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The project was screened A/0.
The project is likely to be associated with significant environmental issues. EIA’s have prepared and are publicly available for all four LOTS and are compliant with the BiH Law on Environment (No: 33/03).
A gap analysis undertaken on EIAs and consultation carried out to date against EBRD's requirements identified the following issues:
Although the EIA has already been publicly disclosed EBRD will require that a number of additional documents are provided in the public domain so as to meet the Bank’s requirements for assessing, mitigating and/or compensating for environmental and social impacts of the project.
Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan (PCDP)
EBRD requires that public consultation activities, including EBRD’s specific public consultation and disclosure requirements for A-category projects, are defined within a plan. The purpose of the Public Consultation & Disclosure Plan (PCDP) is to define stakeholders who may be affected by the project and to elaborate on how communication will work with each affected group during the Bank's ESIA consultation period. This will need to include information on the EIA consultation that has already been held under the national EIA process, and there should be a section on the plan for future information disclosure and communication with stakeholders during the construction and operation phases of the project (including the public release of an environmental and safety report annually) as well as methods of dialogue handling of comments and concerns.
Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement Plan
EBRD requires that people and businesses that are displaced (physically or economically) by a project receive benefits from it. The Project is seeking to avoid displacement wherever possible and there were good examples provided to support that approach. EBRD will require that a resettlement action plan/process be developed and applied to the whole Corridor (on the territory of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina). This document will need to be made publicly available.
Non-Technical ESIA Summary for the whole Corridor Route
EBRD will require an overarching Executive Summary for the whole Corridor Vc to be prepared and disclosed. EBRD proposes to post this Executive Summary together with the web links to ALL four EIA’s on the Banks website.
Corridor Vc Site Selection
EBRD recognises that the route for the corridor for a major motorway through BiH has been established in a process that begun in the late 70’s. To meet EBRD policy requirements for public consultation on site selection the Bank will require evidence to support that public consultation on the site selection was carried out in full compliance with the law and a description of how the public was involved in the site selection.
Mitigation measures associated with the project are provided within the EIAs and will also be included within the RAP.
There is an Environmental Impact Assesment available for this project.
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