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SHUREN HYDRO POWER PLANT PROPOSED PROJECT

PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS ON TOR FOR REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE PROJECT

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, IRKUTSK REGION 16-18 May 2017

CONTENT

• BACKGROUND INFORMATION
• Project objective and rationale
• Distribution of water resources of the Selenga between Russia and Mongolia
• Inflow share of tributaries to Baikal
• Historical background
• Location
• Overview of technical parameters
• Variants of the location of the dam
• DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE
• Regional environmental assessment (REA)
• Main aspects of (DRAFT) ToR for ESIA
• Structure of the EIA and SIA
• Environmental impact assessment
• Social impact assessment
• Public participation
• Consultant selection criterion

PROJECT OBJECTIVE AND RATIONALE

Objective: to build a hydropower plant on the Selenga river Rationale:

• Domestic energy needs

– Lack of generation capacity and growing electricity imports – Energy security – Lack of regulating capacity

• Water/flood management
• International climate change agenda

– Mongolia NDC at COP21

• Shuren HPP is a priority for Mongolia, as reflected in:

– “National Energy Policy” (2015 Parliament Resolution No.63 refers to development of Shuren HPP within 2015-2023)

– “Sustainable Development Concepts of Mongolia” (2016 Parliament Resolution No.19)

Orkhon river 89m3/s

339m3/s

Uda river 90.5 m3/s 944,5 m3/s

Selenga river of Mongolian side 37.5% Selenga river of Russian side 62.5%

Selenga river 243m3/s Khilok river 161 m3/s Chikai river 216 m3/s Zidax 122m3/s

INFLOW RIVERS OF BAIKAL LAKE

link: http://www.dissercat.com/content/vodnye-resursy-rek-basseina-ozzera-baikal-i-nauchnye-osnovy-ikh-ispolzovaniya-i-okhrany

INFLOW RIVERS OF BAIKAL LAKE

Russian Federation Mongolia

link: http://www.dissercat.com/content/vodnye-resursy-rek-basseina-ozzera-baikal-i-nauchnye-osnovy-ikh-ispolzovaniya-i-okhrany

Selenga (Mongolia +Russia) accounts for 49.7% of inflow to Baikal

Lower Angara river 14% Tributaries in area between lower Angara and Barguzin river 5.4% Barguzin river 6.7% Tributaries in area between Barguzin river an Turak river 0.5% Turka river 2.8% Tributaries in area between Turka river and Selenga river mouth 1.9% Selenga river (Russian side) 31.06% Tributaries in area between lower Angara an upper Angara 9.3% Tributaries in area between Selenga river mouth and Angara river outflow 9.7%

Selenga river (Mongolian side) 18.64%

HISTORIC BACKGROUND

In 1964-1965 Soviet “Energosetiproject” design institute undertook studies and concluded that Mongolia has untapped hydropower potential and identified more than 20 potential HPPs, including the proposed Shuren HPP

The Leningrad Water Institute selected Shuren dam and developed its feasibility study between 1971-1975

PROJECT LOCATION

5km upstream of confluence of Selenge and Shuren Rivers, 125km from Russia / Mongolia boundary, and 360km from Lake Baikal

OVERVIEW OF KEY TECHNICAL PARAMETERS

The Shuren HPP would comprise the following facilities:

• Roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam with fish pass
• Spillway system in case of flood
• Hydro-electrical power plant
• Dam height 65 m, crest length 1200 m
• Dam base about 900 m
• Reservoir volume (full supply level, FSL) of 4.5 Bill m3 of which

3.8 Bill m3 live / useable storage

• Reservoir elevation at FSL: 761m above sea level (a.s.l.),

minimum operational level (MOL) at 739 m (a.s.l.)

• power house; switchyard; access road (225 km) and

connecting roads; and a transmission line of approx. 73 km to connect HPP to the grid All technical aspects and parameters will be studied in detail and calculated in the Feasibility Studies

DAM SITE LOCATION COMPARSION

Upon identification of locations No.1- 6, a preliminary FS was done based on location 4, viewed as technically most viable Dam 4: Coordinates: 49°42'29.70"N 104°56'25.72"E Dam height: 60м Installed capacity: 245 MW It is planned to juxtapose Location 4 with Location 6 at the FS phase through detailed technical and environmental assessment

The REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT will consider additive, cumulative and / or synergetic aspects from SHUREN project and other potential investments (existing and future) in the river basin, e.g.:

• Direct stressors such as hydropower, irrigation, water abstraction
• Other stressors such as mining, industrial and agricultural pollution, flood

management works... Cumulative Impacts from the SHUREN Project include:

• Reservoir water quality
• Footprint of reservoir, dam, appurtenant structures (land consumption)
• Additional / induced impacts of associated infrastructure (access road,

transmission lines)

