastewater collection
The project will imporve the collection of sewage by building new sewers, interceptors,
rehabilitating existing sewers, and transporting the wastes to new treatment plants.
Drainage will be provided by rehabilitating existing drains, constructing new drains
where regular flooding occurs and enhancing the capacity of flood retention ponds.
Existing combined sewer system will be utilized to the greatest extent possible in the
central urban core areas with high population densities. Interceptor sewers will be
constructed to pick up flows that currently discharge at a number of locations along the
Public Disclosure Authorized
sea front or into rivers. In newly developing areas separate or combined systems will be
constructed, depending on assessments of cost effectiveness.
Component 2 - Wastewater treatment plant
New wastewater treatment plant will be built during Phase 2 of the project to meet
Vietnamese national effluent standards. In Nha Trang two plants will be constructed, one
to serve the urban core and a second will serve the southern residential area. In Quy
Nhon two wastewater plants will serve the old city area and a third will serve the south-
western area some 15 km from the city core. In Dong Hoi a single new treatment plant
serving the city will be constructed and the existing plant at the city hospital will be
rehabilitated.
Component 3 - Solid waste management
The collection of solid wastes will be improved and they will be transported to new or
existing sanitary landfills for final disposal. In Nha Trang a new sanitary landfill will be
constructed at Luong Hoa and the existing Ru Ri dump will be safely closed. In Quy
Nhon the existing landfill at Long My will be rehabilitated and expanded. In Dong Hoi a
sanitary landfill is undere development with bilateral funding and the project will provide
additional equipment or functionality as determined during implementation.
SWM collection equipment will be financed for all cities and transfer stations are
planned for Nha Trang and Quy Nhon. The amount of phasing of the SWM equipment
will follow demand over the project life, and will take account of possible PPP activities.
In Dong Hoi the facilities for safe disposal of medical waste will be constructed. These
will be operated by the Urban Works Company (UWC) under contract with the hospital.
Component 4 - Resettlement
Construction of services (roads and utilities) to new housing plots for relocation of
project affected people in Quy Nhon and Nha Trang.
Compomnent 5 - Household Revolving Fund and School Sanitation Program
Revolving funds will be established in each city to provide small loans for construction
of household sanitation facilities. The funds will be mangaed by the Women's Union
according to the procedures set out in the household revolving fund manual. Eligibility
criteria and loan terms and conditions are designed to ensure that low income households
are able to access and to pay back the loans.
Water supply and sanitation facilities will be built at city schools in response to demand
from those schools. Demand assessment and proposed investment for different types of
schools will follow the design standards set by the Ministry of Education (MoE).
Component 6 - Capacity Building and Project Implementation
Support to Project Management Units (PMU) in project implementation including a)
overall project management support; b) preparation of Phase 2 feasibility studies, detailed
engineering designs and bid documents; c) construction management supervision for
Phases 1 and 2; d) independent safeguards monitoring; and, e) financial auditing.
Equipment to support the PMUs will also be financed.
Capacity building for the service providers and city departments including: a)
institutional study to establish long term structure and staffing for service providers, b)
purchase, installation and commissioning of financial management, management
information, and billing/collection software for the service providers, and training in its
use, c) joint development, with other city departments, of procedures and plans to support
operations and management of new or rehabilitated project facilities, d) technical and
managerial training to the service providers, including operation and maintenance of the
facilities and in financial planning, e)workshops and study tours, and f) miscellaneous
other capacity builiding activities.
Capacity building for design and implementation of a Healthy City Partnership
(HCP)including - a) development of the framework for design and implementation of the
HCP, b) implementation of the HCP including training and public awareness, small
investments in goods and works, and samll grants, and c) preparation and delivery of
public awareness campaigns to support sanitation behavior change, and explain benefits
from the project and its costs.
4. Project Location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard
analysis
The project would be implemented in the following three cities:
Nha Trang is the project's southernmost city and is the capital of Khanh Hoa Province,
with a total population of 350,000 and an urban population of 270,000 in 2000.
Quy Nhon is located north of Nha Trang 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.
Dong Hoi is the northernmost city of the project and is the capital of Quang Binh
Province with a total population of 98,000 and an urban population of 58,000 in 2003.
