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REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN Real Estate Registration Project ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ? ? October, 2006Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 3 1. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND 4 1.1. Environmental assessment – purpose 4 1.2. The Project 4 2. POLICY CONTEXT 5 2.1. The World Bank Safeguards Policy 5 2.2. Azerbaijan Environmental Legislation and Procedures 6 2.3. Environmental Assessment 7 2.4. Criteria for Impact Assessment 7 3. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 7 3.1. Project Environmental Category 7 3.2. Potential Environmental Impacts 8 4. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES 9 4.1. Management 9 4.2. Mitigation Measures 9 4.3. Monitoring 11 5. CONSULTATIONS 11 Annex 1. Environmental Categories 12 Annex 2. Environmental Mitigation Plan 13 Annex 3. Environmental Monitoring Plan 18  ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS CORS Continuously Operating Reference Stations EA Environmental Assessment EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan GOA Government of Azerbaijan IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IEC Important Environmental Components LEA Limited Environmental Assessment MENR Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources NGO Non-Government Organization PMU Project Management Unit. RERP Real Estate Registration Project SC Steering Committee SCMSP State Committee for Management of State Property SSRRE State Service for Registration of Real Estate SLCC State Land and Cartography Committee WB World Bank  1. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND 1.1. Environmental assessment – purpose The Repuiblic of Azerbaijan is preparing a Real Estate Regisration Project, which aims to ensure that there is a reliable, transparent and efficient real estate registration system supporting the real property market and suitable systems for the management and use of state-owned immovable property. A Spesific Investment Loan is contemplated for financing this pr