Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized I. Basic Information Date prepared/updated: 10/28/2009 INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATASHEET APPRAISAL STAGE Report No.: AC4420 1. Basic Project Data Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina Project ID: P090675 Project Name: Municipal Development Project Task Team Leader: Jonathan S. Kamkwalala Estimated Appraisal Date: October 23, Estimated Board Date: December 22, 2009 2009 Managing Unit: ECSSD Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Sector: Sanitation (100%) Theme: Access to urban services and housing (90%);Municipal governance and institution building (10%) IBRD Amount (US$m.): 35.00 IDA Amount (US$m.): 0.00 GEF Amount (US$m.): 0.00 PCF Amount (US$m.): 0.00 Other financing amounts by source: Borrower 2.00 2.00 Environmental Category: B - Partial Assessment Simplified Processing Simple [] Repeater [] Is this project processed under OP 8.50 (Emergency Recovery) or OP 8.00 (Rapid Response to Crises and Emergencies) [ ] No [] 2. Project Objectives The Project Development Objective (PDO) of MDP is to improve the living conditions of people in the areas covered by the Sarajevo Water and Waste Water Utility and in downstream riverside communities by (a) reducing the people#s exposure to, and reliance on highly polluted water from the Miljacka and Bosna river; and (b) improving the efficiency of the waste water collection network in the Sarajevo Kanton. The project aims to achieve this objective through financing investments in the rehabilitation of the Sarajevo waste water treatment plant (WWTP) and sewerage network in the Sarajevo Kanton. 3. Project Description The Municipal Development Project will primarily finance priority investments for rehabilitation of the Sarajevo wastewater treatment plant, but will also provide support to the Sarajevo water and waste water utility (ViK) to improve financial management capacity and operational efficiency, and help preparation of follow-up investments in water and waste rehabilitation.
As such, the wastewater treatment rehabilitation will aim to reduce the pollutant load and the risk to human health associated with the present releases of untreated municipal wastewater from an estimated population of 450,000 in Sarajevo. In addition, the Project will also aim at improving the amount of wastewater collected through reconstruction of selected portions, not to exceed a total length of 12.5 kilometers, of the sewage collection network. The investments will result in improved surface water quality in the Miljacka River, the recipient, and further downstream in the Bosna and Sava river. The project would improve the living conditions of neighborhoods in the vicinity of the Sarajevo WWTP and in the downstream riverside communities by reducing their exposure to, and reliance on, highly polluted river water and improving the efficiency of the waste water collection network. The proposed Project will involve the following activities: (a) Rehabilitation of sand grit removal facilities either throughout the network or at the intake of the plant. (b) Rehabilitation of a pump station for raw waste water, screening station, aerated grit chamber, substation, and air blower room. (c) The rehabilitation of primary sedimentation, primary sludge pumping station, sludge thickener, and sludge pumping station, and, (d) Rehabilitation of sludge digestion, sludge holding tank, sludge pumping station, and sludge dehydration. In addition, the project will also finance rehabilitation of selected portions of the existing sewerage network in Sarajevo, not to exceeding a total length of 12.5 kilometers. The Project will additionally provide technical assistance to ViK Sarajevo for capacity building and institutional strengthening. This technical assistance would also support project documents such as feasibility studies for investments that could possibly be financed at a later date. All such project documents in their Terms of Reference would include safeguard requirements of the World Bank. 4. Project Location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis Sarajevo Kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Project is aimed at specific reconstruction-rehabilitation activities of the Butile wastewater treatment plant for Sarajevo, located in the Butile-Stup area. The Project will entail works within the property of the Waste water treatment plant. Reconstruction works on the sewage collection network will be aimed at reconstruction or replacement of sections of the existing sewage collection network, also within Sarajevo Kanton. The works on rehabilitation of the network will focus on large secondary sewer pipes, and all of them located on public routes and right-of-way, will not require land acquisition, resettlement or have an impact on exsisting activities. All rehabilitation will be conducted in accordance with the Environmental Management Plan.
5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists Ms Paula F. Lytle (ECSS4) Ms Esma Kreso (ECSS3) 6. Safeguard Policies Triggered No Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01) Natural Habitats (OP/BP 4.04) Forests (OP/BP 4.36) Pest Management (OP 4.09) Physical Cultural Resources (OP/BP 4.11) Indigenous Peoples (OP/BP 4.10) Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) Safety of Dams (OP/BP 4.37) Projects on International Waterways (OP/BP 7.50) Projects in Disputed Areas (OP/BP 7.60) 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: The Environmental Assessment document for this Project has been prepared and disclosed in country by the Consultant - Bosna-S Oil Services Company from Sarajevo. The Environmental Assessment and the Environmental Management Plan as an integral part of this document will address all relevant environmental impacts and applicable mitigation and monitoring measures. The Project will help improve the current environmental situation in Kanton Sarajevo and within Bosnia and Herzegovina through establishing treatment of waste waters that are at present released directly from the collection network into the rivers. The Project has triggered OP 7.50 on International Waterways, with an exception granted based on the overall outcome of the Project - that is improvement in the water quality in the river Bosna and consequently Sava watersheds. 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area: The Project will have overall positive impact by improving the water quality of the recipient rivers, Miljacka and Bosna. Potential minor negative impacts of the Project are small-scale and typical for reconstruction and operation of a wastewater treatment plant, including dust, noise, soil excavation, storage of hazardous materials, management of construction wastes, storage of chemicals, sludge management and disposal. These potential negative impacts can be mitigated through good operational practices and by adhering to the requirements of the environmental legislation in place in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the World Bank#s social and environmental safeguards requirements.
