Environmental Guidelines and Framework

The Rural Energy II Project (the Project) is classified as Category B for environmental assessment (EA, see OP/BP/GP 4.01 Environmental Assessment). The project may include both positive and negative impacts. Negative impacts are minor, and temporary and are primarily associated with preconstruction and construction activities. Positive impacts are mostly incurred during operation, and are likely to be significant because of their longer term nature at both the local and regional level.
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Environmental Guidelines and Framework SOCIALISTREPUBLICOFVIETNAM Ministry of Industry Rural Energy II ProjectEnvironmental Guidelines and Framework Attachment to Ministry of Industry’s Decision Number: Date: January, 2004 Environmental Guidelines and Framework VIETNAM: Rural Energy II1. Introduction The Rural Energy II Project (the Project) is classified as Category B for environmentalassessment (EA, see OP/BP/GP 4.01 Environmental Assessment). The project may includeboth positive and negative impacts. Negative impacts are minor, and temporary and areprimarily associated with preconstruction and construction activities. Positive impacts aremostly incurred during operation, and are likely to be significant because of their longer termnature at both the local and regional level.2. Overview This framework document will provide guidance on the EA process to be adopted forsubprojects to be considered for financing under the Project. Basically, there are eightelements involved for the EA process during project preparation and three elements involvedwith project implementation. These are listed below: Investment Preparation Screening EA Documentation/Document Content Consultation Disclosure EA Review and Approval Subloan Conditionality and Approval Environmental Performance Standards Licensing and Permitting Investment Implementation Institutional Responsibilities for Environmental Management Supervision Responsibilities for Mitigation and Monitoring Permits and LicensingA discussion of each of these elements will define the EA process to be followed forsubprojects to be considered for financing under the Project.INVESTMENT PREPARATIONScreening The Client will prepare an Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) document for thesubproject (see next section for content of an IEE document). to determine the magnitude andnature of the impacts.If the PMU determines that the subproject impacts are significant and adverse and/orunprecedented, such a project would be considered Category A under the World Bank EApolicy, and therefore would not be considered further for financing. Where the IEE indicatesno significant environmental issues (most cases) the subprojects are eligible for financingunder the Project. 2The DONRE will determine if the subproject requires an EIA in accordance with Vietnamesecriteria or if no further study is necessary.If an EIA is required by DONRE for subprojects which the PMU assesses to be Category Ban EIA acceptable to the Government of Vietnam and an Environmental Management Plan(EMP) acceptable to the WB and DONRE will be required for further processing of thesubproject.If an EIA is not required by DONRE for subprojects which the PMU assesses to be CategoryB an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) acceptable to the WB and an environmentalcertificate as required by DONRE will be the only environmental requirement for furtherprocessing of the subproject.EA Documentation/Document Content Preparation of all EA documentation is the responsibility of the Client. An IEE should include the following sections: • Project Description (see Annex 1) • Screening of Potential Environmental Issues AND Rationale for Their Significance Grading An EMP should be developed from the Environmental Template Document, whichhas been suggested by WB and the final version is yet to be endorsed by EVN and MOI An EIA or environmental certificate should be prepared in accordance withVietnamese guidelines as presented in the GOV Circular 490/KHCNMT All EA documents (IEE, EMP, and EIA) should be consistent. For example, priorityissues identified should be the same for all EA documents as well as the proposed measures tomitigate these issues. Similarly, institutional responsibilities for mitigation, monitoring etc.should be the same in all EA documents.Consultation The Client will be required to conduct a consultation with project affected people andnon-governmental organizations (NGOs). The purpose of the consultation is to identifyenvironmental issues of concern to project affected groups and NGOs, so that they may beincluded in the EA documents. Therefore consultation may take place either before the EMPis prepared or after a draft EMP is available. In either case, the final EMP should include anyappropriate environmental issues identified at the consultation. The consultation can be conducted in any of several forms: door to door survey,public meeting, circulation of questionnaires, call-in to loc ...