BP as the Operator of the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) project announces that the draft Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Addendum (ESIA Addendum) for the South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion project (SCPX) in Azerbaijan has been produced and is available for public review and comment.
This ESIA Addendum assesses the potential adverse and beneficial impacts and addresses mitigations and management of environmental and social issues potentially associated with a reduction in diameter of the pipeline from 56 to 48 inch, which will require an additional section of pipeline in Azerbaijan. The ESIA Addendum supplements the assessment and commitments made within the SCPX Final ESIA which should therefore be read in conjunction with this Addendum.
Table of contents
Introduction
Glossary and abbreviations
Approach and methodology
Alternatives
Project description
Policy legal and administrative framework
Environmental baseline
Socio-economic baseline
Consultation
Impacts and mitigation
Cumulative and transboundary impacts
Hazard and risk assessment
Management and monitoring
Overall project assessment
References
Contributors
Appendix A - Constraints maps
Appendix B - Impact mitigation tables
Appendix C - Public consultation and disclosure plan
Appendix C- Responce to Comments
Appendix C - Amendments register
Appendix D - Construction Phase ESMMP Amendments
Appendix E - Commitments register