3. Describe any project alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. The Environmental Assessment report has addressed the issue of sludge generation and its management, and the issue of incoming sand and grit by offering different alternatives and comparing these alternatives to the associated environmental impact. The alternatives, analyzed in the EA include Preliminary Treatment options for sand-grit removal facility and its location; the Pre-Treatment Phase where the options include installation of new pumps versus old; Reconstruction of Secondary Treatment with or without Nitrogen and Phosphorus removal; while the Sludge Treatment line is compared with the additional sludge drying beds. The key alternative is the one associated with sludge treatment, as untreated sludge (without drying or dewatering) cannot be disposed of at the Sarajevo municipal landfill. The drying beds, as a proposed alternative are however more susceptible to the weather conditions in Sarajevo, and may pose a threat to the quality of soil and groundwater, coupled with odor and insects. 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. The Borrower has hired a Consultant to prepare the Environmental Assessment report, and has actively participated in providing technical information and input to the Consultant. The project would be implemented under the overall responsibility of the BH Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations (MoFTER). A Project Implementing Team (PIT) would be located at the Sarajevo Water and Sanitation Utility - KJKP Vodovod i Kanalizacija to handle day-to-day implementation of the project. Both, the PMT and the PIT have experience in implementing World Bank financed projects, namely the Urban Infrastructure and Service Delivery Project for the PMT and the GEF Water Quality Protection Project for the ViK Utility. The PMT is knowledgeable of implementing proper environmental mitigation and monitoring measures, as indicated in the Environmental Monitoring Plans and working with PITs towards successful implementation, as indicated in their reports and during the environmental specialist s visit to the PMT. Vodovod i kanalizacija, as a PIT is knowledgeable of the adequate mitigation measures and of the requirements of the World Bank, and also the local legislation. In addition, the PIT has already taken steps towards obtaining an environmental permit in accordance with the local legislation in force. 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. An updated Environmental Assessment (EA) document including Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMP) has been prepared and was disclosed in local language to the public in Kanton Sarajevo prior to a two-step public consultation meeting on October 13 and 26, 2009 in Sarajevo. All key issues and findings from the consultations have been incorporated into the final version of the Environmental Assessment report before it was submitted to the World Bank#s Infoshop for disclosure on October 26, 2009. B. Disclosure Requirements Date
Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other: Date of receipt by the Bank 10/26/2009 Date of "in-country" disclosure 10/19/2009 Date of submission to InfoShop 10/26/2009 For category A projects, date of distributing the Executive Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors Resettlement Action Plan/Framework/Policy Process: Date of receipt by the Bank Date of "in-country" disclosure Date of submission to InfoShop Indigenous Peoples Plan/Planning Framework: Date of receipt by the Bank Date of "in-country" disclosure Date of submission to InfoShop Pest Management Plan: 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: 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? If yes, then did the Regional Environment Unit or Sector Manager (SM) review and approve the EA report? Are the cost and the accountabilities for the EMP incorporated in the credit/loan? OP 7.50 - Projects on International Waterways Have the other riparians been notified of the project? If the project falls under one of the exceptions to the notification requirement, has this been cleared with the Legal Department, and the memo to the RVP prepared and sent? Has the RVP approved such an exception? The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information No
Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the World Bank s Infoshop? Have relevant documents been disclosed in-country in a public place in a 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 been prepared for the implementation of measures related to safeguard policies? Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been included in the project cost? Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project include the monitoring of safeguard impacts and measures related to safeguard policies? Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed with the borrower and the same been adequately reflected in the project legal documents? D. Approvals Signed and submitted by: Name Date Task Team Leader: Mr Jonathan S. Kamkwalala 10/28/2009 Environmental Specialist: Ms Esma Kreso 10/26/2009 Social Development Specialist Ms Paula F. Lytle 10/28/2009 Additional Environmental and/or Social Development Specialist(s): Ms Ruxandra Maria Floroiu 10/26/2009 Approved by: Sector Manager: Mr Manuel G. Marino 10/28/2009 Comments: