Kutubdia LNG Project, Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh

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Annexes to the Environmental and Social Impact
Assessment Report for Proposed Kutubdia LNG
Terminal Project

Project Number: 50253-001
October 2017

BAN: Reliance Bangladesh LNG Terminal Limited

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Annex 1
References
References

- Environmental Impact Assessment of Construction of Matarbari 2X600
MW Coal Fired Power Plant and Associated Facilities for Coal Power
Generation Company of Bangladesh Limited (Prepared by JICA Study
Team), June 2013
- EIA Study of Moheshkhali- Anwara Gas Transmission Pipeline Project
(Prepared by BUET, 2012)
- Environmental Impact Assessment of Coastal Embankment
Improvement Program, Phase 1 (CEIP-I) for Bangladesh Water
Development Board (Prepared by Centre for Environmental and
Geographic Information Services, Dhaka), 2013
- Preparatory Survey Report on Chittagong Area Coal Fired Power Plant
Development Project in Bangladesh, Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA), Tokyo Electric Power Services Co. LTD, Tokyo Electric
Power Co. LTD
- Environmental Impact Assessment for SASEC Chittagong – Cox’s
Bazar Railway, Project, Phase I, Prepared by Ministry of Railways,
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh for the Asian
Development Bank, May 2016
- Resettlement Framework for SASEC Chittagong – Cox’s Bazar
Railway, Project, Phase I, Prepared by Ministry of Railways,
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh for the Asian
Development Bank, May 2016
- Resettlement Plan for SASEC Chittagong – Cox’s Bazar Railway,
Project, Phase I, Prepared by Ministry of Railways, Government of the
People’s Republic of Bangladesh for the Asian Development Bank,
May 2016
- Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) for Natural Gas Infrastructure
and Efficiency Improvement Project (Component 1 - Installation of
Wellhead Gas Compressors at Location “A” of Titas Gas Field),
Prepared by Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited for the Asian
Development Bank, Sep 2016
- EIA for Proposed 6.5 km Long Embankment Cum Road Construction
from Rajghat Bridge, Matarbari to Mohiraghona, Dhalghata Under
Matarbari 2x600 MW USC Coal-Fired Power Project at Matarbari, Coal
Power Generation Company of Bangladesh Limited (Prepared by GEO
Associates BD, Dhaka), Oct 2015
- An Appraisal for the Late Quaternary Evolution of the Moheshkhali –
Kutubdia Coastal Plain, Bangladesh, Abdul Baquee Khan Majlis et al.,
Geological Survey of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Journal of Geology, Vo. 26,
p64-77, 2013)
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- Environmental and Social Vulnerabilities and Livelihoods of Fishing
Communities of Kutubdia Island, Bangladesh by Munshi Khaledur
Rahman (A dissertation submitted to Kent State University), August
2015
- Risk Assessment of Storm Surge of Kutubdia Island Using GIS
Musfique Ahmed et al. IPCSIT vol. 28 (2012) © (2012) IACSIT Press,
Singapore
- Bio-ecological Zones of Bangladesh, IUCN Bangladesh Country Office,
2002
- Development of Upazila Disaster Management Plan, Upazila:
Kutubdia, Developed by Upazila Disaster Management Committee,
Kutubdia, Coordination by: Bangla-German Sampreeti and Supported
by: Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP-2),
Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief
- The Perception and Impact of Natural Hazards on Fishing
Communities of Kutubdia Island, Bangladesh by Munshi Khaledur
Rahman and Thomas W. Schmidlin
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Study, August 2015, General Economics Division Planning
Commission, Government of Bangladesh
- Fisheries Statistical Yearbook of Bangladesh 2012-13, Department of
Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh
- Population and Housing Census 2011, Cox’s Bazar District,
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
- Compendium of Pile Driving Sound Data prepared for The California
Department of Transportation by Illinworth and Rodkin, September
2007.
- District Statistics 2011, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
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Annex 2
EHS Standards
EHS Standards

