GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 3747

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 County Government of, Kakamega proposes to degazette Seregeya Likuyani Block 1 Turbo Township from Turbo Forest Reserve in Kakamega County. The area to be gazetted consists of 140 acres for the development of Seregeya Likuyani Block 1 Turbo Township i.e. a market, CGK offices and social amenities: 460 acres of agricultural land; and 100 acres under police station and National Youth Services (NYS). The area is completely settled but still under Turbo Forest Reserve. • Creation of public awareness on the dangers of the electric fence to members of the community. Limited access to the • Allow for designated access routes in reserve designated areas: • Installation of drop down wires on motorized access routes to ease movements of vehicles. Risks of fire • Installation of warning/information signs. • Training on fire management. • Coming up with guidelines on fire management. • Management of vegetation close to the electric fence. Generation of solid • • Re-use and recycling of materials like the waste posts and electric wires. Renewed human • Implementation other conservation methods wildlife conflicts to manage the human-wildlife conflicts. • Creation of public awareness on the importance of co-existence with wild animals. Possible Impacts Changes movement socialization patterns and other impacts on social groupings and social behaviours Loss of forest land • forest resources and challenges in forest management in • and Increase in spread of • sexually transmitted diseases Increased traffic • flow Post-excision • establishment of social and physical infrastructure Mitigation Measures Sensitize and bring together the people in the community and educate them on need for staying together in harmony. Properly demarcate the forest land to differentiate it from the community land and enforce laws governing access to and use of forest resources. • Re-establish vegetation in farms, riparian areas and in annihilated areas within the forest through implementation of well- designed afforestation and reforestation programmes by planting of appropriate plants. • Sensitize the community on the importance of conserving the forest and the need for staying together in harmony. Develop sexually transmitted diseases (STDS), HIV and AIDs control measures such as provision of condom dispensers in places, which are accessible by all people e.g. at public offices. • Create awareness of STDs, HIV and AIDS among the people through posters. Properly plan the project activities to reduce the number of trips done or the number of vehicles on the roads. • Inform the area residents of the planned surveys in advance so that they can be prepared for them. Seek to establish amicable relationships with stakeholders and manage the impact of the project activities on affected people. • Put in place a pre-emptive community liaison structure aimed at identifying potential- issues arising from project- related impacts and addressing them before they become grievances. • Establish a grievance redress mechanism targeting communities and other project stakeholders but not applicable to commercial and employee-employee relationships, and which will allow stakeholders to easily put forth their concerns relating to the project, implementation and have them addressed in a prompt and respectful manner. • Ensure the grievance redress mechanism is available to the affected community members and stakeholders at no cost. • Address all raised grievances, real or imagined and take reasonable steps to maintain confidentiality of the parties to the mechanism and regardless of the complainants' participation in this process, give a guarantee that the complainant's statutory rights to undertake legal proceedings remain unaffected. • Educate all project stakeholders on the availability and use of the grievance redress mechanism in a manner that is understandable to all, before, during and after construction of the proposed project. Possible Impacts Mitigation Measures Increased spread of • Provide facemasks to all project Covid-19 personnel and visitors. • Ensure all project personnel and visitors maintain a social distance of at least 1.5 m where there are two or more people gathered and avoid crowding people together. • Subject all persons getting to the sites to rapid Covid-19 screening i.e. temperature check and other vital signs including getting to record where have recently travelled to. • Install handwashing facilities with adequate running water and soap, or sanitizing facilities at the entrance to the sites and to all consultation and meetings venues. • Where possible use only virtual methods of meetings and avoid one-on-one meetings. • Ensure routine sanitization of shared social facilities and other communal places routinely including wiping of door knobs, hand rails etc. • Where one-on-one meetings cannot be avoided, hold meetings in small groups or focused group discussions (FGDs) and in adherence to all GOK guidelines in place and subject all the participants strictly observing at least 1.5 m social distancing, regular hand washing, sanitizing and limited duration of meeting. 