construction. Asbestos hazardous materials may be present in old management plan buildings. (HMMP) Construct additional storey Refurbishing existing There are no negative NA EMP will provide for Completion audit by for tsunami warning centre building may result in impacts expected with guidance on mitigation building inspector or in Samoa minor adverse impacts this activity measures during Works Department including noise, dust and construction generation of solid waste materials from construction Establish new or upgrade For new stations, there Potential temporary Land has not been Site assessment Audit and monitoring seismic monitoring stations may be temporary land land access or secured by including hazard by specialist with GPS and motion disturbance and clearing permanent small-scale government vulnerability, flood and sensors, e.g. new volcanic of vegetation for narrow land acquisition seismic risk; monitoring station in Savai’i easements to access to required; Chance find of physical in Samoa monitoring stations Disturbance of physical cultural resources; cultural resources Give preference to siting projects on lands already converted; Voluntary land donation or access agreement from landowner; or small-scale acquisition of land as per RPF Establish or upgrade Temporary land, riparian reserve belongs to Government Give preference to Audit and monitoring monitoring sites in target and/or vegetation State, however if gauge access to monitoring siting projects on lands by specialist water catchments for disturbance and sediment station is located on, or station through land already converted stream flow monitoring and generation through requires access access disputes with without risk of slope install real-time connectivity installing cable and through, customary landowners instability; (GSM) including cables to monitoring equipment land, there may be Limit vegetation hydrology network and adjacent to river or in potential small-scale clearance and use of monitoring stations in target river beds land acquisition or heavy machinery; water catchments disturbance required Voluntary land donation or negotiate land access and written
construction. Asbestos may be present in old buildings. hazardous materials management plan (HMMP) Construct additional storey for tsunami warning centre in Samoa Refurbishing existing building may result in minor adverse impacts including noise, dust and generation of solid waste materials from construction There are no negative impacts expected with this activity NA EMP will provide for guidance on mitigation measures during construction Completion audit by building inspector or Works Department Establish new or upgrade seismic monitoring stations with GPS and motion sensors, e.g. new volcanic monitoring station in Savai’i in Samoa For new stations, there may be temporary land disturbance and clearing of vegetation for narrow easements to access to monitoring stations Potential temporary land access or permanent small-scale land acquisition required; Disturbance of physical cultural resources Land has not been secured by government Site assessment including hazard vulnerability, flood and seismic risk; Chance find of physical cultural resources; Give preference to siting projects on lands already converted; Voluntary land donation or access agreement from landowner; or small-scale acquisition of land as per RPF Audit and monitoring by specialist Establish or upgrade monitoring sites in target water catchments for stream flow monitoring and install real-time connectivity (GSM) including cables to hydrology network and monitoring stations in target water catchments Temporary land, riparian and/or vegetation disturbance and sediment generation through installing cable and monitoring equipment adjacent to river or in river beds reserve belongs to State, however if gauge station is located on, or requires access through, customary land, there may be potential small-scale land acquisition or disturbance required Government access to monitoring station through land access disputes with landowners Give preference to siting projects on lands already converted without risk of slope instability; Limit vegetation clearance and use of heavy machinery; Voluntary land donation or negotiate land access and written Audit and monitoring by specialist