GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 10435

PURSUANT to regulation 21 of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Impact Assessment and Audit) Regulations, 2003, the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has received an Environmental Impact Assessment Study Report for the above proposed project. The proponent, Kenya Power Pension Fund, is proposing to develop a high-rise residential property of 16 floors comprising of 288 units, two and three-bedroom apartments on plot L.R. No. 2/31/3, Kirichwa Rd. Kilimani, Nairobi City County. The following are the anticipated impacts and proposed mitigation measures: Mitigation Measures • Develop permit matrix (name, phase, requirements and lead. • Plan and give regulators advanced warning of potential problems and start of works. • Always display on site the emergency number for regulators and local community at key worksites. • Work sites will be subjected to daily —walk-round) site inspections by the Contractors' EHS management staff. • Establish a safe working environment with an occupational health and safety (OHS) plan that addresses potential hazards, identifies preventive and protective measures, including training and us of personal protective equipment (PPE), and describes documentation and reporting of accidents, diseases and incidents. • Develop a dust management plan. • Maintain a logbook: record any exceptional incidents that cause dust, either on- or off- site, and the action taken to resolve the situation in the log book. • Plan site layout — machinery and dust causing activities (e.g. access roads, stockpiles) should be located away from the site'boundary and sensitive receptors where practicable. • Consider the prevailing wind direction when siting stockpiles to reduce the likelihood of affecting sensitive receptors. • Sealing or re-vegetate completed earthworks as soon as reasonably practicable after completion. • Spray water during construction. • Undertake equipment and/or vehicle maintenance off site where feasible to prevent potential for releases and spills of oils/solvents/hydrocarbons. • No groundwater abstractions without prior approval/permits from authorized body. • Use of waste bins/proper waste management. Mitigation Measures • Identify and implement appropriate PPE requirements. • Design noise barriers or other noise attenuation into the design if necessary. • Inform nearby dwellings on the timing and duration of works and when the noisiest stages are likely to occur (ongoing through process). • Switch off equipment when not in use. Limit vehicle speeds on site and access roads, particularly along the northern boundary of the site (10km per hour). Implement good housekeeping practices including stockpile areas and dust suppression measures. Be careful when locating construction compounds, construct installations with sustainable materials, materials to reduce the visual impact and material that enhances the aesthetics of the Project area. Minimise external lighting. Be careful when locating construction compounds. Restrict the extent of all disturbed areas as far as practicable. Employ safe traffic control measures, including road signs and flag persons to warn of dangerous conditions. Ensure that normal load heavy goods vehicles use a defined route, which will need to be agreed on prior to Project works. All vehicles should turn directly into the site or to a pre-agreed /defined layby area of the main road. Adopt best transport safety practices across all aspects of Project activities with the goal of preventing traffic accidents and minimizing injuries suffered by Project personnel. • Emphasize safety aspects among drivers (specific induction training for all drivers). Identify waste handling facilities for the Project to accept/ treat waste. Identify and implement appropriate PPE requirements. • Develop an emergency response plan including spill control plan. • Liquid wastes/oil/chemicals to be stored in tanks or drums located in bunded areas which can hold 110% of the total storage volume and in accordance with national safety requirements. • Implement good housekeeping and operating practices, including inventory control to reduce the amount of waste resulting from materials that are out-of-date, off-specification, contaminated, damaged, or excess to plant needs. Use indigenous plants as much as possible for replanting programs. Develop a reforestation plan with 10:1 reforestation ratio. Store topsoil in dedicated sites within site boundary. • Develop a habitat removal and restoration plan (HRRP) to include revegetation replanting. • Landscape and • visual impact management • • • Traffic and transport • management • • • Possible Impacts General site environmental and social management Air quality management Surface water management including water quality 11th December, 2020 THE KENYA GAZETTE 4941 Possible Impacts Mitigation Measures Occupational health • Ensure all employees carry out induction and safety health and safety training prior to management commencement of work. • Provide appropriate and legally required signage and PPEs to all staff. • Develop accident and emergency preparedness and response plan and carry out procedure training and drills with workers and local health authorities on a regular basis related to site hazards and risks. • Set up a telecommunications procedure specifying the hierarchy of who to contact in the case of an emergency. The full report of the proposed project is available for inspection during working hours at: (a) Principal Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, NHIF Building, Community, P.O. Box 30126-00100, Nairobi. (b) Director-General, NEMA, Popo Road, off Mombasa Road, P.O. Box 67839-00200, Nairobi. (c) County Director of Environment, Nairobi City County. A copy of the EIA report can be downloaded at www.nema.go.ke The National Environment Management Authority invites members of the public to submit oral or written comments within thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice to the Director-General, NEMA, to assist the Authority in the decision making process regarding this plan. Comments can also be e-mailed to dgnema@nema.go.ke MAMO B. MAMO, Director-General, MR/1421322 National Environment Management Authority.