Republic of Belarus Proposed Energy Efficiency Project Environmental Assessment

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Monitoring Plan

In order to ensure efficient implementation of the mitigation measures proposed, including the respect of environmental obligations during the construction stage, a program of monitoring activities has been developed and presented below in a tabular form. This monitoring plan is prepared for the Borisov site; and it is expected that a more detailed monitoring plan will be developed and agreed by the responsible environmental authorities following detailed project planning studies.
A regular local monitoring will be conducted by boiler house owner and contractors during the construction phase; and by a boiler house operator during the operation stage. Local environmental authorities will also perform regular inspections of the boiler houses during the construction and operation phases. It should be noted that Department of State Labour Inspection is responsible for the issues related to occupational safety and health. A State Department of Capital Construction is responsible for overall supervision of construction works. Department of Historical and Cultural Heritage Protection and Restoration is responsible for cultural issues, including handling of archaeological sites and finds; and the local environmental authorities are responsible for environmental supervision. Monitoring responsibilities are presented in the table below in more detail. It should also be noted that according to the Belarusian legislation, it is a facility operator and the environmental authorities who bear the cost of local environmental monitoring.

Stage	Parameters	Place	How will monitoring be conducted	Periodicity	Costs	Responsibility
Construction	Atmospheric emission. Fugitive dust from earth works and traffic (measured as Total Suspended Particulates) and fumes from machinery (measured as NOx and CO).	Monitoring points will be identified around the major construction sites, near sensitive areas (residential areas, schools, medical facilities etc.)	Visually and measurements of Total Suspended Particulates. Measurements of vehicle exhaust and checking tech passport of each vehicle.	a. Regular monitoring of fugitive dust. b. Ad-hoc measurements during long dry periods. c. Random measurements of exhaust (in average, four measurement campaigns per year).	Not high	Contractor and the local environmental authorities Auto inspection.
	Noise. Noise level.	Monitoring points will be identified around the major construction sites, near sensitive areas (residential areas, schools, medical facilities etc.)	Measurements. Noise levels will be monitored inside the construction sites and around, following the national standards for measurement methods.	a. Random basis (in average, four measurement campaigns per year). b. Ad-hoc measurements if any complaints received.	Not high	Contractor and the local environmental authorities
	Waste. Construction waste	Construction sites and sites (e.g. landfills) to which construction waste is disposed.	Visual / Landfill documentation review	a. Constant monitoring by contractor. b. Random basis (in average, four inspections per year) for inspections by the environmental and other controlling state agencies. Check license for waste disposal/transportation of wastes	Not high	Contractor. Department of Capital Construction. Local Environmental Authorities.
	Asbestos containing materials.	Construction sites.	Visual and specifications for the existing equipment.	a. Constant monitoring by contractor. b. c. Check license for hazardous waste disposal/transportation.	Not high	Contractor. Department of State Labour Inspection.
	Occupational health and safety. Adherence to the safe working procedures. Working areas to be temporarily out of bounds to non-works personnel.	Construction sites.	Inspections	a. Constant monitoring by contractor. b. Regular inspections by state controlling agencies.	Not high	Contractor. Department of State Labour Inspection. Department of Capital Construction.
	Water and Soil. Construction waste to be stored in a secure, designated area prior to removal to a designated waste landfill site. Oil leaking from machinery. Polluted run-off from construction sites reach nearby surface water bodies. Separation of topsoil and subsoil during excavation works, with careful replacement of topsoil.	Construction sites	Inspections	a. Constant monitoring by contractor. b. Regular inspections by state controlling agencies.	Not high	Contractor. Department of Capital Construction. Local environmental authorities.
	Cultural heritage. Archaeological “chance finds”.	Construction sites	Inspections	a. Constant monitoring by contractor. b. Regular inspections by state controlling agencies.	Not high	Contractor. Department of Historical and Cultural Heritage Protection.
Operation	Air pollution. 1. Emission concentration of NO_x, CO, SO₂ 2. Ground level concentration of NO_x, CO, SO₂.	1 .Boiler house’s stack. 2. At previously defined air quality receptor locations (e.g., residential areas, hospitals, schools, etc.) within the boiler house’s airshed. .	Measurements.	a. Regular measurements, at least once a month, during the winter period by boiler house operator according to the boiler house environmental monitoring plan. b. Regular control by the local environmental authorities (at least once a year during the winter period).	Not high	Operator. Local environmental authorities.
	Noise. Noise level.	Working places at an boiler house	Measurements	First time – after the boiler house commissioning. After that – regular inspections.	Not high	Department of State Labour Inspection. Public health authorities.
	Water. 1. Boiler house wastewater discharged to the municipal wastewater collecting system: oil and grease, pH, Total Suspended Solids, Total Residual Chlorine, Iron, Copper, Zink. 2. Area where oil/fuel tanks are situated for - oil or fuel leakages and spills from storage tanks and containers; - structures to contain spills are in place. Emergency response procedure exists. Personnel are aware of how to act in case of emergency oil/fuel spills.	1. Boiler house wastewater discharge outlets. 2. Area where oil and fuel are stored.	1. Measurements 2. Inspections	1. Regular sampling according to the boiler house environmental monitoring plan (at least once a month). 2. a. First time – after the boiler house commissioning; after that – regular inspections. b. Constant monitoring by operator and boiler house management.	Not high	Operator. Boiler house management. Local environmental authorities/Public Utility Company.
	Soil. Oil or fuel leakages and spillages from storage tanks and containers. Area where oil/fuel tanks are situated has structures to contain spills and has impermeable base. Personnel is aware of how to act in case of emergency oil/fuel spillages.	Area where oil and fuel are stored.	Inspections	a. First time – after the boiler house commissioning; after that – regular inspections. b. Constant monitoring by operator.	Not high	Operator. Local environmental authorities.
	Risk of fires. Adherence to fire prevention rules and procedures.	Boiler house territory.	Inspections	a. Constant monitoring boiler house management. b. Random inspections by Fire fighting authorities.	Not high	Operator. Fire fighting authorities

