China - Hubei Shiman Highway Project : environmental impact assessment (Vol. 6 of 6) : Shiyan to Manchuanguan Section of Yinwu Inter-Provincial Hgwy-summary environmental assessment

Contents I Introduction ...........................................1 1.1 Project Background ........................................... I 1.2 B asis of the EA ...........................................2 2 Project Description ............................................3 3 Baseline Environment ...........................................4 3.1 Physical Setting ..........................................4 3.2 Sensitive Receptors ...........................................4 3.3 Air Quality ........................................... 4 3.4 Noise ...........................................5 3.5 Water Quality ...........................................6 3.6 Soil Erosion .......................................... .7 3.7 Cultural Property .......................................... .7 3.8 Socio-economic Baseline ...........................................7 4 Environmental Impacts ...........................................8 4.1 Soil Erosion. ..........................................8 4.2 Impact on land uses and vegetation .........................................8 4.3 lImpacts on Water Environment ...........................................9 4.4 Noise Impacts ...........................................9 4.5 Air Impact .......................................... . 10 4.6 Socio-economic lImpact .......................................... I 1 4.7 Resettlement and Relocation ........................................... 12 4.8 Safeguards Policies Assurance ........................................... 12 5 Analysis of Alternatives .......................................... . 13 6 Mitigation ........................................... 15 6.1 Design Phase .......................................... 15 6.2 Construction Phase ........................................... 17 6.3 Operation Phase .......................................... 1.8 7 Environmental Management Plan ........................................... 20 7.1 Objectives .......................................... 20 7.2 Management and Supervision Organizations .................. ..................... 20 7.3 Environmental Monitoring .......................................... 20 7.4 Institutional Strengthening and Training .......................................... 21 7.5 Estimated Cost for Environmental Management. .......................................... 22 8 Public Consultation and Information Disclosure .......................................... 23 9 Conclusions ........................................... 25  EA Executive Summary 1 Introduction This document is the Executive Summary of Environmental Assessment (EA) for the World Bank financed Shiyan to Manchuanguan Section of the Yinwu Inter-Provincial Highway Project (Shiman Highway or the Project). It provides a general summary of the findings in the Project Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP), including legal and policy framework and applicable environmental standards, major potential adverse impacts to the physical and socio- economic environments in the Project area, analysis of alternatives, mitigation measures designed, public consultation programs, and environmental management plan for the Project. The Executive Summary could serve as a concise environmental report to environmental administrators, Project decision makes, project-affected groups, non- government organizations and the general public, as well as to the executive board of directors of the World Bank. 1.1 Project Background As a section of the Yinwu Inter-provincial Highway, the Project is one of the key infrastructure projects in the Hubei province and a segment in the strategic national trunk highway network. As the expressway will eventually provincial capital of Wuhan at its east end to Yinchuan, the capital city of northwestern province of Ningxia at its west end, Shiman expressway will be a critical link between the more developed central and coastal region with northwestern China and will play an important role in the enormous Develop China's West program. Within the province, it will form part of the "automobile" corridor, alleviating transportation bottleneck surrounding the fast growing automobile manufacturing industry in northwest Hubei. Together with the connecting road and rural road components also in the same Project region in Hubei province, the Project will be a significant contributor in development of regional economies, improvement of standard of living and alleviation of poverty. A revised feasibility study for the Project started in mid 2002 and was completed in November 2002. The project preliminary engineering design was completed in November 2003 while the final detailed engineering design is expected to complete in May 2004. Over the same period, Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Project has been conducted by Second