China - Hubei Shiman Highway Project : environmental impact assessment (Vol. 4 of 6)

| World Bank Financed ProjectI Shi-Man Expressway Rural Road Upgrading Project Jiangjunhe Hanjiang River Bridge Environment Impact Assessment and Environment Management Plan Hubei Provincial Communications Department Mar. 2004 Wuhan China  CONTENT CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................1 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND .1 1.2 PROGRESS OF EA . 1.3 PURPOSE OF EA .2 1.4 BASIS OF ASSESSMENT .2 1.5 SCOPE OF THE EA .4 1.6 EA FACToRS ....................................4 1.7 CONTENTS OF EA ....................................4 1.8 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION TARGETS ....................................5 1.9 APPLICABLE STANDARD FOR EA ....................................7 1.10 METHODOLOGYFOREA ....................................8 CHAPTER 2 OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT .......................................9 2.1 GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION .9 2.2 CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE SUSPENDED BRIDGE .9 2.3 FUNCTION OF THE PROPOSED ROAD .1 2.4 MAGNITUDE OF THE PROPOSED WORK .10 2.5 MAJOR TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .1 2.6 TRAFFIC VOLUME PROJECTION .1 2.7 BORROWING AND DEPOSIT BALANCE .12 2.8 SOURCES AND TRANSPORTATION OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS .12 2.9 BRIDGE AUXIILIARY FACILITIES .12 2.10 COST ESTIMATEAND FINANCING PLAN ................................................................. 13 2.11 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ................................................................. 13 2.12 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ................................................................. 13 2.13 POTENTIAL IMPACT BY RAISED DAM HANJIANG RIVER ON THE PROPOSED PROJECT ................ 14 CHAPTER 3 BASELINE ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................ 15 3.1 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ................................................................. 15 3.2 SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ................................................................. 16 3.3 ECO-ENVIRONMENT ................................................................. 17 3.4 NATURAL RESOURCE ................................................................. 17 3.5 BASELINE OF ENVIRONMENT QUALITY ................................................................. 18 CHAPTER 4 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND MITIGATION MEASURES . . 21 4.1 IMPACT ON SURFACE WATER ENVIRONMENTAND MITIGATION MEASURES .21 4.2 IMPACT ON ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT AND MITIGATION MEASURES .27 4.3 IMPACT ON ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT AND MITIGATION MEASURES .28 4.4 IMPACTONAMBIENTAIRAND MITIGATION MEASURES .30 4.5 ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS OF THE BRIDGE AUXILIARY FACILITIES .31  4.6 ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING SUSPENSION BRIDGE .......................................................................... 31 4.7 LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ............................................................. 32 4.8 SOCIAL IMPACT ........................................................................... 32 4.9 MANAGEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION CAMPS ........................................................................... 34 4.10 ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT ........................................................................... 34 4.11 SAFEGUARDSASSURANCEAND COMPLIANCE ........................................................................... 34 CHAPTER 5 PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE .. 36 5.1 METHODOLOGY ........................................................................... 36 5.2 SURVEY RESULT ........................................................................... 36 5.3 RESPONSE TO PUBLIC CONCERNS ........................................................................... 39 5.4 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ........................................................................... 40 CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSIONS .................................................................... 42 CHAPTER 7 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN .................................................................. 