China - ZheGanLine Railway Electrification Speedup Renovation Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 1 of 3) : Executive summary

E884 Volume 1 World Bank Financed ZheGanLine Railway Electrification Speedup Renovation Project Environmental Assessment Executive Summary Beijing OASIS Environment Protection Technology CO, Ltd Second Railways Survey & Design Institute January 2004 FILE COr.PY  Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .................... 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND .1 1.2 BASIS OF THE EA .2 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION . ................... . . .. 5 3. CURRENT CONDITION OF THE ENVIRONMENT ......7 4. PROPOSAL COMPARISON ............ ................ 10 5. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ............... .. ......... 14 5.1 ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT .14 5.2 NOISE .15 5.3 IMPACTS ON THE SURFACE WATER ENVIRONMENT . 16 5.4 IMPACTS ON THE AIR ENVIRONMENT .17 5.5 SOLID WASTE .17 5.6 IMPACTS ON THE ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENT . 18 5.7 SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT .18 5.8 SOIL EROSION .20 5.10 VISUAL IMPACTS .20 5.11 WORLD BANK SAFEGUARD POLICIES ASSURANCE .20 6. MITIGATION MEASURES .21 6.1 DESIGN PHASE .21 6.2 CONSTRUCTION PERIOD .31 6.3 OPERATION PERIOD .32 6.4 DATA SHEET OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MITIGATION MEASURES 34  7. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN .................................... . 40 7.1 OBJECTIVES ..40 7.2 MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION ORGANIZATIONS .40 7.3 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING . .41 7.4 INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENiNG AND TRAINING .46 8. PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE .47 9. ESTIMATED INVESTMENT ON ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION .51 10. CONCLUSIONS ...............52  EA Samar l on Re. -nstrue tee] Zhe 1an, - t '] mng ijh7lj I Eul E le, rrit j3 .t - cr-dp M . r i rr'/-.n Prj r Reconstructed ZheGanLine Railway Electrification Speedup Renovation Project Environmental Assessment Executive Summary 1. Introduction This document is the Environmental Assessment Executive Summary for the Ministry of Railway's World Bank Financed Project: National Railway Project II. This document summarizes the main content of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan ( EMP), including the relevant I aw and regulations a s well as the applicable environmental quality standards in addition to pointing out the major potential negative impacts on the natural, ecological and social environment in the project area. The document also briefly describes the alternative proposals comparison, design of mitigation measures, public participation survey programs and the Environmental Management Plan for the Project. This summary could also serve as a concise environmental report to environmental administrators, employers, project-affected groups, non-governmental organizations and the general public at the same time that it is submitted to the executive board of directors of the World Bank for their review. 1.1 Project Background The ZheGanLine Railway is a state-level main-line railway and the most important westward running artery that runs east-to-west south of Yangtze River. The line is an important component of a multidirectional framework system, in which, 8 state trunk lines run down from the north to the south and another 8 extend from the east to the west. It is also an important component of the express passenger transport system of China, in which, 4 lines run from the north to the south and another 4 extend from the east to the west. The two systems also handle most of the material and personnel interchange in the regions of East, South and Southwest China. The ZheGanLine Railway, together with the Beijing to Kowloon Railway, forms the fastest and most convenient landway route between the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta. The engineering feasibility study and preliminary design of the Project were completed in October 2001 and November 2003 respectively while the final elaborative design of the construction drawings is expected to be finished by April 2004. The EIA of electrification speedup renovation project for the reconstructed Zhejiang- Jiangxi Railway is presided over by the China Academy of Railway Sciences (CARS) and compiled by Second Railways Survey & Design Institute (SSDI). The assessment team submitted the outline of EIA in April 2002 and it was reviewed and approved by State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) on May 28, 2002. In December 2002, the Environmental Impact Report was completed and passed the review performed by SEPA on January 26 and 27, 2003. Due to changes in technical nonns and parts of line proposals of the Project, the