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APPLICATION FOR
ISSUANCE OF ECOLOGICAL LICENSE
FOR
INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES
CONSTRUCTION IN BRCKO PORT AND
CONNECTIONS WITH BRCKO NOVO RAILWAY
STATION AND LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL ZONE
Banja Luka, September 2012
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Application for Issuance of Ecological License
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SUBJECT: APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF ECOLOGICAL
LICENSE
INVESTOR:
DEPARTMENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
SPORTS AD CULTURE OF BRCKO DISTRICT
GOVERNMENT, BRCKO DISTRICT OF BiH
DRAFTING INSTITUTION: INSTITUTE FOR PROTECTION, ECOLOGY AND
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
PARTICIPANTS IN
DRAFTING:
Sanja Bajić, M.Sc. in Biology
Bogdanka Tubin, B.Sc. in Mining Engineering
Vesna Mitrić, B.Sc. in Technological Engineering
Ljiljana Erić, B.Sc. in Technological Engineering
Svetlana Ilić, B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering
Miroslav Račić, B.Sc. in Civil Engineering
ACTING GENERAL MANAGER:
Predrag Ilić, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
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CONTENTS:
ISO 9001:2008CERTIFICATE __________________________________________________ 4
DECISION FOR PERFORMANCE OF ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENT
PROTECTION _______________________________________________________________ 5
LICENSE FOR PERFORMING ACTIVITIES FROM THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENT
PROTECTION _______________________________________________________________ 7
DECISION ON ENTRY INTO THE REGISTRY OF SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH
INSTITUTIONS ______________________________________________________________ 8
DECISION ON PROJECT INITIATION __________________________________________ 9
MINUTES FROM FIELD VISIT _______________________________________________ 10
1. NAME AND SURNAME OF THE RESPONSIBLE PERSON AND ADDRESS OF THE
LOCATION IN WHICH THE PLANT IS LOCATED _______________________________ 11
2. DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS AND ACTIVITIES (plan, technical description of
operations etc.) _______________________________________________________________ 12
3. DESCRIPTION OF MAIN AND AUXILIARY RAW MATERIALS, OTHER
SUBSTANCES AND ENERGY USED BY THE PLANT OR PRODUCED BY THE PLANT 20
4. DESCRIPTION OF SOURCES OF EMISSIONS FROM THE FACILITY __________ 23
5. DESCRIPTION OF THE CONDITION OF THE LOCATION ON WHICH THE
FACILITY IS SITUATED _____________________________________________________ 25
BASELINE CONDITIONS ____________________________________________________ 32
6. DESCRIPTION OF NATURE AND QUANTITY OF ENVISAGED EMISSIONS FROM
THE FACILITY INTO ALL PARTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT (AIR, WATER, SOIL), IN
ADDITION TO IDENTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS 45
7. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED MEASURES, TECHNOLOGIES AND OTHER
TECHNIQUES FOR PREVENTION, AND, IF PREVENTION IS IMPOSSIBLE,
REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS FROM THE FACILITY ____________________________ 58
8. DESCRIPTION OF MEASURES FOR PREVENTING PRODUCTION AND REUSE OF
USEFUL MATERIALS FROM WASTE PRODUCED BY THE FACILITY 62
9. DESCRIPTION OF OTHER MEASURES NECESSARY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE
WITH BASIC OBLIGATIONS OF THE RESPONSIBLE PERSON, AND ESPECIALLY
MEASURES FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF THE FACILITY 66
10. DESCRIPTION OF MEASURES PLANNED FOR THE MONITORING OF
EMISSIONS WITHIN THE AREA AND OF THEIR IMPACT 70
11. DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS ____________________________ 72
12. SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES
(NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY) _______________________________________________ 72
DOCUMENTATION USED ____________________________________________________ 84
LEGISLATIVE REGULATIONS APPLIED _______________________________________ 85
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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFICATE
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DECISION FOR PERFORMANCE OF ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA OF
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA Ministry of Physical Space Regulation, Civil Engineering and Ecology BANJA LUKA 1 Republic of Srpska Square No: 4-E/03 Date: June 20, 2011 The Minister of Physical Space Regulation, Civil Engineering and Ecology of the Republic of Srpska, on the grounds of Article 95 of the Law on Environment Protection – Consolidated Text (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska”, issues No. 28/07, 41/08 and 29/10), Article 82, Paragraph 2 of the Law on Republic Administration (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska”, issue No. 118/08), and Article 5 of the Rulebook on Conditions for Performance of Activities from the Area of Environment Protection (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska”, issues No. 15/07, and 36/08) hereby issues the following:
D E C I S I O N on Meeting the Requirements for Performance of Activities in the Area
of Environment Protection
1. It is hereby determined that the Scientific Institution “Institute for Protection, Ecology and Information Technology, Scientific and Research Institute” Banja Luka meets the conditions for the performance of activities from the area of environment protection.
2. This Decision shall be subject to audit following the expiry of the timeframe of four years from the date of issuance of the Decision. The testing of fulfillment of conditions for the performance of activities from the area of environment protection shall be performed in compliance with the provisions of the Law on Environment Protection and the Rulebook on Conditions for Performance of Activities from the Area of Environment Protection.
3. This Decision shall be published in the “Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska”.
E x p l a n a t i o n
The Scientific Institution “Institute for Protection, Ecology and Information Technology, Scientific and Research Institute” Banja Luka had contacted this Ministry with an application for the audit of the Decision on meeting the conditions for the performance of activities in the area of environment protection.
Following an insight into documentation attached, as well as in the Minutes of the
Commission on the state of facts noted in the field in regards to appropriate premises for the performance of activities, and conditions prescribed in view of technical equipment for the measuring of air quality, gas emissions, noise intensity, water quality and soil quality, and pursuant to Article 95 of the Law on Environment Protection and Article 5 of the Rulebook on Conditions for Performance of Activities from the Area of Environment Protection, the above decision was made.
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This Decision shall be final within the administrative procedure, and therefore it is not
allowed to lodge an appeal against it, however an administrative dispute may be initiated by lodging a low suit before the District Court in Banja Luka within the timeframe of 30 days from the day of receiving the decision. The lawsuit in two identical copies is to be levied with a fee amounting to KM 200.00 of court duties, and submitted to the Court directly, or by mail.
This Decision is to be attached to the lawsuit in original or transcription.
M I N I S T E R
Srebrenka Golic CO:
1. Addressee 2. Records 3. Archives
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LICENSE FOR PERFORMING ACTIVITIES FROM THE AREA OF
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA
MINISTRY OF PHYSICAL SPACE REGULATION,
CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ECOLOGY
The Minister of Physical Space Regulation, Civil Engineering and Ecology of the Republic of
Srpska, on the grounds of Article 95 of the Law on Environment Protection – Consolidated Text
(“Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska”, issues No. 28/07, 41/08 and 29/10), Article 5 of the
Rulebook on Conditions for Performance of Activities from the Area of Environment Protection
(“Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska”, issues No. 15/07, and 36/08), and the Decision on
Meeting the Conditions for Performance of Activities from the Area of Environment Protection
No. 4-E/03, dated June 20, 2011, hereby issues the following:
L I C E N S E
Scientific Institution “Institute for Protection, Ecology and Information Technology,
Scientific and Research Institute” Banja Luka
Meets the conditions for performing activities from the area of environment protection. This
License shall be valid from June 20, 2011 to June 20, 2015. The testing of fulfillment of
conditions for the performance of activities from the area of environment protection shall be
performed in compliance with the provisions of the Law on Environment Protection and the
Rulebook on Conditions for Performance of Activities from the Area of Environment Protection.
Registry No: 4-E/3
Banja Luka, June 20, 2011
M I N I S T E R
Srebrenka Golic
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DECISION ON ENTRY INTO THE REGISTRY OF SCIENTIFIC AND
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
4 Vuka Karadzica Street, Banja Luka, Tel: 051/331-542, Fax: 051/331-548, E-mail: mnk@mnk.vladars.net
No: 06.6-61-224/04
Date: June 29, 2004
Pursuant to Article 36, Paragraph 1, and in connection with Article 68, Paragraph 2 of the Law on
Scientific Activities (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska”, issues No. 48/02 and 63/02), and Article
2 of the Rulebook on Form and Contents of Records of Institutes (“Official Gazette of Republic of Srpska”,
issue No. 80/03), and upon an application of the Institute for Protection, Ecology and Information
Technology, Banja Luka, the Ministry of Science and Technology hereby issues the following:
DECISION
On Entry into Registry of Scientific and Research Institutions
1. The following scientific institution is hereby entered into the Registry of Scientific and Research
Institutions with the Ministry of Science and Technology:
“Institute for Protection, Ecology and Information Technology, Scientific and Research Institute”
Banja Luka
2. The Institute for Protection, Ecology and Information Technology, Banja Luka is entered into the
Registry ledger under ordinal number 4, on the date of June 29, 2004.
Explanation
The scientific institution “Institute for Protection, Ecology and Information Technology”, Banja Luka,
contacted this Ministry on the date of June 16, 204, with an application for entry into the Registry of
Scientific and Research Institutions.
The Ministry of Science and Technology has reviewed the application and, upon an insight into the
following attached documentation: certified copy of entry into the court registry, No: 6802/04 dated June
10, 2004; Articles of Association of the Institute, No: 4-0368/04, dated March 4, 2004; copy of labor
contracts for persons with scientific and research titles, as well as other documentation necessary
concerning the premises, the equipment, the total number and structure of employees, as well as on the
basis of other data, it was ascertained that the conditions referred to in Article 28 of the Law on Scientific
Activities were fulfilled, and therefore, and pursuant to Article 36 of the Law, the above decision was
made.
Legal remedy: This Decision shall be final within the administrative procedure, and therefore it is not
allowed to lodge an appeal against it, however an administrative dispute may be initiated.
The administrative dispute is to be initiated by a lawsuit before the Supreme Court of the Republic of
Srpska, within the timeframe of 30 days from the date of delivery of the decision.
Co: M I N I S T E R
- Institute
- Registry Cemal Kolonic, Ph.D. Professor
- Archives
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DECISION ON PROJECT INITIATION
Project name: Application for Issuance of
Ecological License.
Number of application: 385/12
Number of work order: 629/12
Date of issuance: September 4,
2012.
Task manager:
Vesna Mitrić, B.Sc. in Technological
Engineering
Contact telephone: 051 / 218 - 318
e-mail : ekoinstitut@inecco.net
Commissioning Institution / Investor:
DEPARTMENT FOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, SPORTS AD
CULTURE OF BRCKO DISTRICT
GOVERNMENT, BRCKO DISTRICT
OF BiH
Address of the Commissioning Institution:
Bulevar Mira 1, Brcko District of BiH
Contact telephone:
049/240-678
e-mail :
Subject scope: Construction of infrastructural facilities in the Port of Brcko and
connections with Brcko Novo railway station and the labor and industry zone
Decision issued by Acting General Manager:
Predrag Ilić, Ph.D, Assistant Professor
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MINUTES FROM FIELD VISIT
Project name: Application for Issuance of
Ecological License.
Date of field visit:
July 26, 2012
Date of return from field visit:
July 26, 2012
Location: Brcko District of BiH
Project team members:
1. Ranko Veljko, B.Sc in Civil Engineering.
2. Svetlana Ilić, B.Sc. in Agricultural
Engineering.
Subject of field visit: Direct insight into the location of subject facilities and
determination of all parameters necessary for the drafting of the Application for
Issuance of Ecological License.
Report: On the date of July 26, 2012, we visited the subject locations. We
performed a direct insight on the spot and made a snapshot of the terrain requiring
an ecological license, and held discussions with the Investor, and took over the
documentation necessary for the drafting of the Application. On that occasion,
environmental air quality tests, noise level measurements and soil sampling in three
locations were performed.
Project manager:
Vesna Mitrić, B.Sc. in Technological
Engineering.
Decision approved by Acting General
Manager:
Predrag Ilić, Ph.D, Assistant Professor
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1. NAME AND SURNAME OF THE RESPONSIBLE PERSON AND ADDRESS
OF THE LOCATION IN WHICH THE PLANT IS LOCATED
INVESTOR:
DEPARTMENT FOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, SPORTS AD CULTURE OF
BRCKO DISTRICT GOVERNMENT, BRCKO
DISTRICT OF BiH
ADDRESS:
Bulevar Mira 1,
76100 Brcko District of BiH
FACILITY:
Infrastructural facilities in Brcko Port and their
connections with Brcko Novo railway station and labor
and industry zone
LOCATION: Brcko
RESPONSIBLE PERSON-
supervisory institution: Glišić Danijel, B.Sc. in Economics
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2. DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS AND ACTIVITIES (plan, technical description
of operations etc.)
The Department for Economic Development, Sports and Culture of the Brcko
District of BiH Government is planning the construction of an industrial gauge from
Brcko Novo Railway Station to the Port of Brcko, in Brcko (gauge No. 1), the
construction of the railway station gauge (gauge No. 2), and the construction of the pull
track gauge (gauge No. 3), and connections with the existing gauge towards the labor
and industry zone, and the loading and unloading “Tesla” gauge, for the purposes of the
construction of an industrial gauge (fitting in the railway tracks towards the Port of
Brcko to the existing gauges in the part of the loading and unloading plateau along the
bank of river Sava), for the construction of the asphalt plateau, regulation of the
manipulation surface and parts of the slanted and vertical quay, and for the
reconstruction of the access road from the road leading to Bijeljina to the Port.
The Investor holds the following location permits for the execution of the works planned:
Location conditions for the construction of the industrial gauge from Brcko Novo
Railway Station to the Port of Brcko, in Brcko (gauge No. 1), the construction of
the railway station gauge (gauge No. 2), and the construction of the pull track
gauge (gauge No. 3), and connections with the existing gauge towards the labor
and industry zone, and the loading and unloading “Tesla” gauge, on the part of the
land marked as Cadastral Parcel No. 43/4, 16/4, 2/2, 16/3, 2011, 2/14, 41, 10, 17,
16/2, 1/6, 1/7, 2/16, 2/8, 2/12, 3/10, 2/15, 3/6, 2/3, 3/2, 3/1, 2/1, 1/3 Cadastral
Municipality of Brcko 2 (display), Cadastral Parcel No. 1273/1, 1273/15
Cadastral Municipality Brcko 1 (display), Cadastral Parcel No. 2598/1 (part of
764/1), 2602 (part of 764/1), 2603/1 (part of 764/1), 2603/2 (part of 764/1), 2684
(part of 1076), 2688 (part of 764/I), 2572 (part of 843), 2685 (part of 984/5), 2686
(part of 1076), 2155 (part of 1035/6), 215/2 (part of 1039/3), 2157 (part of
1039/3), 2152/2 (1043/21, 1042/1), 2149 (part of 1048/4), 2150/2 (part of
1048/4), 2147 (part of 1048/8, part of 1048/4), 2137/2 (part of 1046/14), 2139/1
(part of 1053/3), 2139/2 (part of 1053/8, part of 1046/14), 2142/3 (part of 1053/4,
part of 1053/5), 2143/1 (1051, part of 1048/6), 2137/4 (1053/30), 2139/4
(1053/29, 1053/28), 2158 (part of 1036/1, part of 1041), 2159 (part of 1041, part
of 1036/1) Cadastral Municipality Brcko 1, as well as Cadastral Parcel No. 1730/1
(part of 1076), 1697 (part of 1076, 942/3, 962/6) Cadastral Municipality Brcko 2,
in Brcko, Brcko District of BiH, Department for Physical Space Planning and
Property and Legal Affairs, Brcko District of BiH, No. UP-I-22-000803/11 dated
August 11, 2011;
Location conditions for the construction of the industrial gauge (fitting in the
railway tracks towards the Port of Brcko to the existing gauges in the part of the
loading and unloading plateau along the bank of river Sava), on the part of the
land marked as Cadastral Parcel No. 1273/1 Cadastral Municipality Brcko 1.
(display), "Port of Brcko", in Brcko, Brcko District of BiH, Department for
Physical Space Planning and Property and Legal Affairs, Brcko District of BiH,
No. UP-I-22-000557/11 dated May 23, 2011;
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Location conditions for the construction of the asphalt plateau, regulation of the
manipulation surface and parts of the slanted and vertical quay, on the part of the
land marked as No. 1273/1 Cadastral Municipality Brcko1 within the circle of
Public Company „PORT of Brcko in Brcko District of BiH, Brcko District of
BiH, Department for Physical Space Planning and Property and Legal Affairs,
Brcko District of BiH, No. UP-I-22-000550/11 dated April 21, 2011;
Location conditions for the reconstruction of the access road from the road
leading to Bijeljina to the Port, on the part of the land marked as Cadastral Parcel
No: 2011, 2012 Cadastral Municipality Brcko 2 (display); Cadastral Parcel No.
1730/1 (part of 1076) Cadastral Municipality Brcko 2, and Cadastral Parcel No:
2686 (part of 1076), 2155 (part of 1035/6), 2157 (part of 1039/3) Cadastral
Municipality Brcko 1, "Labor and industry zone", in Brcko District of BiH, Brcko
District of BiH, Department for Physical Space Planning and Property and Legal
Affairs, Brcko District of BiH, No. UP-I-22-000802/11 dated July 7, 2011;
- Description of planned works
Works planned for the construction of the asphalt plateau with precipitation water
drainage, according to the Concept Design:
The Terms of Reference had required the following:
- The area of the vertical and the slanted quay where the gauges are located is
covered with asphalt,
- That a support wall is designed on the vertical quay,
- That the manipulation surface is covered with asphalt,
- That drainage is resolved with the necessary system for oily water treatment,
- That the so-called leveled gauges are envisaged.
According to the Concept Design, the following has been determined:
- Pursuant to the drafted Study of Geomechanic Characteristics of the Terrain, the
geological data acquired by the study show that geological characteristics of the
terrain are satisfactory.
- Existing gauge construction on the manipulation surface is gravel based and it
represents an embankment of gravel and sand below which there is a hard layer of
yellow and brown clay, and in view of the fact that this project design does not
envisage any facilities with large carrying loads, the existing geology of the
terrain is satisfactory.
- The vertical quay represents an AB construction executed on pylons, and
positioning a new construction on vertical pylons would represent additional
burden on the vertical quay, and therefore, for the purposes of static security, the
vertical quay should not be additionally burdened.
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- There is a support wall designed along the vertical quay, with the objective of
preventing erosion related consequences of surface water activity. That wall does
not have more significant static carrying load, it is designed as an L wall in the
length of 76 meters and 3 meters high.
