GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 3268

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, China Wu Yi Company Limited, proposes to set up a quarry comprising of a crusher, concrete batching plant, an asphalt mixing plant and support facilities on the following nine leased parcels of land in Riamugaa Village, Kibingoti Sub- location, Kiine location, Kirinyaga County: Kiine/Gacharo/959, 960, Kiine/Kibingoti/Nguguine/869, 870, 1441, 1538, 1647, 4187, 4188, and 3306. The following are the anticipated impacts and proposed mitigation measures: Possible Impacts Mitigation Measures Change in land use • Apply for and obtain a change of user from the County Government of Kirinyaga and Ministry of Lands. Solid waste • Ensure solid generated at the site are generation regularly disposed of appropriately at authorized dumping areas. Use of integrated solid waste management of options i.e. source reduction, recycling, composting and re-use, combustion and sanitary land filling. • Carry out environmental awareness training to construction workers and plant employees during operation. • A private company to be contracted to collect and dispose solid waste on regular basis. Release of sewage • Effluent disposal to be done by use of to the environment conservancy tanks. • Apply for the license from NEMA for effluent disposal. • Conduct regular inspection for the system to ensure it works effectively. High demand for • Obtain a permit to drill and abstract water water and effluent from WRA. generation • Sensitize the workforce on the need to conserve the available water resources. • Procure and deliver to the site mobile toilets from a NEMA licensed waste contractor for use by the workers. • Create water conservation awareness. • Install a discharge meter at water outlets to determine and monitor total water usage. • Promptly detect and repair of water pipes and tank leaks. Security • Ensure the general safety and security at all times by providing day and night security guards and adequate lighting within and Possible Impacts Mitigation Measures around the project site. Electric blasting • Inform the local community prior to blasting. • All loading and firing shall be directed and supervised by competent person(s). • Employ qualified personnel to handle and store the explosives. • Increase the number of delay detonators used in a round of blasting. • Adhere to the provisions of the Explosives Act, 2012. High demand for • Switch off electrical appliances and lights electricity when not in use. • Install occupational sensing lights at various locations such as storage areas which are not in use all the time. • Install energy saving fluorescent tubes. • Monitor energy use during the operation of the project and set targets for efficient use. • Sensitize workers to use energy efficiently. Air pollution • Install appropriate and adequate dust screens around the project site. • Ensure that the asphalt plant has anti- pollution equipment such as dust collector and bag house. • Regular maintenance of the asphalt duct line connecting the dryer and the dry dust collector. • Avoid excavation works in extremely dry weather. • Regular sprinkling of water to be done on open surface and dusty grounds during dry season. • Comply with the Air Quality Regulations, 2014. • Ensure strict enforcement of on-site speed limit regulations and ensure driver observe them. • Procure, provide and enforce the use of dust smase.ks to workers and visitors to the project it • Covering of all haulage vehicles carrying sand, aggregate and cement. • Stockpiles of fine materials (e.g. sand and ballast) should be wetted or covered with tarpaulin during windy conditions. • The access roads and exposed ground must be wetted at a frequency that effectively keeps down the dust. • Workers in dusty areas on the site should be issued with dust masks during dry and windy conditions. Noise and vibration • Sensitize construction drivers to avoid disturbance running of vehicles engines or hooting. • Ensure the construction machinery are well kept in good condition. • Sensitize construction drivers and machinery operators to switch off engines when not being used. • Ensure all generators and heavy machines are insulated or placed in an enclosure to 9th April, 2021 THE KENYA GAZETTE 1613 Possible Impacts Mitigation Measures minimize ambient noise levels. • Restrict noisy construction activities to normal working hours (8am -5pm). • Inform local residents beforehand, via notices and advisories, of pending noisy periods and solicit their tolerance well before the commencement works. • Workers operating equipment that generate high noise levels noise should be equipped with noise protection gear including ear muffs and plugs. Workers operating equipment generating noise levels greater than 80 dBA continuously for 8 hours or more should use ear protectors. • All construction equipment should be regularly inspected and serviced. • Comply with the Noise and Excessive Vibration Pollution (Control) Regulations, 2009. Traffic control • Issue notices/advisories of pending traffic inconveniences and solicit tolerance by local residents before the commencement of construction works. • Appropriate traffic warning signs, informing road users of a construction site entrance ahead and instructing them to reduce speed, should be placed along the access road in the vicinity of the entrance to the site during the construction period. • Flagmen should be employed to control traffic and assist construction vehicles as they enter and exit the project site. • Maintain on site a record of incidents and accidents. 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, 12th Floor, Ragati Road, Upper Hill, 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, Kirinyaga County. 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 project. MAMO B. MAMO, Director-General, MR/1943901 National Environment Management Authority.