IFC requires that this document is made available through the World Bank InfoShop and to the locally affected community no less than 30 days prior to project consideration by the IFC Board of Directors.

The Summary of Project Information (SPI) provides details of where the full EIA has been made available to the locally affected community. The SPI must be sent to InfoShop no less than 30 days prior to project consideration by the IFC Board of Directors.

This is a Category B project, according to IFC’s Procedure for Environmental and Social Review of Projects because a limited number of specific environmental and social impacts may result which can be avoided or mitigated by adhering to generally recognized performance standards, guidelines or design criteria. The review of this project consisted of appraising technical and environmental information submitted by the project sponsor, as well as visiting this first site and reviewing issues with the sponsor. The following potential environmental, health and safety impacts for the first store were analyzed:

· Site selection, land acquisition and potential contamination
· Air emissions;
· Water and electricity supply
· Effluent discharges;
· Solid and hazardous wastes management
· Hazardous materials and fuels handling and storage;
· Supplies’ origin and properties
· Ambient noise;
· Workplace noise and air quality;
· Workplace occupational health and safety;
· Fire prevention and emergency response; and
· Employee health and safety training and monitoring.

The sponsor has presented plans to address these impacts to ensure that the proposed project will comply with applicable Bulgarian and World Bank Group requirements. The information about how these potential impacts will be addressed by Doverie Brico is summarized in the paragraphs that follow.

1. Site Selection, Settings and Land Acquisition. The first store is located on a 1.4 hectare plot along the road from Sofia Center to the Airport (and then to Burgas and Istanbul). The site was a former unoccupied military camp plot, which was used fifty years ago as gardening/farming area. During the last years of the communist regime it was used as a dump site for construction waste. Doverie has acquired the land from the initial owners to whom the original land titles were given back by the newly elected democratic Government a few years ago. Out of the 1.4 ha, 0.54 will be built and 0.2 will be parking and lawns. To receive approval for construction and then for the sponsor to operate the site an EIA Profile (Karta) has been prepared by an authorized environmental expert, independent from the sponsor and the architect.

2. Potential Past Contamination and Air Emissions. It is an undeveloped parcel of land located next to an underpass, connecting a residential area to the main road between the Airport and downtown. According to the Karta there is no potential for contamination of the project site from past activities. All necessary permits and approvals to develop the property have been secured. People have not been occupying the site nor was it being used for any purpose. Air emissions will be limited to the car traffic in the parking lot and some fugitive sources from the ventilation and heating system.

3. Water, gas and electricity supply. Potable water will be distributed by the local utility company. In addition the store will have its own source of water using groundwater from a borehole (50m deep, yield 2l/s) drilled in the site. This non potable water will be used for fire safety and irrigation. Natural gas (butane/propane) to be used for heating will by stored in two 20 m³ underground tanks. Electricity will be provided from the grid. A small transformer will be installed on site. A standby diesel 100KVA generator will be used as back-up power supply, with automatic power switch in case of electricity loss. A 300-liter oil surface tank will be installed next to the generator.

4. Sewage Treatment. Employee- and customer-generated sanitary sewage will be discharged to the municipal sewerage system with permission from the authorities. Run off water will also go to the sewer.

5. Solid Waste Management and Chemicals Storage. Most of the waste generated by the store is packaging related material, and will be recycled. No hazardous waste will be generated Any solid waste that is not recycled will be collected by the local authorities and disposed in a licensed municipal landfill. The company has agreed to develop programs for recycling of containers and waste minimization, as well as to encourage their suppliers to do the same. As the policy is to use local suppliers as much as possible, Doverie Brico is looking at preparing environmentally friendly specifications for its suppliers to control the origin and content of the products to be sold. Chemicals to be sold to customers will be stored in a dedicated area with containment and a retention sump.

6. Fire Protection and Life Safety. Doverie Brico will comply with the fire protection and life safety systems set forth in the standards that the authorities have approved for the project. The construction design is based on French standards. The building will also have in place an Emergency Response Program (ERP) — this program will include evacuation procedures for all types of emergencies, public address systems, employee training, inspections and coordination with local authorities. Sprinklers will be installed throughout the public areas. Fire hydrants and extinguishers will be located around the main building as well as inside.

7. Employee Health and Safety. A comprehensive safety plan has been prepared for the construction phase per municipal requirements. Doverie Brico will implement programs to ensure the health and safety of all employees. In addition, all employees will receive environmental training on a regular basis.

Accordingly, IFC concludes that the proposed first site project will meet the applicable World Bank/IFC environmental and social policies and the environmental, health and safety guidelines. IFC will conduct its due diligence on the other four sites and make sure that all applicable World Bank Group and Bulgarian environmental and social policies and guidelines as well as health and safety guidelines are met.

IFC will evaluate the project''s compliance with the applicable environmental and social requirements during the lifetime of the project by:
· Prior to the development of the other retail sites Doverie will provide detailed information to the satisfaction of the IFC to demonstrate that each site will comply with World Bank group requirements;
· Reviewing the annual monitoring reports (AMRs) prepared for the project covering: (i) the status of implementation of any outstanding environmental measures; (ii) ongoing performance of project-specific environmental, health and safety activities as reflected in the results of periodic and quantitative sampling and measuring programs; and
· Conducting periodic site supervision visits.