Page 1 INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET CONCEPT STAGE Report No.: AC5788 Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 01/06/2011 I. BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Project Data Country: Turkmenistan Project ID: P123676 Project Name: Turkmenbashi Port Improvement Project Task Team Leader: Cordula Rastogi Estimated Appraisal Date: April 18, 2011 Estimated Board Date: July 28, 2011 Managing Unit: ECSSD Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Sector: Ports, waterways and shipping (100%) Theme: Export development and competitiveness (50%);Pollution management and environmental health (30%);Trade facilitation and market access (20%) IBRD Amount (US$m.): 62.00 IDA Amount (US$m.): 0.00 GEF Amount (US$m.): 0.00 PCF Amount (US$m.): 0.00 Other financing amounts by source: Borrower 0.00 0.00 B. Project Objectives [from section 2 of PCN] The proposed Project Development Objective (PDO) is to increase capacity of the rail ferry terminal to handle non-oil products, and improve environmental and safety practices at the Port of Turkmenbashi. This will be achieved through an investment project that aims at improving safety and security of port operations, increasing the level of preparedness to manage oil spills, and enhancing the competitiveness of the port of Turkmenbashi to meet current and future demand. In addition, the investment will help to bring the Port's environmental and safety practices in line with international and regional standards. The achievement of the PDO will be monitored with the following results indicators: - Average turnaround time for rail ferries increased; - Capacity of the rail ferry terminal increased; - Environmental and safety practices of operations improved. C. Project Description [from section 3 of PCN] The proposed project components include the following: Page 2 A: Environmental and Safety Compliance. This component aims at bringing the port safety, security and environmental practices in line with international and regional standards. The component includes the acquisition of oil spill response equipment, response vessel and waste water collection vessel as well as consultants' services to achieve International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) certification. B: Port Modernization. This component aims at improving port infrastructure, expediting the loading and discharging of rail wagons, and supporting improvements in port planning and management. The component includes the reconstruction of the ferry terminal (left ramp and major access), consultants' service for the design and supervision of the reconstruction, acquisition of shunting locomotives and consultants' services to advice on port planning and port management model. C: Port implementation support. This component includes project implementation support, such as audits, consultants, training, etc. D. Project location (if known) The Project will be implemented in Turkmenistan at the Port of Turkmenbashi on the Caspian Sea. The port is located 270 kilometers east of and across the Caspian Sea from Baku, Azerbaijan and is the largest port in Turkmenistan being also an important gateway along the international transport corridor Europe-Caucasus-Central Asia. Turkmenbashi port is an import and export center for a variety of products, including non-oil products, handling about 8.7 million tons of cargo in 2009 (including crude oil and petroleum products). One of the main working areas of the port of Turkmenbashi is the rail ferry terminal which handles 70 percent of the country's non-oil trade. Rail ferry traffic rose sharply after the rehabilitation of the right rail ferry ramp by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2005) and accounts to about 2.2 million tons per annum (p.a.) in 2009. The port is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Krasnovodsk. The south area of the Gulf, outside the port boundaries is part of the Hazar Nature Reserve. 90 percent of this reserve includes water area and about 10 percent covers land. One of the main goals of the Reserve is the protection of migratory birds which spend the winter there. E. Borrower’s Institutional Capacity for Safeguard Policies [from PCN] The proposed Project will be implemented by the State Service of Maritime and River Transportation of Turkmenistan (SSMRTT) being supported by a special Implementation Management Project Team (IMPT). Public health and environmental standards currently practiced in the port are not in line with World Bank safeguard policies; the IMPT has no previous experience with the application of the Bank's safeguard policies and procedures, although it acquired some experience in this regard during the implementation of EBRD project on renovation of the ferry terminal. Its capacity in this area will be assessed within EIA process and if needed relevant capacity building activities will be proposed and implemented. F. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists Mr Frederick Edmund Brusberg (ECSS4) Ms Darejan Kapanadze (ECSS3) Page 3 II. SAFEGUARD POLICIES THAT MIGHT APPLY Safeguard Policies Triggered Yes No TBD Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01) X Project interventions will include civil works for reconstruction of the rail ferry terminal as well as acquisition of new tugboats and vessels needed to improve collection of waste water and solid waste from ships as well as the provision of oil spill response equipment. The project design does not include investment in waste treatment facility as well as will not support any dredging activities. Ferry terminal reconstruction will carry moderate and manageable environmental risks typical for this type of civil works. OP 4.01, on Environmental Assessment, is triggered. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) will be carried out; an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) will be prepared before appraisal. The EIA study will cover, in particular, environmental baseline analysis including existence of any endangered species (fish) or protected habitats, the analysis of potential environmental direct, indirect and cumulative impacts, necessary mitigation measures for the construction impacts as well as measures for final treatment/disposal of the solid and liquid waste to be collected. The EMP will also include a special monitoring plan. Comprehensive upgrade of the Turkmenbashi Port is a broad task outlined in the existing long term plan for its development. The plan is of a general nature, though, without explicitly formulated priorities, implementation arrangements and financing sources. Therefore possibility of placing and analyzing the expected environmental risks of the proposed project in the context of cumulative impacts of the Port development is very restricted. This issue may be revisited at later stages of project preparation and during implementation as made possible upon refinement of the Port development plan. Natural Habitats (OP/BP 4.04) X At stage of project design it is not clear if OP/BP4.04 will be triggered. The EIA will be examining whether or not the works will have any impact on the protected habitat, and if so, adequate mitigation measures will be proposed. Forests (OP/BP 4.36) X Pest Management (OP 4.09) X Physical Cultural Resources (OP/BP 4.11) X Indigenous Peoples (OP/BP 4.10) X Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) X No land acquisition or resettlement is anticipated because the project will take place within the confines of the port and there is no private property and privately operated facilities within the port. However, in accordance with OP 4.01, the Environmental Assessment will identify any significant social impacts associated with the project (including any ancillary activities outside the port) and set out measures needed for their management or mitigation, if needed. Safety of Dams (OP/BP 4.37) X Projects on International Waterways (OP/BP 7.50) X The Project will be implemented in an international port on the Caspian Sea, which is surrounded by five riparian countries. Turkmenistan is a party to the MARPOL Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships. The OP/BP 7.50 is triggered and an exemption to riparian notification will be requested based on the fact that the proposed civil works financed by this project will involve only rehabilitation of an existing scheme. Page 4 Safeguard Policies Triggered Yes No TBD Projects in Disputed Areas (OP/BP 7.60) X Environmental Category: B - Partial Assessment III. SAFEGUARD PREPARATION PLAN A. Target date for the Quality Enhancement Review (QER), at which time the PAD-stage ISDS would be prepared: 01/20/2011 B. For simple projects that will not require a QER, the target date for preparing the PAD-stage ISDS: 03/01/2011 C. Time frame for launching and completing the safeguard-related studies that may be needed. The specific studies and their timing 1 should be specified in the PAD-stage ISDS. It is expected that the EIA will be drafted and consulted upon by the end of January 2011. Disclosure of the EIA is expected in mid-February 2011. IV. APPROVALS Signed and submitted by: Task Team Leader: Ms Cordula Rastogi 01/03/2011 Approved by: Regional Safeguards Coordinator: Ms Agnes I. Kiss 01/05/2011 Comments: Sector Manager: Mr Henry G. R. Kerali 01/06/2011 Comments: 1 Reminder: The Bank's Disclosure Policy requires that safeguard-related documents be disclosed before appraisal (i) at the InfoShop and (ii) in-country, at publicly accessible locations and in a form and language that are accessible to potentially affected persons. Page 5