- On the manipulation surface, asphalt gauge construction is envisaged, with
following dimensions:
o AB11s d=5 cm
o BNS16 d=8 cm
o Buffer d=40 cm
The buffer layer shall be constructed from limestone aggregate. The level of the
manipulation area is fully adjusted to he existing conditions on the terrain. The
baseline conditions for the leveling are the elevation points of the initial gauges,
the elevation points of the vertical quay, and the elevation points of the crane
track on the slanted quay. On the access gauge, along the manipulation area, the
elevation difference of the tracks amounts to around 25 centimeters and declines
in comparison with the flow of river Sava upstream, so that the longitudinal slope
of the plateau amounts to around 0.1%. The envisaged recipient is a longitudinal
channel with grill, designed along the wall of the vertical quay, and along the
track of the portal crane on the slanted quay. The longitudinal channel is designed
with two-sided longitudinal decline of 0.5%. The recipient envisaged for the
channel comprises of the two collectors with 400 mm in diameter on P3 and on
P11. Those collectors shall be connected to the existing sewerage system for the
facilities in the Port of Brcko. As the existing sewerage system is of a mixed type,
and it also collect a portion of fecal and precipitation sewerage of the City of
Brcko, the project design envisages that a treatment plant is installed at the
location of sewerage discharge into river Sava.
- Project design envisages that the remaining space in the part of the access gauges
is closed by installing a counter track, positioning of made-for-assembly concrete
slabs between the tracks, and installation of concrete products – six sided prisms
between the gauges. It is envisaged that the space between the transit gauge and
warehousing facilities shall be covered with asphalt. It is also envisaged that
surface water shall be drained from these surfaces with longitudinal channels. The
same collectors designed for the drainage of the manipulation area shall be used
as recipients for the longitudinal channels.
- The slanted quay is resolved in the same manner as the transit gauges, by
installing a counter track, positioning of concrete slabs between gauges, and
concrete products – six sided prisms - between the gauges. It is envisaged that
surface water shall be drained from these surfaces with longitudinal channels. The
same collectors designed for the drainage of the manipulation area shall be used
as recipients for the longitudinal channels. In addition to that, longitudinal
drainage is envisaged below the longitudinal channels.
Advantages stemming from the implementation of the envisaged project design:
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- Regular and, from a legal perspective, acceptable drainage of precipitation water
from the region of the manipulation area in the zone of the vertical and the slanted
quay.
- Reduction of possibility of pollution of land, subterranean water, banks and water
in river Sava.
- Adequate treatment of oiled water from the manipulation area.
- Increase in the degree of safety of rail traffic in the Port.
- Facilitating optimal operations in the zone of the operating radius of port cranes.
Figures No. 1 and 2: areas envisaged for the construction of the asphalt plateau
The figures had been taken over from the Plan of Activities Including Measures and
Deadlines for Gradual Reduction of Emissions and Pollution for Public Company „Port
of Brcko“ Ltd, drafted by Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica, May of 2008.
Works planned for fitting in the railway track (branch leading towards the Port of
Brcko) to the gauge on the part of the crane path along the bank of river Sava in
Brcko, according to the Concept Design:
The cause and the motive for the current interest in the works on the construction of the
subject gauge have resulted from the need of the Port of Brcko for facilitated
maneuvering of users of the industrial gauge towards the freight plant, i.e. the concrete
plateau with the crane part and portable cranes with 5/6 tons of carrying capacity.
“Concept Design for fitting in railway tracks (branch leading towards the Port of Brcko)
onto the gauge on a part of the crane path along river Sava in Brcko” was drafted for the
purposes of performance of works on the installation of the gauge on a part of the crane
path along river Sava by the Institute of Civil Engineering Banja Luka, in January of
2010.
According to the Concept Design, the following was ascertained:
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- The geometry of the situation plan and leveling plan of the terrain provides for the
requirements of the movement and manipulation o railway vehicles and adequate
drainage of atmospheric water on the belt of the railway track.
- The subject gauge is 201.37 meters long, and it shall branch from the existing
industrial gauge leading towards the Port of Brcko, upon installation of the new
shunt at P-49-200-6°, then the gauge continues in the same direction for 120
meters, where a new gauge branches towards the loading and unloading concrete
plateau, and fits into the existing gauge.
- It shall be necessary to perform the elevation of the outer track within the curve of
the gauge by 50 mm.
- In view of the fact that the existing gauge on the loading and unloading part is
located on a concrete slab 50 centimeters thick, positioned on pylons 1 meter in
diameter, it is assumed, on the basis of geologic insights, that the terrain
immediately along the aforementioned slab on which the subject track is supposed
to be positioned shall be unsuitable to receive the assumed load, and therefore it
shall be necessary to lengthen the existing slab by 28.3 meters on pylons
positioned according to the same principle as already constructed ones.
- For the level of the executable project, it shall be necessary to perform detailed
geological and geo-mechanical tests on the following stations 0+165.00 –
257.926.
- In a part of the earth made trunk that shall not be positioned on pylons it shall e
necessary to perform a replacement of existing materials, as they do not meet the
necessary conditions relating to load capacity.
- The route of the track is positioned with a relatively moderate slope, and the
maximum slope amounts to 1.32%, while minimal slope is located at the point of
fitting to the existing concrete slab.
- The shunts envisaged for the parts of gauge fittings shall be at P-49-200-6° on
sleepers made of wood with a breakstone curtain, while parts of remaining gauge
may also rest on wood sleepers with breakstone curtain, and S 49 tracks with
corresponding attachment accessories.
- In the final layer of the embankment it shall be necessary to install river gravel in
a 20 cm thick layer, and a curtain made of breakstone 33 centimeters thick needs
to be installed on the rolled gravel.
- Atmospheric water drainage needs to be envisaged through the existing channel
on the left side of the railway tracks trunk, to the inflow facility towards the
sewerage discharge point in river Sava.
Advantages stemming from the implementation of the envisaged project design:
- Facilitation of direct positioning of freight carriages in the zone of the operational
radius of port cranes;
- Reduction of maneuvering activities concerning freight carriages;
- Reduction of the time period of handling (retaining) freight carriages in the Port;
- Increase in the degree of safety of railway traffic in the Port;
- Reduction of the time period necessary for weighing freight carriages.
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Figure No. 3: Plans for expanding railway tracks
The picture with the legend was taken from Project Design for “Reform of Management
over the Port of Brcko, Towards Improved Efficiency and Operating Performance of the
Port”, July 29, 2009, drafted by Maritime and Transport Business Solutions (MTBS)
Works planned on industrial gauges according to the Concept Design:
The concept design for industrial gauges in the industrial zone in Brcko was drafted
in accordance with the adopted concept design.
According to that project design, it is necessary to construct new gauges and perform
partial rehabilitation of existing gauges.
The project design had been drafted on the basis of geodetic surveys performed on
the spot, geodetic tests and analyses performed on samples taken from drill holes, on the
basis of the Terms of Reference and in compliance with the Urban Regulation Plan, as well
as with consent of representatives of the Investor and of future users of industrial gauges.
Gauge No. 1 leads from the railway station and branches from the auxiliary station
gauge at km 0+000.00 and ends at km 3+067.745, at the connection to existing gauges in the
Port of Brcko. It is envisaged that the two existing bridges on the subject gauge shall be
expanded. The construction of a new level road crossing is also envisaged on gauge No. 1,
across the access road for the Port of Brcko. Gauge No. 1 leads to the Port of Brcko and it is
the main gauge from which all others industrial gauges branch. The upper structure of the
gauge is classical, on wooden sleepers, with type 49 tracks and type „K“ gauge accessories.
Existing tracks
Roads
New connections railway 1 and 2
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Gauge No. 2 is a station gauge in the newly designed mini station. Gauge No. 3
branches from it further down. Gauge No. 2 branches from gauge No. 1 with a shunt and
starts on km 0+000 and ends on km 0+508.028, where it again connects to gauge No. 1. The
upper structure of the gauge is classical, on wooden sleepers, with type 49 tracks and type
„K“ gauge accessories.
Gauge No. 3 branches from gauge No. 2 and serves as a connection towards existing
gauges of other users. It starts at 0+000, and ends with a bulwark at km 0+397.376.
Construction of a new level road crossing is envisaged on this gauge, at the intersection with
the newly designed road leading towards the port, which is partially dislocated. The upper
structure of the gauge is classical, on wooden sleepers, with type 49 tracks and type „K“
gauge accessories. Construction of a pull track in the length of 140 meters is also envisaged
on this gauge. The project design includes a dotted line indicating the so-called second phase
for the potential extension of the pull track in future, once the preconditions for that are met
by dislocating the Port of Brcko to a new location.
Gauge No. 4 branches of gauge No. 3 and serves as a connection between the newly
designed and existing gauges. It starts at km 0+000 and ends with a bulwark at km
0+922.338. Expansion of the pull track at the end of this gauge is also envisaged in future,
depending on the pull track on gauge No. 3. The idea is that the length of those two pull
tracks should be the same. That potential expansion of the pull track in the second phase is
also shown with a dotted line. The upper structure of the gauge is classical, on wooden
sleepers, with type 49 tracks and type „K“ gauge accessories. All the existing gauges for all
users branch from this gauge with new shunts.
Gauge No. 5 branches with a shunt from gauge No. 3 and starts at km 0+000, and
ends at the connection to existing gauges at km 0+461.576. It serves as a connection between
the newly designed gauges and existing gauges for Bimex Company. Sizable earth works are
envisaged on the route of this gauge, relating to the construction of the embankment. In
addition to that, partial elimination of the existing housing facility is envisaged on this gauge,
which is detailed in the bill of quantity and cost calculation for the works. The upper structure
of the gauge is classical, on wooden sleepers, with type 49 tracks and type „K“ gauge
accessories.
All the details necessary for the execution of works on the subject project design shall
be processed in the main project design for the execution of works.
Works planned on the reconstruction of the access road according to the Concept
Design:
The gauge planned for connecting the station in Brcko with the industrial zone
and the port crosses over the access road leading to the Port. Sizable traffic based on
trucks moves on that road towards the customs terminals. It shall be necessary to draft a
concept design to level the crossing of the track and the road. The reconstructed road
leading to the point from which the concept design for the reconstruction of the second
route of this road should also be designed, specifically ad an integral part of concept
design for the reconstruction of gauges in the industrial zone. The concept design for the
bridge on which the tracks cross the road should also be provided within the project
design for road reconstruction.
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The road in question stretches on the left from the railway leading from Brcko to
Croatia, and, at around 750th meter from the beginning of the station point, the road
passes below the railway bridge across river Sava. Brcko Gas Company is located on the
right side of the road, at the route starting at around 0+325 to 0+700. At the beginning of
the route facilities are located on both sides of the road. The planned track leading from
the industrial zone is given as a task in the Concept Design, and that design lists all the
data necessary concerning the track. All those aforementioned reasons have caused an
extremely strict design of road elements in the zone of the intersection with the tracks.
The road has to be in the level of the terrain on the constructed part of the route and
below the bridge across river Sava. The tracks cross with the road on the un-constructed
area. In that area large cuts are possible right to the area next to the bridge, where support
walls are envisaged on both sides. The very position of the road in the zone of the bridge
is unfavorable, as the road has both the horizontal and the vertical curve.
The newly designed road is 6 meters wide and has 1.00 meter wide shoulders on
both sides.
Longitudinal slopes of the road have been retained, apart from at the end, where
fitting is envisaged with the newly designed continuing part of the subject road, i.e. with
the route on which the road in the industrial zone is dislocated because of the newly
designed gauges. Even after the decline from the newly designed bridge, longitudinal
slopes are extreme, especially for truck traffic, and they amount to 5%.
Cross section slopes are turned din such a manner that they facilitate drainage into
the channel located between the track and the road.
Drainage in the zone of the bridge is planned in such a manner that all the
channels designed along the road should end before the start of the support walls, in the
location from which the water may be taken into the channel along the tracks, because of
the elevation. That means that the water is taken from the side opposite from the tracks,
through a pipe based outlet, to the side of the track, and then, together with the water
from the channel on that side, it is transferred through two new channels into the channel
along the track. That is where two pipe based outlets are positioned. A part of the road
from which the water cannot be taken to the channel along the track because of elevation
shall be transferred through ditches on both sides, which shall be made in asphalt right
next the support wall, to 3 inlets located on the lowest point on the road, i.e. below the
bridge. Water from those inlets shall be transferred to pipes below the road and the wall
to the manhole, in which a pump shall be located to pump the water into the channel
taking the water to the channel along the tracks.
The issue of drainage below the bridge in the vertical curve shall be resolved in
that manner.
Support walls on both sides are designed from km 0+100 to km 0+350 ,
facilitating the prevention of property and legal issues concerning neighboring parcels,
hey also facilitate a significant reduction in the scope work on digging.
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3. DESCRIPTION OF MAIN AND AUXILIARY RAW MATERIALS, OTHER
SUBSTANCES AND ENERGY USED BY THE PLANT OR PRODUCED BY
THE PLANT
In the course of construction of infrastructural facilities in the Port of Brcko and
connections with Brcko Novo Railway Station and labor and industry zone, the following
materials, shown in the table below, shall be used.
The type and the quantity of materials to be used for the construction of the asphalt
plateau with precipitation water drainage are presented in Table No. 1.
Table No. 1: Type and the quantity of materials to be used for the construction of the
asphalt plateau with precipitation water drainage
Material – raw material Unit of
measurement
Planned
consumption
Material of category V and VI m3 529.00
Sand m3
379.00
PVC pipes Φ 200 mm m1 24.00
PVC pipes Φ 200 mm perforated m1 130.00
PVC pipes Φ 400 mm m1 118.00
Crushed stone m3 1917.40
Bituminized materials BNS 16 tons 936.60
Asphalt concrete made of eruption materials
AB11s tons 650.70
Geos network REHAU RAUGRID-Type
6/3-30 m
2 4793.00
Concrete MB 20 m3 16.00
Concrete MB 30 m3 64.00
Reinforcement RA 400/500 Φ 12 mm kg 668.00
Reinforcement RA 400/500 Φ >12 mm kg 2721.00
Reinforcement MA 500/560 kg 5887.00
L profiles 30x30x5 mm m1 1382.00
Drainage grill 300x800x30 with carrying
capacity D400 made of cast iron m
1 853.00
Lids for RO for heavy traffic with opening Φ
600 mm unit 7.00
Bitumen V40 m2 476.00
Concrete products – six sided prisms d=8 cm m2 1806.00
Waste water separator unit 1
The type and the quantity of materials to be used for fitting the railway tracks (branch
leading towards the Port of Brcko) to the gauge on a part of the crane path along river
Sava in Brcko are shown in Table No. 2.
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Table No. 2: Type and the quantity of materials to be used for fitting the railway tracks
(branch leading towards the Port of Brcko) to the gauge on a part of the crane path along
river Sava in Brcko
Material – raw material Unit of
measurement
Planned
consumption
Sand m3
2177.12
Gravel m3 186.14
Crushed stone d=22 cm m3 372.93
Type 49 tracks m 517.00
Type P 49-200-60
shunts unit 2
Reinforced concrete slab d=50 cm m3 202.79
Reinforced concrete pylon with width d=1 m
and depth of 12 m m 792.00
Construction of concrete outlet DN 1000, l=20
m m 19.00
Materials and parts shown in the following table shall be used for the construction of
industrial gauges.
Table No. 3: Materials and parts for construction of industrial gauges
Material – raw material Unit of
measurement
Planned
consumption
Type 49 tracks m 9893.86
Metal shunt parts unit 15
Supporting plates for sleepers unit 19392
Tirphones unit 83904
Attaching plate unit 41916
Attaching screws unit 41952
Grover’s ring unit 41916
Topol’s inset unit 20958
Connective links unit 478
Connective screws unit 956
Grover’s ring for links unit 956
Supporting plates for double sleepers unit 478
Attaching plate unit 956
Attaching screws unit 956
Grover’s ring unit 956
Shunt material m3 126.6
Breakstone m3 8094.79
Double sleeper connections unit 2476
Wooden sleepers unit 8959
Shunts unit 16
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Materials and parts shown in Table no. 4 shall be used for the reconstruction of the access
road.
Table No. 4: Materials and parts for access road reconstruction
Material – raw material Unit of
measurement
Planned
consumption
Asphalt ditches m 500
Curbs m 30
Road surface construction made from AB
11, in a 6 cm thick layer m
2 5392
Road surface construction made from
BNS 32, in a 10 cm thick layer m
2 5392
Crushed stone aggregate 0-30 m3 1890
Gravel for constructions m3 2250
Auxiliary raw materials used shall include various oils and lubricants for maintenance of
machinery and devices.
Energy sources used shall include electricity for electrical machinery and devices, and
other needs, i.e. diesel fuel for transport means.
In view of the fact that a large fleet of machinery shall be used in the course of
infrastructure construction, it is not possible to provide data on the consumption of
auxiliary raw materials and energy sources, and on the basis of insight into the
documentation it is evident that the segment in question had not been detailed.
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4. DESCRIPTION OF SOURCES OF EMISSIONS FROM THE FACILITY
In view of the type of activity that shall be performed in the course of execution of
construction works on infrastructural facilities in the Port of Brcko and connections with
Brcko Novo railway station and the labor and industry zone, significant emissions into
water, soil, or other segments of the environment are not expected. There is a possibility
of short-term emissions in the course of the construction of subject infrastructure, as well
as in the course of its commissioning.
There are possibilities of emissions of short term character in the course of
execution of works, specifically:
Tabular representation of potential adverse effects on the environment in the course of
execution of works on the subject location is shown in the table below.
Table No. 5: Possible adverse effects on the environment in the course of execution of
the works
SEGMENTS OF THE
ENVIRONMENT
POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE
ENVIRONMENT
WATER
- In the course of execution of construction works on the
location, there is a possibility of polluting the banks and
the riverbed of river Sava in case of inadequate disposal
of the dug up materials and humus, i.e. dispersion of
construction materials.
- Pollution of subterranean water, and therefore of river
Sava in case of uncontrolled effusion of fats and oils on
the location in the course of operation of machinery
using them.
- Pollution of subterranean waters in case of washing and
cleaning construction machinery on the location.
AIR
- Possibility of air pollution appears in the course of
execution of construction works, digging up materials,
manipulation with sand, gravel, cement and other
construction materials, as well as humus, at which time
dust and hard particles may be raised into the air and
may result in short-term air pollution.
- In case of uncontrolled and disallowed incineration of
waste and packaging, higher emissions of harmful gases
in the air may occur.
- Air pollution may occur in the case of utilization of
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technically incorrect machinery with internal
combustion engines, as well as in the case of using poor
quality fuel.
SOIL
- Soil pollution may occur in the case of accidental
effusion of fats and oil on the location.
- Soil pollution may occur in case of waste disposal on
open land exposed to atmospheric influences.
WASTE
- Uncontrolled waste disposal sites may be created in the
course of execution of works, in the case of negligible
disposal of waste created, such as the dug up materials,
humus, communal waste, packaging, paper, cardboard
etc.
NOISE
- Noise of higher intensity levels, but of temporary
character, may occur in the course of operation of the
machinery and execution of works.
FLORA AND FAUNA
- In view of the fact that the subject works are located
within the industrial circle in which the construction of
facilities is planned, it is inevitable that destruction of
plant life shall occur.
- Animal life disruptions may only occur in the case of
polluting river Sava, which is connected with the
pollution of the water and banks of the river,
exclusively.
POPULATION
- Effects on the population may be assessed as negligible,
except in the course of operation of an increased number
of machines, when increased levels of noise and dust
may occur.
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5. DESCRIPTION OF THE CONDITION OF THE LOCATION ON WHICH
THE FACILITY IS SITUATED
A copy of the cadastral plan and excerpts from physical space regulation and
urban regulation plans are provided attached to this Application.
Micro location
The Port of Brcko is located in the North-East part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on
the right bank of the navigable waterway on river Sava (44 52'N; 18 48'E) (221/224
RKM). Navigability is of category IV, with average navigable period of 260 days per
annum and, together with the economy of the area gravitating towards the port; it
determines the significance of the Port compared to ports upstream. The Port covers the
area of 20 hectares and river banks in the length of 950 meters.
Public Company “Port of Brcko”, Brcko District, is located on the right bank of
river Sava, which also serves as the border with the Republic of Croatia on the North-
East side. On the South-West side the Port borders with a housing settlement, "Brčko-
gas" petrol pump that serves to service the ships, and the facility of the "Kečiga" Fishing
Association, at the distance of around 50 meters. On the East side, at the distance of
around 100 meters, there is the set of warehouses for liquid fuel - "Agropetrol". On the
South-East side of the location, an industrial zone is located, and it houses the following
companies: "Bimal", "Agrana", and "Bimeks". The Orthodox cemetery is around 100
meters away from the subject location. The South side of the circle borders with the
housing settlement of Srpska Varos, from which it is separated with a metal fence.
Good connections with land traffic routes provide options for establishing transit
flows of commodities, as well as flows whose destination is within the immediate area
gravitation towards the Port of Brcko.
According to its location in relation to the waterway, the Port falls into the group
of ports on open banks. The territory of the Port of Brcko covers the area of around 14
hectares with its physical capacities. The major part of the area comprises the operating
bank with auxiliary and supporting contents, open-air and closed warehouses, and the
workshop area. Three anchor sites are located in immediate vicinity of the operating bank
and they had been formed in accordance with technological operations and the type of
goods.
The length of the constructed operating bank along the slanted quay amounts to
104 meters, while the length along the vertical quay amounts to 76 meters. There are four
operating gauges located along the operating bank, whose total length amounts to 2586
meters. The port is connected to the main railway station in Brcko with single gauge
tracks.
Main reloading machinery, with annual capacity of around 915 000 tons,
facilitates the reloading of general and dissipated commodities: from the bank to land,
and from land to the bank. The machinery comprises two Ganz type portal cranes 5/6t,
L=30m). Supporting warehouses are services by forklifts and loaders.
The port possesses 61,000 m2
of open air and 11,000 m2
of closed warehouse
premises, as well as manipulation and free areas, for the purposes of regulating the
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transport flows of commodities, changing the transport type, and the requirements of
production. Closed warehouses are typical, with classic floors. Work in aforementioned
areas is organized on the principle of contracting for warehouse areas leased to third
persons.
A customs terminal with area size of 17,500 m2
is located within the territory of
the Port.
Current situation in the micro location:
The terminal of the port is serviced by rail, land-based and river transport. Main
transport is performed by rail and on the river. Connections between the river and land-
based transport in the Port are performed through two quays: the vertical quay and the
slanted quay, which are inter-connected. Two rail gauges are located on the quay, and
they end in a cul-de-sac on the vertical quay. In addition to that, two portal cranes are
located on the quays, and they serve to transport the materials being reloaded.
The manipulation area serving for the reloading of materials is around 20 meters
wide and around 220 meters long. That area is, on one side confined with the quays, and
on the other with the transit gauges. Weighing scales are located on one of the access
gauges. One part of that gauge with the scale is constructed at ground level, by applying a
counter track and concrete ready-to-assemble slabs.
The existing gauge construction on the manipulation area has a gravel curtain
with significant indentations in which atmospheric water is retained, which points out to
the fact that the drainage of the manipulation area has to been adequately resolved. Road
transport access to the manipulation area is executed in two places on passage ways
between warehousing facilities and level crossings with transit gauges. Those two
passage ways provide options for one-direction road traffic on the manipulation area.
Figure No. 4: Existing situation
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The figure was taken from the Concept Design for the Asphalt Plateau with Precipitation
Water Drainage, drafted by Restart Ltd, December of 2009.
The slanted quay is separated from river Sava with regulation and a support wall
on which one of the tracks for the portal crane is located. The other track for the portal
crane is also on a concrete base. Two gauges are located between the tracks of the portal
crane. The area between the gauges is soil based and the drainage of surface water has not
been resolved adequately.
The vertical quay is a construction of reinforced concrete built on pylons. The
tracks of the portal crane are laid directly on the AB slab. Two gauges are located
between the tracks of the portal crane and they are also laid directly on the AB slab. The
area between the tracks is not filled out. Drainage of surface water from the vertical quay
is resolved with 20x20 cm openings that were left in the slab. It is planned to extend the
gauges of the vertical quay and to fit them with the existing transit quays. Along the
vertical quay there are visible erosion related consequences of surface water activity that
are reflected in holes randomly located in the terrain along the slab of the vertical quay.
The area of the location does not hold any cultural or historic values that would
need to be protected specially from potential effects of the subject activity.
Macro location
Brcko is located in the North-East of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the right bank
of river Sava. It is an important intersection of domestic and international character, for
routes leading from east to west and from north to south and is characterized by favorable
tourism-related and geographic position.
Figure No. 5: Panorama of Brcko District
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River Sava flows along the Northern part of Brcko District and it is, at the same
time, the border with the Republic of Croatia. Brcko is an important geo-strategic point.
River Sava connects Brcko with the European Danube-Drava-Sava region, and therefore
with all river ports in the countries of central and East Europe.
Brcko covers the area of 493 km2 (1 % of territory of BiH), and, according to
unofficial assessments, it is currently populated by 100,000 inhabitants.
Brcko District of BiH is almost at the same distance from three large industrial,
economic, political and consumption centers: Belgrade (200 km), Zagreb (270 km), and
Sarajevo (210 km), with which it has road, rail and7or river transport connections, and is only
30 km away from the international route of the pan-European corridor (Belgrade-Zagreb
highway).
On the basis of internal administrative borders in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brcko
District borders with a number of municipalities of the Republic of Srpska and with two out
of ten cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Tuzla Canton on South-West
and Posavina Canton on North-West.
The area size of the central city area amounts to 183 km². Since March 8, 2000,
Brcko has had the status of a district of Bosnia and Herzegovina and today it serves as an
example for a successfully developed local community. Multi-religious nature of Brcko
District of BiH is represented in facilities of Orthodox, Islamic and Catholic religion and
both in examples of old and modern architecture.
As a settlement and a fort, Brcko is mentioned for the first time in 1526, i.e. 1533,
and according to literary sources, it had started to develop more significantly as a
settlement after 1548, when the road from Tuzla to Brcko was built. For centuries back,
different cultures, traditions and customs had been intertwining, and they had been
inherited and kept to this day through activities of cultural and artistic associations,
societies and institutions in the area of culture. Today Brcko is a city with recognized
cultural events and contents throughout the year.
Brcko is a city with a long educational tradition. In 1883 the Commercial School
was opened in Brcko (as the only one in BiH in those times), and in 1923/24 the
Commercial Academy was established, transforming to the School of Economics in 1963.
The Higher Economic and Commercial School has been operating in Brcko since 1961,
and the Faculty of Economics has been in operation since 1976.
Throughout the area of Brcko District physical space and natural facilities are
located on various altitudes and with various relief characteristics. Relief forms shift from
the slopes of mountain Majevica, from hills towards the plains. The area in the plains is a
part of Posavina agricultural region, rich in high quality agricultural land, providing
optimum conditions for agriculture.
The aforementioned relief forms are made of young Pliocene-Quaternary and
Quaternary sediments with altitudes of 90-150 meters, while the terrains built from Quarter
sediments only are characterized with altitude of 80-90 meters. Rivers Tinja and Brka, and
their tributaries, establish alluvial plains, above which wavy hillside and low terraces are
situated. The Southern part of Brcko District, in the broader vicinity of settlements of Rasljani, Maoca and South of Bosanska Bijela, comprises the following morphological
forms: hills and foothills of the Northern side of Majevica Mountain, with average altitude of
300-640 meters (peak of Granas), with medium slope. Their geological construction
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comprises of water-impermeable rocks that are present in a limited number of localities, in
addition to the transitional forms of karst, in the form of caves, open rock profiles, springs
and round indentations.
Going towards North from the settlements of Bosanska Bijela-Maoca-Satorovici, the
relief gradually become lower, the slopes are decreased (150-300 mnv), and the river plains
of rivers Tinja, Brka and Zovicice are expanding. The plains along those rivers are filled out
with alluvial sediments through which those flows are meandering, and above them there are
mild terraces, hills and foothills. The rivers, Tinja, Brka and Zovicica, have irregular
riverbeds, often corked with various organic and inorganic materials, causing the flooding of
the surrounding terrain in times of heavy precipitation. Therefore, the Northern part of the
District belongs to the accumulation and tectonic plain based relief of the Panonia basin, with
flooding plains, while the Southern part belongs to the denudation and accumulation relief of
the borders of the Panonia Plain, comprising hillsides and lower peaks made of tertiary
sediments of marine and limned origin.
One of the more significant characteristics of this area is the wealth of subterranean
water of high quality in large depths, which may be used for water supply of all the populated
settlements of Brcko District. This concerns a very valuable area with various types of living
communities, and presence of especially valuable natural beauty. However, in the lower
parts, the level of subterranean water is close to the surface of the land, and in spring and late
autumn months it results in excess humidity and stagnation of water on the terrain, and that
concerns large areas, for the most part along the banks of river Sava.
In addition to river Sava, there a few smaller rivers and channels in the territory of
Brcko District: Lomnica, Rasljanska river, Strepacka river, Zovcica, Lukavac. Water
sources of those water flows are located on the mountain of Majevica. The water flows
have calm flows with mild slopes. There are many meanders in the Northern and central
part, and river Tinja meanders especially, with very dense and low vegetation.
Brcko is one of those rare cities in which various forms of transport converge
(rail, road and river transport). On the basis of the quality of the transport routes and its
position in relation to communication directions, Brcko has built an image of a transit city
and an important transport node in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In rail transport, is
represents an exit from Bosnia and Herzegovina towards Croatia, and in the inland it is a
connection with more significant industrial capacities of the Tuzla basin and, further on,
with the Port of Ploce on the Adriatic Sea.
The road network in Brcko District has a radial system that transits and serves the
entire area. The roads network comprises primary and regional roads with total length of
74 kilometers, local roads in the length of 170 kilometers, in addition to smaller
uncategorized roads. Roads in this area, therefore, represent a satisfactory network
structure that covers both the urban, and the rural part of the territory.
Existing conditions of rail transport in Brcko District, caused by poor organization
and lack of technical maintenance of infrastructure, have been reduced to the minimum.
The railroad network in this area comprises the Vinkovci-Brčko-Banovici railroad, in
addition to the networks of industrial railway tracks that connect the port with individual
industrial zones and the city. The railroad node in Vinkovci, in the republic of Croatia, is
the only point that connects Brcko District with Croatia and Europe. There is a railway
station in Brcko District connecting the industrial network in the Port with other users in
the industrial zone of the city.
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River Sava represents the most significant waterway in BiH, through which
connections are executed with river based communications in Europe (Danube-Reine-
Maine). The Port in Brcko is the largest river port in BiH, with annual reloading capacity
of around 800,000 tons. The port has a complete infrastructural system for the
performance of activities of reloading and warehousing of dissipated freight. The length
of the operating part of the bank is 150 meters, while average width amounts to 15
meters. Within the District, river Sava is navigable in the length of 44 kilometers, at least
260 days per annum, for vessels with up to 2.5 meters of draft, while in the period of low
water levels traffic is possible to vessels with a smaller draft.
Forests in the area of Brcko District cover the area of 1247 hectares, i.e. 32.6% of
the territory. Of that, 73.6% is in private ownership. Aforementioned areas under forests
include various types, of which the most frequent are common oak forests (in plain areas
and along the rivers), beech forests (in the lower mountain area) and fir and spruce forests
(on the foothills of mountain Majevica).
River Sava is rich in fish. The fish fund in those waters in very rich and diverse,
and comprises all types of fish that live in rivers in the plains. The most frequently found
fish varieties are: carp, catfish, pike, perch, bream, pomfret, grass carp, grass perch, barbel,
and frogfish.
The location in which the circle of the Public Company “Port of Brcko” is located is
in the immediate center of the city. It is mostly covered with low vegetation (most frequently
weeds) along the bank of the river, as well as in the circle of the company. The immediate
area of the location is not a habitat for any economically valuable animal species – instead,
only various forms of invertebrates may be found (insects, earthworms etc).
Figure No.6: Position of Brcko District of BiH
Bosnia and Herzegovina comprises two
entities – Federation of BiH and Republic of
Srpska, and one District of Brcko
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Climatic factors represent the consequence of interactions between the geographic
positions, relief, vegetation, global atmospheric influences, but the role of human activities is
significant. The major part of Brcko District belongs to the South Perri-Panonian edge with
plain and hillside relief. Such a position has resulted in the fact that the climate in this area is
moderate and continental, with smaller changes that occur under the influence of cyclones
from the west. The warmest month is the month of July (22,10C), while the coldest is the
month of February (- 2,70C). Median annual temperature amounts to 11.2
0C, while
annual amplitude is 24.80C.
Maximum temperatures are reached in July and August, up to 400C, while during
the wintertime minimum temperatures reach values of up to – 30 0C. Increased
precipitation occurs at the end of spring and beginning of summer, which results in
increased cloud presence. Snowfall lasts two to three months per annum in average, with
a thin snow cover and cold Northern wind. Rainfall occurs in spring, summer, and
autumn. Spring rains are the result of a cyclone disturbance above the Mediterranean,
summer rain falls due to local excess heat, while autumn rainfalls represent the
consequence of cyclones coming from the West.
The relief of the area if, for the most part, plain based, which is favorable for the
development of winds, and North-West and north winds are the most frequent.
Depending on the season and anti-cyclone activities in the Mediterranean and the
Atlantic, West and North-West winds appear in springtime, autumns and summers are
characterized by North-West and South-West winds, while in the winter Northern and
North-East winds dominate.
The area above the settlements of Bosanske Bijele, Maoča and Gornji Zovik, with
altitudes above 400 meters, represents slopes of mountain Majevica with pre-mountain
climate and a pronounced influence of moderate continental climate. Such climatic
conditions, and especially less wind, prevent the emission of harmful pollutants in lower,
ground level layers of atmosphere.
Climatic conditions facilitate the performance of activities of reloading and
warehousing of dissipated freight in the Port throughout the year.
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BASELINE CONDITIONS
Measurements of the baseline conditions in the subject location (air, noise and
soil) were performed with the objective of drafting the Application for issuance of an
ecologic license for Public Company „Port of Brcko“, by the Institute for Protection,
Ecology and Information Technology from Banja Luka, and in compliance with the Law
on Environment Protection („Official Gazette of Brcko District of BiH“, issues No.
24/04, 1/05, 19/07, 9/09).
Soil Analysis
Sampling of the soil was performed on the date of July 26, 2012, by the Institute
for Protection, Ecology and Information Technology from Banja Luka, in the circle of
Public Company „Port of Brcko“ Ltd. in Brcko. Full results of soil analysis – baseline
condition are attached to the document, and results and comments on the results are also
provided below. The findings with made by the Institute for Protection, Ecology and
Information Technology from Banja Luka in the month of August of 2012.
- Methods and instruments
The sampling was performed in locations in the circle of the subject enterprise. Chemical
analysis of soil samples from the locality was performed in regards to the following
parameters: total content of led (Pb), total content of copper (Cu), and total content of
iron (Fe).
The analysis of soil samples relating to the presence of heavy metals was performed by
the Federal Institute for Agro-Paedology in Sarajevo, using the method of wet
incineration of samples in the mixture of acids in a microwave oven under pressure, and
the result were read on AAS (UNICAM SP 9), based on the flame technology.
The sampling was performed by the Institute for Protection, Ecology and Information
Technology from Banja Luka, using the following soil sampling equipment – samples
with divisible pipe, produced by ''Eijkelkamp Agrisearch Equipment'', the Netherlands.
Figure No.7: Soil sampling equipment
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- Results of chemical analysis of the soil
Results of the chemical analysis of soil are shown in table No. 1.
Table No. 6: results of chemical analysis of soil
Ordinal
number Parameters measured
Sample,
(mg/kg)
1. Led contents (Pb) in all forms
(in mg/kg) 77.70
2. Copper contents (Cu) in all forms
(in mg/kg) 35.58
3. Iron contents (Zn) in all forms
(in mg/kg) 41.75
- Comments on the results of soil analysis
Led (Pb) content in all forms in the analyzed sample amounted to 77.70 mg/kg of soil, and
that points out that it is below the limit value allowed.
Copper (Cu) content in all forms in the analyzed sample amounted to 35.58 mg/kg of soil,
and this points out that it is below the limit value allowed.
Zinc (Zn) content in all forms in the analyzed sample amounted to 41.75 mg/kg of soil, and
that points out that it is below the limit value allowed.
At this point the Republic of Srpska and the District of Brcko lack a rulebook that would
regulate the quantities of harmful and dangerous substances in soil, so that legal
regulations of the Federation of BiH have been used, i.e. the Instructions on Determining
Allowed Quantities of harmful and Dangerous Substances in Soil and Methods of Their
testing (“Official Gazette of FBiH”, issue No. 11/09).
