Company C.H.D (Cambodia) hydropower development Co., Ltd.
Company profile C.H.D. is one of the largest Chinese companies in the world, working on saving and conserving water resources to generate electricity. The company is a joint venture of three Chinese companies, namely China Datang Corporation, China Yunnan Corporation for International Techno-Economic Cooperation (CYC), and Yunnan Fortune Seecome Investment Industrial Co., Ltd.​ , on the Stung Atay hydropower plant investment project.
Registration investment capital USD 246,885,600
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Director residence China
Company address Company headquarters: # 15, Street 604, Sangkat Boeng Kak II, Khan Toul Kork, Phnom Penh
Type of EIA reports Completed Environmental Impact Assessment
State agency Ministry of Mines and Energy
Site The area where the company will be developing hydropower is located in O'Som commune, Veal Veng district, 86 kilometers southwest of Koh Kong province, and about 168 kilometers from the company's office at the second dam, southwest of Pursat town.
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Commune O'Som
District Veal Veng
Province Pursat
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Area size of project 5,098.67 hectares
sector Hydropower
EIA company SAWAC Consultants for Development
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Relevants law Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management 1996, Labor Law 1997, Land Law 2001, Forest Law 2002, Fisheries Law 2006, Protected Areas Law 2007, Protected Areas 2007, Sub-decree on Water Pollution Control 1999, Sub-decree on Solid Waste Management 1999, Sub-decree on the Process of Assessment Environmental Impact Assessment 1999, and Sub-decree on Social Land Concessions 2003
Revenues and expenditures Profiting from the project, the company has restored the old road and the new construction, including a gravel pavement with an average width of 7 meters. The company will restore the Chhay Pruy waterfall area to create a tourist attraction in the future. People will get cheap electricity. Reduced deforestation by people changing their habit of using firewood for electricity. The environmental restoration of the BOT project of the Atay hydropower project is USD 3,091,250 in total for the four-year construction phase and the five-year post-construction phase.
Social alnd environmental impacts Reducing CO2, which increases global warming and air pollution. In most provinces, counties, and communes, as well as in most transit projects, the use of electricity from fossil fuels and coal, which releases carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) which are sources of greenhouse gas that warm the earth and also pollute air quality which concerns the world. Thus, once the project is completed, the operation and maintenance will be mitigated in large parts. Power supply and economic development, land use/land value and tourism and job offers, and livelihoods.
Employment opportunity The company plans to recruit staff and workers. The company gives priority to people living near the project area. During the four-year construction period, there were about 900 people, including 500 residents and 400 Chinese workers. There were 52 workers for the construction of the transmission line from the two power plants to the O'Som sub-station, including 4 residents and 12 Chinese workers. During the 30 years of operation and maintenance, the company recruited 30 people, including 19 Cambodian staff and 11 Chinese staff and workers. The company plans to recruit 2 Cambodians and 9 Chinese as staff to manage the transmission line from the power tower of Dam 1 to O'Som sub-station. The company plans to recruit 11 people, 2 Cambodian and 9 Chinese, as staff to manage the transmission line from the power plant of the second dam to O'Som sub-station.
Public participation The SAWAC Working Group for Research and Consultation has undertaken consultations with the following authorities and relevant agencies namely Pursat provincial governor, CI and FFI, district governors of Veal Veng, Phnom Kravanh and Sampov Meas district, deputy director of the Pursat provincial environment department, village chief involved in the project, director of Pursat provincial department of land management, urban planning and construction, director of Pursat provincial department of water resources and meteorology, director of Pursat rovincial department of agriculture and the people affected by the project. The public consultation and discussion with relevant stakeholders were conducted 2 times. The first one was conducted during the IESIA study for 48 days, and the second one was from July 15 until August 30, 2011.
Land converted from The forest cover in the project area is 4,675.17 hectares, including 4,187.81 hectares of affected forest land and 487.36 hectares is unaffected forest. The total area of ​​423.5 hectares is non-forest (farmland, residential land, graveyard, bourgeois soil, streams, streams, lakes, and grasslands).
Environmental management plan Overseeing the implementation of the environmental management plan of the company is the responsibility of the coalition of the relevant ministries and departments, which will be developed by the project owner together with the Ministry of Environment. This Environmental Protection and Monitoring Team is under the supervision of the Ministry of Environment.
Development plan C.H.D. (Cambodia) Hydropower Development Co., Ltd., is a limited liability company for the hydropower project, composed of three main projects (divided by the SAWAC team): (1) the first and second basins
(2) Hydropower infrastructure ( access roads, dam1 and 2, 1 and 2 power complexes), worker camps, warehouses, workshops, office buildings, concrete mills, stone quarries, underground tunnels, and boat ports) (3) 115 kV high voltage transmission line from the first and second power stations.
Mitigation strategies In this environmental and social impact assessment process, the SAWAC team used the checklist for the hydropower project (ADB website guidelines) to assist in the study and evaluation of key areas. In addition, the Ministry of Environment's checklist also identifies the environmental, physical, and socioeconomic impacts and selects the minimum, medium, and severe environmental impact assessments. Minimize these effects to a minimum.
Environmental and social funds The cost of environmental restoration is USD 3,091,250 for 6 months. USD 1,977,248 for water and land conservation, USD 35,200 for environmental protection, USD 545,200 for wildlife protection, USD 40,000 for wildlife rehabilitation, USD 66,400 for health protection, USD 50,000 in environmental education, USD 100,000 in consulting fees and USD 130,000 for construction and relocation costs .
EIA publication year 2011
Last update 21-Oct

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[Draft] Environmental and social impact assessment: Stung Atay hydro-electric BOT project in Veal Veng district, Pursat province
C.H.D is one of the largest Chinese companies in the world working on saving and conserving water resources to generate electricity. The company will develop the hydroelectric dam located in O'Som commune, Veal Veng district, 86 kilometers southwest of Koh Kong province, and about 168 kilometers from the company's office at the second dam, southwest from Pursat town.