44 7.1 CONTENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN .44 7.2 MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS .44 7.3 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN .46 7.4 PERSONNEL TRAINING .52 7.5 COST ESTIMATE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION .52 List of Maps Mapl Location of Proposed Bridge in Poverty Area of Hubei Province Map2 Location of Proposed Bridge in Shiyan City Map3: The Alignment of Proposed Road and Location of Sensitive Spots and Monitoring Spots  List of Tables Table 1-5-1 Scopes of Environmental Assessment Table 1-8-1 Sensitive Receptor to Surface Water Environment Table 1-8-2 Sensitive Receptors to Acoustic Environment and Ambient Air Table 1-8-3 Protection Targets for Ecological and Social Environment Table 1-8-4 Major Protection targets for Social Environment Table 1-9-1 Applied Surface Water Quality Standard Table 1-9-2 Applied Integrated Wastewater discharge Standard Table 1-9-3 Applied Noise Limit for Construction Site Boundary Table 1-9-4 Applied Noise Limits for Construction Site Table 1-9-5 Applied Ambient Air Quality Standard Table 1-9-6 Applied Soil Corrosion Intensity Classification Table 2-4-1 Quantity of Major Work Table 2-5-1 Major Technical Indicators Table 2-6-1 Projected Traffic Volume Table 3-5-1 Monitoring result of acoustic environment Table 3-5-2 Water Quality in the Proposed Hanjiang Bridge and Assessment Result Table 3-5-3 Ambient Air Quality and Assessment Result Table 4-1-1 List of Emergency Equipment Table 4-1-2 Training Plan for Emergency Staff Table 5-1-1 Number of People Surveyed Table 5-1-2 Statistics of the People Surveyed Table 5-2-1 Survey Result Table 5-2-2 Statistics of Public Opinion Questionnaire Table 5-4-1 Timing, Location and Means of Information Disclosure. Table 7-2-1 Responsibilities for Environmental Management Organizations Table 7-2-2 Main Responsibilities for Supervision Organizations Table 7-3-1 Impact Mitigation Measures Table 7-3-2 Environmental Supervision Plan Table 7-3-3 Environmental Monitoring Plan Table 7-4-1 Personnel Training Program Table 7-5-1 Cost Estimation of Environmental Protection Measures  Jiangjunhe Hanjiang River Bridge EIA and EMP SSSRI Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Project Background The proposed Jiangjunhe Hanjiang River Bridge (the Project) is one of the rural road upgrading components in the Shiyan to Manchuanguan (Shiman) expressway. The HPCD includes this component in the Shiman project with the consideration of the maximizing the benefits of the expressway to the local areas as well as the priority roads in the Shiyan's 2003-2005 road network plan. The rural road upgrading in the Shiman project will be implemented in phases. Hanjiang River Bridge(this project) is one project of the first phase. The proposed Hanjiang Bridge is located within Shiyan Area, northwest of Hubei Province. This area is bordered by Qinling Mountain and Daba Mountain, with Hanjiang River through the area dividing it into south and north parts which are locally called "Jiangnan" or south of the water and "Jiangbei" or north of the water, respectively. The lack of transportation infrastructure has been a critical constraint to the economic development of this region. Until now, all of the counties under the jurisdiction of Shiyan City have been listed as national-level poverty areas. Hanjiang River is 252 km long within Shiyan City, but only 3 bridges across the water body two of which are on the 240 km water body upstream of Danjiangkou dam. One is within Chengguan Town of Yun County, which is 100 km down stream of the proposed Project. The other is a suspended bridge 30 m upstream of the proposed bridge. This suspended bridge was constructed by the army as a stop-gap bridge which is formed by iron suspended and wooden plates. The suspended bridge is too weak to sustain large vehicles. However this suspended bridge is the only one in the west region of Shiyan over Hanjiang River. Worse, it also connects the important road G316 and YunYang Road in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, respectively. Due to safety considerations, the suspended bridge was repaired and strengthened in 2002, extending its service life by another 2.5 years. It is estimated this bridge will become obsolete by 2004. At that time, there will be only one bridge on Hanjiang River within Shiyan to connect the Jiangnan and Jiangbei areas. The people should take up to 300 km detour to access this bridge. It is apparent that a new bridge is urgently needed, but should be close to the existing suspended bridge, to link the Jiangnan and Jiangbei. Hubei Provincial Communication Department (HPDC) has included this proposed bridge into its road network development planning. Map 1 shows the location of the proposed bridge. With considerations of poverty alleviation in rural area, HPCD has applied for a loan from the World Bank to partially finance the rural road upgrading works. Hubei Provincial Transportation Planning and Design Institute was contracted to carry out the feasibility study for the proposed works in Nov. 2002, which was completed in Aug. 2003. The Preliminary Design Document has been finished in Nov. 2003 by HBCPDI. 