Table No. 7: limit values
Ordinal
number
Element Official Gazette of
Republic of Serbia,
issue No.11/90,
(mg/kg)
Official Gazette of FBiH, issue No. 72/09,
(mg/kg)
Sand soil Powder-clay Clay soil
1 Copper
(Cu)
Up to 100 50 65 80
2 Led (Pb) Up to 100 50 80 100
3 Zinc (Zn) Up to 300 100 150 200
Table No. 8: Concentrations of heavy metals in agricultural land (mg/kg) (Webber 1984)
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Elements Range Usual value
Ag 0.01-8 0.05
As 0.1-50 1-20
Au 0.001-0.002 -
Cd 0.01-2.4 0.2-1
Co 1-40 10
Cr 5-1500 70-100
Cu 2-250 20-30
Hg 0.01-0.3 0.03-0.06
Mn 20-10000 1000
Mo 0.2-5 1-2
Ni 2-1000 50
Pb 2-3000 10-30 rural area
30-100 urban area
Sb 0.05-260 2
Se 0.01-2 0.05
Sn 1-200 4
Ti 0.03-10 -
U 0.7-9 <2
V 3-500 90
W 0.5-83 1.5
Zn 10-300 50
Table No. 9: Maximum allowed contents of certain metals in agricultural land pursuant to
the Official Gazette of Yugoslavia and certain studies (mg/kg)
Elements Official Gazette 11/90 Bowen
1966
Kloke
1980
Mineev
1988
Cu 100 100 100 100
Mn 400 400 - -
Zn 300 150 300 300
B 50 - 25 25
Ni 50 40 50 100
Pb 100 200 100 50
Cd 2 0,7 3 3
Hg 2 0,3 2 2
Ag 25 40 20 20
Cr 100 100 100 50
Fe - 38000 - -
- Conclusion
In view of the fact that in the case of the examined soil sample the resulting values of heavy
metals do not exceed limit values pursuant to the aforementioned Rulebook, one may
conclude that the soil studied is not contaminated with heavy metals, led (Pb), copper (Cu)
and zinc (Zn).
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Environmental Noise Level Testing
Environmental noise level testing was performed on the date of July 26, 2012. The testing
was performed by Institute for Protection, Ecology and Information Technology from
Banja Luka.
Nose level testing was performed in four measurement locations in the environment.
Full findings of noise level testing – baseline conditions, area attached to the document,
and the results and comments on the results are also provided below. The findings with
made by the Institute for Protection, Ecology and Information Technology from Banja
Luka in the month of August of 2012.
- Measuring devices and equipment
Data on measuring device and equipment:
Noise meter
Producer: Bruel & Kjaer
Type: 2260 Observer
Factory production No: 2466884
Calibrator
Producer: Bruel & Kjaer
Type: 4226
Factory production No: 2466202
- Methods for measuring noise levels
The measurement of noise levels was performed in compliance with the Rulebook on
Allowed Limits for Noise and Hum Intensity (Official Gazette of SR BiH, issue No.
46/89), i.e. Article 4 (external noise is measured at the level of 1.7 meters from the level
of the terrain, at the distance of at least 3 meters from noise reflecting obstacles).
- Allowed levels of noise
The highest equivalent levels of external noise allowed were determined in accordance
with the purpose of the area and are provided in Table 1. of the Rulebook on Allowed
Limits for Noise and Hum Intensity (Official Gazette of SR BiH, issue No. 46/89) – table 10 below. In compliance with the purpose of the area monitored, the area is located in zone VI.
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Table No. 10: Allowed levels of external noise pursuant to the purpose of the area
Area
(zone)
Area purpose
Highest level of external noise
allowed (dBA)
Equivalent levels Peak levels
daytime nighttime L10 L1
I Hospital, rehabilitation 45 40 55 60
II Tourism, recreation, recuperation 50 40 60 65
III Exclusively housing, child-rearing and
educational and health institutions, public
green and recreation areas
55
45
65
70
IV Trading, business, housing and housing
next to traffic corridors, warehouses
excluding heavy transport
60
50
70
75
V Business, administrative, trading, crafts,
servicing (utility services)
65
60
75
80
VI Industrial, warehousing, servicing and
traffic, excluding apartments
70
70
80
85
NOTE 1) in the context of this Rulebook, daytime lasts from 06.00 to 22.00 hours, while nighttime lasts
from 22.00 to 06.00 hours. 2) peak levels L10 and L1 are those noise levels that are exceeded in the duration of 10 % i.e. 1% of the total
period of measurement, i.e. daytime or nighttime.
The names of measurement locations in the environment are provided in Table No. 11.
Table No. 11: Environmental Noise Level Testing
MEASUREMENT
LOCATION
NUMBER
NAME OF MEASUREMENT LOCATION
1. Next to the reloading crane 1
2. Next to the reloading crane 2
3. On the access traffic lane Bijeljina Road- Brčko Port
4. On the Brčko Novo Rail Station
Measurement points are marked on the location map, as listed in the Table from no. 1 to No.
3.
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Figure No. 8: Map of the location
- Results of noise level testing
The measured values of noise levels and allowed values for them are provided in
Table No. 12.
Table No. 12: Measured values of noise levels in 4 measurement points
MEASUREMENT
PARAMETERS
MEASUREMENT
POINT
NO. 1
MEASUREMENT
POINT
NO. 2
MEASUREMENT
POINT
NO. 3
MEASUREMENT
POINT
NO. 4
VALUE
ALLOWED
PURSUANT
TO
RULEBOOK
Noise
dB(A) 64 66 65 76 70
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- Comments on results of measurements
Infrastructural facilities in the Port of Brcko and their connection with Brcko Novo rail
station and the labor and industry zone are located in zone VI. Pursuant to the Rulebook
on Allowed Levels of Intensity of Noise and Humming (Official Gazette of SR BiH,
issue No. 46/89) Table No. 10. (allowed levels of external noise) for area VI (zone)-
Industrial, warehousing, servicing and traffic area, excluding apartments, the equivalent
noise levels amount to 70 dBA during daytime and 70 dBA during nighttime.
On the basis of all the aforementioned, one may conclude that the level of noise,
pursuant to the aforementioned Rulebook, does not exceed the maximum level
allowed in measurement points 1 to 3.
In measurement 4 there is an excess of allowed values of noise due to exceptional
communal noise caused by train traffic.
In case of changes in operations (increase of capacities) of the plant in comparison with
designed capacity, changes in means of work, changes in the construction structure of
facilities, or construction of new facilities in immediate vicinity that may represent noise
sources, it would be necessary to perform new measurements.
- Conclusion
On the basis of the aforementioned one concludes that the level of noise pursuant
to the aforementioned Rulebook in measurement points 1 to 3 does not exceed the
maximum level allowed.
In the measurement point No. 4 the allowed levels of noise are exceeded because
of the excessive community based noise caused by train traffic.
Noise characteristics:
Noise is described as a sound without an acceptable musical quality, or as an
undesirable sound. Noise occurs due to irregular vibration movements of solid bodies,
liquid and gaseous fluids, whose oscillations are transferred to our ears. Human ears do
not pick up on all the sounds. The human ear is capable of receiving the spectrum of
sounds of around 16-20000 Hz. Sound waves with frequency below 16 Hz are not heard
by humans (they fall into the category of infrasound, and a registered as earthquakes,
vibrations). Sound frequencies exceeding 20 000 Hz are also not heard by humans and
they are referred to as ultrasounds. Human ear does not receive all the wave lengths
within the sound spectrum in the same manner. The best heard are the sounds with wave
lengths corresponding to frequencies between 500 and 4000 Hz.
Industrialization had resulted in large migrations of population into cities, and that
has caused insufficient planning in city development. Traffic is also being developed
intensively, there is an increased application of technical devices, and it all results in an
increase in the number of noise sources, both in the working environment, and in the
living environment.
For the most part, noise may be classified as industrial and city of communal
noise. City noise mostly originates from traffic. A significant role in creating city noise
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belongs to sound signals, as well as noise in apartments and other facilities originating
from the utilization of various technical devices. Communal noise is not determined in
terms of time, by type it is most often discontinued, which is of exceptional significance
for hours of rest, as discontinued noise is impossible to get used to.
Effects of noise on human health:
Noise may result in hearing damages (rupture of the basilar membrane, eardrum rupture,
however much more frequently the result is a decrease in the level of hearing sensitivity
due to prolonged exposure to medium and high levels of industrial noise – occupational
loss of hearing).Exposure to noise may affect speech communication, which leads to
weakened attention. It has been noted that noise may also cause a decline in the scope and
volume of work, as well as fatigue, on top of already existing difficulties that are not
related to consequences on hearing.
Air quality testing in the environment
Environmental air quality testing was performed on the date of July 26, 2012. The testing
was performed by Institute for Protection, Ecology and Information Technology from
Banja Luka.
Air quality testing was performed in one location in the environment – on the plateau of
Public Company „Port of Brcko’.
Full findings of air quality testing – baseline conditions, area attached to the document,
and the results and comments on the results are also provided below. The findings with
made by the Institute for Protection, Ecology and Information Technology from Banja
Luka in the month of August of 2012.
- Methods and instruments
GASMET DX4030 portable gas analyzer for environment and work spaces with a
Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer, produced by GASMET – Finland, was
used in the course of air quality measurement. The aforementioned device may measure
up to 50 gas components at the same time, and it also possesses the Gasmet referential
library with 250 components.
The device is designed for the measurement of low concentrations of various components
(organic and non-organic) in air, and it is connected to a laptop by standard software, in
order to expand analysis options.
The concentration of total airborne dust was examined with a MICRODUST 880 IS
Aerosol Monitoring System device
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Figure No. 9: MICRODUST 880 IS device
- Results of air quality testing
Table No. 13: Results of air quality testing
POLLUTANTS
MEASURED
Sampling
period
Measured
value
SO2 µg/m3 1 hour
9
NO2 µg/m3 1 hour 8
CO µg/m3 1 hour 65
O3 µg/m3 1 hour 52
TSP µg/m3 1 hour 12
TSP – total suspended particles
The results were compared with limit values for air (LVA) for the purposes of protecting
human health and with target values for air (TVA) pursuant to the Rulebook on Air
Quality Limits (Official Gazette of the District of Brcko, issue No. 30/06).
Pursuant to the Rulebook on Air Quality Limits (Official Gazette of the District of
Brcko, issue No. 30/06), the limit values for air – LVA, for the purposes of human health
protection, and the target values for air – TVA, are shown in the two tables below.
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Table No. 14: Limit values for air – LVA, for the purpose of human health protection
Polluting substance
expressed in
µg/m3
LIMIT VALUES FOR AIR - LVA
Sampling period
Average annual
value (µg/m3)
Peak value
(µg/m3)
SO2 1 hour 90 500 (note 1)
SO2 24 hours 90 240 (note 2)
NO2 1 hour 60 300 (note 3)
NO2 24 hours 60 140 (note 2)
TSP 24 hours 150 350 (note 2)
CO 8 hours 10.000
O3 8 hours 150 (note 4)
Note 1: should not be exceeded more than 24 times within a calendar year
Note 2: should not be exceeded more than 7 times within a calendar year
(98th
percentile).
Note 3: should not be exceeded more than 18 times within a calendar year
Note 4: should not be exceeded more than 21 times within a calendar year
(98th
percentile).
Table No. 15: Target values for air – TVA
Polluting substance
expressed in
µg/m3
TARGET VALUES FOR AIR - TVA
Sampling period
Average annual
value (µg/m3)
Peak value
(µg/m3)
SO2 1 hour 60 350 (note 1)
SO2 24 hours 60 160 (note 2)
NO2 1 hour 40 200 (note 3)
NO2 24 hours 40 90 (note 2)
TSP 24 hours 75 120 (note 2)
O3 8 hours - 120 (note 3)
Note 1: should not be exceeded more than 24 times within a calendar year
Note 2: should not be exceeded more than 7 times within a calendar year
(98th
percentile).
Note 3: should not be exceeded more than 25 days in the course of a year, in average based on
three years.
- Comment
On the basis of the comparison of measured emission concentrations (table 1) with limit
values referred to in the Rulebook on Air Quality Limits (Official Gazette of the
District of Brcko, issue No. 30/06), one may say the following:
On the basis of the measurements performed in subject locations one concludes that the
average daily concentrations of sulfur-dioxide, nitrogen-dioxide and TSP are below the
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average annual value of the Limit Value for Air for the purpose of protection of
human health and below the average annual value of the Target Value for Air for
aforementioned pollutants (sampling period of 1 hour).
Speaking of the polluting substance of ozone, the measurements have shown that the
peak values of the Limit Values for Air for the purpose of protection of human health
and the Target values for air for the aforementioned pollutant had not been exceeded
(sampling period of 8 hours) in analyzed locations.
- Conclusion On the basis of the tabular presentation of data one may conclude that the average daily
concentrations of sulfur-dioxide, nitrogen-dioxide, ozone and TSP in analyzed locations
are below the average annual value of the Limit Value for Air for the purpose of
protection of human health and the Target Value for Air (sampling period of 1 hour)
pursuant to the Rulebook on Air Quality Limits (Official Gazette of the District of
Brcko, issue No. 30/06).
Toxic effects of sulfur oxides appearing in the atmosphere
The majority of people feel the presence of sulfur-dioxide in air in concentrations
above 5 ppm. SO2 concentrations of 1-2 ppm are felt only by sensitive persons.
Exposure to concentrations of 5 to 10 ppm leads to bronchial problems in
individual persons. However, higher concentrations may cause serious problems.
Irritating effect of sulfate acid exceeds the effect of sulfur dioxide.
Very significant irritating effect appears due to the interaction of sulfur-dioxide
and solid particles contained by air. Sulfur-dioxide in the atmosphere is partially
transformed into sulfate acid that has increased irritating properties. The degree of toxic
effect of sulfate acid depends on air humidity, presence of solid particles and the size of
particles of sulfate acid that appear in that manner.
Epidemiological studies have shown that the effect of sulfur-dioxide on human
respiratory system depends on its concentration in air. Individual studies, although
insufficiently systematic, show correlations between increased mortality and increased
concentrations of sulfur-dioxide in air. That especially concerns individual urban areas
where the level of air pollution is high.
Toxic effect of carbon monoxide
High concentrations of carbon monoxide may cause numerous physiological and
pathologic changes in humans and animals, and even death. There are many known cases
of suffocation, i.e. carbon monoxide poisoning. The toxic effect of that gas at lower
concentrations may be constant.
Increased presence of carbon monoxide in air may cause severe consequences on
the central nervous system, but that does to a degree depend on individual characteristics
of humans.
One of the manifestations of carbon monoxide effect on people who are exposed
to constant or occasional inhalation of that gas is headache.
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Studies have also shown that there carbon monoxide has a toxic effect on the
cardio-vascular system. That is especially noticeable amongst people who already have
disturbances within that system.
Effects of carbon monoxide are more expressed in higher altitudes due to the
lower partial pressure of oxygen in the air.
Continuous exposure to low concentrations of carbon monoxide in the air,
between 7.8 and 13.9 ppm increases the rate of mortality amongst heart attack patients.
A study has shown that oxygen content in the blood is reduced amongst drivers
who are often on the road. That is one of the causes of traffic accidents, especially
amongst drivers who spend a lot of time on the road, i.e. who are continuously exposed to
carbon monoxide influence.
Carbon monoxide results in a decrease of visual acuity, psychological stability
and time interval recognition. Those are also causes of traffic accidents, especially
amongst drivers who spend a lot of time on the road, i.e. who are continuously exposed to
carbon monoxide influence.
Toxic effects of nitrogen oxides
Studies of toxicity of nitrogen-monoxide and nitrogen-dioxide have for the most
part been performed on animals. In view of the fact that in both humans and animals
those compounds enter the organism through the respiratory system, the results of studies
performed on animals may, to a large extent, apply to humans, also.
Studies of mortality performed on animals have shown that nitrogen-dioxide is
around 4 times more toxic than nitrogen-monoxide.
It is known that, in addition to hemoglobin, blood also contains methemoglobin
(MeHb) that cannot bind oxygen. Therefore, the presence of MeHb in blood reduces the
capacity of the blood to transfer oxygen. Normal human blood contains MeHb at the level
of 0.01-0.5 g/100 ml. High contents of MeHb in blood have been found in animals that
died because of nitrogen oxide poisoning (1 200 ppm). It has been noticed that the onset
of MeHb starts when animals are exposed to concentrations of 5 to 10 ppm of nitrogen-
monoxide. In addition to the concentration and the period of exposure, the temperature
also has an effect on the toxicity of nitrogen-dioxide.
Human health hazards
Prolonged contact of oil derivatives with skin may result in skin damage.
Certain products, such as benzene and led additives in engine petrol are especially
toxic in pure state, although they are relatively harmless when mixed with oil
derivatives in negligible quantities. However, in constrained rooms, such as
warehouse reservoirs, where there is a lack of oxygen, the atmosphere is usually
very toxic, unless the reservoir or the vessel are ventilated and set free of gas.
Because of prolonged contact of workers with oil derivatives there is a possibility of
onset of dermatitis and other diseases.
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In addition to that, there is a possibility of poisoning with vapors of oil
derivatives in unventilated and closed promises and rooms in which they are
warehoused.
Effect on particles suspended in air on human respiratory system
In urban areas, exposure of people to particles suspended in air may cause health
related problems. The particles enter the human body through the organs used for
breathing (respiratory system). That may cause direct damages to respiratory organs or
damages to other organs, indirectly.
Particles of larger diameter and mass are deposited and retained in the respiratory
system more easily.
The mechanism of particle depositing in the respiratory system depends on the
size, form, and on the very nature of those particles.
In addition to their direct effect on the respiratory system, particles from air may,
through blood, have a more serious effect on other vital organs of humans. Causes of
diseases and cancers of other organs, besides the lungs, may also be found amongst the
pollutants that appear in air.
Particles from air may have toxic effects, either pathologic or physiologic, in two
ways:
Particles may be toxic because of their nature,
The presence of inert particles in the respiratory system may disrupt the rejection
of other toxic substances from that system.
Some of the particles present in the atmosphere are extremely toxic. Sulfur-trioxide
is, for example, a very toxic constituent of atmosphere. Siliceous-dioxide, often present in
airborne ashes, causes the onset of silicosis. Especially dangerous toxic particles are
particles of led, beryllium and asbestos. Prolonged exposure to asbestos particles may
cause chronic illnesses. More recent studies have shown that asbestos particles cause
cancer.
It is known that individual substances in the atmosphere, in the form of particles or
aerosols, such as poly-nuclear aromatic carbohydrates, may cause cancer.
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6. DESCRIPTION OF NATURE AND QUANTITY OF ENVISAGED
EMISSIONS FROM THE FACILITY INTO ALL PARTS OF THE
ENVIRONMENT (AIR, WATER, SOIL), IN ADDITION TO
IDENTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
In view of the type of activities that shall be performed in the course of execution of
works on construction of infrastructural facilities in the Port of Brcko and connections
with Brcko Novo Railway Station and the labor and industry zone, short-term emissions
into air, water, soil and other segments of the environment are possible.
Effects on air in the phase of construction
In the course of construction of the infrastructure, effects on air quality may include
temporary exposure to increased quantities of dust and combustion of diesel fuel.
Effects of dust
Emission of dust that may occur in the execution of earth works and operations of
machinery that is to be used in the course of execution of works on the construction of
infrastructure may have an adverse effect on air quality.
Adverse effect of dust on air quality in the environment is estimated on the basis
of limit values for air for the purpose of human health protection, specifically on annual
level, all in compliance with the Rulebook on Limit Values for Air Quality (Official
Gazette of Brcko District, issue No. 30/06),
Weather conditions also have a significant effect on the quantity of dust that is
dislocated, so that in windy and dry weather one can expect more significant dust
presence and dissipation of particles into the surrounding space.