The relevant environmental standards (national as well as international) as
applicable to the proposed Project are presented in the following tables:
Stack Emission Limits
Parameter Unit Bangladesh* World Bank**
PM10 mg/Nm3 150 50 (liquid fuel)
- N/A (natural gas)
SO2 - Use less than 0.5% sulphur fuel (liquid fuel)
- N/A (natural gas)
NOx mg/Nm3 - 400 mg/Nm3– Gas engines (duel fuel)
200 mg/Nm3 Gas engine
mg/Nm3 40 ppm 51 (25 ppm) – natural gas (Gas Turbine)
Dry Gas, Excess % 15 (natural gas)
O2 content
% 15 (liquid fuel)
Note:
* Schedule 11 (Standards for Gaseous Emission from Industries or Projects) of the
Environmental Conservation Rules, 1997.
** Emission Guidelines for Combustion Engine, WB/IFC General EHS Guidelines

Ambient Air Quality Standards
Parameter Bangladesh** WHO***
(µg/m3) Annual (µg/m3) Annual
(µg/m3) (µg/m3)
SPM (24 hourly) 200 - - -
PM10 (24 hourly) 150 50 50 20
PM2.5 (24 hourly) 65 15 25 10
SO2 (24 hourly) 365 80 20 -
NOx (24 hourly) - 100 - 40
CO (8 hourly) 10,000 - 10,000 -
Note:
** The Bangladesh National Ambient Air Quality Standards have been taken from
the Environmental Conservation Rules, 1997 which was amended on 19th July
2005 vide S.R.O. No. 220-Law/2005.
*** WHO Ambient Air Quality Guideline Values (2005 and 2000), which are also
being referred in the World Bank and IFC’s General EHS Guidelines (2007)