Environmental. The cities are located in coastal areas of central and south Vietnam.
The cities have good beaches and other natural or historic attractions which make them
important tourist destinations. Urban land use is intense and this limits space for the
provision of solid waste and wastewater facilities. The cities have similar environmental
sanitation systems consisting of combined sewers that are generally in poor condition.
Solid waste collection rates average about 70 percent of the generated volumes and
existing dumpsites lack basic environmental and public health protection measures.
Flooding due to poor drainage systems, solid and liequid waste management and realted
environmental sanitation issues are major concerns of people in each of the cities.
Social. The project will bring social and economic benefits to an estimated 600,000
residents in participating cities. Adverse social impacts mainly involve permanent and
temporary land acquisition related to the construction of waste water treatment plans,
landfills, drains and pipelines. No ethnic minorities groups live in the project areas.
5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists
Mr Bekir A. Onursal (EASRE)
Mr Chaohua Zhang (EASSO)
Ms KayeAnne J. Henry (EAPCO)
Mr John Morton (EASRE)
Ms Phuong Thi Thanh Tran (EASRE)
Ms Hoa Thi Mong Pham (EASSO)
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:
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 flooding and pollution caused by
untreated wastewater and poor solid waste management. The investments in
infrastructure have the potential for short-term and site-specific adverse impacts on water
resources and on residential areas. Other key environmental impacts include: disposal of
dredged sludge from drains and from WWTPs, septage collection and disposal, solid
waste managmeente and treatment of leachates/gases from landfill sites, temporary
effluent discharge from the improved drainage and sewer systems during Phase 1 and
effluent discharge from the WWTPs during Phase 2, selection and construction of
resettlement sites. The environmental Assessments for the subprojects identified for the
Phase 1 of the project satisfy the Bank's requirements for OP4.01.
OP4.04, Natural Habitats. The subprojects do not impact any sensitive sites, critical
natural habitats or protected areas. Improved waste treatment should benefit the Hon Mun
Marine Protected Area in Nha Trang Bay by improving treatment of wastewater
discharged into the bay. The environmental screening and assessment approach for
Phase 2, whcih is subject to Bank reviews and approval, will ensure that hte project will
not finance conversion of any critical natural habitats.
OP4.11, Cultural Resources. Cultural property exists in the project cities bu identified
impacts are limited. Preper construction supervision will be needed during project
implementation, particularly pipeline excavations and dredging activity. The EA reports
include construction clauses with explicit procedures inthe case of finding cultural
property and to cover chance finds.
OP4.12, Involuntary Resettlement. The Borrower prepared RAPs for phase 1 activities
that are acceptable to IDA. The Phase 1 investments would affect 161 households, of
which 77 would be relocated and 78 would be severely affected by losing inclime
sources. Land acquisition for the whole project would affect 912 households, of which
356 households would be relocated and 172 households would be severely affected by
the loss of income sources. A Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) acceptable to IDA
and approved by the Prime Minister and adopted by the participating Provinces was
prepared for Phase 2 investments. The RAPs for Phase 2 investsments will be prepared
in accordance with the RPF.
Indigtenous People (OD4.20). The socio-economic survey found there are no ethnic
minorities groups living in the project areas. Therefore, OD 4.20 is not triggered under
this project.
BP17.50, Public Disclosure. The Bank's disclosure requirements have been followed.
All drafts of the EAs, RPF, RAPs, were disclosed in Washington DC and in VDIC in
Hanoi by January 19, 2006. The Vietnamese translations were disclosed by January 13,
2006. All final versions were disclosed by May 26, 2006. All documents were disclosed
locally in the city People Committees, the provincial Department of Natural Resources
and Environment, the Project Preparation Units, and the afected wards to be accessible to
local NGOs and project affected people.
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 reduced frequency and level of flooding in
the cities, improved collection and handling of liquid and solid wastes, and improvements
in sanitation service and capacity.