Regulations and Literature
Approach to Introduction of a System of Complex Nature Protection Sanctions in the Republic of Belarus. Situation Analysis. 2007. Centre for International Ecological Projects, Certifications and Audit “Ecologiainvest”.

Environmental Impact Assessment of the Proposed Reconstruction of Boiler House #3 in Mogilev. Report. 2007. Design Institute “Belnipienergoprom”.

Feasibility Study. Boiler House #3 in Mogilev. Reconstruction with Co-generation Equipment Installation. 2007. Design Institute “Belnipienergoprom”.

Hygienic Norms 2.1.6.12-46-2005. Maximum Allowable Concentrations and Approximately Safe Levels of Impacts of Air Pollutants. List and Codes of Air Pollutants in Settlements. 2005.

Law on Law on Atmospheric Air Protection. 1997.

Law on Environmental Protection. 1992.

Law on State Environmental Review. 1993.

Law on Waste Management. 2007.

MoEnv’s Resolution № 14 “On Some Issues Related to Permits for Special Water Use and the Documents Submitted for Permits Obtaining”. 2003.

Preliminary Feasibility Study for Reconstruction of the Boiler House #3 in Borisov with Co-generation Equipment Installation. 2007. Design Institute “Belnipienergoprom”.

Presidential Decree No17 “On the Licensing of Certain Types of Activities” (2003)

Procedure for Performing Local Environmental Monitoring by Enterprises, Operating Sources of Adverse Environmental Impact. 2007.

Reference and Statistical Materials on the State of the Environment and Environmental Protection Activities in the Republic of Belarus. 2006. Minsk: Belarusian Scientific Centre “Ecology”.

Regulation on Implementation Procedure of Environmental Impact Assessment of Economic and Other Activities. 2005. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.

Regulation on Implementation Procedure of State Environmental Review in Belarus. 2001. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.

Regulation on Issuing of Permits for Special Water Use (2003).

Regulation on the Procedure for Issue, Prolongation and Termination of Permits for Pollutants Emission to the Atmospheric Air. 2005.

Second Environmental Performance Review. Belarus. 2005. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

State Standards 1626.1-2006. Boiler installations. Installations that use gasified, liquid or hard fuel. Water Code. 1998.

Pollutants Emission Norms. 2006.

Appendix 1

List of Persons Consulted

Alexey Skalchuk	Deputy Head, Department of Prospective Development, Belenergo
Galina Marchenko	Engineer, Production and Technical Department, Minskenergo
Vladimir Alshevsky	Head, Department of Ecology and Energy, Energy Scientific Institute
Alexandre Mytko	Chief Engineer, Zhodino Energy Company
Natalia Lapinskaya	Engineer, Technical Department, Zhodino Energy Company
Leonid Zamzhitsky	Head, Boiler House #3, Borisov
Leonid Rumberg	Chief Engineer, Mogilev Energo
Victor Solonovich	Chief Engineer, Mogilev Heat Network
Valery Matsikov	Head, Boiler House # 3 in Mogilev
Valentin Raditsky	Deputy Head, Boiler House # 3 in Mogilev
Ludmila Ivashechkina	Deputy Head, Department of State Environmental Review, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
Alexandre Rachevsky	Head, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
Elena Butvilovskaya	Head, Laboratory of Analytical Control, Borisov Inspection for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Appendix 2A.

Map of Belarus, showing the location of the interventions proposed under the Borisov and Mogilev sites component

Borisov

Mogilev

BELARUS

Appendix 2B.

Locations of the Boiler House #3 in Borisov

Boiler house #3

Appendix 2C.