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Standards for Inland Surface Water
Best Practice based classification pH BOD DO Total
Coliform
mg/l mg/l nos/100 ml
a. Source of drinking water for 6.5 – 8.5 2 or less 6 or above 50 or less
supply only after disinfecting
b. Water use for recreational activity 6.5 – 8.5 3 or less 5 of more 200 or less
c. Source of drinking water for 6.5 – 8.5 6 or less 6 or more 5000 or less
supply after conventional
treatment
d. Water usable by fisheries 6.5 – 8.5 6 or less 5 or more -
e. Water usable by various process 6.5 – 8.5 10 or less 5 or more 5000 or less
and cooling industries
f. Water usable for irrigation 6.5 – 8.5 10 or less 5 or more 1000 or less
* The Bangladesh Standards for Inland Surface Water have been taken from Schedule 3
(Standards for Water) of the Environmental Conservation Rules, 1997.
Notes: In water used for pisiculture, maximum limit of presence of ammonia as Nitrogen is
1.2 mg/l.
Electrical conductivity for irrigation water – 2250 mmhoms/cm (at a temperature of 25°C);
Sodium less than 26%; boron less than 0.2%.
Standards for Drinking water
SN Parameter Unit ECR,1997* WHO, 2011**
1 Aluminium mg/l 0.2
2 Ammonia (NH3) mg/l 0.5
3 Arsenic mg/l 0.05 0.01
4 Barium mg/l 0.01
5 Benzene mg/l 0.01 0.01
6 BOD5 200C mg/l 0.2
7 Boron mg/l 1.0 2.4
8 Cadmium mg/l 0.005 0.003
9 Calcium mg/l 75
10 Chloride mg/l 150 – 600*
11 Chlorinated alkanes carbon tetrachloride mg/l 0.01
1.1 Dichloroethylene mg/l 0.001
1.2 Dichloroethylene mg/l 0.03
Tetrachloroethylene mg/l 0.03
Trichloroethylene mg/l 0.09
12 Chlorinated phenols- pentachlorophenol mg/l 0.03
2.4.6 trichlorophenol mg/l 0.03
13 Chlorine (residual) mg/l 0.2
14 Chloroform mg/l 0.09
15 Chromium (hexavalent) mg/l 0.05
16 Chromium (total) mg/l 0.05 0.05
17 COD mg/l 4
18 Coliform (faecal)/E. coli n/100 ml 0 Must not be
detectable in any
100 ml sample
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SN Parameter Unit ECR,1997* WHO, 2011**
19 Coliform (total) n/100 ml 0
20 Color Hazen unit 15
21 Copper mg/l 1 2
22 Cyanide mg/l 0.1
23 Detergents mg/l 0.2
24 DO mg/l 6
25 Fluoride mg/l 1 1.5
26 Hardness (as CaCO3) mg/l 200 – 500
27 Iron mg/l 0.3 – 1.0
28 Kjeldahl Nitrogen (total) mg/l 1
29 Lead mg/l 0.05 0.01
30 Magnesium mg/l 30 – 35
31 Manganese mg/l 0.1
32 Mercury mg/l 0.001 0.006
33 Nickel mg/l 0.1 0.07
34 Nitrate mg/l 10 50
35 Nitrite mg/l <1 3
36 Odor mg/l Odorless
37 Oil and grease mg/l 0.01
38 pH mg/l 6.5 – 8.5
39 Phenolic compounds mg/l 0.002
40 Phosphate mg/l 6
41 Phosphorus mg/l 0
42 Potassium mg/l 12
43 Radioactive materials (gross alpha Bq/l 0.01
activity)
44 Radioactive materials (gross beta activity) Bq/l 0.1
45 Selenium mg/l 0.01 0.04
46 Silver mg/l 0.02
47 Sodium mg/l 200
48 Suspended particulate matters mg/l 10
49 Sulphide mg/l 0
50 Sulphate mg/l 400
51 Total dissolved solids mg/l 1000
52 Temperature 0C 20-30
53 Tin mg/l 2
54 Turbidity JTU 10
55 Zinc mg/l 5
* The Bangladesh Standards for Drinking Water have been taken from Schedule 3 (Standards for
Water) of the Environmental Conservation Rules, 1997.
** Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality, WHO, 2011.
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Effluent Standards/ Guidelines
Parameter Unit Bangladesh* WB/IFC**
pH - 6.0 to 9.0 6.0 to 9.0
Total Suspended Solids (TSS) mg/l 150 50 mg/l
Oil and grease mg/l 10 10 mg/l
Total residual chlorine mg/l - 0.2 mg/l
Chromium (total) mg/l 0.5 0.5 mg/l
Copper mg/l 0.5 0.5 mg/l
Iron mg/l 2.0 1.0 mg/l
Zinc mg/l 5.0 1.0 mg/l
Lead mg/l 0.1 0.5 mg/l
Cadmium mg/l 0.5 0.1 mg/l
Mercury mg/l 0.01 0.005 mg/l
Arsenic mg/l 0.2 0.5 mg/l
Temperature increase at the edge °C 40 (summer) Site specific requirement to
of the mixing zone 45 (winter) be established by the EA.
Elevated temperature areas
due to discharge of once-
through cooling water (e.g., 1
Celsius above, 2 Celsius
above, 3Celsius above
ambient water temperature)
should be minimized by
adjusting intake and outfall
design through the project
specific EA depending on
the sensitive aquatic
ecosystems around the
discharge point.
Note:
* Schedule 10 (Standards for Waste from Industrial Units or Projects Waste) of the
Environmental Conservation Rules, 1997.
** Effluent Guidelines, WB/IFC EHS Guidelines for Thermal Power Plants.
Standards for Sewage Discharge
Parameter Unit Standard Limit (Bangladesh)*
BOD mg/l 40
Nitrate mg/l 250
Phosphate mg/l 35
Suspended Solid mg/l 100
Temperature °C 30
Coliform No./100 ml 1000
Notes:
(1) This limit shall be applicable to discharges into surface and inland waters bodies.
(2) Sewage shall be chlorinated before final discharge.
* Schedule 9 (Standards for Sewage Discharge) of the Environmental Conservation Rules, 1997
Noise Level Standards/ Guidelines
Category of Bangladesh* WHO***
Area/ Receptor Day (dB(A)) Night (dB(A)) Day (dB(A)) Night (dB(A))
Silent Zone 50 40 55 45
Residential Area 55 45 55 45
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Category of Bangladesh* WHO***
Area/ Receptor Day (dB(A)) Night (dB(A)) Day (dB(A)) Night (dB(A))
Mixed Area 60 50 - -
Commercial Area 70 60 70 70
Industrial Area 75 70 70 70
Note:
* The Bangladesh National Ambient Noise Standards have been taken from Schedule 4
(Standards for Sound) of the Environmental Conservation Rules, 1997.
** Guidelines values are for noise levels measured out of doors. Source: Guidelines for
Community Noise, World Health Organization (WHO), 1999.
*** As per IFC EHS noise level guidelines, Noise impacts should not exceed the levels presented
in the above table or result in a maximum increase in background levels of 3 dB at the nearest
receptor location off-site.
**** In Bangladesh standard day time is defined from 6.00 to 21.00 hrs and night time is from
21.00 to 6:00 hrs, whereas in WHO guidelines, day time is defined from 7.00 to 22.00 hrs and
night time is from 22.00 to 7:00 hrs.

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