TRACKING ID: LAC-IEE-17-45


Simplified Amendment

PROJECT/ACTIVITY DATA

Project/ Activity Name: / Green Charcoal for Haiti
Amendment (Y/N): / Y
Implementation Start/End: / 6/1/2015 – 6/30/2017
Solicitation/Contract/Award Number: / AID-521-F-15-00005
Implementing Partner(s): / CarbonRootsHaiti S.A.
Geographic Location(s): / Northern Haiti
Tracking ID/link: /
Tracking ID/link of Related RCE/IEE (if any): / LAC-IEE-15-18, LAC-IEE-16-32; LAC-IEE-17-07, and others
Tracking ID/link of Other, Related Analyses:

ORGANIZATIONAL/ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

Implementing Operating Unit(s):
(e.g. Mission or Bureau or Office) / Haiti/EGAD
Funding Operating Unit(s):
(e.g. Mission or Bureau or Office) / Haiti/EGAD
Funding Account(s): / DA/ESF
Funding Amount: / $838,000
Amendment Funding Amount: / $0 / Amendment Funding Date: / N/A
Other Affected Unit(s):
Lead BEO Bureau: / LAC
Prepared by: / Christine Musset
Date Prepared: / June 21, 2017

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE REVIEW DATA

Analysis Type: / IEE amendment to include timeline extension
Environmental Determination(s): / Negative Determination with Conditions
Additional Analyses/Reporting Required:
Analysis Expiration Date: / 09/30/2018

1.0 PURPOSE AND SCOPE

The Green Charcoal for Haiti project produces renewable green charcoal cooking briquettes by converting agricultural waste biomass to charcoal. The objective of the activity is to produce a viable, cost-effective alternative that addresses the issues that motivate the clean cook-stove movement—deforestation, rural incomes, carbon emissions, health outcomes—but does not face the same economic and cultural barriers to adoption as cook-stoves. The activity which ran for 24 months (June 2015 – May 2017) under a USAID grant of US$838,000, requested a time extension for an additional 5 months.

The Green Charcoal for Haiti activity was awarded a threshold decision of “negative determination with conditions” under the Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) LAC-IEE-16-32. There were several IEE amendments relating to this project. The purpose of this IEE amendment is to extend the timeline further to allow coverage for the project activities from June to November 2017. This IEE amendment expiration date is extended through September 2018 to provide for additional time, should it be needed.

Associated with thisis a no-cost extension of the award; activities remain the same and no new activities will be added.

2.0 CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE

  • All other aspects of the project design/activities and geographic scope remain unchanged from previous environmental analyses.
  • The Annual Work Plan has been verified to undertake only those activities originally proposed and all reporting requirements have been adhered to and remain unchanged. This project is in compliance.The project’s Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan (EMMP)was approved by the Mission Environmental Officer (MEO) and the Regional Environmental Advisor (REA) as of June 2, 2017.
  • There has been no change to the climate risk screening/management of the project in accordance with Mandatory Reference for ADS Chapter 201 on Climate Risk Management for USAID Projects and Activities.

3.0 REVISIONS

Per 22CFR216.3(a)(9), when ongoing programs are revised to incorporate a change in scope or nature, a determination will be made as to whether such change may have an environmental impact not previously assessed. If so, this environmental analysis will be amended to cover the changes. Per ADS 204, it is the responsibility of the USAID A/COR to keep the MEO/REA and BEO informed of any new information or changes in the activity that might require revision of this environmental analysis and threshold determination.

Attachment

  • CRH EMMP

USAID APPROVAL of Amendment to RCE/IEE

PROJECT/ACTIVITY NAME: Green Charcoal for Haiti______

Approval: / ______
Jene Thomas, Mission Director (required) / ______
Date
Clearance: / ______
Christian Barratt, Deputy Mission Director / ______
Date
Clearance: / ______
Christopher Ryder, Regional Legal Officer / ______
Date
Clearance: / ______
Robert Clausen, Regional Environmental Advisor / ______
Date
Clearance: / ______
Jennifer Graetz, PCPS Office Chief / ______
Date
Clearance: / ______
Abdel Abellard, Mission Environmental Officer / ______
Date
Clearance: / ______
Michael Wyzan, EGAD Office Chief / ______
Date
Concurrence: / ______
Diana Shannon, Bureau Environmental Officer (required) / ______
Date

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