7. RFP Attachment J.5 IEE 2.pdf

AFR/GHANA/ECONOMIC GROWTH IEE AMENDMENT 5

SIMPLIFIED AMENDMENT TEMPLATE VERSION 3.1

SIMPLIFIED IEE AMENDMENT

PROJECT/ACTIVITY DATA

Project/Activity Name: DO2 USAID/Ghana Economic Growth Sector Portfolio

Geographic Location(s) (Country/Region): Ghana/West Africa

Amendment (Yes/No), if Yes indicate # (1, 2...): Yes (#5)

Implementation Start/End Dates (FY or M/D/Y): February 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022

If Amended, specify New End Date: January 31, 2022

Solicitation/Contract/Award Number(s): N/A

Implementing Partner(s): N/A

Bureau Tracking ID: Ghana DO2 Economic Growth Amendment #5 https://ecd.usaid.gov/document.php?doc_id=53012

Tracking ID of Related RCE/IEE: Parent:

https://ecd.usaid.gov/repository/pdf/38018.pdf Amendment 1:

https://ecd.usaid.gov/repository/pdf/51068.pdf

PERSUAP:

https://ecd.usaid.gov/repository/pdf/39950.pdf Amendment #2 https://ecd.usaid.gov/document.php?doc_id=52286 Amendment #3 https://sites.google.com/a/usaid.gov/afrenvproc/afr-docs/documents/ghana/ghana-do-time-extensions-amd-4 Amendment #4

Tracking ID of Other, Related Analyses:

ORGANIZATIONAL/ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

Implementing Operating Unit(s):

(e.g. Mission or Bureau or Office)

Ghana

Other Affected Operating Unit(s):

Lead BEO Bureau: AFR

Funding Operating Unit(s):

(e.g. Mission or Bureau or Office)

Ghana

Funding Account(s) (if available): N/A

Original Funding Amount: $270 million

If Amended, specify funding amount:

If Amended, specify new funding total:

Prepared by: Daniel Baako

Date Prepared: 1/15/2021 https://ecd.usaid.gov/document.php?doc_id=53012 https://ecd.usaid.gov/repository/pdf/38018.pdf https://ecd.usaid.gov/repository/pdf/39950.pdf https://ecd.usaid.gov/document.php?doc_id=52286 https://sites.google.com/a/usaid.gov/afrenvproc/afr-docs/documents/ghana/ghana-do-time-extensions-amd-4 https://sites.google.com/a/usaid.gov/afrenvproc/afr-docs/documents/ghana/ghana-do-time-extensions-amd-4 https://sites.google.com/a/usaid.gov/afrenvproc/afr-docs/documents/ghana/ghana-do-time-extensions-amd-4

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE REVIEW DATA

Analysis Type: ☒Initial Environmental Examination Amendment

☐Request for Categorical Exclusion Amendment

Environmental Determination(s): ☐Categorical Exclusion(s)

☒Negative

☒Positive

☒Deferred (per 22 CFR 216.3(a)(7)(iv))

IEE Expiration Date (if applicable): January 31, 2022

Additional Analyses/Reporting Required:

Climate Risks Identified (#): Low ___0__ Moderate ___0___ High ___0___

Climate Risks Addressed (#): Low ___0___ Moderate ___0___ High ___0___

1.0 PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT

The purpose of this amendment is to update the compliance record for all USAID/Ghana

Economic Growth Sector Portfolio activities from February 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022 by which time new Portfolio level 22 CFR 216 analyses would have been generated and a new IEE would be in place.

The parent IEE was amended in July 2018, September 2019, June 2020, and August 2020. The

July 2018 IEE Amendment (Amendment 1) provided a no-cost time extension for activities enumerated in the USAID/Ghana DO2 Economic Growth Sector Portfolio IEE expiring

December 31, 2018.

The September 2019 IEE Amendment (Amendment 2), increased the Economic Growth portfolio ceiling to $38 million and provided a six-month extension of the Economic Growth

Portfolio which expired in July 2020. Amendment 3, finalized in June 2020, extended the IEE until July 31,2020. Amendment 4, finalized in August 2020, extended the expiration date of the parent analysis until January 31, 2021 in support of continued activities under the Economic

Portfolio until such time as a new 22 CFR Regulation 216 analysis can be conducted.

The purpose of this amendment (Amendment 5), is to extend the expiration date of the parent analysis until January 31, 2022 in support of continued activities under the Economic Growth

Portfolio until such time as a new 22 CFR Regulation 216 analysis has been conducted and a new IEE will be in place. This amendment also requires the project to adhere to the COVID-19 conditions listed below. There are no funding changes associated with this amendment.

BEO SPECIFIED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL

In order to reduce COVID-19 transmission during the implementation of these activities, USAID managers must:

• Ensure all activities addressed by this IEE adhere to current, applicable COVID-19 guidelines. Refer to the AFR COVID-19 PIEE (attached and linked here --https://ecd.usaid.gov/document.php?doc_id=52754) for links to U.S. and about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank file:///C:/Users/33739/Downloads/FINAL_Southern%20Africa%20Regional%20DRG%20RCE%20Amd._12January2021.docx%23_BEO_SPECIFIED_CONDITIONS international guidance on appropriate measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission.

Such measures may include, but are not limited to social distancing, use of personal protective equipment, limiting the size of gatherings and travel, and effective disinfection.

• Share with the partner:

o Applicable COVID-19 guidance from the USAID Mission or U.S. Embassy;

o Applicable COVID-19 guidance from local authorities;

o The following Agency-wide “COVID-19 GUIDANCE FOR IMPLEMENTING

PARTNERS” page on the USAID website: https://www.usaid.gov/work-usaid/resources-for-partners/covid-19-guidance-implementing-partners.

• Ensure that partners have appropriate training, authorization, and resources to meet the expectations of the applicable guidance while implementing these activities.

2.0 CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE

● All other aspects of the project design/activities and geographic scope remain unchanged from previous environmental analyses.

● The implementation of a number of Activities under the Economic Growth Portfolio were determined would have adverse effects on the environment. For those mitigation and monitoring plans were developed and implemented. Annual Work Plans have 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.

3.0 REVISIONS

Per 22 CFR 216.3(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 amendment and environmental determination.

USAID APPROVAL OF IEE AMENDMENT

PROJECT/ACTIVITY NAME: USAID/Ghana Economic Growth Sector Portfolio – Ghana EG

PIEE Amendment #5

Bureau Tracking ID: https://ecd.usaid.gov/document.php?doc_id=53012

Approval: Cleared by Janean Davis 01/28/2021

On behalf of Sharon L. Cromer, Mission Director Date

Clearance: Cleared 01/25/2021

Janean Davis, Deputy Mission Director Date

Clearance: Cleared 01/21/2021

Kevin Brown, Supervisory Program Officer Date

Keisha Effiom, CO/AO Date

Clearance: Cleared 01/15/2021

James Lykos, Acting Economic Growth Director Date

Clearance: Cleared 01/15/2021

Daniel Baako, Acting Mission Environmental Officer Date

Henry Aryeetey, Regional Environmental Advisor Date

Clearance: Cleared 01/19/2021

Ronald Wietecha, Regional Legal Officer [as appropriate] Date

Concurrence: Cleared 02/11/2021

Brian Hirsch, Bureau Environmental Officer Date

DISTRIBUTION:

https://ecd.usaid.gov/document.php?doc_id=53012