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 Kakamega 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/1666795 National Environment Management Authority. GAZEFTE NOTICE No. 3748 THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CO-ORDINATION ACT (No. 8 of 1999) THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED INCINERATOR FACILITY IN EMBU COUNTY INVITATIONOF PUBLIC COMMENTS PURSUANT to Regulation 21 of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Impact Assessment and Audit) Regulations, 2003, the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has 23rd April, 2021 THE KENYA GAZETTE 1797 received an Environmental Impact Assessment Study Report for the above proposed project. The proponent, County Medical Investment Company Limited, is proposing to install an Incineration Plant in Embu County. The following are the anticipated impacts and proposed mitigation measures: Impacts Mitigation Measures Dust disturbances • Employees involved in the construction work to be provided with dust masks. • Project management and contractor to enforce strict use of personal protective clothing. • Complains of dust related aliments among employees given access to medical attention. Loss of vegetation • Limit vegetation clearing to areas within the site boundary where it is absolutely necessary. • Replant vegetation. Noise and vibrations • All construction work to be limited to disturbances daytime only. • All employees likely to be exposed to ear noise to be provide with ear protectors; • Contractor to ensure strict enforcement on user of ear protectors. • Where applicable and possible exceptionally noisy machines to be fitted with noise reduction devices. • Any employee who may complain about ear related pain and or complication while at work to access medical attention at the expense of, the contractor or project proponent. Solid and liquid • Construction solid waste to be handled, wastes managed and disposed according to the waste management regulations. • Waste handling bins to be provided for workers onsite, each bin should have a lid which should always be covered. • Colour code to be used to distinguish waste bins of different wastes. • Solid waste to be disposed only at licensed disposal sites. • In a case of cement bagging, they can be stored recycled or put into different usage. Occupational injuries • Appropriate personal protective equipment such as safety belts for workers working at height to be provided. • Proper use of PPE provided. • Appropriate training of workers of ways of working safely. • Appropriate supervision at workplace. • Rest times to be strictly observed to reduce stress. Degradation of local • Installation of electrostatic precipitators, air quality fabric filters, or wet inertial scrubbers for particulate matter control. • Limiting the ash content of the waste feed via source control or selection. • Optimize voltage and other electric conditions of an esp (to maximize capture of particles). Mitigation Measures • Designing and operating the primary combustion chamber to minimize fly-ash carryover. • Choosing advanced combustion designs and emission control technologies for the pollutant of concern. • Having well-trained and certified employees that ensure that the combustor is opdrated to maximize combustion efficiency and that the emission control devices are operated to optimize conditions for pollutant capture or neutralization • Installation of well-designed and well- operated fine-particle of air pollution control device (aped) such as filtration collectors, primary fabric filters (baghouses) and electrostatic collectors. • Apply dry and wet electrostatic precipitators (esps) and ionizing wet scrubbers; and wet inertial-impaction collectors. • Maintain a maximum gas flow-rate limit to ensure adequate residence time in the combustion chamber and proper operation of the air pollution control equipment. • Optimize baghouse pressure drop, bag- break detection, wet scrubber pressure drop, ph, and liquid-to-gas ratio. • Quarterly stack emission assessment of the incinerator. • Installation of acid gas scrubbers such as packed-bed absorber. • Optimize flue-gas temperature and to maximize condensation and capture of pollutants while avoiding gas dew point problems. • Installation of stack-gas monitors. • Designing and operating the combustion process to minimize pb vaporization. • Designing and operating the primary combustion chamber to minimize fly-ash carryover. Solid waste (bottom • Initial sorting of municipal-solid to remove ash, fly ash, scrubber stream- of large items unsuitable for water, lime and burning (such as whole refrigerators, gas activated carbon stoves, and auto batteries. • Knowledge of the intrinsic properties of the material, including the physical, chemical, and leaching properties by the incinerator operator. • Solid waste to be handled managed and disposed according to the environmental management and co-ordination (waste management) regulations 2006. • Employ services of a NEMA licensed waste collection company. • Solid waste to be collected after every two days for disposal at NEMA licensed disposal sites. Occupational hazards • Plant operators and workers training in or injuries to works, hazardous-material management and visitors and general annual refresher courses. public • All workers should be provided with protective gear. • • A first aid kit should be provided within the site. Impacts Mitigation Measures • The proponent should have workmen's compensation cover (WIBA). 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 Embu 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/1815509 National Environment Management Authority.