Navigation Survey and Design Institute (SNSD1). An EA Terms of Reference (TOR) was compared in August 2002 which was reviewed, revised and approved in December 2002 by the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA). The first draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report was prepared in June 2003 which was reviewed by SEPA and World Bank missions in the second half of 2003 and revised accordingly based on the comments received from the World Bank and SEPA. The final draft of EIA, together with Environmental Management Plan was submitted to the SEPA in December 2003 and on December 26, 2004 reviewed by an expert panel convened by SEPA. Comments received from the panel review have been incorporated into the final EIA report which was submitted to SEPA in January 2004. The official approval of the EA from the SEPA is expected by the end of March, 2004. The Shiman expressway is classified as a Category A project since it involves major expressway construction on new alignment, grade highway upgrading partially on new alignment, increased noise, motor vehicle air emission, occupation of fertile and barren land, community severance, soil erosion and resettlement. 1 Shiman Expressivay  EA Executive Summary 1.2 Basis of the EA The regulatory and policy requirements for environmental assessment of development projects in China were followed during the preparation of EA, as were the World Bank's safeguard policies. Major laws and regulations applied to the EA are as follows: Laws of Environmental Protection of the P.R. China of December 1989; Environmental Impact Assessment Law of P.R. China of October 2002; * Law of Water and Soil Conservation of June 1996; * Law of Air Pollution Control of August 2000; * Law of Water Pollution Control of May 1996; * Law of Environmental Noise Pollution Control of October 1996; * Circulation on Strengthening ETA for Construction Projects Receiving International Financing of June 1993; and * Technical Specifications for Environmental Impact Assessment, (five volume series from 1993 to 1997). Of the ten World Bank safeguard policies, Environmental Assessment (OP/BP/GP4.01), Involuntary Resettlement (OD4.30), Cultural Property (OP4.1 1), Forestry (OP/GP4.36), Natural Habitats (OP/BP4.04), Pest Management (OP4.09), and Indigenous People (OD4.20) are applied in the EA first through screening and, where triggered, included in the full assessment. Since there are no Project components that would involve international waterways, dams or construction in disputed areas as defined under the World Bank's OP7.60, safeguard policies related to these subjects are not applied in the EA. Relevant international environmental agreements in which China is a signing party have also been included where applicable as a basis for the EA. 2 Shiman Expressway  E.4 Execuitive Sumnmary 2 Project Description The Project is located in the northwest of Hubei province in central China. The Shiman Expressway starts from Jianmao district of Shiyan city, extends northwest bound through Yun county, Yunxi county and ends at provincial border town of Manchuanguan, Shanyang county in the neighboring Shaanxi province (Map 1). The Project has three major components: the main expressway, connecting roads linking urban centers and rural roads connecting villages with townships and counties. The connecting and rural roads are located within the Shiyan municipality which are the directly impacted/serviced Yun, Yunxi and Zhushain counties (Map 1) whichi are state and provincial level poverty regions. The expressway will be constructed completely on new alignment, where the connecting roads will partially on new alignment and partially on the existing roads. The rural roads will be primarily on exiting roads, involving hardening/pavement and widening of the existing low grade roads to increase their transportation capacity and all season access. Key specifications of the components are summarized in Table 2-1. Table 2-1 M jor Project Comr onents Items Expressway Connecting Rural Roads Roads Baozhu Jianjunhe Bridge Road classification Expressway Grade 11 Grade III Grade 11 No. of piece I 1 2 1 Total length (km) 105.099 6.05 82.25 1.046 Motor vehicle lane 4 2 2 2 Access control Yes No No No Interchange (No.) 6 - Design speed (km/hr.) 120 80 30 40 Service/parking areas 8 - Alignment New Partially new upgrading New Capital cost (RMB, million) 4207 168.45 38.00 The construction of the expressway is scheduled to commence in Jun 2004 and complete in Jun 2008. The country road construction is scheduled for May 2004 to May 2006 and the bridge construction, May 2004 to the end of May 2007. 3 Shimanc Expressiw a;  PW ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 003 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ova. - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ S ~~~~~olly sajdx3 2uoNjfl ~~ 0 5* *i i~~9MSS~~.JdX3 ~~u!0uei7 ~~ 570 ~~~~Vo 1&'V o142 0.0 0 ~ ~~~~~emssBajdx ,98uee I SX v yg. yq ~I*l~0i~I 4'4, , *