• Construction work impacts (incl. pollution pulses due to turbidity)
• Climatic impacts of HPP

REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

Scope and Outputs:

• Consideration of development plans, policy, legal

and administrative frameworks

• Baseline studies, within regional scope
• Scenario analysis, projected cumulative impacts
• Impacts mitigation and proposed methodology
• Investment planning recommendations
• Environmental management strategy
• Monitoring strategy recommendations
• Institutional recommendations
• Detailed ESIA programming

Objectives:

• Identify environmental opportunities and

constraints for development planning at the regional level;

• Define and whenever possible quantify

environmental and social criteria, against which project performance can be assessed;

• These criteria would be obligatory to be

considered in the energy development process in addition to economic and technical factors

REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

On project level, the ESIA will look at the following key issues:

(will be based on previous studies)

1. Hydrology / impacts on river flow (rates, volumes, distribution) 2. Dam safety, community health and safety, emergency preparedness and response 3. Environmental impacts 4. Social impacts The geographic scope of the ESIA will extend from the proposed project site(s) downstream along the course of River and include the assessment of impacts, and planning for mitigation measures, for the Russian section of SELENGA RIVER as well as LAKE BAIKAL DELTA.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS ASSESSMENT (ESIA) STRUCTURE

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (will be based on previous studies)

• Policy, legal and administrative framework assessment
• Baseline assessment
• Environmental impact assessment
• Tangible cultural heritage
• Involuntary resettlement
• Indigenous people
• Environmental management plan
• Community involvement and public consultations

DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

• Impacts on riverine and aquatic ecosystems
• Impacts on fish population, species composition, migration
• Habitat formation, conversion, and loss
• Impacts on flow regime, volumes, distribution, including tributaries
• Impacts on microclimate; influence of weather and climate on severity of anticipated

impacts

• Impacts on landscapes, natural habitats, natural heritage sites
• Erosion, slope stability and induced seismicity in reservoir area and downstream river

systems; project in context of regional seismic risks

• Influence of climate change on project’s environmental performance

TOR for ESIA: KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

TOR for ESIA: KEY SOCIAL ISSUES

Required corporate profile:

• Needs to be an internationally

experienced firm or consortium of firms with proven previous experience

• f working on similar projects
• The selected consulting group is

required to partner with a qualified national organization or firm

• Consulting group will required to

ensure that all proposed specialists must be available for the duration of project Minimum staffing requirements:

• Environmental assessment team leader
• Ichthyologist, aquatic ecologist
• Hydrology and sediment specialist
• Water pollution and quality specialist
• Natural resource management specialist
• Environmental / social assessment specialist
• Financial specialist
• Environmental law / regulation specialist
• Archaeologist
• Anthropologist
• Land specialist

REQUIREMENTS TO CONSULTANTS

• Regional Environmental Assessment
• Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) Report
• Environmental and social management plans (ESMP)

REPORTS TO BE PRODUCED BY CONSULTANT

THE SEQUENCE OF CONSULTATIONS AND STUDY WORK

Shuren Project preliminary Environmental and social studies (PESS) Public consultations around draft Terms of Reference for EISA (ToR) ToR finalized and specialists hired to per form assessment Further Regional Environmental Studies undertaken (REA) Review of REA and further Environmental and social impact assessment undertaken (ESIA) International Advisory committee reviews studies International Advisory committee reviews studies Environmental Social Management Plan Public consultation on draft REA and EISA REA, ESIA and ESMP Finalized

These consultations built on the outcomes of project related consultations/meetings in Kabansk and Moscow. In addition, to these consultations, MINIS is planning to organize another two rounds of consultations: the first one -on the outcomes

• f REA, and the second one on draft ESIA and ESMP, which will be shared with the Russian Government and relevant

agencies, and made available to the general public.

DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Month

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Feasibility study Inception, Review

• f

previous studies methodology Updated energy demand and sector analysis Update project area characteristic *-Updated hydrology and climate change assessment *-Updated surveys and geotechnical investigations Assessment of power evacuation alternatives and integration to CES Reservoir and Power modelling of alternatives sites Conceptual Desings of alternative sites Cost and benefits of alternative sites Site selection Complementary assessment, surveys and geotechnical investigations for selected sites Feasibility level design of HPP and transmission lines for selected sites Formulation of Implementation Plans Formulation of Dam safety and emergency preparedness plans Final cost estimation Financial and economic analysis Reporting and finalization of study ESIA Inception and Review of Previous studies Update of project area characteristics Environmental Impact Assessment

• f

Alternative Sites Regional Environmental Assessment Environmental baseline survey Socio-economic baseline survey Cultural heritage survey Impact assessment of selected project Cumulative Impacts Assessment Design Mitigation Measures Environmental Management Plan Stakeholder consultation Reporting and Finalization of Study Review by international advisory committee Workshops for presentation of results

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