Dispersion of total dust emitted, with particles below 50 µm depends to the largest
extent on meteorological conditions – wind and air humidity. Depending on the speed of
wind, due to the effect of the gravitational force, dust sedimentation occurs at a smaller or
a larger distance from the source of the emission.
Effect of pollutants resulting from combustion of diesel fuel
Harmful gases that onset in the course of fuel combustion in engines of the
machinery that shall be used in the course of execution of preparatory and other works on
the construction of infrastructure may have an adverse effect on air quality.
Air quality in the area of execution of works on the construction of infrastructure
shall be exposed to the emission of pollutants that result from the combustion of energy
sources – diesel fuel.
This type of pollution shall occur only during the operation of machinery and
devices that burn diesel fuel. So that the effect on air quality, from this perspective, shall
be occasional within 24 hours, and the values of emission shall vary depending on the
day of the week. The same principle applies to individual months within a year.
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Effect on water in the construction phase
In the course of construction of the infrastructure, adverse effects on surface and
ground water are possible, as a result of the following:
Entry of sediments and remnants of vegetation,
Accidental spillage or seepage of oil and fuels from operating machinery
directly into surface water streams,
Blurring of water in surface water streams,
Spillage of wastewater resulting from washing cement mixers, machinery,
tools and dishes (limestone, mortar),
Waste disposal in river beds, indentations or on banks of water streams.
Potential adverse effects on the construction of such a (linear) facility may be
manifested both on surface and on ground water. Water blurring occurs in the course of
sudden onset of atmospheric water, in addition to the deterioration of general quality
related characteristics of water.
One of the adverse effects of constructing infrastructure is also related to the
execution of earth works with the objective of constructing the infrastructure. Those
works may cause devastation of the surrounding space, to a lesser degree.
Execution of works requires the presence of both people and machinery.
Machinery uses oil derivatives, various types of oil and lubricants, which may have an
effect on water, vegetation and soil.
Construction works open the surface layer of the terrain, otherwise stabilized by
plants. When rain drops hit the soil, they facilitate the crushing and softening of the soil,
and the drainage of water removes soil particles, creating accumulations, which results in
the erosion process. The intensity of erosion in a certain area may be determined by
categorizing erosion processes according to the degree of their negative effects. Erosion
processes are classified in five categories:
- Category I – excessively strong erosion processes,
- Category II – strong erosion processes,
- Category III – medium level erosion processes,
- Category IV – weak erosion processes,
- Category V – very weak erosion processes.
Effects on soil in the construction phase
Soil pollution is possible as a consequence of the following:
Waste disposal along the planned route for execution of works,
Accidental spillage or seepage of oil and fuel from operating machinery,
Soil degradation as a result of presence of heavy machinery.
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It is possible that during infrastructural construction a larger area of land is
temporarily degraded.
Consequences of disposal of construction and other types of waste along the
route, and of accidental spillage or leaks of oil or fuel from operating machinery may
represent a very significant adverse effect on the quality of soil, unless measures of
prevention or mitigation of adverse effects are implemented.
Potential pollution of soil in case of accidents (spillage of a larger quantity of oil
or petrol) may reach the level of an ecological catastrophe.
Land rehabilitation following the execution of construction and assembly works,
which implies the elimination of excess dug up soil and its disposal in an adequate
landfill may prevent soil degradation.
Effect of noise in the construction phase
If one accepts the definition that noise is sound that has an unpleasant irritating
effect on humans, one may conclude in brief that noise is undesirable sound. That
statement covers all the complexity of the set of problems that relates to the analysis and
assessment of noise, as, besides the purely physical properties, such as pressure, intensity,
power etc, and one has to also take into account the psychological effect, i.e. the
subjective assessment of effects of noise. Sound, as a term, concerns the sounds that one
is able to hear, between 20 Hz and 20 kHz, which is again very individual and those
limits are just framework figures. Any mechanical oscillator oscillating regularly within
the range of sound frequency is referred to as a source of sound. Intensity or strength of
the sound equals the median strength that the sound wave is transferring, on unit of area,
perpendicular to the direction of sound travelling, i.e. that is the quantity of energy
transferred by the wave in the unit of time, through a surface perpendicular to the
direction of travel of the wave.
Increased level of noise in the subject location may happen due to the presence
and operation of machinery and engines that shall be used for the construction of
infrastructure.
Noise may have a significant effect in populated zones in the vicinity of the location
in which works shall be performed, and a negligible effect in other zones along the route,
Broader effect of noise depends on a set of physical and meteorological conditions.
The effect of noise depends on the level and duration:
of the intensity of sound,
of the sound spectrum,
of the sound frequency,
of the sound strength,
of the sound pressure,
of the direction and strength of wind compared to settlements in the
broader surroundings.
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In the subject location in the course of execution of works, the noise may have an
effect on the following:
disrupting speech communication (noise above 65 dB reduces the possibility
of understanding speech communication at the distance below 1 meter),
prolonged exposure to stronger noise reduces ability to work, concentration
and productivity,
there is a possibility of hearing loss.
The following table presents the periods allowed for noise exposure in the
working environment, compared to the strength of the noise.
Table No. 16: Periods allowed for noise exposure in the work environment compared to
its strength
Daily exposure in hours
Noise levels
in dB
8 90
6 92
4 95
3 97
2 100
1 105
Solid waste in the phase of construction and utilization
- Waste management in the construction phase
Waste management plan in the phase of construction and removal of facilities
- Methods for waste collection, disposal and management
The objective of selective collection, disposal and management of waste is to
prevent threats upon human health and the environment, and especially to prevent
discharge of harmful substances in water and soil.
Waste collection and disposal shall be organized within the construction site, and
shall be founded on basic principles of waste management:
• principle of separated collection
• prevention
• recycling
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The waste that onsets on the area of the construction site shall be collected
selectively, i.e. in selected containers in compliance with waste classification. It is
prohibited to incinerate waste on the spot or in open.
The basic principle is to separate hazardous from harmless waste, followed by the
separation of construction waste from other categories, and special separation of
recyclable waste.
Hazardous waste and its packaging have to be marked in compliance with
regulations that regulate the designation of dangerous items. Hazardous waste needs to be
collected and sorted by category.
Waste oil should be collected and kept separately. It is prohibited to spill
hazardous oil into surface or ground water, sewerage, or on the soil, and the same applies
to substances containing mineral or synthetic oils.
Disposal or keeping of separated waste is performed in places specially
designated for that, in appropriate containers:
1. container for hazardous waste ‐ mixed hazardous waste
2. container for non-hazardous waste ‐ mixed communal waste
3. container for non-hazardous waste ‐ mixed packaging waste that is recyclable 4. container for non-hazardous waste – mixed metal waste that is recyclable
5. the containers have to be produced for aforementioned purposes, and substances must
not leak from containers.
Each container shall have to be adequately marked.
Waste oils collected shall be disposed in barrels or other appropriate vessels, so
that leaks are prevented. Vehicle servicing must be performed on the servicing plateau
exclusively, which is at a distance from water streams and sensitive areas, and that is
where the barrels for keeping waste oils shall be positioned.
In order to dispose of categories of construction waste, the Contractor needs to
envisage temporary and permanent locations for disposal along the route, within the
construction zone and at a special location.
Temporary landfills are necessary for the disposal of humus, dug up material, as
well as for smaller quantities of buffering material and stone fractions. The Contractor is
under obligation to identify locations for permanent and temporary disposal and to
acquire all the necessary approvals.
- Waste transport
The producer of waste shall transfer all the collected waste to the operator, i.e.
authorized companies for waste collection, transport and processing, in compliance with
the Law on Waste Management (Official Gazette of Brcko District, issues No. 1/05,
19/07, 2/08, and 9/09).
In the process of seeking the best bid for the transfer of (hazardous) waste the
producer shall ask from the bidders to present evidence of being registered for the
performance of waste management activities, pursuant to appropriate regulations.
The contractor shall sign a contract with the selected firm.
- Keeping records
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The producer of waste shall keep records on the type and quantities of waste it
produces. The records shall include the following data:
• Data on produced waste and reasons for its onset,
• Waste disposal,
• Waste removal.
The producer shall prepare, for each shipment of waste, a records sheet in two
copies, of which one copy shall be given to the Operator, and one shall be kept in own
archives.
Records sheets for transferred waste need to be kept in the permanent offices of
the Contractor, while the copy should be kept in temporary locations, for the purposes of
inspection.
- Accountability
The Contractor is under obligation to appoint a person to be accountable for the
tasks of supervision over waste management on the construction site.
- Waste management in the utilization phase
Waste collection and disposal shall in this case also be founded on the principles
of prevention and separate collection. is prohibited to incinerate waste on the spot or in
open.
- Methods of waste collection, disposal and management
In the phase of utilization of infrastructural facilities, waste oils and fats shall be
collected in an oil and fat separator that shall be positioned in the Port of Brcko, and
shall also receive waste waters from the asphalt plateau.
Water, polluted with oils and fats from the asphalt plateau of the Port of Brcko,
shall be retained in the oil and fat separator for as long as is stipulated in DIN 1999.
Once a limit quantity of waste is collected in the oil and fats separator, it needs
to be pumped out. The pumping shall be performed through the entrance manhole.
- Waste transport
The producer of waste shall transfer all the collected waste to the operator, i.e.
authorized companies for waste collection, transport and processing, in compliance with
the Law on Waste Management (Official Gazette of Brcko District, issues No. 1/05,
19/07, 2/08, and 9/09).
In the process of seeking the best bid for the transfer of (hazardous) waste the
producer shall ask from the bidders to present evidence of being registered for the
performance of waste management activities, pursuant to appropriate regulations.
The contractor shall sign a contract with the selected firm.
- Keeping records
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The producer of waste shall keep records on the type and quantities of waste it
produces. The records shall include the following data:
• Data on produced waste and reasons for its onset,
• Waste disposal,
• Waste removal.
The producer shall prepare, for each shipment of waste, a records sheet in two
copies, of which one copy shall be given to the Operator, and one shall be kept in own
archives.
Records sheets for transferred waste need to be kept in the permanent offices of
the Contractor, while the copy should be kept in temporary locations, for the purposes of
inspection.
It is necessary that the Investor drafts a Waste Management Plan in compliance
with the Law on Waste Management (Official Gazette of Brcko District, issues No. 1/05,
19/07, 2/08, and 9/09). It is also necessary to designate a person who shall manage the
tasks of coordinating waste management – the waste coordinator.
The waste that may onset in the course of execution of works and utilization is,
according to the catalogue of waste (Rulebook on Categories of Waste Including Lists,
“Official Gazette of Brcko District of BiH”, issue No. 30/06) classified in groups
presented in the table below
Table No. 17: Waste classified according to the waste catalogue
No. Code Name of waste category
13
WASTE OILS AND WASTE ORIGINATING FROM LIQUID
FUELS (APART FROM EDIBLE OILS AND OILS REFERRED
TO IN CHAPTERS 05, 12 and 19)
13 01 Waste hydraulic oils
1. 13 01 11* Synthetic hydraulic oils
13 02 Waste oils for engines, driving devices and lubrication
2. 13 02 06* Synthetic oils for engines, driving devices and lubrication
3. 13 05 01* Solid substances from chambers for waste from oil/water separator
4. 13 05 02* Sludge from oil/water separator
5. 13 05 06* Oil from oil/water separator
6. 13 05 07* Oiled water from oil/water separator
7. 13 05 08* Mixture of waste from chamber for waste and from oil/water separator
15
WASTE FROM PACKAGING, ABSORBENTS, CLEANING
TEXTILES, FILTRATION MATERIALS AND PROTECTIVE
CLOTHING, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
15 01 Packaging (including especially collected packaging in communal
waste)
8. 15 01 01 Paper and cardboard packaging
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No. Code Name of waste category
9. 15 01 02 Plastic packaging
10. 15 01 03 Wooden packaging
11. 15 01 04 Metal packaging
12. 15 01 06 Mixed packaging
13. 15 01 07 Glass packaging
14. 15 01 10*
Packaging containing remnants of hazardous substances or is
contaminated with hazardous substances
15 02
Absorbents, materials for filters, cleaning textiles and protective
clothing
15. 15 02 02*
Absorbents, materials for filters (including filters for oil, unless
otherwise specified), cleaning textiles, protective clothing,
contaminated with hazardous substances
16. 15 02 03 Absorbents, materials for filters, cleaning textiles and protective
clothing other than listed in 15 02 02
16 WASTE NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THE CATALOGUE
16 07 Waste from cleaning reservoirs for transport and warehousing
(apart from 05 and 13)
17. 16 07 08*
Waste containing oils
18. 16 07 09* Waste containing other waste substances
19. 16 07 99 Waste not otherwise specified
17
CONSTRUCTION WASTE AND WASTE FROM DEMOLITION
(INCLUDING DUG UP SOIL FROM CONTAMINATED
LOCATIONS)
17 01 Concrete, brick, tiles and ceramics
20. 17 01 01 Concrete
21. 17 01 02 Bricks
22. 17 01 07 Mixtures of individual fractions of concrete, brick, tiles and ceramics
other than the ones listed in 17 01 06
17 05 Soil (including soil excavated from contaminated locations), stone
and sludge waste excavated by a dredger
23. 17 05 04 Soil and stone other than listed in 17 05 03
24. 17 05 06 Sludge waste excavated by a dredger other than listed in 17 05 05
25. 17 05 08 Waste falling off the caterpillars other than listed in 17 05 07
17 06 Insulation materials and construction materials containing
asbestos
26. 17 06 04 Insulation materials other than listed in 17 06 01 and 17 06 03
17 09 Other waste originating from construction and demolition
27. 17 09 04 Mixed waste resulting from construction and demolition other than
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No. Code Name of waste category
listed in 17 09 01 and 17 09 02 and 17 09 03
20
COMMUNAL WASTE (WASTE FROM HOUSEHOLDS AND
SIMILAR WASTE FROM INDUSTRIAL AND CRAFTS
PLANTS AND FROM INSTITUTIONS), INCLUDING
SEPARATELY COLLECTED FRACTIONS
20 01 Separately collected fractions (excluding 15 01)
28. 20 01 01 Paper and cardboard
29. 20 01 02 Glass
30. 20 01 38 Wood other than listed in 20 01 37
31. 20 01 39 Plastics
32. 20 01 40 Metals
Effect on landscapes, flora and fauna
Landscape represents one of the forms of natural wealth that may be damaged or
completely destroyed by unprofessional and careless activities. Because of that, special
attention needs to be paid to it, to its protection and preservation, as the landscape is an
integral part of the environment with a very important cultural, societal and economic
role.
In this case, this concerns an industrial zone, i.e. an environment in which the
landscape has already been changed with anthropogenic influences. Upon the
construction of the infrastructure (traffic routes, sewerage pipelines, water supply
pipelines, and lighting) shall result in visual changes, primarily, in the area, which shall
only increase anthropogenic influences on the characteristics of landscape.
Some of the specific effects on the landscape in the phase of execution of
construction works shall not be very pronounced if measures of mitigation, i.e.
elimination of influences resulting from construction works are implemented adequately.
Effect on the population
Construction of subject infrastructural facilities is of general social significance
for the development of the city of Brcko. In current times, environmental effects and
interests of the local population are increasing in significance as factors in economic
plans of broader societal importance. Those factors are often in contrast with economic
plans. That especially concerns the environmental factor. Interests of the broader social
sphere often side with economic interests, while the interests of local population are in a
balance between environment protection and economic development. That is understood,
as the protection of the environment in a certain area is an issue of highest significance
for the population living in that area. In regards to that, in the course of construction,
taking into account and planning potential effects on the population living in the vicinity
represents a significant segment of environmental effects. Adequate planning implies
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accepting the fact that construction may lead to modifications of the environment, which
may have an effect on various aspects of the way of life, and social and economic
activities of the population.
Effects on the environment and the exploitation phase of subject infrastructure
Following the construction of the planned infrastructure, i.e. in the exploitation
phase, impacts on the environment (water, air, soil) resulting from traffic and rail
infrastructure are possible.
Effects on the air in the exploitation phase
Following the finalization of construction of the subject infrastructure and its
commissioning, there will be a possibility of adverse effects on air, as the traffic of motor
vehicles and diesel powered locomotives shall result in air pollution originating from the
operations of internal combustion engines and petrol evaporation.
Polluting substances that represent an integral part of exhaust gases may be
primary, resulting from the combustion of fuel, and secondary, appearing in the
atmosphere upon the decomposition of the primary polluting substances. Polluting
substances that occur as a consequence of traffic spread into the atmosphere under the
effect of the wind, at which time they are diluted. Therefore, the concentration of
polluting substances in the air shall depend on the distance from the traffic route
(railroad), speed and direction of the wind, but also on obstacles for free dispersion.
The quantity of emission of polluting substances that onset as a result of traffic
depends on the type and capacity of engines, type and contents of fuels, level of
maintenance of engines, engine temperature and age of the vehicle (locomotive).
However, the quantity of emissions also depends on the number of vehicles
(locomotives), driving regimes etc. The most significant effect is in the concentration of
nitrogen oxides. In contrast to them, concentration of led is a problem whose severity is
on the decline, because of the utilization of higher quality fuel in new generation engines.
From the aspect of total traffic, emission depends on the following factors:
Number of vehicles (flow of vehicles per hour or day).
Composition of vehicles by types and age structure. Heavy vehicles with large
engines emit larger quantities of polluting substances than light vehicles, all
other conditions being equal. Diesel engines have a higher level of emission of
SO2, NOX and solid particles; while petrol based engines emit higher levels of
carbon-monoxide and carbohydrates.
Driving regime (average speed, unimpeded flow or traffic jams).
Road characteristics. Vehicles emit larger quantities of polluting
substances when slowing down or speeding up, as well as when conquering
inclines, so that the roads that require those activities have an effect on
increase in emission of polluting substances.
Concentration of carbohydrates in exhaust fuels is the highest when the
vehicle is slowing down and the lowest when the engine is idle or working
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in full capacity. The quantity of carbon-monoxide is the highest when the
engine is idle, and at the beginning of acceleration of the vehicle. The
quantity of nitrogen compounds is the lowest when the engine is idle and
grows with increased load placed on the engine.
Effects on water in the exploitation phase
One should emphasize that the burden of pollution of water that runs down from
the road surface is directly related to the number of vehicles using that road.
The process of pollution in the course of utilization of a road (railroad) may,
according to its time related characteristics, be constant, seasonal and accidental
(accidental pollution).
Constant (systematic) pollution is primarily related to the scope, the structure and
the characteristics of the traffic flow, characteristics of the traffic lane and climatic
conditions. In the course of utilization of the traffic lane (railroad), systematic pollution
shall occur because of the washing off of harmful byproducts created by moving vehicles,
specifically:
Products of fuel combustion,
Leaking and dripping of fuel and lubricant from the engine and lubrication
system (petrol, oil, motor oils, liquids for cooling and breaking),
Remnants of tires and products of wearing off of the wearing layer (remains of
asphalt and bitumen),
Emission of products of engine fuel combustion (led and led compounds, un-
combusted carbohydrates, nitrogen oxides, soot and tar).