Locations of the Boiler House #3 in Mogilev

Boiler house # 3

Appendix 3

EIA procedural framework

Statement on Intention to Implement Economic Activity

EIA required

EIA not required

Preparation of ToR for EIA

Impacts Identification and Assessment

Statement on Possible Environmental Impacts

Public Hearings

Report on EIA

EIA report submission for SER

Decision-making

Project approved

Project not approved

Local Environmental monitoring

Source: Regulation on Implementation Procedure of Environmental Impact Assessment of Economic and Other Activities (2005)(source???)
Appendix 4

Public Consultations on the EMP for the Borisov and Mogilev Sites

A. Borisov

It should be noted, that in Borisov public hearings were conducted jointly with the EED and covered both boiler houses, the district boiler house #3 (addressed in this EA), and the boiler house # 1 of the UE “Zhilye” (addressed in the EA of the EED component).

(I) MINUTES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

September 4, 2008 15.00 Borisov

Public hearings of the environmental assessment for the proposed Energy Efficiency Project of the Republic of Belarus and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development were held on September 4, 2008 in the conference hall of the Borisov District Executive Committee (Town of Borisov, Ul. Chapaeva 6).
Participants:

– on behalf of the Borisov District Executive Committee: V. N. Sakovich, Deputy Chair of the District Committee;

– on behalf of the Energy Efficiency Department of the Committee of State Standardization: A. V. Minenkov, head of Department for Scientific and Technical Policy and Foreign Economic Relations:

– on behalf of the Minsk Oblast Office for Supervision of Efficient Use of Heat Energy Resources: V. Yu. Kondrusev, Deputy Head;

– on behalf of the PMU (RUE “Belinvestenergosberezhenie”): V. N. Voitekhovich, Deputy Director;

– heads and specialists of Borisov-based organizations: 54 persons (lists attached).

1. The hearings participants took notice of the following:

1.1. Information reported by A. V. Minenkov, Head of the Department for Scientific and Technical Policy and Foreign Economic Relations of the Energy Efficiency Department of the Committee of State Standardization, on the key national policy trends and the results of work in the field of energy efficiency in the Republic of Belarus;

1.2. Information reported by V. Yu. Kondrusev, Deputy Head of the Minsk Oblast Office for Supervision of Efficient Use of Heat Energy Resources, on the results of work in the field of energy efficiency in Minsk Oblast;

1.3. Information reported by V. N. Voitekhovich, Deputy Director of the PMU (RUE “Belinvestenergosberezhenie”), on the implementation of joint projects with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in the Republic of Belarus and on preparation of the new Energy Efficiency Project.

The Government of the Republic of Belarus and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development plan to implement a project on the retrofitting of the national energy sector in Belarus in 2009 – 2012. Under this project, heat-only-boiler (HOB) plants in a number of cities and towns of Belarus will be converted to combined heat-and-power (CHP) plants, by means of installation of high-performance co-generation power equipment, which will allow for improving fuel-use efficiency in the Republic of Belarus and generating heat and electric energy with low specific reference fuel consumption.

It has been proposed that the loan size for the project will be US$125 million. The estimated total cost of the planned project for conversion of the existing heat-only-boiler plants in Borisov, Mogilev, Rechitsa, Oshmyany and Ruba will be about US$175 million.

In the town of Borisov, the project envisages conversion of two boiler plants: District Boiler Plant No. 3 (RK-3) and Boiler Plant No. 1 of the UE “Zhilye” (Ul. Dneprovskaya 60) to a CHP. As part of conversion of RK-3 Boiler Plant to CHP, a gas combined cycle (GCCT) unit with a capacity of 65 MW will be installed. A gas engine CHP unit with a capacity of 1 MW will be installed at Boiler Plant No. 1.

In order to identify and mitigate possible adverse environmental and health effects of the project implementation, World Bank experts and Belarusian specialists have jointly completed an environmental assessment and prepared an environmental management plan. On the basis of the findings of this assessment, it has been concluded that the proposed project will produce an overall positive environmental effect, due to lower air emissions on a national scale as a result of a reduction of burnt fuel volumes.

The environmental assessment findings were available at Pl. Svobody 14, Room 910, Minsk (tel. 227 70 43), or at the website http://energoeffekt.gov.by
2. The hearings participants generally approved the developed environmental management plan for the project.
3. In the course of the discussion of the above-mentioned issues, specialists of the Borisov District Executive Committee, the Energy Efficiency Department of the Committee of State Standardization and its organizational units answered questions raised by the hearing participants, including:

3.1. V. I. Babushkin, chief energy specialist of the UE “Borisov Bread-Making Combine”, was informed, in response to his question about possible participation of his enterprise in the new joint project (installation of a co-generation plant at the enterprise), that, at present, the list of project sites had been composed and that project implementation envisaged a social effect, i. e., the general public would also benefit from the project, along with the site owners, due to consumption of heat and power generated at a lower cost.

4. The hearings participants were proposed to forward their comments and proposals, if any, on amending and supplementing the developed environmental management plan for the project to the Energy Efficiency Department of the Committee of State Standardization or the PMU (RUE “Belinvestenergosberezhenie”) not later than September 9, 2008. Received comments were fully incorporated in this EMP.

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