CDM project activity/programme of activities registration request review form (CDM-REGR-FORM) (Version 03.0)

Reference number of the proposed CDM project activity/programme of activities (PoA) submitted for registration	9017
Title of the proposed CDM project activity/PoA submitted for registration	Se San 4A Hydropower Project
Please indicate, in accordance with paragraphs 37 and 40 of the CDM modalities and procedures, which validation requirement(s) may require review. A list of requirements is provided below. Please provide reasons in support of the request for review. Including any supporting documentation.
The following are requirements derived from paragraph 37 of the CDM modalities and procedures:
The participation requirements as set out in paragraph 28 to 30 of the CDM modalities and procedures are satisfied; Comments by local stakeholders have been invited, a summary of the comments received has been provided, and a report to the designated operational entity (DOE) on how due account was taken of any comments has been received; Project Participants have submitted to the DOE documentation on the analysis of the environmental impacts of the project activity, including transboundary impacts and, if those impacts are considered significant by the project participants or the host Party, have undertaken an environmental impact assessment in accordance with procedures as required by the host Party; The project activity is expected to result in a reduction in anthropogenic emissions by sources of greenhouse gases that are additional to any that would occur in the absence of the proposed project activity, in accordance with paragraphs 43 to 52 of the CDM modalities and procedures; The baseline and monitoring methodologies comply with requirements pertaining to methodologies previously approved by the Executive Board; Provisions for monitoring, verification and reporting are in accordance with decision 17/CP.7, the CDM modalities and procedures and relevant decisions of the COP/MOP; The project activity conforms to all other requirements for CDM project activities in decision 17/CP.7, the CDM modalities and procedures and relevant decisions by the COP/MOP and the Executive Board.
The following are requirements derived from paragraph 40 of the CDM modalities and procedures:
The DOE shall, prior to the submission of the validation report to the Executive Board, have received from the project participants written approval of voluntary participation from the designated national authority of each Party involved, including confirmation by the host Party that the project activity assists it in achieving sustainable development; In accordance with provisions on confidentiality contained in paragraph 27(h) of the CDM modalities and procedures, the DOE shall make publicly available the project design document; The DOE shall receive, within 30 days, comments on the validation requirements from Parties, stakeholders and UNFCCC accredited non-governmental organizations and make them publicly available; After the deadline for receipt of comments, the DOE shall make a determination as to whether, on the basis of the information provided and taking into account the comments received, the project activity should be validated; The DOE shall inform project participants of its determination on the validation of the project activity. Notification to the project participants will include confirmation of validation and the date of submission of the validation report to the Executive Board; The DOE shall submit to the Executive Board, if it determines the proposed project activity to be valid, a request for registration in the form of a validation report including of the project design document, the written approval of the host Party and an explanation of how it has taken due account of comments received.
There are only minor issues which should be addressed by the DOE/project participants prior to the registration of the project.
Additional information
Paragraph 106 of the VVS requires that the DOE shall determine whether the start date of the project activity, reported in the PDD, is the earliest date at which either the implementation or construction or real action of a project activity begins. The PDD establishes, and the DOE confirms in its validation report, that the start date of the project activity was 30 November 2007, explaining that at this date „the project proponent entered into a contractual agreement with Song Da 11-2 Enterprise for construction of 35kV power line and 35/0.4kV transformer station to facilitate Se San 4A hydropower project“. However, according to the PDD, the project activity also involves other components, such as the construction of a reservoir (see page 6 of the PDD). According to an environmental impact assessment on the Cambodian part of the Se San River due to hydropower development in Vietnam, conducted by a consortium of SWECO Grøner in association with Norwegian Institute for Water Research, ENVIRO-DEV, and ENS Consult, the construction of the Se San 4A reservoir started in 2004 (Source: http://www.ngoforum.org.kh/docs/publications/HCRP_FinalEIAReportofSeSan.pdf, page 46). The DOE is kindly requested to re-assess the start date of the project activity, including all major components of the project activity, such as the reservoir, in its assessment. Paragraph 139 of the VVS requires that the DOE shall, by means of document review and interviews with local stakeholders as appropriate, determine whether: (a) Comments have been invited from local stakeholders that are relevant for the proposed project activity. The project activity is situated very close to the border to Cambodia and people along the downstream river in Cambodia may be directly affected by the proposed project activity. The PDD and validation report only mention representatives of the local community in Vietnam who participated in the local stakeholder consultation process. The DOE is requested to verify whether people downstream of the river in Cambodia would be directly affected by the project activity and whether, in such case, these local stakeholders have been appropriately consulted as part of the local stakeholder consultation process.
Date	14 Mar 13