It is also possible to register substances that represent the result of utilization
of specific substances for protection from corrosion,
a special group of highly cancer-causing materials is represented by poly-
aromatic carbohydrates (bensopyrene) that are a product of incomplete
combustion of fuel and motor oil used.
Seasonal pollution relates to an individual part of the year. A typical example for
that type of pollution is the utilization of salts and chemical and mechanical means of
road maintenance in winter months. This type of pollution is also characteristic by the
fact that high concentrations of harmful substances appear in a very short period of time.
Accidental (accident) pollutions are most often caused by traffic accidents.
Accidental situations result in spillages and dissipation of harmful and hazardous
substances on the road surface and on surrounding areas, i.e. on soil. When transporting
hazardous and harmful substances in poor weather conditions, it is possible that an
accident or a malfunction may occur, which would cause additional burden that may
spread to larger distances, and then would be the case in normal conditions of utilization
of the traffic route. Accidents of that type are impossible to predict in time and space, and
therefore they represent grave danger. The possibility of aforementioned effects is small,
however if an accident situation occurs, consequences may be severe and long-lasting.
Direct effect on water may be expected due to the pollution of water and soil with
heavy metals and other pollutants from exhaust gases. When the wind appears, pollutants
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from exhaust gases are carried on the wind and they accumulate on the traffic route and
around it. Accumulated substances from the surface of the soil and in the surrounding
area around the traffic route may be dislocated by precipitation water, and in such a way
harmful substances may end up in surface and ground water.
In the course of assessment of effects on water one should keep in mind that the
highest concentrations of polluting substances are registered (global experiences) in water
that drains from roads in the course of winter months, when the salt covering is the most
intensive; concentrations of the majority of polluting substances directly depend on the
duration of the period of dry weather before the rain and on the traffic load; the highest
concentrations are reached in the first 5-10 minutes of duration of the rainfall, and then
they decline steeply; concentrations of suspended particles are proportional to the
intensity of rain and the highest concentrations are reached during the highest flow.
In addition to the density of traffic, the intensity of pollution also depends on the
type and technical condition of vehicles, but also on the type and quality of the fuel and
local conditions of physical space.
Effect on the soil in the exploitation phase
Soil contamination may also occur as a consequence of road maintenance, i.e.
covering the road with salt in the winter period, as the salt is subsequently washed down
on the soil, after the snow melts or the rain washes down the salt.
In the course of utilization of traffic routes due to the participation of an increase
number of vehicles, i.e. their speed of transit, soil contamination may be caused by the
emission of exhaust gases, wearing down of tires, or road maintenance.
The surrounding land shall be exposed to the emission of harmful substances and
particles from traffic flows, and the highest level of danger is connected to accidental
situations related to the transport of hazardous substances.
Polluting substances carried on the wind shall accumulate on the road and around
it. Dislocated by precipitation water, they may, though the soil, end up in surface and
ground water, and therefore cause pollution.
Effect of noise and vibrations in the exploitation phase
In the phase of exploitation of traffic routes (road and rail), the main sources of
noise shall be the traffic noise resulting from the vehicles moving on the traffic routes.
When moving, vehicles cause noise, which originates from the operation of the engine,
traction between the vehicle and the surface, behavior of the driver, activities of
construction and maintenance.
The factors that affect the expansion of the noise are the type of the source, the
distance from the source, the wind, the temperature, obstacles, atmospheric absorption,
soil absorption, humidity, reflection and precipitation.
In case of high traffic intensity, vibrations that occur because of the resonance of
traffic may have harmful consequences on facilities in the vicinity of the traffic route.
Vibrations occur as a consequence of oscillatory movements of vehicles in the
course of road traffic. Based on its significance, and in view of the limited nature of their
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effects in space, this criterion is less pronounced compared to noise and air pollution, but
in certain situations it may represent a relevant fact in the context of harmful impacts.
Oscillations of vehicles that occur as a consequence of moving over bumps cause
the onset of vertical dynamic reactions on the contact surface that generate vibrations in
the ground, and they mostly spread in the form of surface waves, causing negative
consequences on people and facilities.
The effect of vibrations on humans is reflected in the form of direct mechanical
actions of variations in acceleration on movable parts of the human body, but also as
secondary biological and psychological effects due to irritation and damage to nerve
receptors.
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7. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED MEASURES, TECHNOLOGIES AND
OTHER TECHNIQUES FOR PREVENTION, AND, IF PREVENTION IS
IMPOSSIBLE, REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS FROM THE FACILITY
Based on the assessment of the level of threat upon soil, air and surrounding water
streams, in view of the location of the facility, primarily, as well as its purpose, physical -
chemical properties of materials to be manipulated in the facility, and the possibility of
accidents, one should envisage the maximum possible measures of protection of the
natural environment in the immediate surroundings.
Measures for prevention or reduction of emissions into the air in the environment
In view of protection from increased dust concentration with respect to the
performance of earthwork during excavation, it is recommended to prevent the
raising of dust by spraying water on the place of origin, if necessary.
During construction of the subject infrastructure, machinery and vehicles that
have filters for separating soot installed on their exhaust pipes should be used.
Regular (planned periodic) and emergency technical inspections of machinery and
vehicles that will be used in constructing the subject infrastructure, maximum
safety and functionality of the system of fuel combustion should be ensured and
fuel should be used (and regularly controlled) - with a guaranteed quality
standard.
Freight vehicles and trucks that shall bring in / take out construction material, etc.
In the course of construction of the infrastructure should, before exiting to
adjacent roads be cleaned of pieces of land that may be found on the wheels of
vehicles.
Exhaust gases from transportation and driving means cannot be the cause of
excessive air pollution, if the technical inspection has ascertained the correctness
of internal combustion powered devices.
Measures for preventing or reducing emissions in water streams and soil
In the course of earthworks "humus layer" is to be deposited in a controlled
manner and later used for decorating the green belt, or used for other purposes, in
accordance with regulations.
Restrict the movement of heavy machinery during construction, in order to reduce
unnecessary damage to surfaces.
During construction attention should be paid to the disposal of surplus excavated
soil, excess construction materials, and waste construction materials resulting
from demolition, which needs to be disposed in agreement with the relevant utility
service.
Conduct frequent and controlled disposal of communal waste and excess
construction materials, i.e. prohibit any temporary or permanent disposal of waste
material into the surrounding soil, and provide a watertight containers for waste.
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Polluted water collected from asphalt plateau needs to be collected and drained by
drains into an appropriate treatment plant, as it is foreseen in the project
documentation. In the course of design and construction care has to be taken to
provide a sufficient number of drainage places / openings for surface water, in
order to prevent local pollution and swamping.
During the construction of the infrastructure, appropriate places have to be
determined on the site for the storage and handling of gasoline, diesel, lubricants
and paints.
The construction and the site must be limited and, specifically, to minimum
dimensions, and the land that is located next to the site has to be protected from
compaction by heavy machinery that will be used in the work process. Care has to
be taken that those machines do not move in the soil that is susceptible to
compaction under load.
Prevent leaking of any harmful or destructive substance, if possible, on the land
that may be devastating for the land or its characteristics. The goal of prevention
is to take measures of prevention, as corrective measures are more expensive and
longer lasting compared to preventive measures.
In all cases where there is a spill or leakage of fuel, oil, tar mass, appropriate
measures for decontamination have to be performed at that location. These
measures involve spilling sawdust on places of leaks (spills), and the removal and
proper disposal of sawdust, and then also the removal of the deposited layer of
land that is contaminated.
All surfaces damaged by construction activities after the completion of works
need to be reinstated in a condition that is as close as possible to their original
condition.
After building the infrastructure, perform remediation and re-cultivation of land
along the route of the planned works in accordance with current legislation.
To protect water streams and channels of the drainage system from possible
pollution, it is necessary to place protective fencing on the places where the
channels of the drainage system cross.
Space for workers needs to be equipped with mobile ecological toilets and it
needs to be ensured that they are emptied by authorized legal entity (i.e.
contractors are to be obligated to provide adequate sanitation).
In case of freezing of roads in the winter, in the course of maintenance of roads on
the section, prohibit the use of salt, and make sure to use environmentally
acceptable means to protect water.
To stabilize embankments, cuts and incisions, use a combination of grass
mixtures, low shrubs, climbers and local natural materials.
Identify a landfill (prescribe obligation to determine the site), assess the
geotechnical characteristics of the soil in which the temporary landfill shall be
used, the operation of machinery, the filling of tanks, repair - plan the space for
machinery.
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Operations of the separator, its maintenance and cleaning are to be screened by
the competent institution regularly.
Measures for prevention or reduction of noise emissions
In the course of the construction phase, when performing construction works, the
contractor for works has to use modern equipment with noise mufflers, equipment
that meets the European Directive ES/2000/14, relating to noise emissions
generated by equipment for use outdoors, and then also to observe the allowed
number of working hours in the day, to use shelters and place equipment behind
natural sound barriers.
It is necessary to perform sound insulation of power engines and other
components in construction machinery and vehicles, to reduce noise emissions,
due to the proximity of residential buildings.
Vibrations that may occur as a result of performing work operations on the site
and application of machines that create vibrations, are possible to be reduced by
applying modern equipment and machines that produce no vibration greater than
the maximum permissible level.
Protecting the environment from increased noise resulting from the work process,
may also be brought to the level allowed by using machines that do not emit
increased levels of noise and soundproofing the sources of noise or facilities or
similar.
Measures for preventing and reducing impacts on landscape
Measures for mitigation of impact on landscape should, on one side, connect the
infrastructure with the natural environment, and on the other side facilitate the
highest possible level of security in the course of their exploitation.
As has already been noted, in the course of execution of construction works, the
area on which the works are performed should cover the minimum possible area
on the terrain.
Landscape areas that were reduced or damaged due to impacts of infrastructural
construction need to be reinstated in a condition as close as possible to the
original condition after the finalization of works.
Areas on which machinery for construction had been located need to be reinstated
in a condition as close as possible to the original condition through rehabilitation.
The reinstatement of the original condition should be performed in such a manner
to remove all unnatural materials from the area and for natural biological
succession to be facilitated in that way.
Greenery should be planted along traffic routes, between the road surface part and
facilities, which, in addition to the visual effect on physical space regulation,
creating of the natural environment, also ensures protection of facilities and the
population from dust and noise.
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In the course of selection of plant varieties for the shaping of spaces that shall be
degraded following construction, it is desirable to give priority to the domestic
flora, as it has a higher degree of adaptation to the surroundings compared to other
plants and because of the reason that their maintenance and care shall require
smaller funds. Plant species that are more resilient and long lasting, and that shall
have both the esthetic and ecological function, should be selected.
It is allowed to cut down only those trees and bushes that pose a direct obstacle to
machinery, and forest order needs to be established immediately, i.e. stumps are
to be removed.
All existing roads and ways damages due to the utilization of machinery and
vehicles in the construction of the planned infrastructure are to be reinstated into
their original condition.
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8. DESCRIPTION OF MEASURES FOR PREVENTING PRODUCTION
AND REUSE OF USEFUL MATERIALS FROM WASTE PRODUCED BY THE
FACILITY
The topic of waste management is a part of the global policy of environment protection of
the EU and it has adopted a set of documents to regulate that set of problems.
Council Directive 75/442/EES on waste was adopted for the first time in 1975, and to this
day underwent four amendments, and it regulates the collection of waste, stimulates
reduction of its quantity, regeneration, recycling, and proposes measures for its
destruction or disposal.
Council Directive 78/319/EES on toxic and hazardous waste (1978) prescribes measures
ensuring that toxic and hazardous waste is stored, reprocessed or disposed only in devices
(plants), institutions and enterprises holding corresponding licenses. Annex to the
Directive provides a list of hazardous substances and materials that, inter alia, includes
heavy metals and their compounds (including led), phenols, organic solvents, remnants
from oil processing and poly0cyclical aromatic carbohydrates with cancer causing
properties.
Council Directive 91/689/EES on hazardous waste (1991) has as an objective to regulate
hazardous waste management and disposal. The lists of hazardous waste are determined
by special annexes attached to the Directive. Annexes attached to the directive include
the following: mineral oils, oil derivatives, oil/water emulsions and carbohydrates/water
emulsions, used catalysts, used ion-exchange resins, sludge from water preparation
plants, heavy metals, aromatic compounds, poly-cyclical and hetero-cyclical organic
compounds, aliphatic and aromatic amines, organic compounds with nitrogen, sulfur and
oxygen.
Council Directive 94/67/EES on hazardous waste incineration (1994) has as its objective
to reduce effects of hazardous incineration on the environment, by prescribing limit
values for emissions of polluting substances and limiting parameters of wastewater
quality. The content of organic substances in smoke gases, calculated on the basis of
organic carbon, has to be below 10 mg/m3.
Council Directive 80/68/EES concerns the protection of ground water from pollution with
certain dangerous substances. Annex to the Directive provides two lists of substances that
are considered dangerous for ground water. List I covers mineral oils and hydrocarbons
in general, while List II covers heavy metals and their compounds, including led.
Council Directive 75/439/EES on disposal of waste oils has as its objective the
prevention of damages caused to the environment by uncontrolled treatment of used oils.
Specifically, country members are under obligation to undertake all measures necessary
to ensure safe collection and removal of those oils. Priority is given to regeneration of
used oil, and only if that is not possible, incineration under controlled conditions or
disposal are performed, so that the environment is not under threat in any case. The
directive is explicit in prohibiting the disposal of used oils in any surface or ground water,
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disposal or throwing of used oils or waste resulting from its processing, and any treatment
thereof that might result in pollution of atmosphere.
Measures undertaken in order to prevent onset of waste, i.e. reduce waste in
the work process
In the course of execution of works on the construction of the industrial gauge leading
from the railway station of Brcko Novo to the Brcko Port, in Brcko (gauge No. 1),
construction of the station gauge (gauge No. 2), and construction of the pull out gauge
(gauge No. 3) and connection with the existing gauge for the labor and industry zone, and
the “Tesla” loading and unloading gauge, construction of the industrial gauge (for fitting
in the railroad leading towards the Brcko Port to existing gauges on a part of the loading
and unloading plateau along the bank of river Sava), construction of the asphalt plateau,
regulation of the manipulation area and parts of the slanted and vertical quay and
reconstruction of the access road from Bijeljina Road towards the Port, contractors of
works shall be under obligation to meet the requirements of environment protection in
compliance with the Law on Environment Protection, both during the works and upon
finalizing the works.
Contractors of works, i.e. the Public Company „Port of Brcko“ Ltd, Brcko, are under
obligation to apply, in the course of work and after the discontinuation of operations of
the facility, measures for mitigation of adverse impacts on the environment and
,monitoring, and especially measures for preventing the onset and reducing waste.
Measures that are undertaken in order to prevent the onset of waste, i.e. reduction of
waste in work processes have the following objective:
preventing the onset of waste,
processing waste in order to reuse and recycle it,
separation of raw materials from waste and its utilization for energy generation,
safe waste disposal.
In order to achieve the aforementioned objectives, it shall be necessary to undertake the
following measures:
avoid production of waste,
reducing production of waste to the minimum,
treat waste in a manner that ensures return of raw materials from the waste,
dispose in landfills in the ecologically acceptable manner those types of waste that
are not subject to return of components.
The following is taken into account in the course of undertaking the aforementioned
measures:
ecologically useful effects,
technical feasibility with utilization of the best technology available,
economic feasibility.
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The aforementioned measures are performed in such a manner to avoid threats on the life
of people and without creating damages or causing significant risks upon the
environment, and especially:
without risk upon water, air, soil, animals and plants,
without creating disturbances through noise or smells,
without harmful effects upon nature or places of special interest.
All activities of waste management are undertaken in such a manner that they have the
lowest impact on the environment and on human health, in order to reduce the quantity
and the harmful effect of waste, to promote reuse, recycling and safe disposal of waste.
With the objective of preventing the production of waste and reducing the quantity and
harmful effects of waste, the following should be stimulated:
utilization of technologies that facilitate rational utilization of materials and
energy,
retention of materials and remains within the production process and consuming
as much as possible,
production of products that produce the lowest quantity of waste and create the
least harmful impacts,
replacement of materials that cause risks once they become waste.
The produced waste is only used if it is ecologically useful and if that utilization is
feasible both economically and technically. The waste is disposed only if it is not possible
to use its material and energy in existing technical and economic conditions and if the
costs of reuse are irrationally high compared with the costs of disposal. It is prohibited to
abandon, accumulate in heaps, dispose or treat waste without supervision. It is prohibited
to mix different types of waste, unless those activities facilitate reuse of raw materials and
disposal.
In order to reduce the quantity of waste being produced, priority should be given to using
such raw materials and basic materials, semi-finished products and packaging that reduce
the utilization of energy and materials and whose utilization reduce the production of
waste, and utilization of packaging that lasts longer and represents the smallest burden on
the environment once it becomes waste.
Waste producer and holder are under obligation to collect, take care of return or disposal
of waste being produced as a result of their activities or waste they own.
Waste producer and holder are responsible for ecologically acceptable warehousing of
waste before its return or disposal.
Reduction and prevention of onset of waste is one of the most significant objectives of
waste management and requires complex analysis, starting from the production process
and ending with the final disposal, compared to the existing method of waste
management.
Prevention and reduction of onset of production waste connects and includes the
following:
various technological and logistical solutions in production processes,
socio-economic elements of the society, infrastructural development, and
commercial and cultural customs and habits.
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The process of implementation of prevention and reduction of produced water is a
developing process, and results do not have to be visible immediately – instead, main
results are noticed in a certain medium or long term period, but they are of multiple
benefits for the entire society. All the aforementioned is in compliance with the Law on
Waste Management (Official Gazette of Brcko District, issue No. 25/05, and amendments
and addenda in Official Gazette of Brcko District, issues No. 01/05, 19/07, 02/08, and
09/09). In compliance with all the aforementioned, it is necessary to draft a Waste
Management Plan that shall contain types and quantities of waste that shall onset during
the planned processes of construction and reconstruction, in addition to methods of their
collection and treatment. Contracts are to be signed with enterprises for the sale of
secondary raw materials, i.e. directly with enterprises where secondary raw materials
shall be used as raw materials or energy sources, and the remaining waste is to be
transported to permanent disposal in cooperation with the competent utility service.
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9. DESCRIPTION OF OTHER MEASURES NECESSARY TO ENSURE
COMPLIANCE WITH BASIC OBLIGATIONS OF THE RESPONSIBLE
PERSON, AND ESPECIALLY MEASURES FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF
THE FACILITY
Measures of protection in the course of performance of earth works:
the Investor is under obligation to draft the Construction Site Organization Plan
before starting works on the subject location.