Wastewater treatment is new for these cities, but appropriate WWT technology has been
chosen to meet the national environmental standards at acceptable costs.In order to better
understand the issues associated with making connections to the new sewers, a limited
house connection program will be implemented prior to completion of wastewater
treatment plants. This will result in the temporary discharge of some household liquid
wastes (from gray water and septic tank outlets)into rivers and lakes, until the wastewater
tr4eatment plant are built. These house connections will only be made where studies
have shown that the impact of the temporary discharges is within national standards.
Specific mitigation measures will be adopted to reduce pollution discharge at each of the
outlets, and water quality of the receiving waters will be carefully monitored.
3. Describe any project alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize
adverse impacts.
The proposed project builds on the experience gained to date in implementing the related
Three Cities Sanitation Project (Loan Agreement No. 3211-VN). Alternatives considered
during the Phase 1 preparation activities have included alternative facility sitings and
pipeline alignments, treatment technologies and location of temporary outlets for
drainage and wastewater discharge.
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. EIA reports for each city and a summary EA for Phase 1 have been
prepared. An Environmental Guideline was approved to guide the preparation of
environmental documents for Phase 2 subprojects.
The three provincial Project Management Units (PMUs) are new and lacking staff with
relevant background to supervise the preparation and implementation of safeguard
policies. To mitigate this, experienced international consultants will be hired during
Phase 2 to advise and assist local consultants in preparing safeguard documents. The
EIA reports will be reviewed and approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment (MONRE)or by the provincial DONREs as delegated by MONRE. Regular
reporting on environmental compliance will be required to be submitted by PMUs to both
IDA and DONREs.
During immplementation, technical assistance will be included in the project to cover
construction supervision and institutional strengthening. The construction management
consultants (CMC) will be responsible for the oversight of mitigation measueres.
Independent environmental monitoring consultants (IEMC)will be hired to provide
guidance to the CMC and also to PMUs in monitoring the overall environmental impacts
ofthe project and the implementation of the EMPs. Institutional strengthening will
include capacity building for environmental management for the PMU staff, constructors,
and other concerned local stakeholders.
In addition, the project will be implemented in two Phases, with some 60-70% of project
expenditures occurring during Phase 2(md-2008 to 2013) by which time the Borrower's
Institutional capacity is expected to have significantly improved.
Social. A resettlement policy framework (RPF) acceptable to the Bank has been
prepared and has been approved by the Prime Minister. Phase 1 resettlement plans
(RAPs)for each city have been prepared in line with the RPF, and approved by the
respective PPC. There will be a staff, responsible for RAP implementation in each city's
PMU. These staff will be trained on the safeguards policies and their implementation.
The PMUs 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. RAPs for Phase 2 will be prepared in accordance with the approved RPF when
the subcomponents are defined.
Implementation arrangements. The PMU for each city will establish an office with
social and environmental specialists to manage and supervise safeguard implementation
(for phase 1 investments) and preparation (for later phases). Independent consultants,
hired by each city, will monitor 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.
- Mass organizations such as the Women, Youth, and Veteran Unions.
- Local residents and business in the targeted service areas.
These key stakeholders have been directly involved in project preparation, involving
planning meetings, consultations and surveys to date. Project affected peopole include
the 77 households who will need to be resettled as part of Phase 1 activities and for which
RAPs acceptable to the Bank have been prepared and appropriate resettlement sites and
budgets are available.
B. Disclosure Requirements Date
Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other:
Date of receipt by the Bank
12/09/2005
Date of "in-country" disclosure
01/19/2006
Date of submission to InfoShop
01/18/2006
For category A projects, date of distributing the Executive
07/14/2006
Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors
Resettlement Action Plan/Framework/Policy Process:
Date of receipt by the Bank
11/23/2005
Date of "in-country" disclosure
01/13/2006
Date of submission to InfoShop
01/13/2006
* 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
06/26/2006
Environmental Specialist:
Mr John Morton
08/17/2006
Social Development Specialist
Mr Chaohua Zhang
08/17/2006
Additional Environmental and/or
Mr Phillip Brylski
Social Development Specialist(s):
Approved by:
Regional Safeguards Coordinator:
Mr Glenn S. Morgan
07/31/2006
Comments:
Sector Manager:
Mr Keshav Varma
08/21/2006
Comments: