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Scoping Statement Record of Decision

USAID/Jordan

School.for a Knowledge Economy Project

Jordan

School for a Knowledge Economy Project

Start July 2015 and ends July 2019

FY 2014

FY 2019

$102 milJion

$24million

Approval of the Scoping Statements for Six Schools under Phase-II of the SKEP Project

Mission Environmental Officer: ---~.------Date _!_~ Akram Al ehaiwi

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Ian Robertson

Regional Environmental Officer: b !/.-.. e.v'4A' / Su:&nne Ebe11

U.S. Agency for International Development American Embassy P.O. Box354 Amman 11118, Jordan

Tel: +962 (6) 5906000 Fax +962 (6) 5907300 http·/fjordan.usaid.gov

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE 6050 AMMAN PLACE WASHINGTON DC 20521.Q050

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:LJSAIP/Jord~n plans .t? tit)an~~ the _constructio~ o~~5 n~w public schoolsfo-Jordan overt~ four years. Per the Jmtial Environmental Exammat10n-(IEE) ME-13-107 (atui.~hment (2)f,the .____ new school.constructio11 activities wexe·n~commended for positive determitiatiort·per22 CPR 2l6:3(C:l)(2)(iU). The ai:chitect-engineer1ng c1¢sigi1 se1;vjces contract Wils·awarded·to Engicon in July 2015. Engicon has conducted full englneer!ng and envfromtiental assessments (EAs) ufthe first si.~ _schpo_Js imder .the-co~tracf, and the construction wor.k~ biwe started in Novembe1>2011.

This .group of Scopirig stat.emepts-ex~i11ineo an· ad9,itiqnal six school~ t1i1der.Ph<;ise-II of the project:

·• AIThnaich BasiC Mixed School • Al Sarjh Basic_ Sc11ool • Hamad Al Parhan Seconda1:y School for Boys ·• Pdn¢e Hamzah S~cond.ai~y Schqo_l for Boys • Al-Amal Schoqlfoi: t.he .Oeaf • Al ·SamlBasie School __ fo1; Boys

The ~coP.i.t:iK ~ta.te1ir~i1t.s., 'that, were prep.afod .ili1d sithmitted by Engicpn, identifie<t potential l'isk~ artd-appropi'iate mitigation mea5ures based oil the cc,mdt1cted sessions. Based on· these. findings~ Engicon \ViU deV;el<:>p a full envfro.rnnental assessment (EA) that will identify the measures.that should be takeh intQ c·onsideratiori .diirii1g, ~he eoi1~4·uctio~1 an~ oper~tion of thes_e. sd1ools-.. i.n order. to avoid any potential environmental tisks~

Rccorumei1dathm:

That ymfapprove the sb).j>it'g statements foi: the _six schools unde-i' S~_EP~.Phase-11. Upon appn;>val ·of the.se s·coping statements, the contractor wiil coxrimencc.: the EA .. Approval of the EA wi1J·bedocµ1µented in an EA Recm;d ofDecis.ion (EA ROD) with the appropriatG·mission, regiohal, :artd-bureai1 clearances ai1d :approvals.

Re: SKEP Phase II schools -Scoping Statements 1 message

lssam Omar <lomar@usaid.gov>

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Suzanne Ebert <sebert@usaid.gov> Thu, Oct 12, 2017at12:48 PM To: Amer AIHmoud <aalhmoud@usaid.gov> Cc: Razia Baqai <rbaqai@usaid.gov>, lssam Omar <IOmar@usaid.gov>, Akram Al Qehaiwi <aalqehaiwi@usald.gov>

Hi Amer,

I have reviewed and clear on the following Scoping Statements for SKEP Phase II:

Al Thnaieh Basic Mixed School Al Sarih Basic School Hamad Al Farhan Secondary School for Boys Prince Hamzah Secondary School for Boys Al-Amal School for the Deaf Al Samt Basic School for Boys

Thanks, Suzanne

Suzanne Ebert

Regional Environmental Advisor USAID Middle East Regional Platfonn (USAtO/MERP)

U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt Email: sebert@usaid.gov Office: +49 69 7535 2640 Mobile: .. 49 175 551 3417

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 12:14 PM, Amer AIHmoud <aalhmoud@usaid.gov> wrote: Dear Suzanne,

Please find attached for your review and approval the Al-Thanleh and Al-Sarlh schools. I reviewed and fine cleared the content.

Regards,

Amer

Amer Al-Ho111011d, PhD

Project Mu11age111e11t Specialist &

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USA I D/Jort/1111

'·' ti (+962) 6 590-6694 I I , (+962) 79 6669339

'if fax:(+962) 6 592-0143

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·-······-· Forwarded message -·-···-··­From: lssam Omar <iomar@usaid.gov>

Dale: Mon, Oct 2, 2017 al 12:48 PM Subject: Fwd: SKEP Phase II schools -Scoping Statements To: "AIHmoud, Amer (Jordan\\WRE)" <AAIHmoud@usald.gov>

Two more!

lssam Omar, PhD Tel. (+962-6) 590 6389 I Fax. (+962-6) 590 7300 USAID/Jordan

------·--· Forwarded message ---------From: Samar Bahous <sbahous@englcon.com> Date: Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 12:25 PM Subject: SKEP Phase II schools -Scoping Statements To: lssam Omar <iomar@usaid.gov>, Amer AIHmoud <aalhmoud@usald.gov> Cc: Maggie Northman <mnorthman@usaid.gov>, Majed Shamieh <mshamieh@engicon.com>

Dear Dr. lssam and Dr. Amer,

Please find attached the Scoping Statement for SKEP Phase II (6 schools) with the scoping report in Appendix, taking into consideration Dr. Amer's comment on Al Sarih School (as per the below email}

Appreciating your kind review and approval.

(I will be sending two reports at a time, consecutively)

Best Regards,

Samar Bahous

Chief of Party

USAID Schools for Knowledge Economy Project (SKEP)

P. 0 . Box 926963 -Amman 11190 Jordan

Tel. +962 6 4602120 (ext. 276)

Mob. +962 77 7393349

Fax. +962 6 4602130

sbahous@engicon.com

www.englcon.com

Consider the environment before printing this email

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From: Amer AIHmoud [mailto :aalhmoud@usald.gov] Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 10:15 AM To: Samar Bahous Cc: lssam Omar; Maggie Northman Subject: Re: Al Sarlh Basic School for Girls Scoping Statement - Rev.00

Dear Samar,

I will forward this as soon you update the laws. You need to refer to the new Environmental Law no. 6 in 2017. Please correct and check with other laws if updated.

Regards,

Amer

Amer Al-Homoud, PhD

Project Management Specialist &

Mission Environment Officer

USAID/Jordan

w (+962) 6 590-6694 / .• (+962) 79 6669339

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On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Samar Bahous <sbahous@englcon.com> wrote:

Dear Dr. lssam,

Hope this finds you well.

Please find attached the Scoping Statement for Al Sarih School under Phase II for your kind review and approval.

Attached also is the scoping report (which is an Appendix of the scoping statement )

Best Regards,

Samar Bahous

Chief of Party

USAID Schools for Knowledge Economy Project (SKEP)

P. 0. Box 926963 -Amman 11190 Jordan

Tel. +962 6 4602120 (ext. 276)

Mob. +962 77 7393349

Fax. +962 6 4602130

sbahous@engicon.com

www.engicon.com

Consider the environment before printing this email

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Re: SS ROD for SKEP Phase-II 1 message

Suzanne Ebert <sebert@usald.gov> To: lssam Omar <iomar@usald.gov> Cc: Razia Baqal <rbaqai@usaid.gov>, Akram Al Qehalwi <aalqehaiwi@usaid.gov>

Hi lssam,

Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 2:25 PM

This version of the Scoping Statements ROD for SKEP II looks good to me. Please consider this as my clearance.

Regards, Suzanne

Suzanne Ebert Regional Environmental Advisor USAID Middle East Regional Platform (USAIDfMERP)

U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt Email: sebert@usald.gov

Office: t49 69 7535 2640 Mobflo: +49 t 75 55 t 3417

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 8:33 AM, lssam Omar <iomar@usaid.gov> wrote: Dear Suzanne,

Attached please find the revised SS ROD.

Thank you,

lssam Omar, PhD Tel. (+962-6) 590 6389 I Fax. (+962-6) 590 7300 USAID/Jordan

On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Suzanne Ebert <sebert@usaid.gov> wrote: Hi Razia, Thanks for sharing - see attached document with a couple of edits and clarifications. Cheers, Suzanne

Suzanne Ebert Regional Environmental Advisor USAID Middle East Regional Platform (USAIDIMERP)

U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt

Email: sebcrt@usaid.gov Office: t49 69 7535 2640

Mobile: +49 175 551 3417

On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 11 :25 AM, Razia Baqai <rbaqai@usaid.gov> wrote: Hi Suzanne,

John Wilson had sent an email saying that we needed to prepare a Scoping Statement ROD for SKEP, Phase II. Issam has drafted that statement (attached), and I wanted to make sure that this is sufficient?

Thanks, Razia

-······--- Forwarded message ·-········ From: lssam Omar <iomar@usaid.gov> Date: Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 11 :45 AM Subject: SS ROD for SKEP Phase-II To: Akram Al Qehaiwi <aalqehaiwi@usald .gov>, Razia Baqai <rbaqai@usaid .gov>

Dear Razia,

Per our conversation today, kindly find attached the draft SS ROD for SKEP, Phase-II.

Thank you, lssam Omar, PhD Tel . (+962-6) 590 6389 I Fax. (+962-6) 590 7300 USAID/Jordan

Razia Baqai Deputy Director, Foreign Service Officer Water Resources and Environment Office I USA ID/J ordan Tel: +962 6 590 641 7 I l\'lobilc: +962 079 600 5479 rbaqal@usaid.gov U.S. Embassy Amman, ,Jordan

Please noto. our work week is Sun-Thurs and we are 7 hours ahead of Washington D.C.