In the course of performance of earth works at a depth exceeding 1 meter, the following
measures need to be applied:
Throwing excavated material at a distance at which there is no possibility of its
dissipation.
It is not allowed to perform loading of excavated material with loaders or other
means of machinery to freight vehicles above the cabin of the vehicle, and roads
and ramps for bringing in or taking out materials have to correspond to the
solidity of the terrain.
Construction material is to be disposed at a distance from the edges of excavations
or indentations from which it shall not pose a threat to workers working in
excavations.
Lowering and installation of heavier construction elements and materials has to be
performed with professional workers and under the supervision of the
construction site manager.
Before commissioning of machinery for excavation, it has to be examined and its
adequacy and validity has to be determined, and utilization licenses for its
operation have to be reviewed.
Excavation machines may only be handled by workers who own necessary
qualifications.
The worker – handler of machinery is under obligation to take care of
implementation of measures of protection from wounding other workers working
in front or around machinery.
In the course of sideways and other drilling, it is necessary to determine with
responsible territorial organizations the possibility of potential facilities of any
installations in the direction of the drilling.
In the course of breaking up concrete and other surface with pneumatic hammers,
only the special pliers are to be used to hold the punches. It is prohibited to hold the
punches by hand. Places of excavation are to be fences with a fence at least 100 cm in height and with
lighting. Supports are to be installed against earth accumulation falling from the sides. Tools for support on the sides have to probe at least 20 cm above the edge of the
excavation, and their removal or reduction and the filling out of excavations is to be
performed only under supervision of the construction site manager. In case of an
assessment that the removal of supports may pose a threat on the security of persons,
supports and bearings are to be left inside the excavation.
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In case of excavations of up to 1 meter, excavation may be performed without
support, if the solidity of the soil so allows, or in case the sides of the excavation
are positioned at an angle of the internal natural slope of the terrain, or, in case of
more complex excavations, but up to depth not exceeding 2 meters.
In the course of excavation exceeding 2 meters, it is obligatory to position internal
floors with edges protected at the height of at least 20 cm, positioned on special
supports and without burdening them with quantities of soil exceeding the
estimates load capacity of which the workers are to be informed before their
positioning.
In order to enter those excavations and leave them, it is obligatory to provide and
ensure solid ladders whose length has to exceed 75 cm above the excavation after
they are placed into it.
Manual excavation of soil is to be performed from top to bottom, and any digging
under is dangerous and therefore strictly prohibited.
Workers working on manually dug excavations have to wear protective hard hats,
protective belts with ropes for pulling out in case of danger.
The width of the ditches and channels in excavation of up to 1 meter is
determined upon a personal selection of the worker – the manager, while for
deeper excavations the width of the excavation after its support with the clean side
shall have to amount to 60 cm at least.
In the immediate vicinity of active subterranean facilities (03 to 04 meters) only
pickaxes are used for excavation and utilization of impact tools is not allowed.
Excavation of ditches, channels, manholes and pits is to be performed exclusively
under direct control of the construction site manager.
In case of encountering electrical and other installations, the works are to be
discontinued until immediate supervision of authorized persons is ensured by the
organization to which those installations belong.
Measures of protection in the course of execution of concrete and reinforced
concrete works
All the concrete works have to be performed professionally, with appropriate
qualified labor force, pursuant to current technical regulations for concrete.
The necessary quantities of concrete, of prescribed brands, are to be transported to
the location of installation from the point for centralized and controlled
(automatic) concrete mixing, where the brand of concrete is achieved by using the
prescribed recipes, and the dosage of aggregates, cement and water is performed
in weighted ratios.
Special attention should be paid to transporting concrete. If the transport of
concrete is not performed in the prescribed manner, that may cause the breakage
of concrete homogeneity, and may also result in the segregation of the concrete
mass. In the course of transport, one should strive to reduce the duration of
transport to the lowest possible level, from the moment of mixing the concrete to
the moment of installation. If the concrete is transported to a larger distance, then
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it has to be transported in special vehicles equipped with a device for mixing
concrete in the course of transport (mixers).
Vibration levels shall be increased during the concrete works so that it is
necessary to ensure qualified labor force with experience in that type of work.
Upon the finalization of concrete installation, concrete has to be protected; both
from sudden drying during hot weather and from freezing and frost in wintertime,
and disposal of concrete on surrounding land has to be prevented.
The Contractor is under obligation to commission appropriate institutions to
perform quality control of installed concrete and issue corresponding attestations
on that.
Securing the construction site towards the surroundings:
Fencing of the construction site – for the whole route, by positioning original
yellow tape, and installation of a fence made of wooden or similar elements above
deep openings – manholes etc, and especially in urban areas.
On the entrance into the fenced area of the construction site, original warning
boards are to be positioned.
Regulation and maintenance of traffic routes and roads:
In the part of the construction site, i.e. during the period in which the works are
performed in the urban area, existing urban and suburban traffic routes are to be
used for the delivery of construction and other materials.
For areas outside of the city, primary and supporting roads are to be used.
For the requirements of internal transport, within the construction site itself,
designate temporary routes according to the requirements of the construction site
and the scope of works.
Method of transport, loading, unloading, and disposal of materials and equipment:
The transport of equipment, tools and other materials is to be performed with
earmarked vehicles.
Loading, unloading and disposal of bulky and heavy freight is to be performed
with construction cranes or automated cranes.
Disposal, i.e. temporary warehousing of materials, elements, equipment, cables
and other valuables is to be performed with the facility designated by the
construction site manager in agreement with the investor of works and the main
contractor of construction works.
Disposal must not result in obstacles on roads and passage ways leading to labor
posts of workers.
In the course of disposal, care must be taken to ensure that the materials disposed
and other elements do not pose an ecological threat upon the environment, or a
threat upon the safety of workers and means of work. The construction site
manager, i.e. the general assembly manager on the construction site shall be
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responsible for the planning and obligatory immediate implementation of those
measures on the daily basis. It is strictly prohibited to dispose materials or
potentially created waste on open soil.
Other measures
With the objective of protecting persons working in places with a lot of dust,
water should be sprayed, and respirators should be used when working with
cement.
Workers are to be provided with personal protection means and equipment for
personal protection at the construction site, pursuant to the Rulebook on
Protection at Work.
All the workers in the construction site are under obligation to act in the course of
performance of activities in such a manner to exclude the possibility of onset of
fires, and a fire extinguisher is to be placed in the plateau for the warehousing
premises.
Fire extinguishers have to be marked visibly and accessible at all time in case of
urgent evacuation.
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10. DESCRIPTION OF MEASURES PLANNED FOR THE MONITORING OF
EMISSIONS WITHIN THE AREA AND OF THEIR IMPACT
Adverse impacts on the environment may be ascertained in the basis of the
content of polluting substances in the following:
Air (harmful exhaust gases from machinery and engines, dust, noise,
vibrations),
Water (temperature, pH, total suspended substances etc),
Land (contents of heavy metals, quantity of sediment on the soil), and
Work space (microclimatic conditions etc).
In the course of construction of facilities, and with the purpose of implementing
protective measures, and with the objective of preventing and mitigating the pollution of
elements and factors of the environment, it is necessary to establish monitoring that is
going to be functional throughout the period of exploitation, with the possibility of
monitoring elements being changed and improved in line with the requirements of
monitoring quality for all the components of the working and living environment.
Monitoring is necessary to be performed with the objective of ensuring the follow
up and measurement of key characteristics of operations and activities within the subject
process of production which may have an effect on the environment, pursuant to the Law
on Environment Protection (''Official Gazette of Brcko District of BiH'', issues no 24/04,
1/05, 19/07, and 9/09).
Any monitoring plan has to have the following positions defined:
Subject of monitoring,
The parameter monitored,
The location of performing monitoring,
The method of performing monitoring of the selected factor, the type of
monitoring equipment.
The duration of performing monitoring, continuous or occasional monitoring,
The reason because of which the monitoring of a specific parameter is being
performed.
Reasons and objectives for the establishment of monitoring:
To keep up with the changes in the environment and impacts on the living forms, so
that one could point out in time on the need to reduce pollution,
To locate and follow the causes in order to be able to undertake corrective and
preventive measures,
To perform valorization of compliance with relevant legislative regulations, primarily
with the Law on Environment Protection.
In the course of construction and utilization of the subject infrastructure, it shall
be necessary to comply with the following monitoring plan:
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Phase Monitoring
parameter
Monitoring
location
Monitoring
method Monitoring duration Additional costs
Construction
Noise
Construction site
and the
surroundings
Measurements
should be
performed by an
enterprise registered
for noise
measurement
Frequency of noise
management should
correspond to current
regulations, and at
least once in the
course of
construction.
Costs included in the
price of construction
Air quality (dust
emission) Construction site Visually o During the dry season
Costs included in the
price of construction
Waste management Construction site Control of work of
the Contractor Once a month
Costs included in the
price of construction
Landscape
regulation
Surroundings of the
construction site Visually Once a month
Costs included in the
price of construction
Sampling of soil in
the location of
potential accidents
concerning the
presence of heavy
metals in the soil
Construction site
and the
surroundings
Sampling should be
performed by an
enterprise registered
for that type of
activity
On in the case of
accidents such as
spilling of oil
derivatives it shall be
necessary to perform
soil analysis
immediately, and on
the location of the
spill.
Costs included in the
price of construction
Performance of
control of the water
spilling out of the
separator for oils
and fats, water
parameters in
compliance with
the Rulebook
Prior to discharge
into the final
recipient, to the
presence of oil, as
well as the status of
basic physical and
chemical properties
A licensed company
for performance of
sampling and
analysis to be
engaged –external
organization
Sampling performed
once a year. User costs
Utilization
Waste disposal Port User of location Continuously User costs
Noise In the vicinity of
housing facilities
Measurements
should be
performed by an
enterprise registered
for noise
measurement
Frequency of noise
management should
correspond to current
regulations, and at
least once in the
course of
construction.
User costs
Sampling of soil in
the location of
potential accidents
concerning the
presence of heavy
metals in the soil
All locations on
which accidents
happen
Sampling should be
performed by an
enterprise registered
for that type of
activity
On in the case of
accidents such as
spilling of oil
derivatives it shall be
necessary to perform
soil analysis
immediately, and on
the location of the
spill.
User costs
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11. DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS
The Investor has failed to list an alternative solution for the construction of the
subject infrastructural facilities, and in view of the fact that the construction of subject
infrastructure had been planned and designed in compliance with the Physical Space
Regulation Plan of Brcko District of BiH, such a solution is beneficial for the
development of the city itself.
12. SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND PROPOSED MITIGATION
MEASURES (NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY)
12.1. Procurement of Land and Property / Economic Dislocation, Assessment
of Social Impacts Connected with Construction Works on Infrastructural Facilities
The land on which infrastructural facilities shall be built in the Port of Brcko and
connected with the railway station in Brcko Novo and the labor and industry zone is, in a
large part, under the ownership of the state, and shall not be subject to expropriation,
apart from a portion of the planned gauge that is to connect the railway station in Brcko
Novo with the industrial zone and the Port of Brcko, and which shall be dislocated from
the existing route Brcko – Vinkovci, along which the planned industrial gauge shall be
positioned. In this phase of the project data on ownership for this route are not available.
The aforementioned route (the part that is being dislocated) leads through an area with
low population density and, for the most part, rural area of the District of Brcko and that
shall result in a very small scale or inexistent need for dislocation of individuals.
A field visit to the location showed that there shall be small scale or none
involuntary resettlement of population, i.e. land and facility expropriation.
If the need appears for expropriation of land and facilities, pursuant to the existing
law of Brcko District of BiH, owners with the right of ownership registered shall receive
financial compensation for their land and facilities.
12.2. Labor and Work Conditions, Protection of Employees During
Construction of Facilities
Protection at work represents an integral part of organization of labor and work
processes, and it comprises measures and resources necessary to ensure safe working
conditions.
Safe working conditions are ensured by implementing technical, organizational,
health related and other measures that ensure the following:
that the working environment is designed, constructed and maintained in such a
manner that labor is performed safely, by applying the measures of protection from
hazards to the life and health of the workers;
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that working conditions are adjusted to physical and psychological characteristics of
workers, and that work technology and organization are set up in such a manner that
the workers perform tasks in a optimal position;
that workers are deployed to activities and work tasks exclusively in accordance with
their professional, physical and psychological capacities and under the condition that
they are acquainted with hazards and measures of protection at work for activities and
work tasks to which they are deployed;
that work premises are regulated and equipped in a manner that ensures healthy work
environment;
that machines, tools, electrical, lightning protection and other installations, equipment
and other technical means are designed, installed and used in a manner that ensures
adequate safety of workers;
that hazardous substances that may cause occupational diseases or injury at work may
be used only in conditions that ensure safety of workers and environment protection;
that means of personal protection are used only when there is no possibility of using
other appropriate measures of protection at work.
The measures that ensure protection at work are the following:
measures that directly ensure safety at work,
measures relating to work conditions, and
measures relating to special right to protection of workers.
Measures that directly ensure safety at work
Measures that directly ensure safety at work comprise general measures, special
measures and measures that certain organizations, enterprises and entrepreneurs are under
obligation to implement. General measures are applied in all labor positions. Special
measures of protection at work are applied on certain labor positions when, due to
specific hazards and harmfulness, protection at work cannot be ensured by applying
general measures.
General measures of protection at work comprise the following:
conditions that have to be met by work and auxiliary premises,
conditions that have to be met by electrical, lightning protection and other
installations,
provision of adequate traffic routes,
utilization of safe means of work,
provision of first aid,
provision of necessary temperature, ventilation, lighting,
constraining noise and vibrations,
elimination of harmful effects when working in open spaces,
elimination of effects of harmful substances and dangerous radiation,
prevention of fire and explosions.
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If the hazards and harmful effects to which the workers are exposed cannot be
eliminated efficiently in another manner, the enterprise or the entrepreneur, are under
obligation to ensure the funds and the equipment for personal protection at work
(hereinafter: means of personal protection).
12.3. Health, Safety and Security of the Community in the Zone in which
Works are Preformed (Construction Site Security, Danger Announcements, Signs,
Obstacles, Rules of Behavior for Employees)
The contractor of works needs to draft a special study on the regulation of the
construction site and operations on the construction site, and in regards to protection at
work that study needs to comprise the following measures:
security of the borders of the construction site towards the surroundings;
regulation and maintenance of traffic routes (passage ways, roads, railroads etc);
designation of places, premises and method of placement and warehousing of
construction materials;
construction and regulation of premises for keeping hazardous materials;
method of transporting, loading, unloading, and depositing various types of
construction material and heavy objects;
method of designation, i.e. securing dangerous places and premises under threat on
the construction site (hazardous zones);
method of work in places where harmful gases, dust, vapor, appears, i.e. where fire
may occur etc;
regulation of electrical installations for power and lighting in individual locations on
the construction site;
determination of the type and location of construction machinery and plants and
appropriate security in view of the location of the construction site;
determination of the type and manner of execution of construction scaffolding;
method of protection from height or in depth;
determination of labor positions in which there is increased danger upon the life and
health of the workers, in addition to the types and quantities of necessary personal
means of protection, i.e. protective equipment;
measures and means of protection against fire in the construction site;
construction, regulation and maintenance of water closets in the construction site;
organization of first aid provision in the construction site;
if necessary, organization of accommodations, food provision and transport of
workers to the construction site and from the construction site;
other necessary measures for protection of persons at work.
12.4. Analysis of Environmental Effects Including Proposed Mitigation Measures.
12.4.1. Air Quality
Possibility of air pollution appears in the course of execution of construction
works, excavation of materials, manipulation with sand, gravel and humus in the
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course of which dust and solid particles may become airborne and a short-term
pollution of air may occur.
In case of uncontrolled and disallowed incineration of waste and packaging,
increased concentrations of harmful gases in the air may occur.
Air pollution may also occur in the case of utilization of technically incorrect
machinery with internal combustion engines.
Mitigation measures are the following:
Dust is to be prevented from raising by water dousing,
Waste incineration is to be prohibited.
Correctly functioning machinery and vehicles, with installed filters, that had
been technically examined, are to be used and high quality fuel is to be used
for their ignition.
12.4.2. Noise
Increased level of noise, however of a temporary character, may happen due to the
presence and operation of machinery and engines that shall be used for the works
on construction.
The noise that onsets may have an adverse effect primarily on the health of the
employed staff.
Mitigation measures are the following:
Machinery that emits lower noise levels is to be used.
Ear plugs are to be provided for workers if necessary.
Construction site is to be fences with a fence that at the same time reduces the
level of noise emitted towards the surroundings.
12.4.3. Water Protection
In the course of construction works on the location, there is a possibility of
pollution of the banks of river Sava in case of inadequate disposal of excavated
material and humus.
Pollution of ground water, and therefore of river Sava, in case of uncontrolled
spillage of fats and oils on the location in the course of operation of machinery
that uses such oils.
Pollution of ground water in case of washing and cleaning construction machines
on the location.
Mitigation measures are the following:
Construction of the collectors and discharge of waste water following treatment in
the sedimentation tank and oil and fat separator. If the need occurs, special project
is to define the treatment of wastewater on the construction site.
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The surface layer of humus is to be removed carefully and disposed in such a
manner that it can be used in a beneficial manner (reinstated on the location after
the works are finalized or placed in another location to enrich the soil).
Waste is to be temporarily disposed on a location that will not pose a threat on
river Sava, and the location is to be cleaned regularly. The waste whose effluent
(caused by washing down with rain or in another manner) may cause pollution of
ground water is to be deposited temporarily in water impermeable containers or
on a water impermeable base, i.e. in a location covered with an awning.
Fats and oils are to be manipulated carefully. They are not to be manipulated in
the vicinity of river Sava. In order to protect ground water, in case the oils are
spilled, the place is to be cleaned immediately with absorbent textile or sawdust,
and the contaminated land is to be excavated and taken to cleaning or permanent
disposal.
12.4.4. Soil Protection
Soil pollution may happen in case of accidental spillage of fats and oils on the
location.
In case of waste disposal on open land, exposed to atmospheric influences, soil
pollution may occur.
Mitigation measures are the following:
Waste is to be disposed temporarily on a location that shall be cleaned regularly.
The waste whose effluent (caused by washing down with rain or in another
manner) may cause pollution of ground water is to be deposited temporarily in
water impermeable containers or on a water impermeable base, i.e. in a location
covered with an awning.
The surface layer of humus is to be removed carefully and disposed in such a
manner that it can be used in a beneficial manner (reinstated on the location after
the works are finalized or placed in another location to enrich the soil).
Fats and oils are to be manipulated carefully. They are not to be manipulated in
the vicinity of river Sava. In order to protect ground water, in case the oils are
spilled, the place is to be cleaned immediately with absorbent textile or sawdust,
and the contaminated land is to be excavated and taken to cleaning or permanent
disposal.