1.2 Progress of EA  Jiangjunhe Hanjiang River Bridge EIA and EMP SSSRI Directives (OD). They are: * Environmental Assessment (OP/BP/GP4.01); * Forestry (OP/GP4.36); * Natural Habitats (OP/BP4.04); * Safety of Dams (OP/BP4.37); * Pest Management (OP4.09); * Involuntary Resettlement (OP4.12); * Indigenous People (OD4.20); * Cultural Property (OP4.11); * Projects in Disputed Areas (OP/BP/GP7.60); and * Projects on International Waterways (OP/BP/GP7.50). Among these safeguards policies, Environmental Assessment (OP 4.01) is the primary requirements and thus the focus of this report. In addition, policies on Involuntary Resettlement (0P4.12), Indigenous People (OD4.20), Forest (0P4.36), and Cultural Property (0P4.11) are also applied in the EA at least in the screening stage or full process if triggered. Since no project components will involve international waterways, dam construction or disputed areas as defined in OP7.60, natural habitats and pest management, policies related to these subjects are not applied in the EA. In addition, the World Bank Financed Project Office of HPCD has contracted another institute to carry out the social assessment, and a resettlement team has been established and will be responsible for the Resettlement Action Plan, with the major findings and conclusions to be included in this EA. Therefore the following policies are applied in this EA: * Environmental Assessment (OP/BP/GP4.01); * Forestry (OP/GP4.36); * Involuntary Resettlement (OP4.12); * Indigenous People (OD4.20); and * Cultural Property (OP4.11). 1.4.2 National Legal Frame for EA * Environmental Protection Law of PRC of December 26, 1989; * Land Management Law of PRC of August 29,1998; * Water and Soil Conservation Law of PRC of June 29, 1991; * Water Pollution Prevention Law of PRC of May 15, 1996; * Noise Pollution Prevention Law of PRC of October 29, 1996; * Air Pollution Prevention Law of PRC of April 29, 2000; * Solid Waste Pollution Prevention Law of PRC of October 30, 1995; * Rules of Environmental Protection Management for Construction Projects, issued by the State Council of PRC; * Measures Concerning with the Environmental Protection and Management for Transportation Construction Projects, issued by MOC; * Rules of Environmental Protection Management for Traffic Construction Project, Hubei 3  Jiangjunhe Hanjiang River Brdge EIA and EMP SSSRI EPB, Oct. 1993; * Notice to Strengthen the Environmental Impact Assessment and Management of Construction Projects Financed by Loan from International Financial Organizations, jointly issued by SEPA, the State Planning Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the People's Bank of China; * Rules for Water Pollution Control of Hanjiang River Basin in Hubei Province, issued by the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Hubei Province, Nov. 27, 1999; * Preliminary Design Report for Hanjiang Bridge on Jiangjun River under the Rural Road Upgrading Component of Shiyan-Manchuanguan Expressway Project, prepared by Hubei Provincial Transportation Planning and Design Institute, Nov. 2003 and * Surface Water Function Zoning of Hubei Province, issued by Hubei EPB, Jan. 25, 2000. 1.5 Scope of the EA The EA coverage for this project is presented in the following Table 1-5-1. Table 1-5-1 Scopes of Environmental Assessment Items EA Coverage Socio-economic/cultural Areas within 200 m from the road, and those to be directly impacted environment by the project. Biological environmet .Areas within 300 m from the road. Borrow and deposit area and land for temporary occupation Acoustic environment Areas within 200 m from the road's central line. Ambient air environment Areas within 200 m from the road's central line. Water environment Within 1000 m upper stream and 5000 m downstream from bridge. 1.6 EA Factors Based on the previous experience of EA for road constructions, the environmental factors to be covered in the assessment for this Project are as follows: * Acoustic environment: LAeq * Ambient air: NO2, PMI0 * Water environment: SS, permanganate index, oil * Eco-environment: land occupation, vegetation loss, and soil erosion Social environment: Social economy, living quality, and infrastructure 1.7 Contents of EA As an extra-bridge project crossing the Hanjiang river, the most important environmental impact is on surface water environment (including accident risk analysis) in construction phase and operation phase. Furthermore, the project will cause some other environmental impact on eco-environment, acoustic environment, ambient air and social environment. 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