12.4.5. Biological Diversity
In view of the fact that the subject works are to be performed within the industrial
circle, it is inevitable that plant life shall be destroyed.
Disturbances of animal life may occur in the case of pollution of river Sava,
which is connected exclusively with the pollution of the water and shores of the
river.
Mitigation measures are the following (see 12.4.3.):
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Construction of the collectors and discharge of waste water following treatment in
the sedimentation tank and oil and fat separator. If the need occurs, special project
is to define the treatment of wastewater on the construction site.
Waste is to be temporarily disposed on a location that will not pose a threat on
river Sava.
Fats and oils are to be manipulated carefully. They are not to be manipulated in
the vicinity of river Sava. In order to protect ground water, in case the oils are
spilled, the place is to be cleaned immediately with absorbent textile or sawdust,
and the contaminated land is to be excavated and taken to cleaning or permanent
disposal.
12.4.6. Visual and Landscaping Effects
Landscape represents one of the forms of natural wealth that may be damaged or
completely destroyed by unprofessional and careless activities. Because of that, special
attention needs to be paid to it, to its protection and preservation, as the landscape is an
integral part of the environment with a very important cultural, societal and economic
role.
In this case, this concerns an industrial zone, i.e. an environment in which the
landscape has already been changed with anthropogenic influences. Upon the
construction of the infrastructure (traffic routes, sewerage pipelines, water supply
pipelines, and lighting) shall result in visual changes, primarily, in the area, which shall
only increase anthropogenic influences on the characteristics of landscape.
Some of the specific effects on the landscape in the phase of execution of
construction works shall not be very pronounced if measures of mitigation, i.e.
elimination of influences resulting from construction works are implemented adequately.
12.4.7. Tourism and Recreation
Because of their position, the subject infrastructural facilities shall not have any
influence on tourism and recreation. Effects on tourism and recreation may occur
downstream from the „Port of Brcko“ in the case larger quantities of hazardous
substances are spilled in river Sava, which would pose a threat on beaches and other
places for recreation on the banks of the river. In order to prevent such accidents,
measures prescribed in items 12.4.1.-12.4.4., as well as above in this document, should be
complied with.
12.4.8. Traffic and Transport for Construction
The following measures are to be used in the course of construction of
infrastructural facilities:
In a part of the construction site, i.e. during the period in which the works are
performed in the urban area, existing urban and suburban traffic routes are to be
used for the delivery of construction and other materials.
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For areas outside of the city, primary and supporting roads are to be used.
For the requirements of internal transport, within the construction site itself,
designate temporary routes according to the requirements of the construction site
and the scope of works.
The transport of equipment, tools and other materials is to be performed with
earmarked vehicles.
Loading, unloading and disposal of bulky and heavy freight is to be performed
with construction cranes or automated cranes.
Disposal, i.e. temporary warehousing of materials, elements, equipment, cables
and other valuables is to be performed with the facility designated by the
construction site manager in agreement with the investor of works and the main
contractor of construction works.
Disposal must not result in obstacles on roads and passage ways leading to labor
posts of workers.
In the course of disposal, care must be taken to ensure that the materials disposed
and other elements do not pose an ecological threat upon the environment, or a
threat upon the safety of workers and means of work. The construction site
manager, i.e. the general assembly manager on the construction site shall be
responsible for the planning and obligatory immediate implementation of those
measures on the daily basis. It is strictly prohibited to dispose materials or
potentially created waste on open soil.
12.4.9. Waste Management
Waste management in the construction phase
- Waste management plan in the phase of construction and removal of
facilities
Methods for waste collection, disposal and management
The objective of selective collection, disposal and management of waste is to
prevent threats upon human health and the environment, and especially to prevent
discharge of harmful substances in water and soil.
Waste collection and disposal shall be organized within the construction site, and
shall be founded on basic principles of waste management:
• principle of separated collection
• prevention
• recycling
The waste that onsets on the area of the construction site shall be collected
selectively, i.e. in selected containers in compliance with waste classification. It is
prohibited to incinerate waste on the spot or in open.
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The basic principle is to separate hazardous from harmless waste, followed by the
separation of construction waste from other categories, and special separation of
recyclable waste.
Hazardous waste and its packaging have to be marked in compliance with
regulations that regulate the designation of dangerous items. Hazardous waste needs to be
collected and sorted by category.
Waste oil should be collected and kept separately. It is prohibited to spill
hazardous oil into surface or ground water, sewerage, or on the soil, and the same applies
to substances containing mineral or synthetic oils.
Disposal or keeping of separated waste is performed in places specially
designated for that, in appropriate containers:
container for hazardous waste ‐ mixed hazardous waste
container for non-hazardous waste ‐ mixed communal waste
container for non-hazardous waste ‐ mixed packaging waste that is recyclable container for non-hazardous waste – mixed metal waste that is recyclable
the containers have to be produced for aforementioned purposes, and substances must
not leak from containers.
Each container shall have to be adequately marked.
Waste oils collected shall be disposed in barrels or other appropriate vessels, so
that leaks are prevented. Vehicle servicing must be performed on the servicing plateau
exclusively, which is at a distance from water flows and sensitive areas, and that is where
the barrels for keeping waste oils shall be positioned.
In order to dispose of categories of construction waste, the Contractor needs to
envisage temporary and permanent locations for disposal along the route, within the
construction zone and at a special location.
Temporary landfills are necessary for the disposal of humus, dug up material, as
well as for smaller quantities of buffering material and stone fractions. The Contractor is
under obligation to identify locations for permanent and temporary disposal and to
acquire all the necessary approvals.
Waste transport
The producer of waste shall transfer all the collected waste to the operator, i.e.
authorized companies for waste collection, transport and processing, in compliance with
the Law on Waste Management (Official Gazette of Brcko District, issues No. 1/05,
19/07, 2/08, and 9/09).
In the process of seeking the best bid for the transfer of (hazardous) waste the producer
shall ask from the bidders to present evidence of being registered for the performance of
waste management activities, pursuant to appropriate regulations.
The contractor shall sign a contract with the selected firm.
Keeping records
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The producer of waste shall keep records on the type and quantities of waste it
produces. The records shall include the following data:
• Data on produced waste and reasons for its onset,
• Waste disposal,
• Waste removal.
The producer shall prepare, for each shipment of waste, a records sheet in two
copies, of which one copy shall be given to the Operator, and one shall be kept in own
archives.
Records sheets for transferred waste need to be kept in the permanent offices of
the Contractor, while the copy should be kept in temporary locations, for the purposes of
inspection.
Accountability
The Contractor is under obligation to appoint a person to be accountable for the
tasks of supervision over waste management on the construction site.
Waste management in the utilization phase
Waste collection and disposal shall in this case also be founded on the principles
of prevention and separate collection. is prohibited to incinerate waste on the spot or in
open.
Methods of waste collection, disposal and management
In the phase of utilization of infrastructural facilities, waste oils and fats shall be
collected in an oil and fat separator that shall be positioned in the Port of Brcko, and
shall also receive waste waters from the asphalt plateau.
Water, polluted with oils and fats from the asphalt plateau of the Port of Brcko,
shall be retained in the oil and fat separator for as long as is stipulated in DIN 1999.
Once a limit quantity of waste is collected in the oil and fats separator, it needs
to be pumped out. The pumping shall be performed through the entrance manhole.
Waste transport
The producer of waste shall transfer all the collected waste to the operator, i.e.
authorized companies for waste collection, transport and processing, in compliance with
the Law on Waste Management (Official Gazette of Brcko District, issues No. 1/05,
19/07, 2/08, and 9/09).
In the process of seeking the best bid for the transfer of (hazardous) waste the
producer shall ask from the bidders to present evidence of being registered for the
performance of waste management activities, pursuant to appropriate regulations.
The contractor shall sign a contract with the selected firm.
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Keeping records
The producer of waste shall keep records on the type and quantities of waste it
produces. The records shall include the following data:
• Data on produced waste and reasons for its onset,
• Waste disposal,
• Waste removal.
The producer shall prepare, for each shipment of waste, a records sheet in two
copies, of which one copy shall be given to the Operator, and one shall be kept in own
archives.
Records sheets for transferred waste need to be kept in the permanent offices of
the Contractor, while the copy should be kept in temporary locations, for the purposes of
inspection.
It is necessary that the Investor drafts a Waste Management Plan in compliance
with the Law on Waste Management (Official Gazette of Brcko District, issues No. 1/05,
19/07, 2/08, and 9/09). It is also necessary to designate a person who shall manage the
tasks of coordinating waste management – the waste coordinator.
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12.4.9. Mitigation measures in the course of construction and utilization, the
including monitoring plan.
Monitoring
parameter
Monitoring
location
Monitoring
method
Monitoring
duration Additional costs
Noise
Construction site
and the
surroundings
Measurements
should be
performed by an
enterprise
registered for
noise
measurement
Frequency of noise
management should
correspond to
current regulations,
and at least once in
the course of
construction.
Costs included in
the price of
construction
Air quality (dust
emission) Construction site Visually o
During the dry
season
Costs included in
the price of
construction
Waste
management Construction site
Control of work
of the Contractor Once a month
Costs included in
the price of
construction
Landscape
regulation
Surroundings of
the construction
site
Visually Once a month
Costs included in
the price of
construction
Sampling of soil
in the location of
potential
accidents
concerning the
presence of heavy
metals in the soil
Construction site
and the
surroundings
Sampling should
be performed by
an enterprise
registered for that
type of activity
On in the case of
accidents such as
spilling of oil
derivatives it shall
be necessary to
perform soil
analysis
immediately, and
on the location of
the spill.
Costs included in
the price of
construction
Performance of
control of the
water spilling out
of the separator
for oils and fats,
water parameters
in compliance
with the
Rulebook
Prior to discharge
into the final
recipient, to the
presence of oil, as
well as the status
of basic physical
and chemical
properties
A licensed
company for
performance of
sampling and
analysis to be
engaged –external
organization
Sampling
performed once a
year.
User costs
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12.4.11. Mitigation measures in the course of work and maintenance, including the
monitoring plan
Monitoring
parameter
Monitoring
location
Monitoring
method
Monitoring
duration Additional costs
Noise In the vicinity of
housing facilities
Measurements
should be
performed by an
enterprise
registered for
noise
measurement
Frequency of noise
management should
correspond to
current regulations,
and at least once in
the course of
construction.
User costs
Sampling of soil
in the location of
potential
accidents
concerning the
presence of heavy
metals in the soil
All locations on
which accidents
happen
Sampling should
be performed by
an enterprise
registered for that
type of activity
On in the case of
accidents such as
spilling of oil
derivatives it shall
be necessary to
perform soil
analysis
immediately, and
on the location of
the spill.
User costs
12.4.12. Measures for mitigation of identified social impacts
In view of the fact that the area of concern is an industrial zone, i.e. a zone in which no
housing facilities are located, no major impacts on the population are expected in the
course of work. All the aforementioned impacts on housing facilities and people living in
them, and which are located in the border area of the subject locations, shall, during the
execution of works, be reduced to the measure allowed, through the application of
aforementioned prevention measures.
For land in private ownership, the owner shall receive appropriate compensation defined
in the law on Expropriation of Real Estate in Brcko District („Official Gazette of Brcko
District of BiH“, issues No. 26/04, 19/07, 02/08, 19/10, 15/11).
In addition to the aforementioned, the planned works shall have a positive effect through
the employment of unemployed persons in the course of their performance.
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DOCUMENTATION USED
The following attached documentation was used in the course of the drafting of
the Application for Issuance of Ecological License:
Terms of Reference for the procurement of services of drafting the document
entitled “Application for issuance of ecological license for construction of
infrastructural facilities in the Port of Brcko and connections with Brcko Novo
railway station and the labor and industry zone” case number: 48-000709/11,
enactment number: 13-0266PG-08/12 dated June 22, 2012, Department for
Economic Development, Sports and Culture, Brcko District Government
Decision on Location Conditions, case number: UP-I-22-000803/11, enactment
number: 06-0341SC-01/11 dated August 11, 2011, Department for Physical Space
Planning and Property and Legal Affairs, Brcko District Government
Decision on Location Conditions, case number: UP-I-22-000557/11, enactment
number: 06-0341SC-01/11 dated May 23, 2011, Department for Physical Space
Planning and Property and Legal Affairs, Brcko District Government
Decision on Location Conditions, case number: UP-I-22-000550/11, enactment
number: 06-0341SC-01/11 dated April 21, 2011, Department for Physical Space
Planning and Property and Legal Affairs, Brcko District Government
Decision on Location Conditions, case number: UP-I-22-000802/11, enactment
number: 06-0341SC-01/11 dated July 7, 2011, Department for Physical Space
Planning and Property and Legal Affairs, Brcko District Government
Certificate on Location Conditions, case number: 22-001097/12, enactment
number: 06-0341SC-002/12 dated April 25, 2012, Department for Physical Space
Planning and Property and Legal Affairs, Brcko District Government
Certificate on Location Conditions, case number: 22-001097/12, enactment
number: 06-0341SC-003/12 dated May 30, 2012, Department for Physical Space
Planning and Property and Legal Affairs, Brcko District Government
Action Plan Including Measures and Deadlines for Gradual Reduction of
Emissions, i.e. Pollution, and for Harmonization with Best Available Technology
for Plants and Facilities for Public Company “Port of Brcko”, Brcko District of
BiH, No. 035/08 dated May of 2008, Center for Ecological Engineering of the
Mechanical Engineering Institute, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the
University in Zenica
Concept Design for Fitting Railway Tracks (Branch Leading to the Port of Brcko)
to the Gauge on a Part of the Crane Route along the Bank of River Sava in Brcko,
dated January 2010, „IG“ Civil Engineering Institute Banja Luka
Concept Design for Reconstruction of Access Road from Bijeljina Road towards
Port of Brcko, No: P-02/Х/10 dated October 15, 2010, "N-ING" Ltd, Brcko
Analysis of Existing Condition and Concept Design for Industrial Gauges in
Brcko (tomes I and II), No. P-01/X/10 dated October of 2010, "N-ING" Ltd,
Brcko
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Concept Design for Asphalt Plateau with Precipitation Water Drainage, No. 13-
13-031014/09-01 dated December of 2009, Project Design Bureau "Restart" Ltd,
Kiseljak
LEGISLATIVE REGULATIONS APPLIED
In the course of drafting this Application for Issuance of Ecological License, we
had worked on the grounds of the following laws and bylaws with which the condition of
the facility in the course of exploitation shall need to be harmonized:
Law on Environment Protection (''Official Gazette of Brcko District of BiH'',
issue No. 24/04, amendments and addenda: 1/05,19/07, 9/09),
Law on Air Protection (''Official Gazette of Brcko District of BiH'', issue No.
25/04, amendments and addenda: 1/05,19/07, 9/09),
Law on Water Protection (''Official Gazette of Brcko District of BiH'', issue No.
25/04, amendments and addenda: 1/05,19/07),
Law on Waste Management (''Official Gazette of Brcko District of BiH'', issue
No. 25/04, amendments and addenda: 1/05, 19/07, 2/08, 9/09)
Law on Protection at Work in Brcko District of BiH (''Official Gazette of Brcko
District of BiH'' issues No. 31/05, 35/05),
Law on Protection from Fire (''Official Gazette of Brcko District of BiH'', issue
No. 09/06),
Rulebook on Conditions for Submitting Applications for Issuance of Ecological
Licenses for Plants and Facilities with Licenses Issued prior to Effectiveness of
the Law on Environment Protection (''Official Gazette of Brcko District of BiH'',
issue No. 02/07),
Rulebook on Categories of Waste Including Lists (''Official Gazette of Brcko
District of BiH'', issue No. 30/06),
Rulebook on Monitoring of Emissions of Polluting Substances in Air (''Official
Gazette of Brcko District of BiH'', issue No. 30/06),
Rulebook on Air Quality Monitoring (''Official Gazette of Brcko District of BiH'',
issue No. 30/06),
Rulebook on Allowed limits for Intensity of Sound and Noise (“Official Gazette
of SR BiH”, issue No. 46/89)
Rulebook on Measurement and Norms of Protection at Work for Working Tools
(“Official Gazette of SFRY”, issue No. 18/91)
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Report of the Labor Organization – Institution in Charge of Internal Control on
Project Compliance
R E P O R T
On Compliance of Project Documentation and Internal Control Performed
EVIDENCE ATTACHED TO APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF
ECOLOGICAL LICENSE
1. Project documentation is drafted in compliance with the Terms of Reference
of the Investor.
2. Project documentation is drafted in compliance with legislated provisions of
the Law on Environment protection (''Official Gazette of Brcko District
of BiH'', issues No. 24/04, 1/05, 19/07, and 9/09), standards and norms
whose application is obligatory for the subject level of documentation.
3. There is full compliance between the responsible project design institution and
the institution performing internal control.
Banja Luka, September 3, 2012
ACTING GENERAL MANAGER
Predrag Ilić, Ph.D, Assistant Professor
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ATTACHMENTS
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LIST OF ATTACHMENTS TO THE APPLICATION FOR
ISSUANCE OF ECOLOGICAL LICENSE
Terms of Reference for the procurement of services of drafting the document
entitled “Application for issuance of ecological license for construction of
infrastructural facilities in the Port of Brcko and connections with Brcko Novo
railway station and the labor and industry zone” case number: 48-000709/11,
enactment number: 13-0266PG-08/12 dated June 22, 2012, Department for
Economic Development, Sports and Culture, Brcko District Government
Decision on Location Conditions, case number: UP-I-22-000803/11, enactment
number: 06-0341SC-01/11 dated August 11, 2011, Department for Physical Space
Planning and Property and Legal Affairs, Brcko District Government
Decision on Location Conditions, case number: UP-I-22-000557/11, enactment
number: 06-0341SC-01/11 dated May 23, 2011, Department for Physical Space
Planning and Property and Legal Affairs, Brcko District Government
Decision on Location Conditions, case number: UP-I-22-000550/11, enactment
number: 06-0341SC-01/11 dated April 21, 2011, Department for Physical Space
Planning and Property and Legal Affairs, Brcko District Government
Decision on Location Conditions, case number: UP-I-22-000802/11, enactment
number: 06-0341SC-01/11 dated July 7, 2011, Department for Physical Space
Planning and Property and Legal Affairs, Brcko District Government
Certificate on Location Conditions, case number: 22-001097/12, enactment
number: 06-0341SC-002/12 dated April 25, 2012, Department for Physical Space
Planning and Property and Legal Affairs, Brcko District Government
Certificate on Location Conditions, case number: 22-001097/12, enactment
number: 06-0341SC-003/12 dated May 30, 2012, Department for Physical Space
Planning and Property and Legal Affairs, Brcko District Government
Land registry folios
Graphical attachments
Minutes on Chemical Analysis of Soil
Minutes on Environmental Noise Level testing
Study on Baseline Conditions – Environmental Air Quality Testing